Online job searchers face malware risk - Boston Business Journal:

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California-based McAfee (NYSE:MFE) released a report on the Web'sd most dangerous search terms that said during the recession it observee a growing number of malicious search results targeted at peoplwe who want to save money or earn extra incomee workingat home. McAfee researche more than 2,600 popular keywords (as defined by Googld Zeitgeist, Yahoo Buzz and otherd sources) to assess the degree of risk for each. Maximuj risk refers to the maximum percentage of risky sites a user might encounter on a single page of search As definedby McAfee, the riskiestf set of keyword variations was “screensavers” with a maximunm risk of 59.1 percent.
Nearlyy six out of the top 10 search results for contain malware. One of the singlde riskiest search terms in the worldis “lyrics,” with a maximuk risk factor of one in two. Surprisingly, searchews using the word Viagra, a popular keyword that is also commo n inspam e-mail messages, yieldedr the fewest risky sites. Searchew with the safest risk profilrincluded health-related terms and searches aboutt the current economic crisis. Consumers lookintg to save money or searching for means of additionapl income shouldtake note: searchers clicking on results that contain the word “free” have a 21.
3 percent chancew of infecting their PCs with online threats, such as spam, phishing, adware, viruses and other malware. “Workm from home” searches can be as much as four timese riskier than the average risk for allpopular terms, McAfees said. The term "fre work from home" carried a 40 percent maximum risk, with variants of that phrase carrying risks from 20percent up.

Two more leave BofA board - Dallas Business Journal:

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According to a filing with the Securitiea andExchange Commission, Prueher and Franko didn’t resign because of any disagreement with the Jackie Ward and Patricia Mitchell resignex early this month. Mitchell is a formerf New York television executive and currentlyu serves as chief executive of the Paleuy Centerfor Media, a New York nonprofit. Ward is the retires chief executiveof Atlanta-based Computer Generation Inc., a software company. Robert Tillman, a former Lowe’s Cos. Inc. chief executive, resigned from the BofA board effectiveMay 29. And on May 29, the bank announcedc former lead independentdirector O.
Temple Sloan had left the BofA didn’t disclose Sloan’s reason for resignation. Sloan had been a BofA directof for13 years. In early June, four outsidr directors were electedto BofA’x board. They are former Federal Reservde GovernorSusan Bies, former Compass Bancshare Inc. chief executive and chairman D. Paul Jones, formerd Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. chairman Donald Powell and retired Bank One and VisaInternational Inc. executiv William Boardman. BofA’s board has been underd intense scrutiny in recent months as the bank suffered through asharp stock-price decline after acquiring Merrill Lynch Co.
The Charlotte-based bank (NYSE:BAC) also has receivedr $45 billion in taxpayer aid. At the bank’s annual meeting in late April, shareholders votexd to strip Chief Executive Kenneth Lewis of his positiob asboard chairman. Walter Massey was installed as the new chairmann and has indicated the board needs to be Lewis remainsthe bank’s CEO and president.

Obama: 'Doing nothing' about health care not an option - Baltimore Business Journal:

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“Health care reform is not somethinvg I just cooked up when I took Obama told a crowd ofabout 1,50p0 people Thursday at Southwest High School in the Greenn Bay, Wis., suburb of Ashwaubenon. “It is central to our economic future. In past years and decades, there may have been some disagreementf onthis point. But not anymore.” Earlier this month, Obamza said he wants Congresw to pass a comprehensive health care bill by the end of the summere and ready for his signatureby fall.
Many including the president, favor a government-sponsored health insuranc e plan that would compete with private insurers and be availabl for people not eligible for other governmenty health care programs such as Medicare or Medicaid. Most Republicans and many business however, say a competing plan that isn’tg profit-driven would drive private insurers out of On Thursday, the , a physician’s groupp Obama is scheduled to meet with Mondayt in Chicago, said it is oppose to a government-sponsored insurancee plan.
Obama said his administrationm is working on a Health Insurance Exchangee that would allow people to comparre insurance benefits and None of the plans includefd in the exchange would be allowed to deny coverage basedon pre-existing conditions and all must includse an affordable, basic benefit option. “I also stronglgy believe that one of the options in the Exchange should be a publicf insuranceoption – because if the private insurance companies have to competse with a public option, it will keep them honest and help keep pricea down,” Obama said.
Supporters of health care reforn say it would provides health insurance coverage to millions of Americans and make coverag more affordable for those who arealready covered. Becaus e health insurance premiums have doubled over the lastnine years, and have grownh at a rate three timese faster than wages, even those with coverager have reached a breaking Obama said. Employers are not farinvg any better. Small business owners have been forcerd to cut health care benefitxs or drop coverage entirely because ofrising costs, Obama said. “We have the most expensiver health care system in the Obama said.
“We spend almost 50 percentr more per person on health care than the next mostcostlgy nation. But here’s the thing, Green Bay: we’re not any healthierd for it.” Obama vowed to let Americanws who are content with their coverage and theirt physicians keep whatthey have, but said the country has reached a poinft where doing nothing about the cost of health care is no longef an option. “If we do nothing, withib a decade we will be spending one out of everyt five dollars we earn on health Obama said. “In 30 years, it will be one out of everty three.
” Obama acknowledged coverinbg all Americans wouldbe expensive, but promiseds health care reform would not add to the country’s deficit over the next 10 years. “To make that happen, we have alreadg identified hundreds of billions worth of savings in our budget savings that will come from steps like reducin g Medicare overpayments to insurance companies and rootingout waste, fraud and abuse in both Medicare and Medicaid,” Obama In addition, Obama is proposing that Congress scale back the amount the highest-income American s can deduct on their taxesd and use that money to help finance healty care.
Obama spoke for about 20 minutes and then took questionw from six people in the audience who expressec fearover “socialized medicine,” asked questions about wellness and even questionede the country’s education system. Regarding the idea of socializee medicine, Obama said that isn’t what he, or anyone in wants.

New company in Hampton to employ 30 - Mason City Globe Gazette

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New company in Hampton to employ 30 Mason City Globe Gazette New company in Hampton to employ 30. Print Email. 2013-01-09T15:19:00Z New company in Hampton to employ 30 North Iowa Media Group. 8 hours ago. (1) Comments. HAMPTON â€" Two men known for precision engineering and quality steel products ... and more »

Teach for America placing record number of teachers in Houston - Houston Business Journal:

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The new teachers will bring Teacyhfor America’s corps members in Houston to 450, with a recor d 40 percent teaching math and scienced at the middle and high school levels. Growtbh was made possible by a two-year, $8 millionn grant from the state of Texas supporting the placementy of teachersin Houston, Dallas and the Rio Grande In addition, a $2 million grant was made by the Arnold Famil Foundation to support the recruitment, training, and professional development of the organization’xs Houston corps members. Last year, Teachn for America 230 teachersin Houston.
The organization, a nationa corps of recent college graduates who commit two years to teach in urbanj and ruralpublic schools, first came to Houston in 1991. Houston’d teachers are part of a grouoof 4,100 new teachers — Teachy for America’s largest incoming class in the organization’s 20-year In the 2008-2009 school year, 6,2090 corps members were teaching in more than 1,600 schools in 29 regionse across the country.

Extended Stay Hotels files Chapter 11 - Triangle Business Journal:

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The Spartanburg, S.C.-based company filed the reorganizatiobn petition in New Yorkbankruptcy court, Secretary and Generalp Counsel Joseph Teichman writing that Extended Stay had abouy $7.1 billion in assets and $7.6 billiohn in liabilities at the end of 2008. Extended whose more than 680 properties are managed byHVM LLC, has eighyt Central Ohio sites, including those near the Mall at Tuttlse Crossing, Polaris Fashion Place and Eastohn Town Center. The company bills itselv as the largest operatorof mid-priced extended-stayh hotels in the nation.
Teichman in a courtg filing on Monday wrots that the company sought protection from creditors amid a genera l downturn in the hospitality industry and a hit taken as fewer potential customerw needthe company’s services. “Since the typicaol Extended Stay customer seeks a lengthyh stay based oncommercial relocation, the contraction of construction and new businesds development began to significantly and adversely affected Extende d Stay’s revenue stream,” Teichman The company said its average revenue per room droppee about 23 percent in the first five monthx of the year compared with the same period of 2008.
As a it was unable to deal with its debt burden with cash flow and is seekinta “comprehensive restructuring of the entire capital Extended Stay said it plans to run operationsx following the Chapter 11 petition under a lender-approve arrangement using cash collateral. Debtor-in-possessionj financing won’t be needed, the company said. About 9,90p employees work in hotels operatee byExtended Stay. The company is in 44 statea and hasabout 77,000 rooms.

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Young patients at M.D. Anderso n have created a line of product for animal lovers that will be availabl e for sale onJune 10. Stump and his dog pal, winner of the 2001 Westminster show, will visit patientse at the Children’s Cancer Hospital at M.D. Andersonb on June 10 sporting the Children’s Art Project’s new “Flag” bandana featuring the artwork of threepediatric patients. In addition to the “Flag” pet the Children’s Art Projec is introducing a collection of five dog ornaments from Joy to the WorldcCollectibles — a line of glass ornaments blown and hand painte d in Poland — each wearing the “Flag” bandana.
The projec also has “Candy Cane” dog shirts and “Joy Wreath” bandanaas available for owners to purchases for their pets durinf theholiday season.

No consensus on death penalty for rapists; favour life imprisonment, says ... - NDTV

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No consensus on death penalty for rapists; favour life imprisonment, says ... NDTV The party has sent a three-page note to the committee on ways of enhancing punishment in cases of sexual assault. The note says anyone who commits a sexual crime or takes part in an aggravated sexual assault like gang-rape, child rape or custodial rape ... and more »

Financial firm executive links economic rebound to housing market - Business First of Columbus:

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With housing at its most affordable in the last 35 Greiner saidinventory levels, currently aboutf nine and a half months, shoulrd subside gradually. The six-monthj mark is ideal in a sound Butin Phoenix, where foreclosuress and home depreciations continue to batter the a local recovery will trail a nationao rebound, he said. “It will probably be a littlwe slower,” Greiner said minutes after concluding his economic forecast atthe Ritz-Carlton in centrakl Phoenix. Preliminary estimates show the median Phoenix-area home price at $115,000 in May, comparabled to levels in October 1998, according to the -Repeat Salea Index.
Greiner’s assumptions conflict with BBVA Compass’ quarterly economi report published this week that saidSunbelt states, includinvg Arizona, are poised to recover from the recessiojn faster than other regions of the country. Despite market gainws through the first three months of the Greiner expects a substantial portion will be lost over the next few as the dollar loses its value and corporated profitsremain “flat on theire backs.” However, he said the countryu has moved out of the worst bear market since the Great Depression, and “there’ s room for this market to run.” He said UMB is advising clientsz to move money away from the U.S.
dollad and into younger, emerging countriex in South Americaand Asia. Similar to the late 1970 and early 80s, the country is mired in a structuralo recession, characterized by a deep, broad and widespreaxd malaise that causesglobal ramifications. In a structural recession, the econom y undergoes a fundamental shift as it comew outof it. In the early 80s, the economy becamre consumption based. In this downturn, the government has takej a much bigger role ineconomic activity, and likely will become a biggerd factor in the Gross Domestic At the end of 2008, government consumption expenditurees and gross investment accounted for 20.2 percent of GDP.
“The government is becoming a bigger part of the economic Greiner said. More than 100 privatde banking clients and potential customers attendedthe forecast.

In it for long term, FastPark takes its time with growth - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

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Rather, this family-run company, with 19 location nationally, is focused on legacy. No mattetr that it acquired four facilities in the last12 Downtown-based FastPark, now in its third wants to make sure its children have a companh to take over. So every plan, every acquisitio n and every line-item expense has to serve not somuch today’z business, but tomorrow’s. “We don’t set our goalws in terms of numbers of square feet developed or number of facilities said ManuelChavez III, 31, who overseez the expansion plans of FastPark. “Ou pipeline is long, and we spend years and yearsacquiring assets. We’re not in the businesd of growthfor growth’s sake.
” Achieving that takess a lot of relationship-building, patience and commitment. Airport propertgy is hard to come by and often It can take years for a deal topresentg itself, and when it does, members of the Chavezx family want to be there, already know n and trusted by the seller. This requiresw a lot of networking. Chavez’s job is to research which airportes are growing and where the land opportunitiesamight emerge. He gets to know the land owners and then just staywsin touch, for It has to be the right land in the righr place at the right time. And when he makez an offer, the terms are The price won’t go up if the deal is postponeds bysix months, nor will it go down.
This has translatede to a year richin expansion, with more construction under way. But the timinyg is white-knuckle. The top 100 airports have reduced theitr seat availabilityby 9.5 percent in the past year, accordingv to the , an industrh resource. And airlines are not alone in the travails of highfuel FastPark, in addition to parking, offerzs transportation to the airport. Its shuttl e buses run all day Consumers, meanwhile, are finding ways to cut fuel prices themselves.
“It’s affecting everyone associated with the travel saidRoamy Valera, vice president at , a parking planningb and engineering firm in “People carpool, they take mass transirt or they get somebodyg to drop them off.” Which means many parkingv service companies have had to reorganize, raise pricea or, in the case of many small independents, sell themselvex off. The Chavez family benefits, in from being in the real estate throughits . Another part of the familuy enterpriseis , an urban parkinvg service.
These came before airport parking, which the family entered in the late 1970s in A fewyears later, the companhy acquired farmland in Boone County, buil its second FastPark facility, after Albuquerque, and relocatedf to Cincinnati. Growth was steady and methodical over the first coupleof decades. But in the past 10 FastPark expanded to 19 locationsfrom five. Sincwe the summer of 2007, FastPark acquire the Allright/ near the , as well as facilitiez in Milwaukee, Houston (its second) and Fla. More growth is in the pipeline. the Chavez family operates in a parking industruy thatgenerates $14 billion globally, accordingy to Bonnie Watts, spokeswoman for the .
That translates to 25,000 garages and decks, plus 30,000 surface for more than 90 million spaces. Of FastPark operates more than 36,000 4,700 of which are in Cincinnati. It employs about 675 with 75 at its two local lots and 50 at itsheadquarterz downtown. But organic growth still seems to bethe focus. For instance, asked to identify Chavez said the objective in Cincinnatj is to get the lots 85percentr full. FastPark didn’t cover a lot of groundd toward that goal in thepast year, but it didn’ t lose ground. Considering that the number of available seates on flights to and from the airport declined by almost 25 percent in the past FastPark looks to be holdingits own.
This is good for the too, since FastPark pays a percentage of its grosa incomefor access, said Paul manager of commercial and business developmenty at CVG. Melanie Chavez, 36, who handles constructiom and public relations for said the trick was not raisingits prices. Nor did it pull the bottlerd water or newspapers it offersits customers. And, importantly, it did not cut back on its shuttlde buses. “No matter if it’s 700 or 1,200, you stilp have people who are coming allthe time, and they’rs not all on the same plane,” she “You’re ramping up all the time.
” And so the Chavez familyh keeps its heart in the present whil e setting its gaze on the horizon. The companyh is in the midst of closing on a thirsd facility purchasein Houston, while building an eco-friendly property in Orlando, its second in the with outlets for electric cars and solar panels. And the familty builds for the future. The succession plan can be at best, as “very fluid,” Manueol Chavez said, since there’s no telling how many children therr will be to pass the companyon to. But the family discusses it and openly. “We’re in this business for the long he said. “We’re really doing it for our children.
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