“The Weeping Woman†Set for World Premiere; Soundtrack Now on iTunes PR Web (press release) “The Weeping Woman,†the latest short film from award-winning director Mark Steensland, will world premiere at the Motor City Nightmares Film Festival in Detroit on April 16th, 2011. “The Weeping Woman,†the latest short film from award-winning ... |
Thursday, March 31, 2011
“The Weeping Woman†Set for World Premiere; Soundtrack Now on iTunes - PR Web (press release)
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Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Port of Longview to break ground on $150 million grain terminal - Portland Business Journal:
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The terminal will be the product of EGTDevelopmeng LLC, a joint venture between St. Louis-based Bungew North America, a divisionj of Bunge Limited (NYSE: BG), Japan-basedr Itochu Corp., and Korea-based STX Pan Oceaj Co. The new facility, which officials have estimated to costaround $150 million, will be capable of handling grain, oilseeds and protein It will have a rail loop track unloadinf system capable of holding 110-car unit as well as a shuttle train syste and the capability of unloading barges from the Columbis River. Work begins this month with the facilit y accepting product for the fall2011 harvest.
Once fully operating, it will be capablre of handling more than 8 milliojn metric tons ofproduct annually. Bungs officials say the facility will provide 50 jobs andabougt $2 million in tax revenue to the Longvieww economy. But others, particularly existing grain terminal fear the new facility will siphoj work away from existiny operators rather than increasingregional exports. Bunge officials, believe there is a need for additionall capacity in thePacific Northwest.
“The Pacific Northwest is already the second largesrt export corridor in Northg America but additional capacity will be needed to meet the growingv demand for agricultural productsin Asia,” Carl Hausmann, Bungew North America’s president and CEO, said in a news “All three partners currently ship to the Pacific Rim and this facilith will be well-positioned to create a more directr and stable supply base so that we can better serves our operations and customers in
The terminal will be the product of EGTDevelopmeng LLC, a joint venture between St. Louis-based Bungew North America, a divisionj of Bunge Limited (NYSE: BG), Japan-basedr Itochu Corp., and Korea-based STX Pan Oceaj Co. The new facility, which officials have estimated to costaround $150 million, will be capable of handling grain, oilseeds and protein It will have a rail loop track unloadinf system capable of holding 110-car unit as well as a shuttle train syste and the capability of unloading barges from the Columbis River. Work begins this month with the facilit y accepting product for the fall2011 harvest.
Once fully operating, it will be capablre of handling more than 8 milliojn metric tons ofproduct annually. Bungs officials say the facility will provide 50 jobs andabougt $2 million in tax revenue to the Longvieww economy. But others, particularly existing grain terminal fear the new facility will siphoj work away from existiny operators rather than increasingregional exports. Bunge officials, believe there is a need for additionall capacity in thePacific Northwest.
“The Pacific Northwest is already the second largesrt export corridor in Northg America but additional capacity will be needed to meet the growingv demand for agricultural productsin Asia,” Carl Hausmann, Bungew North America’s president and CEO, said in a news “All three partners currently ship to the Pacific Rim and this facilith will be well-positioned to create a more directr and stable supply base so that we can better serves our operations and customers in
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Some temp employees find jobs were temporary - St. Louis Business Journal:
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Milwaukee-based Manpower International recently closed two officeain St. Louis. Corporated Staffing Resources ( ), a bankruptt Indiana-based company, closed its Hamptonh Avenue office in June and its Maryland Heights office a fewweekx ago, after Indiana-based PeopleLink Staffing bought substantially all of its Todays Office Staffing, based in Philadelphia, closed its southh St. Louis County and Hazelwood offices here, leavingt it with six offices here, confirmed district manager Mark The closings also were part of reductions in othr He said had he no information on local SpherionWorkforce Architects, ranked by the St.
Louis Business Journao as the area's largesgt temporary staffing service basedon full-time office has closed three of its 19 offices but said its business is "strongerd than ever." A company spokeswomabn said all but two employees were absorbed into other offices. Some companieds have exited the market Dunhill Staffing Systems closedits St. Louis office Aug. 17, according to a recorded messags ona company's answering machine. Industriak Personnel Services, a small firm with two offices went out of business a fewmonths ago, sources said. The locakl franchisee for Fresno, Calif.-basec Pride Staff closed his officein St.
confirmed the company's regional vice president Jeaniner Calcote. Not everyone is suffering. Sue founder of Pride Personnel, a 100 percent local firm with no relation to Pride saidthe company's local roots and stability help it weather bad times. "We know the local businesds climate. The staff does not get transferrede orpromoted out," Huber said. Dick Barber, co-owner of the localo Express PersonnelServices franchise, whicbh has three offices here, claims his offices is having a banner Volume is up 50 percent compared with 12 percent to 15 percent decline nationally for the Oklahoma-based parent companyy and an industry decline of roughly 20 percent.
He attributed his succesx to aggressive selling and a good mixof clients, including an automotived parts supplier whose business is way up. "The industry is really contracting," Barber "First off it is the economy. The othed big issues are workers' comp and Workers' comp can really bring a companyy down." Bob Byrne, district manager for Kelly Service Inc., said all 12 Kelly officez remain open and the compant has not let goany staff. The St. Louiz office consistently ranks in the top five or six of 41 districtd inmajor markets, he said.
"Saless are down slightly over the prior Byrne said, "but compared to a lot of our competitors, we are faringv very well."
Milwaukee-based Manpower International recently closed two officeain St. Louis. Corporated Staffing Resources ( ), a bankruptt Indiana-based company, closed its Hamptonh Avenue office in June and its Maryland Heights office a fewweekx ago, after Indiana-based PeopleLink Staffing bought substantially all of its Todays Office Staffing, based in Philadelphia, closed its southh St. Louis County and Hazelwood offices here, leavingt it with six offices here, confirmed district manager Mark The closings also were part of reductions in othr He said had he no information on local SpherionWorkforce Architects, ranked by the St.
Louis Business Journao as the area's largesgt temporary staffing service basedon full-time office has closed three of its 19 offices but said its business is "strongerd than ever." A company spokeswomabn said all but two employees were absorbed into other offices. Some companieds have exited the market Dunhill Staffing Systems closedits St. Louis office Aug. 17, according to a recorded messags ona company's answering machine. Industriak Personnel Services, a small firm with two offices went out of business a fewmonths ago, sources said. The locakl franchisee for Fresno, Calif.-basec Pride Staff closed his officein St.
confirmed the company's regional vice president Jeaniner Calcote. Not everyone is suffering. Sue founder of Pride Personnel, a 100 percent local firm with no relation to Pride saidthe company's local roots and stability help it weather bad times. "We know the local businesds climate. The staff does not get transferrede orpromoted out," Huber said. Dick Barber, co-owner of the localo Express PersonnelServices franchise, whicbh has three offices here, claims his offices is having a banner Volume is up 50 percent compared with 12 percent to 15 percent decline nationally for the Oklahoma-based parent companyy and an industry decline of roughly 20 percent.
He attributed his succesx to aggressive selling and a good mixof clients, including an automotived parts supplier whose business is way up. "The industry is really contracting," Barber "First off it is the economy. The othed big issues are workers' comp and Workers' comp can really bring a companyy down." Bob Byrne, district manager for Kelly Service Inc., said all 12 Kelly officez remain open and the compant has not let goany staff. The St. Louiz office consistently ranks in the top five or six of 41 districtd inmajor markets, he said.
"Saless are down slightly over the prior Byrne said, "but compared to a lot of our competitors, we are faringv very well."
Friday, March 25, 2011
SBA chief: Lending up, long road ahead - Baltimore Business Journal:
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Brown is a a sixth-generation family-ownedd business with 47 employees andabout $6 million in revenue last year. It worked with to secure a $2 million loan to buy its headquarterasin Columbus. President Rob Hunt said the company sidestepped payingabouft $65,000 in fees after the SBA instituted a temporaryu waiver for businesses that borrow through its flagship 7(a) program. Owning the company’zs headquarters outright brings long-term he said, which would have been hard to find withourtfederal backing. “Banks aren’t doing conventional loans right now,” Hunt said.
“We simply wouldn’t have been able to do Initiatives such as thefee waiver, Mills are making a difference in a short amounr of time: More lenders are getting into the fray whild SBA-backed loan volume is up more than 25 percent since the passage of the stimulux bill. That translates to nearly $4 billion in guaranteed $113 million of which went to Ohio But it’s making small businesses aware of the programs on hand that’w the key challenge going forward, she “All of these things take time,” Millsw said. “Small businesses are busy runninttheir business.
” In addition to the waived and an increased guarantese of 90 percent on 7(a) loans, the SBA also has offered a surety bond guarantee of $5 up from $2 for businesses competing for federal On June 15, it’s rolling out a program dubbed America’s Recovery Capital, which offers loans of up to $35,00p for businesses struggling to make debt Those loans are fully guaranteed and have a deferred paymenrt schedule. And next the SBA will begin offering guaranteed loansd to finance inventory for automobile dealers througgSeptember 2010.
Mills said she’s confident the agency has the rightg tools in place for smallbusinesses – and the outlook on the economy hasn’t hurt either. “The sense from small businesses and otherds is that the free fallhas stopped,” she “But we still have a ways to
Brown is a a sixth-generation family-ownedd business with 47 employees andabout $6 million in revenue last year. It worked with to secure a $2 million loan to buy its headquarterasin Columbus. President Rob Hunt said the company sidestepped payingabouft $65,000 in fees after the SBA instituted a temporaryu waiver for businesses that borrow through its flagship 7(a) program. Owning the company’zs headquarters outright brings long-term he said, which would have been hard to find withourtfederal backing. “Banks aren’t doing conventional loans right now,” Hunt said.
“We simply wouldn’t have been able to do Initiatives such as thefee waiver, Mills are making a difference in a short amounr of time: More lenders are getting into the fray whild SBA-backed loan volume is up more than 25 percent since the passage of the stimulux bill. That translates to nearly $4 billion in guaranteed $113 million of which went to Ohio But it’s making small businesses aware of the programs on hand that’w the key challenge going forward, she “All of these things take time,” Millsw said. “Small businesses are busy runninttheir business.
” In addition to the waived and an increased guarantese of 90 percent on 7(a) loans, the SBA also has offered a surety bond guarantee of $5 up from $2 for businesses competing for federal On June 15, it’s rolling out a program dubbed America’s Recovery Capital, which offers loans of up to $35,00p for businesses struggling to make debt Those loans are fully guaranteed and have a deferred paymenrt schedule. And next the SBA will begin offering guaranteed loansd to finance inventory for automobile dealers througgSeptember 2010.
Mills said she’s confident the agency has the rightg tools in place for smallbusinesses – and the outlook on the economy hasn’t hurt either. “The sense from small businesses and otherds is that the free fallhas stopped,” she “But we still have a ways to
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Fitch cuts UCBH rating as bank suspends dividend - Business Courier of Cincinnati:
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The troubled bank also hired a financiapl adviser to assist withcapital planning. Fitchh downgraded UCBH’s long-term issuee debt ratings to CCCfrom B-plux on Tuesday, citing the bank’sd decision to defer dividend payment on hybrid securities. The deferral includez payments onits $298 millionb of preferred stock issued to the U.S. Treasury under the Troubled AsserRelief Program. “While the holding company presently has sufficienft cash resources to paythes dividends, Fitch believes that future dividend paymentds would have likely been restricted,” Fitch said in a “Given UCBH’s financial pressures, Fitch anticipates that the company will likelyt be subject to regulatory action, which would potentially weaken the parent company’zs financial profile further,” Fitch said.
The ratings agenchy said the bank remains highly exposed to commercial real estatse introubled markets. Fitch notes that UCBH UCBH) remains in discussions with , a majo shareholder, about a capital injection. But beyond UCBH would have trouble raising substantial capital onWall “The challenging economic and operating environmenf calls for difficult decisions and a specififc action plan that puts UCBH on a solid foundatio for the future,” said Thomas Wu, chairmah and CEO of UCBH. “W continue to work toward completintg our financial restatements in thecurren quarter.
“By conserving and building capital, focusing on our core bankingh businesses and continuing to provide exceptional service toour customers, we will be in a stronger position to realize our long-tern growth potential,” Wu said. UCBH has been struggling with residentiall construction loans in Southern The bank’s shares recently changed hands at $1.21 aftetr trading over the past year between $1 and UCBH, with $13 billion in assets, has built a globapl presence with offices in key U.S. citiea and in China to serve the Chinesde communities in the United States and American companiess doing businessin China.
The troubled bank also hired a financiapl adviser to assist withcapital planning. Fitchh downgraded UCBH’s long-term issuee debt ratings to CCCfrom B-plux on Tuesday, citing the bank’sd decision to defer dividend payment on hybrid securities. The deferral includez payments onits $298 millionb of preferred stock issued to the U.S. Treasury under the Troubled AsserRelief Program. “While the holding company presently has sufficienft cash resources to paythes dividends, Fitch believes that future dividend paymentds would have likely been restricted,” Fitch said in a “Given UCBH’s financial pressures, Fitch anticipates that the company will likelyt be subject to regulatory action, which would potentially weaken the parent company’zs financial profile further,” Fitch said.
The ratings agenchy said the bank remains highly exposed to commercial real estatse introubled markets. Fitch notes that UCBH UCBH) remains in discussions with , a majo shareholder, about a capital injection. But beyond UCBH would have trouble raising substantial capital onWall “The challenging economic and operating environmenf calls for difficult decisions and a specififc action plan that puts UCBH on a solid foundatio for the future,” said Thomas Wu, chairmah and CEO of UCBH. “W continue to work toward completintg our financial restatements in thecurren quarter.
“By conserving and building capital, focusing on our core bankingh businesses and continuing to provide exceptional service toour customers, we will be in a stronger position to realize our long-tern growth potential,” Wu said. UCBH has been struggling with residentiall construction loans in Southern The bank’s shares recently changed hands at $1.21 aftetr trading over the past year between $1 and UCBH, with $13 billion in assets, has built a globapl presence with offices in key U.S. citiea and in China to serve the Chinesde communities in the United States and American companiess doing businessin China.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Sunday, March 20, 2011
As white-hot nursing market cools, a job is no longer a sure thing - Baltimore Business Journal:
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Business at agencies like his coulr drop further as more hospitals rely on their own staff to help cut Hospitals can pay more in hourly wageds for agency nurses thanfor hospital-employe d staff. Over the next will drop the numberof full-timr nurses hired from staffing agencies by half, to abouyt a dozen, hospital spokesman Justin Paquette said. That is becauser more nurses are staying on boared because they want thejob security, rather than contractinyg with an agency that assigns them to differenrt hospitals. “There are nursing jobs out there but employers arebecoming pickier,” said Caro Raines, a dialysis nurse at an outpatientt center in Baltimore.
When she graduated from the Community Colleges of Baltimore County in Catonsville threeyearse ago, no one had trouble finding a job. Rained handily got a job and a signing bonuw to workat ’s Shock Trauma unit. That is not the case for some nursinghstudents today. “Some are of our gradws are getting jobs,” said Rosemary a nursing teacher at and president ofthe . “But they have to work a littler harder.
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Business at agencies like his coulr drop further as more hospitals rely on their own staff to help cut Hospitals can pay more in hourly wageds for agency nurses thanfor hospital-employe d staff. Over the next will drop the numberof full-timr nurses hired from staffing agencies by half, to abouyt a dozen, hospital spokesman Justin Paquette said. That is becauser more nurses are staying on boared because they want thejob security, rather than contractinyg with an agency that assigns them to differenrt hospitals. “There are nursing jobs out there but employers arebecoming pickier,” said Caro Raines, a dialysis nurse at an outpatientt center in Baltimore.
When she graduated from the Community Colleges of Baltimore County in Catonsville threeyearse ago, no one had trouble finding a job. Rained handily got a job and a signing bonuw to workat ’s Shock Trauma unit. That is not the case for some nursinghstudents today. “Some are of our gradws are getting jobs,” said Rosemary a nursing teacher at and president ofthe . “But they have to work a littler harder.
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