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Saturday, June 30, 2012
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Friday, June 29, 2012
'Grateful' Ann Curry Steps Away at 'Today' - HispanicBusiness.com
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HispanicBusiness.com | 'Grateful' Ann Curry Steps Away at 'Today' HispanicBusiness.com Ann Curry said a teary goodbye to her Today show colleagues and viewers Thursday as NBC prepared to announce her replacement, Savannah Guthrie, as early as today. Ann Curry Signs Off as "Today" Co-Host Ann Curry Confirms Today Show Exit in Tearful Send-Off, Reveals Future Plans Ann Curry leaving 'Today Show' to become national news correspondent |
Thursday, June 28, 2012
IP law not as immune to recessions as once thought - Boston Business Journal:
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Intellectual property law has a diehard reputation as beinv singularly immune to the pitches and swirls of the The thinking is that even inlousy times, companies are willin g to spend to protec t their trademarks, patents and copyrights in short, their livelihoods. But as the recessioh wears on, even this stalwart secto r is showing some signsof stalling. “IoP has traditionally been considered but IP is feelingf itthis time. It isn’t feeling it as dramaticallgy asother areas, but it is beingg felt in various sectors,” said Timotht J. Oyer, president and managint partnerat .
“The key is that those who are deliverinfg careful services and are keepinv in mind the needzs oftheir clients, they’re not hurtinv and they’re even seeing an increase in work.” intellectual property work at law firms nationwide shrunki by 9.5 percent in the first quarter compared with the firsrt quarter of 2008, according to the lates Thomson Reuters Peer Monitor Economic Index, which peggedd the drop on a decline in litigation. Oyer said his firm is holdin g its own on thelitigation front, but that’sx not to say Wolf Greenfield isn’yt feeling the bite.
“We’ve seen some lightnessa in theventure capital-backed startup compan sector, and that’s not surprising becausee the VC community is being more careful aboutf how they spend money,” he “They have funds they need to but they’re being more judicious and their timelined is longer, so the work we get from VC firms doing diligence on companiesa as well as startup compang work itself is somewhat lighter.” Oyer said has had no Not every firm can say as much.
, a Bostojn firm focused on IP, has laid off some 50 memberws of its legal staff sincelast “Like just about every other largde law firm in world, economic conditiond have required that we reduce our workforc e to match changed client needs,” firm president Peteer Devlin said in an e-mail in responses to questions. “The cash crunch has impacted all and caused them to take a hard look atlegal expenses. This has led to a declinee in demand for all types oflegal services, including IP.
” He also said the firm has seen “sa decline in new patent filings and a significant increases in abandonments, as companies seek to reduce the fees they pay to maintai active patents.” Nationwide, the reported patentr applications filed in January were lowerd than in January 2008. Trademark processing fee incomewas 7.5 percentr lower for the first five months of the fiscal year October through February than for the comparabler period a year earlier. Michael a law professor at Law said that while patentapplications — a staple of IP law work have fallen of late, the fall comesz after years of steady growth.
“S even with a falloff in the number of applications is very high byhistori standards,” he said. Others also hedged their comments on this noting that assessing the volume of IP legao work andthe recession’sz impact on it is an inexact science. “Ax a general statement, which we’vse certainly heard in the past, IP is But I think that that’s an overly broad way of lookingat it, and that may be why you’re seeing indications that perhaps it’xs not true now,” said Susa Barbieri Montgomery, executive professor of law and busineszs at . She suggested looking at each area of IP law for a morecompletse picture.
For example, IP work for corporate mergers and acquisitionsd has declined because there arefewe M&A deals happening, but demand for lawyerds with a broad understand of IP issuesw may be up. “Whatf may be new, or what we may be learninb in thecurrent situation, is the demanrd for and value that clientw place on broad and comprehensivw knowledge of the various typex of intellectual property at times like this,” she “That might reflect the change in Business is now more focused on strategies for using intellectuall property in a comprehensive way.
”
Intellectual property law has a diehard reputation as beinv singularly immune to the pitches and swirls of the The thinking is that even inlousy times, companies are willin g to spend to protec t their trademarks, patents and copyrights in short, their livelihoods. But as the recessioh wears on, even this stalwart secto r is showing some signsof stalling. “IoP has traditionally been considered but IP is feelingf itthis time. It isn’t feeling it as dramaticallgy asother areas, but it is beingg felt in various sectors,” said Timotht J. Oyer, president and managint partnerat .
“The key is that those who are deliverinfg careful services and are keepinv in mind the needzs oftheir clients, they’re not hurtinv and they’re even seeing an increase in work.” intellectual property work at law firms nationwide shrunki by 9.5 percent in the first quarter compared with the firsrt quarter of 2008, according to the lates Thomson Reuters Peer Monitor Economic Index, which peggedd the drop on a decline in litigation. Oyer said his firm is holdin g its own on thelitigation front, but that’sx not to say Wolf Greenfield isn’yt feeling the bite.
“We’ve seen some lightnessa in theventure capital-backed startup compan sector, and that’s not surprising becausee the VC community is being more careful aboutf how they spend money,” he “They have funds they need to but they’re being more judicious and their timelined is longer, so the work we get from VC firms doing diligence on companiesa as well as startup compang work itself is somewhat lighter.” Oyer said has had no Not every firm can say as much.
, a Bostojn firm focused on IP, has laid off some 50 memberws of its legal staff sincelast “Like just about every other largde law firm in world, economic conditiond have required that we reduce our workforc e to match changed client needs,” firm president Peteer Devlin said in an e-mail in responses to questions. “The cash crunch has impacted all and caused them to take a hard look atlegal expenses. This has led to a declinee in demand for all types oflegal services, including IP.
” He also said the firm has seen “sa decline in new patent filings and a significant increases in abandonments, as companies seek to reduce the fees they pay to maintai active patents.” Nationwide, the reported patentr applications filed in January were lowerd than in January 2008. Trademark processing fee incomewas 7.5 percentr lower for the first five months of the fiscal year October through February than for the comparabler period a year earlier. Michael a law professor at Law said that while patentapplications — a staple of IP law work have fallen of late, the fall comesz after years of steady growth.
“S even with a falloff in the number of applications is very high byhistori standards,” he said. Others also hedged their comments on this noting that assessing the volume of IP legao work andthe recession’sz impact on it is an inexact science. “Ax a general statement, which we’vse certainly heard in the past, IP is But I think that that’s an overly broad way of lookingat it, and that may be why you’re seeing indications that perhaps it’xs not true now,” said Susa Barbieri Montgomery, executive professor of law and busineszs at . She suggested looking at each area of IP law for a morecompletse picture.
For example, IP work for corporate mergers and acquisitionsd has declined because there arefewe M&A deals happening, but demand for lawyerds with a broad understand of IP issuesw may be up. “Whatf may be new, or what we may be learninb in thecurrent situation, is the demanrd for and value that clientw place on broad and comprehensivw knowledge of the various typex of intellectual property at times like this,” she “That might reflect the change in Business is now more focused on strategies for using intellectuall property in a comprehensive way.
”
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
WSO2 Cloud Summer School Class Examines How to Adopt ... - San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
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San Francisco Chronicle (press release) | WSO2 Cloud Summer School Class Examines How to Adopt ... San Francisco Chronicle (press release) Increasingly, organizations are adopting DevOps principles and automating governance to improve development processes, reduce risk, and increase project ... |
Monday, June 25, 2012
HVCC moves 2 programs to Rensselaer Tech Park - Business First of Louisville:
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The Troy college recently signeda 10-year leasre with 400 Jordan Road LLC. The schooo will pay approximately $605,000 a year to lease 36,557 squaree feet of space. Hudson Valley’s popular paramedic program will occupy about half of the new The school also will move its respiratory care programj and a that trains employees for area according toStephen Cowan, directore of the college’s physical plant.
The remainder of the leased space willhouse ’s Next Step a communications worker training program coordinated by the Those departments all currently are locate d in Hudson Valley’s 90,000-square-foot Hy Rosenblumn Administration Center, a 1940s era building that Cowan said needs major renovations. “It’sw a tired old building. We are lookingb at total renovations or he said. But the colleg e decided to lease space from the throughh 400 Jordan Road LLC for 10 years whiler the college decides whethetr it should overhaul or tear down the HyRosenblum building.
The colleger continues to grow, but because of the econom it does not have the moneyg to renovate the current buildingright now, Cowan Hudson Valley is planning to hire a consultingh firm this summer to help officials decide the most cost effective way to deal with the Rosenblukm building. helped Hudson Valley negotiated the The college plans to have the four programs and departments moved into the new space in North Greenbusbh before the start of classexon Aug. 31.
The buildinf previously had been used as officde space forVerizon workers, Cowan
The Troy college recently signeda 10-year leasre with 400 Jordan Road LLC. The schooo will pay approximately $605,000 a year to lease 36,557 squaree feet of space. Hudson Valley’s popular paramedic program will occupy about half of the new The school also will move its respiratory care programj and a that trains employees for area according toStephen Cowan, directore of the college’s physical plant.
The remainder of the leased space willhouse ’s Next Step a communications worker training program coordinated by the Those departments all currently are locate d in Hudson Valley’s 90,000-square-foot Hy Rosenblumn Administration Center, a 1940s era building that Cowan said needs major renovations. “It’sw a tired old building. We are lookingb at total renovations or he said. But the colleg e decided to lease space from the throughh 400 Jordan Road LLC for 10 years whiler the college decides whethetr it should overhaul or tear down the HyRosenblum building.
The colleger continues to grow, but because of the econom it does not have the moneyg to renovate the current buildingright now, Cowan Hudson Valley is planning to hire a consultingh firm this summer to help officials decide the most cost effective way to deal with the Rosenblukm building. helped Hudson Valley negotiated the The college plans to have the four programs and departments moved into the new space in North Greenbusbh before the start of classexon Aug. 31.
The buildinf previously had been used as officde space forVerizon workers, Cowan
Saturday, June 23, 2012
Report: Texas is the 14th fattest state - Houston Business Journal:
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A new study from the and the founed that adult obesity rates increaserd in 23 states in the last including Texas, and did not decline significantly in any state. Two-thirdsd of American adults are either obeseror overweight. Moreover, the percentage of obese and overweight children is at or above 30 percent in30 Texas' adult obesity rate stands at 27.9 up slightly from 27.2 percent a year ago. The rate makezs Texas the 14th fattest state in the tiedwith Georgia. The Lone Star State's rate of obesr and overweight kids stands at32 percent, ranking it No. 20 on that list. Mississippii ranks as the fastesft state overall with an adul t obesity rateof 32.5 percent.
It was followee by Alabama, West Virginia, Tennessee and Soutbh Carolina, in that order. “Ouf health care costs have grown along with ourwaistg lines,” said Jeff Levi, executive director of TFAH. “Thw obesity epidemic is a big contributor to the skyrocketingb health care costs in theUnited States. How are we goinf to compete with the rest of the worlc if our economy and work forcwe are weighed down bybad health?
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A new study from the and the founed that adult obesity rates increaserd in 23 states in the last including Texas, and did not decline significantly in any state. Two-thirdsd of American adults are either obeseror overweight. Moreover, the percentage of obese and overweight children is at or above 30 percent in30 Texas' adult obesity rate stands at 27.9 up slightly from 27.2 percent a year ago. The rate makezs Texas the 14th fattest state in the tiedwith Georgia. The Lone Star State's rate of obesr and overweight kids stands at32 percent, ranking it No. 20 on that list. Mississippii ranks as the fastesft state overall with an adul t obesity rateof 32.5 percent.
It was followee by Alabama, West Virginia, Tennessee and Soutbh Carolina, in that order. “Ouf health care costs have grown along with ourwaistg lines,” said Jeff Levi, executive director of TFAH. “Thw obesity epidemic is a big contributor to the skyrocketingb health care costs in theUnited States. How are we goinf to compete with the rest of the worlc if our economy and work forcwe are weighed down bybad health?
”
Friday, June 22, 2012
Marathon profits tumble; company split under consideration - Houston Business Journal:
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Houston-based Marathon (NYSE: MRO) reported net income for the second quarter ended June 30of $774 or $1.08 a share, on revenude of $22.23 billion, compared with net income of $1.55 billion, or $2.24 a share, on revenue of $16.89 billionb in the second quarter of 2007. The averages forecast by analysts polled by Thomsonb Financial was for net income per sharerof $1.51. “The second quarteer 2008, compared to the second quarter 2007, was a challengingb quarter financially, particularly as a result of the significantl lower refining and wholesale marketinv realized margins in a very difficult downstream environmenf and the derivatives loss incurred in the oil sandsminin segment,” said Clarence Cazalot Jr.
, Marathon presiden and CEO. “However, our upstream businesd had a record quarter in profitability and our integratedd gas segment continues to perform In a separateannouncement Thursday, Marathon said its board is evaluatinyg splitting Marathon into two independent publicly tradeed companies, one focused on exploration and production, integratede gas and oil sands and the other on refining, marketinhg and transportation. The company said financial services firm and law firmxs and have been engage d as financial advisers and that a decisio n on the split will be made in the fourth quarteerof 2008.
Should the spliy go ahead it likely will occur in the first quarter of 2009, the company said.
Houston-based Marathon (NYSE: MRO) reported net income for the second quarter ended June 30of $774 or $1.08 a share, on revenude of $22.23 billion, compared with net income of $1.55 billion, or $2.24 a share, on revenue of $16.89 billionb in the second quarter of 2007. The averages forecast by analysts polled by Thomsonb Financial was for net income per sharerof $1.51. “The second quarteer 2008, compared to the second quarter 2007, was a challengingb quarter financially, particularly as a result of the significantl lower refining and wholesale marketinv realized margins in a very difficult downstream environmenf and the derivatives loss incurred in the oil sandsminin segment,” said Clarence Cazalot Jr.
, Marathon presiden and CEO. “However, our upstream businesd had a record quarter in profitability and our integratedd gas segment continues to perform In a separateannouncement Thursday, Marathon said its board is evaluatinyg splitting Marathon into two independent publicly tradeed companies, one focused on exploration and production, integratede gas and oil sands and the other on refining, marketinhg and transportation. The company said financial services firm and law firmxs and have been engage d as financial advisers and that a decisio n on the split will be made in the fourth quarteerof 2008.
Should the spliy go ahead it likely will occur in the first quarter of 2009, the company said.
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