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Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Survey: CEOs still foresee negative conditions - Wichita Business Journal:
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“This quarter’s results reflect a continuing weak set ofeconomi conditions,” said Ivan Seidenberg, chairman of Businessw Roundtable and chairman and CEO of “Condition s – while still negative – appear to have begun to The D.C.-based association of CEOs represent a combined workforc e of nearly 10 million employees and more than $5 trilliom in annual sales. When askesd how they anticipate their salex to fluctuate in the next six 34 percent said they will increaser while 46 percent predicted a That is a sunnier forecasg over the first quarteroutlook survey, when just 24 percengt predicted an increase in sales. In terms of how thei U.S.
capital spending will change over that 12 percent foresee itgoing up, while 51 percent see it decreasing. Few (6 percent) expect their U.S. employmenyt to increase in the nextsix months, whilre 49 percent anticipate their employee base to contracr in size. That shows an improvement from the firsr quarteroutlook survey, when 71 percent predicted a drop in In terms of the overall U.S. member CEOs estimate real GDP will dropby 2.1 percent in 2009, down from the CEOs’ estimate of a 1.9 percengt decline in the first quarter of 2009. The outlook inde x -- which combines member CEO projectionsfor sales, capitapl spending and employment in the six months ahead -- expandefd to 18.
5 in the second quarter, up from negativr 5.0 in the first quarter. An index reading of 50 or lower is consistent with overall economic contraction and a readinbg of 50 or higher is consistentwith
“This quarter’s results reflect a continuing weak set ofeconomi conditions,” said Ivan Seidenberg, chairman of Businessw Roundtable and chairman and CEO of “Condition s – while still negative – appear to have begun to The D.C.-based association of CEOs represent a combined workforc e of nearly 10 million employees and more than $5 trilliom in annual sales. When askesd how they anticipate their salex to fluctuate in the next six 34 percent said they will increaser while 46 percent predicted a That is a sunnier forecasg over the first quarteroutlook survey, when just 24 percengt predicted an increase in sales. In terms of how thei U.S.
capital spending will change over that 12 percent foresee itgoing up, while 51 percent see it decreasing. Few (6 percent) expect their U.S. employmenyt to increase in the nextsix months, whilre 49 percent anticipate their employee base to contracr in size. That shows an improvement from the firsr quarteroutlook survey, when 71 percent predicted a drop in In terms of the overall U.S. member CEOs estimate real GDP will dropby 2.1 percent in 2009, down from the CEOs’ estimate of a 1.9 percengt decline in the first quarter of 2009. The outlook inde x -- which combines member CEO projectionsfor sales, capitapl spending and employment in the six months ahead -- expandefd to 18.
5 in the second quarter, up from negativr 5.0 in the first quarter. An index reading of 50 or lower is consistent with overall economic contraction and a readinbg of 50 or higher is consistentwith
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Business First of Buffalo: Buffalo Commercial Real Estate Listings - View Commercial Real Estate
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Friday, June 24, 2011
Second Life's Linden Lab sells virtual realities to businesses - San Francisco Business Times:
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Until the middle of last year, Second Life was languishingv atabout 500,000 active users, meaning peoplse who stayed in-world for an hour or more each Company officials attribute much of the recenft growth as well as risinvg interest from corporations to theire introduction of a voice over Internet technologyy in August 2007 that provides for threse dimensional spatial telephony — meaning that soundd occurring on the left in Second Life are hearrd as being on the left by the user. “Youj can literally just walk up to a group and engage in You actually hear the voices of people arounrd youin 3-D,” said Joe vice president of platform and technologyg development.
The company recently announced that through last montyh it had transmitted 15 billion minuted ofvoice activity. “It’s a pretty astounding number,” Millee said. Second Life averages more than 50,00 0 concurrent voice users, with 700,000 unique users consuminv more than a billionh minutesa month. In addition to voice, Seconr Life allows use of images, streaming video, document sharinh and public and private texting with groupxsand individuals. The platform supports 15 languagesand real-time text chat translatord are available.
Linden Lab says it will soon offe r companies the ability to have encrypted conversationzs on the open Internet and the abilityy to have people not registered in Secondx Life call into the worldby telephone. Industrty analyst Erica Driver believes virtual worldse hold such promise for businesses that last year she left her job at Forrestet Researchto co-found a consulting firm, , to focus exclusively on the subject. Second Life command 90 percent of thenascent market, accordingh to Driver, but has numerous competitors, includintg Forterra Systems of San Mateo, Qwaq of Redwoof City and Proton Media of Maryland.
Linden Lab is one of her “I wanted to get in on the ground floor,” Driver said. Dan Parks, presidenrt and creative director ofOrangse County-based Corporate Planners Unlimited started a division of his company a year ago calle d that hosts and manages conferences and eventws for companies in Second Life. Last October, Parks said his phone begann ringing off the hook as companie suddenly began looking for ways toeliminats costs, and now Virtualiz is the fastest-growing part of his Parks said he has five peoplee working full time on Virtualis, and another 15 peopler he pulls in part time to help train new userxs for events.
“The quality and names of companiexshave jumped,” he “All of the starzs and everything aligned perfectly.” Companies that have used Virtualis include Deloitte, and , which hosted an event with 75 peoplew that included team building activities such as a scavenger hunt and a skydivin competition, Parks said. The Virtualis compound includes a classic convention centerexhibition hall, more than 34,000 squars yards of meeting rooms with video screens, and the Virtuali Dome, with seating capacity for 350 (the largestr event he’s hosted had 320 people). there are tranquil gardens and fountains, an oceabn vista and a yacht convenientlt parked nearbyfor meetings.
Virtualis also has a classid board of directors meeting room with a long tabled and 24 leather To answer company concerns that participantsa out in the real world mighrt not pay attention tothe in-world goings on, Virtualias can send periodic messages to individuals asking them to clico on an orb in the center of the table. In addition to traditionapl corporatemeeting spaces, Virtualia offers more unconventional rooms, such as one wherse avatars can float on cloud-like chairx surrounded by the Tokyo skyline at night. At one event, the CEO askef for a Ferrari F50 that he could drive onto a stage in front ofhis troops.
“Thre hardest thing for most peoplre to grasp is that anything your mind can we can createit here,” Parks
Until the middle of last year, Second Life was languishingv atabout 500,000 active users, meaning peoplse who stayed in-world for an hour or more each Company officials attribute much of the recenft growth as well as risinvg interest from corporations to theire introduction of a voice over Internet technologyy in August 2007 that provides for threse dimensional spatial telephony — meaning that soundd occurring on the left in Second Life are hearrd as being on the left by the user. “Youj can literally just walk up to a group and engage in You actually hear the voices of people arounrd youin 3-D,” said Joe vice president of platform and technologyg development.
The company recently announced that through last montyh it had transmitted 15 billion minuted ofvoice activity. “It’s a pretty astounding number,” Millee said. Second Life averages more than 50,00 0 concurrent voice users, with 700,000 unique users consuminv more than a billionh minutesa month. In addition to voice, Seconr Life allows use of images, streaming video, document sharinh and public and private texting with groupxsand individuals. The platform supports 15 languagesand real-time text chat translatord are available.
Linden Lab says it will soon offe r companies the ability to have encrypted conversationzs on the open Internet and the abilityy to have people not registered in Secondx Life call into the worldby telephone. Industrty analyst Erica Driver believes virtual worldse hold such promise for businesses that last year she left her job at Forrestet Researchto co-found a consulting firm, , to focus exclusively on the subject. Second Life command 90 percent of thenascent market, accordingh to Driver, but has numerous competitors, includintg Forterra Systems of San Mateo, Qwaq of Redwoof City and Proton Media of Maryland.
Linden Lab is one of her “I wanted to get in on the ground floor,” Driver said. Dan Parks, presidenrt and creative director ofOrangse County-based Corporate Planners Unlimited started a division of his company a year ago calle d that hosts and manages conferences and eventws for companies in Second Life. Last October, Parks said his phone begann ringing off the hook as companie suddenly began looking for ways toeliminats costs, and now Virtualiz is the fastest-growing part of his Parks said he has five peoplee working full time on Virtualis, and another 15 peopler he pulls in part time to help train new userxs for events.
“The quality and names of companiexshave jumped,” he “All of the starzs and everything aligned perfectly.” Companies that have used Virtualis include Deloitte, and , which hosted an event with 75 peoplew that included team building activities such as a scavenger hunt and a skydivin competition, Parks said. The Virtualis compound includes a classic convention centerexhibition hall, more than 34,000 squars yards of meeting rooms with video screens, and the Virtuali Dome, with seating capacity for 350 (the largestr event he’s hosted had 320 people). there are tranquil gardens and fountains, an oceabn vista and a yacht convenientlt parked nearbyfor meetings.
Virtualis also has a classid board of directors meeting room with a long tabled and 24 leather To answer company concerns that participantsa out in the real world mighrt not pay attention tothe in-world goings on, Virtualias can send periodic messages to individuals asking them to clico on an orb in the center of the table. In addition to traditionapl corporatemeeting spaces, Virtualia offers more unconventional rooms, such as one wherse avatars can float on cloud-like chairx surrounded by the Tokyo skyline at night. At one event, the CEO askef for a Ferrari F50 that he could drive onto a stage in front ofhis troops.
“Thre hardest thing for most peoplre to grasp is that anything your mind can we can createit here,” Parks
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Donnellan resigns as Channel 5 news director - Business Courier of Cincinnati:
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“The news business is facingt a whirlwindof change,” Donnellon wrote in July 7 blog entry at aroundanderson.com, in which he announced his departurer from News 5. “I believe opportunities are beinvg created right now for new channels of community informatiohn likeAround Anderson. This seemsd like the best and most exciting way to build somethingt positive forour hometown.” In an Donnellon described his departure as a “mutual and amicable and said he’s seeking other work in digitao and traditional media. He doesn’t expect the blog to be his full-times focus.
WLWT General Manager Richard Dryerpraised Donnellon’a work for the city’s third-ranked TV News operation, but he addedc that ratings are not where he wants them to be. With former WXIX-TV Channel 19 anchor Jack Atherton joining the News 5 team in Octobet andJay Leno’s new prime time show set to premier Sept. 14, Dryer felt it was “time to make a change” at the top. He said no otheer staff changes are planned at the where roughly half of its 150 employees work inthe “I’m hopeful we’ll have somebody in placw in the next month or so,” Dryet said.
“In today’s busineses climate, we’ll have a large number of qualified candidates.”
“The news business is facingt a whirlwindof change,” Donnellon wrote in July 7 blog entry at aroundanderson.com, in which he announced his departurer from News 5. “I believe opportunities are beinvg created right now for new channels of community informatiohn likeAround Anderson. This seemsd like the best and most exciting way to build somethingt positive forour hometown.” In an Donnellon described his departure as a “mutual and amicable and said he’s seeking other work in digitao and traditional media. He doesn’t expect the blog to be his full-times focus.
WLWT General Manager Richard Dryerpraised Donnellon’a work for the city’s third-ranked TV News operation, but he addedc that ratings are not where he wants them to be. With former WXIX-TV Channel 19 anchor Jack Atherton joining the News 5 team in Octobet andJay Leno’s new prime time show set to premier Sept. 14, Dryer felt it was “time to make a change” at the top. He said no otheer staff changes are planned at the where roughly half of its 150 employees work inthe “I’m hopeful we’ll have somebody in placw in the next month or so,” Dryet said.
“In today’s busineses climate, we’ll have a large number of qualified candidates.”
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Fontainebleau's Soffer caught by Lehman Bros. bankruptcy - South Florida Business Journal:
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“When the retail division of the project lost accesz to fundingthrough Lehman, it was unablwe to repay the resort for its share of said Scott Baena, of Bilzin Sumbergg Baena Price Axelrod, who represents Fontainebleah Las Vegas LLC in the “That put enormous stress on the resor t entity, and that was the beginnint of the problems.” Fontainebleau Las Vega LLC and two of its affiliates filed bankruptcy petitions in Miami late Tuesday.
The Fontainebleau Miami Beachy is not included inthe Soffer, also principal with Turnberry construction and developmentf companies, has partial, personal guarantees on portions of the retailo component of the Las Vegas project, but thos portions are not in bankruptcy yet, Baena said. The complex is 70 percentt completed. Since December Lehman refused to make any advances underthe project’s $315 millioj construction loan, according to a motion to maintaih cash management filed in the bankruptcy. After Lehman’s refusals, money stopped flowing throughg the retail entity to the resort In March, other lenders pulled their and construction on the resort stopped in May, Baenz said.
The company said in a news release that the decision to file Chapter 11 was the resulyt of litigation with the other lenders on projecrt aboutnearly $800 million in construction fundinvg for the project. Other lenders include , JPMorgan Chaser Bank and Deutsche BankTrust Co. Americas. In the shorg term, the company is seeking to stabilize and protecg the finished portion ofthe building, Baena said. “It’s no longer possible to downsizethe building,” he said. “The 30 percentr remaining construction is principallythe interior. We’v e got a lovely building waiting tobe finished.
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“When the retail division of the project lost accesz to fundingthrough Lehman, it was unablwe to repay the resort for its share of said Scott Baena, of Bilzin Sumbergg Baena Price Axelrod, who represents Fontainebleah Las Vegas LLC in the “That put enormous stress on the resor t entity, and that was the beginnint of the problems.” Fontainebleau Las Vega LLC and two of its affiliates filed bankruptcy petitions in Miami late Tuesday.
The Fontainebleau Miami Beachy is not included inthe Soffer, also principal with Turnberry construction and developmentf companies, has partial, personal guarantees on portions of the retailo component of the Las Vegas project, but thos portions are not in bankruptcy yet, Baena said. The complex is 70 percentt completed. Since December Lehman refused to make any advances underthe project’s $315 millioj construction loan, according to a motion to maintaih cash management filed in the bankruptcy. After Lehman’s refusals, money stopped flowing throughg the retail entity to the resort In March, other lenders pulled their and construction on the resort stopped in May, Baenz said.
The company said in a news release that the decision to file Chapter 11 was the resulyt of litigation with the other lenders on projecrt aboutnearly $800 million in construction fundinvg for the project. Other lenders include , JPMorgan Chaser Bank and Deutsche BankTrust Co. Americas. In the shorg term, the company is seeking to stabilize and protecg the finished portion ofthe building, Baena said. “It’s no longer possible to downsizethe building,” he said. “The 30 percentr remaining construction is principallythe interior. We’v e got a lovely building waiting tobe finished.
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Friday, June 17, 2011
Afghanistan: when the dust settles - Telegraph.co.uk
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Telegraph.co.uk | Afghanistan: when the dust settles Telegraph.co.uk But what would success look like, asks Sean Rayment. The Taliban were watching and waiting for the moment to strike. The village through which the British soldiers were patrolling had fallen strangely quiet and farmers had left their fields รข€" classic ... |
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