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More than 101,000 residences in Southy Florida sat empty for three months or more asof March, accordinvg to the . Many of these likely were in the process of foreclosure or the assetsof cash-strapped developers. In the event of a hurricaned warning, many experts doubft most lenders would have the coordinatiojn and capability to fortify those homesd with shuttersor boards. Since banks almost never respond to homeowner associationm complaints about poor conditionws atabandoned bank-owned properties, they probably won’t be proactive in protecting these properties from a said Ken Direktor, an attorney at Fort Lauderdale-baseds who represents numerous homeowner Most banks and mortgage-servicinfg companies are overwhelmed with foreclosures, and can’t effectivelyt manage them all, he said.
“I would be shockedc if banks mobilize in front of a Direktor said. “A hurricane now would be absolutely catastrophic. The negative effect on the community woulr bemultiplied exponentially.” Bill director of real estate programs at , said foreclosuress held by mortgage-backed securities woulsd be must vulnerable. He doubts that most MBS servicingh companies have the capabilities to mitigats property losses beforea hurricane. If there’as a pending foreclosure on a home and thebank hasn’yt taken possession of it, then the lender can’tr legally enter the property and secur it.
A homeowner or renter stillk living there might protect the home for their but an abandoned home facing foreclosure wouled be less likely to havea guardian. Some condo association have the ability to enter abandoner homes andsecure them, but homeowner association s do not, said Donna executive director of the Plantation-based . has a plan for hurricanew that includes contracts with properthy management companies and bank employeeds to make sure propertiesare storm-ready, said Nancy Norris, a spokeswoman for the which also services mortgages for other lenders. “Whe n there is a threat, we have a business resiliencgteam that’s always on top of emergency she said.
“We are confident that we will get the job When a homeowner stops payintg a mortgageand insurance, or when a propertt becomes bank-owned, the lender covers the property througbh a blanket insurance policy called forced These expensive policies cove the outstanding mortgage amount, regardless of the valure of the property. These policies usually don’t require the bank to do anythin to protect a property fromstormk damage, said William an attorney who represents insurance companiexs as a partner with Coral Gables-based .
But, the aftermathj of a hurricane could provide opportunities for savvy investorsz to buy damaged homes from banks onthe cheap, repair them and reselol them, said Peter Zalewski, CEO of Bal Harbour-based . “uI can’t imagine a lendere repairing a property damaged by a hurricane beforesellinbg it,” he said. “For a neighborhood, it could be a and for investors, it could be a greaty opportunity.” THE DETAILS: Nobody’s home Palm Beach County: 36,348 residences, or 5.3 percen t Broward County: 37,707 or 4.6 percent Miami-Dade County: 27,70o residences, or 2.9 percent Source: U.S.
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четверг, 29 марта 2012 г.
вторник, 27 марта 2012 г.
Children sell success of Creative Advancement Center - GreerToday
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GreerToday | Children sell success of Creative Advancement Center GreerToday Olivia Bonilla, a second grade student at Crestview Elementary, was all the testimony the Creative Advancement Centers (CAC) needed Friday during its annual Awards banquet at City Hall. Olivia Bonilla received a robust applause after reading her essay ... |
воскресенье, 25 марта 2012 г.
Ford to sell Jaguar, Land Rover brands for $2.3B - New Mexico Business Weekly:
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In a news release, Ford said the total sale pricwis $2.3 billion. At closing, whicbh is expected to occur by the endof June, Ford will contributre up to $600 million to Jaguar and Land Rover'ds pension plans. Ford announcec last year that it was exploring a sale of the Jaguar and Land Rover businessese in order to focus on its coreFord "Now, it is time for Ford to concentrate on integrating the Ford brand globally, as we implemeny our plan to create a strong Ford Motorf Co.
that delivers profitable growthfor all," Alan president and CEO, said in the As part of the deal with Tata, whic is one of India's largest vehicle producers, Ford will continued to supply Jaguar and Land Rover with stampings and other vehicle components. Ford also will provide engineerinyg support, including research and development, in addition to informatiojn technology, accounting and other Also, Ford's financing arm, , will provid financing for Jaguar and Land Roverr dealers and customers during a transitional perios of up to12 months, the releasd said. Dearborn, Mich.
-based Ford (NYSE: F) has five dealerships in the Albuquerque metro They are: in Rio Rancho, and in Rich Ford in Edgewood and in Los Lunas.
In a news release, Ford said the total sale pricwis $2.3 billion. At closing, whicbh is expected to occur by the endof June, Ford will contributre up to $600 million to Jaguar and Land Rover'ds pension plans. Ford announcec last year that it was exploring a sale of the Jaguar and Land Rover businessese in order to focus on its coreFord "Now, it is time for Ford to concentrate on integrating the Ford brand globally, as we implemeny our plan to create a strong Ford Motorf Co.
that delivers profitable growthfor all," Alan president and CEO, said in the As part of the deal with Tata, whic is one of India's largest vehicle producers, Ford will continued to supply Jaguar and Land Rover with stampings and other vehicle components. Ford also will provide engineerinyg support, including research and development, in addition to informatiojn technology, accounting and other Also, Ford's financing arm, , will provid financing for Jaguar and Land Roverr dealers and customers during a transitional perios of up to12 months, the releasd said. Dearborn, Mich.
-based Ford (NYSE: F) has five dealerships in the Albuquerque metro They are: in Rio Rancho, and in Rich Ford in Edgewood and in Los Lunas.
пятница, 23 марта 2012 г.
Moot throws up differing views about Pakistan Resolution - The News International
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Moot throws up differing views about Pakistan Resolution The News International He said that Mr Jinnah had made it very clear that the Muslims and the Hindus were two absolutely diverse communities, differing from each other in religion, in ways of living, having totally diverse value patterns and as such, he said, ... |
среда, 21 марта 2012 г.
bizjournals: D.C. suburb lead bizjournals' list of America's wealth centers -- bizjournals
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But the degree of difficulty variesacross America. Some communities are experiencinggthe recession's full fury -- Detroit is a case in pointy -- while others are still remarkably The Washington, D.C., suburb of McLean, Va., is the prime example of the latter. Its combinatio of elevated incomesand high-end homes has earned McLean firstg place in bizjournals' new rankings of America's wealtb centers. Close behind are several other suburban communitiexs with similarly impressiveeconomic profiles, led by Bizjournals createdx to analyze the relative affluence of 2,065 incorporated towns and unincorporated urbahn areas with populations of 15,000 or more.
The studty was designed to identifythe nation'sx wealth centers, defined as places blessed with high expensive homes, strong educationap levels and widespread ownership of stocks, rental properties and motor Bizjournals obtained raw data from the U.S. Census Bureau'ds 2005-2007 American Community Survey, the most recen t source for federal statistics at thelocall level. All figures are for specific municipalities, not for the broadedr metropolitan areas to whichthey belong.
McLean, which sits west of the nation'ds capital along the Potomac River, emergesa as the nation's top wealth center becauss of its consistently high ratings across the It ranks among the 10 leading communitiews in eight ofthe study's 10 categories. McLean'xs median household income of $156,292 is more than triple the nationao medianof $50,007. (A median is a with half of allincomes higher, and half lower.) Thirty-six percenr of its households have annual incomes above nearly 10 times the U.S. rate of 3.7 And 79 percent of its adultshold bachelor'es degrees, compared to 27 percent nationwide.
The runner-up, Lake is an affluent suburb north of Chicago along the LakeMichigah shoreline. Five percent of its households have annuaol incomes of morethan $1.15 million. Rounding out the top five are Calif., which is located outside San Jose; Potomac, Md., another D.C., suburb; and Darien, Conn., a bedroom community where many commute to work inNew York. All three have media n household incomes thatsurpass $135,000 and median home values that excee $870,000. The affluence of the nation'w top 10 wealth centers, taken as a is light years beyond the lifestyles ofmost * The collective per capita income of the 10 cities is $79,500.
That'ds triple the national averageof (Per capita income is the average amount of money earned by each residen of a community in a given * Thirty-six percent of all top-10 householdws earn more than $200,000 per dwarfing the national average, 3.7 percent. * Two of evert five homes in the major wealth centers contain at least nine The comparable figure for the entire country isjust 8.3 The bizjournals study is accompaniedc by that hold the highest scores for Even the final community on that No.
250 Inglewood-Finn Hill, is worthy of being billex as awealth center, given its median householx income of $90,301 and median home value of It outranks 87 percent of all cities analyzed by bizjournals. , sitting in 2,065th place, is N.J., which occupies the bank of the Delawar Riveropposite Philadelphia. Camden's medianm household income of $23,154e is 85 percent below the correspondin figureof $156,292 in top-rated McLean. That means sevem typical families in Camden would have to pool theirr earnings to equal the financial clout of a single householdin McLean.
The other indicators for Camdebn areequally unfortunate, including its per capit income ($11,578), share of households with incomea above $200,000 (0.1 percent) and adultw with college degrees (6.1 Also in the bottom five in bizjournals' rankings are East St. Ill.; Chester, Pa.; San Juan, Texas; and La.
But the degree of difficulty variesacross America. Some communities are experiencinggthe recession's full fury -- Detroit is a case in pointy -- while others are still remarkably The Washington, D.C., suburb of McLean, Va., is the prime example of the latter. Its combinatio of elevated incomesand high-end homes has earned McLean firstg place in bizjournals' new rankings of America's wealtb centers. Close behind are several other suburban communitiexs with similarly impressiveeconomic profiles, led by Bizjournals createdx to analyze the relative affluence of 2,065 incorporated towns and unincorporated urbahn areas with populations of 15,000 or more.
The studty was designed to identifythe nation'sx wealth centers, defined as places blessed with high expensive homes, strong educationap levels and widespread ownership of stocks, rental properties and motor Bizjournals obtained raw data from the U.S. Census Bureau'ds 2005-2007 American Community Survey, the most recen t source for federal statistics at thelocall level. All figures are for specific municipalities, not for the broadedr metropolitan areas to whichthey belong.
McLean, which sits west of the nation'ds capital along the Potomac River, emergesa as the nation's top wealth center becauss of its consistently high ratings across the It ranks among the 10 leading communitiews in eight ofthe study's 10 categories. McLean'xs median household income of $156,292 is more than triple the nationao medianof $50,007. (A median is a with half of allincomes higher, and half lower.) Thirty-six percenr of its households have annual incomes above nearly 10 times the U.S. rate of 3.7 And 79 percent of its adultshold bachelor'es degrees, compared to 27 percent nationwide.
The runner-up, Lake is an affluent suburb north of Chicago along the LakeMichigah shoreline. Five percent of its households have annuaol incomes of morethan $1.15 million. Rounding out the top five are Calif., which is located outside San Jose; Potomac, Md., another D.C., suburb; and Darien, Conn., a bedroom community where many commute to work inNew York. All three have media n household incomes thatsurpass $135,000 and median home values that excee $870,000. The affluence of the nation'w top 10 wealth centers, taken as a is light years beyond the lifestyles ofmost * The collective per capita income of the 10 cities is $79,500.
That'ds triple the national averageof (Per capita income is the average amount of money earned by each residen of a community in a given * Thirty-six percent of all top-10 householdws earn more than $200,000 per dwarfing the national average, 3.7 percent. * Two of evert five homes in the major wealth centers contain at least nine The comparable figure for the entire country isjust 8.3 The bizjournals study is accompaniedc by that hold the highest scores for Even the final community on that No.
250 Inglewood-Finn Hill, is worthy of being billex as awealth center, given its median householx income of $90,301 and median home value of It outranks 87 percent of all cities analyzed by bizjournals. , sitting in 2,065th place, is N.J., which occupies the bank of the Delawar Riveropposite Philadelphia. Camden's medianm household income of $23,154e is 85 percent below the correspondin figureof $156,292 in top-rated McLean. That means sevem typical families in Camden would have to pool theirr earnings to equal the financial clout of a single householdin McLean.
The other indicators for Camdebn areequally unfortunate, including its per capit income ($11,578), share of households with incomea above $200,000 (0.1 percent) and adultw with college degrees (6.1 Also in the bottom five in bizjournals' rankings are East St. Ill.; Chester, Pa.; San Juan, Texas; and La.
понедельник, 19 марта 2012 г.
RedBrick Health raises $15M - San Francisco Business Times:
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The cash-for-equity investment was announcedr in arecent U.S. Securities and Exchange RedBrick said the financing was led by newinvestoer (KPCB) of Menlo Park, Calif., and also included existin investors , and . “RedBrico Health brings a new dimension in accountability tohealthb care, which is why we selecterd them as our first new health care investmenr of the year,” KPCB partner Beth Seidenberh said in a news release. Barbara a managing director atMenlo Calif.-based Versant, said Redbrick will use the funds for sales and development as it grows past the early-adopter stage. RedBrick from Fidelity, Highlandd and Versant about ayear ago.
Minneapolis-based RedBricm was , a pioneer in consumer-directed healthh coverage that was boughtby Minnetonka-based for $300 milliomn in 2004. RedBrick offers health assessmen andscreening tools, health coachin g programs over the telephone and and other preventative health services. Workers get financial awardw for participating and employer are able to reduce healthinsurance costs. Recenyt wins for the company include with theNortheast U.S. supermarketf operator Hannaford Bros. Co., which is expandin g preventative health servicesfrom 2,400 to 18,000 workers. More insureres are offering preventative health programs to the employeres that aretheir customers.
But RedBrick and competitore suchas Franklin, Tenn.-based might have an advantage because employers migh t trust an outside companh more than an insurer, said John Nyman, a professore of health economics at the University of “You sort of have a little bit better feel of what’z going on when you go with an outsid company,” Nyman said. More companies have adopted preventativre health programs in recent years because they see them as a way to save monehy onhealth costs, whilr also providing employee benefits like smoking-cessatio programs or nutrition advice.
Nyman recentlgy published a study about howthe disease-management progra that Healthways provides the university produced an average $1,375t in savings among each of the more than 1,00o0 workers who participated in 2006. “That’w the bet. It’s whether there’ds sufficient evidence that there will be a reductionh in the health care costs that will more than offsetr the costs of theprogram
The cash-for-equity investment was announcedr in arecent U.S. Securities and Exchange RedBrick said the financing was led by newinvestoer (KPCB) of Menlo Park, Calif., and also included existin investors , and . “RedBrico Health brings a new dimension in accountability tohealthb care, which is why we selecterd them as our first new health care investmenr of the year,” KPCB partner Beth Seidenberh said in a news release. Barbara a managing director atMenlo Calif.-based Versant, said Redbrick will use the funds for sales and development as it grows past the early-adopter stage. RedBrick from Fidelity, Highlandd and Versant about ayear ago.
Minneapolis-based RedBricm was , a pioneer in consumer-directed healthh coverage that was boughtby Minnetonka-based for $300 milliomn in 2004. RedBrick offers health assessmen andscreening tools, health coachin g programs over the telephone and and other preventative health services. Workers get financial awardw for participating and employer are able to reduce healthinsurance costs. Recenyt wins for the company include with theNortheast U.S. supermarketf operator Hannaford Bros. Co., which is expandin g preventative health servicesfrom 2,400 to 18,000 workers. More insureres are offering preventative health programs to the employeres that aretheir customers.
But RedBrick and competitore suchas Franklin, Tenn.-based might have an advantage because employers migh t trust an outside companh more than an insurer, said John Nyman, a professore of health economics at the University of “You sort of have a little bit better feel of what’z going on when you go with an outsid company,” Nyman said. More companies have adopted preventativre health programs in recent years because they see them as a way to save monehy onhealth costs, whilr also providing employee benefits like smoking-cessatio programs or nutrition advice.
Nyman recentlgy published a study about howthe disease-management progra that Healthways provides the university produced an average $1,375t in savings among each of the more than 1,00o0 workers who participated in 2006. “That’w the bet. It’s whether there’ds sufficient evidence that there will be a reductionh in the health care costs that will more than offsetr the costs of theprogram
пятница, 16 марта 2012 г.
Education funding still falls short despite federal stimulus infusion - South Florida Business Journal:
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That was the sentiment of an eight-member panel of training and government experts gathered by the South Florid a Business Journal to examine howthe $787 billion federal stimulus package is impactinv the region’s education and workforce training sectors. The panekl marked the third in theBusinesx Journal’s ongoing stimulus series, aimefd at tracking and analyzing the flow of moneg from the American Recovery and Reinvestmeng Act into South Florida. Florida’ Legislature was the only one nationallyt to request a federal waive that allowed it to take moneuy from education and replace it with stimuluw dollars while other states used stimuluzs dollars to augmentthe budget.
The situatioh concerned paneliststate Sen. Eleanor Sobel. “We are not startinvg at the starting The school district in Broward County and thoser throughout the state are starting behind thestarting line,” Sobel said. “They have had problems for yearsd and they are all Veteran educatorRobert Parks, a member of the Browarf County School Board, said, “Many of the largew urban districts in the nation are afraid of one which is basically a bait and switch with thosee dollars.” What’s even more worrisome to some expertes is that the stimulus moneyg will eventually run out.
“I’m really concerned about in three years; what’s going to said José Vicente, president of ’e North Campus. “This is a Band-Aid.” He said the college’as operating budget was cut $22 millionm while the stimulus money wasonly $13 million. Parkse said Broward County’s school system has cut $1.4 billion from its constructio budget in addition to furloughing 700 teachers and51 “We’ve closed all of our school offices for the We don’t have summer school Parks said. would have been lookingg at cutting its budget byabougt $30 million without $12 million in stimuluss funds, said Dorothy K.
Russell, the university’s associat VP for financial affair s andbudget director. The university cut 30 positionszand “had we not had the stimuluzs dollars it could have been much more George Hanbury, executive VP and COO of , said the $1.3 billionm in stimulus funds givej to the state relieved pressure on the Legislatur to further reduce supportt for Florida Resident Access Grants (FRAG), a key source of moneyg for students, but he pointed out that the grantse used to be $3,000 a year for students and are now The amount is important to who find enrollment caps at state universities and turn to NSU and othet private institutions.
He also said that universities are working togethe r to apply for federalstimulus funding. NSU has a collaborativee proposal with and FAU fora $50 million research buildinv with wet labs, business incubator space and offices for the U.S. Geologicall Survey, which is helping oversee Everglades restoration. “Wes have shovel-ready projects we have submitted to the Governotr and in the next 60 days we couldput 1,00p0 people to work,” Hanbury said. The competitionh for these typesof projects, though, is fierce.
FAU is getting abouyt $12 million in directr infusion from the federapstimulus package, but the university also is seekinbg money from the for labs and instruments, Russelp said. April was the month to submit applicationss and the results are expectedby September. The strongesg flow of money, so far, appears to be for programds that help the jobless asthe state’ds unemployment rate has hit 10.2 percent.
That was the sentiment of an eight-member panel of training and government experts gathered by the South Florid a Business Journal to examine howthe $787 billion federal stimulus package is impactinv the region’s education and workforce training sectors. The panekl marked the third in theBusinesx Journal’s ongoing stimulus series, aimefd at tracking and analyzing the flow of moneg from the American Recovery and Reinvestmeng Act into South Florida. Florida’ Legislature was the only one nationallyt to request a federal waive that allowed it to take moneuy from education and replace it with stimuluw dollars while other states used stimuluzs dollars to augmentthe budget.
The situatioh concerned paneliststate Sen. Eleanor Sobel. “We are not startinvg at the starting The school district in Broward County and thoser throughout the state are starting behind thestarting line,” Sobel said. “They have had problems for yearsd and they are all Veteran educatorRobert Parks, a member of the Browarf County School Board, said, “Many of the largew urban districts in the nation are afraid of one which is basically a bait and switch with thosee dollars.” What’s even more worrisome to some expertes is that the stimulus moneyg will eventually run out.
“I’m really concerned about in three years; what’s going to said José Vicente, president of ’e North Campus. “This is a Band-Aid.” He said the college’as operating budget was cut $22 millionm while the stimulus money wasonly $13 million. Parkse said Broward County’s school system has cut $1.4 billion from its constructio budget in addition to furloughing 700 teachers and51 “We’ve closed all of our school offices for the We don’t have summer school Parks said. would have been lookingg at cutting its budget byabougt $30 million without $12 million in stimuluss funds, said Dorothy K.
Russell, the university’s associat VP for financial affair s andbudget director. The university cut 30 positionszand “had we not had the stimuluzs dollars it could have been much more George Hanbury, executive VP and COO of , said the $1.3 billionm in stimulus funds givej to the state relieved pressure on the Legislatur to further reduce supportt for Florida Resident Access Grants (FRAG), a key source of moneyg for students, but he pointed out that the grantse used to be $3,000 a year for students and are now The amount is important to who find enrollment caps at state universities and turn to NSU and othet private institutions.
He also said that universities are working togethe r to apply for federalstimulus funding. NSU has a collaborativee proposal with and FAU fora $50 million research buildinv with wet labs, business incubator space and offices for the U.S. Geologicall Survey, which is helping oversee Everglades restoration. “Wes have shovel-ready projects we have submitted to the Governotr and in the next 60 days we couldput 1,00p0 people to work,” Hanbury said. The competitionh for these typesof projects, though, is fierce.
FAU is getting abouyt $12 million in directr infusion from the federapstimulus package, but the university also is seekinbg money from the for labs and instruments, Russelp said. April was the month to submit applicationss and the results are expectedby September. The strongesg flow of money, so far, appears to be for programds that help the jobless asthe state’ds unemployment rate has hit 10.2 percent.
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