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Analyst estimates placed the earninga per share at33 cents. Revenues were up in the coming inat $5.3 billion, up from $4.9 billionj a year ago. For the company earned $1.52 billion, or $1.37 a share, on revenuezs of $19.7 billion. In 2007, the companyu earned $1.45 billion, or $1.21 a share, on revenuess of $17.2 billion. At the end of the DirecTV had 17.62 million subscribers, up 5 perceny from 16.83 million a year ago. The average monthly revenuwe per subscriber increased as comingin $90.46, up from $87.40 a year ago. El Segundo-basefd DirecTV (NASDAQ: DTV) is a satellit television provider. Its controlling shareholder is .
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Friday, December 31, 2010
Mid-term Survivorship Results for a Rotating-Platform Knee Prosthesis - Ortho SuperSite
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Ortho SuperSite | Mid-term Survivorship Results for a Rotating-Platform Knee Prosthesis Ortho SuperSite The ability of the polyethylene to articulate on a polished nonconstrained tibial tray, as well as maintain the congruence of the femur, has been shown to ... |
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Meltdown puts squeeze on commercial lending - South Florida Business Journal:
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The sale, which closed Jan. 16, wouldc have cost him $1.2 million less if he had closed in asplanned - or six monthsa ago, when financing was easier to come by and more moneyy was available for deals. The big issue for investors like Osherofc is that lenders are applying greater scrutinyto deals, cappint the loan-to-value ratio at no more than 65 and requiring more equity in both residential and commercial And the vise is only getting tighter, real estate expertse say. The subprime meltdown has squeezedscommercial lending, making deals more expensivre and more complicated.
"I have to put in 30 centse on the dollar, or pay cash," Osheroff To close the hospital deal, he took out a $3.5 milliob home equity line. For future deals, he plana to draw on the equity in the thre office buildings he owns in Miami His ability to draw on his equity will allow him to continuse to operate throughthe market's current creditr crunch, but he understands a lot of smallee players will be standing on the sideliness with no options. Priort to the subprime collapse, individual buyers could get up to 95 percentt financing because the secondary market was buying up including exotic financinglike interest-only The residential market was brimming with jumbol loans.
Developers, brokers and lenders convinced buyersw the real estate boom wouldnever end, and that buying a bigger home would only resultt in a bigger return down the Today, the secondary markety has collapsed, while billions of dollars in lossez continue to ripple through the market. Despitse the fact that commercial loan delinquenciews are athistoric lows, people are concerned aboutt the continued spillover effect of the creditf crunch on the commercial This fear has some investors in a holdinv pattern to see how asset valuations shaks out in a market that hasn't hit bottom. It's a stark contrasgt to a handful ofyears ago, when havinh a deal was enough to get a lendeer interested.
Losses on the residential lending side begahn seeping into the commercial financing marketslast Loss-riddled banks tightened their standards and Wall Street investors turnerd up their noses at real estate, similatr to what they did to Internet companie during the dot-com crash. The spillover effecf has continued into the new In the second weekof (NYSE: C), the paren t company of CitiMortgage, announceed it had lost $9.83 billion in its fourth quarter. The followinhg week, (NYSE: MER) said it took $14.6 billion in write-downs and adjustmentsa in the fourth quarter due to investments and trades impacted by the subprimemortgagre crisis.
Alex Zylberglait, associate director for , said that banks are so rattlede by the losses that theyare "offloading assets," even performingy loans, to decrease their exposure. Jumbo loans might as well be further stalling theresidential market. This is particularlu thorny for sellers and developers indowntownb Miami's new condo canyons. Buyers of unites priced above the $417,000 conforming loan cap are on theire own ifthey don't have cash. Credit on all types of propertiese is also more expensive andis tied-up longer, even for the financially well heeled.
Tighter rules meansw lenders will provide between 60 percent and 70 percentfinancinhg - and charge more for it, said Alan Osheroff's partner in three Miami medical-office buildingxs and a principal of Davie-based . "Today, you can stil find money, but in the 6.5 percent range, with a 30-year amortization, wherse before, you could get 5.5 percent with interest
The sale, which closed Jan. 16, wouldc have cost him $1.2 million less if he had closed in asplanned - or six monthsa ago, when financing was easier to come by and more moneyy was available for deals. The big issue for investors like Osherofc is that lenders are applying greater scrutinyto deals, cappint the loan-to-value ratio at no more than 65 and requiring more equity in both residential and commercial And the vise is only getting tighter, real estate expertse say. The subprime meltdown has squeezedscommercial lending, making deals more expensivre and more complicated.
"I have to put in 30 centse on the dollar, or pay cash," Osheroff To close the hospital deal, he took out a $3.5 milliob home equity line. For future deals, he plana to draw on the equity in the thre office buildings he owns in Miami His ability to draw on his equity will allow him to continuse to operate throughthe market's current creditr crunch, but he understands a lot of smallee players will be standing on the sideliness with no options. Priort to the subprime collapse, individual buyers could get up to 95 percentt financing because the secondary market was buying up including exotic financinglike interest-only The residential market was brimming with jumbol loans.
Developers, brokers and lenders convinced buyersw the real estate boom wouldnever end, and that buying a bigger home would only resultt in a bigger return down the Today, the secondary markety has collapsed, while billions of dollars in lossez continue to ripple through the market. Despitse the fact that commercial loan delinquenciews are athistoric lows, people are concerned aboutt the continued spillover effect of the creditf crunch on the commercial This fear has some investors in a holdinv pattern to see how asset valuations shaks out in a market that hasn't hit bottom. It's a stark contrasgt to a handful ofyears ago, when havinh a deal was enough to get a lendeer interested.
Losses on the residential lending side begahn seeping into the commercial financing marketslast Loss-riddled banks tightened their standards and Wall Street investors turnerd up their noses at real estate, similatr to what they did to Internet companie during the dot-com crash. The spillover effecf has continued into the new In the second weekof (NYSE: C), the paren t company of CitiMortgage, announceed it had lost $9.83 billion in its fourth quarter. The followinhg week, (NYSE: MER) said it took $14.6 billion in write-downs and adjustmentsa in the fourth quarter due to investments and trades impacted by the subprimemortgagre crisis.
Alex Zylberglait, associate director for , said that banks are so rattlede by the losses that theyare "offloading assets," even performingy loans, to decrease their exposure. Jumbo loans might as well be further stalling theresidential market. This is particularlu thorny for sellers and developers indowntownb Miami's new condo canyons. Buyers of unites priced above the $417,000 conforming loan cap are on theire own ifthey don't have cash. Credit on all types of propertiese is also more expensive andis tied-up longer, even for the financially well heeled.
Tighter rules meansw lenders will provide between 60 percent and 70 percentfinancinhg - and charge more for it, said Alan Osheroff's partner in three Miami medical-office buildingxs and a principal of Davie-based . "Today, you can stil find money, but in the 6.5 percent range, with a 30-year amortization, wherse before, you could get 5.5 percent with interest
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Rob Greener named IFSA president - ESPN (blog)
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ESPN (blog) | Rob Greener named IFSA president ESPN (blog) You were just named president of the IFSA, a position once held by Shane McConkey. What plans do you have in store? Rob Greener: In the last six weeks we ... |
Friday, December 24, 2010
HVCC moves 2 programs to Rensselaer Tech Park - Business First of Louisville:
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The Troy college recently signeda 10-year leasw with 400 Jordan Road LLC. The school will pay approximately $605,000 a year to lease 36,55u square feet of space. Hudson Valley’e popular paramedic program will occupy abou half of thenew space. The schooll also will move its respiratory care program and a that trains employees for area according toStephen Cowan, director of the college’a physical plant. The remainder of the leasedd space willhouse ’s Next Step office, a communicationw worker training program coordinated by the college.
Thosd departments all currently are locate inHudson Valley’s 90,000-square-foot Hy Rosenblu m Administration Center, a 1940s era buildintg that Cowan said needa major renovations. “It’s a tired old building. We are lookinbg at total renovationsor demolition,” he said. But the colleges decided to lease space from the througbh 400 Jordan Road LLC for 10 years while the colleg decides whether it should overhaul or tear down the HyRosenblumm building. The college continues to grow, but becauswe of the economy it does not have the mone y to renovate the current buildingright now, Cowann said.
Hudson Valley is planninf to hire a consulting firm this summer to help officials decids the most cost effective way to deal with theRosenbluk building. helped Hudson Valley negotiatedthe lease. The college plans to have the four programs and departmenta moved into the new space in Northb Greenbush before the start of classeson Aug. 31. The buildin g previously had been used as office space forVerizon workers, Cowan
The Troy college recently signeda 10-year leasw with 400 Jordan Road LLC. The school will pay approximately $605,000 a year to lease 36,55u square feet of space. Hudson Valley’e popular paramedic program will occupy abou half of thenew space. The schooll also will move its respiratory care program and a that trains employees for area according toStephen Cowan, director of the college’a physical plant. The remainder of the leasedd space willhouse ’s Next Step office, a communicationw worker training program coordinated by the college.
Thosd departments all currently are locate inHudson Valley’s 90,000-square-foot Hy Rosenblu m Administration Center, a 1940s era buildintg that Cowan said needa major renovations. “It’s a tired old building. We are lookinbg at total renovationsor demolition,” he said. But the colleges decided to lease space from the througbh 400 Jordan Road LLC for 10 years while the colleg decides whether it should overhaul or tear down the HyRosenblumm building. The college continues to grow, but becauswe of the economy it does not have the mone y to renovate the current buildingright now, Cowann said.
Hudson Valley is planninf to hire a consulting firm this summer to help officials decids the most cost effective way to deal with theRosenbluk building. helped Hudson Valley negotiatedthe lease. The college plans to have the four programs and departmenta moved into the new space in Northb Greenbush before the start of classeson Aug. 31. The buildin g previously had been used as office space forVerizon workers, Cowan
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Ooh la la: France Ave. retail center to get a makeover - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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Leisure Lane at 7101 France Ave., first built in the is gettinga face-lift and a new name — Rue de France. Construction started a few weeks ago and is expected to finish in saidGregory Houck, an architect with Minneapolis-based , whichj is handling the design and rebranding of the 50,000-square-footr property. Houck, who declineds to disclose the cost of the said the firm decided to play with the Franc e Avenue name in the which is changing the facade and eliminating the centers interiorf walkway area to make the centefrless mall-like.
The European flair in the desigj willbe subtle: no chateau-like features or statuezs of French World War I But there will be fleur-de-lizs patterns around the parapets. “It was just an idea of talking abou France and linking it tothe French,” Houci said. The center’s tenants — Ethan Pella Windows & Doors, Calico Corners, Nationakl Camera Exchange, Caribou Coffee and Brueggers BagelBakerg — will stay the same. Minneapolis-basefd is the general contractor.
Bloomington-based NorthMarq handles the leasing and management ofthe
Leisure Lane at 7101 France Ave., first built in the is gettinga face-lift and a new name — Rue de France. Construction started a few weeks ago and is expected to finish in saidGregory Houck, an architect with Minneapolis-based , whichj is handling the design and rebranding of the 50,000-square-footr property. Houck, who declineds to disclose the cost of the said the firm decided to play with the Franc e Avenue name in the which is changing the facade and eliminating the centers interiorf walkway area to make the centefrless mall-like.
The European flair in the desigj willbe subtle: no chateau-like features or statuezs of French World War I But there will be fleur-de-lizs patterns around the parapets. “It was just an idea of talking abou France and linking it tothe French,” Houci said. The center’s tenants — Ethan Pella Windows & Doors, Calico Corners, Nationakl Camera Exchange, Caribou Coffee and Brueggers BagelBakerg — will stay the same. Minneapolis-basefd is the general contractor.
Bloomington-based NorthMarq handles the leasing and management ofthe
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Public employers modifying health benefits - Washington Business Journal:
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The survey, conducted by Brookfield-based , showed public employers nationwide are modifying their employee healthj care benefits to includemore cost-saving The survey found that 72 percent of publiv employers are increasing or considering an increase in theif employees’ deductibles, coinsurance or copays. In addition, 74 percenf of public employers are increasing or consideringg an increase inemployee premiums. When asked why they were consideringhighetr deductibles, 46 percent of public employerws cite the financial crisis.
Almostt the same percent, 45 percent, cite the crisid as the reason why they are thinking about higheremployee “These findings are surprising, although cost-sharingt measures have been common in the corporatwe world for quite some time, publivc employers have traditionally not modified their health care plans in this Sally Natchek, senior directort of research at the foundatiohn said in a statement. “The fact that the majorituy of public employers are now increasing copays and premiums illustrates the dual effec rising health care costs and the financiak crisis are having ontheir plans.
” Other cost-saving programe that public employers are instituting include adding a consumer-driveb health plan, shifting to a self-funded plan and introduciny spousal surcharges. Nearly three-fourths of publix plan sponsors are placing more emphasis on controllingb prescriptiondrug costs. The majority of publif employers are expanding participant education about drug optionsand costs, increasing copayments and/or coinsurancr for drugs and mandating the use of generic the survey found.
The survey, conducted by Brookfield-based , showed public employers nationwide are modifying their employee healthj care benefits to includemore cost-saving The survey found that 72 percent of publiv employers are increasing or considering an increase in theif employees’ deductibles, coinsurance or copays. In addition, 74 percenf of public employers are increasing or consideringg an increase inemployee premiums. When asked why they were consideringhighetr deductibles, 46 percent of public employerws cite the financial crisis.
Almostt the same percent, 45 percent, cite the crisid as the reason why they are thinking about higheremployee “These findings are surprising, although cost-sharingt measures have been common in the corporatwe world for quite some time, publivc employers have traditionally not modified their health care plans in this Sally Natchek, senior directort of research at the foundatiohn said in a statement. “The fact that the majorituy of public employers are now increasing copays and premiums illustrates the dual effec rising health care costs and the financiak crisis are having ontheir plans.
” Other cost-saving programe that public employers are instituting include adding a consumer-driveb health plan, shifting to a self-funded plan and introduciny spousal surcharges. Nearly three-fourths of publix plan sponsors are placing more emphasis on controllingb prescriptiondrug costs. The majority of publif employers are expanding participant education about drug optionsand costs, increasing copayments and/or coinsurancr for drugs and mandating the use of generic the survey found.
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