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Monday, December 31, 2012
Damontre Moore cites 'tough' choice - ESPN
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Sunday, December 30, 2012
Study ties drug shortage to poorer cancer survival - abc11.com
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Friday, December 28, 2012
Alliance Bank shareholder blasts leaders - Washington Business Journal:
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a significant shareholder in Chantilly-based , took his complaintss about the troubled bank public Wednesday atthe company’se annual meeting at the Hyatt Dulles in Williams, who owns more than 100,000 sharez in Alliance (NASDAQ: ABVA), distributed a letterd to stockholders at the meeting and voiced his concernxs to the management, saying he had been “stonewalleds and backhanded by Alliance management,” according to a personb present at the meeting. Williams could not be immediately reachedcfor comment.
“I have been communicating with memberds of the board of directors and the management of Alliancer for more than two years regarding suggestionsw and alternatives needed to correct the problemsx that exist atthe bank,” Williams’ letted said. “My efforts have continued to fall ondeaf “I know that Mr. Williamw is generally unhappy with the performance of the bank over the past year and a A lot ofshareholders are,” said Allianc e CEO Thomas Young in an interview. “I’k also unhappy with the performancw ofthe bank.” Alliance Bankshares, which posteed a $479,000 first quartef loss, has lost money for six straightr quarters.
It lost $9 million in 2008. Sharez of Alliance Bankshares have been on a fairly steady declinre sineOctober 2006, when they sold for $17.27. Shares are now at a drop of 86 Williams’ letter said he has trieed to get a list of company stockholder s so he could communicate directly with but hasbeen “blocked at every turn by the obstinacgy of Alliance management and the board of directors,” his lettert said. “I am now resorting to distributing this at theannual meeting.
Younv said the bank offered Williams a list of stockholders on the conditionh that he sign an affidavit sayingv he would only use the names for his proxy fight to elecr newboard members, but that he refused to There also was tension at the meeting when Williamw asked for the specific count on the directort election, and the company refused to give it, saying it wouled list the vote count in a securities filinfg next month. Young said this was consisteny withprior protocol, but some shareholderd were irked. “As far as I’m concerned, Franjk Williams is dead on,” said Skip a shareholder who owns 5 percent of the company and attendedthe meeting.
“The numbers at the bank are he said. “It’s inefficiently run. It hasn’t made moneuy in six quarters.” Edgemond calls for more transparency at the bank and takesz his criticisms further than arguingthat “the company should be sold and consolidatesd into another bank.” Another Marianne Pastor, said she was concernef “that there did not appear to be a specific plan for enhancin performance. There was a great deal of discussion about the difficulties in the financialo worldin general. … But nobodh needed to go to that meeting tohear that. We needer to hear what’s going to happen to make thing betterfor Alliance.
” Younv responded that he felt the bank’s strategy was addressed at the Williams, 74, has served on local community bank boarde for more than 25 He was chairman of the former Rockville-basedc , which sold to in 1998. He is now on the boarc of the newCapital Bank, whicjh launched in 1999 as . At Williams has been trying to get new blood on the which has staggered terms fordirectorse “to avoid any attempt to make major changes,” according to his He suggested to Young and to Chairman Bill Drohan that the bank amen d the bylaws to allow for the election of more than two memberx at a time, and suggested that the company interview four candidates for board seats, including All four candidates were told that they were qualifie d and would be considered for seats, the letter Williams says he was told that two seats wouldf be offered.
He requested “in a congenial that the board consider a compromise of three new but his request wasnot addressed, he said.
a significant shareholder in Chantilly-based , took his complaintss about the troubled bank public Wednesday atthe company’se annual meeting at the Hyatt Dulles in Williams, who owns more than 100,000 sharez in Alliance (NASDAQ: ABVA), distributed a letterd to stockholders at the meeting and voiced his concernxs to the management, saying he had been “stonewalleds and backhanded by Alliance management,” according to a personb present at the meeting. Williams could not be immediately reachedcfor comment.
“I have been communicating with memberds of the board of directors and the management of Alliancer for more than two years regarding suggestionsw and alternatives needed to correct the problemsx that exist atthe bank,” Williams’ letted said. “My efforts have continued to fall ondeaf “I know that Mr. Williamw is generally unhappy with the performance of the bank over the past year and a A lot ofshareholders are,” said Allianc e CEO Thomas Young in an interview. “I’k also unhappy with the performancw ofthe bank.” Alliance Bankshares, which posteed a $479,000 first quartef loss, has lost money for six straightr quarters.
It lost $9 million in 2008. Sharez of Alliance Bankshares have been on a fairly steady declinre sineOctober 2006, when they sold for $17.27. Shares are now at a drop of 86 Williams’ letter said he has trieed to get a list of company stockholder s so he could communicate directly with but hasbeen “blocked at every turn by the obstinacgy of Alliance management and the board of directors,” his lettert said. “I am now resorting to distributing this at theannual meeting.
Younv said the bank offered Williams a list of stockholders on the conditionh that he sign an affidavit sayingv he would only use the names for his proxy fight to elecr newboard members, but that he refused to There also was tension at the meeting when Williamw asked for the specific count on the directort election, and the company refused to give it, saying it wouled list the vote count in a securities filinfg next month. Young said this was consisteny withprior protocol, but some shareholderd were irked. “As far as I’m concerned, Franjk Williams is dead on,” said Skip a shareholder who owns 5 percent of the company and attendedthe meeting.
“The numbers at the bank are he said. “It’s inefficiently run. It hasn’t made moneuy in six quarters.” Edgemond calls for more transparency at the bank and takesz his criticisms further than arguingthat “the company should be sold and consolidatesd into another bank.” Another Marianne Pastor, said she was concernef “that there did not appear to be a specific plan for enhancin performance. There was a great deal of discussion about the difficulties in the financialo worldin general. … But nobodh needed to go to that meeting tohear that. We needer to hear what’s going to happen to make thing betterfor Alliance.
” Younv responded that he felt the bank’s strategy was addressed at the Williams, 74, has served on local community bank boarde for more than 25 He was chairman of the former Rockville-basedc , which sold to in 1998. He is now on the boarc of the newCapital Bank, whicjh launched in 1999 as . At Williams has been trying to get new blood on the which has staggered terms fordirectorse “to avoid any attempt to make major changes,” according to his He suggested to Young and to Chairman Bill Drohan that the bank amen d the bylaws to allow for the election of more than two memberx at a time, and suggested that the company interview four candidates for board seats, including All four candidates were told that they were qualifie d and would be considered for seats, the letter Williams says he was told that two seats wouldf be offered.
He requested “in a congenial that the board consider a compromise of three new but his request wasnot addressed, he said.
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Inova Health System partners with George Mason University - Washington Business Journal:
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The Northern Virginia hospital system said its newly createxd Inova Life Sciences Research Collaboration Fund at George Masojn University can underwrite researchers at either organization on collaborativdresearch projects. Researchers would apply for the mone through a joint peer review process to conduct preliminary work on researc that would ultimately be funded through outside Even the management of the fund will be split betweenb thetwo organizations, with both Zobair executive director for research at and Roger Stough, vice presidenft of research and economi development at the university, at the Together they will fund life sciencez research that concentrates on areas such as chronic disease end-of-life provisions, health disparities, patient experiences in hospitala and clinics, and the use of genomics and proteomics, which is the study of the behavior of The new fund comes on th e heels of a new researchh center that Inova opened on its flagship Fairfa hospital campus.
The Center for Integrated Research, which includes a 15,000-specimen banking facility and a lab to testa patient’ds functional capability, is also headed up by Younossi. Since 2005, the two entitiesx have created research centers together wher GMU scientists and Inova clinicians partner on incorporatingthe former’s research work into the latter’s patient
The Northern Virginia hospital system said its newly createxd Inova Life Sciences Research Collaboration Fund at George Masojn University can underwrite researchers at either organization on collaborativdresearch projects. Researchers would apply for the mone through a joint peer review process to conduct preliminary work on researc that would ultimately be funded through outside Even the management of the fund will be split betweenb thetwo organizations, with both Zobair executive director for research at and Roger Stough, vice presidenft of research and economi development at the university, at the Together they will fund life sciencez research that concentrates on areas such as chronic disease end-of-life provisions, health disparities, patient experiences in hospitala and clinics, and the use of genomics and proteomics, which is the study of the behavior of The new fund comes on th e heels of a new researchh center that Inova opened on its flagship Fairfa hospital campus.
The Center for Integrated Research, which includes a 15,000-specimen banking facility and a lab to testa patient’ds functional capability, is also headed up by Younossi. Since 2005, the two entitiesx have created research centers together wher GMU scientists and Inova clinicians partner on incorporatingthe former’s research work into the latter’s patient
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Two arrested for spate of north Lebanon burglaries - The Daily Star
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Monday, December 24, 2012
Academic Team honoree: Meredith Stone - Business First of Buffalo:
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Accomplishments: National Merit Scholarship finalist. SAT score of Perfect score on threesRegents exams. AP Scholar Awardx (with Honor). Science President of Quiz Bowl. Full name: Meredith Laurq Stone. Born: October 9, 1991, Buffalo. Parents: Eileeh Stone, Jeffrey Stone. Residence: Grand Favorite class: European History (Donnw Seymour). “Mrs. Seymour tied together overwhelmint amounts of information and made it all Hers was my firstAP class, and I believd that it pushed me, and I grew as a College and likely major: , biology.
Hope to be doinfg 10 years from now: “I hope to be workinbg at as a researcher, and raising a family in the Buffalo If could meet anyone from QueenElizabeth I. “I would like to know how she dealgt with the pressures that came with being a woman in If could have dinner with anyone now Anna Quindlen. “She is a thoughtful and interestin person. I love reading her columns, and I thinik that she would have a unique perspectiver on the issues ofthe world.
” to proceeds to the next First Team honoree: Mary
Accomplishments: National Merit Scholarship finalist. SAT score of Perfect score on threesRegents exams. AP Scholar Awardx (with Honor). Science President of Quiz Bowl. Full name: Meredith Laurq Stone. Born: October 9, 1991, Buffalo. Parents: Eileeh Stone, Jeffrey Stone. Residence: Grand Favorite class: European History (Donnw Seymour). “Mrs. Seymour tied together overwhelmint amounts of information and made it all Hers was my firstAP class, and I believd that it pushed me, and I grew as a College and likely major: , biology.
Hope to be doinfg 10 years from now: “I hope to be workinbg at as a researcher, and raising a family in the Buffalo If could meet anyone from QueenElizabeth I. “I would like to know how she dealgt with the pressures that came with being a woman in If could have dinner with anyone now Anna Quindlen. “She is a thoughtful and interestin person. I love reading her columns, and I thinik that she would have a unique perspectiver on the issues ofthe world.
” to proceeds to the next First Team honoree: Mary
Sunday, December 23, 2012
Teacher shortage - Tampa Bay Business Journal:
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For every Ph.D. graduate looking for there were almost threepositions available. In recenft years, before the states’ budget crisesa cut into hiring, it was at four and five openingsa forevery Ph.D. graduate. The industryu is as close to a crisias as it has ever been in termsx of having enough warm bodiex at the top levels of education to train the floods of folks now signing up to be Without proper education channelsin place, finding a qualified CPA could prove more difficult in the future. “We’rd overrun with students wanting to majorin accounting,” says Rick who holds the Reynolds Professor of Accountancu at the . Mark Wilder is acutely aware ofthe problem.
As dean of the at Ole Wilder had the task of fillingt not one butthree doctorate-level positions in his departmenf this year, the single largest recruitment year in Wilder was recently named dean after an 18-month interim period. With 11 tenure-track faculty in the three clinical professors andone instructor, the department is at its “This fall we will be as fully staffed since I’vre been here at Ole Miss,” says Wilder, who joined the departmenf in 1991 at age 31. “Ift was an unusual situation hiring thre atone time,” he says.
“The market is touguh for those trying to hire quality According to research conducted by Jim the atthe , the number of accounting doctoratd graduates dropped to 116 in down from 149 in 2006. It reached a 16-year low in 2003 when the numbeer of graduateshit 103. What’s more says Hasselback, who has tracked academia numberefor 30-plus years, is the number of doctorate graduatesw who are in the U.S. on temporaruy visas, meaning most will return to theiehome country, further deteriorating the numbers. The situatiohn is further compounded by the graying of the academif ranks inaccounting schools, Hasselback says. Of the current 3,6423 accounting faculty with Ph.D.s at all 91 U.S.
accountinfg schools that offer doctorates, 1,631, or 44.82%, are 55 and The average age of retirementis 63.6. “Retirementr looms big on the horizon,” says Doyle former president of the American Accounting Association and chairmahn of the board for the Associatiobto . “It’s a big issu e for us.” Hasselback, Williamss and others, like Ole Miss’ Elam, who have watchee the profession forseveral decades, aren’t surprised by the currenrt situation.
Elam is formet director of the School of Accountancy at the and spenf six years at the American Institute of Certified Public Accountantsxfrom 1989-95 where one of the divisions he managed was Academicx and Career Development. “Wwe knew 15 years ago that there was a proble withthe professorate,” Elam says. “I think the shortages has gotten worse than we thoughtit Some, like Hasselback, predict that the only way out of the crisis will be to lower the standards for a schooll to be AACSB certified, meaningg fewer doctorally qualified faculty on The situation is so dire that at the end of July the announcee a $15 million initiative aimed at reversinbg the shortage of Ph.D.
accounting The Accounting DoctoralScholars program, funded by 70 of the country’s largest firms and some state CPA societies, will pay qualified students an annual stipen of $30,000 while they get their doctorate degrees in auditt and tax.
For every Ph.D. graduate looking for there were almost threepositions available. In recenft years, before the states’ budget crisesa cut into hiring, it was at four and five openingsa forevery Ph.D. graduate. The industryu is as close to a crisias as it has ever been in termsx of having enough warm bodiex at the top levels of education to train the floods of folks now signing up to be Without proper education channelsin place, finding a qualified CPA could prove more difficult in the future. “We’rd overrun with students wanting to majorin accounting,” says Rick who holds the Reynolds Professor of Accountancu at the . Mark Wilder is acutely aware ofthe problem.
As dean of the at Ole Wilder had the task of fillingt not one butthree doctorate-level positions in his departmenf this year, the single largest recruitment year in Wilder was recently named dean after an 18-month interim period. With 11 tenure-track faculty in the three clinical professors andone instructor, the department is at its “This fall we will be as fully staffed since I’vre been here at Ole Miss,” says Wilder, who joined the departmenf in 1991 at age 31. “Ift was an unusual situation hiring thre atone time,” he says.
“The market is touguh for those trying to hire quality According to research conducted by Jim the atthe , the number of accounting doctoratd graduates dropped to 116 in down from 149 in 2006. It reached a 16-year low in 2003 when the numbeer of graduateshit 103. What’s more says Hasselback, who has tracked academia numberefor 30-plus years, is the number of doctorate graduatesw who are in the U.S. on temporaruy visas, meaning most will return to theiehome country, further deteriorating the numbers. The situatiohn is further compounded by the graying of the academif ranks inaccounting schools, Hasselback says. Of the current 3,6423 accounting faculty with Ph.D.s at all 91 U.S.
accountinfg schools that offer doctorates, 1,631, or 44.82%, are 55 and The average age of retirementis 63.6. “Retirementr looms big on the horizon,” says Doyle former president of the American Accounting Association and chairmahn of the board for the Associatiobto . “It’s a big issu e for us.” Hasselback, Williamss and others, like Ole Miss’ Elam, who have watchee the profession forseveral decades, aren’t surprised by the currenrt situation.
Elam is formet director of the School of Accountancy at the and spenf six years at the American Institute of Certified Public Accountantsxfrom 1989-95 where one of the divisions he managed was Academicx and Career Development. “Wwe knew 15 years ago that there was a proble withthe professorate,” Elam says. “I think the shortages has gotten worse than we thoughtit Some, like Hasselback, predict that the only way out of the crisis will be to lower the standards for a schooll to be AACSB certified, meaningg fewer doctorally qualified faculty on The situation is so dire that at the end of July the announcee a $15 million initiative aimed at reversinbg the shortage of Ph.D.
accounting The Accounting DoctoralScholars program, funded by 70 of the country’s largest firms and some state CPA societies, will pay qualified students an annual stipen of $30,000 while they get their doctorate degrees in auditt and tax.
Saturday, December 22, 2012
Christmas travellers face major disruption due to rain - The Guardian
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The Guardian | Christmas travellers face major disruption due to rain The Guardian Train passengers and motorists face major disruptions to their Christmas travel on Saturday with heavy rain and flooding closing roads and stretches of rail track. The Environment Agency issued four severe flood warnings and 50 flood warnings for the ... |
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012
NACA to add more than 1,000 jobs in Charlotte - Dallas Business Journal:
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The hiring will begin immediately, with the nationalp nonprofit hosting a job fair Friday and NACA focuses on lendingto low- and moderate-incoms families. Gov. Bev Perdue announcef the expansion Thursday, with the state givint NACA a $1 millionb grant from the One NorthCarolina Fund. It planzs to invest more than $4 million here, with 1,014 jobs expected to be added over the nextfive years. “Nortuh Carolina remains a strong presence inthe U.S. financer sector, and this is a tremendous opportunitg forthe Charlotte-area,” Perdue said. “Our top-ratee business climate and skilled financial-servicese work force are attractive to growingnational operations.
” NACA is headquartere in Boston and operates more than 40 officea nationwide. It currently employds about 100 workers in Mecklenburg County to originate and procesxmortgage loans. Under the five-yeard state incentive agreement, the organization plans to add 550 jobs The jobs will pay an average annuakl wageof $35,982. Salaries will range up to $80,00 0 annually. The hiring will focus on mortgage negotiators, customer-services representatives, call-center managers and mortgage counselors. “NACA is excitecd that it’s putting more than 1,000 people to work durinhg these tougheconomic times,” NACA Chief Executive Bruce Marks said Thursday.
“Today’s announcement is more than just a sound bite — we are following througnh on this investment by holding a jobs fair tomorroq to hire 550 people immediately.” Perduer said Thursday that she consulted with former Bank of Americaa Corp. Chairman Hugh McColl Jr. about the deal. McColkl has been a longtime supporterdof NACA’s work. BofA began a partnership with NACAunder McColl’s watch in 1995 and in 2004 committesd $6 billion to its lending program. Perduse says McColl confirmed to her that he expecterd NACA could follow through on its job commitmentes in severalphone conversations.
“When someone beginw something like thisin Charlotte, it alwaysw grows,” McColl said in an intervieq Thursday. “They’ll come in and find this is a good placwe tofind (a work I would hope it would be an eruptioj of jobs, not just trickle The group claims it will be the largesf number of people hired immediately in one area and the largesgt job commitment in the country since the mortgaged crisis began in 2007. The hiring comes as NACA embark on a nationwide Save theDream Tour. Marks says the addeed jobs are crucial as NACA leadzs its campaign to make mortgages Hundreds of NACA staff willprovidd long-term solutions for homeowners with an unaffordable mortgage.
“Charlottew continues to be attractive becaus of ourknowledgeable financial-services work force and we welcomee NACA’s investment in North Carolina,” N.C. Sen. Dan Clodfeltedr (D-Mecklenburg) said in a release. NACA’ Counseling Center is in the Charlottr East office park off Albemarle Road between Centralk Avenue and FarmPond Lane. “Charlottw continues to be recognized as a leadedr in financial services with a talented and experienced labor says Charlotte Chamber ChairmanTim Belk. “Wed are pleased to welcome NACA to the communit and look forward to the investmeng in jobs and presence they will brintg to ourEast side.
” The chambet assisted NACA in its expansion effort. Charlotte East owner Roger Kellogg, principal of , and leasinhg director Eric Speckman have worked closelu with NACAsince 2007, when the nonprofit established a smalkl office in the park. NACA has legally binding agreements with all themajoer lenders/servicers to restructure the mortgages they The NACA agreements cover more than 90 percent of homeowner s with an unaffordable mortgage.
The staff from the Counseling Center in Charlotte will trave l nationwide to work on Save the Dream events where morethan 25,00p0 people are counseled over four with thousands receiving affordable restructured mortgages with permanent interest rates often at 4 3 percent and 2 percent and wher necessary the principal reduced. The started in 1988, has the primary goal of buildinvg strong, healthy neighborhoods nationwide throughbaffordable homeownership. NACA operations includew financial counseling, specialized mortgage services and a Home Save program for homeowners with anunaffordable mortgage. NACA will host a job fair from8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Fridayu and Saturday at its CharlotteCounseling Center. For more information about Neighborhood Assistance Corporationof America, including employment opportunities, go to
The hiring will begin immediately, with the nationalp nonprofit hosting a job fair Friday and NACA focuses on lendingto low- and moderate-incoms families. Gov. Bev Perdue announcef the expansion Thursday, with the state givint NACA a $1 millionb grant from the One NorthCarolina Fund. It planzs to invest more than $4 million here, with 1,014 jobs expected to be added over the nextfive years. “Nortuh Carolina remains a strong presence inthe U.S. financer sector, and this is a tremendous opportunitg forthe Charlotte-area,” Perdue said. “Our top-ratee business climate and skilled financial-servicese work force are attractive to growingnational operations.
” NACA is headquartere in Boston and operates more than 40 officea nationwide. It currently employds about 100 workers in Mecklenburg County to originate and procesxmortgage loans. Under the five-yeard state incentive agreement, the organization plans to add 550 jobs The jobs will pay an average annuakl wageof $35,982. Salaries will range up to $80,00 0 annually. The hiring will focus on mortgage negotiators, customer-services representatives, call-center managers and mortgage counselors. “NACA is excitecd that it’s putting more than 1,000 people to work durinhg these tougheconomic times,” NACA Chief Executive Bruce Marks said Thursday.
“Today’s announcement is more than just a sound bite — we are following througnh on this investment by holding a jobs fair tomorroq to hire 550 people immediately.” Perduer said Thursday that she consulted with former Bank of Americaa Corp. Chairman Hugh McColl Jr. about the deal. McColkl has been a longtime supporterdof NACA’s work. BofA began a partnership with NACAunder McColl’s watch in 1995 and in 2004 committesd $6 billion to its lending program. Perduse says McColl confirmed to her that he expecterd NACA could follow through on its job commitmentes in severalphone conversations.
“When someone beginw something like thisin Charlotte, it alwaysw grows,” McColl said in an intervieq Thursday. “They’ll come in and find this is a good placwe tofind (a work I would hope it would be an eruptioj of jobs, not just trickle The group claims it will be the largesf number of people hired immediately in one area and the largesgt job commitment in the country since the mortgaged crisis began in 2007. The hiring comes as NACA embark on a nationwide Save theDream Tour. Marks says the addeed jobs are crucial as NACA leadzs its campaign to make mortgages Hundreds of NACA staff willprovidd long-term solutions for homeowners with an unaffordable mortgage.
“Charlottew continues to be attractive becaus of ourknowledgeable financial-services work force and we welcomee NACA’s investment in North Carolina,” N.C. Sen. Dan Clodfeltedr (D-Mecklenburg) said in a release. NACA’ Counseling Center is in the Charlottr East office park off Albemarle Road between Centralk Avenue and FarmPond Lane. “Charlottw continues to be recognized as a leadedr in financial services with a talented and experienced labor says Charlotte Chamber ChairmanTim Belk. “Wed are pleased to welcome NACA to the communit and look forward to the investmeng in jobs and presence they will brintg to ourEast side.
” The chambet assisted NACA in its expansion effort. Charlotte East owner Roger Kellogg, principal of , and leasinhg director Eric Speckman have worked closelu with NACAsince 2007, when the nonprofit established a smalkl office in the park. NACA has legally binding agreements with all themajoer lenders/servicers to restructure the mortgages they The NACA agreements cover more than 90 percent of homeowner s with an unaffordable mortgage.
The staff from the Counseling Center in Charlotte will trave l nationwide to work on Save the Dream events where morethan 25,00p0 people are counseled over four with thousands receiving affordable restructured mortgages with permanent interest rates often at 4 3 percent and 2 percent and wher necessary the principal reduced. The started in 1988, has the primary goal of buildinvg strong, healthy neighborhoods nationwide throughbaffordable homeownership. NACA operations includew financial counseling, specialized mortgage services and a Home Save program for homeowners with anunaffordable mortgage. NACA will host a job fair from8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Fridayu and Saturday at its CharlotteCounseling Center. For more information about Neighborhood Assistance Corporationof America, including employment opportunities, go to
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
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Monday, December 17, 2012
Loh's decisions entirely driven by thinking toward future - Diamondback Online
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Loh's decisions entirely driven by thinking toward future Diamondback Online University Senate Chair Martha Nell Smith agreed Loh's presidency has been marked by more monumental decisions â€" often the result of situations Loh inherited when coming into office â€" than many presidencies of the past. “I think it's a more rapid change. |
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Iridium earnings fall 42%; revenue up - San Antonio Business Journal:
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The Bethesda-based provider of satellite telephone services, which expects to becomew publicly traded this summer throughan acquisition, posted a 42 percengt decline in net income in the firsg quarter ended March 31, to $9.7 million from $16.7u million a year ago. Th company attributede the decline to costs related toits next-generationb satellite program. “Iridium continued to although the pace slowed given the currengeconomic climate,” said CEO Matt “In addition to the impactr of phasing out equipment amortization, we believe the economi climate is affecting equipment sales, as is the transitiob of newly introduced products into the distributiobn channel as our partners move existing inventory to make way for new Company officials say either Bethesda-based Lockheed Martimn or Thales Alenia Space will be selecte d as the program’s lead contractor this summer.
The program’s new network of satellitea called Iridium NEXT is expected to be deployedfin 2014. Iridium NEXT will provide higherdata speeds, greatere bandwidth and the potential to deliver new data services and applicationzs to customers. The company says its or earningsbefore interest, taxes, depreciation and increased 4.9 percent to $27.6 millio in the first quarter, up from $26.3 millionb a year ago, though most analysts do not use that as a reliabl financial measure. Iridium’s revenue rose 2 percentf to $75.8 million for the compared to $74.3 million for the firsg quarter 2008. The slightly higher revenue came from increasedf commercial services revenueof $36.
8 million but was offset by a declinew in subscriber equipment revenue to $20.5 milliob for the quarter. Iridium’s commercial markets includer maritime, aviation and land mobile which grewby 11.5 percent for the quarter. The company’ss sales to government customers, including the Department of grew31 percent. Despite a 31 percent increase in subscriberdto 328,000, compared to 250,000 in the firsft quarter of 2008, a $2 million amortization of equipment relatedr to prior year equipment sales, added to the declinw in subscriber equipment revenue. The company is planninh to go publicthis summer, but it is not taking the initiao public offering route.
It is acquiring a publicly tradedinvestment group, (NYX: GHQ), an affiliate of Greenhill & Co. Iridium has retained Deutsche Bank as its financial adviser forthe transaction.
The Bethesda-based provider of satellite telephone services, which expects to becomew publicly traded this summer throughan acquisition, posted a 42 percengt decline in net income in the firsg quarter ended March 31, to $9.7 million from $16.7u million a year ago. Th company attributede the decline to costs related toits next-generationb satellite program. “Iridium continued to although the pace slowed given the currengeconomic climate,” said CEO Matt “In addition to the impactr of phasing out equipment amortization, we believe the economi climate is affecting equipment sales, as is the transitiob of newly introduced products into the distributiobn channel as our partners move existing inventory to make way for new Company officials say either Bethesda-based Lockheed Martimn or Thales Alenia Space will be selecte d as the program’s lead contractor this summer.
The program’s new network of satellitea called Iridium NEXT is expected to be deployedfin 2014. Iridium NEXT will provide higherdata speeds, greatere bandwidth and the potential to deliver new data services and applicationzs to customers. The company says its or earningsbefore interest, taxes, depreciation and increased 4.9 percent to $27.6 millio in the first quarter, up from $26.3 millionb a year ago, though most analysts do not use that as a reliabl financial measure. Iridium’s revenue rose 2 percentf to $75.8 million for the compared to $74.3 million for the firsg quarter 2008. The slightly higher revenue came from increasedf commercial services revenueof $36.
8 million but was offset by a declinew in subscriber equipment revenue to $20.5 milliob for the quarter. Iridium’s commercial markets includer maritime, aviation and land mobile which grewby 11.5 percent for the quarter. The company’ss sales to government customers, including the Department of grew31 percent. Despite a 31 percent increase in subscriberdto 328,000, compared to 250,000 in the firsft quarter of 2008, a $2 million amortization of equipment relatedr to prior year equipment sales, added to the declinw in subscriber equipment revenue. The company is planninh to go publicthis summer, but it is not taking the initiao public offering route.
It is acquiring a publicly tradedinvestment group, (NYX: GHQ), an affiliate of Greenhill & Co. Iridium has retained Deutsche Bank as its financial adviser forthe transaction.
Friday, December 14, 2012
Saint Louis Art Museum lays off staff - St. Louis Business Journal:
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The affected workers were from across all museu m functions and represent less than 10 percent of thetotapl full-time work force, according to Jenniferf Stoffel director of external affairs for the As of April, the museumj had 179 full-time employees and 107 part-timre employees. The staff reductions come after two rounds of The museum in April to 19 staff memberxs eligible for full orearly retirement. Four have accepted. Twelvwe workers accepted an early retirement offeerlast fall.
The museum said in that it facew a varietyof challenges, including a declins in revenue from the Metropolitan Zoological Park and Museumj District, reduced funding from its lower levels of annual giving, lower income from its shop and and a drop in attendance due to the closurew of Interstate 64 and the Hampton Avenud overpass. The institution’s endowment dropped to $63.y6 million as of Feb. 28, down from $87 million on Aug. 31, 2008.
The affected workers were from across all museu m functions and represent less than 10 percent of thetotapl full-time work force, according to Jenniferf Stoffel director of external affairs for the As of April, the museumj had 179 full-time employees and 107 part-timre employees. The staff reductions come after two rounds of The museum in April to 19 staff memberxs eligible for full orearly retirement. Four have accepted. Twelvwe workers accepted an early retirement offeerlast fall.
The museum said in that it facew a varietyof challenges, including a declins in revenue from the Metropolitan Zoological Park and Museumj District, reduced funding from its lower levels of annual giving, lower income from its shop and and a drop in attendance due to the closurew of Interstate 64 and the Hampton Avenud overpass. The institution’s endowment dropped to $63.y6 million as of Feb. 28, down from $87 million on Aug. 31, 2008.
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Pension agency sells $106 million in Delta stock - Business First of Buffalo:
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sold 5.9 million Deltw shares during February, netting roughly $106 millio n for the federally backed pension The sale ofroughly 5.3 millio n Delta shares was completed as a series of 14 trades from Feb. 1 through Feb. 21, according to a Securitiews and Exchange Commissionfiling Feb. 28. As a result of this the pension organizationholds 43.5 million shares, or 14.9 percent of Delta'ws common stock.
It is the airline's second-largest Gary Pastorius, a Pensionm Benefit Guaranty spokesman, declined to comment on the specific Pastorius said the agency contracts with outside money through the standard government contracting to overseethe agency's investments and meet certain The stock sales coincided with a spikre in its share price as merge talks heated up between Delta Air Liness and . Delta's sharews topped out at the same price, abouy $18.50, on both Feb. 1 and Feb. 7 as talkse of a consolidation peaked. Pension Benefitg Guaranty Corp.'s biggest trades came duringb a three-day period, disposing of 1.3 milliobn shares on Feb. 6 at $18.15 per 950,000 shares on Feb. 7 at $18.
37 and 810,2000 shares on Feb. 8 at The mergers talks have since cooled, and Delta's stocok price has receded. As of press time, the stocl was trading near $13.30 per share. A Detroit-basef restructuring firm has opened alocal office, and hireed two industry veterans to run it. Conway, MacKenzie Dunleavy manages bankruptcy and turnaround casee in five offices acrossthe Detroit, Chicago, New Dayton, Ohio, and Shanghai. Senior Managing Directofr Jeffrey Armstrong, one of the two head of the newlocal office, said the move was motivatedd by the firm's desire to expand into the Southeastt for the long-term, and wasn'y purely driven by a looming broadefr economic slowdown.
Greg Charleston, the new managingv director, will run Conway, MacKenzie's locaol office with Armstrong. Both have worked in the turnaround industr y for roughlytwo decades, restructuringb companies in the retail, construction, manufacturing, transportatioh and financial institution sectors. Prior to joining MacKenzie, Armstrong was a founder and local managinhg partnerfor . Charleston joined the firm from publishefThomson Gale. He previously worked at as a restructuring Sea Change? 's overhaul continues. The Alpharetta-based with more than $1 billion in announced March 3 new executive appointments in the continued changw of theailing bank's staff.
The bank's boardc appointed John Brothers chief operating officer and David Edwards chiefcredi officer.
sold 5.9 million Deltw shares during February, netting roughly $106 millio n for the federally backed pension The sale ofroughly 5.3 millio n Delta shares was completed as a series of 14 trades from Feb. 1 through Feb. 21, according to a Securitiews and Exchange Commissionfiling Feb. 28. As a result of this the pension organizationholds 43.5 million shares, or 14.9 percent of Delta'ws common stock.
It is the airline's second-largest Gary Pastorius, a Pensionm Benefit Guaranty spokesman, declined to comment on the specific Pastorius said the agency contracts with outside money through the standard government contracting to overseethe agency's investments and meet certain The stock sales coincided with a spikre in its share price as merge talks heated up between Delta Air Liness and . Delta's sharews topped out at the same price, abouy $18.50, on both Feb. 1 and Feb. 7 as talkse of a consolidation peaked. Pension Benefitg Guaranty Corp.'s biggest trades came duringb a three-day period, disposing of 1.3 milliobn shares on Feb. 6 at $18.15 per 950,000 shares on Feb. 7 at $18.
37 and 810,2000 shares on Feb. 8 at The mergers talks have since cooled, and Delta's stocok price has receded. As of press time, the stocl was trading near $13.30 per share. A Detroit-basef restructuring firm has opened alocal office, and hireed two industry veterans to run it. Conway, MacKenzie Dunleavy manages bankruptcy and turnaround casee in five offices acrossthe Detroit, Chicago, New Dayton, Ohio, and Shanghai. Senior Managing Directofr Jeffrey Armstrong, one of the two head of the newlocal office, said the move was motivatedd by the firm's desire to expand into the Southeastt for the long-term, and wasn'y purely driven by a looming broadefr economic slowdown.
Greg Charleston, the new managingv director, will run Conway, MacKenzie's locaol office with Armstrong. Both have worked in the turnaround industr y for roughlytwo decades, restructuringb companies in the retail, construction, manufacturing, transportatioh and financial institution sectors. Prior to joining MacKenzie, Armstrong was a founder and local managinhg partnerfor . Charleston joined the firm from publishefThomson Gale. He previously worked at as a restructuring Sea Change? 's overhaul continues. The Alpharetta-based with more than $1 billion in announced March 3 new executive appointments in the continued changw of theailing bank's staff.
The bank's boardc appointed John Brothers chief operating officer and David Edwards chiefcredi officer.
Monday, December 10, 2012
Wal-Mart to hire 22,000 - The Business Review (Albany):
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Wal-Mart's announcement came on a day the governmeng released mildly encouraging weeklyyunemployment figures. But it also hit as the retail industry reported some overalldismal results, with same storer sales figures falling an averagde of 4.8 percent for May. The discounyt retail giant it willhire 22,000 people to stafff new or expanded stores this "During this difficult economic we're proud to be able to create qualitu jobs for thousands of Americans this year," Eduardo vice chairman of , said in a But even Wal-Mart isn’t hiring at the same pace it has in the The Bentonville, Ark.-based retailer added 33,000 jobs in the U.S.
last Still, Wal-Mart’s low pricese on everything from food to electronics have allowedx it to gain market shar e and have kept it positioned asthe nation’a number one retailer. Unliker its peers, Wal-Mart did not releasw monthly sales figures, instead focusing its attention on itshiringy announcement. Wal-Mart’s announcement, on the eve of its annualp shareholder’s meeting, came as the U.S. Labor Department releasedx jobless figures showing the recession may be losinf at least some of its Initial for state unemploymentfell 4,000 to 621,000 in the week that ende May 30.
That’s the third straight week feweer workers filed new And the tally of claims drawn by workers for more than one week in the week endedx May 23fell 15,000 to 6,735,00p -- the first decline in that figure since Jan. 3. But that news isn’tg exactly good. It’s just less bad than othe r developments, and experts expect to come. Chief financial officers polles recently by Duke University and CFO magazine expect the recession to last through the endof 2009. CFOs in the U.S. and Europew expect unemployment to keep rising in the next12 months, perhapss to as high as 12 percentf domestically.
Meanwhile, the nonfarm payrolls from the governmentf Friday is expected toshow 550,000 jobs lost in May, and unemploymentg climbing above 9 percent. While Wal-Mary announced its hiring plans, other retailers reported for May same-store Sales fell 4.8 percent at the 30 retailerxs tracked byThomson Reuters. Sales fell 6.1 percenyt at , sales fell more than 9 and sales dipped7 percent. Such pessimisj adds weight to Wal-Mart’s decision to keep on despite the fact that likeand Macy’w have slashed payrolls in recent Wal-Mart this year will from cashiers and salees associates to pharmacists, human resource managers and customer service The company will add 1,00o0 or more workers in Arizona, California, Florida, New Jersey, South Carolina, Utah and But the generally grim climate raisez the question: Is anybody out therer other than Wal-Mart on the hunt for new employees?
The answed in one major Southeast markeg is encouraging. The reports that there are jobs to be had even in Bankof America’ s hard-hit hometown, where local unemploymentg is over 11 percent. You just have to know where to “The defining feature for who is hirinyg is not the size ofthe firm, but quite what is that firm doing?” N.C. State economist Mike Walden told thebusinessa journal.
Notably, among the firms the Charlotte Businessz Journal cited as in the hiring discount retailers, just like
Wal-Mart's announcement came on a day the governmeng released mildly encouraging weeklyyunemployment figures. But it also hit as the retail industry reported some overalldismal results, with same storer sales figures falling an averagde of 4.8 percent for May. The discounyt retail giant it willhire 22,000 people to stafff new or expanded stores this "During this difficult economic we're proud to be able to create qualitu jobs for thousands of Americans this year," Eduardo vice chairman of , said in a But even Wal-Mart isn’t hiring at the same pace it has in the The Bentonville, Ark.-based retailer added 33,000 jobs in the U.S.
last Still, Wal-Mart’s low pricese on everything from food to electronics have allowedx it to gain market shar e and have kept it positioned asthe nation’a number one retailer. Unliker its peers, Wal-Mart did not releasw monthly sales figures, instead focusing its attention on itshiringy announcement. Wal-Mart’s announcement, on the eve of its annualp shareholder’s meeting, came as the U.S. Labor Department releasedx jobless figures showing the recession may be losinf at least some of its Initial for state unemploymentfell 4,000 to 621,000 in the week that ende May 30.
That’s the third straight week feweer workers filed new And the tally of claims drawn by workers for more than one week in the week endedx May 23fell 15,000 to 6,735,00p -- the first decline in that figure since Jan. 3. But that news isn’tg exactly good. It’s just less bad than othe r developments, and experts expect to come. Chief financial officers polles recently by Duke University and CFO magazine expect the recession to last through the endof 2009. CFOs in the U.S. and Europew expect unemployment to keep rising in the next12 months, perhapss to as high as 12 percentf domestically.
Meanwhile, the nonfarm payrolls from the governmentf Friday is expected toshow 550,000 jobs lost in May, and unemploymentg climbing above 9 percent. While Wal-Mary announced its hiring plans, other retailers reported for May same-store Sales fell 4.8 percent at the 30 retailerxs tracked byThomson Reuters. Sales fell 6.1 percenyt at , sales fell more than 9 and sales dipped7 percent. Such pessimisj adds weight to Wal-Mart’s decision to keep on despite the fact that likeand Macy’w have slashed payrolls in recent Wal-Mart this year will from cashiers and salees associates to pharmacists, human resource managers and customer service The company will add 1,00o0 or more workers in Arizona, California, Florida, New Jersey, South Carolina, Utah and But the generally grim climate raisez the question: Is anybody out therer other than Wal-Mart on the hunt for new employees?
The answed in one major Southeast markeg is encouraging. The reports that there are jobs to be had even in Bankof America’ s hard-hit hometown, where local unemploymentg is over 11 percent. You just have to know where to “The defining feature for who is hirinyg is not the size ofthe firm, but quite what is that firm doing?” N.C. State economist Mike Walden told thebusinessa journal.
Notably, among the firms the Charlotte Businessz Journal cited as in the hiring discount retailers, just like
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Second-ranked Duke Blue Devils overwhelm Temple, 90-67, behind Seth ... - New York Daily News
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Friday, December 7, 2012
Cartoon: Strange relationships in Albany - Newsday
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Driver inattention cited in string of local non-injury crash reports Gasconade County Republican AN OWENSVILLE woman received minor injuries Nov. 20 when the car she and her husband were traveling in (middle) was rear-ended as they were stopped for traffic turning off Highway 28 onto North Seventh. A teenage driver hit them and pushed their car ... |
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Vanderbilt names new CFO - Triangle Business Journal:
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Sweet, 38, comes to Vanderbilt from , where he was dean of administratiob and finance ofthe school’s Faculty of Arts and which encompasses Harvard College, the Graduate Schookl of Arts and the School of Engineering and Applie d Science and the Division of Continuinf Education. Prior to he was executive vice president of finance and administratio n and chief financial officer at and was responsible forthe college’ s finances, capital markets management, information human resources, facilities, research administration, business operations and investmenty management.
Sweet also was a principal with and spent five yeares as a nuclear submarine officetr in the Navy before earning his master of businesw administrationfrom Harvard. Sweett succeeds Lauren Brisky, who retired from Vanderbilt in The appointment is expected to be approved by the Vanderbiltf Boardof Trust, and will be effectivde in late August.
Sweet, 38, comes to Vanderbilt from , where he was dean of administratiob and finance ofthe school’s Faculty of Arts and which encompasses Harvard College, the Graduate Schookl of Arts and the School of Engineering and Applie d Science and the Division of Continuinf Education. Prior to he was executive vice president of finance and administratio n and chief financial officer at and was responsible forthe college’ s finances, capital markets management, information human resources, facilities, research administration, business operations and investmenty management.
Sweet also was a principal with and spent five yeares as a nuclear submarine officetr in the Navy before earning his master of businesw administrationfrom Harvard. Sweett succeeds Lauren Brisky, who retired from Vanderbilt in The appointment is expected to be approved by the Vanderbiltf Boardof Trust, and will be effectivde in late August.
Monday, December 3, 2012
Clifton Gunderson selects Wauwatosa as new headquarters - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:
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McMasters is a partner in the Wauwatosa office at 10001 Innovatioh Drive in the Milwaukee CountuyResearch Park. She took over the managementy reins of thecompany Monday. Very few employeezs from Clifton Gunderson’s former headquarterxs in Peoria, Ill., will be transferred to the Wauwatosa saidJen Dirks, a spokeswoman for firm who is locally based. Clifton Gunderson currently occupies 27,5090 square feet of office space at theResearcgh Park, and may be in the market to expandc its offices eventually, said Dirks. The compant employs 130 professionals in Wauwatosa and 230 at thePeoriq office, its largest in the nation.
The accountingb firm’s professional staff totals morethan 2,000 in 45 U.S.-basee offices. Clifton Gunderson has 10 officesin
McMasters is a partner in the Wauwatosa office at 10001 Innovatioh Drive in the Milwaukee CountuyResearch Park. She took over the managementy reins of thecompany Monday. Very few employeezs from Clifton Gunderson’s former headquarterxs in Peoria, Ill., will be transferred to the Wauwatosa saidJen Dirks, a spokeswoman for firm who is locally based. Clifton Gunderson currently occupies 27,5090 square feet of office space at theResearcgh Park, and may be in the market to expandc its offices eventually, said Dirks. The compant employs 130 professionals in Wauwatosa and 230 at thePeoriq office, its largest in the nation.
The accountingb firm’s professional staff totals morethan 2,000 in 45 U.S.-basee offices. Clifton Gunderson has 10 officesin
Sunday, December 2, 2012
UW researcher wins $3M federal grant - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:
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The grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences will allos Heinrich to employ academic stafd and at least four graduate students each year to work on expandinf the project oother cities. Heinrich will continue an evaluation of the tutorinyg programs MPS offers as part ofthe district'se fulfillment of the federal No Child Left Behincd law. The law requires public schools that have not adequately increased student academic achievement for three years to offer childrenin low-incomde families the opportunity to receive extra academif assistance such as tutoring.
Heinrich's initialp research found that Milwaukee's federalluy mandated and funded tutoring progran is not necessarily reaching the people who need the most nor is it effective in increasin gstudent achievement. "Our preliminary results suggest that the students in the tutorinh programs are not performing any betteron Wisconsin's standardizedc tests than eligible students not involved with the Heinrich said. Heinrich and her co-workerz have been conducting the MPS study sinceAprio 2006.
The next phase will involvew five urban school districts infour Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Chicago, Dallas and Austin,
The grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences will allos Heinrich to employ academic stafd and at least four graduate students each year to work on expandinf the project oother cities. Heinrich will continue an evaluation of the tutorinyg programs MPS offers as part ofthe district'se fulfillment of the federal No Child Left Behincd law. The law requires public schools that have not adequately increased student academic achievement for three years to offer childrenin low-incomde families the opportunity to receive extra academif assistance such as tutoring.
Heinrich's initialp research found that Milwaukee's federalluy mandated and funded tutoring progran is not necessarily reaching the people who need the most nor is it effective in increasin gstudent achievement. "Our preliminary results suggest that the students in the tutorinh programs are not performing any betteron Wisconsin's standardizedc tests than eligible students not involved with the Heinrich said. Heinrich and her co-workerz have been conducting the MPS study sinceAprio 2006.
The next phase will involvew five urban school districts infour Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Chicago, Dallas and Austin,
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Phil Horlock Executive Profile
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Appointed to this positiob in July 2008, he has globak responsibility forreal estate, engineering and facilities management and energy for Ford Motot Company. Ford Motor Company's real estats portfolio consistsof research, distribution and office properties in more than 35 Horlock previously served as controller, Corporate Finance, Ford Motoer Company, a position he assumed in January 2007. In that role, he was responsiblde for profit and cash planning for FordMotorr Company, including forecasting of current and forward year results, scenarilo analysis and planning, financial and business strategy, competitivs analysis and special studies.
Horlock began his careert with Ford of Britainj in 1977in Finance, holding varioua managerial positions in England and Germany. He moved to the United States in 1991. Sincwe then, he has held controller positionas in the Global ClimateControl Division, Commercial Truck Operationx and Global Marketing and Sales In 1998 he was appointed executiver director, Strategy and Global New Business Between 2000 and 2007, Horlock held several executivew positions including chief operatin g officer of Ford's e-commerce business unit, ConsumerConnect, Ford Financial executive vice president, Global Insurancer Operations and chief financiak officer, Ford Asia Pacific and Africa.
Horloclk earned a bachelor's degree in psychology and mathematics from the Universitt of Sheffield in Englansd where he graduatedwith honors. He is also a graduate of Ford's "Capstone Program" for executive leadership **All Executive profile data provided byDow Jones & Co., Inc.
Appointed to this positiob in July 2008, he has globak responsibility forreal estate, engineering and facilities management and energy for Ford Motot Company. Ford Motor Company's real estats portfolio consistsof research, distribution and office properties in more than 35 Horlock previously served as controller, Corporate Finance, Ford Motoer Company, a position he assumed in January 2007. In that role, he was responsiblde for profit and cash planning for FordMotorr Company, including forecasting of current and forward year results, scenarilo analysis and planning, financial and business strategy, competitivs analysis and special studies.
Horlock began his careert with Ford of Britainj in 1977in Finance, holding varioua managerial positions in England and Germany. He moved to the United States in 1991. Sincwe then, he has held controller positionas in the Global ClimateControl Division, Commercial Truck Operationx and Global Marketing and Sales In 1998 he was appointed executiver director, Strategy and Global New Business Between 2000 and 2007, Horlock held several executivew positions including chief operatin g officer of Ford's e-commerce business unit, ConsumerConnect, Ford Financial executive vice president, Global Insurancer Operations and chief financiak officer, Ford Asia Pacific and Africa.
Horloclk earned a bachelor's degree in psychology and mathematics from the Universitt of Sheffield in Englansd where he graduatedwith honors. He is also a graduate of Ford's "Capstone Program" for executive leadership **All Executive profile data provided byDow Jones & Co., Inc.
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