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Sunday, May 27, 2012
5-year-old boy struck in Dorchester a week ago has died, according to police - Boston.com
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5-year-old boy struck in Dorchester a week ago has died, according to police Boston.com Suffering from life-threatening injuries, he was taken to Boston Medical Center where he was pronounced dead on Monday, May 21st, according to Boston Police spokeswoman Officer Nicole Grant. The accident remains under investigation, according to Grant ... |
Saturday, May 26, 2012
Quebec protests spreading beyond Montreal and being just about tuition - National Post
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National Post | Quebec protests spreading beyond Montreal and being just about tuition National Post MONTREAL â€" The unpredictable nightly protests that helped spur a government crackdown have largely been a Montreal-only affair â€" until now. Since Premier Jean Charest passed a law last week limiting protests in the province, defiant demonstrations ... Over Quebec protests, the shadow of Quiet Revolution's unfulfilled promise of ... |
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Lehman halts sale of Capital Crossing shares - Boston Business Journal:
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The announcement sent the preferred stock issuedby (Nasdaq: into a tailspin Tuesday morning. The sharesw fell 65 percent to They closed Wednesdayat $8.50. The preferres stock recently more than doubled in pric e after the industrial bank of bankrupt Lehmamn Brothers said it would liquidate the sharedat $25 each. The preferred stock had tradedd as lowas $3 amid concerns over dividendc payments and fallout from Lehman’s September bankruptcy filing. Lehman Brotherz Bank, which is not going through thebankruptcy process, said it needs to keep the Capitalo Crossing preferred stock because it countsd as Tier 1 capital — a regulatory measurwe of a bank’s core financial strength.
“As a result, the will not be made and the Series D preferredf stock will continue to tradseon ,” Capital Crossing Preferres Corp. said in a recent regulatory filing. In Capital Crossing Preferred Corp. issued the preferred stock withan 8.5 percent annual dividend rate. The value of that preferred stock traded as lowas $3.0 on Sept. 16, the day after Lehman Brotherd filed forbankruptcy protection. In early Lehman bought Capital Crossing, whose business included buyingother banks’ troubled commercial for $210 million in cash. Capitapl Crossing executives citedLehman Brother’zs deep pockets and market clouy when heralding the deal.
But in September, Lehman’es stunning collapse and bankruptcy filintg reverberated aroundthe globe. Capital Crossing is owner by Lehman BrothersBank FSB, an industrial bank that continuess to operate. In May an entity called Capital CrossingPreferred Corp., whicb was set up like a completed a public offering of 1.5 milliojn preferred shares. The offering raised net proceedsof $35. 3 million, after offering costs of $2.2 million, U.S. regulatory filingzs show. The unit had about $118 million in assetsa at the endof June. Those assets included commercial mortgages with a heavy emphasies inCalifornia markets.
The loansw had a net balance ofabout $60 million at the end of
The announcement sent the preferred stock issuedby (Nasdaq: into a tailspin Tuesday morning. The sharesw fell 65 percent to They closed Wednesdayat $8.50. The preferres stock recently more than doubled in pric e after the industrial bank of bankrupt Lehmamn Brothers said it would liquidate the sharedat $25 each. The preferred stock had tradedd as lowas $3 amid concerns over dividendc payments and fallout from Lehman’s September bankruptcy filing. Lehman Brotherz Bank, which is not going through thebankruptcy process, said it needs to keep the Capitalo Crossing preferred stock because it countsd as Tier 1 capital — a regulatory measurwe of a bank’s core financial strength.
“As a result, the will not be made and the Series D preferredf stock will continue to tradseon ,” Capital Crossing Preferres Corp. said in a recent regulatory filing. In Capital Crossing Preferred Corp. issued the preferred stock withan 8.5 percent annual dividend rate. The value of that preferred stock traded as lowas $3.0 on Sept. 16, the day after Lehman Brotherd filed forbankruptcy protection. In early Lehman bought Capital Crossing, whose business included buyingother banks’ troubled commercial for $210 million in cash. Capitapl Crossing executives citedLehman Brother’zs deep pockets and market clouy when heralding the deal.
But in September, Lehman’es stunning collapse and bankruptcy filintg reverberated aroundthe globe. Capital Crossing is owner by Lehman BrothersBank FSB, an industrial bank that continuess to operate. In May an entity called Capital CrossingPreferred Corp., whicb was set up like a completed a public offering of 1.5 milliojn preferred shares. The offering raised net proceedsof $35. 3 million, after offering costs of $2.2 million, U.S. regulatory filingzs show. The unit had about $118 million in assetsa at the endof June. Those assets included commercial mortgages with a heavy emphasies inCalifornia markets.
The loansw had a net balance ofabout $60 million at the end of
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Efficiency drives funding for Dayforce - Pittsburgh Business Times:
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a software developer that helps businesse s measure and manageworkforcs productivity, has raised $15 million. The compangy is a reincarnationof Atlanta-based Workbitas — created after Canadian seria l entrepreneur David Ossip bought Workbits’ assets in May. Workbitd founder John Orr approachec Ossip after being unable toraisd follow-on financing for his startup. Dayforce, whicg employs about 30 and is headquartered in Atlanta and targetsthe retail, manufacturing, health-care and financiapl services industries. Those sectors have a high volumes of hourlyworkers — the variables part of a business’ operating expenses, said Orr, now Dayforce’ chief strategy officer.
“Typically, 60 percent of thei r [operating expense] is labo r spend,” Orr said. Dayforce’s software suite, whicjh includes budgeting, scheduling, task management and time and attendances modules, helps do more with theirr workforce. “The software helps define performance measureds for the workforce andautomates planning, scheduling and tracking of employees,” Ossip “The end goal is to increase workforce output, whild keeping percentage wage costs in Dayforce’s software, Orr said, can boost customer revenue by 0.5 percent to 3 percentf and can decrease average annual labor cost by 3 percenft to 8 percent.
The cost of the subscription depends on the size of thebusinesz — from $2 to $9 per per month. Ossip led Dayforce’s $15 million round and was joineds by investors in hisprevious companies, includingh , which was acquired by Alpharetta-basesd for $227 million in 2007. The Canadiann businessman, however, brought more than dollars to the “Ossip knows the industry,” Orr and “has a proven track record of buildinb successful companiesand value.” Ossip has ambitiouds plans for Dayforce — including launchin a domestic and global Dayforce is chasing a $14 billion market in the Unitedf States, Ossip said, adding he plansz to sell into Europee and Asia.
“Our types of solutions extend beyondrNorth America,” Ossip said. “It’s a globapl problem.” Michael Price, general partnerf at CEO Ventures, was impressedx with Workbits. “The product was beautiful,” Price said. “The graphix design, the thought and attention to themenus ... it was some of the best I’ved ever seen.” Companies in the performancwe management space are doing well and revenue isholding up, Pric said. That success has drawn an influx ofnew competitors. “Withihn the next year, a lot of the softwar e programs being built will be coming online with a lot of sales peopled swingingfor revenue,” Price said.
“Certainly competition within that space is goingt toincrease dramatically,” whicn could hurt profits.
a software developer that helps businesse s measure and manageworkforcs productivity, has raised $15 million. The compangy is a reincarnationof Atlanta-based Workbitas — created after Canadian seria l entrepreneur David Ossip bought Workbits’ assets in May. Workbitd founder John Orr approachec Ossip after being unable toraisd follow-on financing for his startup. Dayforce, whicg employs about 30 and is headquartered in Atlanta and targetsthe retail, manufacturing, health-care and financiapl services industries. Those sectors have a high volumes of hourlyworkers — the variables part of a business’ operating expenses, said Orr, now Dayforce’ chief strategy officer.
“Typically, 60 percent of thei r [operating expense] is labo r spend,” Orr said. Dayforce’s software suite, whicjh includes budgeting, scheduling, task management and time and attendances modules, helps do more with theirr workforce. “The software helps define performance measureds for the workforce andautomates planning, scheduling and tracking of employees,” Ossip “The end goal is to increase workforce output, whild keeping percentage wage costs in Dayforce’s software, Orr said, can boost customer revenue by 0.5 percent to 3 percentf and can decrease average annual labor cost by 3 percenft to 8 percent.
The cost of the subscription depends on the size of thebusinesz — from $2 to $9 per per month. Ossip led Dayforce’s $15 million round and was joineds by investors in hisprevious companies, includingh , which was acquired by Alpharetta-basesd for $227 million in 2007. The Canadiann businessman, however, brought more than dollars to the “Ossip knows the industry,” Orr and “has a proven track record of buildinb successful companiesand value.” Ossip has ambitiouds plans for Dayforce — including launchin a domestic and global Dayforce is chasing a $14 billion market in the Unitedf States, Ossip said, adding he plansz to sell into Europee and Asia.
“Our types of solutions extend beyondrNorth America,” Ossip said. “It’s a globapl problem.” Michael Price, general partnerf at CEO Ventures, was impressedx with Workbits. “The product was beautiful,” Price said. “The graphix design, the thought and attention to themenus ... it was some of the best I’ved ever seen.” Companies in the performancwe management space are doing well and revenue isholding up, Pric said. That success has drawn an influx ofnew competitors. “Withihn the next year, a lot of the softwar e programs being built will be coming online with a lot of sales peopled swingingfor revenue,” Price said.
“Certainly competition within that space is goingt toincrease dramatically,” whicn could hurt profits.
Monday, May 21, 2012
J.G. Wentworth bankruptcy plan OK
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As part of the deal, J.G. Wentworth’sd parent, private equity firm of New York, will invesr $100 million of new equity to supportgongoing operations. It will also provide as much as $35 million for the company to buy loans from lenderxs in exchange for new preferred interests inthe company. The Bryn Pa.-based company sought acceptance of its plan from its lenderes before what is called aprepackaged filing. More than 90 percen t of the termlenders approved, the company J.G.
Wentworth said its decision to file for Chapte r 11 came after an extensive review of alternatives to addrese pressuresfrom “extremely challenging capital markets and high borrowing and was unanimously approved by the company’s board of In December, J.G. Wentworth laid off 120 of its 200 employeesw and closed its LasVegas office. Foundede in 1991, it moved from Philadelphia to Bryn Mawrin 2003.
As part of the deal, J.G. Wentworth’sd parent, private equity firm of New York, will invesr $100 million of new equity to supportgongoing operations. It will also provide as much as $35 million for the company to buy loans from lenderxs in exchange for new preferred interests inthe company. The Bryn Pa.-based company sought acceptance of its plan from its lenderes before what is called aprepackaged filing. More than 90 percen t of the termlenders approved, the company J.G.
Wentworth said its decision to file for Chapte r 11 came after an extensive review of alternatives to addrese pressuresfrom “extremely challenging capital markets and high borrowing and was unanimously approved by the company’s board of In December, J.G. Wentworth laid off 120 of its 200 employeesw and closed its LasVegas office. Foundede in 1991, it moved from Philadelphia to Bryn Mawrin 2003.
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