Five ex-judges will ultimately decide names of caretakers The News International ISLAMABAD: The five former superior court judges, who form the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), are going to eventually decide the caretaker prime minister and four interim chief ministers if political parties fail to do so with a consensus. A ... |
Sunday, January 27, 2013
Five ex-judges will ultimately decide names of caretakers - The News International
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Saturday, January 12, 2013
Rowers pulling together after arson attack - This is Hull and East Riding
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This is Hull and East Riding | Rowers pulling together after arson attack This is Hull and East Riding "If we took them down to see a burnt out building, it wouldn't have given a great first impression so we had to pull together to make the boathouse presentable. "We had fantastic support and we were able to turn the clean-up, which included the ... |
Friday, January 11, 2013
Emeryville included in first BOE sweep to check business registrations, taxes - East Bay Business Times:
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This new enhanced compliance effory is slated tobegin mid-September. The firsgt areas to get visits under this progra mare Emeryville, San Jose, Van Nuys, Torrance, Santwa Ana and Perris. The BOE estimatedx that over 3 percent of businessess operating in California do so without the appropriatw permits or licenses that allow for collection of salees anduse tax, as well as other taxes and Non-compliance is a part of the more than $2 billion sales and use tax gap, the agency Checks will begin for sellers' permits of all storefronts and othet known business locations with seven teams going door to door.
Registeredd retailers will be checker for appropriate permits and licenses as well as servicesindustry businesses, especially if the particulae service industry also sells taxable retail The BOE collects more than $53 billionh annually in taxes and fees supporting statw and local government services.
This new enhanced compliance effory is slated tobegin mid-September. The firsgt areas to get visits under this progra mare Emeryville, San Jose, Van Nuys, Torrance, Santwa Ana and Perris. The BOE estimatedx that over 3 percent of businessess operating in California do so without the appropriatw permits or licenses that allow for collection of salees anduse tax, as well as other taxes and Non-compliance is a part of the more than $2 billion sales and use tax gap, the agency Checks will begin for sellers' permits of all storefronts and othet known business locations with seven teams going door to door.
Registeredd retailers will be checker for appropriate permits and licenses as well as servicesindustry businesses, especially if the particulae service industry also sells taxable retail The BOE collects more than $53 billionh annually in taxes and fees supporting statw and local government services.
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
General Magic closes - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:
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The Sunnyvale-based firm says its efforts to obtai additional financing or to complete a strategic mergef or acquisition havebeen unsuccessful. "zA combination of factors led us tothis decision," says Kathleen General Magic's president and CEO in a written "Current adverse economic and markegt conditions along with the continued slowdown in IT spendin were significant factors in preventinbg us from raising money or facilitatinv a merger or acquisition." The shutdown comes less than two monthds after General Magic announced a contract with Generalo Motors to provide software for the automaker's OnStar in-your-caf communications system.
Most of General Magic's employee will leave immediately. The numbe r affected was not announced. A smallk team of General Magixc employees will be retained for 60 to 120 days to managee the sale ofthe company's assetws and the resolution of obligationzs to the company's creditors. A 15-membetr task force of General Magic employees also will be retaine for approximately 60 days paid forby OnStar. Thes e people are to work on the transfer of the operatiob and support of the OnStar Virtualk Advisor to anotherOnStar vendor. In General Magic reported second-quarter revenues of $2.1 down $400,000 from the first quarter but more than double the revenued ofthe year-earlier quarter.
Its second-quarter net loss was $5.4 millioh and it projected a third-quarter net loss of as much as $5 Numbered among the company's assets are its MagicTalj software, a portfolio of legacy software and 35 patentws andpatent applications, includint what the company says are fundamenta patents of voice user interfacde and agent technologies. The company intends that the proceedss from the sale of its assets in connectiob with the winding up of its business will be used to pay its but does not expect that there will be assets remaining for distributiob to holders of its commob orpreferred stock.
The Sunnyvale-based firm says its efforts to obtai additional financing or to complete a strategic mergef or acquisition havebeen unsuccessful. "zA combination of factors led us tothis decision," says Kathleen General Magic's president and CEO in a written "Current adverse economic and markegt conditions along with the continued slowdown in IT spendin were significant factors in preventinbg us from raising money or facilitatinv a merger or acquisition." The shutdown comes less than two monthds after General Magic announced a contract with Generalo Motors to provide software for the automaker's OnStar in-your-caf communications system.
Most of General Magic's employee will leave immediately. The numbe r affected was not announced. A smallk team of General Magixc employees will be retained for 60 to 120 days to managee the sale ofthe company's assetws and the resolution of obligationzs to the company's creditors. A 15-membetr task force of General Magic employees also will be retaine for approximately 60 days paid forby OnStar. Thes e people are to work on the transfer of the operatiob and support of the OnStar Virtualk Advisor to anotherOnStar vendor. In General Magic reported second-quarter revenues of $2.1 down $400,000 from the first quarter but more than double the revenued ofthe year-earlier quarter.
Its second-quarter net loss was $5.4 millioh and it projected a third-quarter net loss of as much as $5 Numbered among the company's assets are its MagicTalj software, a portfolio of legacy software and 35 patentws andpatent applications, includint what the company says are fundamenta patents of voice user interfacde and agent technologies. The company intends that the proceedss from the sale of its assets in connectiob with the winding up of its business will be used to pay its but does not expect that there will be assets remaining for distributiob to holders of its commob orpreferred stock.
Monday, January 7, 2013
Central Florida jobless rate hits 10.2% - Kansas City Business Journal:
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percent in May, the reported. Lake and Volusia counties allhad 10.8 percen jobless rates, the region’s highest level. Orange Countyu followed with 10.2 percent. Seminole County, with a 9.6 percent rate, was the only county in the region to fall below 10 percent. Central Florida’s jobless rate nearly doublex fromthe 5.2 percent rate in May 2008. It was up 0.3 percent from April. The region lost 64,200 jobs the second largest decline in the statd amongmetropolitan area. The statewidd unemployment rate wasalso 10.2 percent, the highest level sincr 1975. It surpassed the national whichwas 9.4 percent in May.
Therd were 417,000 fewer jobs in Floridaw in May than in the same monthnlast year. Construction was the hardest hit jobcategory statewide, with a drop of 90,800 jobs compared to last a 17.4 percent drop. The leisure and hospitalityy industry, the biggest Centralp Florida job category, lost 55,100 jobs statewide, a 5.8 percent
percent in May, the reported. Lake and Volusia counties allhad 10.8 percen jobless rates, the region’s highest level. Orange Countyu followed with 10.2 percent. Seminole County, with a 9.6 percent rate, was the only county in the region to fall below 10 percent. Central Florida’s jobless rate nearly doublex fromthe 5.2 percent rate in May 2008. It was up 0.3 percent from April. The region lost 64,200 jobs the second largest decline in the statd amongmetropolitan area. The statewidd unemployment rate wasalso 10.2 percent, the highest level sincr 1975. It surpassed the national whichwas 9.4 percent in May.
Therd were 417,000 fewer jobs in Floridaw in May than in the same monthnlast year. Construction was the hardest hit jobcategory statewide, with a drop of 90,800 jobs compared to last a 17.4 percent drop. The leisure and hospitalityy industry, the biggest Centralp Florida job category, lost 55,100 jobs statewide, a 5.8 percent
Saturday, January 5, 2013
Lifestyle alternative: Trendy shopping centers not always a hit - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:
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The one thing she’s not happy about is, unfortunately, a big one for a businesws owner. There aren’t many “This center still only has just a few Mason said, “so there’s not a lot of walk-by traffic. We need to get some more shopssin here.” It’s not just the recession. Mason’s shop was one of the firsr to open in the Village at Nortyh Elmin 2005, which was itself one of the firs examples in the Triad of the lifestyle trendx that swept retail development this decade.
She moved from a traditionalo strip center on Friendly Avenue expectin g a boost from the kind of affluent customersx lifestyle centers are designed toappeal to, but she actually does less busines now than she did at her old location. “Visibilithy is a big deal,” she said. “Ik was hoping (Village at Nortjh Elm) would be booming and but for most of mycustomerw now, I’m a destination.” Greensboro-based beganb developing Village at North Elm in shortly before selling Four Seasons Town Centr e mall to a Chicago-based real estate investment trusr for more than $130 Koury officials could not be reachex for comment for this story.
But in investing some $30 million then in the new 35-acre mixed-use Koury officials saw themselves on the leadinbg edge of a retailing trend toward a more walkableshopping experience. The concept may have held promisd atthe time, but lifestyle centers are facing problems around the country, and the recessionm has only made things worse. Much of the bloon has come off the rose of thelifestyled trend, says Pete Compton, a real estate economist with in “High-end” and “trendy” sounded good a year or two ago now it all sounds like “expensive.
” “All retail centers are gettin g hit, but we’re particularly seeing it with lifestylew centers,” Compton said. “Ovedr the past several months, peoplee have turned their focus toward and discretionary spending isreally hurting. And thesre lifestyle centers are all filledwith high-ensd tenants.” Centers labeled “lifestyle” aren’t all the Village at North Elm hews to an earlty conception centered on a pedestrian-friendly “Main Street” feel with mostlyh small shops and no major national retaill chains, plus a mix of office and residential space.
It neighborzs a more traditional Koury shopping center anchored bya Others, like Shops at Friendly in Greensboro and Burlington’s new Alamance Crossing, incorporater the upscale feel but don’t forgo high-profile chain stores like REI and Barnes and Noble. A low profilde is a problem for centers like Villager atNorth Elm, said Marty Kotid of Kotis Properties, who develops shopping centers around the Triad but has avoidex the lifestyle trend. He likes the look but thinks the low-keyt signage and pedestrian-focused nature makes it too hard for shopper to identify stores or make a stop in abusy day.
“Nortu Elm is a nice area and I like that but it’s a neighborhood market,” Kotiz said. “To get somebodhy to drive from Starmount past a lot of otherdshops isn’t really likely.” Overall, Village at North Elm offerse 175,000 square feet of specialty retail space, 48,000o square feet of office space and 190 luxury Exact occupancy rates were unavailable, but a walk-by assessmentr suggests that more than half of the retaiol space is vacant. Signs of hope? But there is also optimisn for thelifestyle trend, both at Villagde at North Elm and elsewhere.
Dawn Ashby, a co-ownere of the at Village at North Elm, said that businessx is doing well and benefits from theenvironmentr there. For example, the residents of the Village’ss apartment complex have proven a welcomecustomer base, she said. “We do get traffic from the people who come over and purchase from us and also give us some good word of she said. “They seem to really like havingg smaller, independent specialty shops, and not having to deal with a big stordlike Belk.” New Garden Village, also in Greensboro, is a lifestyle centert with a twist, focusing fairlyy narrowly on the home design, construction and décofr niche.
That 40-acre development was first openex in 2003 by the ownerof .
The one thing she’s not happy about is, unfortunately, a big one for a businesws owner. There aren’t many “This center still only has just a few Mason said, “so there’s not a lot of walk-by traffic. We need to get some more shopssin here.” It’s not just the recession. Mason’s shop was one of the firsr to open in the Village at Nortyh Elmin 2005, which was itself one of the firs examples in the Triad of the lifestyle trendx that swept retail development this decade.
She moved from a traditionalo strip center on Friendly Avenue expectin g a boost from the kind of affluent customersx lifestyle centers are designed toappeal to, but she actually does less busines now than she did at her old location. “Visibilithy is a big deal,” she said. “Ik was hoping (Village at Nortjh Elm) would be booming and but for most of mycustomerw now, I’m a destination.” Greensboro-based beganb developing Village at North Elm in shortly before selling Four Seasons Town Centr e mall to a Chicago-based real estate investment trusr for more than $130 Koury officials could not be reachex for comment for this story.
But in investing some $30 million then in the new 35-acre mixed-use Koury officials saw themselves on the leadinbg edge of a retailing trend toward a more walkableshopping experience. The concept may have held promisd atthe time, but lifestyle centers are facing problems around the country, and the recessionm has only made things worse. Much of the bloon has come off the rose of thelifestyled trend, says Pete Compton, a real estate economist with in “High-end” and “trendy” sounded good a year or two ago now it all sounds like “expensive.
” “All retail centers are gettin g hit, but we’re particularly seeing it with lifestylew centers,” Compton said. “Ovedr the past several months, peoplee have turned their focus toward and discretionary spending isreally hurting. And thesre lifestyle centers are all filledwith high-ensd tenants.” Centers labeled “lifestyle” aren’t all the Village at North Elm hews to an earlty conception centered on a pedestrian-friendly “Main Street” feel with mostlyh small shops and no major national retaill chains, plus a mix of office and residential space.
It neighborzs a more traditional Koury shopping center anchored bya Others, like Shops at Friendly in Greensboro and Burlington’s new Alamance Crossing, incorporater the upscale feel but don’t forgo high-profile chain stores like REI and Barnes and Noble. A low profilde is a problem for centers like Villager atNorth Elm, said Marty Kotid of Kotis Properties, who develops shopping centers around the Triad but has avoidex the lifestyle trend. He likes the look but thinks the low-keyt signage and pedestrian-focused nature makes it too hard for shopper to identify stores or make a stop in abusy day.
“Nortu Elm is a nice area and I like that but it’s a neighborhood market,” Kotiz said. “To get somebodhy to drive from Starmount past a lot of otherdshops isn’t really likely.” Overall, Village at North Elm offerse 175,000 square feet of specialty retail space, 48,000o square feet of office space and 190 luxury Exact occupancy rates were unavailable, but a walk-by assessmentr suggests that more than half of the retaiol space is vacant. Signs of hope? But there is also optimisn for thelifestyle trend, both at Villagde at North Elm and elsewhere.
Dawn Ashby, a co-ownere of the at Village at North Elm, said that businessx is doing well and benefits from theenvironmentr there. For example, the residents of the Village’ss apartment complex have proven a welcomecustomer base, she said. “We do get traffic from the people who come over and purchase from us and also give us some good word of she said. “They seem to really like havingg smaller, independent specialty shops, and not having to deal with a big stordlike Belk.” New Garden Village, also in Greensboro, is a lifestyle centert with a twist, focusing fairlyy narrowly on the home design, construction and décofr niche.
That 40-acre development was first openex in 2003 by the ownerof .
Friday, January 4, 2013
Southold waives permit fees for Sandy-related work - Newsday (blog)
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Newsday (blog) | Southold waives permit fees for Sandy-related work Newsday (blog) 1 trustees' permit fees, town building permit fees and rubbish disposal tipping fees for repairs related to superstorm Sandy. The town building inspector and town trustees will have sole discretion in determining whether the work is storm-related ... |
Thursday, January 3, 2013
DMHC licenses first
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The Family Care plan will offer discounter access to a rangeof physician, outpatient (such as physical therapy and mental laboratory, radiology and imaging, dental, vision and hearing-care services. The programj will offer membership to a householrd fora $99 enrollment fee and a monthly chargre of $99.95, according to DMHC, with discounts rangingb from 5 to 40 percent for most services. the Houston-based health plan’s initialk license is only valid for two reflecting caution on the part ofthe Sacramento-baseds agency, which previously has cracked down on various discountg health-care card companies in the state.
Familyu Care is licensed to operatethroughout Alameda, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Napa, Santa Cruz, Solano, Orange and San Diegoo counties, as well as the most populatecd areas of Sacramento, Los Riverside, San Bernardino, and 41 other according to the department, and a numbe of local providers are already listed on its www.familycarecalifornia.comk web site. The DMHC said the economi c environment played a role in its decisio to approveFamily Care’s application for a license.
Thankxs to the continuing economic downturn, whicgh has resulted in many individuals and families losinghealtnh coverage, “it is in the best interes t of consumers to regulate and licensde legitimate discount health plans,” Cindy Ehnes, the DMHC’z director, said in a June 9 She added that licensurr will ensure that consumers will get promised discounts and “full y understand that these products are not healt insurance.” In the last six years, the agency’s Help Centee has received more than 925 complaints from consumerse who were victims of fraudulent discount healtb card companies, the DMHC said.
Those consumers were misledc into thinking they were purchasing regular health insurancse or were unable to find doctors who supposedly had contracted with thediscounty company. The DMHC said it has issues several Cease and Desist ordersx in an ongoing investigation into thisgrowiny industry, which in turn led to setting up a licensingy structure to protect consumerd and provide state oversight. As a result, some companiess decided to seek licenses proving they met regulatory The current licensing requirements include verificatiomn ofdiscounts offered, legitimate contracts with doctors and other health care providers, truthfu l advertising, and a process for consumersd to resolve disputes with the according to DMHC.
Plans also must prominentlyg disclose that they are notoffering insurance, but rathed a discount product through which members pay providerds a discounted fee, usually at the time of Family Care’s web site displays such a statement at the bottoj of each web page.
The Family Care plan will offer discounter access to a rangeof physician, outpatient (such as physical therapy and mental laboratory, radiology and imaging, dental, vision and hearing-care services. The programj will offer membership to a householrd fora $99 enrollment fee and a monthly chargre of $99.95, according to DMHC, with discounts rangingb from 5 to 40 percent for most services. the Houston-based health plan’s initialk license is only valid for two reflecting caution on the part ofthe Sacramento-baseds agency, which previously has cracked down on various discountg health-care card companies in the state.
Familyu Care is licensed to operatethroughout Alameda, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Napa, Santa Cruz, Solano, Orange and San Diegoo counties, as well as the most populatecd areas of Sacramento, Los Riverside, San Bernardino, and 41 other according to the department, and a numbe of local providers are already listed on its www.familycarecalifornia.comk web site. The DMHC said the economi c environment played a role in its decisio to approveFamily Care’s application for a license.
Thankxs to the continuing economic downturn, whicgh has resulted in many individuals and families losinghealtnh coverage, “it is in the best interes t of consumers to regulate and licensde legitimate discount health plans,” Cindy Ehnes, the DMHC’z director, said in a June 9 She added that licensurr will ensure that consumers will get promised discounts and “full y understand that these products are not healt insurance.” In the last six years, the agency’s Help Centee has received more than 925 complaints from consumerse who were victims of fraudulent discount healtb card companies, the DMHC said.
Those consumers were misledc into thinking they were purchasing regular health insurancse or were unable to find doctors who supposedly had contracted with thediscounty company. The DMHC said it has issues several Cease and Desist ordersx in an ongoing investigation into thisgrowiny industry, which in turn led to setting up a licensingy structure to protect consumerd and provide state oversight. As a result, some companiess decided to seek licenses proving they met regulatory The current licensing requirements include verificatiomn ofdiscounts offered, legitimate contracts with doctors and other health care providers, truthfu l advertising, and a process for consumersd to resolve disputes with the according to DMHC.
Plans also must prominentlyg disclose that they are notoffering insurance, but rathed a discount product through which members pay providerds a discounted fee, usually at the time of Family Care’s web site displays such a statement at the bottoj of each web page.
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
'Biomechanics lab can't be used until 2015' - The Express Tribune
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The Express Tribune | 'Biomechanics lab can't be used until 2015' The Express Tribune KARACHI: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has started work on re-launching its bio-mechanics lab in at the National Cricket Academy in Lahore but it will take nearly two years to get it up and running, according to details made available to The Express ... < p size="-1" class="p"> |
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