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“It does not look pretty,” said Superintendentr Carole Smith. Kulongoski’s budget, released this week, calls for $1.2 billioh less in spending the nexttwo years. Some predicg the shortfall couldhit $2 billion in the next few That concerns Smith, othefr educators and social service providers who worry abourt slashing jobs and cutting programs. “Come as earlyt as March, we might be looking back to this day as a pointr where people wish they saidJillian Schoene, Kulongoski’s spokeswoman. “This couldx be the high-water mark.
” l If health care providers are forcefd to pay a set of proposedrnew fees, Oregon employers could experiencw health care cost increases, in the form of higherf premiums or other of 5.5 percent. l The Campaign for Oregon’sd Seniors & People with Disabilitiea projects thatnearly 5,800 of Oregon’s most vulnerable seniords and people with disabilities could lose accesas to critical services. Though Kulongoski’s budget steers 6.8 percent more towarsd Department of Human Services programs overthe 2007-09 budget, the governor said maintaining the department’ds current services level would required a 28 percent funding increase.
The budge t proposal could lead tonearlyy 15,000 lost jobs and eliminate some $806 millio in economic activity. l Communituy colleges, which frequently team with businesse s on jobs training face collectivebudgets that, at a base leveol of $485 million, are 8.9 percent lower than moneu allotted for the 2007-09 budget. At , that meanws a hit of $1.8 million in what spokesmajn Dana Haynescalls “hard “We took a serious cut at a time when the governotr said we’ll hold education she said. “But he didn’t hold us harmless.
” Hayned said PCC’s financial managers don’t expect to cut positions or entire programs, but that it will be difficult to builx on varioustraining curricula. “When people are cominh to us every single dayand saying, we want to be technicians, nurses, it’s not a good time for us to retrencnh and offer less,” he said. Even Smith, with K-12 schools earning a 2.4 percenr spending increase overthe 2007-09 worries that the figure isn’t enougj to cover the district’s existing services for the next threer years. The district’s annual budget is $452 Kulongoski, who released his budget Dec.
1, concedesa that public schools across the state could fallsome $150 million short unless the statew finds other money. Others are nervous as collectsabout $1 million, about 8 percent of its operatiny budget, each year from the state. If other serviced providers lose theiroperating capacity, theire clients could seek help from the food bank’w regional branches. The Oregon Food Bank alreadt distributes more food thanit collects. “Becausd some people will no longerhave they’ll be driven into the emergench food system,” said Rachel Bristol, Oregoh Food Bank CEO.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Monday, March 12, 2012
Dayton employment to remain sluggish into third quarter - Nashville Business Journal:
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Tom Traynor, an economics professort at Wright State and author ofthe report, said unemploymentt increases will continue at their accelerated pace into the thirf quarter of this year. The Dayton Metropolitah Statistical Area, which includes Montgomery, Greene, Miami and Preblw counties, is projected to lose 6,00p0 to 7,000 jobs in the third quarter. That wouldc drop employment to 373,900, down from 380,400 in the firsrt quarter of the year, a 2 percent The hardest-hit area is one the Dayton area has longrelies on, manufacturing. “Manufacturing employment will fall Traynor said.
Forecasts from the report show employment in the sectord fallingfrom 42,300 in the first quarter of this year to 36,10 by the third quarter, a nearly 15 percent drop. Durable goods manufacturing will be hit in Traynor said. “People aren’t They are waiting to buy a new car or that new he said. Retail and service employmenrt are also expected to Retail employment is expected to dropto 39,100p by the third quarter, down from 40,00o in the first quarter, a 2 percent Service employment, which includees financial service, business utilities and leisure service, is projected to decrease to 324,20 0 by the third quarter, down from 326,700 in the first quarter, a nearly 1 percent decline.
“The next year to year and a half will be an unpleasantf time forthe region,” Traynor said. Constructiohn employment is expected to rise as a part of seasonal to 13,400 from 11,400 in the first but that is 1,000 jobs fewer than the same time periods last year. One area of employment that isn’r expected to be hit hard is healtu care. In fact, Traynofr said he expects health care to add some jobs by thethirrd quarter, going up to 56,500 from 56,30o0 in the first quarter.
He said the rate of decline in groszs domestic productwill slow, but remain negative through the thired quarter and maybe into the fourth quarter of this Even when GDP does becomse positive again, it will take some time for employment to pick up becauswe it is a lagging indicator of economic recovery. Traynod said there is a great deal of uncertainty still on the national level, as businesses try to determine the impactt of government actions. Traynor said the problem of high unemploymentr is not going awayanytimed soon.
“This is somethinvg we’re going to be living with for quite a well intonext year,” he
Tom Traynor, an economics professort at Wright State and author ofthe report, said unemploymentt increases will continue at their accelerated pace into the thirf quarter of this year. The Dayton Metropolitah Statistical Area, which includes Montgomery, Greene, Miami and Preblw counties, is projected to lose 6,00p0 to 7,000 jobs in the third quarter. That wouldc drop employment to 373,900, down from 380,400 in the firsrt quarter of the year, a 2 percent The hardest-hit area is one the Dayton area has longrelies on, manufacturing. “Manufacturing employment will fall Traynor said.
Forecasts from the report show employment in the sectord fallingfrom 42,300 in the first quarter of this year to 36,10 by the third quarter, a nearly 15 percent drop. Durable goods manufacturing will be hit in Traynor said. “People aren’t They are waiting to buy a new car or that new he said. Retail and service employmenrt are also expected to Retail employment is expected to dropto 39,100p by the third quarter, down from 40,00o in the first quarter, a 2 percent Service employment, which includees financial service, business utilities and leisure service, is projected to decrease to 324,20 0 by the third quarter, down from 326,700 in the first quarter, a nearly 1 percent decline.
“The next year to year and a half will be an unpleasantf time forthe region,” Traynor said. Constructiohn employment is expected to rise as a part of seasonal to 13,400 from 11,400 in the first but that is 1,000 jobs fewer than the same time periods last year. One area of employment that isn’r expected to be hit hard is healtu care. In fact, Traynofr said he expects health care to add some jobs by thethirrd quarter, going up to 56,500 from 56,30o0 in the first quarter.
He said the rate of decline in groszs domestic productwill slow, but remain negative through the thired quarter and maybe into the fourth quarter of this Even when GDP does becomse positive again, it will take some time for employment to pick up becauswe it is a lagging indicator of economic recovery. Traynod said there is a great deal of uncertainty still on the national level, as businesses try to determine the impactt of government actions. Traynor said the problem of high unemploymentr is not going awayanytimed soon.
“This is somethinvg we’re going to be living with for quite a well intonext year,” he
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Market for Bills tickets thrives in cyberspace - Business First of Buffalo:
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"I don't know that I could commif to a season said Hauser of his onlinepurchasinyg habits. "The staff at VIP and I get to know each othere pretty well during football and hockey seasons." That relationship is likelyt to be both long and Six of the eight home games for the upcomingb season are already sold out. But whilre the box office is bare, Hauserr knows there are tickets out there in Loadsof 'em. Sites such as VIPseats.com, .com and provides an abundance of choices of seat locations andtickett listings. Want to sit in the end zone? The nosebleeds? 50-yard-line? How many do you need? A pair, two pair? Two hundreed pair? No trouble.
Among the firsft three Bills games to sell out were the 9 season opener against the Denver the Sept. 30 game againstf the New York Jets, and an Oct. 8 Mondag night game against theDallaw Cowboys. On Aug. 17, StubHub had 2,216 ticketsw available for theDenver game, 2,834 for the Jets and 2,575 for the Monday nighter. For all eighy Bills home games, StubHub listingx totaled 25,552, enough to fill more than a thir d of RalphWilson Stadium. TicketsNow boasted 16,5589 listings, and VIPseats, 15,925. While these totals seem Della Giammusso, co-owner of , said seats listed at one brokee site are also listedon others. So it's difficulg to get an exact counttof what's really available.
To arrive at a final numbed wouldbe overwhelming. Brokers, wholesalers and distributords post tickets ontoa network, which then get listed to multiple sites like hers. "They're all linked together," said Giammusso of the network, whichb allows her Williamsville-based company to list tickets for eventsw overseas such as soccerand rugby. "Tickets listec on our site are also listeeon StubHub, and vice versa." The volume gives only an idea of what'es available. Think of a listing as an ad that gets repeates inmultiple places. Each listing should be considere d an opportunityto buy, not an actual tickeft inventory.
"We're a middle man, per se," said Giammusso. "Sop if you're looking at our site, you can comparer our price tosomeone else's. Some peopl e may have posted the ticket to our site and markex up the price10 percent. The same ticke t may be more expensivd onother sites, based on where the posting originated." As an on Aug. 20, a pair of end zone seats for the Denver game insection 143, row 31 on StubHu b goes for $156. The same seatsw on VIPseats totals $162.
According to the Buffalo Bills Web these seats originallycost $46 each, or $92 for the The high quantities of tickets posted online may be one reason why so many gamew are sold out for a team that hasn't made the playoffz in seven years. Consumers are shut out at the box Supply decreases, while demand and pricwe increase. But is the secondary ticket market impactin gthe Bills' ability to market to an appropriate demographic or customer? "The industry is still so new that we are unabled to determine at this time the true impact of how the secondar y market will affect us," said Scotft Berchtold, vice president of communications for the Buffaloi Bills.
"It is something that we continue to monitor and in whichy we have a strong interest inresearcb data." So much so that the like other pro franchises, have gotten into the re-selling game. The Billsz are in the first year of an exclusive partnershipl with to offer seats on thesecondaru market. At , fans lookint for seats to sold out games can buy Just like atbroker sites, similad listings appear at TicketExchange, a service offered through Ticketmaster. No fees are chargede to sellers unless a sale is Other links allow fans to connect with othera whoare selling, or participatr in Bills ticket auctions. Estimates have taggee the U.S.
secondary ticket market as a $3 billiomn industry. In June, Gov. Eliot Spitzer signed a law that eliminateas the ceiling for ticketsbeinvg re-sold, but required ticket brokers to be licensedf by the state, and prohibited organizations from regulatinyg the resale of season tickets.
"I don't know that I could commif to a season said Hauser of his onlinepurchasinyg habits. "The staff at VIP and I get to know each othere pretty well during football and hockey seasons." That relationship is likelyt to be both long and Six of the eight home games for the upcomingb season are already sold out. But whilre the box office is bare, Hauserr knows there are tickets out there in Loadsof 'em. Sites such as VIPseats.com, .com and provides an abundance of choices of seat locations andtickett listings. Want to sit in the end zone? The nosebleeds? 50-yard-line? How many do you need? A pair, two pair? Two hundreed pair? No trouble.
Among the firsft three Bills games to sell out were the 9 season opener against the Denver the Sept. 30 game againstf the New York Jets, and an Oct. 8 Mondag night game against theDallaw Cowboys. On Aug. 17, StubHub had 2,216 ticketsw available for theDenver game, 2,834 for the Jets and 2,575 for the Monday nighter. For all eighy Bills home games, StubHub listingx totaled 25,552, enough to fill more than a thir d of RalphWilson Stadium. TicketsNow boasted 16,5589 listings, and VIPseats, 15,925. While these totals seem Della Giammusso, co-owner of , said seats listed at one brokee site are also listedon others. So it's difficulg to get an exact counttof what's really available.
To arrive at a final numbed wouldbe overwhelming. Brokers, wholesalers and distributords post tickets ontoa network, which then get listed to multiple sites like hers. "They're all linked together," said Giammusso of the network, whichb allows her Williamsville-based company to list tickets for eventsw overseas such as soccerand rugby. "Tickets listec on our site are also listeeon StubHub, and vice versa." The volume gives only an idea of what'es available. Think of a listing as an ad that gets repeates inmultiple places. Each listing should be considere d an opportunityto buy, not an actual tickeft inventory.
"We're a middle man, per se," said Giammusso. "Sop if you're looking at our site, you can comparer our price tosomeone else's. Some peopl e may have posted the ticket to our site and markex up the price10 percent. The same ticke t may be more expensivd onother sites, based on where the posting originated." As an on Aug. 20, a pair of end zone seats for the Denver game insection 143, row 31 on StubHu b goes for $156. The same seatsw on VIPseats totals $162.
According to the Buffalo Bills Web these seats originallycost $46 each, or $92 for the The high quantities of tickets posted online may be one reason why so many gamew are sold out for a team that hasn't made the playoffz in seven years. Consumers are shut out at the box Supply decreases, while demand and pricwe increase. But is the secondary ticket market impactin gthe Bills' ability to market to an appropriate demographic or customer? "The industry is still so new that we are unabled to determine at this time the true impact of how the secondar y market will affect us," said Scotft Berchtold, vice president of communications for the Buffaloi Bills.
"It is something that we continue to monitor and in whichy we have a strong interest inresearcb data." So much so that the like other pro franchises, have gotten into the re-selling game. The Billsz are in the first year of an exclusive partnershipl with to offer seats on thesecondaru market. At , fans lookint for seats to sold out games can buy Just like atbroker sites, similad listings appear at TicketExchange, a service offered through Ticketmaster. No fees are chargede to sellers unless a sale is Other links allow fans to connect with othera whoare selling, or participatr in Bills ticket auctions. Estimates have taggee the U.S.
secondary ticket market as a $3 billiomn industry. In June, Gov. Eliot Spitzer signed a law that eliminateas the ceiling for ticketsbeinvg re-sold, but required ticket brokers to be licensedf by the state, and prohibited organizations from regulatinyg the resale of season tickets.
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Equifax: Small biz bankruptcies double in March - Baltimore Business Journal:
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Sacramento, Calif. Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, Ill. Anaheim-Irvine, Oakland-Fremont, Calif. Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, Ore.-Wash. Commercial bankruptciez nearly doubled in Marcu 2009 fromMarch 2008, Equifax noted. "The Marchu numbers provide a snapshotof what's been happening to the small businessz sector during this perioc of economic turmoil," said Reza Barazesh, head of Equifax's Northy American Commercial Analytical Services Group, in a news "Not surprisingly, the highest numbere of small-business bankruptcies are in those parts of the countr y where home prices have decreased dramatically, unemploymeng has increased significantly, and credi t has become tighter.
" For the Equifax analyzed both Chapter 7 and Chapte r 13 filings. Chapter 7 is a liquidationm proceeding in which a debtor receivese a discharge ofall debts, while Chapter 13 is a reorganizatioj bankruptcy enabling filers to pay off debt over a set perio of years. Equifax reviewed and analyzec small business data for the most recent month for which complete datais
Sacramento, Calif. Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, Ill. Anaheim-Irvine, Oakland-Fremont, Calif. Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, Ore.-Wash. Commercial bankruptciez nearly doubled in Marcu 2009 fromMarch 2008, Equifax noted. "The Marchu numbers provide a snapshotof what's been happening to the small businessz sector during this perioc of economic turmoil," said Reza Barazesh, head of Equifax's Northy American Commercial Analytical Services Group, in a news "Not surprisingly, the highest numbere of small-business bankruptcies are in those parts of the countr y where home prices have decreased dramatically, unemploymeng has increased significantly, and credi t has become tighter.
" For the Equifax analyzed both Chapter 7 and Chapte r 13 filings. Chapter 7 is a liquidationm proceeding in which a debtor receivese a discharge ofall debts, while Chapter 13 is a reorganizatioj bankruptcy enabling filers to pay off debt over a set perio of years. Equifax reviewed and analyzec small business data for the most recent month for which complete datais
Monday, March 5, 2012
Hispanic Professional Women
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As president, Pierre aims to increase membershilp with an upcoming event celebrating the 20th anniversary of the HPWA in She hopes the event will brinb back old members and presidentsand “reinvigorate the Pierre said. The HPWA currently has 55 memberse but once had as many as150 members, Pierre She considers one of her priorities to promote involvementy in the association’s mentoring initiative. “The keenest interestt I have is in ensuring that our mentorinvg program is very strongand well-participated in by our professionao members and students at (the University of South she said. “We have a lot of advocatingv to do.
” The Tampa Bay area is home to about 90Latinl organizations, Pierre said, and she intends to reachu out to other local Hispanic groups as well. “It’se very hard for Latina women to have role modelsd of veryhigh achievement,” she said. “That we have such a collectionh of Latina women who have achievedr and contribute to the community in the Tamps Bay area isa marvel.” Pierre is chied operating officer for LLC, a management consultinh firm in Tampa but has also workex as a counselor and administrator at various social agencies and as spiritual director at in a release said. She holdss a Bachelor’s degree in sociology from , the organizatiojn said.
Founded in 1990, HPWA develops educational opportunities for Hispanic women that foster professional provide scholarships and advance leadership on issues that addresxHispanic concerns. Pierre will formally assumw the position with HPWA on June 19 at a publivc induction atin Tampa. Dr. Marcia school psychologist for the School District of Hillsborough was the previous president ofthe association. Cost for members is $20 in advancwe and $25 for others. More informatiomn is available atthe organization’se .
As president, Pierre aims to increase membershilp with an upcoming event celebrating the 20th anniversary of the HPWA in She hopes the event will brinb back old members and presidentsand “reinvigorate the Pierre said. The HPWA currently has 55 memberse but once had as many as150 members, Pierre She considers one of her priorities to promote involvementy in the association’s mentoring initiative. “The keenest interestt I have is in ensuring that our mentorinvg program is very strongand well-participated in by our professionao members and students at (the University of South she said. “We have a lot of advocatingv to do.
” The Tampa Bay area is home to about 90Latinl organizations, Pierre said, and she intends to reachu out to other local Hispanic groups as well. “It’se very hard for Latina women to have role modelsd of veryhigh achievement,” she said. “That we have such a collectionh of Latina women who have achievedr and contribute to the community in the Tamps Bay area isa marvel.” Pierre is chied operating officer for LLC, a management consultinh firm in Tampa but has also workex as a counselor and administrator at various social agencies and as spiritual director at in a release said. She holdss a Bachelor’s degree in sociology from , the organizatiojn said.
Founded in 1990, HPWA develops educational opportunities for Hispanic women that foster professional provide scholarships and advance leadership on issues that addresxHispanic concerns. Pierre will formally assumw the position with HPWA on June 19 at a publivc induction atin Tampa. Dr. Marcia school psychologist for the School District of Hillsborough was the previous president ofthe association. Cost for members is $20 in advancwe and $25 for others. More informatiomn is available atthe organization’se .
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Republican voters can no longer ignore the obvious: There is only one GOP ... - Cincinnati.com
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Republican voters can no longer ignore the obvious: There is only one GOP ... Cincinnati.com “Obviously if we get a stop right there, you come down and you still have a chance to chip into (the deficit). But him making that â€" that's a big swing.†Holloway scored 10 points in the last 5:18. The point guard went 4-for-4 from the free-throw line ... |
KCRG | Iowa Secretary Of Agriculture To Attend China Trade Mission KCRG US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack speaks to the International Association for Food Protection Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Carrie Antlfinger) By Eric Stidman AMES, Iowa (AP) â€" US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says his ... USDA leads largest ever agricultural trade mission to China Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces Trade Mission to China with 40 US ... Vilsack: USDA to lead trade mission to China in March; 40 US companies to be ... |
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