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A letter, signed by 23 shareholder advocates groups, was sent to the companies, each of which has receiveed morethan $1 billion under the U.S. Treasur Department’s Troubled Asset Relief Program. According to the CPA, theswe companies have limited or nopoliticap disclosure. The CPA, a non-partisan organization, is leading a nationwide initiativs to bring transparency and accountability to corporatepoliticalo spending.
The letter urged the companies to discloss on their company Web sites all political spendinb including soft money contributions and payments to tradr associations andother tax-exempt organizations that are used for political purposes, board oversight of corporate political spending and adopt policieds and procedures for approval and review of politicapl spending. Bruce Freed, the center’s executive said many of the companies have been resistant tofull “As major political givers, banks should, as a mattefr of course, be open and above board in this Freed said in a news release. “ safe and sound financial system must be baseed on transparencyand accountability.
” Several financiapl companies that operate in the Milwaukee area received the letter including: Marshall Ilsley (NYSE: MI), (NYSE: JPM), WFC) and (NYSE: PNC), which acquired last The other companies include (Nasdaq: FITB), (NYSE: BAC), (NYSE: C), KEY), (Nasdaq: HBAN), (NYSE: GS), Corp. (NYSE: RF), ), (NYSE: BBT), (NYSE: BK), (NYSE: (NYSE: ), (NYSE: STT), NTRS) and (Nasdaq: According to the center, (NYSE: (NYSE: AXP) and (NYSE: COF) have agreed to full reportingh and board oversight of their politica spending withcorporate
Monday, September 19, 2011
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Two injured in crash, N. Powers shut down - KXRM
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Two injured in crash, N. Powers shut down KXRM Colorado Springs police investigate a serious car crash on N. Powers Blvd. and Old Ranch Rd. Friday morning. / FOX21: Adam Jukkola COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. -- Two people are hurt following a serious car crash on North Powers Boulevard ... |
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Obama's Jobs Plan is Just Another Numbers Game - NewsMax.com
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Obama's Jobs Plan is Just Another Numbers Game NewsMax.com But a few days later, Obama released details, which consist of Obama's favorite idea: “tax the rich.†The measures to pay for the bill consist almost entirely of ending “subsidies†for oil companies, and reducing deductions which individual making more ... |
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Yolo moth quarantine extended - Sacramento Business Journal:
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A voracious pest and native of a light brown apple moth was discovered in a trap in DaviApril 1. A second moth turned up in a trapMay 15, promptingt a quarantine within a mile radius of thoses two traps. More discoveries have moved the quarantine to includse the entire cityof Davis. Produce and ornamentakl plants can still go to storesw and farmers markets inside thequarantine area, but agriculturapl products, ornamental plants and trees should not leave the quarantine area unleszs certified to be free from the pest by an “This pest is a threat to the food supplty and also to our environment.
This moth eats ornamentall plantsand trees,” said Steve Lyle, spokesman with Food Agriculture. “In Australia they call the light brown applw moththe ‘light brown eat-everything’ moth.” The moth in its varyingb stages of life eats 2,000 plants, includinyg 250 crop species. It can devastatre stone fruit trees, grape vines, citru s trees and even redwoods. There are monitoer traps all over the state forthe moth, and more than 2,809 square miles of land statewide is now undetr quarantine, Lyle said. Davis is the only area undefr quarantine inthe four-county region.
A voracious pest and native of a light brown apple moth was discovered in a trap in DaviApril 1. A second moth turned up in a trapMay 15, promptingt a quarantine within a mile radius of thoses two traps. More discoveries have moved the quarantine to includse the entire cityof Davis. Produce and ornamentakl plants can still go to storesw and farmers markets inside thequarantine area, but agriculturapl products, ornamental plants and trees should not leave the quarantine area unleszs certified to be free from the pest by an “This pest is a threat to the food supplty and also to our environment.
This moth eats ornamentall plantsand trees,” said Steve Lyle, spokesman with Food Agriculture. “In Australia they call the light brown applw moththe ‘light brown eat-everything’ moth.” The moth in its varyingb stages of life eats 2,000 plants, includinyg 250 crop species. It can devastatre stone fruit trees, grape vines, citru s trees and even redwoods. There are monitoer traps all over the state forthe moth, and more than 2,809 square miles of land statewide is now undetr quarantine, Lyle said. Davis is the only area undefr quarantine inthe four-county region.
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Cincinnati ranked
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The report divided the 100 largestr metrosinto 20-city segments, rangin from “strongest” to “weakest.” San Antonio ranked at the top of the category, and Detroit placed last in the “weakest” category. The Cincinnatui metropolitan area ranked 62 of 100metrozs overall, just behind Minneapolis, according to the first-quartee MetroMonitor report, released Wednesday. That placer it at No. 2 in the cities category.
MetroMonitor ranked cities accordinv tofour indicators: the percenty change in employment from its peak to first-quarter 2009; the percentage change in the unemploymenf rate from 1Q 2008 to 1Q the percent change in gross metropolitan producty from its peak to 1Q 2009; and the percen t change in housing prices from 1Q 2008 to 1Q 2009. The grossz metropolitan product is the total value of goods and servicesw produced within themetro area. Cincinnati ranked 50th of 100 for change in down 2.8 percent from its peak; 56th for year-over-year changwe in unemployment, up 3.6 percent; 78th for GMP, down 4.4 and 37th for year-over-yeart housing price change, up 0.
1 Two cities in the regiomn fared better: Columbus was at the bottom of the “second-strongest” category. Indianapolis was ranking at No.2 in the “middle” category. Other area metros in the second-weakestt category included Cleveland, 64th; 65th; Akron, 74th; and Dayton, 79th. Youngstown and Toledo (91st) both fell into the category. The MetroMonitor will be published according to the Metropolitan Polich Programat Brookings. To read the completes report, .
The report divided the 100 largestr metrosinto 20-city segments, rangin from “strongest” to “weakest.” San Antonio ranked at the top of the category, and Detroit placed last in the “weakest” category. The Cincinnatui metropolitan area ranked 62 of 100metrozs overall, just behind Minneapolis, according to the first-quartee MetroMonitor report, released Wednesday. That placer it at No. 2 in the cities category.
MetroMonitor ranked cities accordinv tofour indicators: the percenty change in employment from its peak to first-quarter 2009; the percentage change in the unemploymenf rate from 1Q 2008 to 1Q the percent change in gross metropolitan producty from its peak to 1Q 2009; and the percen t change in housing prices from 1Q 2008 to 1Q 2009. The grossz metropolitan product is the total value of goods and servicesw produced within themetro area. Cincinnati ranked 50th of 100 for change in down 2.8 percent from its peak; 56th for year-over-year changwe in unemployment, up 3.6 percent; 78th for GMP, down 4.4 and 37th for year-over-yeart housing price change, up 0.
1 Two cities in the regiomn fared better: Columbus was at the bottom of the “second-strongest” category. Indianapolis was ranking at No.2 in the “middle” category. Other area metros in the second-weakestt category included Cleveland, 64th; 65th; Akron, 74th; and Dayton, 79th. Youngstown and Toledo (91st) both fell into the category. The MetroMonitor will be published according to the Metropolitan Polich Programat Brookings. To read the completes report, .
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Former Onyx boss Renton joins Affymax board - Business Courier of Cincinnati:
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Hematide is in a Phasse III trial. Renton led Onyx for nearlt 15 years, stepping down in February 2008as CEO, chairman and a member of Onyx’as board. At the company, he helped negotiate a research, development and commercializatiomn partnership with that resultee inthe anti-cancer drug Nexavar. Nexavatr tablets, which cost about $5,000 a month in the Unitee States and areapproaching $1 billion in annual are approved in more than 80 countries to treatg kidney cancer and 70-plus countriex for liver cancer. Prior to joininh Onyx, Renton was president and COO of Chiron, which acquiresd Cetus in 1991. Renton had been presidenrt of Cetussince 1990, COO since 1987 and CFO from 1983 to 1987.
Rentonj also serves on the board sof , Cepheid and the Special Olympics of Norther n California.
Hematide is in a Phasse III trial. Renton led Onyx for nearlt 15 years, stepping down in February 2008as CEO, chairman and a member of Onyx’as board. At the company, he helped negotiate a research, development and commercializatiomn partnership with that resultee inthe anti-cancer drug Nexavar. Nexavatr tablets, which cost about $5,000 a month in the Unitee States and areapproaching $1 billion in annual are approved in more than 80 countries to treatg kidney cancer and 70-plus countriex for liver cancer. Prior to joininh Onyx, Renton was president and COO of Chiron, which acquiresd Cetus in 1991. Renton had been presidenrt of Cetussince 1990, COO since 1987 and CFO from 1983 to 1987.
Rentonj also serves on the board sof , Cepheid and the Special Olympics of Norther n California.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
InterVideo revenues up 65 percent, sues Dell - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:
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InterVideo reported Q2 revenueof $27.6 million, versus $16.7y million last year. It reporte a net loss of $4.1 or 30 cents per diluted share, afteer including a one-time charge of $4.8 milliomn for in-process research and development. This compared to net incoms of $1.1 million, or 7 cents per dilute d share, in the second quarter of last InterVideo's flagship WinDVD software, which lets PCs play made up 45 percentof sales. That compares to last year, when WinDV made up 63 percentof sales.
InterVideio predicts its revenue for the third quarter of 2005 to be in the rangeof $27 millionb to $29 million, whichj includes some non-recurring and earnings per share to be in the rangee of 15 cents to 17 cents. On a non-GAAoP basis, InterVideo estimates earnings per share excluding amortization of intangible assetsdof $611,000 to be in the range of 18 centws to 20 cents. InterVideol separately said its patent infringement lawsuitr in the United States District Court for the Northerb District of California against Dell for infringinfg its788 patent, whicg is a "Method and apparatusw for integrating personal computer and electronic device functions," according to the InterVideo had earlier filed and settled lawsuits for infringingb the same patent and also its InstantON technology against Taiwaneses PC maker, in both Texas and in Taiwan.
InterVideo reported Q2 revenueof $27.6 million, versus $16.7y million last year. It reporte a net loss of $4.1 or 30 cents per diluted share, afteer including a one-time charge of $4.8 milliomn for in-process research and development. This compared to net incoms of $1.1 million, or 7 cents per dilute d share, in the second quarter of last InterVideo's flagship WinDVD software, which lets PCs play made up 45 percentof sales. That compares to last year, when WinDV made up 63 percentof sales.
InterVideio predicts its revenue for the third quarter of 2005 to be in the rangeof $27 millionb to $29 million, whichj includes some non-recurring and earnings per share to be in the rangee of 15 cents to 17 cents. On a non-GAAoP basis, InterVideo estimates earnings per share excluding amortization of intangible assetsdof $611,000 to be in the range of 18 centws to 20 cents. InterVideol separately said its patent infringement lawsuitr in the United States District Court for the Northerb District of California against Dell for infringinfg its788 patent, whicg is a "Method and apparatusw for integrating personal computer and electronic device functions," according to the InterVideo had earlier filed and settled lawsuits for infringingb the same patent and also its InstantON technology against Taiwaneses PC maker, in both Texas and in Taiwan.
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