AFP | Q&A: Turkey to urge UN to set up safe zone in Syria to protect civilians, but ... Washington Post UNITED NATIONS â€" Turkey's foreign minister will urge the Security Council on Thursday to set up a safe zone in Syria to protect thousands of civilians fleeing the civil war, but his appeal is almost certain to go nowhere given the deep divisio ns in ... Q&A about UN Security Council meeting on Syria |
четверг, 30 августа 2012 г.
Q&A: Turkey to urge UN to set up safe zone in Syria to protect civilians, but ... - Washington Post
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среда, 29 августа 2012 г.
Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle): It was a dark and stormy year (for banks)
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Called "A Year in Bank Supervision, the report from the doesn't have the twists and turnx of "It" or "The Shining,"" but it certainly has a lot to keep anyoner paying attention to thefinancial system'd on their toes. The report is a blow-by-blowe of all the events of 2008 and, if you'v e long forgotten that dreadful year, let me toss out a few name toremind you: Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearnx and Washington Mutual are all mentioned inside. One of the more interestinvg details, I thought, was the updatr on the FDIC's closely-watched "troubled bank" Last year, that list grew from 76 institutionsx nationwidewith $22 billiob in assets to 252 with $159 billioh in assets.
Twenty-five banks, with a total of $372 failed last year. "These banks ofte n had extremelyhigh concentrations, relative to theit capital, in residential aquisition, development and constructioh lending. Frequently those institutions had exhibitede rapid asset growth funded withbrokered deposits. " Unfortunately, that describes many of our community banksdin Washington. If you have the stomacg for thefull report, download it
Called "A Year in Bank Supervision, the report from the doesn't have the twists and turnx of "It" or "The Shining,"" but it certainly has a lot to keep anyoner paying attention to thefinancial system'd on their toes. The report is a blow-by-blowe of all the events of 2008 and, if you'v e long forgotten that dreadful year, let me toss out a few name toremind you: Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearnx and Washington Mutual are all mentioned inside. One of the more interestinvg details, I thought, was the updatr on the FDIC's closely-watched "troubled bank" Last year, that list grew from 76 institutionsx nationwidewith $22 billiob in assets to 252 with $159 billioh in assets.
Twenty-five banks, with a total of $372 failed last year. "These banks ofte n had extremelyhigh concentrations, relative to theit capital, in residential aquisition, development and constructioh lending. Frequently those institutions had exhibitede rapid asset growth funded withbrokered deposits. " Unfortunately, that describes many of our community banksdin Washington. If you have the stomacg for thefull report, download it
понедельник, 27 августа 2012 г.
Dunmore Homes closes sales office - Sacramento Business Journal:
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The closures follow the filinvof mechanics' liens totaling more than $5 milliom by contractors working on that projectr and another in Rocklin. , a general engineering and construction company in Carmichael thatperforma grading, utilities and underground work, says it's owed $4.2 million for subdivisio n improvements at Dunmore's Laguna Reserver in Elk Grove, which includes Monteret Village, and a new Rocklin subdivision planned for high-endd homes known as Croftwood of Cameron Park filed liens totaling $851,000 for the Elk Grovr development. Dunmore officials did not return phons calls seeking comment about thelatest events.
The companyu halted all constructionin August, but owner Sid Dunmore said in an interview at the time that the company was breaking even. Dunmored Homes sold 66 homes in the Sacramento regiohn during the first seven months of the according to Hanley WoodMarket Intelligence. That compares with 321 home sales for accordingto new-home analyst . At that time, Dunmorer was ranked No. 13 among builders in the Sacramentk market based on sales volume but has since droppec from thetop 25.
The effectsz of flagging new-home sales are showing elsewhere as some homebuilders are pulling up stakes or significantly paring down Costa Mesa-based , which is sellinbg condos in Natomas and single-famil y homes in Galt, is folding its Sacramento division into the San Ramon office, which will now directg the company's Northern California operations. Chris vice president of sales and marketing for Warmington said the combined office will be able to operatertwo new-home projects, but he wished the company had enougnh going in Sacramento to keep the locao office open. Despite the change, Hanson said Warmington is pleased with salee at the NorthNatomas project.
Hanley Wood showws the project is averagingabout 3.7 sales per month since it openecd last year. "As we all know, it'e a very difficult time in the market," Hansojn said. "I don't think you can name a builderthat hasn't had layoffs." Christopherson Homes plan s to move from its 8,500-squarew foot Roseville office, but it's not closingy the Sacramento division, said marketing manager Vicki Doyle. the company is looking for smaller spacde in Roseville to better fitits pared-down staff.
A seriese of layoffs, including some last week, have cut the divisiobn to about half its size of ayear ago, she Christopherson, based in Santa Rosa, has sold 24 of the 60 homeds in its Wisteria project at Whitneyg Ranch in Rocklin, according to Hanley "We're headquartered in Sonoma and there's not a lot of opportunitu for land there," Doyle said. "Oud focus is on Sacramento where there is land." The companh has lots in the Fiddyment Farm developmentt and is considering launchin its new project next year.
Despitr market challenges, Dunmore appears to be pushingy forward with the CroftwoodEstates project, a gatesd community south of Interstate 80 off Sierra College Boulevarrd where homes were originally projecte to fetch $700,000. The city of Rocklin is assistint Dunmore with issuance of infrastructure bonds to build the streetss and other essentials for construction through astatewidre program, the first time the city has used that funding mechaniskm for a residential project, Rocklin assistant city manager Rob Braulijk said. Croftwood Estates is part of a broader push for Dunmorre Homes to double its sales an effort announced last year just as the housingh slumpwas deepening.
The company had said it planned 13,40p homes on land accumulated throughout the valleu during the pastfive years. Dunmore Homes has projects from Bakersfield toYuba City. Locally, Dunmore's plansx include new projects in southSacramento County, includintg a sizable transit-oriented development proposed next to the planneed Morrison Creek light-rail station and 4,0090 new homes near Elk Grove on land that Dunmorre acquired in its foray as a land developer. Dunmor e is also a landowner and a drivingv force behind the annexation of thepanhandle area, a 1,300-acre swath in North Natomas.
The Sacramento City Council on Tuesday voted its intent to annesx it pending the resolution of a fewtechnicalk issues. Dunmore plans to put 2,20 homes in the panhandle. The annexation still requires the approvalp of the Sacramento Local AgencyFormatiojn Commission.
The closures follow the filinvof mechanics' liens totaling more than $5 milliom by contractors working on that projectr and another in Rocklin. , a general engineering and construction company in Carmichael thatperforma grading, utilities and underground work, says it's owed $4.2 million for subdivisio n improvements at Dunmore's Laguna Reserver in Elk Grove, which includes Monteret Village, and a new Rocklin subdivision planned for high-endd homes known as Croftwood of Cameron Park filed liens totaling $851,000 for the Elk Grovr development. Dunmore officials did not return phons calls seeking comment about thelatest events.
The companyu halted all constructionin August, but owner Sid Dunmore said in an interview at the time that the company was breaking even. Dunmored Homes sold 66 homes in the Sacramento regiohn during the first seven months of the according to Hanley WoodMarket Intelligence. That compares with 321 home sales for accordingto new-home analyst . At that time, Dunmorer was ranked No. 13 among builders in the Sacramentk market based on sales volume but has since droppec from thetop 25.
The effectsz of flagging new-home sales are showing elsewhere as some homebuilders are pulling up stakes or significantly paring down Costa Mesa-based , which is sellinbg condos in Natomas and single-famil y homes in Galt, is folding its Sacramento division into the San Ramon office, which will now directg the company's Northern California operations. Chris vice president of sales and marketing for Warmington said the combined office will be able to operatertwo new-home projects, but he wished the company had enougnh going in Sacramento to keep the locao office open. Despite the change, Hanson said Warmington is pleased with salee at the NorthNatomas project.
Hanley Wood showws the project is averagingabout 3.7 sales per month since it openecd last year. "As we all know, it'e a very difficult time in the market," Hansojn said. "I don't think you can name a builderthat hasn't had layoffs." Christopherson Homes plan s to move from its 8,500-squarew foot Roseville office, but it's not closingy the Sacramento division, said marketing manager Vicki Doyle. the company is looking for smaller spacde in Roseville to better fitits pared-down staff.
A seriese of layoffs, including some last week, have cut the divisiobn to about half its size of ayear ago, she Christopherson, based in Santa Rosa, has sold 24 of the 60 homeds in its Wisteria project at Whitneyg Ranch in Rocklin, according to Hanley "We're headquartered in Sonoma and there's not a lot of opportunitu for land there," Doyle said. "Oud focus is on Sacramento where there is land." The companh has lots in the Fiddyment Farm developmentt and is considering launchin its new project next year.
Despitr market challenges, Dunmore appears to be pushingy forward with the CroftwoodEstates project, a gatesd community south of Interstate 80 off Sierra College Boulevarrd where homes were originally projecte to fetch $700,000. The city of Rocklin is assistint Dunmore with issuance of infrastructure bonds to build the streetss and other essentials for construction through astatewidre program, the first time the city has used that funding mechaniskm for a residential project, Rocklin assistant city manager Rob Braulijk said. Croftwood Estates is part of a broader push for Dunmorre Homes to double its sales an effort announced last year just as the housingh slumpwas deepening.
The company had said it planned 13,40p homes on land accumulated throughout the valleu during the pastfive years. Dunmore Homes has projects from Bakersfield toYuba City. Locally, Dunmore's plansx include new projects in southSacramento County, includintg a sizable transit-oriented development proposed next to the planneed Morrison Creek light-rail station and 4,0090 new homes near Elk Grove on land that Dunmorre acquired in its foray as a land developer. Dunmor e is also a landowner and a drivingv force behind the annexation of thepanhandle area, a 1,300-acre swath in North Natomas.
The Sacramento City Council on Tuesday voted its intent to annesx it pending the resolution of a fewtechnicalk issues. Dunmore plans to put 2,20 homes in the panhandle. The annexation still requires the approvalp of the Sacramento Local AgencyFormatiojn Commission.
воскресенье, 26 августа 2012 г.
Hansard Extracts: August 23, 2012 - Gladstone Observer
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Hansard Extracts: August 23, 2012 Gladstone Observer See below for the Hansard Extracts for August 23, 2012 2012. QON: THE MINISTER FOR HEALTH (MR SPRINGBORG); Public Service and Other Legislation Amendment Bill. Notice Paper for Tuesday, 11 September 2012. 547 MRS CUNNINGHAM ASKED ... |
суббота, 25 августа 2012 г.
Southwest's performance draws high ratings - South Florida Business Journal:
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According to data released by the , 80.5 percen t of Southwest’s flights across the country got to the airport within 15 minutes of theidrscheduled arrival. That’s the metric the government uses tomeasure on-time flights. Southwest was toppe d only by . Southwest (NYSE:LUV) — with 1.97 milliom passengers served atSouth Florida's airports in 2008 — received 0.25 complaints per 100,000 passengerds in 2008, an improvement from 0.26 the year when it was also was best among U.S. The data were compiled by the . Of the six major carriers, US Airways — the fifth-busiest carrietr in South Florida, with 1.
88 million passengers served posted thebest on-time performance in 2008, with 80.1 percent of its flightas arriving on time. — the region's busiest airline, with 7.3 millio passengers – came in last, with 69.8 percent of its flights arrivinygon time. American dominates traffid at , where it has an international hub, while Southwest flies only toand . (NYSE: LCC) improvexd customer service in but still ranked last amongmajor U.S. airlines in consume r complaints. The Tempe, Ariz.-based carrier ranked 19th out of19 U.S. carrier s for consumer complaints for both 2008and 2007. The airline, did improve its numbers in 2008, with 2.
01 complaintes per 100,000 passengers gettinb on a US Airways That compareswith 3.16 complaints for every 100,000 passengers in 2007. The industry averaged 1.13 consumere complaints per 100,000 passengers in 2008 and 1.38 complaintsw per 100,000 in 2007. No. 8 (0.8y complaints per 100,000 passengers) No. 11 (1.02) No. 13 (1.102) No. 14 No. 16 American Airlines (1.33) No. 17 No. 18 (1.85)
According to data released by the , 80.5 percen t of Southwest’s flights across the country got to the airport within 15 minutes of theidrscheduled arrival. That’s the metric the government uses tomeasure on-time flights. Southwest was toppe d only by . Southwest (NYSE:LUV) — with 1.97 milliom passengers served atSouth Florida's airports in 2008 — received 0.25 complaints per 100,000 passengerds in 2008, an improvement from 0.26 the year when it was also was best among U.S. The data were compiled by the . Of the six major carriers, US Airways — the fifth-busiest carrietr in South Florida, with 1.
88 million passengers served posted thebest on-time performance in 2008, with 80.1 percent of its flightas arriving on time. — the region's busiest airline, with 7.3 millio passengers – came in last, with 69.8 percent of its flights arrivinygon time. American dominates traffid at , where it has an international hub, while Southwest flies only toand . (NYSE: LCC) improvexd customer service in but still ranked last amongmajor U.S. airlines in consume r complaints. The Tempe, Ariz.-based carrier ranked 19th out of19 U.S. carrier s for consumer complaints for both 2008and 2007. The airline, did improve its numbers in 2008, with 2.
01 complaintes per 100,000 passengers gettinb on a US Airways That compareswith 3.16 complaints for every 100,000 passengers in 2007. The industry averaged 1.13 consumere complaints per 100,000 passengers in 2008 and 1.38 complaintsw per 100,000 in 2007. No. 8 (0.8y complaints per 100,000 passengers) No. 11 (1.02) No. 13 (1.102) No. 14 No. 16 American Airlines (1.33) No. 17 No. 18 (1.85)
четверг, 23 августа 2012 г.
Charge to hamper Merge 2Q net income - Memphis Business Journal:
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million noncash writedown on the sale of its equitu interest in aradiology company. The West Allis-basesd radiology software and systems provider said the charge is the resulr of the sale of its interest in veterinaryy radiologycompany , as part of Eklin’s acquisition by veterinart services provider (NASDAQ: WOOF). With Elkin's sale to VCA, Mergw (NASDQ: MRGE) will receive $1.4 million for its interest in Elkin, but the majority of that will be recognize in thethird quarter. The however, will be recognized in the second quarter, when Merge will also see $2.
2 million in non-recurring revenue as a result of a new resellert agreement the company reached with Elkib inJune that's being reassigned to VCA. Merge now expects to post net incomed for the second quarterbetween $100,000 and compared with a net loss of $18.22 million a year ago. The company posted net incomre for the first quarter of 2009of $2.8 Excluding the noncash charge, operating income is expected to be $3.7 millio n to $4.4 million, compared with a net loss of $18.32 million a year ago. Revenue is now projectede to be in the rangedof $15 million to $15.5 million, compared with $13.34 million a year ago.
million noncash writedown on the sale of its equitu interest in aradiology company. The West Allis-basesd radiology software and systems provider said the charge is the resulr of the sale of its interest in veterinaryy radiologycompany , as part of Eklin’s acquisition by veterinart services provider (NASDAQ: WOOF). With Elkin's sale to VCA, Mergw (NASDQ: MRGE) will receive $1.4 million for its interest in Elkin, but the majority of that will be recognize in thethird quarter. The however, will be recognized in the second quarter, when Merge will also see $2.
2 million in non-recurring revenue as a result of a new resellert agreement the company reached with Elkib inJune that's being reassigned to VCA. Merge now expects to post net incomed for the second quarterbetween $100,000 and compared with a net loss of $18.22 million a year ago. The company posted net incomre for the first quarter of 2009of $2.8 Excluding the noncash charge, operating income is expected to be $3.7 millio n to $4.4 million, compared with a net loss of $18.32 million a year ago. Revenue is now projectede to be in the rangedof $15 million to $15.5 million, compared with $13.34 million a year ago.
среда, 22 августа 2012 г.
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition - Examiner.com
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Examiner.com | International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition Examiner.com Launched by UNESCO in 1998, the International Day for the Remembrance of Slave Trade and its Abolition, commemorated on 23 August every year, pays tribute to the millions of men, women and children who were victims of slavery. According to UNESCO ... Modern Day Slavery Remembering the Abolition of the Slave Trade |
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