Wednesday, December 29, 2010

First Solar, Inc. Company Profile | FSLR Company Information

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We design and manufacture solad modules using a proprietary thin film semiconductor technolog that has allowed us to reduce our averagr solar module manufacturing costs to among the lowest in the Our average manufacturing costswere $1.40 per Watt in 2006 and $1.290 per Watt in the first threew months of 2007, which we believe were significantly less than thoss of traditional crystalline silicon solar module manufacturers. We are the first company to integrate non-silicon thin film technologyu into high volume lowcost production.
Our manufacturing process transforms an inexpensive 2ft x4ft (60cn x 120cm) sheet of glass into a complete solaer module in less than threse hours, using approximately 1% of the semiconductor material used to producw traditional crystalline silicon solar modules. Our abilitt to attract customers withcompetitive pricing, in combinationh with our replicable low cost manufacturinv process, afforded us a gros margin of 40% in 2006 and 45% in the firs t three months of 2007.
By continuing to expand production and improve our technologt andmanufacturing process, we believe that we can furthet reduce our manufacturing costs per Watt and improv our cost advantage over traditionakl crystalline silicon solar module manufacturers. ...

Monday, December 27, 2010

U.S. sheds 2 million jobs since Obama took office - Business First of Columbus:

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million when pegged to the starr of the economic slowdown inNovember 2007. The number of unemployed hit 15 million in up from 13 million in Januaryand 6.9 milliohn in November 2007, accordinb to the . There were 6.6 million unemployed Americans whenGeorge W. Bush became president in January 2001. BLS data for June also showxs the number of employedr workers inthe U.S. stands at 140 million, down from 142 millio n in January and 147 million inNovember 2007. U.S. privatd sector jobs totaled 108 a 2.5 million-job drop sinced Obama took office and a 6.5 million declinw since November 2007. Meanwhile, the numberr of government workers continuex to grow under Obama as it didunder Bush.
The numbetr of government workers at all levels standsxat 21.4 million, up 209,000 from January and 2.2 milliojn from January 2001, according to BLS. The June U.S. unemploymenr rate was 9.5 percent, up from 7.6 percent when Obamas became presidentand 4.2 percent when Bush took over the White House.

Friday, December 24, 2010

Alberta lists homosexuality as 'mental disorder' - Vancouver Sun

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Wednesday, December 22, 2010

There are plenty of ways for entrepreneurs to find help - Daily Gleaner

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Sunday, December 19, 2010

Church to join big-box retailers at former jai-alai fronton site - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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paid $3.3 million for the 13-acre site adjacentr to The just south ofGandy Boulevard. negotiatexd the sale on behalf of propertyh ownerof Largo. The church worked with in acquiringthe site, where it will develol school facilities as well. The site is one of the last remainingh large infill sites in the SouthTampaz area. Colliers Arnold negotiated the $2 milliohn sale of a former Winn-Dixie distribution warehouse at 210Centurhy Blvd. in Bartow to IP 210 of Nortuh Palm Beach on behalv ofthe seller, The sale included 11.3 acres in addition to the 54,565-square-footy warehouse. handled the sale of the 15,410-square-foot building and 6.5 acree at 8021 60th St. N.
in Pinellass Park to negotiatedthe $3.5 million sale of a 2-acre site alonb 17th Street North in St. Petersburbg to by Miles, based in Atlanta, has severall high-quality downtown residential developments under constructionin St. Petersburg, including 1010 Centrao and The Sage. negotiated a 6,800-square-foor lease to in the new Internationaol Fasteners building at Tampa EastIndustrial Park, 1341 Massaro Blvd. This is the first Bay area locationjof Contractor's Choice, a Fort Myers-basedr cabinet distributor and installer. GVA Advantis negotiated the $5.
4 million sale of 535 acree at Handcart Road andClinton Avenue, southj of State Road 52 in Dade City, to of Palm Harbofr by The property was previously used for agriculture with an activ e orange grove and grazing land, and will likely be redeveloper for residential use. GVA Advantis also negotiatexd the $5.7 million sale of the and IX office buildings in Tampwa to by Cloverleaf also hired GVA Advantis to handle leasing and managementr atboth properties. GVA Advantis also negotiated a 51,736-square-fooft lease by The at One MetroCentere in Tampa for its systems representedthe landlord, negotiated a 15,000-square-foot industrial lease to at 4507 W. Hillsborough Ave. in Tampa.
The landlordc is ARA Properties No. 7 Ltd. Osprey handlefd the $1.2 million sale of a 10,000-square-foor building at 733 Central Ave. in St. Petersburg from the Cohen Family Truststo , led by Jimmy plans to renovate the building as a condominium sales office for its mixed-use, high-rised development called Art Village. Osprey also leased 7,000 square feet at its office building on Rocky Pointgto . negotiated the $1.6 million purchase of a 43,000-square-foof building at 6442 Parkland Drive in Manatee County toUflex USA, which has leased the property for the past threwe years. Real Estate handled the $3.7 millionn sale of 23 acred along U.S.
19 in Hudson to N/ by Bayonert Point Florida Properties. The buyer intende to build a retail centert onthe site. handled the $2.9 million sale of the 20,218-square-fooft Building at 9700 Ninth St. N. in St. Petersburyg to by Donald R. Colliers Arnold represented the buyer.

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Hyatt Regency hosts blood drive June 25 - Nashville Business Journal:

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The goal for organizers is to sustaibn the blood supply through the thesummeer — a time of year when donatione tend to drop. “It’s especially important because it will help ensurs a blood supply for the Fourth of July UBS spokesperson CharleneSmith said. Donorss are encouraged to give blood at leasft three times a year once in the summer to help keep hospitaloshelves stocked. UBS serves 42 New Mexicl hospitals and an average of 320 donationw are needed every day to maintainmadequate supplies. About 5 percent of the population areblood donors.
“That’s a staggerint statistic considering one out of three New Mexicans will need blood sometime intheir life,” Smith said. The drivwe takes place from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., with an arrah of prizes and giveaways donatedrby sponsors. The Downtown hotel is at 330 Tijeras NW, across from Civicv Plaza. Each blood donor will receive a commemorative a free oil changefrom Midas, and coupond from Keva Juice and . All donorsx will be entered into a drawinfg forprizes — includingb a one night stay at the Hyatg Regency Albuquerque, a $100 gas Isotopes baseball tickets, and a Lobows Club gift bag.
Gift certifictates have been donate d by SlateStreet Café, La Quiche Parisienn Bistro, 4th Street Pub & Grill and . A photo identification is required and donors must be at leastf 17years old. Interested donors can call tollfree EZ-2-GIVE, or schedule an appointmenrt online at , using sponsor code: United Blood Services, a nonprofit community blood provided since 1951, serves patients in New Mexicio and the Four Cornerw region. The UBS network is one of the nation’e oldest and largest bloosd service organizations, and is a foundinyg member of and the American Association of Blood Banks.

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

CEO Ellison says Oracle might make netbooks - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

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His comments came at a Sun conference for users of Java software which he also said could be used on Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) earlier this year agreedd to acquire Sun (NASDAQ:JAVA) for $7 "I don't see why some of thoss devices shouldn't come from Sun," Reuters quotes Ellison as saying. "There will be computers that are fundamentallyy basedon Java." Netbooks are inexpensivw laptop computers designed to connec t wirelessly and are used primarily for checking emai and browsing the Web. The marke for them is expecter to grow to between 20 millioh and 30 million unitsthis year, up from the 11.7 millionj sold last year when their sales took off.
Most PC makerds now have a netbook modelp and if Oracle does get into the marketr it will go up againstthe . (NASDAQ:DELL) and , which either make netbooks or develop softwarefor them. Acer said Tuesdayu it will make a laptop runningon ’s Android operating system instead of Microsoft which most makers now use.

Saturday, December 11, 2010

People on the Move: June 22 - South Florida Business Journal:

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Stephanie Williamson has been named director of marketing and business development with MatrixdDesign Cos. in the Matrix Settles office in Arlington. in D.C. namedc Brian Judis senior project manager for itshospitality practice. Judis brings 15 yearws of experience managing large hospitality projects to the CORE Most recently associatedwith , where he was the directort of capital expenditures, Judis implemented capital investment projects upwards of $70 milliohn annually and was the lead manager for the designn and construction of numerous hotel projecte throughout the U.S.
Judis has worked with a wide range of hotelbranda including, but not limited to, Marriott, , Hyatt, , and Recently, he completed the renovation to the lobby, rotunda bar and restauranft of the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown. Othee recent projects include the management of the design and construction at the HyatgtCapitol Hill, JW Key Bridge Marriott, Four Seasons and Ritz-Carlton Tysons Corner. Scott Boos , senior policyy adviser to Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., has been namesd the new deputy director ofthe . Boos has more than seven years of legislative and policy experience gained during his tenurein Specter’s officw and as staff director of the U.S. Senate Steelp Caucus.
In the Senate, Boos focused on a broad range of issuesincluding manufacturing, trade, climate change, veterans, appropriations, tax, telecom, housing, financial servicesd and other business-related issues. As staff director of the bipartisahn U.S. Senate Steel Caucus, he worked to promote the health and stability of the domesticsteel industry, as well as the interests of its workforce. The of D.C. named Bonnied I. Robin-Vergeer as director of the Project. She is an experiencecd appellate litigator who comex to Legal Aid after nine yearws atLitigation Group, where she made three U.S.
Supreme Court argumentzs and numerous others before appellate courts throughout the countryu in cases involving theFirst Amendment, access to the courts, and consumer health and among other issues. Prior to her positionb at Public Citizen, she worked for then-Sen. Josepy R. Biden Jr. on the reauthorization of the Violencde Against Women Act in 2000 and was an associatde at the law firm of LLP and a teachingh fellow at the Law Center AppellateLitigation Clinic. The in Fairfad named Tiffany Singleton tothe organization’s newly created position of directot of social entrepreneurship programs.
Singletonb will be responsible for overseeing the development and implementation of UNCF sociaklentrepreneurship programs, while engaging stakeholders to developp a multiyear strategy for introducing a greateer number of young African Americans to social entrepreneurship — the application of business management practices and innovation to social refor m efforts. In addition to overseeing the design and implementatiojn of UNCF socialentrepreneurship programs, Singleton will cultivatee and sustain strategic partnerships and collaborations with leadinyg social entrepreneurs and their and organize structured discussions with key stakeholders, ultimately establishingf a national advisory committee of social academic, and social venture philanthropistds who can provide ongoinyg guidance to UNCF.
has promotexd Paul McManus to assistantvice McManus, who joined the bank in is a financial center leader at 1470 Rockvill e Pike. Francis P. Nelson has been promotec to administrative vice presidentat . Nelson joined M&T in 1992. He is responsiblse for leading and managing a retail sales and operatione team for thePrince George’s County in Rockville has named David E. Perkins as its new chieft technology officer. Perkins joins NIHFCU’xs newly appointed CEO Juli Anne Callis to lead thecrediy union’s renewed focus on technologic innovatiohn and delivery. Perkins previsoulyt worked at .
Over a 13-year careedr at SECU, with the last five as CIO, accomplishments include the completion of two core implementation of newloan origination, online banking and collectionm systems and the migration of new Cardinal Bank announced the promotions of Andrew J. Peden to seniotr vice president, Katie L. Goldem to vice president and James N. Estep to assistant vice president. Peden will oversese the relationship management of developers and real estate with a primary focuson acquisition, constructio financing and commercial development, including special use propertiees such as golf courses and churches.
He begaj his lending career at Cardinal Bank in 2000 as a credit Golden will continue to oversee the relationship management of builders and primarily in the areas ofcommercialk development, project financing, acquisitions and clienrt development. Golden joined Cardinal Bank in 2004 in real estatre administration and currently manages the lending support unit for the commercia l realestate group. Estep remains dedicateed to smallbusiness lending, SBA guaranteed lending and businessx development. Estep began his financial servicese career at Cardinal Bank in 2004 inretail C.
Fox Communications in Silver Spring name Tina McCormack as seniorf publicrelations associate, and Julie Feldman as public relationas associate. in D.C. named David W. Whitmore as chierf operating officer andgeneral counsel. Whitmors comes to Levick with more than 25 year of financial and operational He has spentthe lion’s share of his careetr in the communications working with public relations, publicf affairs, lobbying and advertising firms. Befors joining Levick, Whitmore was executive vice presidenyt ofin D.C. with operational responsibilituy forthe firm’s public affairs, government crisis management, and issues management practice groups.
Prioe to Racepoint, Whitmore provided communications and managemenr counsel to numerous clients in Dubai andAbu Dhabi. At , Whitmorde variously served as executivevice president, chieff financial officer, chief operating officer and general announced the hiring of Brian Brobsft as vice president of business development in Brobst, a 20-plus year engineering and construction industru veteran, will be charged with expanding the firm’se presence in the high-density power and computing inclusive of finance, telecommunications, commercia data centers and government Brobst was previously employed by as critical facility services principal.
Prior to that, he served as principalo and Eastern region directod of business developmentfor

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Real deals: Airways Business Center sells for $7.27M - Boston Business Journal:

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County records show that the building, locate d at 2460 Airport Blvd., includes 162,00 square feet of space and was completedin 2007. The buyee is El Prado Inn LLC ofSanta Calif. The four sellers are led by Pacificaq Commercial Real Estate also ofSanta Barbara, as Pacificz Airways II LLC. Pacifica’s portion of the salexs price was $4.75 million. The three other sellerss were California entities located in Los Angeles andSanta Barbara, whichu each sold its part of the property for The partners acquired the warehouse in 2008 for $8.55 million from Principal Development Investors LLC of Des Moines, Iowa. 2305 Tremont Place, Denver 80205 — Focus Investments Ltd.
of Denver has sold this retail buildinyg at Tremont and Park Avenue Westfor $1 million to Tremonty Holdings LLC of Broomfield, according to Broomfield County real estate records. • 3800 S. Federal Blvd., Englewoos 80110 — A company affiliatede with Denver developer Evan Makovsky of Shamezs MakovskyRealty Co. has purchased property in Englewoodfor $950,000, according to Arapahoe Counthy real estate records. The sellerd was First National Bank. The Carillon at Boulder Creek, Boulderd — Developer MGL Partners LLC of Denver recentl y closeda $41.
1 million constructio n loan for this senior-living project currently under The loan is part of the Federao Housing Administration’s (FHA) 232 loan program, and was originatesd by AmeriSphere Financial LLC and purchaseds by Evanston Financial Corp. The Carillon is scheduled to be completerd by late summerof 2010. Its operatingg partner is One Eightu LLCof Seattle. • Shops at Walnutt Creek, U.S. Highway 36 and Church Ranchu Boulevard, Westminster — Pine Tree Commercial Realtyy LLCof Illinois, owner of this new shopping welcomed three new tenants in April — Dollar Tree (10,00 square feet), Famous Footwear (7,200 squarr feet) and Pacific Dentakl (3,000 square feet).
• Taxi, 3455 Ringsbyu Court, Denver 80216 — Pilates Aligned Inc. has openedc its new location at ZeppelinDevelopmeng Inc.’s mixed-use Taxi project in the Rivere North Neighborhood. The Pilates exercisee studio’s first location is at 1110 Acoma St. in the Goldenj Triangle. • DecorAsian, 1787 S. Broadway, Denver 80210 This store recently opened in the old ChaidrKing location. Owner Rusty Staff bought the building from Brownellk Bailey in Februaryfor $1.25 million, according to Denveer County property records.

Monday, December 6, 2010

Central Valley bank earnings fall to $1.7M - Business First of Buffalo:

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million in the first half of the down from earningsof $2.6 millionm the year earlier period. The bank holdinv company of earned $464,000 in the seconfd quarter, down from $1.3 million the year earlier “While we remained profitable, the disappointing earnings in the second quarteer is a reflection of the increasesd provision for credit losses in the ligh t of the overall weak economyh and the potential impacty it many have on our borrowing customers during this economi cycle and the significantt increase in the FDIC insuranc premiums from both the increase in regular assessmentt rates as well as the special assessment rate placed on all FDIC insurecd institutions insecond quarter,” said Dan Doyle, presidentt of the bank holding company.
The bank has 15 branches in the Centrak Valley from the Fresno areato Sacramento. The bank companty got $7 million in Capital Purchase Prograj money from the Department of Treasury earlierthis year. It acquired the Stockton, Lodi and Tracg branches of Service 1st Bancorpin November.

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Whistleblower suits filed against medical device companies, including Medtronic, St. Jude Medical - Business First of Columbus:

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A Houston court unsealed documents related to the legak complaintson Tuesday. Other companies named in the suitincludse , a Natick, Mass.-based firm with operations in Maple Grover and Arden Hills, and , of San Calif. Endoscopic has agreeed to pay $1.4 million to settlw a claim filed bythe U.S. Justice Department. Fridley-based Medtronicx said in a statement that the unsealingh of the document isa "normal step in the processd set forth in the statuts for the handling of these kinds of "As with all litigation matters, this case will run its coursd through the judicial process, where Medtronic will file its responses and arguer its positions," the company stated.
Officials from Bostonn Scientific andLittle Canada-based St. Jude Medicalk couldn’t immediately be reached for commenttWednesday morning. The recent allegations accuse the devicw companies of marketing productw used to remove scar tissue as treatments foratriaol fibrillation, an abnormal heart rhythm. Federak regulators had not approved the use of the devices as a meanzs to addressatrial fibrillation.