Wednesday, September 29, 2010

California foreclosures drop - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

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The rate was second to Nevada, which saw a whoppingh rate of one foreclosure for everyh 64 homesin May, according to ’s monthly foreclosurew report, released Thursday. Florida came close to Californiaw witha 1-in-148 foreclosure rate, followed by Arizona (one in 158) and Utah (one in Nationwide, one in every 398 homesw received a foreclosure filin g in May, down 6 percenr from April but up nearly 18 percent from May 2008. In 92,249 properties were foreclosedin May, the highestr total of any state and up nearly 23 percent from May RealtyTrac reported. Bank repossessions in California were down 1 percent from the previouxs month and defaults were down 18 percent theservice said.
Scheduled auctions were up 18 In California, the hardest-hit metro areas were Stockton (one in 68 housinvg units), Modesto (one in 71), Riverside-Sa n Bernardino (one in 75), Merced (one in 78), Bakersfield (one in 94) and Vallejo-Fairfielfd (one in 101). Those areads were all on RealtryTrac’s top 10 worst metroi areas nationwide.

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Top Real Estate Sales Transactions - Triangle Business Journal:

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paid $113.4 million for 10 office and flex buildinga in the Imperial Center corporate park in Durhamon Dec. 27, 2007. It was the investmeny group’s first property purchase in the Triangls andthe region’s largest sales transaction duringh the SPACE awards Crown bought the properties from of Des Moines, the company that has been the financial backed for Durham-based in the development of Imperia Center since the park’s inception in 1983. The deal includef the sale of the Bedford, Commerce, Edinburgh, Essex, Exchange, Oxford, Royal and Windsor Place buildings, as well as a 3-acree undeveloped lot and land surroundinggthe buildings. The buildings have a combines 1.
58 million square feet of leasableofficre space. Principal Financial still has ownership in 10 buildings inImperiall Center. Triangle brokers representing the seller were Greg Sanchezx and Angus McDonaldof , Paul Collins and Jud Ryan of Cassidg & Pinkard Colliers of Washington, and Chris Norvell, Brad Corsmeier, Jim Allairr and David Finger of in of Raleigh, along with jointy venture partner DLF, acquire d the Forum Office Park in north Raleign for $112 million on April 3, 2008. Situated on abouty 19 acres near the intersection of Six Forka andStrickland roads, the park has five Clase A office buildings totaling 635,000 squars feet of space and structured parkinh for tenants.
was the seller and had been the financiall backer of the partners with of Raleigh in the developmentt of the Forum sincer acquiring theForum I, Forum II and Forum III buildingx and remaining land in 1998. Forum IV was completed in and Forum V was builtin 2007. Highwoodsa contributed about $11 million in equity to the joint venture for 25 percent ownership Highwoods also is leasing and managing the which includetenants Allscripts, and .
Highwoods CEO Ed Fritsc h and Vice PresidentThomas “Skip” Hill led the negotiationd on behalf of the Will Yowell and Jay O’Meara of in along with Don Shupe of CB Richard Ellias in Cary, represented the Detroit-based acquired the five Venture Centedr office buildings and a 1,700-space parkingb deck on ’s Centennial Campus for $105 millioh on Dec. 27, 2007. The portfolii of buildings was constructed between 1999 and 2003 by of Cary and comprisees a totalof 478,000 square feet of office The seller of the properties was under the advisement of , whicbh had owned the properties sincwe 2002.
GE was represented by Colliers Pinkard in Raleigh and byPaul Collins, William Drew Flood and Jud Ryan of Cassidy & Pinkarfd Colliers of Washington, D.C. Tenants at Venture Centetr include , , Red Hat, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Craig Davie Properties has maintained leasinb and property management duties of the VentureCenter

Sunday, September 26, 2010

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Saturday, September 25, 2010

D.C.-area unemployment rate falls to 5.6% - Washington Business Journal:

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percent, but was still way up from 3 percenft unemployment inApril 2008, according to the latest numbers from the . The unemploymeng rate is still lowerthan April’s nationapl unemployment rate of 8.6 percent, not seasonally adjusted, which was up from 4.8 percent a year earlier. In the there were about 168,800 people looking for work and unable tofind it, down from abourt 176,000 in March. All 372 metropolitan areas posted highert unemployment rates than a year and 93 areas had rates of at leasft10 percent. The D.C. area was one of 117 areas that postex rates below7 percent, down from 347 areasa in April 2008. Unemploymenf in D.C.
itself continuecd to stay out of the double digitds in April witha 9.3 percent rate and about 29,900 peoplre looking for work. Those numbersz are a snapshot of conditions in and not smoothed out to account forseasonap trends. Virginia’s unemployment rate sunk to 6.6 percent in April, with aboutt 275,000 people out of work and Maryland’es rate also dropped to 6.6 percent, with about 194,200 people looking for jobs.
Those numbers don’t reflecyt discouraged workers, who choose to retire, go back to schoopl or stay homewith children; nor do they included people working part-time who want to be working full In April the jobless rate was at least 15 percenrt in 13 metro areas, nine of which were in and 31 areas had rates belosw 5 percent.

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Ritter signs bills on driver texting, worker leave for school events, Pinnacol - Denver Business Journal:

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Another measure signed by the governor creates a special committee to study the operations ofPinnacoo Assurance, Colorado’s largest worker’s-compensation insurer. . House Bill 1057, sponsored by Rep. Andy Kerr, requires employers to give workers up to 18 hours of parenta leave per year toattend parent-teacher conferences and otheer school-related events. Under the bill, parentsz must notify employers about academic activities at leasgt one weekin advance. Seasonak employees and companies with fewer than 50 workers are excluded fromthe bill’as requirements.
Employers can also deny leave for workers whose absence would cripple operations if the leave were Events covered by the billinclude parent-teacher conferences; special-educatioh services; dropout prevention; and attendance, truancy and disciplinary Some business groups and Republicans opposed the legislation, sayinbg it imposes more regulations on businesses in a time when they couldn’tg afford it. • House Bill sponsored by Rep. Claire Levy, D-Boulder, bans cell-phone use by motoriste under 18 and prohibits any drivers from sendingtext messages.
The bill originall y barred adult drivers from using handheld cell phones whilwin transit, but the legislation was weakened by a Senat e conference committee in early May amid growing Ritter was slated to sign the bill into law Monday night in Fort Collins. • Senate Bill 281, sponsored by Sen. Brandom Shaffer, D-Longmont, forms a special committee to studh Pinnacol, the state’s largest worker’s-compensation The measure once was part of a plan to raidnearlty $500 million in reserves from Pinnacol to coverr shortfalls in the state’sa budget and avoid cuts in higher But lawmakers decided not to siphom the reserves after Pinnacol executives threatened to sue and after Rittee indicated he would not support the Supporters of the legislation maintained that even though the plan fell it would still be a good idea to look into whether Pinnacol’s quasi-governmental structure is working for the state.
Businesse groups, including the Colorado Association of Commerce and opposedthe legislation, saying that Pinnacol isn’t broken and doesn’t need to be fixed. House Bill 1035 expands sales-tas refunds for bioscience and clean-tecj companies that purchase equipment used in the research and developmen of new technologiesand products. Supportersz say the legislation will help ensure continuee investmentsin “clean-tech” researcn and development and the continued growtj of startup and spinoff companies that create high-payinfg jobs.
• House Bill 1242 provides tax credit to philanthropists who donate to Colorado research Supporters said the legislation wouldd help research initiatives that could ultimately benefitthe state’se economy. • HB 1363 designates Colorado’zs unemployment insurance division asan “enterprise” under the Taxpayer’ s Bill of Rights (or TABOR). Supporters say the measure letsthe state’s unemployment insurance fund to function betteer for businesses and workers and puts the statwe budget process on more stable ground for futurde planning.
• HB 1338 prohibits insurance companies from using genetif testing for setting premiums or blocking individualsa fromobtaining insurance. .

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

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Monday, September 20, 2010

Artromick International poised for growth in digital health-care age - Business First of Columbus:

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It’s a simple truth aboutf such projects that’s the key to future growth for Columbus-based : “If they don’t have our they’re not going the last 5 yards,” said Paul Guth, the company’s president and chief operating officer. Artromick is a more than 30-year-olrd company that makes a range of products forthe long-term and acute-carwe markets, notably medication and emergency carts. The company’s cartx have been a staple for decades innursinv homes, where it has an estimatedd 75 percent share of the product market. up until recently, counted on that long-term care markef for the bulk ofits revenue.
Guth, who joinefd the company in 2004, estimatesz roughly 80 percent of sales as early as five years ago came from workinvgwith independent, or “closed-door,” pharmacies that supply nursing homes. Fast-forwarsd half a decade and only about 40 percent of its revenue comeas fromthe long-term care industry – the rest comes from growing markets that provide as much opportunity as challenge. Thosee challenges haven’t eased as the recession makes its mark on the Fiveyears ago, exports accounted for less than 10 percen of Artromick’s sales. They now make up 20 percent, Guth The company sells its products to 40 countries and was named a top exporter bythe .
But the largesr area of growth isin hospitals, which are showinbg more need for productsx that make costly electronic health-care system s portable and safe. Guth said the company has intensified its pushto design, develop and produces portable nurse stations and other products to line up with demand. Acutr care accounts for about 40 percent ofthe revenue, the same sharre as its long-standing long-term care business. “Long-terjm care has always been the biggest but we’re growing it as much as the industru allows,” Guth said. “It’s the hospital side that’s growin rapidly.
” That growth hit the spotlight on the 2008campaign trail, as Presidentf Barack Obama stressed in his platforn moving to electronic medical records. A $19 billion investment in that technolog y was included inthe $787 billionb economic stimulus package he signed earliert this year. While the company continues to see acutd care asa long-term growth the recession has put a markedd short-term squeeze on capital spending. That trend has taken a bite out of earningas and personnelat Ohio’s largest public company, The Dublin-based health-carw giant in recent months has easexd profit expectations and cut 1,300 jobs. Artromici hasn’t been immune.
“It definitely is slowing us down,” he “People are freezing their capitapl budgets, but by the time they get to the poin t of wanting to buyour product, they’vde spent millions and millions on software. They need our productf to finish it.” While Artromick’d products are a key cog in the health-carr industry at the pointg ofpatient care, the company hasn’rt just rested on that to get it throughy the recession. Artromick has expanded its onlinee shopping portal to sidestep the needfor customer-service representativew and pinpointed marketing dollars to target potentiakl clients surfing the Internet.
At the start of the it also rolled out what itdubbed “Artromick Capital,” a program for customers that offerzs leasing and monthly payment options for “We’re just trying to get them to be able to buy our Guth said.

Sunday, September 19, 2010

General Motors exits bankruptcy - Boston Business Journal:

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The new company has $11 billion in U.S. excluding $9 billion in preferred The company expects to go public next Chief Executive Fritz Henderson said during a news conferencweFriday morning. GM will cut an additionap 35 percent ofits U.S. management employeesz and 20 percent of salaried employees byyear end, Hendersoh said, adding he hasn’t calculatex the number of employees to be The company will cut its overall U.S. employment to abourt 64,000 by year end, down 30 percent from the currentf 91,000. GM filed for Chapter 11 bankruptc protectionJune 1. “Today starts a new era for General Motora and everyone associated with the Henderson said.
“Going forward, the new Generap Motors is fully committer to listeningto customers, respondinbg to consumer and market trends, and empoweringv the people closest to the customer to make the Our goal is to build more of the cars, truckds and crossovers that customere want, and to get them to marketr faster than ever before.” The new GM will have four core Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick and GMC. It will have 34 nameplatess next year, down from 48. •U.S. Treasury 60.8 percent. •UAW Retiree Medical Benefits 17.5 percent. •Canadian and Ontario 11.7 percent.
•The old GM: 10 Henderson said GM intends to repau its governmentloans “much sooner” than the 2015 due By the end of 2010, GM will operate 34 powertrain and stamping plants, down from 47 in 2008. And it expecte its plants to reach capacityduring 2011. Edwarxd Whitacre Jr. is the new company’xs chairman. The company eliminated its GM North Americahnpresident position, and Henderson takes responsibility for GM’d North American operations.
GM is based in

Friday, September 17, 2010

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Thursday, September 16, 2010

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Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Nancy C. Everett Executive Profile

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She is responsible for more than $130 billio n in assets held by the Generalo Motors benefit plans andseveraol non-affiliated clients. Everett joined Promark Global Advisorz as chief investment officer inJune 2005. She assumed the additionall responsibility of chief executive officer inJanuary 2006. she was chief investment officer for the Virginiaz Retirement System where she oversaw the investment ofthe $42 billiob pension fund. Everett was born in Ithaca, New She graduated in 1978 witha bachelor's degree in accounting from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and earnec the Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 1987.
Everetyt is currently a member of the InvestmentAdvisory Committee, Randolph-Maconb College and is a member of the board of trusteez of the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Business Foundatiomn where she serves on the Investment She sits on the board of director s for Pacific Pension Institute, is a member of the advisory boar d of The Rock Creek and a member of the Committee on Directors for Capitao International's Emerging Markets Growth Fund, Inc. She is also a memberf of the New York Stock Exchangre Pension Managers Advisory Committee and past president of the boarfd of directors of the Richmond Society ofFinanciak Analysts.
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Monday, September 13, 2010

Skylight Opera staff cuts bring protest - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

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The demonstration outside of thetheater complex, 158 N. saw a crowd of as many as 75 supportersd that had begun to gathetrbetween 7:30 a.m. and 8 a.m. By 10 the crowd had thinned out to little more thana dozen. The crowxd included former employees who saw their jobs eliminatedr by the Skylight earlier in the Attendees included former resident musicd director Jamie Johns and companh managerDiana Alioto. "We really gathered to celebrate our love of the saidJoel Kopischke, an actord and donor who has set up an onlinew petition asking the Skylight to reconsider its actions. The recessioh has "significantly impacted" the group's according to a pressd release Tuesday.
The Skylight also receives monetfrom UPAF, which raises operatingy funds for local nonprofit arts UPAF reduced its goal for 2009 by 15 perceng because of the economy, and the Skylighgt said that its own annual fundraising efforgt has seen a "similar fall-off." Skylight management and its board of directorx announced the elimination of five positions, includingt Bill Theisen, who saw his job as artistic director The cuts were being made in an effort to narrow a projected $200,000 deficit for the 2009-2010 The Skylight also said that it eliminated the company box office manager, assistant box office manager and The decision to eliminate the jobs was made after the Skylighgt had already cut $400,000 from the 2009-2010 according to a statement from board president Suzanne Heftyh that was posted to the group's Web site.
Hefty'ss statement did not provide details on how those reductione in expensewere made. Managing directo r Eric Dillner did not return a call Fridayfor comment. Dillner has become a lightning rod for criticism aimed at the Skylighrt for itsstaffing cuts, which Kopischke and Johnss said were made with little communicatiom to the staff or other stakeholders. according to Hefty's Dillner had become the subjectfof "personal threats." Her statement was an apparent effortt to placate further criticism of Dillner. "When Managinb Director Eric Dillner joined the Skylightlast year, he inheritefd a series of serious financialo challenges," Hefty's statement said.
"His goal continues to be to maintainjthe Skylight’s artistic excellence, but to do so in a financially responsibls manner. The restructuring decisiond were made by the Executive Committee of the not by anyone individual. The personapl threats that have been made against Eric are Asfor Theisen, who Johnas said was still working Friday on the Skylight's latesy production despite having his job eliminated, Heftyu said the Skylight was working to contract him as a stagr director in the 2009-2010 season. She did not say whethert Theisen would play a role in the entire seasonh or in justselect productions.

Saturday, September 11, 2010

Friday, September 10, 2010

Stimulus bucks set for infrastructure - Business First of Buffalo:

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million for infrastructure projects as part of the federalstimulus Gov. David Paterson last week announced that severakl local projects had been certified to meet federastimulus regulations. Project certifications are requirex in order to receivse thestimulus funding. The latest influx of government moneuy will be used for highway and bridge repairs in severalo Western NewYork counties. Total American Recovery and Reinvestmeng Act funding dedicated tothe region’xs shovel-ready transportation projects now totalw $43.3 million, the governor said. Bridge replacement and highway reconstruction inChautauqua County’sd city of Jamestown.
Four million dollarss in stimulus funds have been dedicatedd tothe $19.8 million project. • Repaving part of I-86 in the Southerm Tier, with $1.5 million in stimulus funds. • Repaving part of Routd 265/Military Road in Erie County, with $1.2 million in stimuluse funds. • Replacing nine traffic signals and 41 pedestriajn signals throughoutErie County, with $1.1 millio n in stimulus funds. • Repaving one mile on Nash Road in the town of Wheatfielf inNiagara County, with $900,000 in stimulus • Repaving 3.1 miles of Hartland Road in the town of Somerseft in Niagara County, with $800,000p in stimulus funds.
Other projects include drainage overhead sign replacements and sealingpavement cracks.

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Marlins ballpark financing pushed back - Philadelphia Business Journal:

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If commissioners approve the change, the three parties would have until early July to closeon financing, instead of the end of Miami-Dade County and the partieas also will be given until July 15, insteasd of July 1, to pull out of the The change that financing institutionb is requesting would affectg the way the letter-of-credit fees are paid. But, it woulcd not impact the projected financing expenditures the county commission alreadyhas reviewed, accordingv to a statement from County Manager George Burgess. The change would requirde an amendment to the bond ordinance that allowedr the county to issuw Professional Sports Franchise Tax and Tourisr DevelopmentTax bonds.
County commissioners will get a chancew to consider the changeds at a special meeting onJune 19. A publi c hearing and second reading is scheduled forJune 30. Burgessw also is working with Miami to modif y the deed on the stadium site to reflecty the change inthe deal’s new termination “Our confidence in the project and its underlyinf funding plan has not changed,” he said in the Burgess also wants to make “minor technical to the county deed that conveys two parcels to the city of Miamk for the stadium garage. In April, counth commissioners approved issuing bonds totaling a maximumof $536 milliohn toward construction of the $640 million, 37,000-seag ballpark.

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Chase bank hiring 200 in Milwaukee - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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New employees are workingf at theChase Tower, 111 E. Wisconsinb Ave., and are focused mainlu on negotiating new payment arrangements with homeownerd delinquent ontheir payments, said spokeswoman Christinre Holevas. Chase is one of the nation’s larges mortgage servicers with a portfolioof $1.5 trillion. The bank addede billions in mortgage business with the September 2008 acquisitiom ofWashington Mutual. The new hirexs include loan specialists, negotiators, underwriters and supervisors, Holevase said. Many already have started training. Chasw has about 1,400 employees in greater Milwaukee, and nearly 950 in Holevas said.
Chase, which is part of , New York runs 41 branches in themetropolitan area. In December 2008, Chase citede declining activityin home-equitty lending when it announced job eliminationsw by early February in its downtown Milwaukee home equityg servicing center. Some employees who were laid off earliet this year are likely among those being hiredr for the mortgageservicing functions, Holevas “We had terrific people and we want to get the best of those she said. Chase bank officials like the quality of employeezs in Milwaukee and theirwork ethic, Holevas said. She could not predicrt the longevity of thenew jobs.
“As the busines changes so do ouremployment needs,” Holevas “We staff according to customers’ needs.” As the numbert of foreclosures continues to rise Chase is far from the only bank to boost its stafv for handling troubled mortgages. Some banks, including M&I Marshall Ilsley in Milwaukee, have instituted foreclosurs moratoriums as they attempt to modify mortgagess toreduce payments. M&I’s foreclosure moratorium is schedulef to expire onJune 30.
In the past six M&I has increased by 50 percent its stafcf dedicated to assisting the increasing numbe of homeowners facingfinancialk stress, said Dick president of the bank’s Wisconsin community bank unit. He declinecd to disclose the number of jobsthat M&k has added. M&I works with homeownersz before they reach delinquency to avoid foreclosurs and also seeks solutions for homeowners alreadhin foreclosure, Becker said. Minneapolis-based , whicuh has the second-largest deposit market share in metropolitanh Milwaukee and services more than 1 millio nmortgages nationally, announced in March that it is constructinb a building in Owensboro, Ky., for its mortgag services unit.
The bank already employs 850 peopler in Owensboro and the new building will accommodate up to 300 new At the community bank the loan modification strategies are implementes on asmaller scale. For example, , increased its collections staff from two to threer plusa half-time employee to tackle the increased workload, said presidentt and CEO Doug Gordon. Collections employees review the home-owner’s financial situatiob in an effort toavoid foreclosure, Gordonh said. The employees discuss what the homeowner can affor for payments and whether the mortgage is he said.
The bank has successfully modified many mortgages and even stoppedf some foreclosures while they werein process, he “We’d much rather modifyy them — work with them than foreclose,” Gordon said. “Nobody wins in We don’t want to own the real estatre andthey don’t want to lose the real

Sunday, September 5, 2010

Milken Institute report gauges life sciences impact on Phila. area - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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The report, commissioned by several Philadelphia-area biotecjh and economic development organizations, found one in six jobs in the Philadelphi a region can be traced to the lifesciences industry. “Thed Greater Philadelphia region is seeing the return on the investmentas they have made in their lifesciencesa industry,” said Ross DeVol, directo of regional economics at the Milken Institute, an economic thinj tank in Santa Monica, Calif.
“Thes combined efforts of business, policty makers, academic institutions and entrepreneurs are shapingthe region’s futur as a top location for economic growth and high-wage The report comes out at a time when the region’ws smaller biotech companies are struggling to attractt capital. This year has alread seen of Horsham, Pa., sell it the board of in Plymouth Meeting, Pa., approve a dissolutionb plan, and (NYSE Alternext US:ILE) in Exton, Pa., announcer it was running out of cash andpursuinfg debtor-in-possession financing in connection with a possiblde bankruptcy filing.
The study’s “current impac composite index” category evaluates measures such asemployment level, relatived size and industry growth. The Philadelphia region — whichu for the study included partwsof Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland ranked second in the Milken Institute’s overall composite index, trailing only Boston and just aheadr of Greater San The overall composite index used the current impact score along with a ranking for a region’s pipelin of potential innovative new products and “small business vitality indices” to rank what the study describes as the elite “life sciences” clusterxs in the country.
Philadelphi was ranked third overall when the Milke Institute last conducted a studyin 2005. In other categories, Philadelphi a retained its third place rankinb for innovation pipelines and moved to third from fifthy for life scienceswork force. The region had its lowesgt ranking, ninth, in the study’s small business vitality The study foundthe region’s life sciencea directly employed 94,400 workers and generated $7.7 billioj in direct earnings.
“It’s encouraging that the report recognizewsthe region’s capacity for innovationn and entrepreneurship and that access to risk capital has increasexd during the past five years,” said Barbara managing director and CEO of BioAdvance, the Philadelphia-baseed operator of the Biotechnology Greenhouse of Southeasternj Pennsylvania. “The findings also reinforce our belief that there are additional opportunitieds for regional partners to leveragweGreater Philadelphia’s resources, to creatde new businesses that foster medical innovation and at the same time contributde to a strong regional economy.
” The Milken Instituts Study was commissioned by Pennsylvania Bio, BioAdvance, Selectr Greater Philadelphia, BioNJ, Greater Philadelphia Life Scienceds Congress, Delaware BioSciences Association, PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Pharmaceutical Researcu and Manufacturers of

Saturday, September 4, 2010

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Friday, September 3, 2010

Ivy Tech schedules hearing on tuition - St. Louis Business Journal:

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in the fourth floor auditoriu m of the North Meridiajn Center atIvy Tech’s downtown Indianapolies campus. The campus is located 50 W. Fall Cree k Parkway North Drive. The 2008-09 in-state studentf tuition rate is $95 per credit hour with a $40 per-semestefr technology fee. The proposed rates are $99.65 per credi t hour with a $50 per-semester technology fee for the 2009-1p0 year and $104.55 per credig hour and $60 per-semester technology fee for the 2010-111 year. The cost for full-timse students, who take 15 credit hours, woul d increase by $79.75 per semester in 2009-10 and by $83.
50 in Indiana residents who want to addressz the committeebut can’t are encouraged to send writteh comments to Bob Holmes, vice president for finance and treasuree of the college, at bholmes@ivytech.edu or mailed to him at the Ivy Tech Communitu College, 50 W. Fall Creelk Parkway North Drive, Indianapolis, 46208. Ivy Tech, the state’s community collegre system, operates 23 campuses in Indiana, including a Southern Indianq campusin Sellersburg.