Consumer confidence retreats - The Business Review (Albany):

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Nationally, consumer confidence dropped sharplyin June, cutting into three monthw of gains that had seen the overallo index more than double. The Conference Board'sa Consumer Confidence Index fellby 5.5 points to 49.3 in June. Statewide, Florida’s consumer confidencw index for June fell three points last monthto 68, the resulrt of bad economic news includingf the bankruptcy of General Motors Corp., foreclosures and a spikd in Florida’s unemployment rate, according to a new Universit y of Florida poll.
While Floridians’ perceptions of personapl finances compared with a year ago is up three pointd to 44 from a revised May readingof 41, other perceptions were lowet than, or the same as, last month. For perceptions of U.S. economic conditions over the next year fell seveh pointsto 65, while perceptions of whether it’s a good time to buy big-ticke items fell nine pointe to 67. Perceptions of U.S. economidc conditions over the next five years remainecd unchangedat 80.
"Moving forward, we do not expecrt Florida consumer confidence to decline much more over the next couplwof months, barring some unforeseen change here in Floridw or nationally," Chris McCarty, director of UF’s Surveyh Research Center at the Bureau of Economivc and Business Research, said in a news release. McCarty cautioned the recovery is expected to be long and uneven for some sectors ofthe "With the demise of longstanding financialk institutions such as Lehman Brothers and manufacturing companies like Chrysle and GM, it is no longerf business as usual," he said.
The preliminary index for June was conducted from 430 It is benchmarked to so a value of 100 represents the same levep of confidence forthat

NH Theatre Project's Junior Repertory Company gets detention - The Union Leader

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NH Theatre Project's Junior Repertory Company gets detention The Union Leader New Hampshire Theatre Project's Junior Repertory Company presents “The Detention Club,” in which six high school students discover a bit about themselves and one another, in performances Friday, March 30, through Sunday, April 1, at the stage at 959 ... and more »

Blue Entertainment Sports Television to revive

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The original “The Superstars” show aired on ABC in the mid-1970sz as part of “Widde World of Sports.” The show was revived in 1993, 1998 and 2002, according to a news “One of the reasons why I love this show so much is because it was the originalreality show,” Michael managing director of Louisville-based said in an interview. He serves as co-executive producer of “The Superstars,” alonb with Juma president Robert Horowitz. “The show has the perfectf home with theABC networks, including and Disney. It gived us huge distribution opportunities.
” The program, whichg will premiere Tuesday, June 23, at 8 features eight celebrities paired with eightg professional male andfemale athletes, competinf in athletic challenges, including biking, running and kayaking. Soccer player Brandi Chastain and singer JulioiIglesias Jr. ESPN anchor John Saunders, formedr player Warren Sapp and “Inside the NFL” commentator Jenn Browjn will serveas hosts. The competition is being held at the Atlantisd Resort inthe Bahamas. Blue Entertainment Sports Television, a divisiobn of , is a television and live sportinyg eventsproduction company.
The company also specializes in sports marketing and agenyt representation for professional athletesand

Distribution of white students - Business First of Buffalo:

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• 1. Wyoming, 100.00% • 2. 99.57% • 3. Belfast, 99.52% • 4. Ripley, 99.19% • 5. Letchworth, 98.94 % • 6. Genesee Valley, 98.69% • 7. 98.64% • 8. Alexander, 98.57% • 9. Andover, 98.47%% • 10. Attica, 98.45% • 11. 98.23% • 12. Holland, 98.22% 13. Franklinville, 98.20% • 14. Sherman, 98.16%% • 15. Fillmore, 98.02% • 16. Starpoint, 97.93% • 17. 97.91% • 18. Eden, 97.90% • 18. Perry, 97.90% • 20. Alden, 97.85% • 21. East Aurora, 97.59 % • 22. Yorkshire-Pioneer, 97.47% • 23. Wellsville, 97.46 • 24. Wilson, 97.31% • 25. 97.12% • 26. Pembroke, 97.08 • 27.
Hinsdale, 97.01% 28. Scio, 96.98% • 29. 96.95% • 30. Bolivar-Richburg, 96.93% 31. Springville-Griffith Institute, 96.79% • 32. West 96.78% • 33. Hamburg, 96.75% • 34. Cassadagaw Valley, 96.70% • 35. Canaseraga, 96.67% • 36. 96.62% • 37. Bemus Point, 96.59% • 38. 96.57% • 39. Royalton-Hartland, 96.49% • 40. Pine Valley, 96.45% • 41. Alfred-Almond, 96.24% • 42. Iroquois, 96.11%% • 43. Ellicottville, 96.07% • 44. Tonawanda, 95.95%% • 45. Orchard Park, 95.94% • 46. Byron-Bergen, 95.89% 47. Frontier, 95.73% • 48. Cheektowaga-Sloan, 95.70%% • 48. Lewiston-Porter, 95.70% • 50. 95.
63% • 51. 95.47% • 52. Forestville, 95.33 % • 53. Cattaraugus-Little Valley, 95.29% 53. Pavilion, 95.29% 55. Chautauqua Lake, 95.24% • 56. West 95.19% • 57. Depew, 95.16% • 58. Friendship, 95.14% • 59. 95.02% • 60. North Tonawanda, 94.57 % • 61. Southwestern, 94.51% 62. Clarence, 94.39% • 63. Northj Collins, 94.23% • 64. LeRoy, 94.15% • 65. Oakfield-Alabama, 93.77% • 66. Grand Island, 93.61% • 67. 93.59% • 68. Allegany-Limestone, 93.34% • 69. Lyndonville, 92.91% • 70. Kendall, 92.28% • 71. Holley, 92.21% • 72. Fredonia, 92.13% 73. Cheektowaga-Maryvale, 91.99% • 74.
Kenmore-Tonawanda, 90.66% • 75. 89.29% • 76. Akron, 88.54% • 77. 87.59% • 78. Evans-Brant, 87.49% • 79. 86.78% • 80. Olean, 86.40% 81. Medina, 85.77% • 82. Elba, 84.71% • 83. Silver Creek, 82.68% • 84. Albion, 82.61% 85. Lockport, 81.90% • 86. Batavia, 81.39% 87. Jamestown, 79.94% • 88. Falconer, 78.53 % • 89. Amherst, 77.64% 90. Sweet Home, 76.58% • 91. Gowanda, 70.58% 92. Cheektowaga, 68.85% 93. Lackawanna, 67.58% • 94. Clevelandf Hill, 64.65% • 95. Salamanca, 62.25% 96. Niagara Falls, 55.59% • 97. 48.64% • 98. Buffalo, 25.
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Downtown at the Gardens faces foreclosure - Austin Business Journal:

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The 337,000-square-foot shopping complex openedr in 2005 with high hopes of capitalizintg on the wealthy residente of northern PalmBeach County, but it has lost many of its original tenants. Downtown at the Gardens is ownexby , a join venture between Skokie, Ill.-based and the . manageds the shopping center. Main tenants includes Cobb Theater, , the , TooJay’as and RA Sushi. Downtown at the Gardens was a successe initially, but a flawed design and expensive rent didit in, said Orin VP of ' retail services group in Boca People frequented the movie theater and restaurants on the exterior of the but the retailers on the insidr are dying because they get sparse foot he said.
"It wasn't designed to have a proper flow of traffic through the Rosenfeld said. "They need to get someonew inside there to drawpeople in." A message left at the managemen t office of Downtown at the Gardens was not immediately On July 1, BH AABE DATG, an affiliate of Boca Raton-basex and Rockville, Md.-based Berman filed a foreclosure complaint against , according to Palm Beach County Circuit Court records. It seeks foreclosured on the property, at 11701 Lake Victoria Gardens Ave., based on a mortgagd made for $140 million. The affiliats of Ashkenazy & Agus Ventures bought the shopping center’s mortgage from in January.
In it signed a modification agreemenrt withthe mall’s owner that requireds it to make a $3.3 million escroaw deposit as additional security until the property improves its debt services coverage ratio and its occupancgy rate. West Palm Beach-basecd attorney Gary M. Dunkel, who represents the Ashkenazy Agus Ventures inthe lawsuit, said Downtown at the Gardens Associatess missed the June 1 mortgag payment. He said the developer is workinh with his client on a smoot h transition to hand overthe property. They filedx a joint stipulated judgment of foreclosurde proposal withthe court. “My clientz are multigenerational realestate developers,” Dunkel said.
“Thei r intention is to invest in this project and revitalize Downtown at the They want to make it the significant project that it was expectedto

AirTran to add routes from Milwaukee - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

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AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of Orlando, Fla.-basede (NYSE: AAI), will offer one flightr daily from Mitchell to Indianapolis International Airport and PittsburghgInternational Airport, and add a second daily flight to Denver International Airport. In addition, AirTrab also announced that seasonal service from Milwaukee to Phoenix and toFort Lauderdale, Fla., will return on Nov. 19. “AirTran Airwayas is connecting these important business and leisure markets withour high-quality, all-Boeing jet service,” said Kevin senior vice president of marketin and planning.
“By offering affordable business class, complimentarg XM Satellite Radio and withina in-flight Internet on every flight, we’re raising the bar on what passengerw should expect from a low-cost airline.” By October, AirTrabn will offer 36 flights to 19 cities per day from

First Niagara pays back TARP funds - Business First of Buffalo:

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The Pendleton-based company (NASDAQ: FNFG), the parent of First Niagara Bank, has redeemed all $184 millioj received from the preferred stock purchased by the unded the Troubled Asset RelievfProgram (TARP). During its seven-month investment in First the government earned morethan $4.8 millionj in preferred stock exclusive of any value it may realize related to the repurchas e of the warrant by First said a company statement. In April, First Niagara raised $380.44 million in a follow-on stock offering.
Those coupled with another $115 millionb raised in October 2008, put the “company in a strongef capital position than that which existed prio r to the government investmentin November,” officials said. Firs t Niagara management also reaffirmeed its belief that itis “well positionedd to withstand extreme and unprecedented economic conditions, based on even more severse economic assumptions than those used by the in last month’s Supervisorh Capital Assessment Program, or stress tests, of the nation’x largest banks.
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Annapolis-Anne Arundel tourism agency using social media to attract visitors - Baltimore Business Journal:

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Prospective visitors will be able to access thevisitorxs bureau’s commercials on YouTube and share pictures on Flickr. The campaign will also include online trivia contest and online maps of touristr worthy areas in theAnnapolisa area. It will target residents from New Jersey, New Pennsylvania, Northern Virginia, and Maryland. “Oue goal is to immerse potential visitors in Annapolix and Chesapeake Bay experience so that we will bethe no-brainer choics when they book theier vacation,” said Connie Del president and CEO of AAACCVB. More than 5 million visitors came to Annapolis and Anne Arundelp County andspent $2.
3 billion in 2007, according to a Global Insight Report published in 2009.

Worldwide PC Microprocessor Revenues in 2011 Rise 13.2% Compared to 2010 ... - MarketWatch (press release)

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Worldwide PC Microprocessor Revenues in 2011 Rise 13.2% Compared to 2010 ... MarketWatch (press release) SAN MATEO, Calif., Mar 15, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Worldwide PC microprocessor revenues in the fourth calendar quarter of 2011 (4Q11) rose to $10.9 billion, up 1.8% compared to 3Q11 and up 14.2% compared to 4Q10, according to the latest PC ... and more »

Lamar to host New Student Orientation throughout June and July - Liberty Vindicator

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Lamar to host New Student Orientation throughout June and July Liberty Vindicator Lamar University invites new students planning to enroll in the fall to attend New Student Orientation on June 7, 14, 23 and July 14, 19, 26. Designed to assist new Lamar students in making a positive adjustment to university life, the event allows ...

Proxy Aviation takes off on mission to raise $40M - Washington Business Journal:

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The Germantown company has developed two pilotless aircraft models and softwar e that controls multiple vehicles in unisoj fromthe ground. One of thoswe models, the SkyRaider, carries a 1,000-pound payloa d and can fly with a pilottor unmanned. Global sale of unmanned aerialvehicles (UAV) are expected to be $2.7 billiobn next year and rise to $8.3 billion withibn a decade, says market research firm Teal Proxy CEO Don Ryan says the companuy is getting closer to tapping into those opportunities by demonstratin g the use of its technologies in several new ways. On Dec.
11, Proxyu will begin five days of automatex takeoffs and landings ata Yuma, military base under a research agreement with the Air The flights will take placs without any humans directing Proxy has run 60 SkyRaider flights, but all with a pilog onboard. In early December, Proxy initiated work under a $2 six-month Air Force contract to show how its SkyWatcu software can direct an unmanned fleet to collectively provide intelligence over an area and simultaneously fly the Proxy also started a yearlong contracy at the end of the summer witha "classified agency" to run simulated intelligence-gathering missions using its sensor-lade aircraft. Proxy wouldn't reveal more details.
Ryan says he's optimistic that the thred programs willyield results. "If they're satisfied and it comes through, we coule be contracted to provide tens of millionxs of dollarsin systems," he says. At $1.5 million per the SkyRaider doesn't come cheap. Proxy is likelyh to add about $1 million in revenue per vehicls by installing sensors providedd by the or other SkyRaider can carry weapons and devices thatcollect radar, heat-signaling and many other types of information. Ryan is so confidenr sales will comethat he's working with a builder on plans to construct a 40,000-square-fooyt manufacturing plant at a site near Eglinj Air Force Base in Florida.
Ryan expects to sign off on the planasin mid-2007. The company's headquarters will remainj here. Proxy would seek a third venturwe capital round ofabout $40 million to covefr the manufacturing costs. of New York and othe r unidentified backersinvested $5.25 million in 2004 and signed a second round in August that will deliverf a total of $20 million by the end of Analysts say changing military prioritiexs are pushing the unmanned flight busines to new heights. Ryan says he's had conversations with Departmenty of Homeland Security officials aboug using Proxy aircraft for tasks such asmonitorinh U.S. borders.
He also sees opportunities to sell SkyRaiderws to foreign countries but only afteer complying with export regulations that requirr the aircraft to work onlywhen

Oshkosh Corp. to hire hundreds for military work - Philadelphia Business Journal:

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The Oshkosh-based specialty truck manufacturer is also recallingt 550 to 650 employees at its JLG primarilyin Pennsylvania, to help produce 2,244 all-terrain vehicles (M-ATV) for the U.S. Army. Urgent deliveriesd of the vehicles are expectedr to beginthis month. Newly hired Wisconsin employees will work in where the company has four factories in itsdefense division. The recalled JLG workers will work primarilyin "We are using the combined resources of Oshkoshn Corp. to ensure that our bravee warfighters will havehighly mobile, durabld and survivable vehicles waiting for them when they arrive in said Robert Bohn, Oshkosh (NYSE: OSK) chairman and CEO.
"Adding new employeesz to our Oshkosh Defense employmen base and calling back skilled JLG employeezs at our underutilized JLG facilities will maximize our manufacturingb operations and accelerateour M-ATV deliveryh schedule."

Eating fish can keep your brain young - Globe and Mail

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Tampa medical records software firm wins key certification - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

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The certification is a "sea l of approval" for electroniv health record products, according to a releas by Emdeonand CCHIT, an independent nonprofit organizatio n that sets the benchmark for healtn care information technology. The product, Integry EHR, meets CCHITf ambulatory electronic health record criteriafor 2006, the release said. The product was testede and passed inspection on criteria that looked atits functionality, or the abilityg to create and manage electronic records for its interoperability, or the abilithy to receive and send electronic data to other entities such as and its security or ability to keep patients' informationm safe.
Emdeon Practice Services is a Tampa-baserd physician software business and a unit of Emdeon (NASDAQ: HLTH), an Elmwoo Park, N.J.-based provider of business, technology and informatio n solutions to the health care In February, Emdeon said it was evaluatinh strategic alternatives for its Practice Services and Business Serviced units, in connection with inquiries received from thirdr parties interested in buying the Late last month, Emdeon said it expected to wrap up that evaluationm in the second half of July.

Port Manatee and Panama Canal have a deal - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

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The goal of the two organizations is to increase tradre by soliciting shippers worldwide through collaborative marketing andinformationn sharing, a release said. The alliancr with the Panama Canal Authority formalizes a relationship Port Manatee has had for nearly 40 yeare and demonstratesthe canal’s confidence in Port Manatee’s future as a contained port, executives said in the That will eventually mean thousands of regionap jobs at the growing container port, McDonaldf said in the release. Two years ago the Panamaw Canal Authority broke grounsd onthe $5.25 billion Panamwa Canal expansion.
The project essentially doublesthe canal’s capacith with the creation of two new sets of locks, enhanced navigationa l features and the addition of new access channelx — all to accommodate larger post-Panamax-sizedf ships. Construction is expected to be complete in five Last year the and Manatee County government collaborated to create the Port ManateedEncouragement Zone. The EZ feature 3,700 acres of privately held land atPort Manatee’ds front gate, creating an intermodak distribution development opportunity. Local impact fees have been reducee or eliminated inthe zone, based on the type of developmenrt and quality and number of jobs the release said.
The Florida Departmenrt of Transportation is midway through a project design and the Legislature passedf a bill two weeka ago to extendPort Manatee’sw exemption from rules governing developments of regionapl impact and expediting what is usually a years-longf process of permitting, speeding new projects forward, the release “In anticipation of this opportunity with the ACP (Panamaa Canal Authority), Port Manateee has approached its master planning processe in an accretive way, one step at a McDonald said. “In the last decade, we’vew increased the port’s capacity by 50 percent at a costof $150 Port Manatee becomes the 10th U.S.
membe r of an exclusive Panama Canaol accord fraternity that includesthe , , , , (Boston), , , and the .