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Thursday, August 9, 2012
Former security firm Blackwater settles with criminal prosecutors - Examiner.com
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Wednesday, August 8, 2012
After weeks on rise, mortgage rates finally drop in Pa., U.S. - Phoenix Business Journal:
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For the week ended June 21, the average rate for a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage in Pennsylvaniqawas 5.56 percent, down 3.1 percent from 5.74 percent the week That was the largest decline of the 20 markets Zillow The decline followed three consecutived weeks of increases. Nationally, the average 30-yea rate was 5.58 percent, down from 5.72 percentt the prior week, according to Zillow. The national average for a 15-year, fixed-rate mortgagre was 5.01 percent, down from 5.18 percent the previouse week. Florida continued to have the lowest ratew in the countrylast week, coming in at 5.5 Massachusetts and Wisconsin were tied for the highestr average rates, at 5.68 percent.
Seattle-based Zilloa compiles rates quotedby 4,0009 participating mortgage lenders to potential borrowers on its
For the week ended June 21, the average rate for a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage in Pennsylvaniqawas 5.56 percent, down 3.1 percent from 5.74 percent the week That was the largest decline of the 20 markets Zillow The decline followed three consecutived weeks of increases. Nationally, the average 30-yea rate was 5.58 percent, down from 5.72 percentt the prior week, according to Zillow. The national average for a 15-year, fixed-rate mortgagre was 5.01 percent, down from 5.18 percent the previouse week. Florida continued to have the lowest ratew in the countrylast week, coming in at 5.5 Massachusetts and Wisconsin were tied for the highestr average rates, at 5.68 percent.
Seattle-based Zilloa compiles rates quotedby 4,0009 participating mortgage lenders to potential borrowers on its
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Queen's pays $2.5M to settle Feds' claims - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):
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million to settle lawsuits thatallegee Hawaii’s largest hospital overbilled government health care programs for prescriptiob medications, federal prosecutors said The settlement was the result of two whistleblower lawsuitx brought by former pharmacy technicians, who alleged that Queen’es overbilled the state’s Medicare and Medicaide programs, as well as TRICARE, the federal health insurancde program for military dependents, according to a news release from U.S. Attorne Edward H. Kubo Jr.
The lawsuits were filee under the federal and state FalsreClaims Acts, which allow the government to claim up to triplwe the damages, plus penalties, for submitting false claimds to government programs. The two former employees alleges Queen’s submitted fake bills for anti-psychotic medications that were dispense by the hospital pharmacy from 1999 to 2002 and were authorizes bya doctor, but not necessarily by a as required. The hospital was also accusex of billing from 1999 to 2006 for services provided by medicalo residents who were supposed to be supervisesd byother doctors, but that the supervisioh did not occur, Kubo’s offic said.
Under the settlement, Queen’s paid $2 millioh to the federal government, which shared $400,00 0 of the proceeds with the twoformedr employees, and $500,000 to the attorneys for the two Queen’s will also maintain a compliance program to ensur its billings conform to the rules for five year s under a corporate integrity agreement with the U.S. Departmen t of Health and Human Queen's issued this statement: " denies any intentionalk wrongdoing, but after five years of discussions and negotiatione withthe government, has agreed to settled this matter so that its resources may be spent on providing quality healt care rather than on lega l fees.
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million to settle lawsuits thatallegee Hawaii’s largest hospital overbilled government health care programs for prescriptiob medications, federal prosecutors said The settlement was the result of two whistleblower lawsuitx brought by former pharmacy technicians, who alleged that Queen’es overbilled the state’s Medicare and Medicaide programs, as well as TRICARE, the federal health insurancde program for military dependents, according to a news release from U.S. Attorne Edward H. Kubo Jr.
The lawsuits were filee under the federal and state FalsreClaims Acts, which allow the government to claim up to triplwe the damages, plus penalties, for submitting false claimds to government programs. The two former employees alleges Queen’s submitted fake bills for anti-psychotic medications that were dispense by the hospital pharmacy from 1999 to 2002 and were authorizes bya doctor, but not necessarily by a as required. The hospital was also accusex of billing from 1999 to 2006 for services provided by medicalo residents who were supposed to be supervisesd byother doctors, but that the supervisioh did not occur, Kubo’s offic said.
Under the settlement, Queen’s paid $2 millioh to the federal government, which shared $400,00 0 of the proceeds with the twoformedr employees, and $500,000 to the attorneys for the two Queen’s will also maintain a compliance program to ensur its billings conform to the rules for five year s under a corporate integrity agreement with the U.S. Departmen t of Health and Human Queen's issued this statement: " denies any intentionalk wrongdoing, but after five years of discussions and negotiatione withthe government, has agreed to settled this matter so that its resources may be spent on providing quality healt care rather than on lega l fees.
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Sunday, August 5, 2012
Law firms turning to outside services provider to track news, Internet chatter ... - Washington Post
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Law firms turning to outside services provider to track news, Internet chatter ... Washington Post Six months ago, a group of finance attorneys at Patton Boggs heard that a leading investment bank was looking to buy out smaller competitors â€" and they immediately alerted their client, a mid-size investment bank, about the potential to be acquired. |
Saturday, August 4, 2012
McCormick & Schmick's closes downtown restaurant - Portland Business Journal:
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The Portland-based company notified the restaurant’sa 38 employees of its decision and immediatelyt closed the restaurantthis afternoon. All employees were offered positionsd at otherMcCormick & Schmick’s locations in the Portland metro Rumors the restaurant would close have circulaterd since at least April. Two yearws ago, McCormick & Schmick’d stopped serving lunch at the in part because ongoing construction in downtown curtailed traffic. CEO William Freeman said the companh and its landlord workedf hard to reach an agreement that woulc have allowed the restaurant tocontinure operating. In the end, it wasn’t possible.
He said none of the company’sd 96 remaining locations in the U.S. and Canadz is in similar jeopardy. McCormick & Schmick’as (NASDAQ: MSSR) has struggled with mounting lossea since the recession started more than ayear ago, includingg double-digit declines in same store salese at restaurants open more than a It lost nearly $70 milliojn in 2008 and $1.1 million in the firsft quarter of 2009. It will open no more than thre new restaurantsthis year, far belowe its usual pace of 10 to 12 new locationsd a year.
Freeman, who joined the company earlier this said the decision to close the firstMcCormick & Schmick’s location was “It’s obviously a special unit for us,” he The company acted quickly to closee the restaurant so employees can report to theirf new locations in time for the start of the busy summer season. The company has severakl weeks left on the lease and will spendc that time taking inventory and determininy where furnishings and other equipment migh bestbe used. McCormick & Schmick’se founders Bill McCormick and Doug Schmick openefdthe wood-paneled restaurant in 1979.
The 9,400-square-fooft downtown location, in the Henry Failiny Building, was placed on the market Tuesday by brokersd Don Drake and Tim Parker of Melvin MarkBrokeragr Co. The asking rent is $18 per square foot per year. The space includezs 5,070 square feet of ground a mezzanine forprivate dining, bar and lower level coolers, prep storage and offices. It is on the Max line in the SkidmorseFountain district.
The Portland-based company notified the restaurant’sa 38 employees of its decision and immediatelyt closed the restaurantthis afternoon. All employees were offered positionsd at otherMcCormick & Schmick’s locations in the Portland metro Rumors the restaurant would close have circulaterd since at least April. Two yearws ago, McCormick & Schmick’d stopped serving lunch at the in part because ongoing construction in downtown curtailed traffic. CEO William Freeman said the companh and its landlord workedf hard to reach an agreement that woulc have allowed the restaurant tocontinure operating. In the end, it wasn’t possible.
He said none of the company’sd 96 remaining locations in the U.S. and Canadz is in similar jeopardy. McCormick & Schmick’as (NASDAQ: MSSR) has struggled with mounting lossea since the recession started more than ayear ago, includingg double-digit declines in same store salese at restaurants open more than a It lost nearly $70 milliojn in 2008 and $1.1 million in the firsft quarter of 2009. It will open no more than thre new restaurantsthis year, far belowe its usual pace of 10 to 12 new locationsd a year.
Freeman, who joined the company earlier this said the decision to close the firstMcCormick & Schmick’s location was “It’s obviously a special unit for us,” he The company acted quickly to closee the restaurant so employees can report to theirf new locations in time for the start of the busy summer season. The company has severakl weeks left on the lease and will spendc that time taking inventory and determininy where furnishings and other equipment migh bestbe used. McCormick & Schmick’se founders Bill McCormick and Doug Schmick openefdthe wood-paneled restaurant in 1979.
The 9,400-square-fooft downtown location, in the Henry Failiny Building, was placed on the market Tuesday by brokersd Don Drake and Tim Parker of Melvin MarkBrokeragr Co. The asking rent is $18 per square foot per year. The space includezs 5,070 square feet of ground a mezzanine forprivate dining, bar and lower level coolers, prep storage and offices. It is on the Max line in the SkidmorseFountain district.
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Nike store opening in former bowling museum in downtown St. Louis - St. Louis Business Journal:
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The store will occupy aboug 60 percent to 70 percent ofthe building’es ground level and hopes to cash in on the influx of visitorzs expected when St. Louis hosts the All-Starf Game July 14. Delaware North Companies , which manages retail sales and concessionsx atBusch Stadium, will operate the stor in cooperation with Nike, said Dan Fetcho, Sportservice’s regionao manager. Management expects to take advantage of foot trafficv inthe area, particularly when the play home During the three days before the All-Stare Game, the Nike store will also host 20 to 30 baseballk greats, including several Hall of Famers, for autograph said Linda Hoernig, Sportservice’s retail director.
Stan Musial, Lou Bob Gibson, Willie McGee, Reggie Tom Seaver and Tony Gwynn are just a few of the forme r players scheduled to beon hand. Autograp h tickets will be sold in advanc e and at the door by MAB Celebrity Servicesof Fairfield, N.J. Nike will use about 2,500 to 3,00o0 square feet of space and isinvesting “six figures” into the store’s build-out, Fetcho The athletic shoe and apparel company is bringing in new fixturews and tables and giving the interior a fresh look. Nike plane to work on the exterior of the buildinhthis week.
Fetcho said the store will operatde throughthe All-Star Game and “hopefully beyond that,” but did not disclose the length of the Nike agreement. “I think Nike will be there as long as we havethe building,” said Cardinals Presidenft Bill DeWitt III. The Cardinals own the but the property is slatesd to eventually make way for new constructionm under current plans forBallparkl Village, a six-square block multi-use developmentg planned by the Cardinals and codevelopetr The of Baltimore. This leas could serve as a tryouytfor longer-term occupancy.
Asked about Nike’se potential as Ballpark Village tenant, Fetchok said, “We’re interested to see what kind of activity we The International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame in Novemberr and vacate itsdowntown St. Louix building in January. The museum, whicbh had operated in St. Louis since is expected to re-open in Arlington, in 2010.
The store will occupy aboug 60 percent to 70 percent ofthe building’es ground level and hopes to cash in on the influx of visitorzs expected when St. Louis hosts the All-Starf Game July 14. Delaware North Companies , which manages retail sales and concessionsx atBusch Stadium, will operate the stor in cooperation with Nike, said Dan Fetcho, Sportservice’s regionao manager. Management expects to take advantage of foot trafficv inthe area, particularly when the play home During the three days before the All-Stare Game, the Nike store will also host 20 to 30 baseballk greats, including several Hall of Famers, for autograph said Linda Hoernig, Sportservice’s retail director.
Stan Musial, Lou Bob Gibson, Willie McGee, Reggie Tom Seaver and Tony Gwynn are just a few of the forme r players scheduled to beon hand. Autograp h tickets will be sold in advanc e and at the door by MAB Celebrity Servicesof Fairfield, N.J. Nike will use about 2,500 to 3,00o0 square feet of space and isinvesting “six figures” into the store’s build-out, Fetcho The athletic shoe and apparel company is bringing in new fixturews and tables and giving the interior a fresh look. Nike plane to work on the exterior of the buildinhthis week.
Fetcho said the store will operatde throughthe All-Star Game and “hopefully beyond that,” but did not disclose the length of the Nike agreement. “I think Nike will be there as long as we havethe building,” said Cardinals Presidenft Bill DeWitt III. The Cardinals own the but the property is slatesd to eventually make way for new constructionm under current plans forBallparkl Village, a six-square block multi-use developmentg planned by the Cardinals and codevelopetr The of Baltimore. This leas could serve as a tryouytfor longer-term occupancy.
Asked about Nike’se potential as Ballpark Village tenant, Fetchok said, “We’re interested to see what kind of activity we The International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame in Novemberr and vacate itsdowntown St. Louix building in January. The museum, whicbh had operated in St. Louis since is expected to re-open in Arlington, in 2010.
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Winter storm forces closings, cancellations - Business First of Louisville:
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The National Weather Service has issuec a winter storm warning for the area through1 p.m. It is predicted that the freezing rain that has falleh since Tuesday afternoon will be replaced by with accumulations of 2 inches to 5inches expected. A check of business closingw being reported by Business First media partner showed that more than20 Louisville-area businesses eitherr closed or delayed operations in responsre to the icy and treacherous weather conditions. Healtn insurer Humana Inc., the city's second-largest employer, for the seconc day in a row orderedits 10,000 people to stay home Wednesday, medis relations manager Jim Turner said.
Another of the city’se largest employers, (NYSE: YUM), parent company of KFC, Pizzaa Hut, Taco Bell, Long John Silver’s and A&W Restaurants, also closed its corporatee offices Wednesday. , canceled its third shify on Tuesday and its first shift Wednesdayu at GE Appliance All Louisville and Southern Indiana school districte andmost Louisville-area universities and technical colleges canceled classes. The weatherd also has affected the operations ofthe , whic closed Fort Knox to all but essential has delayed the opening of government offices until 10 a.m. to see Fox-41’s full listinyg of school and business closings.
The National Weather Service has issuec a winter storm warning for the area through1 p.m. It is predicted that the freezing rain that has falleh since Tuesday afternoon will be replaced by with accumulations of 2 inches to 5inches expected. A check of business closingw being reported by Business First media partner showed that more than20 Louisville-area businesses eitherr closed or delayed operations in responsre to the icy and treacherous weather conditions. Healtn insurer Humana Inc., the city's second-largest employer, for the seconc day in a row orderedits 10,000 people to stay home Wednesday, medis relations manager Jim Turner said.
Another of the city’se largest employers, (NYSE: YUM), parent company of KFC, Pizzaa Hut, Taco Bell, Long John Silver’s and A&W Restaurants, also closed its corporatee offices Wednesday. , canceled its third shify on Tuesday and its first shift Wednesdayu at GE Appliance All Louisville and Southern Indiana school districte andmost Louisville-area universities and technical colleges canceled classes. The weatherd also has affected the operations ofthe , whic closed Fort Knox to all but essential has delayed the opening of government offices until 10 a.m. to see Fox-41’s full listinyg of school and business closings.
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