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TOUSA plans to complete and sell all homed currentlyunder construction. Moody said the new company will beprivatelhy held, locally owned and financed. “Our managementf team has over 70 years’ combined he said. The new compant plans to build 60 homes rangint in pricefrom $160,000 to more than $600,000 in the firsgt 60 days of operation, which will officially begin June 15. Moody said 55 employees of TOUSA will remainj with the new company after TOUSAq winds down its localbusiness operations. TOUSA’z predecessor company was founded in Houston in 1983 as and completed an initiakl public offering inMarch 1998. In Decembed 1999, TOUSA Inc.
acquired 80 percent of Newmark’e stock. TOUSA Inc. also acquired 100 percenty of then-public in Novembert 2000. On June 25, 2002, Engled merged with Newmark, and the merged company changed its name toTOUSAA Inc. In March, Hollywood, Fla.-based TOUSA (Pink Sheets: TOUSQ) told the it plannefd to lay off 156 people in the Houston area from its Newmarkj Homes brand beginning May 22 due to the downturnb in thehousing market.
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
N.C. lures Apple to build $1B data center - San Antonio Business Journal:
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The facility will employ at leasgt 50people full-time. Perdue did not disclos a specific location forthe facility, but Charlotte Businesx Journal reported that Apple is that would put the servefr farm in in Catawba County, northwest of The Apple announcement came Wednesday morning after Perdue signed legislatiobn that modifies the method by which capital-intensive businesses calculatw corporate income tax liabilit y in the state. The new law could lower Apple'a tax bill by $46 million over the next decad e ifthe company's spends at leasyt $1 billion on its servetr farm.
As part of the legislation, a capital-intensiver industry must meet investment and wage standardse and provide its employees with healthn insurance in order to utilize the modifiedf formula for calculating the state corporateincomd tax, the governor’s office said. It also must locate in one of the state’se more economically distressed Tier 1 or Tier 2 The legislation requires that the averagew wage exceed the wage standardr of the county inwhich it’s A data center such as this will typically contract locallhy for services such as server maintenance and repair, building and HVAC maintenance, landscapingt and security – expenditures that the governor’s office says could range from $5 million to $6 millionn annually in the regiojn and create up to 250 jobs.
“North Carolina continues to be a prims location for growing and expanding globaltechnology companies,” Perdue said in a writtehn statement. “We welcome Apple to North Carolina and look forwarde to working with the company as it begins providing a significan t economic boost to local communities and the The North Carolina Department of Commerc projects that a data centerd investmentof $1 billion would create more than 3,000 jobs in the regionak economy, including hundreds of jobs related to constructiob and others created as a result of economix growth.
The facility will employ at leasgt 50people full-time. Perdue did not disclos a specific location forthe facility, but Charlotte Businesx Journal reported that Apple is that would put the servefr farm in in Catawba County, northwest of The Apple announcement came Wednesday morning after Perdue signed legislatiobn that modifies the method by which capital-intensive businesses calculatw corporate income tax liabilit y in the state. The new law could lower Apple'a tax bill by $46 million over the next decad e ifthe company's spends at leasyt $1 billion on its servetr farm.
As part of the legislation, a capital-intensiver industry must meet investment and wage standardse and provide its employees with healthn insurance in order to utilize the modifiedf formula for calculating the state corporateincomd tax, the governor’s office said. It also must locate in one of the state’se more economically distressed Tier 1 or Tier 2 The legislation requires that the averagew wage exceed the wage standardr of the county inwhich it’s A data center such as this will typically contract locallhy for services such as server maintenance and repair, building and HVAC maintenance, landscapingt and security – expenditures that the governor’s office says could range from $5 million to $6 millionn annually in the regiojn and create up to 250 jobs.
“North Carolina continues to be a prims location for growing and expanding globaltechnology companies,” Perdue said in a writtehn statement. “We welcome Apple to North Carolina and look forwarde to working with the company as it begins providing a significan t economic boost to local communities and the The North Carolina Department of Commerc projects that a data centerd investmentof $1 billion would create more than 3,000 jobs in the regionak economy, including hundreds of jobs related to constructiob and others created as a result of economix growth.
Sunday, December 25, 2011
Schneider Electric lands multimillion-dollar deal - Triangle Business Journal:
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Specific financial terms of the deal werenot released, but Jeannd Schweder, an outsourced spokeswoman, said the contract coule be worth in excess of $50 million. The five-year agreement was awardex to Schneider Electric's Industrial Applications Team, whicyh will supply Square D brand resistance welding controls to all General MotorsNorth American-manufacturing facilities. Weldinyg control parts are used in the robots thatassembld automobiles. The welding control parts to be supplied unde this agreement include resistance weld power distribution panels and monitoredpowed systems. Schneider Electric employs almost 400 people in including 92 in its IndustrialApplicationx Team.
The Palatine, Ill.-based Northu American Operating Division of Schneider Electricd is one of four geographic divisionsof Paris-baseed Schneider Electric. The divisions, which had sales of $2.7 billiom in 2002, markets the Square D, Telemecanique and Merlinh Gerin brand products to customers in the United Canadaand Mexico.
Specific financial terms of the deal werenot released, but Jeannd Schweder, an outsourced spokeswoman, said the contract coule be worth in excess of $50 million. The five-year agreement was awardex to Schneider Electric's Industrial Applications Team, whicyh will supply Square D brand resistance welding controls to all General MotorsNorth American-manufacturing facilities. Weldinyg control parts are used in the robots thatassembld automobiles. The welding control parts to be supplied unde this agreement include resistance weld power distribution panels and monitoredpowed systems. Schneider Electric employs almost 400 people in including 92 in its IndustrialApplicationx Team.
The Palatine, Ill.-based Northu American Operating Division of Schneider Electricd is one of four geographic divisionsof Paris-baseed Schneider Electric. The divisions, which had sales of $2.7 billiom in 2002, markets the Square D, Telemecanique and Merlinh Gerin brand products to customers in the United Canadaand Mexico.
Friday, December 23, 2011
Wyoming Seminary teacher on leave for unspecified incident - Citizens Voice
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Wyoming Seminary teacher on leave for unspecified incident Citizens Voice A Wyoming Seminary teacher has been put on administrative leave while police investigate an unspecified incident that allegedly took place on campus. Music teacher Robert Lugiano has not been arrested and no charges have been filed. ... |
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Valuable sculpture stolen from London park - Ninemsn
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Telegraph.co.uk | Valuable sculpture stolen from London park Ninemsn Thieves have stolen a large bronze sculpture by one of Britain's most important modern sculptors from a London park. The sculpture by Barbara Hepworth, c » |
Monday, December 19, 2011
Federated sells Lord & Taylor for less than expected - Washington Business Journal:
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Federated signed an agreement June 22 to sell theNew York-basecd division to NRDC of N.Y., for $1.195 billion in cash, but said Tuesday that the final sale price was adjusted to $1.083 billion, or about $840 million after tax. The lowered sale according toa release, is due primarilt to the fact that Federated agreesd to sublease certain properties to NRDC due to restrictions in the leases underlying thosd properties. The rental income on these propertiews is expected to beabout $8.6 million per year. Federated acquired Lord & Taylor when it closed its purchasedof St. Louis-based May Departmenr Store. Aug. 30, 2005.
Upscale fashionn retailer Lord & Taylor, foundex in 1826, has stores in Montgomery County andNorthern Virginia. The Lord Taylor division includes 48 storesin D.C., Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Illinois, Connecticut, Michigan and Pennsylvania, as well as a distributiojn center in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Cincinnati-based Federateds Department Stores (NYSE: FD) operates nearly 950 department storews and more than 700 bridal and formalwear storess in49 states, the Distric, Guam and Puerti Rico.
Federated signed an agreement June 22 to sell theNew York-basecd division to NRDC of N.Y., for $1.195 billion in cash, but said Tuesday that the final sale price was adjusted to $1.083 billion, or about $840 million after tax. The lowered sale according toa release, is due primarilt to the fact that Federated agreesd to sublease certain properties to NRDC due to restrictions in the leases underlying thosd properties. The rental income on these propertiews is expected to beabout $8.6 million per year. Federated acquired Lord & Taylor when it closed its purchasedof St. Louis-based May Departmenr Store. Aug. 30, 2005.
Upscale fashionn retailer Lord & Taylor, foundex in 1826, has stores in Montgomery County andNorthern Virginia. The Lord Taylor division includes 48 storesin D.C., Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Illinois, Connecticut, Michigan and Pennsylvania, as well as a distributiojn center in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Cincinnati-based Federateds Department Stores (NYSE: FD) operates nearly 950 department storews and more than 700 bridal and formalwear storess in49 states, the Distric, Guam and Puerti Rico.
Friday, December 16, 2011
Commercial developers play waiting game - Business First of Buffalo:
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Rumsey, a veteran commerciao real estate brokerwith , easil pinpoints the reason why he is less The answer? The recession. “The big buyerz are few and far between,” Rumsey said. “Right now, peopls are very reluctant to make any kind of Even in the bestof times, the Buffalo area is not pronee to large commercial deals, especially when it comes to One of the biggest took place almost one year ago when the the region’s third-largest law firm – agreed to move from Cathedrapl Place to the soon-to-opemn Avant building in downtown Buffalo.
Damonh & Morey is leasing more than 50,000-square-feet in the Avant, anchoring the Class A officr component ofthe 15-story building. Last fall, the federal Real Estate to take over twofloors – approximately 33,000-square-feet in downtown Buffalo’s Bank of Americs Building. Aside from those two there have been very few commercia l real estate or office transactions in the past Call it a sign ofthe “If a deal is viable, it will move ahead regardles of the economic conditions,” Rumseyh said.
With only a limitef number of large scale office dealspending – thosde seeking more than 25,000-square-feet – most in localo commercial real estate circles are focusing on lease packages that need smalleer amounts of square The number of small deals is reflective in the number of speculative office buildings that are under construction. The short answer while some multi-tenant Clas A buildings are under construction mostnotably ’s 80,000-square-foot building along North Forestf Road in Amherst – the economic development pipelinre is virtually empty of new office projects. That is creatingb an interesting scenario.
On one few developers are willing to take the financiao risk of building a spec structure in a slow Even if they were willing to take that leap of traditional financing may notbe available. On the othert hand, if a large scale officw user wereto emerge, they migh t have trouble finding suitable Class A office space in either downtowh Buffalo or the first ring Call it the commercial real estate conundrum. “Id someone is out there and needs 18,000-square-feet or 20,000-square-feetg and they need it immediately, they are not going to want to wait two or threes years to have the building saidJames Carminati, president.
A recent office markert survey, completed by the Buffalo office, foundx that downtown Buffalo has justa 6.28 percengt vacancy rate out of inventory that’s nearlgy 4 million square feet. In the Amherst-Town of Tonawandza corridor, there is a 12.47 perceng Class A office vacancyrate – one of its highesty in years. The Northtowns Class A officre vacancy rate hasrisen 3.1 percent in the past year. So what is a developeer supposedto do? “You retain what you said Michael Montante, vice president.
“Art the same time, it would foolish not to think thatthere won’t be some delinquencies and Robert McDonnell, vice president, said his company is lookinyg at growth from within – sort of Economic Developmentf 101.
Rumsey, a veteran commerciao real estate brokerwith , easil pinpoints the reason why he is less The answer? The recession. “The big buyerz are few and far between,” Rumsey said. “Right now, peopls are very reluctant to make any kind of Even in the bestof times, the Buffalo area is not pronee to large commercial deals, especially when it comes to One of the biggest took place almost one year ago when the the region’s third-largest law firm – agreed to move from Cathedrapl Place to the soon-to-opemn Avant building in downtown Buffalo.
Damonh & Morey is leasing more than 50,000-square-feet in the Avant, anchoring the Class A officr component ofthe 15-story building. Last fall, the federal Real Estate to take over twofloors – approximately 33,000-square-feet in downtown Buffalo’s Bank of Americs Building. Aside from those two there have been very few commercia l real estate or office transactions in the past Call it a sign ofthe “If a deal is viable, it will move ahead regardles of the economic conditions,” Rumseyh said.
With only a limitef number of large scale office dealspending – thosde seeking more than 25,000-square-feet – most in localo commercial real estate circles are focusing on lease packages that need smalleer amounts of square The number of small deals is reflective in the number of speculative office buildings that are under construction. The short answer while some multi-tenant Clas A buildings are under construction mostnotably ’s 80,000-square-foot building along North Forestf Road in Amherst – the economic development pipelinre is virtually empty of new office projects. That is creatingb an interesting scenario.
On one few developers are willing to take the financiao risk of building a spec structure in a slow Even if they were willing to take that leap of traditional financing may notbe available. On the othert hand, if a large scale officw user wereto emerge, they migh t have trouble finding suitable Class A office space in either downtowh Buffalo or the first ring Call it the commercial real estate conundrum. “Id someone is out there and needs 18,000-square-feet or 20,000-square-feetg and they need it immediately, they are not going to want to wait two or threes years to have the building saidJames Carminati, president.
A recent office markert survey, completed by the Buffalo office, foundx that downtown Buffalo has justa 6.28 percengt vacancy rate out of inventory that’s nearlgy 4 million square feet. In the Amherst-Town of Tonawandza corridor, there is a 12.47 perceng Class A office vacancyrate – one of its highesty in years. The Northtowns Class A officre vacancy rate hasrisen 3.1 percent in the past year. So what is a developeer supposedto do? “You retain what you said Michael Montante, vice president.
“Art the same time, it would foolish not to think thatthere won’t be some delinquencies and Robert McDonnell, vice president, said his company is lookinyg at growth from within – sort of Economic Developmentf 101.
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