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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Accused Teacher Faces 45 Counts Of Molestation - KSEE
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Sunday, January 29, 2012
Grand Forks not so grand for Bucky - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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University of Wisconsin Badgers | Grand Forks not so grand for Bucky Milwaukee Journal Sentinel By Special to the Journal Sentinel Grand Forks, ND - For the second night in a row North Dakota toppled the University of Wisconsin in their Western Collegiate Hockey Association match at Ralph Engelstad Arena. Danny Kristo put North Dakota on the ... UND MEN'S HOCKEY: UND sweeps the Badgers Badgers drop 4-2 decision to UND North Dakota's 'best effort' ends in sweep of Wisconsin |
Friday, January 27, 2012
Lakers remind Clippers of gap between them - USA TODAY
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USA TODAY | Lakers remind Clippers of gap between them USA TODAY By David Leon Moore, USA TODAY LOS ANGELES â€" They were becoming the Lost Angeles Lakers, searching for scoring, searching for a bench, searching for themselves. By Jayne Kamin-Omcea, US Presswire Chippy play reflected the revved up rivalry between the ... Clippers vs. Laker s: Lake Show Will Make Chris Paul's Return Unpleasant |
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Pro Football Hall of Fame will unveil Hunt exhibit - Kansas City Business Journal:
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Hunt was the founderr of the Dallas Texans, a team that later becamd the . He helpex found the and later merged it withthe . Hunt also is credite with naming theSuper Bowl. The new exhibit included interactive video kiosks highlighting every Super It is part ofa $2.4 milliom renovation and modernization project at the Pro Footballo Hall of Fame. “This is a tremendous honoer for our family and a meaningfup tribute tomy father’s contributions to the NFL’se showcase event,” Kansas City Chiefs Chairman Clark Hunt in a “From naming the game and assigning its Roman numerals, to suggesting the name of the Lombardui Trophy, the development of the Super Bowl is a substantiao piece of my father’s professionall legacy, and we are very proud that this beautifuo gallery will bear his name.
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Hunt was the founderr of the Dallas Texans, a team that later becamd the . He helpex found the and later merged it withthe . Hunt also is credite with naming theSuper Bowl. The new exhibit included interactive video kiosks highlighting every Super It is part ofa $2.4 milliom renovation and modernization project at the Pro Footballo Hall of Fame. “This is a tremendous honoer for our family and a meaningfup tribute tomy father’s contributions to the NFL’se showcase event,” Kansas City Chiefs Chairman Clark Hunt in a “From naming the game and assigning its Roman numerals, to suggesting the name of the Lombardui Trophy, the development of the Super Bowl is a substantiao piece of my father’s professionall legacy, and we are very proud that this beautifuo gallery will bear his name.
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Monday, January 23, 2012
Saturday, January 21, 2012
RI to face 'lost generation' - Jakarta Post
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RI to face 'lost generation' Jakarta Post Six-year-old Selvia Rahmawati appeared undaunted walking between cars and motorcycles at an intersection in Karet Bivak, Tanah Abang in Central Jakarta. “Just to buy snacks,†said Selvia, when asked about what she would do with the money. ... |
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Verizon to Host Live Demonstration of Technologies That Enable Broadband Bandwidth-on-Demand Services
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June 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizonn is conducting the only live demonstration inthe U.S. of technologieds that facilitatenear real-time provisioning of broadbandx bandwidth services. On Friday (June 19), the company's network laboratory in Waltham, will host the Optical Internetworking Forum's global interoperability demonstration. The OIF Carrier Lab Day is one of a handfulo oflive demonstrations, all part of the OIF 2009 Worldwide Interoperabilitu Demonstration -- Enabling Broadband On-Demand Verizon is the only U.S.-based carrier among seven carriers participating in this OIF multicarrier, multivendor which began in March.
The live demonstrationn will focus on control plane and dataplane technologies, which simplify operations for carriers, enablse faster provisioning for customers, and provides the basis for broadband bandwidth-on-demand services as well as improved network reliability and Dr. , vice president of networkl architecturefor Verizon, will deliver the keynote addresz at the demonstration. "As OIF comes to the conclusionh of its 2009broadband on-demancd services demonstration, it's important to highlight the collaboration of all the partie s that worked to advance interoperability of controo and data planes," Elby said.
"We know from our own experience serving Verizon's large-enterprise and wholesale customers that the combination of bandwidth-hungry servicees and delay-sensitive applications means it's imperative that the industrg focus on the network mechanisms that will dynamically deliveer circuits end-to-end." Verizon has been participating in the test of control planew and data plane technologies with Ethernet Virtuakl Private Line (EVPL) services over diverse transport including packet transport technologies, next-generation TDM and both wavelength and TDM The demonstration shows multidomaihn end-to-end restoration of service using E-NNI (external-network to networ k interfaces) between vendor domains.
The test phase of the event has been under way in theWaltham lab, as well as in the labs of Chinaa Telecom, Deutsche Telekom, Orange Labs - Franc Telecom Group, KDDI R&D Labs, NTT and Telecom Italia. The participating suppliers are Alcatel-Lucent, Cienz Corporation, Ericsson, Huawei Technologies, Marben NEC Corporation of America, Nokia Siemens Sycamore Networks, Tellabs and ZTE Corporation. This is the fourt time Verizon has participated inthe OIF's multivendor interoperability tests and demonstrations. These testws have been useful in evaluating technologiewfor Verizon's Just-in-Time and Bandwidth-on-Demand services.
The sevejn test sites are linkedby virtual, or E-NNI connections, forming a global test networo topology. During the test carriers can access network resources beyondd theirexisting networks, thus testing compatibilityh with multiple vendor implementationsd on a global scale. A live demonstration was showcase at iPOP on June 11in Tokyo, with anothed regional live showcase to be held at IIR Telecomx WDM & Next Generation Optical Networking event on June 25 in France. In September 2008, Verizon announced the industry'sx first commercial network trialp of control plane technology across multiplessupplier domains.
Verizon demonstrated integratioj of the optical control plane withVerizon Business' circuit-provisioning operations support system for dynamic flow-through and rapid provisioningf of bandwidth services. Seven of the world's largesyt telecommunications companies, including Verizon, will unite underr the banner of the Optical Internetworking Foruk toshowcase multi-vendor interoperability in a multi-carriert environment at the OIF's Worldwide Interoperability Demonstratioh - Enabling Broadband On-Demand Services. The OIF's fourtj worldwide interoperability test and demonstration will be conducted simultaneouslgin China, Japan, France, Germany, Italyu and the United States.
The event highlights network-interoperable solutionx among participating vendorsemploying 2.0 and E-NNI implementation The demo addresses Ethernet Virtual Private Line (EVPL) Servicesa over multiple, control plane-enabled intelligent optical core networkx with technologies ranging from Layer 2 transport to OTN. Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ), headquartered in New is a global leader in delivering broadband and other wireless and wirelined communications services tomass business, government and wholesale Verizon Wireless operates America's most reliablde wireless network, serving more than 86 million customeres nationwide.
Verizon's Wireline operations provide converged communications, information and entertainment serviceas overthe nation's most advanced fiber-optic network. Wireline also includees Verizon Business, which delivers innovative and seamlesws business solutions to customers aroundthe world. A Dow 30 Verizon employs a diverse workforce of morethan 237,000o and last year generated consolidated operating revenues of more than $97 For more information, visit . VERIZON' S ONLINE NEWS CENTER: Verizon news executive speechesand biographies, media contacts, high-quality video and images, and othere information are available at Verizon's News Cente r on the World Wide Web at .
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June 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizonn is conducting the only live demonstration inthe U.S. of technologieds that facilitatenear real-time provisioning of broadbandx bandwidth services. On Friday (June 19), the company's network laboratory in Waltham, will host the Optical Internetworking Forum's global interoperability demonstration. The OIF Carrier Lab Day is one of a handfulo oflive demonstrations, all part of the OIF 2009 Worldwide Interoperabilitu Demonstration -- Enabling Broadband On-Demand Verizon is the only U.S.-based carrier among seven carriers participating in this OIF multicarrier, multivendor which began in March.
The live demonstrationn will focus on control plane and dataplane technologies, which simplify operations for carriers, enablse faster provisioning for customers, and provides the basis for broadband bandwidth-on-demand services as well as improved network reliability and Dr. , vice president of networkl architecturefor Verizon, will deliver the keynote addresz at the demonstration. "As OIF comes to the conclusionh of its 2009broadband on-demancd services demonstration, it's important to highlight the collaboration of all the partie s that worked to advance interoperability of controo and data planes," Elby said.
"We know from our own experience serving Verizon's large-enterprise and wholesale customers that the combination of bandwidth-hungry servicees and delay-sensitive applications means it's imperative that the industrg focus on the network mechanisms that will dynamically deliveer circuits end-to-end." Verizon has been participating in the test of control planew and data plane technologies with Ethernet Virtuakl Private Line (EVPL) services over diverse transport including packet transport technologies, next-generation TDM and both wavelength and TDM The demonstration shows multidomaihn end-to-end restoration of service using E-NNI (external-network to networ k interfaces) between vendor domains.
The test phase of the event has been under way in theWaltham lab, as well as in the labs of Chinaa Telecom, Deutsche Telekom, Orange Labs - Franc Telecom Group, KDDI R&D Labs, NTT and Telecom Italia. The participating suppliers are Alcatel-Lucent, Cienz Corporation, Ericsson, Huawei Technologies, Marben NEC Corporation of America, Nokia Siemens Sycamore Networks, Tellabs and ZTE Corporation. This is the fourt time Verizon has participated inthe OIF's multivendor interoperability tests and demonstrations. These testws have been useful in evaluating technologiewfor Verizon's Just-in-Time and Bandwidth-on-Demand services.
The sevejn test sites are linkedby virtual, or E-NNI connections, forming a global test networo topology. During the test carriers can access network resources beyondd theirexisting networks, thus testing compatibilityh with multiple vendor implementationsd on a global scale. A live demonstration was showcase at iPOP on June 11in Tokyo, with anothed regional live showcase to be held at IIR Telecomx WDM & Next Generation Optical Networking event on June 25 in France. In September 2008, Verizon announced the industry'sx first commercial network trialp of control plane technology across multiplessupplier domains.
Verizon demonstrated integratioj of the optical control plane withVerizon Business' circuit-provisioning operations support system for dynamic flow-through and rapid provisioningf of bandwidth services. Seven of the world's largesyt telecommunications companies, including Verizon, will unite underr the banner of the Optical Internetworking Foruk toshowcase multi-vendor interoperability in a multi-carriert environment at the OIF's Worldwide Interoperability Demonstratioh - Enabling Broadband On-Demand Services. The OIF's fourtj worldwide interoperability test and demonstration will be conducted simultaneouslgin China, Japan, France, Germany, Italyu and the United States.
The event highlights network-interoperable solutionx among participating vendorsemploying 2.0 and E-NNI implementation The demo addresses Ethernet Virtual Private Line (EVPL) Servicesa over multiple, control plane-enabled intelligent optical core networkx with technologies ranging from Layer 2 transport to OTN. Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ), headquartered in New is a global leader in delivering broadband and other wireless and wirelined communications services tomass business, government and wholesale Verizon Wireless operates America's most reliablde wireless network, serving more than 86 million customeres nationwide.
Verizon's Wireline operations provide converged communications, information and entertainment serviceas overthe nation's most advanced fiber-optic network. Wireline also includees Verizon Business, which delivers innovative and seamlesws business solutions to customers aroundthe world. A Dow 30 Verizon employs a diverse workforce of morethan 237,000o and last year generated consolidated operating revenues of more than $97 For more information, visit . VERIZON' S ONLINE NEWS CENTER: Verizon news executive speechesand biographies, media contacts, high-quality video and images, and othere information are available at Verizon's News Cente r on the World Wide Web at .
To receive news releases by visit the News Center and registerr for customized automatic deliveryu of Verizonnews releases.
Monday, January 16, 2012
San Antonio Business Journal: Tech & Innovation : Business Advice
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Because that's what the idea was. I would replace my home officetelephonwe line, which I only use for outgoinf calls, and instead starf making all of my calls over the This way I could pocket the $50 a montjh I've been giving to Verizon and use those savingxs to buy more important things. Like … food. Excepy it really didn't turn out that way. Why? Becaus the Internet phone services I triedworkecd ... but just not all the time. Whic h is typical of most For example, I played around with Skypwe (www.skype.com) for a few weeks. Not bad.
Signing up for the servicre was free and the headset that I purchasexd from Staplesfor $20 only had to be replaceds once (I do not advise lendiny one's headset to a 12 year old. Enoughu said). Astonishingly, installing the Skype application on mylaptop didn'gt cause it to lock up or crash on me. So for that reasonm alone I felt that things were Once up and Skype did aspromised … just about all of the I used the little computer generated keypad on my laptop to make If I called another Skype user the call was Unfortunately, I don't reallu have a lot of conversationas with high school and college nor do I care to reallty speak to anyone undee 25.
So there's not a lot of phonw numbers in mySkype directory. However, you can use Skypd to call a regular land line and then get chargexd a few centsper call. So that's what I mostly did. The problemj was the connection. It worked. Most of the time. But sometimesz it just didn't. Sometimes I had to call back the persohn two or three times to get agood connection. Or speakm loudly. There were a few instanced where I said naughty Then there was this one time whers I tried to participate in a conferencd call and had to make the three other peoplse wait whileI re-caller the call-in number a few timesd until there was no crackling sound on the That was fun too.
So I stopped using Frustrated I turned to another Net callinfg service calledmagicJack (www.magicjack.com). No, this has nothinf to do with changing the tires ofa car. And there was no pleasure involved. For $40 magicJacjk ships me a little unit that I plug into the USB port of my I then hook my office phone intothe unit. Afteer installing the program I'm able to make phon e calls from my regularphone (not the headset I bought from Stapled … bye-bye $20). Like Skype, magicJack places its calls overthe Internet, along with the othedr 100 trillion bits of information crossing the same pipelines. See where I' going here?
Their deal is that you can make unlimitex calls you want to anyone in the UnitedStatesx (I'm told they're working on overseaas plans) for only $50 per I did the math and that's $550 less a year than I'mm spending on my office line, so there you go ... magic! Unfortunately ... not so magical. Why? Same thinyg with Skype. It worked. Most of the I suffered from the occasional disconnectedc calls or calls that had tobe recalled, or callss that just didn't sound like a very good call at all. More naughtyy words. More blood thinner In the end I broker down and kept myoffice line. You win I just need things that work as they promise d towork ...
all the I have enough headaches in my I have kids and a mortgageand dandruff. I can'tg sit around and worry that an important conversation with a prospectivde customer is going to get cutofg orsound horrible. Verizon's line in my office worksx allthe time. It's one less hassl to deal with. I stillo keep the magicJack and Skyper servicesbecause I've had occasion to use them when Most likely I'll forget to cancel my subscription so now I'llp be paying an extra $50 a year for next to But I'm a penny pincher. Not a Sure, it's less expensive to use thes e Netcalling services. But I'm sacrificing some quality. Some I'm giving myself more headaches.
To me, it's not worth it. Thesw technologies are great for kidsor socializing. But to rely on them for business purposes, at least so far, isn't a greaty idea for me.
Because that's what the idea was. I would replace my home officetelephonwe line, which I only use for outgoinf calls, and instead starf making all of my calls over the This way I could pocket the $50 a montjh I've been giving to Verizon and use those savingxs to buy more important things. Like … food. Excepy it really didn't turn out that way. Why? Becaus the Internet phone services I triedworkecd ... but just not all the time. Whic h is typical of most For example, I played around with Skypwe (www.skype.com) for a few weeks. Not bad.
Signing up for the servicre was free and the headset that I purchasexd from Staplesfor $20 only had to be replaceds once (I do not advise lendiny one's headset to a 12 year old. Enoughu said). Astonishingly, installing the Skype application on mylaptop didn'gt cause it to lock up or crash on me. So for that reasonm alone I felt that things were Once up and Skype did aspromised … just about all of the I used the little computer generated keypad on my laptop to make If I called another Skype user the call was Unfortunately, I don't reallu have a lot of conversationas with high school and college nor do I care to reallty speak to anyone undee 25.
So there's not a lot of phonw numbers in mySkype directory. However, you can use Skypd to call a regular land line and then get chargexd a few centsper call. So that's what I mostly did. The problemj was the connection. It worked. Most of the time. But sometimesz it just didn't. Sometimes I had to call back the persohn two or three times to get agood connection. Or speakm loudly. There were a few instanced where I said naughty Then there was this one time whers I tried to participate in a conferencd call and had to make the three other peoplse wait whileI re-caller the call-in number a few timesd until there was no crackling sound on the That was fun too.
So I stopped using Frustrated I turned to another Net callinfg service calledmagicJack (www.magicjack.com). No, this has nothinf to do with changing the tires ofa car. And there was no pleasure involved. For $40 magicJacjk ships me a little unit that I plug into the USB port of my I then hook my office phone intothe unit. Afteer installing the program I'm able to make phon e calls from my regularphone (not the headset I bought from Stapled … bye-bye $20). Like Skype, magicJack places its calls overthe Internet, along with the othedr 100 trillion bits of information crossing the same pipelines. See where I' going here?
Their deal is that you can make unlimitex calls you want to anyone in the UnitedStatesx (I'm told they're working on overseaas plans) for only $50 per I did the math and that's $550 less a year than I'mm spending on my office line, so there you go ... magic! Unfortunately ... not so magical. Why? Same thinyg with Skype. It worked. Most of the I suffered from the occasional disconnectedc calls or calls that had tobe recalled, or callss that just didn't sound like a very good call at all. More naughtyy words. More blood thinner In the end I broker down and kept myoffice line. You win I just need things that work as they promise d towork ...
all the I have enough headaches in my I have kids and a mortgageand dandruff. I can'tg sit around and worry that an important conversation with a prospectivde customer is going to get cutofg orsound horrible. Verizon's line in my office worksx allthe time. It's one less hassl to deal with. I stillo keep the magicJack and Skyper servicesbecause I've had occasion to use them when Most likely I'll forget to cancel my subscription so now I'llp be paying an extra $50 a year for next to But I'm a penny pincher. Not a Sure, it's less expensive to use thes e Netcalling services. But I'm sacrificing some quality. Some I'm giving myself more headaches.
To me, it's not worth it. Thesw technologies are great for kidsor socializing. But to rely on them for business purposes, at least so far, isn't a greaty idea for me.
Saturday, January 14, 2012
'Bruno' takes weekend box office - Orlando Business Journal:
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Baron Cohen's follow up to "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Gloriou Nationof Kazakhstan" brought in an estimated $30.e million over the weekend. The film was shownm on approximately 3,400 screens at 2,75 6 venues in its opening weekend. Accordinf to a report on Box Officed Mojo, "Borat" made $26.5 million at only 837 before expanding to morethan 2,500 theaters in its second where it made $28.3 million. Rounding out the top five along with thestudil estimates: "Ice Age: Dawn of the from -- $28.5 million "Transformers: Revenge of the from -- $24.2 million "Publix Enemies" from Universal -- $14.
111 million "The Proposal" from -- $10.507 millionh The other new release over the "I Love You Beth from Fox, brought in at estimated $5 which was good for seventh place on the just below "The Hangover." The "Transformers" sequeo continues to climb the rankingsa in highest-grossing movies of all The movie is now in 16th place on the having brought in an estimated $339.
208 Among the movies it has passed on the list are "Spider-Maj 3," "Forrest Gump" and the original
Baron Cohen's follow up to "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Gloriou Nationof Kazakhstan" brought in an estimated $30.e million over the weekend. The film was shownm on approximately 3,400 screens at 2,75 6 venues in its opening weekend. Accordinf to a report on Box Officed Mojo, "Borat" made $26.5 million at only 837 before expanding to morethan 2,500 theaters in its second where it made $28.3 million. Rounding out the top five along with thestudil estimates: "Ice Age: Dawn of the from -- $28.5 million "Transformers: Revenge of the from -- $24.2 million "Publix Enemies" from Universal -- $14.
111 million "The Proposal" from -- $10.507 millionh The other new release over the "I Love You Beth from Fox, brought in at estimated $5 which was good for seventh place on the just below "The Hangover." The "Transformers" sequeo continues to climb the rankingsa in highest-grossing movies of all The movie is now in 16th place on the having brought in an estimated $339.
208 Among the movies it has passed on the list are "Spider-Maj 3," "Forrest Gump" and the original
Thursday, January 12, 2012
OpenTV hires boss for operations in India - San Francisco Business Times:
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Shirekar will be based in India’s financial center, formerly known as He worked previouslyat (NASDAQ: a subsidiary of . (NYSE: NWS), where he was general managef for India. He was the firstr person to holdthat job, which he startee in March 2007. Before NDS hired him, Shirekar workedc for (NASDAQ: SCOP), also in Mumbai. Part of his job will be to set up a locakl office to handleSan Francisco-based OpenTV’s businesas with different companies in India. In OpenTV inked a deal to sell softwaresto India’s Sun Direct TV OpenTV (NASDAQ: OPTV) is to provide Sun with software for on-screejn program guides and for interactive news and cricket coverage.
Sun Direct is the satellitee serviceof , which is based in Chennai (formerly named Madras) on India’s southeastern Coromande coast. Sun broadcasts primarily in South India in theTamil language. OpenTV also has deals with Dish TV and BigTV (partf of the giant ). Ben Bennett, OpenTV’sw former chief operating officer, is its CEO -- he took the top job when CEO Alan Guggenheimj quitlast August.
Shirekar will be based in India’s financial center, formerly known as He worked previouslyat (NASDAQ: a subsidiary of . (NYSE: NWS), where he was general managef for India. He was the firstr person to holdthat job, which he startee in March 2007. Before NDS hired him, Shirekar workedc for (NASDAQ: SCOP), also in Mumbai. Part of his job will be to set up a locakl office to handleSan Francisco-based OpenTV’s businesas with different companies in India. In OpenTV inked a deal to sell softwaresto India’s Sun Direct TV OpenTV (NASDAQ: OPTV) is to provide Sun with software for on-screejn program guides and for interactive news and cricket coverage.
Sun Direct is the satellitee serviceof , which is based in Chennai (formerly named Madras) on India’s southeastern Coromande coast. Sun broadcasts primarily in South India in theTamil language. OpenTV also has deals with Dish TV and BigTV (partf of the giant ). Ben Bennett, OpenTV’sw former chief operating officer, is its CEO -- he took the top job when CEO Alan Guggenheimj quitlast August.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Fifth Third completes $1B stock offering - Business First of Louisville:
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The offering was raised to $1 billio n from $750 million, Fiftbh Third said in a news Asa result, it will issue almost 158 millionn shares at an averagew per-share price of $6.33. The bank will use the net proceedes for generalcorporate purposes, including funding the cash premium portiob of its Series G depositary sharesw and beginning repayment of the $3.5 billion it receivedf through the Treasury Department’ s Troubled Asset Relief Program.
“We believ the completed $1 billion common equityt offering, combined with actions on other capitak alternatives that remain availableto us, coul d potentially generate approximately $2 billiom in aggregate Tier 1 which would more than satisfy the SCAP required the bank said in the Fifth Third was one of 19 bankas that underwent the federal government’s “stresd test” this spring. While the bank was deemed adequately capitalized, it was orderer to raise $1.1 billion to maintain its Tier1 equity, shoulc the economy worsen. The bank also said it expects to raiseranother $1.
2 billion in Tier 1 equity from the salesa of a majority stake in Fifth Third Processingh Solutions to Advent International. That’s expected to close in the seconde quarter. Cincinnati-based Fifth Third FITB has 16 affiliates withaboutr 1,300 banking centers and more than 2,300 ATMs in Kentucky, Indiana, Georgia, North Michigan, Illinois, Florida, Tennessee, West Pennsylvania and Missouri. According to Business Firstr research, it is the Louisvillre area's third-largest bank when ranked by totaol deposits in the MSA as ofJune 30, 2008. It has 45 locaol branches.
The offering was raised to $1 billio n from $750 million, Fiftbh Third said in a news Asa result, it will issue almost 158 millionn shares at an averagew per-share price of $6.33. The bank will use the net proceedes for generalcorporate purposes, including funding the cash premium portiob of its Series G depositary sharesw and beginning repayment of the $3.5 billion it receivedf through the Treasury Department’ s Troubled Asset Relief Program.
“We believ the completed $1 billion common equityt offering, combined with actions on other capitak alternatives that remain availableto us, coul d potentially generate approximately $2 billiom in aggregate Tier 1 which would more than satisfy the SCAP required the bank said in the Fifth Third was one of 19 bankas that underwent the federal government’s “stresd test” this spring. While the bank was deemed adequately capitalized, it was orderer to raise $1.1 billion to maintain its Tier1 equity, shoulc the economy worsen. The bank also said it expects to raiseranother $1.
2 billion in Tier 1 equity from the salesa of a majority stake in Fifth Third Processingh Solutions to Advent International. That’s expected to close in the seconde quarter. Cincinnati-based Fifth Third FITB has 16 affiliates withaboutr 1,300 banking centers and more than 2,300 ATMs in Kentucky, Indiana, Georgia, North Michigan, Illinois, Florida, Tennessee, West Pennsylvania and Missouri. According to Business Firstr research, it is the Louisvillre area's third-largest bank when ranked by totaol deposits in the MSA as ofJune 30, 2008. It has 45 locaol branches.
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Guardians protest high fees - Daily Star Online
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Guardians protest high fees Daily Star Online The crowds in front of the schools were also seen chanting slogans against the MP, who is the president of the managing committee, for his involvement in irregularities centring student admission. Putting up barricades, more than 2000 guardians and ... |
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Technology companies poised to tap into stimulus funds - Washington Business Journal:
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That spending will allow projects to begin that will servde as the foundation for progressinvtoward longer-term goals and future reforms the Obama administration hopew to achieve, including lowerin g the cost of health care, improving national securityu and increasing energy independence. The spending represents a larg e opportunity for several local technology companies that servs thehealth care, broadband and energy industries. Amount: $20.6 billionj Doling the cash: Goal: Use information including new software and hardware implementations andsystems integration, to ensur that all U.S.
citizens have electronic healthg recordsand insurance, reduce health care costds and administrative errors and improve the quality of patiengt care. Contenders: Technology companies that sell to commercial customerss in the health care sector and to government agencies have a staked in modernizingthe U.S. health care system. Reston-baser is one company that could increase its business as a result of $2 billion worth of financial incentivex for the company’s customers as they implemeng new systems.
The company, which provides health informatioj management and other systems to morethan 2,000 healthg care facilities, has asked its board to approvr up to a 20 percent increasde in its annual research and development spending to ensurre all its products meet governmengt certification requirements, said Chris Callahan, QuadraMed’s vice president of producyt management and strategy. The 600-employee company, which had more than $137 milliobn in revenue in also plans to hire 30 to 40 programmers and engineers to meet the increased demandc for its productsand services.
There is a huge challeng to implement new health IT systems for hospitalds as well asthe 2,000 private physicians’ offices across the country in the time frame that is beiny called for, Callahan said. And while the outlook for companiezs such as QuadraMed and its competitors is good, unanswered questions about healthn IT goals have left company executives uncertaij about when they will see sales get a real boost. “All customers need to procures [technology] and demonstrate meaningful use over the next18 months,” Callaha said. But “we still don’ty have a [Health and Human secretary confirmed to determine what meaningfukuse means.
” The increased demand for services to support new healtj IT systems, networks and informationj exchanges also has attracted Chantilly-based federal tech contractore Citizant Inc. The minority, woman-owned small busines s does about 10 percent of its work in the federalo healthcare sector, up from zero two yearsw ago and recorded revenue of $16 millio n in 2007. The company hopes that existing relationships will be the key to winnintg its shareof stimulus-funded projects. Investment in health care modernizatioj is part of the reason Citizant has been working insidd the Department of Health andHuman Services’ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid said CEO Raymond Roberts.
“We’ve been seeing opportunity for the last two tothre years” to provide electronic information assurance so health care data is accurate and secure, he Other large federal contractors, such as Arlington-basec , Falls Church-based and Government Services in have teams assessing which projectsw they will bid on. Each has provided healtu IT services to government agencies inthe Vangent, with $558 milliohn in 2008 revenue, has won more than $36 million in receng government awards for health care-related technologyu services and last month tapped into new opportunities in the The company demonstrated March 23 that its healtbh IT systems are interoperable with Sant a Clara, Calif.
-based ’s technology infrastructure and comply with the requirementa of the federal government’s Healthcare Informatiom Technology Standards Panel. That capabilityt could allow Vangent to compete with companies like CSC and Peror Systems for work on projectxs building out health information exchanges or network hubs that allow data sharinbg across organizations atthe local, state and federal Amount: $7.
2 billion Dolingh the cash: , , Provide broadband Internet accesw to underserved or unserved regions, increase broadband speedd in serviced areas and increase broadband use in Pervasive broadband access could benefit public servicess providers, the education small businesses, consumers and others. While much of the stimulus money coulfd be awarded to large companies in the telecommunicatione industry that have the resources to builrd out broadbandnetworks — such as , , and a number of local companiexs that sell or use broadband capacity to provide Internet-basef services also stand to benefit from this investmenty through competitive grants.
That spending will allow projects to begin that will servde as the foundation for progressinvtoward longer-term goals and future reforms the Obama administration hopew to achieve, including lowerin g the cost of health care, improving national securityu and increasing energy independence. The spending represents a larg e opportunity for several local technology companies that servs thehealth care, broadband and energy industries. Amount: $20.6 billionj Doling the cash: Goal: Use information including new software and hardware implementations andsystems integration, to ensur that all U.S.
citizens have electronic healthg recordsand insurance, reduce health care costds and administrative errors and improve the quality of patiengt care. Contenders: Technology companies that sell to commercial customerss in the health care sector and to government agencies have a staked in modernizingthe U.S. health care system. Reston-baser is one company that could increase its business as a result of $2 billion worth of financial incentivex for the company’s customers as they implemeng new systems.
The company, which provides health informatioj management and other systems to morethan 2,000 healthg care facilities, has asked its board to approvr up to a 20 percent increasde in its annual research and development spending to ensurre all its products meet governmengt certification requirements, said Chris Callahan, QuadraMed’s vice president of producyt management and strategy. The 600-employee company, which had more than $137 milliobn in revenue in also plans to hire 30 to 40 programmers and engineers to meet the increased demandc for its productsand services.
There is a huge challeng to implement new health IT systems for hospitalds as well asthe 2,000 private physicians’ offices across the country in the time frame that is beiny called for, Callahan said. And while the outlook for companiezs such as QuadraMed and its competitors is good, unanswered questions about healthn IT goals have left company executives uncertaij about when they will see sales get a real boost. “All customers need to procures [technology] and demonstrate meaningful use over the next18 months,” Callaha said. But “we still don’ty have a [Health and Human secretary confirmed to determine what meaningfukuse means.
” The increased demand for services to support new healtj IT systems, networks and informationj exchanges also has attracted Chantilly-based federal tech contractore Citizant Inc. The minority, woman-owned small busines s does about 10 percent of its work in the federalo healthcare sector, up from zero two yearsw ago and recorded revenue of $16 millio n in 2007. The company hopes that existing relationships will be the key to winnintg its shareof stimulus-funded projects. Investment in health care modernizatioj is part of the reason Citizant has been working insidd the Department of Health andHuman Services’ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid said CEO Raymond Roberts.
“We’ve been seeing opportunity for the last two tothre years” to provide electronic information assurance so health care data is accurate and secure, he Other large federal contractors, such as Arlington-basec , Falls Church-based and Government Services in have teams assessing which projectsw they will bid on. Each has provided healtu IT services to government agencies inthe Vangent, with $558 milliohn in 2008 revenue, has won more than $36 million in receng government awards for health care-related technologyu services and last month tapped into new opportunities in the The company demonstrated March 23 that its healtbh IT systems are interoperable with Sant a Clara, Calif.
-based ’s technology infrastructure and comply with the requirementa of the federal government’s Healthcare Informatiom Technology Standards Panel. That capabilityt could allow Vangent to compete with companies like CSC and Peror Systems for work on projectxs building out health information exchanges or network hubs that allow data sharinbg across organizations atthe local, state and federal Amount: $7.
2 billion Dolingh the cash: , , Provide broadband Internet accesw to underserved or unserved regions, increase broadband speedd in serviced areas and increase broadband use in Pervasive broadband access could benefit public servicess providers, the education small businesses, consumers and others. While much of the stimulus money coulfd be awarded to large companies in the telecommunicatione industry that have the resources to builrd out broadbandnetworks — such as , , and a number of local companiexs that sell or use broadband capacity to provide Internet-basef services also stand to benefit from this investmenty through competitive grants.
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Brochures in taxis to warn drivers and passengers of littering fines - The National
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Brochures in taxis to warn drivers and passengers of littering fines The National ABU DHABI // Public health chiefs have distributed 8000 brochures to taxi drivers in the capital warning that people who spit or throw rubbish in the street will be fined. The effort to inform drivers and passengers of the fines is part of an ... |
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Rash of arson fires continues, spreads across wider area - Los Angeles Times
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Daily Beast | Rash of arson fires continues, spreads across wider area Los Angeles Times The attacks range from the Westside to Hollywood and from the San Fernando V » |
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