Sunday, October 30, 2011

OU vs. K-State - Sooners Jekyll & Hyde Defensive Recap - Crimson and Cream Machine

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Thursday, October 27, 2011

Hawaii flu cases close to 300 - Dallas Business Journal:

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The Hawaii Department of Health, which now updates its online H1N1 counteach Wednesday, said therde are now 298 confirmed casesw in Hawaii. There were 98 new cases confirmecd on Oahu this week for a total of 288 Kauai and Maui added a case eachthis week. They each have a tota of three cases. The Big Island, whicu has four cases, did not report any new cases this Most have recovered or are recoveringt fromthe illness. The Centers for Disease Controol and Prevention said thatmost U.S. cases have not been severd and are comparable in severity toseasonall influenza. Hawaii residents with questions about H1N1 flu cancall (866) 767-504r4 ext. 3 between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.
Monda through Friday and on weekends from9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Or visitr www.hawaii.gov/health or the Centers for Disease Control and Preventio nat www.cdc.gov/swineflu.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Idearc stockholder seeks board position - Dallas Business Journal:

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The company’s largest Jack Corwin, confirmed Thursday he has notified the board aboutr his desire to be added to the list of nominees for electionj to the board of directors at thenext “In order to ensure that the interestz of shareholders are regarded as paramount at the Board I have decided to step to the Corwin said. “This company has tremendou s potential, and frankly, the Board and Management have tremendouseresponsibility . . . to its its employees, and its customers.
Givemn the particulars of the company’w financial situation, bankruptcy proceedings, indicated by the company as would leave many constituencies greatly disadvantagedf and in some casesliterally wiped-out.” Idearc, which is based at Dallas/Fort Worth Internationall Airport, publishes telephone books and providexs consumer information over the Internet. Corwib released a statement earlier in the week advisiny Idearc not to pursuse bankruptcy because the company has what he considers sufficient cash onhand ($510 million at year-end to pay down outstanding debt. As of mid-February Corwin reportes holding more than 8 percent ofIdearc stock, or more than 12 millionj shares.
In November, the New York Stock Regulation Inc. delisted Idearc’s stock from the New York Stocjk Exchange after the company maintained an averagd closing price of lessthan $1 for 30 consecutive tradinvg days. It is now traded on Pink Sheetsz under theticker Idearc’s annual revenue was just under $3 billion in 2008. The companh employs approximately 7,200 people nationwide.

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Point Park, Art Institute develop Downtown Pittsburgh dorms - Pittsburgh Business Times:

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But Seybert, a native Ohioajn who has lived on campus since arrivingin Pittsburgh, has no such She likes being able to walk to a baseball game at PNC Park and the storeas and clubs at Statiohn Square. "Preferably I'd like to stay in she said. Apartment and condominium developers are pushingv forward with a range of projects in theDowntownb area. But, amid a sluggish residential realestate market, it appear s a number of student housing projects are leading the Point Park is a good example. The university is in the procese of increasing its student housing stockl by nearly 50 percent in the hopes that other students reach the same conclusionas Seybert.
The universitt expects to have 1,200 students livingt in Downtown university housingby 2012, up from about 750 studentes today. "Our president is emphasizing ... an environmengt where more students" want to live in student housinf Downtown, said Sue Oatey, vice president for student affairs and dean of students at Point The demandfor on-campus student housing, Oatey has been strong. Of the school's 740 all but one were filledthis fall. In late Decembere of last year, the universityu made its most recent studenfthousing acquisitions: two office buildings at 312 and 322 Boulevard of the It plans to use the buildings as upscale apartmentse for juniors and seniors.
The school, which paid $4.3 million to for the expects to start renovations on parts of the 322buildingy soon, according to Bill vice president of operations at Point Park. The designed by Squirrel Hill-based TKA Architects with Massarlo Corp. of O'Hara as general will start with floorsd four through eight and should be ready for just under 100 studentsby August. The lowefr floors will be renovated later because they are still occupiede byoffice tenants. The new suitesz will feature apartment-style living in two-bedroom configurations with a full kitche andstandard appliances, Camerobn said. "These are premier residential Oatey said.
The 312 Boulevard of the Allies property is scheduled to undergok a similar renovation as soon as work on the firstf buildingis finished. When both buildings are the school will have about 280 new Cameron said. Meanwhile, The completed a $21 million conversion of the 230,000-square-foof Try Street Terminal building into Shannon Hall last The building is now home to 634 Last year, The Art Instituter also opened the 47,000-square-foot Standard Life Buildinbg at 345 Fourth Ave., which is owned by Elizabeth-based . and maste r leased to the school. And five-story Miller Hall at 100 Smithfiel St.
, another property owned by McHolme and master leasedc tothe school, has been fully occupied since the first of the year and holdx 88 students, said George Pry, president of The Art Of the roughly 3,200 students who take coursesw on the Art Institute's the school can house about 940, Pry said. For the immediatr future, the school has enough spacew forits students. with the new properties, studentx "now want to stay in housing longer," putting more pressurr on the school to find accommodations for the 65 percenty of its enrollees who come from outside ofthe "I may have a need for another Pry said.
Pry said the schoolp has looked atthe 85,000-square-fooy building at 424 Third Ave., whichn is on the market for $5.5 million, as a potentialk dormitory for as many as 180 Ralph Falbo, president of , the developer of Downtown's 151 First Side condominium complex, said he welcomes the additional student housing. "I believe students are part of theDowntown fabric," he said. "I think it is an additional opportunity to see more thingdhappen Downtown.
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Friday, October 21, 2011

Stimulus funds go to forest road projects in Colorado - St. Louis Business Journal:

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million as its share of federal stimuluas funds allocated to road maintenance and othed projectson lands, Colorado’s U.S. senators announced The local allocation is part ofa $228 million program by the involviny 106 projects in 31 states. The Forest Service, which administers the nation’s national forests and grasslands, is a USDA In Colorado, $4.9 million in fundz authorized by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will go to maintai n roads in San Juan National Forest and to removd some of its more than 900 mile s ofunauthorized roads, and anothe $2.5 million will go toward roads at the Pawnede National Grassland used on bird-watchin tours.
The road projectsa will help to improve water quality on federal land by reducing sediments carried by runofg intonearby streams, officials said. The Coloradop allocation was announcedby Sens. Mark Udal l and Michael Bennet, both D-Colo. The overall progra m was announced earlierby U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Human Genome Sciences rises on sale rumors - BusinessWeek

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Monday, October 17, 2011

Pending home sales inch up in U.S., Northeast - Pittsburgh Business Times:

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New figures from the show its Pendingt HomeSales Index, a forward-looking indicatoer based on contracts signed in May, increasesd 0.1 percent to 90.7 in April. That reading is 6.7 percenrt higher than in May 2008 when itwas 85. The last time therwe were four consecutive monthly gains was inOctober 2004, a promisingb sign for a still deeply depressedc housing sector. A sale is listed as pendiny when the contract has been signed but the transaction has not which usually takes anothetr one or two An index of 100 is equal to the average level of contract activityduring 2001, the first year to be examines as well as the first of five consecutive recordf years for existing-home sales.
The Pending Home Saled Index in the Northeas trose 3.1 percent to 80.9 in May and is 6.8 percent abovs a year ago. In the Midwest the index slippe 1.3 percent to 89.2 but is 11.4 percent above May 2008. The index in the South declined 1.7 percenyt to 92.6 in May but is 7.9 percent higher than a year ago. In the West the indexz rose 2.2 percent to 96.9 and is 0.7 percentr above May 2008.