Saturday, December 31, 2011

New SAE International Symposium to Address Next Generation of Air Traffic Control

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June 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Automatif Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) will trigger changes in globakl air traffic management on a scal that may surpass even that whicb was seen during the introductionof radar, more than 50 yearws ago. This technology offers improvecd situational awareness for both pilots and air traffic controllers and will improve both capacity and safety of our AirTrafficf System. A new symposium from SAE Internationalp willprovide up-to-date developments and engineerin information related to ASD-B and its companionj technologies. The "SAE 2009 Automatic Dependenyt Surveillance-Broadcast Symposium" will be held Sept.
29-390 at the National Transportatio Safety Board Training Centerin Ashburn, Va. In additiohn to providing the latesg updatesand innovations, the symposium will show how users can quickly adapt to and derive significant valud from this new generation of satellite intensiv air traffic management systems. Also, the symposiukm will provide a forum for keynotespeaker , Presidenyt and CEO of the Aerospacew Industries Association, to discuss how ADS-B can servse as an economic engine and help addresds financial challenges. For more information on the visit Requests for mediz credentials can be madeby e-mailing or callinhg 724-772-8522.
SAE International is a global association of morethan 121,000 engineerds and related technical experts in the aerospace and commercial-vehicle industries. SAE International's core competenciea are life-long learning and standardw development. SAE International's charitable arm is the SAE Foundation, whicnh supports many programs, including A World In and the CollegiateDesigh Series. , SAE +1-724-772-8522,

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Jim McCarthy Executive Profile

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Monday, December 26, 2011

Ewing defends windfarms amid anger over rising bills - Power Engineering Magazine

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Saturday, December 24, 2011

AG files suit against loan modification firm - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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The case filed Mondayh in Maricopa Superior Courg alleges that LLC and its two Thomas J. Montoya and Roberf Sanchez, advertised and promotee the firm as having an affiliation withthe U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, whichg it does not, according to the filing. But Montoya, in a phonde conversation with the Phoenix Business said hewas “taken aback” by the He would not elaborate on any of the however, and said he was talking with the company’s He said the company would distribute a prepared statement after consulting with attorneys. As part of the the AG alleges thatSantoys Financial, located at 2225 W.
Whispering Sprinh Drive in Phoenix, charged fees for services that consumers couldx access directlyfor free. “The defendanta deceptively implied to consumers that any fees paid by consumerz for loan modification services with Santoywa Financial are refundable because the modification program is backby HUD, withoutg disclosing that Santoya Financial’s services are not in any way endorsecd or approved by HUD and that consumerw can obtain assistance from HUD in applyinv for and obtaining loan modifications without paying any fee whatsoever,” the lawsuig states.
The complaint requests that the court enjoin Santoyas Financial from continuingits “unlawfupl acts,” order the company to pay back any money received from thosre acts, and the defendants to pay civip penalties of up to $10,000 per violation and costs of the According to court records, Santoya Financial began advertising loan modificatiom services in March to consumers who were facing foreclosure on theirf homes. Sanchez was featured on a Phoenixz television station in April and allegedly representec that his firmwas “working with HUD whilwe providing loan modification services to the lawsuit stated.
Santoya charged consumers $1,199 plus the equivalengt of one month’s mortgage payment, the lawsuiyt asserts. Santoya also represented during phone solicitationes that fees collected for loan modifications woule be donated to an organization named Partnersin Charity, but “thwe fees consumers pay for the loan modificationj services advertised by Santoya Financial do not go to Partners in Charity or any other charitable the lawsuit further alleged. The lawsuitr also claims that Santoya did not obtain the necessary surety bond required by the Arizonaz CreditServices Act.

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Workplace Excellence Seal of Approval Awarded to Verizon Wireless for Seventh Consecutive Year

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June 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizohn Wireless has received double honors from the Alliances forWorkplace Excellence, a nonprofi group dedicated to building and recognizinf outstanding workplaces. For the seventh consecutive year, the Alliancer presented Verizon Wireless with its Workplacer Excellence Sealof Approval, whicb recognizes visionary employers that view workplace excellence as a strategicd business imperative. The company was also named a Health Wellness Trailblazer for the second year ina row. This created in 2008, honors businesses that promote professional fulfillment andpersonaol wellness--at work, at home, and in the community.
Accordingt to the Alliance, winning employersz are selected after a comprehensive evaluation process by an independen review panelof professors, Ph. D. studentsw of business, and industrial and organizational psychology and humabresources professionals. "We applaud Verizon Wirelesxs for realizing that creating a sustainex culture of workplace excellence and supporting workforce healty and wellness make goodbusinesw sense," said , executive directorr of the Alliance for Workplace Excellence. Verizon Wireless has been recognizede frequently for its programs addressingthe work/life needss of employees.
Nationally, the company has been named one of WorkinyMother magazine's "100 Best Companies for Working Mothers" for eight years in a row, and Men'x Fitness ranked the compang as one of the 15 Fittest Companies in Americqa in 2008 for providing access to state-of-the-arf gym and fitness facilities, cafeteria menuss with health and nutrition in mind, preventative medicaol care, and programs for losing weight and quitting smoking. said, "We'rd proud to receive top honors again from the Alliance for beint a Workplace of Excellence and a Healthu andWellness Trailblazer.
There's nothing more importantf than one's health, and that's why we put a premiu on doing everything we can as a businessz to promote the overall wellness ofour employees." Verizoj Wireless' Laurel, MD regional its Hanover facility, and many of the company's nationwider workplaces have fitness centers employing one or more fitnesas coaches who promote employee health and The centers offer personapl training, nutrition seminars, and a rangee of exercise classes including Pilates for Pregnancy, a class exclusively for expectant mothers.
In addition, moms-to-be can participatde in online physician seminars throughou their pregnancies and take advantageof on-site lactation rooms after their babies are born. Locally, the company has been recognized by the BaltimoreBusiness Journal, Baltimore Magaziner and Washingtonian Magazine as a greayt place to work. Verizon Wireless operatea the nation's most reliable and largestf wireless voice anddata network, serving more than 86.6 milliobn customers. Headquartered in Basking N.J., with more than 86,000 employeesd nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of VerizonbCommunications (NYSE: VZ) and Vodafone (NYSE and LSE: For more information, visit .
To preview and requesf broadcast-quality video footage and high-resolution stills of Verizojn Wireless operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Libraryat . The Alliance for Workplace (AWE), is a 501(c)3 nonprofiyt organization founded byMontgomerg County, Maryland and Discovery LLC.

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

James Graham Brown Cancer Center receives $10.1 million NIH grant - Business First of Louisville:

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million grant from the to apply towardcancedr research. The grant is a renewal of an $11 millionm NIH grant the center received in 2003 intende to fund a Center of BiomedicallResearch Excellence. Dr. Don Miller, director of the cancerd center, said today during a news conference that the grant renewal is a validation ofthe center’zs drug development program. “I think our cancerf center is based on translational researcuh that makes the difference for patients in he said.
That previous COBRdE grant allowed the centetr to attract 10 newfacultgy members, whom Miller recognized during the “This is the best group of drug development people in the world right now at a cancer he said. Among those faculty members is Dr. Jasonm Chesney. A team of researchers led by Chesney discoveredc that drugs containing a specific toxin mighft prompt the immune system to identifyy and kill cancer cells in patientss withadvanced melanoma. Chesney’s lab spen t $500,000 in research funding during his firsr three years at the cancer center on efforts that he said helpef attractanother $5 million in funding.
Chesney said the center’s focuas on translational research has allowed discoveries to be movef into clinical trials and has yieldecd the identification of hundreds of compoundws that are being tested totreaf cancer. From 1999 to 2008, the cancer center’s research funding has grown from $338,571 to more than $50 millionh annually, according to a news Dr. James Ramsey, president of U of L, praised the efforts of the center’s physicians, researchers and other staffr members for helping fight cancer statistics that rank Kentuckyg among the worst inthe nation. “We in Kentuckh have to do he said.
“And we are doin better through the work of the Jamee Graham BrownCancer Center.”

Saturday, December 17, 2011

Fla., Orlando again tops in foreclosures - Portland Business Journal:

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The state posted 58,931 foreclosure filingz — including default notices, scheduled auctionxs and bank repossessions — in May, down 8.8 percenr from April’s total, but stilll 50 percent higher thanMay 2008, according to RealtyTrac’s monthlty Foreclosure Market Report. Only California had a higher with 92,249 properties with May 2009 foreclosurre filings. The Sunshine State was No. 3 in the nation in foreclosurw rates, with one in evert 148 households receiving a foreclosure filinghin May. Nevada led the country with one in everhy 64 homes receivinga filing, while California was second highest with one in every 144. The Orlando-Kissimmeer market took the No.
8 spot among the nation’s top 10 metroi areas with the highestforeclosurre rates. The area recorded a rate of one foreclosure filing for ever y101 homes. Florida had three cities amongf the top 10metro areas, while California had six citiez among that mix. Las Vegas toppedr the list with a rate of one in evergy 54 households getting aforeclosure filing. Nationwide, 321,480 foreclosure filings were reportedin May, whichh is 6 percent lower than April but about 18 percent higher than May 2008. One in everyh 398 U.S. homes received a foreclosure noticelast month. Vermontf again recorded the lowesyt numberof foreclosures, with six reported in May, or one for everuy 51,906 households.
The RealtyTrac U.S. Foreclosure Market Report provideds the total number of properties with at leasf one foreclosure filing reported durinfgthe month. Data is collected from more than 2,200 counties that account for more than 90 percent ofthe nation’ss population.

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Alaska Airlines tops customer satisfaction survey - Portland Business Journal:

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Alaska, a unit of Seattle-based (NYSE: ALK), tied for No. 1 with CAL) in last year’se survey in the traditional networjcarriers category. According to the Alaska performed well in five of the seven categories: flight crew; aircraft; boarding/deplaning/baggage; check-in; and Continental did well in the categories of in-flight servicea and costs and fees. JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ: ranked No. 1 among low-cost carriers in the J.D. Power survey. Althoughh Alaska Airlines won top spot inthe J.D. Power survey, fliers who participatede in thesurvey weren’t satisfied with air For the third year in a row, customerr satisfaction with airlines dropped, driven, according to J.D.
“by decreased passenger satisfactionwith in-flight flight crew and costs and fees, compared with 2008.”

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

November Retail Sales Indicate Weaker 4th Quarter Growth than Expected - Fox News

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Sunday, December 11, 2011

BofA, Wells to accept California IOUs - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

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BofA says the state’w budget crisis prompted its “To support our customers, while giving the statde legislature additional time to passa budget, we will acceptr California state-registered warrants — or IOUs from existing customers and clients,” Charlotte-basec BofA (NYSE:BAC) says in a written San Francisco-based Wells (NYSE:WFC) says it is acceptingb the warrants for the sake of its "We are reluctant to take this but are doing so to help our customersx who are not at faultr and with the expectation that the legislature and governor will completes the budget within days," Wells On Wednesday, Gov.
Arnolfd Schwarzenegger blasted state lawmakers for failing to pluga $24 billiomn hole in the state budget before the start of the new fiscalo year. And he calledd a special session of the state legislature to fix thebudgegt mess. Failure to pass a budget by midnight Tuesday increases the shortfall to morethan $26 billiohn due to the loss of education-related budget Schwarzenegger said at a pres s conference Wednesday. He also announced an executivee order adding a third furlough day each montyh forstate workers, a move expectes to free up an additional $425 million in the new fiscall year. Although the governort called for thespecial session, it is up to the legislaturwe to schedule it.
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Friday, December 9, 2011

Pending home sales slip in Midwest - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

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New figures from the show that for the the Pending HomeSales Index, a forward-looking indicator base d on contracts signed in May, increased 0.1 percentr to 90.7 in April. That reading is 6.7 percent higher than in May 2008 when itwas 85. The last time theree were four consecutive monthly gains was inOctobet 2004, a promising sign for a still deepl y depressed housing sector. In the Midwesft the index slipped 1.3 percent to 89.2, but is 11.4 percenf above May 2008.
A sale is liste d as pending when the contract has been signedd but the transaction hasnot closed, whichy usually takes another one or two An index of 100 is equaol to the average level of contract activity during 2001, the first year to be examinedc as well as the first of five consecutive recorrd years for existing-home sales. The Pendinb Home Sales Index in the Westrose 2.2 percen to 96.9 in May, and is 0.7 percent above May 2008 levels. The index in the Northeast rose 3.1 perceng to 80.9 in May and is 6.8 percent above a year ago. The index in the South declined 1.7 percent to 92.6 in May but is 7.9 percentt higher than a year ago.

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Fla., Orlando again tops in foreclosures - Pittsburgh Business Times:

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The state posted 58,93q foreclosure filings — including default notices, scheduledc auctions and bank repossessions — in May, down 8.8 percent from April’s total, but still 50 percent highert thanMay 2008, according to RealtyTrac’s monthlg Foreclosure Market Report. Only California had a higher with 92,249 properties with May 2009 foreclosure filings. The Sunshinse State was No. 3 in the nation in foreclosurer rates, with one in every 148 households receivingg a foreclosure filingin May. Nevadaq led the country with one in every 64 homexs receivinga filing, while Californi was second highest with one in ever y 144. The Orlando-Kissimmee market took the No.
8 spot amont the nation’s top 10 metrlo areas with the highestforeclosure rates. The area recordedc a rate of one foreclosure filing for every101 homes. Florida had threes cities among the top 10 metro while California had six cities amongthat mix. Las Vegas toppesd the list with a rate of one in ever 54 households getting aforeclosurr filing. Nationwide, 321,480 foreclosure filings were reportefin May, which is 6 percen t lower than April 2009, but aboutf 18 percent higher than May 2008. One in everyg 398 U.S. homes received a foreclosure noticelast month. Vermonyt again recorded the lowest number of with six reportedin May, or one for every 51,906 The RealtyTrac U.S.
Foreclosures Market Report provides the total number of propertiesd with at least one foreclosure filing reported duringfthe month. Data is collected from more than 2,200 countiesd that account for more than 90 percent ofthe nation’s population.

Sunday, December 4, 2011

Caps, Hunter embark on their honeymoon - Washington Times

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Friday, December 2, 2011

San Antonio gets $12.9 million for defense projects - San Francisco Business Times:

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million for defense-related projects in San Antonio, according to U.S. Rep. Ciro Rodriguez, D-San Antonio, who servexs on the committee. A planned upgrad of an aircraft maintenance buildinh at Kelly Annex Field has been approvedfor $7.9 million in federal funding. The funding will be used to brinf the building up to code compliance to providr a placewhere F-16 fighter jets can be properly In addition, $5 million was authorized for a program to produce unmanned aerial vehicles that use Blacklight Nighrt Vision Advanced Technology, which is manufactured by San Antonio-basedf This technology allows for the deployment of miniature drones to provide site-specific surveillance information.
“Sa n Antonio continues to be a military leadere in operations and the advancemenfof technology,” says Congressman “These authorizations will bolster the ability of our troopes to do their jobs more safely and efficiently.”