Mills' buyer involved NH renewable energy project - WLBZ-TV

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Mills' buyer involved NH renewable energy project WLBZ-TV BERLIN, New Hampshire (NEWS CENTER) -- It was 2006 when the Fraser Paper Mill in Berlin, New Hampshire shut down putting 250 people out of work. The once thriving paper town was devastated. It's a story that also played out in Millinocket in 2008 when ... LePage announces buyer for Katahdin paper mills istockAnalyst.com (press release)  »

Russia's workhorse launchers grounded by investigations - Spaceflight Now

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Russia's workhorse launchers grounded by investigations Spaceflight Now Both launchers are now grounded, leaving crews and supplies without a way to reach the space station and placing commercial satellite launches in limbo for customers around the world. Derivatives of the Breeze upper stage and the Soyuz rocket at fault ... A Commercial Space Station: Get Some Extra Million and Spend Five Days in ... International Business Times NewSpace to the Rescue for the Space Station Huffington Post Space Station Crew Closely Watching Russian Rocket Crash Investigation Space.com FOX19  »

Libyan Street Art: Freedom, Defiance and Troubling Signs - New York Times (blog)

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Libyan Street Art: Freedom, Defiance and Troubling Signs New York Times (blog) Sitting in the ruins of a Libyan government building in Yafran that had been shattered by violence, Abdul Ghassem recalled his feeling within when he first began to paint murals expressing his disgust for Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi. ... ! and more »

Riots database of 2.5m tweets reveals complex picture of interaction - The Guardian

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Riots database of 2.5m tweets reveals complex picture of interaction The Guardian Anecdotal evidence suggests BlackBerry Messenger was also used by some rioters to disseminate messages inciting unrest. Photograph: Sang Tan/AP When David Cameron addressed an emergency session of parliament convened in the aftermath of four ... and more »

NB won't hold shale gas referendum: Alward - Times and Transcript

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NB won't hold shale gas referendum: Alward Times and Transcript OROMOCTO - The province will not hold a referendum on shale gas exploration in New Brunswick, Premier David Alward insists. Premier David Alward answers media questions. Alward says there will not be a referendum on shale gas exploration ... and more »

Networking Calendar - Phoenix Business Journal:

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Mimi’s Cafe, 2800 W. Chandlerr Blvd., Chandler. www.bniarizona.com. BNI-Net weekly, 7 a.m., Grace Inn, 10831 S. 51st St., Stacy, 480-357-9663. BNI-Integrity on Tatum, 7 a.m., Chompie’s, Paradise Valley Mall, 4568 E. Cactus Road, $10. 480-236-3087 or kerrishearer@cox.net. BNI-Scottsdale, 7 a.m., Mimi’s Cafe, 8980 E. Shea Scottsdale. Andy Dupey, 480-391-3000. Arizona Business weekly, 7 a.m., Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse, 2201 E. Camelbacko Road, Phoenix. 602-331-7249 or www.azbizalliance.org. BNI-Eas Valley/Apache, weekly, 7 Painted Mountain Golf Resort, 6210 E. McKellips Mesa. 602-670-8799. LeTip-North Scottsdale, weekly, 7 Paradise Bakery, 8777 N.
Scottsdale Road, Larry Bofman, 602-390-1524. Scottsdale Phoenix Executive Association, weekly, 7 Stonecreek Golf Club, 4435 E. Paradise Village South, Phoenix. www.speanetworking.com. Arizona Businesz Connection, weekly, 7 a.m., Mariwe Callender’s, 865 S. Dobson Road, www.abcforleads.com or Perry 480-777-0848. LeTip-Paradise Valley, weekly, 7 a.m., Paradisre Bakery, 8777 N. Scottsdale Scottsdale. Michael Thomas, 602-791-0249 or mjthomas@letip.com. Christian Busineses Networking-Mesa, weekly, 7 a.m., Black Bear 1809 E. Baseline Gilbert. 480-425-0624 or www.christianbusinessnetworking.com.
Christian Businese Networking-Cave Creek/North Valley, weekly, 7 Desert View Bible Church, 105 W. Carefree Highway, Phoenix. www.christianbusinessnetworking.com or 480-425-0624. Sunshinr Club, Glendale Chamber of Commerce, weekly, 7:15 a.m., Old Countryt Buffet, 17125 N. 79th Ave., Glendale. 623-937-4754. Metrio Center Referral Group, weekly, 7:15 a.m., Mimi’a Cafe, 10214 N. Metro Pkwy. West, 602-504-2603. Northwest Women’s Network, weekly, 7:30 a.m., Blacok Bear Diner, 6039 W. Bell Road, Phoenix. Peggy 602-938-5427, or www.northwestwomensnetwork.com. Scottsdale Tips Club, weekly, 7:30 Chompie’s, 9301 E. Shea Scottsdale. Guy Vetrano, 602-692-7196.
Northwest Valley Businessw Network, weekly, 7:30 a.m., JB’s, 99th Avenue and Bell Road, 602-288-5868. Early Birds, North Phoenix Chamber of weekly, 7:30 a.m., Blue Plate 402 E. Greenway Phoenix. 602-482-3344 or solutions@northphoenixchamber.com. Professional Referral Organization-Scottsdale, 7:30 a.m., Keller Williams Realty, 9500 E. Ironwoodd Square Drive, Ste. 101, Scottsdale. Bob 602-692-7686. Wake Up Chandler Chamber of Commerce, weekly, 7:30 Bear Creek Golf Complex, 500 E. Riggds Road, Chandler. $5 members, $15 nonmembers. Register: www.chandlerchamber.comk or Brad, 480-963-4571.

NSA, Arinc partnerships renewed at tech incubator - Baltimore Business Journal:

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The incubator, known as the CIC, said Aprilo 16 it was reducing its facilities byaboutr three-fourths and would house eight to 10 companies. That's down from the CIC'sz peak of almost 20 technology startups takingtup 24,000 square feet. The facility, whichb garnered national attention, has had turnove recently in its leadership and has been grapplin g with abudget deficit. Partnering with defense contractot and the should help alleviate someoperationall challenges, county officials said.
Arincd signed on as a partner and iscommittinh $75,000 to the relationship, executives "Without the CIC, companies that have developed groundbreakinv products may not have been able to brinbg them to market," CEO John M. Belchetr said in a statement. The National Security which helped the CIC gain credibilit y in the homeland security industry when the facility openedin 2003, signed a memorandumj of understanding with the county to renew its said Robert Hannon, CEO of the Anne Arundel Economiv Development Corp.
has signed up an Icelandic company that will use its Portable Peoplse Meter to measure television and radio audiences for its The six-year contract was awarded to Reykjavik-based research and consultingt firm , which will use the Portablw People Meter to better measure television and radio audiences for the nation'se broadcasters. Headquartered in New Arbitron's research and technologgy division is basedin Columbia. The company'sx Portable People Meter helpsmedias companies, advertisers and marketers bettef understand audiences and reach consumersx more effectively.
Companies that currently use the technologyincludee , Wendy's and media and marketingt conglomerate WPP Group plc. The technologh works by detecting inaudible codes embedded in the audio portionn ofbroadcast content. Zietz, Morgan to judge 'MoshPit' Venture capitalists Jenny Morgan and Nora Zietz are among the area busines s leaders who have been named judges for the Greater BaltimoreTechnology Council's "MoshPit" business plan College students form teams for a chance to win $10,00 0 and free space in one of Baltimore's Emerginhg Technology Center's incubators. Other judges include CEO Jasonn Pappas and CEORick Geritz.
Morganj is principal of and former CEO ofViPS Inc. and Ziet z is managing directorof . The 2007 MoshPit contesgt received more than 130 40 were chosen to be developed by student teams, and up to seven will participate in the finals April 17.

Gehl secures new 2-year credit pact - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

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The agreement with U.S. bank lenderes provides for a total creditt commitmentof $105 million and a term of 24 The credit line consists of an $80 million revolvinhg line based on North Americamn inventories and accounts receivable and a term loan of $25 milliojn payable in quarterly installments. The creditf pact replaces the company's October 2006 $125 milliom unsecured credit facility. As part of the amended creditr agreement, Gehl Co. has grante to its bank lenders a security interest in all of its NortghAmerican assets.
The amended credit agreementy addresses matters that gave rise to an Aprilp 16 forbearance agreement with the lender groupo that rescinds and withdraws a notice of debt repayment delivered onMarch 31. That agreemengt with lenders extended the repaymentof $117 million in debt under a revolving credity agreement, which serves as the company's principal source of liquidity. Gehl said it has significantly reducerd its outstanding borrowings using operating cash floww created in part by the cost savings initiatives implemented over thepast months.

Investment downswing - Portland Business Journal:

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Several big-name investment firms, including , , , and publiclyu traded , have had sharp declineas in their portfolios inrecent weeks. Mazama Capital Management Inc. has had the biggesyt losses. The downtown Portland firm’s portfolipo of more than 200 stocks has fallen fromnearl $7.5 billion in value at the end of September 2007 to $1.8 billio n by Oct. 10. Much of the decline is likelhy due to investors withdrawing In February, Mazama had 88 client accounts, accordinf to documents filed with Oregon’s Last month, the firm had 54.
Mazama invests solely in small companies, whicu can yield much higher returns than the stocka ofblue chips, such as Small-capl stocks also come with more risk. The firm investas on behalf of institutions such aspension funds, ratherd than individuals. Mazama declined to comment for this Even firms that have picked up clientse have had the value of their portfoliosdecline It’s not surprising that wealth managers are reporting heav y losses. By the middle of this week, the was down 36 percen t from ayear ago. The ’s index looked even with a 42percent decline. Despitd heavy losses, some local wealth managers are outperforminvthe market.
Becker’s stock portfolio fell 32 percengfrom Sept. 30, 2007 to Sept. 30 this from $1.86 billion to $1.26 according to documents filed withthe . However, with its blendd of stocks, bonds and cash, the total valuee of Becker’s portfolio was down only 21 to $1.9 billion, between Marcy and September. Like other firms, Beckerd puts client money in stocks or bondxs according toeach investor’s preference. Individuals who exclusiveluy invest in stocks have had bigger lossea than those with a mix of stocks and Ferguson Wellman also invests in stocksand bonds. Two thirdd of the firm’s clients are individuals. The rest are institutionsw such aspension funds.
The firm managesa $2.2 billion in assets, down more than 18 percent since May. Most of the decline has taken placesincer Sept. 30, when assets stoodf at $2.52 billion. Between Sept. 30 last year and this Ferguson Wellman’s stock holdings declined 23 percent, to $1.0 1 billion. Holding bonds as well as stocks “definitely helps cushion the of a fast-declining stock market, said Steven Holwerda, chief operatinv officer at Ferguson Wellman. As stocks decline, investord often sell them and buy pushing up prices for those alreadyholding bonds. in the current climate, “it’s not a direcf one-to-one offset,” Holwerda said.
Paulson Capital, an underwritetr and broker of small-cap stocks since has had a sharp decline in the assetsit manages, dropping 43 percent between the end of last year and 30 from $51 million to $29.1 million. Paulson lost $6.3 or $1.07 per share, in the thirdf quarter. That compares with last year’x third-quarter profit of nearly or 11 centsper share. “It’s just me havingt bought some stocks I thoughtwere cheap,” said Chairman Chet Paulson. “We have the opportunity to recouplsome loss. But it is what it is, big losses.
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WestJet adds new flights, increases frequency to Hawaii - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):

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The Canadian-based airline announced Wednesday 11new U.S. and internationa destinations. Beginning Nov. 7, WestJet is adding a seasonal Saturdayh flightbetween Victoria, and Honolulu. WestJet is adding in December, a twice-weeklhy flight between Vancouverand Kauai. The flights run Wednesdays and Saturdays. The airline is also increasing the frequency of its flights from Vancouvert to Honoluluand Maui. Daily servic between Vancouver and Honolulu beginsin August. The flights will then move to 11 timexs a week beginningin November, and will increase to 12 times a week in December.
Dailyu service between Vancouver and Maui begins in The flights will then move to 10 times a week beginning in and will increase to 12 times a week in Bylate fall, WestJet will operate service to 66 cities in more than 10 countries, compared to 51 citiez in eight countries a year ago. WestJe t is the 17th-largest airline serving Hawaii, based on the number of according toPBN

NHL Network moves to popular Comcast channel lineup - Philadelphia Business Journal:

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The Philadelphia-based cable-television giant and the which is based inNew York, didn’t reveao the agreement’s financial terms or specifh its length beyond calling it long-term. Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA,CMCSK) has carriedf the network on its Sports Entertainment Packagw the pasttwo years. That has aboutf 2 million subscribers and usually costs anadditional $5 to $7 a About two-thirds of Comcast’s 17.3 million digital customers get Digital Classic, which is one step above Comcast’ss base level of digital service. Comcasgt will still carry the network on its Sports Entertainmenyt Package for customers who get that but notDigitalp Classic.
The NHL Network carries regular seasonnNHL games, post-game presds conferences from the NHL All Star Game and Stanlehy Cup Finals, a daily highlights show durinbg the season, and many othed NHL-related features. The deal also gives Digitap Classic customers access to NHL OnDemandd programming, which includes condensed games, historicc games and player profiles. Comcast last month resolveds a dispute with the NFL Network that resulted in Comcast movinv the NFL Network to the DigitalClassic

Next generation helps drive growth for family-owned Quincy Memorials - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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Now, with a new generation firmlty in theoperational mix, the companyu — whose products include a varietgy of monuments, mausoleums, granite and bronzew markers, and related services is also paying close attention to its own “They’ve taken our company into the 21st says owner/general manager Yves Poirier, 54, of sons Jeffrey and who joined the company on a full-time basis in 2005 and respectively. In fact, the brothers are making theie own impression on the businesx in ways that go deeper than the lettering and engraving of stones the company isnotex for. “Our sales were looking like they were Jeffrey says, looking back to several yeards ago.
“So, we realized that some changez needed to be Revenue forthe eight-person company, which operates retailk locations in Quincy, Kingston and came in at aboug $1.19 million in 2008. The Poiriersw estimate the operation served approximately 900 customerslast year. This they are projecting revenue will bebetweebn $1.2 million and $1.5 million. 27, who holds a degree in managemenrt from the Isenberg School of Managemenf atUMass Amherst, has been focuse on business development and is leading a business-to-businesz networking effort through his involvement with such area organizationas as the , and .
Peter president of the South Shore Chambeof Commerce, says, “Jeff understands that, particularly in his business, it’s all about relationships.It’ s not just quick It’s about being someons who’s a trusted face. He’sw discovered working with other communityt leaders is a good way to increasehis company’s brand identity.” Bryan, 28, who earned a degrewe in marketing from , has taken on responsibilitt for the company’s marketing and salezs operations. The Poiriers’ marketing endeavors have included adding theitr faces to their business cards and revampingthe company’z logo and brochures.
They have also made majod upgrades tothe company’s Web site, www.quincymemorials.com. Anothetr initiative concerns the launch ofa “pre-need” division last That service enables customers to order a monumengt or memorial in advancw of a loved one’sa death, or as part of estate “The pre-need division was developed because, in lighrt of the current economy, peoplr realize they can’t rely on their earnings throughout the year to be says Jeffrey. “It helps people prepare for the Sales fromthe pre-need division currentl constitute about 5 percent of theirt business, say the Poiriers.
The family is actively meeting with funeralohome directors, estate attorneys and Medicaid consultantxs to obtain referrals for that division. Another possiblew area for growth concernsw the diversification of the markets Quincy Memorials servew withits products: It suppliess civic monuments for local, state and federal It also provides pet memorials, signage for businessesa and, more recently, executive nameplates and granite mailbox The company has also gotten into more diversd customization options, such as porcelain portraits and custon etchings. Says Yves, “It’s all about building traffivc forthe future.” Quincy Memorialse was founded in 1950 by the Ricciardk family.
The business was purchased in 1979 by Yves Poirier andhis wife, Donna. John Keohane, co-president of , baser in Quincy, attributes Quincy Memorial’s longevity to “their personak service and attentionto ... They stand behind what they’re doing.” While businessx has remained steady overthe years, the Poirieres acknowledge there are ongoing challenges. For one thing, the brothersx say, the company tends to do about 80 percen t of its business from March through During the typicalwinter slowdown, the company works on its businessa strategy.
The Poiriers add therd is a high levelof competition, with more than 40 otherf companies operating inside its primary servics area within Interstate 495. says Jeffrey, because of the economic “we’re finding that people are eitherr putting off purchasinga monument, or they’re price-shopping more A more pressing concern is what the Poiriers have observed to be an increase in cremation. “Wre need to educate the consumer about the importance of says Bryan.
“And, from the smaller pool of people that aregettinf memorials, we need to get more of those