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and Fort Worth, Texas, have ratified new, three-year contracts. The agreements covet more than 900 employees at the two breweries and provided wage and pension increases over the course ofthe “Our members overwhelmingly ratified these contractas at MillerCoors because they provide stability for theitr families,” said Jack Cipriani, director of the Teamsters Brewer and Soft Drink Workers Conference, which represents workers at the “For the next thred years, our members at MillerCoors know that their wages and pensiobn benefits will increase, which is saying a lot in today’ss economy.
” The contracts call for no health care cost increasesw for workers in the first year of the contracg and only minor increases for the secons and third years, according to the union. The new deal also guarantees that employees who have retired or who will retire duringy the course ofthe three-yeaer contracts won’t be required to pay health care “We value all generations of our so we made sure that therd were improvements for both activre members at MillerCoors and the retirees who had paved the way befores with their long yeare of service,” Cipriani said. The Teamstersw union represents 1,200 MillerCoors workere nationwide.
The union also represents workers at the MillerCoors breweryin Irwindale, Calif. Negotiations for a new contracf covering employees at the plant areunder way. MillerCoors is a joint venture betweenm MillerBrewing Co., Milwaukee, and Coors Brewing Co., Colo., that launched in July 2008. MillerCoors operates a majodr brewery and regional officeon Milwaukee’s west Workers at the Milwaukee brewery are represented by Brewerh Workers Local 9 of the Unitedx Auto Workers union.
Monday, October 8, 2012
Saturday, October 6, 2012
Fliers like airlines less and less - Boston Business Journal:
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of Westlake Village, Calif., foundd in an annual survey of airline customer s that their satisfactionfell again, for the third year in a row. This is the lowest level for four years, the companyt said. Though flyers said on-timr arrivals improved and waits at airlinecounters shortened, nevertheleses they were unhappy with new fees for checked bags, in-flightr services, and the attention given by flight attendants. J.D. Powerd studied airlines in twogroups — traditional and low-cost (NYSE: ALK) ranked highest in the traditionak carrier group, garnering 671 points out of a possible Second in that group was (NYSE: with 669 points.
(NASDAQ: UAUA) was belos the average of 626 pointx in the traditionalcarrier group, with just 604 points. (NASDAQ: topped the list of low-cost carriers with 750 points out of with (NYSE: LUV) and tied for seconc place with 736 points.
of Westlake Village, Calif., foundd in an annual survey of airline customer s that their satisfactionfell again, for the third year in a row. This is the lowest level for four years, the companyt said. Though flyers said on-timr arrivals improved and waits at airlinecounters shortened, nevertheleses they were unhappy with new fees for checked bags, in-flightr services, and the attention given by flight attendants. J.D. Powerd studied airlines in twogroups — traditional and low-cost (NYSE: ALK) ranked highest in the traditionak carrier group, garnering 671 points out of a possible Second in that group was (NYSE: with 669 points.
(NASDAQ: UAUA) was belos the average of 626 pointx in the traditionalcarrier group, with just 604 points. (NASDAQ: topped the list of low-cost carriers with 750 points out of with (NYSE: LUV) and tied for seconc place with 736 points.
Friday, October 5, 2012
Big projects may get a little piece of stimulus package - Kansas City Business Journal:
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Although the $775 billiohn plan is far from beinf setin concrete, as little as $90 billion may be spentg on conventional infrastructure projects such as roads and said Charlie Sunderland, CEO of in Overland “And that’s over two said Sunderland, immediate past chairma n of the Chicago-based . “That wouldn’t make much of a dent for our Brian McCarthy, CEO of the Portlaned Cement Association, said the Obama administration was keepinhg details of the stimulus plan “pretty close to the vest.” “Butt I’ve heard the $90 billion figure, and I’ve heard $180 he said.
When askee whether the association was planning to lobbyfor more, Mc-Carthy said, “Of coursde we are.” Discussion of the stimuluxs plan comes at a time when local and state money for publicv infrastructure is dwindling and the global economic crisi is choking off financing for commercial Annual U.S. sales of cement, the primargy ingredient in concrete, are expected to fall to less than 90 milliom metric tons this year from a high of 130 million metric tonsin 2006, McCarthy As a result, he already has heard of about a half-dozen recent closings among the roughlt 100 U.S.
cement plants, and he said he expects “This is the biggest drop in terms of demandthat we’v seen, really, since the Depression,” Sunderland said. Founde d in 1882, Ash Grove Cement operates nine cementplantd nationwide. In anticipation of a 12 percent dropin U.S. cement demansd this year, following a 13 percent drop in 2008, Ash Groves suspended productionof clinker, which is ground to make Portland cement, at its plant in Idaho. About 45 of the plant’s 68 employees were laid off. “Thiw stimulus package couldn’t come at a bettedr time,” said Bill Clarkson Jr., vice president of both , a Kansass City-based heavy constructor, and .
“But I hope Charlis (Sunderland) is wrong” about how much will be committexdto infrastructure, Clarkson said. The Missouri and Kansas departments of transportation are nearinb the ends of their multiyear highway financing Clarkson said, and Missouri remains among the nation’s five worst statesz in terms of bridge deficiencies. “There’s also a lot of need on the Kansaw side,” Clarkson said. “Take U.S. 69 from I-435 north to 75th Streeyt in Overland Park. It’s in abysmapl shape, and the traffic count has doublerd within the last10 years.
” Ed executive director of the , agreef that there was plenty of local demand, as evidenced by a list of $781 million in ready-to-bid infrastructure projects recently compiled by officials in Kansas City alone. Of that doesn’t include the $2.5 billion in sewed improvements needed in Kansas DeSoignie said. U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, plans to help address that need by seeking atleastr $25 billion in federal stimuluds money for water and sewer projecte nationwide.
DeSoignie said the latest he has heard from Washingtoj is that the stimulus package will end up inthe $700 billionh to $900 billion range and that it will be split roughly in thirds amongt infrastructure, tax cuts, and aid to cities and state Medicaidd programs. Unfortunately for heavy constructors, DeSoigni e said, the infrastructure pieces may be split agai n among roadsand bridges, watef and sewer projects, green initiatives, even librarty projects and information technology for hospitals.
He said the grou p hasn’t been given any numbers for the If traditional infrastructure is givenshoryt shrift, heavy constructors will have another opportunitu via the federal highway bill, which is up for reauthorization in the But Congress could put off the reauthorization by passingg continuing resolutions that hold spending to currentr or reduced levels. “They could put the wholr thing off while this stimulus money is outtherwe churning,” DeSoignie said.
Although the $775 billiohn plan is far from beinf setin concrete, as little as $90 billion may be spentg on conventional infrastructure projects such as roads and said Charlie Sunderland, CEO of in Overland “And that’s over two said Sunderland, immediate past chairma n of the Chicago-based . “That wouldn’t make much of a dent for our Brian McCarthy, CEO of the Portlaned Cement Association, said the Obama administration was keepinhg details of the stimulus plan “pretty close to the vest.” “Butt I’ve heard the $90 billion figure, and I’ve heard $180 he said.
When askee whether the association was planning to lobbyfor more, Mc-Carthy said, “Of coursde we are.” Discussion of the stimuluxs plan comes at a time when local and state money for publicv infrastructure is dwindling and the global economic crisi is choking off financing for commercial Annual U.S. sales of cement, the primargy ingredient in concrete, are expected to fall to less than 90 milliom metric tons this year from a high of 130 million metric tonsin 2006, McCarthy As a result, he already has heard of about a half-dozen recent closings among the roughlt 100 U.S.
cement plants, and he said he expects “This is the biggest drop in terms of demandthat we’v seen, really, since the Depression,” Sunderland said. Founde d in 1882, Ash Grove Cement operates nine cementplantd nationwide. In anticipation of a 12 percent dropin U.S. cement demansd this year, following a 13 percent drop in 2008, Ash Groves suspended productionof clinker, which is ground to make Portland cement, at its plant in Idaho. About 45 of the plant’s 68 employees were laid off. “Thiw stimulus package couldn’t come at a bettedr time,” said Bill Clarkson Jr., vice president of both , a Kansass City-based heavy constructor, and .
“But I hope Charlis (Sunderland) is wrong” about how much will be committexdto infrastructure, Clarkson said. The Missouri and Kansas departments of transportation are nearinb the ends of their multiyear highway financing Clarkson said, and Missouri remains among the nation’s five worst statesz in terms of bridge deficiencies. “There’s also a lot of need on the Kansaw side,” Clarkson said. “Take U.S. 69 from I-435 north to 75th Streeyt in Overland Park. It’s in abysmapl shape, and the traffic count has doublerd within the last10 years.
” Ed executive director of the , agreef that there was plenty of local demand, as evidenced by a list of $781 million in ready-to-bid infrastructure projects recently compiled by officials in Kansas City alone. Of that doesn’t include the $2.5 billion in sewed improvements needed in Kansas DeSoignie said. U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, plans to help address that need by seeking atleastr $25 billion in federal stimuluds money for water and sewer projecte nationwide.
DeSoignie said the latest he has heard from Washingtoj is that the stimulus package will end up inthe $700 billionh to $900 billion range and that it will be split roughly in thirds amongt infrastructure, tax cuts, and aid to cities and state Medicaidd programs. Unfortunately for heavy constructors, DeSoigni e said, the infrastructure pieces may be split agai n among roadsand bridges, watef and sewer projects, green initiatives, even librarty projects and information technology for hospitals.
He said the grou p hasn’t been given any numbers for the If traditional infrastructure is givenshoryt shrift, heavy constructors will have another opportunitu via the federal highway bill, which is up for reauthorization in the But Congress could put off the reauthorization by passingg continuing resolutions that hold spending to currentr or reduced levels. “They could put the wholr thing off while this stimulus money is outtherwe churning,” DeSoignie said.
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Cedar Fair reports 'continuing' Great America sales talks with 49ers - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:
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In a release Monday, Cedar Fair said it had cut its dividens and completed a strategic review of its assets and decided to explore the possible sale of Worlddof Fun, in Kansas City, Mo., and Valleyfair in Shakopee, along with excess land in its Cleveland and Toront o markets. Great America is adjacent to thepropose 49ers' stadium in Santa Clara and Cedar Fair'xs objections to impact from that plan has been helped hold up the The company said it will lower its annual dividened to $1 per share, makinvg its quarterly distribution 25 centds a share, beginning in the second quarter.
The reducede dividend will enable Cedar Fair to lowerf its debt byabout $200 million in the next threse fiscal years and is the first step in its plan to cut debt and strengthenm its balance sheet, according to the release. “Althoug Cedar Fair has continued to reporg solid earnings and cash flowd with some of the best operatingv margins among regionalamusement parks, the boarde of directors is taking this actiom in order to retain additional cash flow to deliver the companu over the next several years,” Chairmanj and CEO Dick Kinzel said in the release.
“The current macrko environment requires us to balance the distribution of excess cash flow toour unit-holderd with the company’s strategic objectiver of strengthening our balance sheet.” Sandusky, Ohio-based Cedar Fair (NYSE:FUN) owns and operatees 11 amusement parks, six outdoor watedr parks, one indoor water park and five hotels.
In a release Monday, Cedar Fair said it had cut its dividens and completed a strategic review of its assets and decided to explore the possible sale of Worlddof Fun, in Kansas City, Mo., and Valleyfair in Shakopee, along with excess land in its Cleveland and Toront o markets. Great America is adjacent to thepropose 49ers' stadium in Santa Clara and Cedar Fair'xs objections to impact from that plan has been helped hold up the The company said it will lower its annual dividened to $1 per share, makinvg its quarterly distribution 25 centds a share, beginning in the second quarter.
The reducede dividend will enable Cedar Fair to lowerf its debt byabout $200 million in the next threse fiscal years and is the first step in its plan to cut debt and strengthenm its balance sheet, according to the release. “Althoug Cedar Fair has continued to reporg solid earnings and cash flowd with some of the best operatingv margins among regionalamusement parks, the boarde of directors is taking this actiom in order to retain additional cash flow to deliver the companu over the next several years,” Chairmanj and CEO Dick Kinzel said in the release.
“The current macrko environment requires us to balance the distribution of excess cash flow toour unit-holderd with the company’s strategic objectiver of strengthening our balance sheet.” Sandusky, Ohio-based Cedar Fair (NYSE:FUN) owns and operatees 11 amusement parks, six outdoor watedr parks, one indoor water park and five hotels.
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Room It Up Helps Retailers Capture Wide Markets With Their New Back to School 2009 Product Launch
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June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- As the impendinbg back to school season approachews lifestyle accessory brand Room It Up preparess to launch their biggest ever assortmengt for the season incompany history. "We have improve some of our key back to school itemx and added four limited edition prints to help our customers capture the widest of marketes for this everimportant season," says , Vice Presiden of Room It Up. Retailers will discover that the new collectiobn contains a print and style to satisfyany personality. Highlights of the assortmentf include new printsArgyle Prep, 80's Dot, Hearty Candy, Check It Out, Fun Flower and Merci.
Additionally, Room It Up is addinhg a newer, sleeker design to the populad mini andlarge backpacks, a roller sturdier 3 ring binders, printed cozy fleece, six new lap desk designsx and a 20% larger lunch tote remaining at last season'as pricing. Products in the new collection have been available currentlyfor pre-orde only on the Room It Up Retai Partner site since early April and the responser has been overwhelmingly positive. Stores are due to starty receiving their shipmentsthis week.
Room It Up plansx to show their new collection to retailers this summer in thei r new booth locations at the Atlanta GiftMart (Buildiny 3, 5-100), The New York Internationap Gift Fair (1734) and SURF Expo Orlando (2673). Room It Up products can be purchasef atover 5,000 specialty stores acros s the country, or directlhy online at . For more informationh regarding Room It Up please contacrat 772-919-7584 or .
Room It Up is a division of Primes SourceAccessories Inc, a privately held company located in Stuart, Room It Up designs and manufacturesw a coordinated lifestyle accessory collection designed to Personalizw Your Space featuring theie patented lap desks, back to school essentials, travel totes & cases, home and closet fleece throws and much more! Room It Up productws are available in over 5000 retail stores across the Uniter States as well as numerouws countries around the world. This press release was issued through 24-7PressRelease.com. For further information, visit .
June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- As the impendinbg back to school season approachews lifestyle accessory brand Room It Up preparess to launch their biggest ever assortmengt for the season incompany history. "We have improve some of our key back to school itemx and added four limited edition prints to help our customers capture the widest of marketes for this everimportant season," says , Vice Presiden of Room It Up. Retailers will discover that the new collectiobn contains a print and style to satisfyany personality. Highlights of the assortmentf include new printsArgyle Prep, 80's Dot, Hearty Candy, Check It Out, Fun Flower and Merci.
Additionally, Room It Up is addinhg a newer, sleeker design to the populad mini andlarge backpacks, a roller sturdier 3 ring binders, printed cozy fleece, six new lap desk designsx and a 20% larger lunch tote remaining at last season'as pricing. Products in the new collection have been available currentlyfor pre-orde only on the Room It Up Retai Partner site since early April and the responser has been overwhelmingly positive. Stores are due to starty receiving their shipmentsthis week.
Room It Up plansx to show their new collection to retailers this summer in thei r new booth locations at the Atlanta GiftMart (Buildiny 3, 5-100), The New York Internationap Gift Fair (1734) and SURF Expo Orlando (2673). Room It Up products can be purchasef atover 5,000 specialty stores acros s the country, or directlhy online at . For more informationh regarding Room It Up please contacrat 772-919-7584 or .
Room It Up is a division of Primes SourceAccessories Inc, a privately held company located in Stuart, Room It Up designs and manufacturesw a coordinated lifestyle accessory collection designed to Personalizw Your Space featuring theie patented lap desks, back to school essentials, travel totes & cases, home and closet fleece throws and much more! Room It Up productws are available in over 5000 retail stores across the Uniter States as well as numerouws countries around the world. This press release was issued through 24-7PressRelease.com. For further information, visit .
Monday, October 1, 2012
Sun, warm temps greet snow symposium - Business First of Buffalo:
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The is thinking snow. Seriously. The NFTA, through its Buffalo Niagara InternationalAirport operations, is hosting the 43rd annuap “Snow Symposium.” The gathering is expected to attract 700 peoplee from around the Northeast and, from Iraq, wherew they will discuss, review and learbn about the effective ways to removse snow from busy airports and This marks the 24th consecutive year Buffalk has hosted the meeting. The gathering is run by the Northeasty Chapter ofthe .
The conventiohn runs from April 25 to 29 and is usingf the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center asits “A snowstorm can cost a major airport more than a quarterf of a million dollars in removal said Lawrence Meckler, NFTA executive director. “The cost of delay s compounds that number.” Some of the highlights of the four-day convention includd the debut of more than 100 piecewof new, heavy duty snow remova l equipment. The pegs the economic impact of the snow symposiumat $732,000.
The is thinking snow. Seriously. The NFTA, through its Buffalo Niagara InternationalAirport operations, is hosting the 43rd annuap “Snow Symposium.” The gathering is expected to attract 700 peoplee from around the Northeast and, from Iraq, wherew they will discuss, review and learbn about the effective ways to removse snow from busy airports and This marks the 24th consecutive year Buffalk has hosted the meeting. The gathering is run by the Northeasty Chapter ofthe .
The conventiohn runs from April 25 to 29 and is usingf the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center asits “A snowstorm can cost a major airport more than a quarterf of a million dollars in removal said Lawrence Meckler, NFTA executive director. “The cost of delay s compounds that number.” Some of the highlights of the four-day convention includd the debut of more than 100 piecewof new, heavy duty snow remova l equipment. The pegs the economic impact of the snow symposiumat $732,000.
Saturday, September 29, 2012
N.J. tax amnesty brings revenue windfall - Pittsburgh Business Times:
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New Jersey expected to generate $100 millionm when the 45-day program was launched, but at its closwe last week had collected morethan $600 million in back taxesx owed. Final revenue could increase byanother $50 millionb to $100 million once the remaining 17,50p0 envelopes are opened and processed, the Governor’sz Office said. New Jersey’s program, whicy ran from May 4 to June 15, permitted those owingf back taxesfrom Jan. 1, 2002 and to Feb. 1, to settle up without penalty and for half the interest Of the collections processed to 56 percent were for the corporationbusiness tax, 23 percentt for sales and use taxes and 14 percent for grossz income tax.
A vote on a finapl budget for New Jersey isexpectes Thursday. Gov. Jon S. Corzine wouldr like to see the additional revenue be put towarx propertytax relief, which was slated to be eliminated for all but seniorws and the disabled to addressa an up to $9 billion deficig in fiscal year 2010. In Pennsylvania, state Rep. John C. Bear, is pitching legislation for a one-timed tax amnesty program as a budget fix forhis state. The bill woulrd permit a 90-day tax amnesty period during 2009-100 fiscal year. The bill is in the House Financew Committee.
“New Jersey has confirmed that this is a perfecft time for a tax amnesty progranm to succeedin Pennsylvania,” said “We are facing a $3.2 billion budgegt deficit and New Jersey’s successful program should vividly illustrate that such a program can collectf hundreds of millions in revenue, or more, already owed to the Pennsylvania’s last tax amnesty which occured more than a decadre ago, brought in $93 million, Bear said. Revenus from a tax amnesty program coul be used to addressthe state’s budget instead of Gov. Ed Rendell’s proposalk to raise the state income taxfrom 3.07 percent to 3.
57 percent, Bear The governor’s proposed 16 percent increase in the personal incomee tax rate would generate abouy $1.5 billion a year in new revenue and amoun t to about $250 more per year for a familyy earning $50,000. “Now — duringt this dire budget crisis — is the time for a new tax amnestyu program to be putin place,” Bear
New Jersey expected to generate $100 millionm when the 45-day program was launched, but at its closwe last week had collected morethan $600 million in back taxesx owed. Final revenue could increase byanother $50 millionb to $100 million once the remaining 17,50p0 envelopes are opened and processed, the Governor’sz Office said. New Jersey’s program, whicy ran from May 4 to June 15, permitted those owingf back taxesfrom Jan. 1, 2002 and to Feb. 1, to settle up without penalty and for half the interest Of the collections processed to 56 percent were for the corporationbusiness tax, 23 percentt for sales and use taxes and 14 percent for grossz income tax.
A vote on a finapl budget for New Jersey isexpectes Thursday. Gov. Jon S. Corzine wouldr like to see the additional revenue be put towarx propertytax relief, which was slated to be eliminated for all but seniorws and the disabled to addressa an up to $9 billion deficig in fiscal year 2010. In Pennsylvania, state Rep. John C. Bear, is pitching legislation for a one-timed tax amnesty program as a budget fix forhis state. The bill woulrd permit a 90-day tax amnesty period during 2009-100 fiscal year. The bill is in the House Financew Committee.
“New Jersey has confirmed that this is a perfecft time for a tax amnesty progranm to succeedin Pennsylvania,” said “We are facing a $3.2 billion budgegt deficit and New Jersey’s successful program should vividly illustrate that such a program can collectf hundreds of millions in revenue, or more, already owed to the Pennsylvania’s last tax amnesty which occured more than a decadre ago, brought in $93 million, Bear said. Revenus from a tax amnesty program coul be used to addressthe state’s budget instead of Gov. Ed Rendell’s proposalk to raise the state income taxfrom 3.07 percent to 3.
57 percent, Bear The governor’s proposed 16 percent increase in the personal incomee tax rate would generate abouy $1.5 billion a year in new revenue and amoun t to about $250 more per year for a familyy earning $50,000. “Now — duringt this dire budget crisis — is the time for a new tax amnestyu program to be putin place,” Bear
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