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The agency, which oversees states bank formationsand charters, deniedf the community bank’s application to extend the fundraisintg period beyond the traditional 12 months. “It took them way too and they didn’t raise nearly enough,” said Tom ADFI division manager for banka andtrust companies. “Plus, they lost all theidr management team.” The Phoenix Business Journal reported in earluy May that Scottsdale Business Bank had filed an extensio n with ADFI to raisebetwee $10 million and $15 million.
The commercial bank originally was expected to open in the fourthb quarter of 2008 under the leadership of PresidentMichaelk Morano, but he left in April to become chief crediy officer of Towne Bank of Arizonza in Mesa. The May 27 regulatory decisiom underscores the tough environment for de novo bank s to raiselocal money. Many investorw lost big on real estate and the stockmmarket here, while small banks in metro Phoeni have lost their appeal as a safe investment Two community banks have collapsecd in the past year becausse of their exposure to bad real estatw loans, and dozens continue to According to ADFI First Western Trust Bank was the last state-charterexd bank to open in the Valley, in Novembetr 2008.
Enterprise Bank Arizona withdrew its application in Decemberr after the Federal DepositInsurance Corp. invoked an informapl moratorium on state charters in the wake of the Wall Streef collapse and globalfinancial crisis. Jack Barry, president and CEO of Arizona EnterpriseCommercial Lending, the lending arm of St. Louis-basedr Enterprise Financial Corp., told the Businesd Journal last month the bank is looking for an acquisitionb as an entrance into thePhoenix market. Scottsdalw Bank also withdrew its applicationin May. is in line to snap the de novo however. It is not expected to follow the same doomed path of ScottsdalerBusiness Bank.
“We did not gather up the namew of prospective buyers in advancer of the time we got permissioh to sellthe stock,” said Ernier Garfield, who assembled the management teams behind both Paradise Valley National Bank and Scottsdales Business Bank. Garfield, a former state treasured and longtimeRepublican politico, said PVNB has more than 1,0000 potential investors, as oppose to only a “handful” garnered by Scottsdal e Business Bank. “Hopefully that will make a said Garfield, chairman of Inc. in Despite federal policy changes enactes in October to spur bank the environment for raising capital remainsz dry inthe desert.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Duke, CFO study: CFOs foresee more job cuts, credit woes - Denver Business Journal:
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The quarterly Duke University/CFO Magazine Global Business Outlooj Surveyasked 1,309 CFOs worldwide about their expectations for the Their answers paint a gloomy picture for the rest of the * CFOs in the U.S. and Europe expected employmenrt to shrinkby 5.5 percent, with the unemployment rate in the U.S. seen rising to perhaps as high as 12 percentt in the next12 months. Employment in Asia is expectef to recedeby 1.2 percent.
“Presumably, government programs will offset some ofthese losses, but even the most optimistic government forecasts would reduce the losse by only 2 million,” said Campbell founding director of the survey and internationakl business professor at Duke’as Fuqua School of Business. “We’re facing the possibilitu of another 4 millionlost * U.S. and European CFOs foresede capital spending plunging by more than 10 In Asia, CFOs anticipate a 3 percentr decline. * Six in 10 U.S.
companies covered by the survey reported having trouble findinyg credit or acquiring credit at a reasonable Among those firms encounteringcredi impediments, 42 percent say the credirt markets have gotten worse this while 23 percent say conditions have improved. * Weak consumef demand and the credit markets rankee as the top two external concernsamongb U.S. chief financial officers, with the federa l government’s policies coming in third. Amongb internal concerns, CFOs are losing the most sleep over theif inability to plan due toeconomic uncertainty, managinfg their companies’ capital and liquidity, and maintaining employere morale.
Despite all the negative indicators, a majority of the CFOs in the Unitesd States and Asia reported beinv more optimistic this quarter than they were the previous quarter. That was not the case in where only 30 percent of the CFOs said they were more compared to the 31 percent who said they wereless “Our survey carries an important message: Don’t put too much weight on the data like consumer confidence. Recover requires sustained confidence, and such confidence is forgedx by strongereconomic fundamentals,” Harvey “The economic fundamentals –- employment, capital the cost of credit – are stilol fundamentally troubling.
” To see the complet e survey results, go to the official Web .
The quarterly Duke University/CFO Magazine Global Business Outlooj Surveyasked 1,309 CFOs worldwide about their expectations for the Their answers paint a gloomy picture for the rest of the * CFOs in the U.S. and Europe expected employmenrt to shrinkby 5.5 percent, with the unemployment rate in the U.S. seen rising to perhaps as high as 12 percentt in the next12 months. Employment in Asia is expectef to recedeby 1.2 percent.
“Presumably, government programs will offset some ofthese losses, but even the most optimistic government forecasts would reduce the losse by only 2 million,” said Campbell founding director of the survey and internationakl business professor at Duke’as Fuqua School of Business. “We’re facing the possibilitu of another 4 millionlost * U.S. and European CFOs foresede capital spending plunging by more than 10 In Asia, CFOs anticipate a 3 percentr decline. * Six in 10 U.S.
companies covered by the survey reported having trouble findinyg credit or acquiring credit at a reasonable Among those firms encounteringcredi impediments, 42 percent say the credirt markets have gotten worse this while 23 percent say conditions have improved. * Weak consumef demand and the credit markets rankee as the top two external concernsamongb U.S. chief financial officers, with the federa l government’s policies coming in third. Amongb internal concerns, CFOs are losing the most sleep over theif inability to plan due toeconomic uncertainty, managinfg their companies’ capital and liquidity, and maintaining employere morale.
Despite all the negative indicators, a majority of the CFOs in the Unitesd States and Asia reported beinv more optimistic this quarter than they were the previous quarter. That was not the case in where only 30 percent of the CFOs said they were more compared to the 31 percent who said they wereless “Our survey carries an important message: Don’t put too much weight on the data like consumer confidence. Recover requires sustained confidence, and such confidence is forgedx by strongereconomic fundamentals,” Harvey “The economic fundamentals –- employment, capital the cost of credit – are stilol fundamentally troubling.
” To see the complet e survey results, go to the official Web .
Saturday, March 12, 2011
NTS buys Plainview Apartments - San Antonio Business Journal:
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Financing for the purchase, which was made througb an NTS affiliate, , was provided by the , according to a news release. The purchase price was not disclosed. The previousz owner was PlainviewApartments LP, a Denver-based investment according to online records from the Jefferson County Properth Valuation Administrator and the Kentucky Secretary of Its assessed value for tax purposess is $9.7 million, according to the PVA Web Occupancy at the time of the purchase was about 94 percent, the releaswe said. NTS plans to enhance and renovate the property but no detailse were disclosed inthe release.
The apartment complec was developed as part of the Plainvieqwplanned community, which includes 800 single-family homes, more than 1,00p0 apartments, 500 town homes, multiple shopping centers and nearly 2 milliob square feet of offices space. NTS began construction and development of theplanned community, Louisville’s first, in the earl 1970s. With the acquisition, NTS Development Co. and its affiliatees now own four apartment communitiesin Louisville. Its othert holdings in the area are HurstbourneGrans Apartments, The Overlook at St. Thomasx and The Willows of Plainview.
NTS also managezs 14 other apartment communities and 31 commercial propertieds with more than 5 million feet of retail and warehouse space inthe
Financing for the purchase, which was made througb an NTS affiliate, , was provided by the , according to a news release. The purchase price was not disclosed. The previousz owner was PlainviewApartments LP, a Denver-based investment according to online records from the Jefferson County Properth Valuation Administrator and the Kentucky Secretary of Its assessed value for tax purposess is $9.7 million, according to the PVA Web Occupancy at the time of the purchase was about 94 percent, the releaswe said. NTS plans to enhance and renovate the property but no detailse were disclosed inthe release.
The apartment complec was developed as part of the Plainvieqwplanned community, which includes 800 single-family homes, more than 1,00p0 apartments, 500 town homes, multiple shopping centers and nearly 2 milliob square feet of offices space. NTS began construction and development of theplanned community, Louisville’s first, in the earl 1970s. With the acquisition, NTS Development Co. and its affiliatees now own four apartment communitiesin Louisville. Its othert holdings in the area are HurstbourneGrans Apartments, The Overlook at St. Thomasx and The Willows of Plainview.
NTS also managezs 14 other apartment communities and 31 commercial propertieds with more than 5 million feet of retail and warehouse space inthe
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Edison wins approval for solar panel installation - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:
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During the next five yearsz Edisonwill install, own and operate 150 solar panelsz that will generate 250 megawatts of Edison was also granted the ability to solicitg other solar-power companies to installp similar panel arrays and sell the powe back to Edison, up to an additional 250 Edison says the 500 totap megawatts makes the project "the largest photovoltaicd program ever undertaken." “The progran will create hundreds of neighborhooxd solar power plants, strengthen locak grid reliability and produce hundredzs of new green jobs to bolster Southern California’s economifc recovery,” Chairman and CEO Theodore F. Craver Jr.
, said in a The first Edison site has already been completedf on the roof of a distribution warehousein Fontana. Accordingg to Edison, it is the largest single rooftopp solar photovoltaic array inthe nation. Both Southerhn California Edison and its parent EdisonInternational EIX) are based in
During the next five yearsz Edisonwill install, own and operate 150 solar panelsz that will generate 250 megawatts of Edison was also granted the ability to solicitg other solar-power companies to installp similar panel arrays and sell the powe back to Edison, up to an additional 250 Edison says the 500 totap megawatts makes the project "the largest photovoltaicd program ever undertaken." “The progran will create hundreds of neighborhooxd solar power plants, strengthen locak grid reliability and produce hundredzs of new green jobs to bolster Southern California’s economifc recovery,” Chairman and CEO Theodore F. Craver Jr.
, said in a The first Edison site has already been completedf on the roof of a distribution warehousein Fontana. Accordingg to Edison, it is the largest single rooftopp solar photovoltaic array inthe nation. Both Southerhn California Edison and its parent EdisonInternational EIX) are based in
Monday, March 7, 2011
Conservative group files suit against Rep. Hastings - Politico
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MiamiHerald.com | Conservative group files suit against Rep. Hastings Politico Judicial Watch, a conservative public interest group, filed suit Monday against Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.) on behalf a former female employee who claims she was sexu » |
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Exact to raise $8.2M, signs MAYO deal - Business First of Buffalo:
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million through a private stock sale and that it inkedr a licensing deal for exclusive rightsto cancer-diagnostic technologies developed by the for Medical Educatiomn and Research. The company said it had commencede on June 11 the saleof 4.31 milliojn shares of its common stock at a purchase price of $1.90 a share. Exact (Nasdaq: EXAS), basex in Marlborough, Mass., announced a plan to acquire the worldwide licensing rights to theblood - or stool-based cancer diagnosticas and screening technologies developeds the MAYO Foundation, which is based in Under the deals terms, Exact will: make upfront payments of $80,000 and a milestone fee of $250,000p upon the commencement of certain clinicall trials.
• pay a milestone fee of $500,00o0 if the approves any of the productsx covered bythe agreement. • pay a minimukm of $10,000 on the deal’s thirdc anniversary • pay a minimum royalty of $25,000 on the fourth anniversary of theagreemeny • support certain research projects to the tune of $500,000 — at a minimum — in the agreement’w first year. Exact is also obligated to grant MAYO two warrants topurchase 1.25 million shares of its commonh stock. The warrants have six-year terms and are exercisabl e at a priceof $1.9o0 per share, according to a regulatorhy filing.
million through a private stock sale and that it inkedr a licensing deal for exclusive rightsto cancer-diagnostic technologies developed by the for Medical Educatiomn and Research. The company said it had commencede on June 11 the saleof 4.31 milliojn shares of its common stock at a purchase price of $1.90 a share. Exact (Nasdaq: EXAS), basex in Marlborough, Mass., announced a plan to acquire the worldwide licensing rights to theblood - or stool-based cancer diagnosticas and screening technologies developeds the MAYO Foundation, which is based in Under the deals terms, Exact will: make upfront payments of $80,000 and a milestone fee of $250,000p upon the commencement of certain clinicall trials.
• pay a milestone fee of $500,00o0 if the approves any of the productsx covered bythe agreement. • pay a minimukm of $10,000 on the deal’s thirdc anniversary • pay a minimum royalty of $25,000 on the fourth anniversary of theagreemeny • support certain research projects to the tune of $500,000 — at a minimum — in the agreement’w first year. Exact is also obligated to grant MAYO two warrants topurchase 1.25 million shares of its commonh stock. The warrants have six-year terms and are exercisabl e at a priceof $1.9o0 per share, according to a regulatorhy filing.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Tourist sites targeted for major cuts - The Business Review (Albany):
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The cuts come at a time when stat e tourism officials have lauded the positive effects of theincreasef marketing. While they seek to continue branding Massachusettsx as a travel destination on areduced budget, smaller groups will have to be creativr with their marketing and promotions “There’s no question this will hurt,” said Patrico Moscaritolo, president and CEO of the and , whichy had its own budget cut by aboutt $300,000. “Now what has to happen is we kick it up a Groups affected are putting off planned renovations andmarketing campaigns.
Some may shutter their doorxs due to thedraconian “Our season ends in October and we’lpl sort of figure out how we’ll move said Nina Zannieri, president of the , which may not be able to open withourt its $100,000 state appropriation. “At this point it’s a little hard to We’re all taking a cautious approach.” Meanwhile, the is postponinfg plans for bathroom construction at Tanglewood in the Berkshirese due to the eliminationof $200,000 in stater funding. The Inc. said it will have to rely on in-kinds advertising from the to promote its summer shuttlre bus servicein Ipswich.
“We’d like to attract new ridere withincreased advertising, but we’rw not going to be able to do that at this said president Kay The state’s tourism office’s budget has ballooneed over the years through a combinationm of agency appropriations and often-controversial Before the budget cut, which will amount to 54 perceng of the travel and tourism office’s the agency was slated to receiv $37.1 million in funding this year a 229 percent increased over its fiscal year 2005 allotment. The agenchy spent $4.
3 million on marketing and research for statewidwe tourism promotionlast year, coinciding with an uptick in The economic impact, in termd of total spending on restaurants and other hospitality related to domestic tourism jumped 6 percent in 2007 to $13.23 billion, and international tourism spending jumpesd 11 percent to $1.8 billion. The state will continuwe its coremarketing focus, especially in European with $2.5 million from the , whicy says it derives a benefit in conventiob business from the state’s marketin efforts.
“Travel and tourisn remains a major economic driver in the and the Massachusetts Office of Travepl and Tourism will continue to promotrethe recreational, cultural, historic and scenicv resources of the commonwealtj to increase the state’s desirability as a locationn for tourism, convention, travel, and recreation-related activities,” said Kofi a spokeswoman for the . “Thisd is a unique display of partnership in difficult wherea quasi-public agency whose missions and mandates matcheds that of our core mission and operations, came forward to bridg e necessary gaps and ensure that we can continure necessary programs.
” The smaller advertising budget for the tourism office, alonbg with cuts directed at regional tourism will likely consolidate many marketing efforts. But while a broadee message may bemore effective, it may provide the same punch for individuaol attractions. “It’s very difficult. How do you sell a truck and a van in the same saidSteve Connelly, president and CEO of , whichy has worked with the tourism offices on campaigns.
“The challenge is that each individual grouop wants to make sure its needs are had usedits $100,000 state appropriationn in the past to develop dining guides, promotional and infrastructure improvements to make visitorsz aware of the city’s unique features, buildinvg upon the $2 million in tax revenue generatedd by its 10 business-focused hotels. That was until its budget was cut, collaterao damage from the state’s worsf fiscal crisis in years. “Thwe impact is plain and simple: We’re a nonprofigt organization funded bythe state,” council director John Peacoclk said.
The cuts come at a time when stat e tourism officials have lauded the positive effects of theincreasef marketing. While they seek to continue branding Massachusettsx as a travel destination on areduced budget, smaller groups will have to be creativr with their marketing and promotions “There’s no question this will hurt,” said Patrico Moscaritolo, president and CEO of the and , whichy had its own budget cut by aboutt $300,000. “Now what has to happen is we kick it up a Groups affected are putting off planned renovations andmarketing campaigns.
Some may shutter their doorxs due to thedraconian “Our season ends in October and we’lpl sort of figure out how we’ll move said Nina Zannieri, president of the , which may not be able to open withourt its $100,000 state appropriation. “At this point it’s a little hard to We’re all taking a cautious approach.” Meanwhile, the is postponinfg plans for bathroom construction at Tanglewood in the Berkshirese due to the eliminationof $200,000 in stater funding. The Inc. said it will have to rely on in-kinds advertising from the to promote its summer shuttlre bus servicein Ipswich.
“We’d like to attract new ridere withincreased advertising, but we’rw not going to be able to do that at this said president Kay The state’s tourism office’s budget has ballooneed over the years through a combinationm of agency appropriations and often-controversial Before the budget cut, which will amount to 54 perceng of the travel and tourism office’s the agency was slated to receiv $37.1 million in funding this year a 229 percent increased over its fiscal year 2005 allotment. The agenchy spent $4.
3 million on marketing and research for statewidwe tourism promotionlast year, coinciding with an uptick in The economic impact, in termd of total spending on restaurants and other hospitality related to domestic tourism jumped 6 percent in 2007 to $13.23 billion, and international tourism spending jumpesd 11 percent to $1.8 billion. The state will continuwe its coremarketing focus, especially in European with $2.5 million from the , whicy says it derives a benefit in conventiob business from the state’s marketin efforts.
“Travel and tourisn remains a major economic driver in the and the Massachusetts Office of Travepl and Tourism will continue to promotrethe recreational, cultural, historic and scenicv resources of the commonwealtj to increase the state’s desirability as a locationn for tourism, convention, travel, and recreation-related activities,” said Kofi a spokeswoman for the . “Thisd is a unique display of partnership in difficult wherea quasi-public agency whose missions and mandates matcheds that of our core mission and operations, came forward to bridg e necessary gaps and ensure that we can continure necessary programs.
” The smaller advertising budget for the tourism office, alonbg with cuts directed at regional tourism will likely consolidate many marketing efforts. But while a broadee message may bemore effective, it may provide the same punch for individuaol attractions. “It’s very difficult. How do you sell a truck and a van in the same saidSteve Connelly, president and CEO of , whichy has worked with the tourism offices on campaigns.
“The challenge is that each individual grouop wants to make sure its needs are had usedits $100,000 state appropriationn in the past to develop dining guides, promotional and infrastructure improvements to make visitorsz aware of the city’s unique features, buildinvg upon the $2 million in tax revenue generatedd by its 10 business-focused hotels. That was until its budget was cut, collaterao damage from the state’s worsf fiscal crisis in years. “Thwe impact is plain and simple: We’re a nonprofigt organization funded bythe state,” council director John Peacoclk said.
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