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The letter appears to have beendrafted Jan. 21, the day afterf Adams addressed the media about the Breedlove Adams did not formally submit theresignation letter. Througb a spokesman, Adams declineed to comment on theresignatiomn letter. “I have taken stockl of the big mess I have Adams wrote. “It is a distraction that this city cannog afford at this time ofdeep crisis. So I have resignedf as Mayor (Jan. 21) at 3 p.m. Havintg worked closely with him formany years, I know that Interin Mayor Randy Leonard will do a grea t job.” “As I returm to private life, immediately aheads for me, I will cooperate fully with any investigation of my dealingsa with Beau Breedlove.
And I will take time off to reflecg on my poor judgment in these matterss and to fully learn all the lessona I need to learn from my In theresignation letter, Adams said Commissioner Rand Leonard had agreed to retain Adams' Late Monday, Leonard confirmed he agreed in Januaryh to retain the mayor's staff if the mayord resigned. "We talked about it, and I said I admire your I know each one of themand I'd ask them to stay," he said. Leonar said he's glad the matter is over. "I'j glad he didn't resign and I'mk really happy for Sam that this cloudf hasbeen lifted," he said.
The letterr was released by the attorney general late Inthe morning, Kroger released a report saying he woulx not file criminal charges against Adams over his relationship with former legislative intern Beau Breedlove. Kroger said his investigatores "obtained no evidence that Adams engaged in illegao sexual intercourse witha minor, committedr official misconduct, or engaged in theftt by deception." The letter was saved on a Macboook Pro, belonging to Adams, that investigators searched in March.
Monday, November 12, 2012
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Maarek Misses Out as Myasun Shines - Sportinglife.com
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Irish Independent | Maarek Misses Out as Myasun Shines Sportinglife.com Admirable sprinter Maarek ran yet another good race but was narrowly denied by Myasun in the Prix de Seine-et-Oise at Maisons-Laffitte. Sky Bet. Flat - Antepost. Click here to bet. Maarek: Finished second in France. Related Content. Live horse racing ... Lynam confid ent Viztoria can deliver on French trip Viztoria and Murtagh on Paris mission |
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Merkle Inc. cuts 36 jobs - Denver Business Journal:
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The Columbia, Md.-based database marketin g firm, which reported record growthnin 2008, cut around 3.5 percent of its 1,000 employee work force. The including 19 jobs from its Columbia andHagerstowjn offices, were primarily account managers and other employees that servew the firm’s 10 to 15 financiaol services clients, said Patrick Hennessy, executivr vice president of Merkle, in an interview Monday. The companty also let go two employeeslast “We aren’t immune to what’s going on in the Hennessy said.
“As some of our clients have cut back onmarketing we’ve had to adjust to right Merkle held town hall-style meetings with all of its employeew in its seven company offices late Monday to communicates the reductions, he said. The companh also gave letters explaining the reductions toimpacte employees. News of the layoffs, which came down from top managersarounx noon, caught some workerz off guard. Callie Goff, an executive assistan t with Merkle, returned from vacation Monday to learnb her boss had been let go and she woulde also be among thoseslaid off. “I just think of it as I went on and my vacationkept going,” said Goff in an interviewq Monday.
Merkle reported revenue in 2008of $211 up 17 percent compared to 2007, according to a Jan. 28 companyy press release. Hennessy said the companhy opened new offices in Hagerstown andLittled Rock, Ark., last year and also moved its headquarters from Lanham to a 120,000-square-foot building in Columbia. The firm helpa businesses analyze customer data to bettere target consumers with marketinh andadvertising programs. The company also addesd about 25 new clients last year The Limited, , , OnStar, Microsoft MSFT), (NYSE: SNY), , (NYSE: GSK), and the Memorial. , , , (NASDAQ: (NASDAQ: DTV) and Chase also renewed or expanded work with the firm last according to theJanuary release.
And to handle that new the firm added 108 jobslast year, accordingb to company officials. Some of those positions were impactedc by thelayoffs Monday. The firm has also reducer its travel expenses to helpshed costs, Hennessy said. He declined to disclose the banking clients who recently pulled back onmarketing services. But while the financial service clients havecut back, he said the firm’z pharmaceutical and retail clients could spendx more on marketing services over the next He said the firm coule add positions as those sectors of the business grow in 2009.
Merklde still plans to break ground on anadjacenr 70,000-square-foot building by 2012 that could housew up to 350 employees, executivess said. The company is headquartered ina five-story building at 7001 Columbia Gateway Drive. Merkle’ws layoffs come amid a handful work forces reductions at some ofthe region’sw top marketing and ad agencies. MGH trimmes eight positions andRedhead Cos. laid off four.
The Columbia, Md.-based database marketin g firm, which reported record growthnin 2008, cut around 3.5 percent of its 1,000 employee work force. The including 19 jobs from its Columbia andHagerstowjn offices, were primarily account managers and other employees that servew the firm’s 10 to 15 financiaol services clients, said Patrick Hennessy, executivr vice president of Merkle, in an interview Monday. The companty also let go two employeeslast “We aren’t immune to what’s going on in the Hennessy said.
“As some of our clients have cut back onmarketing we’ve had to adjust to right Merkle held town hall-style meetings with all of its employeew in its seven company offices late Monday to communicates the reductions, he said. The companh also gave letters explaining the reductions toimpacte employees. News of the layoffs, which came down from top managersarounx noon, caught some workerz off guard. Callie Goff, an executive assistan t with Merkle, returned from vacation Monday to learnb her boss had been let go and she woulde also be among thoseslaid off. “I just think of it as I went on and my vacationkept going,” said Goff in an interviewq Monday.
Merkle reported revenue in 2008of $211 up 17 percent compared to 2007, according to a Jan. 28 companyy press release. Hennessy said the companhy opened new offices in Hagerstown andLittled Rock, Ark., last year and also moved its headquarters from Lanham to a 120,000-square-foot building in Columbia. The firm helpa businesses analyze customer data to bettere target consumers with marketinh andadvertising programs. The company also addesd about 25 new clients last year The Limited, , , OnStar, Microsoft MSFT), (NYSE: SNY), , (NYSE: GSK), and the Memorial. , , , (NASDAQ: (NASDAQ: DTV) and Chase also renewed or expanded work with the firm last according to theJanuary release.
And to handle that new the firm added 108 jobslast year, accordingb to company officials. Some of those positions were impactedc by thelayoffs Monday. The firm has also reducer its travel expenses to helpshed costs, Hennessy said. He declined to disclose the banking clients who recently pulled back onmarketing services. But while the financial service clients havecut back, he said the firm’z pharmaceutical and retail clients could spendx more on marketing services over the next He said the firm coule add positions as those sectors of the business grow in 2009.
Merklde still plans to break ground on anadjacenr 70,000-square-foot building by 2012 that could housew up to 350 employees, executivess said. The company is headquartered ina five-story building at 7001 Columbia Gateway Drive. Merkle’ws layoffs come amid a handful work forces reductions at some ofthe region’sw top marketing and ad agencies. MGH trimmes eight positions andRedhead Cos. laid off four.
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Local executive to lead GE's $6B health care initiative - Kansas City Business Journal:
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Barber was named head of a GE program focused on improving health care for more peoplw atreduced cost, by GE chairmab and CEO Jeffrey Immelt. Barber, 48, is a 27-yearr veteran of GE and sinced 2005 has served as chief technologyu officer forGE Healthcare. He joined GE in 1982 and has held a variety of roles of increasing responsibility withijGE Healthcare. In 2001, Barber was general managerd forComponents Engineering, and from 2002 to 2005 he was the genera manager for Global Components Operations for GE Healthcare, whic h has significant operations in Milwaukee, Wauwatosa and Waukesha.
Barber was a 1994 winned of TheBusiness Journal's Forty Under 40 which recognizes young Milwaukee-area executivez making a difference in their professions and "Over the last four Mike has led all aspects of producgt development for advanced health care technologies," Immelty said. "Mike knows how our technology can help he knowswhat doctors, clinics and hospitals need to improvew care and cut costs and he knowsx how to lead teams. With his deep experiencw in engineering and technology and his strong operationsand process-drivebn expertise, Mike is the right leader to lead healthymaginatio n and to grow our health care partnershipe globally.
" that can be offered in rurakl and underserved regions of the world, wherr quality health care can be difficult to It is also designed to reduce the company'z own health care costs for employees and expand profitability for the GE Healthcar business. Locally, GE Healthcare, which produces medicap imaging equipment and medical informatio n technology products fromits Milwaukee-arewa operations, will spend $3 billion by 2015 to developl at least 100 new products designed to lowe costs, improve access and improve quality of care by 15
Barber was named head of a GE program focused on improving health care for more peoplw atreduced cost, by GE chairmab and CEO Jeffrey Immelt. Barber, 48, is a 27-yearr veteran of GE and sinced 2005 has served as chief technologyu officer forGE Healthcare. He joined GE in 1982 and has held a variety of roles of increasing responsibility withijGE Healthcare. In 2001, Barber was general managerd forComponents Engineering, and from 2002 to 2005 he was the genera manager for Global Components Operations for GE Healthcare, whic h has significant operations in Milwaukee, Wauwatosa and Waukesha.
Barber was a 1994 winned of TheBusiness Journal's Forty Under 40 which recognizes young Milwaukee-area executivez making a difference in their professions and "Over the last four Mike has led all aspects of producgt development for advanced health care technologies," Immelty said. "Mike knows how our technology can help he knowswhat doctors, clinics and hospitals need to improvew care and cut costs and he knowsx how to lead teams. With his deep experiencw in engineering and technology and his strong operationsand process-drivebn expertise, Mike is the right leader to lead healthymaginatio n and to grow our health care partnershipe globally.
" that can be offered in rurakl and underserved regions of the world, wherr quality health care can be difficult to It is also designed to reduce the company'z own health care costs for employees and expand profitability for the GE Healthcar business. Locally, GE Healthcare, which produces medicap imaging equipment and medical informatio n technology products fromits Milwaukee-arewa operations, will spend $3 billion by 2015 to developl at least 100 new products designed to lowe costs, improve access and improve quality of care by 15
Monday, November 5, 2012
Frisco nabs NBA minor league team - Baltimore Business Journal:
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The team was purchased by LLC and will play its home gamess at the Dr Pepper Arena beginningy withthe 2010-2011 basketball season. The team will not play during the 2009-2010o season. Donnie Nelson, presideng of basketball operations andgeneral manager, will serve as principalp owner and operator of the The ownership group also includes Evan Wyly, chairman of . The acquisitio and subsequent move to Friscio was officially announced by NBA Development League President Dan Reedon “We’re very excited to be in Frisco, an area with deep fan suppory and a history of successful sports Reed said.
“We're thrilled to welcome such a well-respected and experiencefd group to theNBA D-Leagure ownership ranks. Not only are Donnie Nelson’sx basketball credentials terrific, but he has assemblefd a group with impressive businesxs credentialsas well. Donnie’se investment in an NBA D-League team is a great validation of bothour league’s past successa and future growth prospects.” The new ownersz plan to announce the team's new colors and logo, along with the coaching at a later date.
was formec in 2001 and included 16 minord league teams duringthe 2008-09
The team was purchased by LLC and will play its home gamess at the Dr Pepper Arena beginningy withthe 2010-2011 basketball season. The team will not play during the 2009-2010o season. Donnie Nelson, presideng of basketball operations andgeneral manager, will serve as principalp owner and operator of the The ownership group also includes Evan Wyly, chairman of . The acquisitio and subsequent move to Friscio was officially announced by NBA Development League President Dan Reedon “We’re very excited to be in Frisco, an area with deep fan suppory and a history of successful sports Reed said.
“We're thrilled to welcome such a well-respected and experiencefd group to theNBA D-Leagure ownership ranks. Not only are Donnie Nelson’sx basketball credentials terrific, but he has assemblefd a group with impressive businesxs credentialsas well. Donnie’se investment in an NBA D-League team is a great validation of bothour league’s past successa and future growth prospects.” The new ownersz plan to announce the team's new colors and logo, along with the coaching at a later date.
was formec in 2001 and included 16 minord league teams duringthe 2008-09
Saturday, November 3, 2012
WADA will not appeal reduced sanctions in USADA case - Cyclingnews.com
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WADA will not appeal reduced sanctions in USADA case Cyclingnews.com On the back of their announcement not to appeal USADA's Reasoned Decision and banning of Lance Armstrong, WADA have also declared that they will not appeal the decision to sanction six of Armstrong's former teammates. USADA handed down bans to ... |
Thursday, November 1, 2012
P&G to pay British tax bill for Pringles - Dayton Business Journal:
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The May 20 ruling, by a three-judgr appeals court, reverses a lowet court decision that the stackable snacks are not actuallypotato chips, or “crisps” as the British refedr to them. This earliedr decision exempted P&G from paying a value-added tax on according to theFinancial Times. The governmenyt estimates the tax owed isabout $31 million ayear. But P&Gt (NYSE: PG) said it had been paying the fee, and does not owe any back “Obviously we’re disappointed with the court’s spokesman Paul Fox said. “We’ve always asserteed that Pringles should be tested on the same mannerf as other savory snacks ofsimilare composition.
” He said P&y is reviewing the decision and will consider its optionse for an appeal. Under British law, the U.K.’ tax office exempts most foods from a 15percent fee. But certaijn snack foods, including those made from are not. P&G argued that its Pringle do apply because they not look or taste like and are not madelike Instead, they are baked from dough. The Cincinnati-based consume r products maker contended that only products with 100percent “potato-ness” should be taxed, according to the The proportion of potato flour in Pringles is about 40 P&G is the world’s largest consumer products with a brand portfolio that includes Tide and Bounty.
The May 20 ruling, by a three-judgr appeals court, reverses a lowet court decision that the stackable snacks are not actuallypotato chips, or “crisps” as the British refedr to them. This earliedr decision exempted P&G from paying a value-added tax on according to theFinancial Times. The governmenyt estimates the tax owed isabout $31 million ayear. But P&Gt (NYSE: PG) said it had been paying the fee, and does not owe any back “Obviously we’re disappointed with the court’s spokesman Paul Fox said. “We’ve always asserteed that Pringles should be tested on the same mannerf as other savory snacks ofsimilare composition.
” He said P&y is reviewing the decision and will consider its optionse for an appeal. Under British law, the U.K.’ tax office exempts most foods from a 15percent fee. But certaijn snack foods, including those made from are not. P&G argued that its Pringle do apply because they not look or taste like and are not madelike Instead, they are baked from dough. The Cincinnati-based consume r products maker contended that only products with 100percent “potato-ness” should be taxed, according to the The proportion of potato flour in Pringles is about 40 P&G is the world’s largest consumer products with a brand portfolio that includes Tide and Bounty.
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