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Monday 31 October 2011
Quince personas detenidas en una operación contra la distribución de droga - ABC.es
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Friday 28 October 2011
Clear Channel parent posts 1Q loss on revenue decline - Phoenix Business Journal:
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(OTC BB:CCMO), formed when private equithy firms Bain Capital andThomas H. Lee Partners acquired San Antonio-based Clear Channel last said Monday that itlost $418.2 milliomn in the first three months of the Clear Channel a year ago earneds $799.6 million. Revenue in the quarter fell 23 percentyto $1.2 billion from $1.56 The biggest decline came for Clear Channel’s outdoor advertising a separate publicly traded company, which saw revenure fall by a quarter to $582.2 million. (NYSE:CCO), majority-owned by CC told investors that itlost $87.9 or 25 cents a share, durintg the quarter. That compareds with profit of $88.8 million, or 25 cents a share, a year ago.
CC Mediaa during the quarter movefd to cut costsby $350 millionj annually under a restructurin g program that included 1,850 job cuts in January and a 590-worker cut last The company expects the cost savingse to be in full by April 2010 and has cut nearlyu $34 million in expenses so far. Clear Channelo owns 80 radio stationsin Ohio, sevenn of which are in with 11 others in areas aroun Central Ohio.
(OTC BB:CCMO), formed when private equithy firms Bain Capital andThomas H. Lee Partners acquired San Antonio-based Clear Channel last said Monday that itlost $418.2 milliomn in the first three months of the Clear Channel a year ago earneds $799.6 million. Revenue in the quarter fell 23 percentyto $1.2 billion from $1.56 The biggest decline came for Clear Channel’s outdoor advertising a separate publicly traded company, which saw revenure fall by a quarter to $582.2 million. (NYSE:CCO), majority-owned by CC told investors that itlost $87.9 or 25 cents a share, durintg the quarter. That compareds with profit of $88.8 million, or 25 cents a share, a year ago.
CC Mediaa during the quarter movefd to cut costsby $350 millionj annually under a restructurin g program that included 1,850 job cuts in January and a 590-worker cut last The company expects the cost savingse to be in full by April 2010 and has cut nearlyu $34 million in expenses so far. Clear Channelo owns 80 radio stationsin Ohio, sevenn of which are in with 11 others in areas aroun Central Ohio.
Monday 24 October 2011
Viola captures win at Twin Rivers Classic - Baxter Bulletin
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Viola captures win at Twin Rivers Classic Baxter Bulletin The Viola Longhorns won their second game of the season by posting a 46-44, overtime victory over the Valley Springs Tigers Friday night in Twin Rivers Classic action at Norfork's Panther Pavilion. Austin Gardner scored 20 points, and Dolan Johnston ... |
Saturday 22 October 2011
Heineman Girls, Two Boy Individuals Compete in State Cross Country Meet - Patch.com
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Heineman Girls, Two Boy Individuals Compete in State Cross Country Meet Patch.com On October 8, the Heineman Middle School Boys and Girls Cross Country teams competed in the IESA Sectional meet at McHenry Middle School. The girls' team of Kate Mitchell, Amanda Andrews, Lindsey Ferguson, Halle Kopp, Abbey Molaski, Elizabeth Raclawski ... |
Thursday 20 October 2011
Intermountain Drilling opens AZ office - Business First of Louisville:
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Lee & Associates represented the landlord, Irgens Development Partners LLC. NAI Horizon represented the tenant. signed a 10-year lease for 31,40o0 square feet at 1140 and 1150 S. Priest Drivwe in Tempe. The value of the leasde is $4 million. The which had been known as IIA College, is takingv space recently vacated byCollins College, which now operates in Cottojn Center in southeast Phoenix. Brookline is moving from 925 S. Gilberf Road in Mesa. Grubb Ellis/BRE Commercial represented the landlord, Pecos-Windmill N.W. LLC of Nev. Landmark TCN representedd Brookline College. • signed a five-yeatr lease for 18,000 square feet at the Van Bure nDistribution Center, 20 S. 48th Ave.
in Phoenix. The company distributes hydraulic industrial hoses and is relocating from a locationnfarther west. Financial terms of the lease were not CB Richard Ellis represented the Mountain West Properties ofGreenwood Village, Daum Commercial Real Estate Services representes the tenant.
Lee & Associates represented the landlord, Irgens Development Partners LLC. NAI Horizon represented the tenant. signed a 10-year lease for 31,40o0 square feet at 1140 and 1150 S. Priest Drivwe in Tempe. The value of the leasde is $4 million. The which had been known as IIA College, is takingv space recently vacated byCollins College, which now operates in Cottojn Center in southeast Phoenix. Brookline is moving from 925 S. Gilberf Road in Mesa. Grubb Ellis/BRE Commercial represented the landlord, Pecos-Windmill N.W. LLC of Nev. Landmark TCN representedd Brookline College. • signed a five-yeatr lease for 18,000 square feet at the Van Bure nDistribution Center, 20 S. 48th Ave.
in Phoenix. The company distributes hydraulic industrial hoses and is relocating from a locationnfarther west. Financial terms of the lease were not CB Richard Ellis represented the Mountain West Properties ofGreenwood Village, Daum Commercial Real Estate Services representes the tenant.
Tuesday 18 October 2011
RAW, a New Men's Skin Care Line, Specifically Addresses the Needs of Men's Skin - MarketWatch (press release)
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Sunday 16 October 2011
Bath Salts Illegal in Ohio Starting Monday - Cleveland News - Fox 8
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NewsNet5.com | Bath Salts Illegal in Ohio Starting Monday Cleveland News - Fox 8 A movement to ban bath salts, which started in Summit County, has now become a state law. On Monday, October 17, Ohio will join more than two dozen other states in banning the drug. ... K2, bath salt drugs targeted by state Bath salts ban begins Monday 'Bath salts' and pseudo pot illegal as of Monday |
Thursday 13 October 2011
Spin-off consulting firm helping San Antonio companies manage change - bizjournals:
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The new company is called (Transforminb Business Operations). It was formed in January 2009 by a core grouo of 15 formerHolland & Davia consultants. TBO focuses on organizationakl change to help clients keep up with evolvingmarkeft conditions. In just six the company has grown to 20 employees and expects to doublre in size to 40 people by the end of the according toSkeeter Lieberum, senior partner with TBO. The firm has officexs in Houston and San but most of the new hireas will be based in theAlam City, Lieberum says. TBO currently has 12 employeesx in theAlamo City.
“We’ve got a mix of peoplw with experience inIT tourism, manufacturing and much more,” Lieberum “It is hard to find a companyu that has all those things to the deptbh that we have. We have the ability to play in allthosew sectors.” Lieberum, who spent 24 years in the Air Forcse and 12 years with Hollandc & Davis, says TBO has an more experienced group of consultants working for it than is common in the industry. Lieberum came to San Antoniol to supportHolland & Davis’ San Antonioi office as it worked with San Antonio-based insurance giantf . “USAA had us out theree when they started looking at changingtheir focus,” Lieberukm says.
That change eventually included opening up theie services to military men and women in the enlisted The company’s services had previously been limited to The San Antonio office of Holland & Davis soon expandex and began working with banking, real estate, financiap services and oil firms, including , , and . Now most of thosw clients and several others, includinh , are working with the TBO spin-off group. TBO operatez under a fee-based system. Lieberum declined to reveal revenuee figures forthe company.
Alan Markert, senior consultant with TBO, had a 30-yea r career with H-E-B where he serveed in various executive positionsover time, includingh vice president of finance and vice presidenf of information technology. He says he joinef TBO because the company has similar valuess to his and because he enjoys working withthe “We all have different skills and experiencezs that tend to complement one another,” Markert “Very often someone will have the uniqued skill set that fits just what you need when working with a Lieberum notes that TBO has severapl retired military people on staff as well as former executivesd with and USAA.
Most everyone comee in with years of corporate he says. “One of our objectivesz is to bring in the right experty at theright time,” Lieberum “That, in itself, saves the customerds a lot of time and money. ” The pace of chang e in the business world has only increased with the proliferation of technologgy and it is becoming harder to resist the call for Lieberum says. Companies today are looking for tangibl benefits that can be gaineds frommaking changes, Markert adds.
They are looking for ways to reduce TBO goes in and helps their accounting departments and informatiojtechnology (IT) departments to better manage these changes so that they alignb with their core business functions and don’tt do more harm than good. “When timesw get tough, companies play a more defensive game, and if they are not they can get entrenched in that mode and neglecft to plan for success over thelong haul,” Markerft says.
For example, if a companyt responds to a downturn by sharplt reducing staff and laying off a lot of peopler with experienceand training, then when things turnaround, it has to spen a lot of time and money rehiring and retraining peoplw to get back to where they were. TBO’s objective is to help companieds make reductionsmore efficiently, so they don’f keep finding themselves in that position. “There are partas of the economy that are stillpullinv back, but I’m starting to see guarded optimism from some clients,” Liebrum says.
“It is bettee than I expected it would be at this To take advantage of these companies need direction on which changes to make and he says. “The logo on our business cards is a triangle because that is the Greeik symbolfor change,” Lieberum says. “That is who we are. We are agentsx for change.”
The new company is called (Transforminb Business Operations). It was formed in January 2009 by a core grouo of 15 formerHolland & Davia consultants. TBO focuses on organizationakl change to help clients keep up with evolvingmarkeft conditions. In just six the company has grown to 20 employees and expects to doublre in size to 40 people by the end of the according toSkeeter Lieberum, senior partner with TBO. The firm has officexs in Houston and San but most of the new hireas will be based in theAlam City, Lieberum says. TBO currently has 12 employeesx in theAlamo City.
“We’ve got a mix of peoplw with experience inIT tourism, manufacturing and much more,” Lieberum “It is hard to find a companyu that has all those things to the deptbh that we have. We have the ability to play in allthosew sectors.” Lieberum, who spent 24 years in the Air Forcse and 12 years with Hollandc & Davis, says TBO has an more experienced group of consultants working for it than is common in the industry. Lieberum came to San Antoniol to supportHolland & Davis’ San Antonioi office as it worked with San Antonio-based insurance giantf . “USAA had us out theree when they started looking at changingtheir focus,” Lieberukm says.
That change eventually included opening up theie services to military men and women in the enlisted The company’s services had previously been limited to The San Antonio office of Holland & Davis soon expandex and began working with banking, real estate, financiap services and oil firms, including , , and . Now most of thosw clients and several others, includinh , are working with the TBO spin-off group. TBO operatez under a fee-based system. Lieberum declined to reveal revenuee figures forthe company.
Alan Markert, senior consultant with TBO, had a 30-yea r career with H-E-B where he serveed in various executive positionsover time, includingh vice president of finance and vice presidenf of information technology. He says he joinef TBO because the company has similar valuess to his and because he enjoys working withthe “We all have different skills and experiencezs that tend to complement one another,” Markert “Very often someone will have the uniqued skill set that fits just what you need when working with a Lieberum notes that TBO has severapl retired military people on staff as well as former executivesd with and USAA.
Most everyone comee in with years of corporate he says. “One of our objectivesz is to bring in the right experty at theright time,” Lieberum “That, in itself, saves the customerds a lot of time and money. ” The pace of chang e in the business world has only increased with the proliferation of technologgy and it is becoming harder to resist the call for Lieberum says. Companies today are looking for tangibl benefits that can be gaineds frommaking changes, Markert adds.
They are looking for ways to reduce TBO goes in and helps their accounting departments and informatiojtechnology (IT) departments to better manage these changes so that they alignb with their core business functions and don’tt do more harm than good. “When timesw get tough, companies play a more defensive game, and if they are not they can get entrenched in that mode and neglecft to plan for success over thelong haul,” Markerft says.
For example, if a companyt responds to a downturn by sharplt reducing staff and laying off a lot of peopler with experienceand training, then when things turnaround, it has to spen a lot of time and money rehiring and retraining peoplw to get back to where they were. TBO’s objective is to help companieds make reductionsmore efficiently, so they don’f keep finding themselves in that position. “There are partas of the economy that are stillpullinv back, but I’m starting to see guarded optimism from some clients,” Liebrum says.
“It is bettee than I expected it would be at this To take advantage of these companies need direction on which changes to make and he says. “The logo on our business cards is a triangle because that is the Greeik symbolfor change,” Lieberum says. “That is who we are. We are agentsx for change.”
Tuesday 11 October 2011
Alentus Announces the Filing of SEC Form S-1 Registration Statement - MarketWatch (press release)
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Sunday 9 October 2011
Economist: U.S. may see double-dip recession by late 2010 - Business First of Columbus:
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Those odds may seem low, but they’r e actually high since double-dip recessions are rare and the U.S. economu grows 95 percent of the saidthe chamber’s Marty He predicted that the currenrt economic downturn will end aroundr September but that the unemployment rate will remainj high through the first half of next Investment won’t snap back as quicklhy as it usually does after a recession, Regalisa said. Inflation, however, looms as a potentialp problem because of thefederal government’a huge budget deficits and the massived amount of dollars pumped into the economty by the , he said.
If this stimulus is not unwound once the economyt beginsto recover, higher interest ratea could choke off improvement in the housing market and businesas investment, he said. “The economy has got to be running on its own by the middlew ofnext year,” Regalia said. Almost every major inflationary periodin U.S. history was precedexd by heavydebt levels, he noted. The chancezs of a double-dip recession will be lowet if Ben Bernanke is reappointedc chairman of the Federal Regalia said. If Presidenyt Obama appoints his economic Larry Summers, to chair the Fed, that would signalp the monetary spigot would remain open for a longerr time, he said.
A coalescinfg of the Fed and the Obama administrationis “notg something the markets want to see,” Regalia Obama has declined to say whether he will reappoint Bernanke, whose term ends in February. Meanwhile, more than half of smal l business owners expect the recession to last at least another two according to a survey of IntuigPayroll customers. But 61 percentr expect their own business to grow in the next12 “Small business owners are bullish on their own abilitiexs but bearish on the factors they can’t control,” said Cameron Schmidt, director of marketing for .
“Evenb in the gloomiest economy, there are opportunities to A separate survey of small busines s owners by found that 57 percenty thought the economy wasgetting worse, while 26 percent thought the economy was improving. More than half planned to decreases spending on business development in the next six onthe U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Web site.
Those odds may seem low, but they’r e actually high since double-dip recessions are rare and the U.S. economu grows 95 percent of the saidthe chamber’s Marty He predicted that the currenrt economic downturn will end aroundr September but that the unemployment rate will remainj high through the first half of next Investment won’t snap back as quicklhy as it usually does after a recession, Regalisa said. Inflation, however, looms as a potentialp problem because of thefederal government’a huge budget deficits and the massived amount of dollars pumped into the economty by the , he said.
If this stimulus is not unwound once the economyt beginsto recover, higher interest ratea could choke off improvement in the housing market and businesas investment, he said. “The economy has got to be running on its own by the middlew ofnext year,” Regalia said. Almost every major inflationary periodin U.S. history was precedexd by heavydebt levels, he noted. The chancezs of a double-dip recession will be lowet if Ben Bernanke is reappointedc chairman of the Federal Regalia said. If Presidenyt Obama appoints his economic Larry Summers, to chair the Fed, that would signalp the monetary spigot would remain open for a longerr time, he said.
A coalescinfg of the Fed and the Obama administrationis “notg something the markets want to see,” Regalia Obama has declined to say whether he will reappoint Bernanke, whose term ends in February. Meanwhile, more than half of smal l business owners expect the recession to last at least another two according to a survey of IntuigPayroll customers. But 61 percentr expect their own business to grow in the next12 “Small business owners are bullish on their own abilitiexs but bearish on the factors they can’t control,” said Cameron Schmidt, director of marketing for .
“Evenb in the gloomiest economy, there are opportunities to A separate survey of small busines s owners by found that 57 percenty thought the economy wasgetting worse, while 26 percent thought the economy was improving. More than half planned to decreases spending on business development in the next six onthe U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Web site.
Friday 7 October 2011
Historic B-17 to make weeklong stop in area - Wichita Business Journal:
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The aircraft was originally schedule d to arrive Monday but was delayed a day becausr ofmaintenance problems, he Anderson says the plane will be of interesr to anyone interested in the history of aviation -- or Boeingg aircraft. "It's fantastic to see these old four-engined bombers," he said Exterior views of the aircraft are free for the publicx atthe airport, which is at 810 N. Oliver Newton, just north of Wichita. A limited number of interior tours, at $5 each, and 45-minute at $395 each, are available, Anderson says. Between 1935 and May of 12,732 Boeing B-17s were produced. Of thos e units, 4,735 were lost during combat missions.
Today, fewetr than 100 B-17 airframes exist and less than 15 ofthe B-17 bombere can fly. The airport's Web site is .
The aircraft was originally schedule d to arrive Monday but was delayed a day becausr ofmaintenance problems, he Anderson says the plane will be of interesr to anyone interested in the history of aviation -- or Boeingg aircraft. "It's fantastic to see these old four-engined bombers," he said Exterior views of the aircraft are free for the publicx atthe airport, which is at 810 N. Oliver Newton, just north of Wichita. A limited number of interior tours, at $5 each, and 45-minute at $395 each, are available, Anderson says. Between 1935 and May of 12,732 Boeing B-17s were produced. Of thos e units, 4,735 were lost during combat missions.
Today, fewetr than 100 B-17 airframes exist and less than 15 ofthe B-17 bombere can fly. The airport's Web site is .
Wednesday 5 October 2011
Highwoods lines up $162M in loans - Triangle Business Journal:
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Both loans should close within 60 Highwoods (NYSE: HIW) says it will use the money to repag debt and for general corporate purposes. “Wed are very pleased with theseloan commitments, whicb will further fortify our already healthy balancs sheet, enhance our liquidity and position Highwoods to take advantagd of future growth opportunities,” Ed Fritsch, presidenrt and chief executive officer, said in a writtenj statement. According to Highwoods, the two loans are: * A $115.o0 million, 6.5-year secured loan providee by at a fixedd rateof 6.875 percent. It is secured by a pool of 10 assetasin Nashville, Raleigh and Tampa. * A $47.
3 million, 7-year secured loan arranged by at a fixerd rateof 7.5 percent. It is secured by the offic e portion of RBC Plazain Raleigh. Highwoods also announce that it has paid off a securexd loanof $107 million, whichg carried a rate of 7.8 percent and was originallhy scheduled to mature in November 2009. There were no prepaymentf penalties.
Both loans should close within 60 Highwoods (NYSE: HIW) says it will use the money to repag debt and for general corporate purposes. “Wed are very pleased with theseloan commitments, whicb will further fortify our already healthy balancs sheet, enhance our liquidity and position Highwoods to take advantagd of future growth opportunities,” Ed Fritsch, presidenrt and chief executive officer, said in a writtenj statement. According to Highwoods, the two loans are: * A $115.o0 million, 6.5-year secured loan providee by at a fixedd rateof 6.875 percent. It is secured by a pool of 10 assetasin Nashville, Raleigh and Tampa. * A $47.
3 million, 7-year secured loan arranged by at a fixerd rateof 7.5 percent. It is secured by the offic e portion of RBC Plazain Raleigh. Highwoods also announce that it has paid off a securexd loanof $107 million, whichg carried a rate of 7.8 percent and was originallhy scheduled to mature in November 2009. There were no prepaymentf penalties.
Monday 3 October 2011
Berkshire Hathaway unit buys York Simpson Underwood - Triangle Business Journal:
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Financial terms of the deal werenot disclosed. “Wr think, and have that it’s a great strategy and that these 2 companiez fit extremelywell together,” says Smedes the chairman of York Simpson Underwood, who will continues as chair of the combined . “Ax we move forward, we feel that it’s a very powerfulk combination.” The combined agency will boasf nearly 500 sales agents in the According to Triangle Business Journal Prudential Carolinas and YSU pulled in morethan $1.6 billion in combined sales volume in 2007. Prudentiaol Carolinas is a division of HomeServices ofAmerica Inc., whic is itself part of Buffett’s conglomerate, Berkshire Hathaway BRK.
A). Sam Simpson and Speck co-chiefs at York Simpson Underwood, will servr as the agency’s co-CEOs. Ron Peltier, chairma n and CEO of HomeServiceeof America, says buyin g residential brokerages and keeping locall leadership intact is how his company grows. HomeServices movede into North Carolina in 2004 with its purchase of PrudentiallCarolinas Realty, then expandexd in the Greensboro area a few months later throughn its purchase of large brokeragwe Graham & Boles.
“While we had a very good foundatioh when we entered the North Carolinamarketf … we certainly didn’t think we had the size and the scopd of our operation to reallu lead the North Carolinz market,” Peltier says. “… We’rw always looking to enhance our marke share and fortify the sales forc e by bringing in real talented professional playera inthat space. And so today is reallt the announcement of the executiojn ofour vision, and that is to be No. 1 no less than No. 2 – in the marketz that we’re in.” The companiess also complementeach other.
York Simpson Underwood – part of a familyt of real estate companieds dating backdecades – has harnessed those old Raleigh ties and become particularly strong insid the Beltline. Prudential Carolinas has officesin Raleigh, but it also has a big presencee in high-end homes in Chapel Hill and Further, says Tommy Camp, CEO of Prudentiap Carolinas Realty, the companies will be able to combine some real estated holdings. “The great thing about this mergedr of these two great companies in the Triangls is that the cultures fitso well,” Camp says. “Thw complementary market shares fitso well.
” York Simpso n Underwood is part of a family of companies affiliated with the York which has been part of Raleigh development sincw 1910. The company was formed in 2000 with the merger of York Propertiesd andSimpson & Underwood. In additional to York Simpson other York companies include commercial brokerageYork Properties, constructionn company McDonald-York and mortgagd loan origination company YSU Lending. The York familg patriarch, J. Willie York, was a 1933 graduatr of North Carolina State Universityy who developedCameron Village. His son, currently oversees all the York companies and is a former mayorof Raleigh.
Now, one of thos e York companies has gone from beingv locally owned to being a subsidiary of one ofthe world’d largest companies. But Smedes York says he’s OK with York Simpson Underwood was doing well relative to theTrianglwe market, he says, but it’s been tougb in the second half of the The company is not on pace to matchj the $717 million in closings it posted in 2007. Now, he he’s put York Simpson Underwood back in a positiomof strength, with the company set to grow when the markety recovers. “It’s been my feeling as a businessd philosophy that a company has to grow to be he says. “You can’t sit still.
And this is a teriffi c way to grow and put the tremendou s financial strength of a Berkshire Hathaway affiliate alonfg with what we bring to the table in terms of managemenr and sales people andname
Financial terms of the deal werenot disclosed. “Wr think, and have that it’s a great strategy and that these 2 companiez fit extremelywell together,” says Smedes the chairman of York Simpson Underwood, who will continues as chair of the combined . “Ax we move forward, we feel that it’s a very powerfulk combination.” The combined agency will boasf nearly 500 sales agents in the According to Triangle Business Journal Prudential Carolinas and YSU pulled in morethan $1.6 billion in combined sales volume in 2007. Prudentiaol Carolinas is a division of HomeServices ofAmerica Inc., whic is itself part of Buffett’s conglomerate, Berkshire Hathaway BRK.
A). Sam Simpson and Speck co-chiefs at York Simpson Underwood, will servr as the agency’s co-CEOs. Ron Peltier, chairma n and CEO of HomeServiceeof America, says buyin g residential brokerages and keeping locall leadership intact is how his company grows. HomeServices movede into North Carolina in 2004 with its purchase of PrudentiallCarolinas Realty, then expandexd in the Greensboro area a few months later throughn its purchase of large brokeragwe Graham & Boles.
“While we had a very good foundatioh when we entered the North Carolinamarketf … we certainly didn’t think we had the size and the scopd of our operation to reallu lead the North Carolinz market,” Peltier says. “… We’rw always looking to enhance our marke share and fortify the sales forc e by bringing in real talented professional playera inthat space. And so today is reallt the announcement of the executiojn ofour vision, and that is to be No. 1 no less than No. 2 – in the marketz that we’re in.” The companiess also complementeach other.
York Simpson Underwood – part of a familyt of real estate companieds dating backdecades – has harnessed those old Raleigh ties and become particularly strong insid the Beltline. Prudential Carolinas has officesin Raleigh, but it also has a big presencee in high-end homes in Chapel Hill and Further, says Tommy Camp, CEO of Prudentiap Carolinas Realty, the companies will be able to combine some real estated holdings. “The great thing about this mergedr of these two great companies in the Triangls is that the cultures fitso well,” Camp says. “Thw complementary market shares fitso well.
” York Simpso n Underwood is part of a family of companies affiliated with the York which has been part of Raleigh development sincw 1910. The company was formed in 2000 with the merger of York Propertiesd andSimpson & Underwood. In additional to York Simpson other York companies include commercial brokerageYork Properties, constructionn company McDonald-York and mortgagd loan origination company YSU Lending. The York familg patriarch, J. Willie York, was a 1933 graduatr of North Carolina State Universityy who developedCameron Village. His son, currently oversees all the York companies and is a former mayorof Raleigh.
Now, one of thos e York companies has gone from beingv locally owned to being a subsidiary of one ofthe world’d largest companies. But Smedes York says he’s OK with York Simpson Underwood was doing well relative to theTrianglwe market, he says, but it’s been tougb in the second half of the The company is not on pace to matchj the $717 million in closings it posted in 2007. Now, he he’s put York Simpson Underwood back in a positiomof strength, with the company set to grow when the markety recovers. “It’s been my feeling as a businessd philosophy that a company has to grow to be he says. “You can’t sit still.
And this is a teriffi c way to grow and put the tremendou s financial strength of a Berkshire Hathaway affiliate alonfg with what we bring to the table in terms of managemenr and sales people andname
Saturday 1 October 2011
Kohl's to launch Lauren Conrad brand - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:
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The new LC Laureh Conrad brand, exclusive to Kohl's, will launch in 300 storee in October with a line of The brand may expand into additional categorie suchas footwear, jewelry, handbags, intimatezs and sleepwear and will ultimately expand to all storew nationwide. The launch of LC Lauren Conrad buildson Kohl’a private and exclusive brand strategy, whic h has been well received by customers and accounted for nearlyu 42 percent of total saled in 2008. Famous nameds backing Kohl's brands include Vera Wang, Dana Buchman and Britneyt Spears, who is backing Kohl's Department Candie's brand under a marketing partnership announcedApril 1.
Retaik prices for the LC Lauren Conrar line will rangefrom $20 to $60 and representx a more modest priced line than the Laurenb Conrad Collection, a high-end brand previously available only in upscale boutiques. A month ago, Conraxd announced that she was takinfg a hiatus from theupscale brand. In a preszs release, Kohl's senior executive vice presidentf Don Brennan called Conrada "pop culture icon whosee style resonates with our contemporary customer.
” Lauren Conrax starred in MTV’s "Laguna and her spin-off series, "The which is in its fifth “We are confident the LC Lauren Conrad collection brings customers both the contemporarty style and the world-class brands they want at a pric that delivers incredible value,” Brennan Under the long-term licensingf agreement with , Conrad and Kohl’s will collaborate on the desig n of the brand. Kohl’s will lead the manufacturing, production, distribution and marketingf ofthe collection.
Conrad’s image and likeness is also expectedf to be leveraged throughout integratexmarketing vehicles, including national in store graphics, online and digital media, direct mail and publid relations. By the end of Kohl’s (NYSE: KSS) will operatew 1,022 stores in 49 states.
The new LC Laureh Conrad brand, exclusive to Kohl's, will launch in 300 storee in October with a line of The brand may expand into additional categorie suchas footwear, jewelry, handbags, intimatezs and sleepwear and will ultimately expand to all storew nationwide. The launch of LC Lauren Conrad buildson Kohl’a private and exclusive brand strategy, whic h has been well received by customers and accounted for nearlyu 42 percent of total saled in 2008. Famous nameds backing Kohl's brands include Vera Wang, Dana Buchman and Britneyt Spears, who is backing Kohl's Department Candie's brand under a marketing partnership announcedApril 1.
Retaik prices for the LC Lauren Conrar line will rangefrom $20 to $60 and representx a more modest priced line than the Laurenb Conrad Collection, a high-end brand previously available only in upscale boutiques. A month ago, Conraxd announced that she was takinfg a hiatus from theupscale brand. In a preszs release, Kohl's senior executive vice presidentf Don Brennan called Conrada "pop culture icon whosee style resonates with our contemporary customer.
” Lauren Conrax starred in MTV’s "Laguna and her spin-off series, "The which is in its fifth “We are confident the LC Lauren Conrad collection brings customers both the contemporarty style and the world-class brands they want at a pric that delivers incredible value,” Brennan Under the long-term licensingf agreement with , Conrad and Kohl’s will collaborate on the desig n of the brand. Kohl’s will lead the manufacturing, production, distribution and marketingf ofthe collection.
Conrad’s image and likeness is also expectedf to be leveraged throughout integratexmarketing vehicles, including national in store graphics, online and digital media, direct mail and publid relations. By the end of Kohl’s (NYSE: KSS) will operatew 1,022 stores in 49 states.
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