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Shelby County-based Thor (NYSE:THO) posted net incom of $2.1 million in the third quarter, comparedf to $27.8 million in the same period last Its quarterly salesalso declined, falling to $415.6 million, down from $707.i9 million in the same period last For the first nine months, the compant lost $7.6 million, versus profit of $87.u million last year. Earnings per sharr for the nine montha were a drop of 14 cents versu s earningsof $1.58 last year. Wade Thompson, Thor chairman, said the companhy is in good shape, “Our operating cash flow is positive, we continue to have zero and we believe our cash and workingf capital is the strongest inour industries,” he said.
Thor is the world’zs largest manufacturer of recreation vehicles and a majore builder ofcommercial buses. The company has the fourth-largest revenue stream in theDayton region, at $2.64 It has 8,500 totao employees, including 300 at its Jackson Center Share were trading at $22.02 in mid-day Friday trading, up 2
пятница, 30 сентября 2011 г.
среда, 28 сентября 2011 г.
Cree Launches Industry-Leading TEMPO(TM) Evaluation Services Furthering ... - MarketWatch (press release)
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Cree Launches Industry-Leading TEMPO(TM) Evaluation Services Furthering ... MarketWatch (press release) TEMPO (Thermal, Electrical, Mechanical, Photometric and Optical) Services represent the accumulated advantage of Cree's extensive experience with customer LED systems combined with the use of calibrated test equipment to give LED lighting manufacturers ... |
понедельник, 26 сентября 2011 г.
“Roseanne's Nuts†Cancelled After First Season - Ecorazzi
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“Roseanne's Nuts†Cancelled After First Season Ecorazzi “Roseanne's Nuts,†the sneak peek into the actress's life on her Hawaiian Macadamia nut farm, has offici » |
суббота, 24 сентября 2011 г.
Construction costs down 5.5 percent with projects hard to find - Kansas City Business Journal:
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percent in Phoenix during the first four monthsof 2009, according to new data releasedc by , an internationalp consulting and research firm with offices in the The RLB Quarterly Constructiomn Report attributes the decline in construction cost indices here and throughouf the country largely to decreasing structural steel costs, but also to lower bids submittes by suppliers and contractorxs hungry for work. “Contractors’ concerns about the availabilituy of work have overshadowed role in drivingconstruction costs,” the reportg says. Cost declines were steeper in Denver (7.5 percent) and Seattlse (7.9 percent). The smallest declinre (3.2 percent) was recorded in Boston.
Construction costsd remain a relative bargain in Phoenix compared with otherdmetro areas. The average construction cost of prime officew space in Phoenix rangesfrom $150 to $250 per square In San Francisco, the rangre is $195 to $300. The average construction cost of a genera l hospital in Phoenix rangesfrom $305 to $430 a squared foot. In Washington, that range is $450 to For more: . Two new upscalwe neighborhood retail centers changed hands recently through a Chapter 11bankruptcy proceeding.
Il Palazzo, at Uniob Hills Drive and 59th andCitadelle Plaza, at Utopia Road and 59th both were developed by , which defaulted on those mortgages last fall and then soughf Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The lender on both Conseco LifeInsurance Co., sold the notes to for $13 That company, which has officeds in Scottsdale and Los foreclosed on the property and took title. Bill Metzler, principalp of West Coast Capital Partners, distributed a news releasr May 4 announcing the company had purchase the properties inan “all cash transaction,” but did not disclose the detailse of obtaining it through “This is an investment in the future of Metzler said.
“The propertyy is debt-free, and we are in a favorablwe financial position to fundthe long-ter success of Il Palazzo’s existing and prospective Tenants of the 43,000-square-foot Il Palazzo center include Posh Wash Dog Wash, Bravi Tuscan Kitchen, Chasr Bank, Aspen Dental, Ginger China Bistro and Vita Bellaw Day Spa. Tenants of the 110,000-square-foot Citadellre Plaza include NextCoffee Co., Sangriz Luxe Lounge, Indulge MedSpa and Hautew C Boutique. Both properties are about 60 percent occupied. For more: West Coast Capital Partners, Inc. of Tempe jumped seven positionw in the ratings of largest constructiobn companies as determined by Engineering NewRecorx magazine.
Sundt was ranked 62nd in but moved intothe No. 55 slot in 2008. Sundy had revenue of $1.15 billion and signerd contractstotaling $932 million in 2008. During the past few years, Sundt has been tapped for largw federal government projects including pipelinesand airports. Projects it has completesd in Phoenix include ArizonaState University’s Walterr Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communicatiomn in downtown Phoenix, the Henkel Consumer Goodes Inc. headquarters in Scottsdale, and severalp sections of the Metro lightrail system. Projects under way include expansion of a segmenf ofLoop 202, the Chandler City Hall and the Mesa Municipal Cour t Facility.
percent in Phoenix during the first four monthsof 2009, according to new data releasedc by , an internationalp consulting and research firm with offices in the The RLB Quarterly Constructiomn Report attributes the decline in construction cost indices here and throughouf the country largely to decreasing structural steel costs, but also to lower bids submittes by suppliers and contractorxs hungry for work. “Contractors’ concerns about the availabilituy of work have overshadowed role in drivingconstruction costs,” the reportg says. Cost declines were steeper in Denver (7.5 percent) and Seattlse (7.9 percent). The smallest declinre (3.2 percent) was recorded in Boston.
Construction costsd remain a relative bargain in Phoenix compared with otherdmetro areas. The average construction cost of prime officew space in Phoenix rangesfrom $150 to $250 per square In San Francisco, the rangre is $195 to $300. The average construction cost of a genera l hospital in Phoenix rangesfrom $305 to $430 a squared foot. In Washington, that range is $450 to For more: . Two new upscalwe neighborhood retail centers changed hands recently through a Chapter 11bankruptcy proceeding.
Il Palazzo, at Uniob Hills Drive and 59th andCitadelle Plaza, at Utopia Road and 59th both were developed by , which defaulted on those mortgages last fall and then soughf Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The lender on both Conseco LifeInsurance Co., sold the notes to for $13 That company, which has officeds in Scottsdale and Los foreclosed on the property and took title. Bill Metzler, principalp of West Coast Capital Partners, distributed a news releasr May 4 announcing the company had purchase the properties inan “all cash transaction,” but did not disclose the detailse of obtaining it through “This is an investment in the future of Metzler said.
“The propertyy is debt-free, and we are in a favorablwe financial position to fundthe long-ter success of Il Palazzo’s existing and prospective Tenants of the 43,000-square-foot Il Palazzo center include Posh Wash Dog Wash, Bravi Tuscan Kitchen, Chasr Bank, Aspen Dental, Ginger China Bistro and Vita Bellaw Day Spa. Tenants of the 110,000-square-foot Citadellre Plaza include NextCoffee Co., Sangriz Luxe Lounge, Indulge MedSpa and Hautew C Boutique. Both properties are about 60 percent occupied. For more: West Coast Capital Partners, Inc. of Tempe jumped seven positionw in the ratings of largest constructiobn companies as determined by Engineering NewRecorx magazine.
Sundt was ranked 62nd in but moved intothe No. 55 slot in 2008. Sundy had revenue of $1.15 billion and signerd contractstotaling $932 million in 2008. During the past few years, Sundt has been tapped for largw federal government projects including pipelinesand airports. Projects it has completesd in Phoenix include ArizonaState University’s Walterr Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communicatiomn in downtown Phoenix, the Henkel Consumer Goodes Inc. headquarters in Scottsdale, and severalp sections of the Metro lightrail system. Projects under way include expansion of a segmenf ofLoop 202, the Chandler City Hall and the Mesa Municipal Cour t Facility.
четверг, 22 сентября 2011 г.
CSU researchers get $2.7M to study cells and share their work with kids - San Antonio Business Journal:
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million grant by the to help train graduatr studentsin cell-research techniques and to share their scientifixc knowledge with local school teachers, CSU said Monday. The graduatd students at the Fort Collinscampus “willk test new theories about how cells behaver using advanced engineering methods in microelectronicxs and electrochemistry,” CSU said in a That NSF-funded work will be led by CSU engineeringt professor Tom Chen, the grant’s principal joined by Stuart Tobet, a biomedicak sciences professor in the Collegs of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedicalo Sciences, and Michael De Miranda, an engineerinf education professor in the College of Appliecd Human Sciences.
De Mirandsa will also work with the graduate students on sharing their researchwith K-12 teachers in the Poudre, Thompsoj Valley, Greeley and Weld RE-9 schooll districts in northeastern Colorado. A goal of the grant is to help builsd enthusiasm among primary and secondaryh students for careersin technology, engineering and mathematics — the “STEM” — at a time when fewer youngh people are entering into such CSU officials said.
million grant by the to help train graduatr studentsin cell-research techniques and to share their scientifixc knowledge with local school teachers, CSU said Monday. The graduatd students at the Fort Collinscampus “willk test new theories about how cells behaver using advanced engineering methods in microelectronicxs and electrochemistry,” CSU said in a That NSF-funded work will be led by CSU engineeringt professor Tom Chen, the grant’s principal joined by Stuart Tobet, a biomedicak sciences professor in the Collegs of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedicalo Sciences, and Michael De Miranda, an engineerinf education professor in the College of Appliecd Human Sciences.
De Mirandsa will also work with the graduate students on sharing their researchwith K-12 teachers in the Poudre, Thompsoj Valley, Greeley and Weld RE-9 schooll districts in northeastern Colorado. A goal of the grant is to help builsd enthusiasm among primary and secondaryh students for careersin technology, engineering and mathematics — the “STEM” — at a time when fewer youngh people are entering into such CSU officials said.
вторник, 20 сентября 2011 г.
Houston-area developments rank high on nation
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The results, comparing the number of new-home salea in 2008, were released recently by RCLCO, a real estates advisory firm that has compiled the annual listsincre 1994. Three of the communities in the Top 10 Cinco Ranch, Telfair and Eagle Springa — were developed by Newland Communities, according to the “Another highly positive trend for Houston not reflectedx on the RCLCO report is the fact that 2009 new-homew sales for the three Newlansd communities on the Top 10 list are on par with or even aheasd of 2008,” says Ted Nelson, president of Newland’sd Central Region, which includes “Home buyers seem to be viewin g large-scale master-planned communities as strong investments, especially those communitiexs with strong track records.
” The RCLCO studyh defines a master-planned community as a “large-scale developmen t featuring a range of housing prices and array of amenities and multiple nonresidential land uses such as commercial, hotels and education facilities.” Some provides lifestyle options for multiplew market segments, the organization said, whilee others target a specific buyer type such as active adults age 55 and Overall, master-planned communities throughout the U.S. experienced a “significan t decline” in home sales, and in many cases in home priceein 2008, the report said.
Notable exceptions were communities located in the Houstonmarketplace (five of the 10 top which had increased saled from 2007. Newland Communities reported that in 2009 atCincp Ranch, a total of 254 new homes had been sold through Aprilo 19, a 4.5 percent increase over the 243 homes sold in the same period in 2008. At Telfair, Newland reportw 2009 sales arerunning “neck-and-neck” with last year’ s sales, which represented the largesf percentage gain on the RCLCO list (117 new-home sales for 2009 througb April 19, compared to 119 for the same perioe in 2008).
“Texas may be lagging the nation in termas of the timing and depthb of decline in thehousing sector, as sales began to decline in the fourty quarter of 2008 and into the first quarterr of 2009,” the RCLCO report said. “Nevada and Arizonwa — hit early and hard by the downturnb — have experienced a slighg bump in sales in the first quarterof “Green” appears to have arrived as a differentiator in drivingy sales to those communities with sustainabl features, the report indicated. Las Vegas-based Focu s Property Group, the developer of Mountain’sw Edge and Providence, ranked No. 1 and No.
4 on the respectively, tout green features in those “The environmental nature of both communities drought tolerant and use 25 perceny less water than similarcommunities — is a differentiato r and the sales offices have provided feedback regardingt how the market is responding,” says John CEO of Focus Property Group.
The results, comparing the number of new-home salea in 2008, were released recently by RCLCO, a real estates advisory firm that has compiled the annual listsincre 1994. Three of the communities in the Top 10 Cinco Ranch, Telfair and Eagle Springa — were developed by Newland Communities, according to the “Another highly positive trend for Houston not reflectedx on the RCLCO report is the fact that 2009 new-homew sales for the three Newlansd communities on the Top 10 list are on par with or even aheasd of 2008,” says Ted Nelson, president of Newland’sd Central Region, which includes “Home buyers seem to be viewin g large-scale master-planned communities as strong investments, especially those communitiexs with strong track records.
” The RCLCO studyh defines a master-planned community as a “large-scale developmen t featuring a range of housing prices and array of amenities and multiple nonresidential land uses such as commercial, hotels and education facilities.” Some provides lifestyle options for multiplew market segments, the organization said, whilee others target a specific buyer type such as active adults age 55 and Overall, master-planned communities throughout the U.S. experienced a “significan t decline” in home sales, and in many cases in home priceein 2008, the report said.
Notable exceptions were communities located in the Houstonmarketplace (five of the 10 top which had increased saled from 2007. Newland Communities reported that in 2009 atCincp Ranch, a total of 254 new homes had been sold through Aprilo 19, a 4.5 percent increase over the 243 homes sold in the same period in 2008. At Telfair, Newland reportw 2009 sales arerunning “neck-and-neck” with last year’ s sales, which represented the largesf percentage gain on the RCLCO list (117 new-home sales for 2009 througb April 19, compared to 119 for the same perioe in 2008).
“Texas may be lagging the nation in termas of the timing and depthb of decline in thehousing sector, as sales began to decline in the fourty quarter of 2008 and into the first quarterr of 2009,” the RCLCO report said. “Nevada and Arizonwa — hit early and hard by the downturnb — have experienced a slighg bump in sales in the first quarterof “Green” appears to have arrived as a differentiator in drivingy sales to those communities with sustainabl features, the report indicated. Las Vegas-based Focu s Property Group, the developer of Mountain’sw Edge and Providence, ranked No. 1 and No.
4 on the respectively, tout green features in those “The environmental nature of both communities drought tolerant and use 25 perceny less water than similarcommunities — is a differentiato r and the sales offices have provided feedback regardingt how the market is responding,” says John CEO of Focus Property Group.
суббота, 17 сентября 2011 г.
State senator wants to remove UC
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In a release, Yee, who received his bachelor’ degree from UC Berkeley, said that the Regentes of the system think theyare “above the The University of California Office of the President shot back in its own saying that the system is one of the few agenciew in government that is that it’s flourished under its autonomy, and that the salariesx it pays to top leaders is below the national average for comparable The state’s constitution guaranteed the regent s autonomy on all issues related to management of the systekm since 1879.
The proposed amendment, SCA 21, and its counterpar t on in theStatd Assembly, ACA 24, need two-thirds approval from the legislature and then needsw approval from state voters.
In a release, Yee, who received his bachelor’ degree from UC Berkeley, said that the Regentes of the system think theyare “above the The University of California Office of the President shot back in its own saying that the system is one of the few agenciew in government that is that it’s flourished under its autonomy, and that the salariesx it pays to top leaders is below the national average for comparable The state’s constitution guaranteed the regent s autonomy on all issues related to management of the systekm since 1879.
The proposed amendment, SCA 21, and its counterpar t on in theStatd Assembly, ACA 24, need two-thirds approval from the legislature and then needsw approval from state voters.
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