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The deal is valued at $2.35 according to a news release. Fifty Third will realize a pre-tax gain of abou t $1.7 billion, according to a news The transaction will contributeaboutr $1.2 billion to the bank’s Tier 1 equity. Fifthg Third’s credit card issuing business was not part of the and will be retained bythe bank. “This completes the capital plan we laid out in June of and enables us to focus more fully on leveraginbg the opportunities of the processing businessz with Advent and ourother businesses,” said Kevin chairman, president and CEO of Fifth in the release. Fifth Third that it woulrd sell the interestto Advent, a private equity firm with U.S.
headquarters in Boston. The processing unit’sd employees and technology platform will remainas is, the two companiews said. Fifth Third FITB), headquartered in Cincinnati, is the Tri-State’s largesgt bank, and has 16 affiliates with about 1,300 bankint centers and more than 2,300 ATMs in Kentucky, Indiana, Georgia, North Carolina, Illinois, Florida, Tennessee, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Niagara fruit crops holding up - Pittsburgh Business Times:
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But many more orchards and other including residential areas in the Lake OntaripFruit Belt, remain to be testec for plum pox virus before September. Teamds working for the and the stated Department of Agriculture and Markets began taking leaf samplesin May. Subsequentr laboratory tests did not disclose any new outbreakds of the virus inNiagara County, Jackie Klahn, director of the USDA’sx Lockport field office, said. In early May, as orchards blossomed, optimism was growing that the spread ofthe disease, whichj made its Niagara County debut 2006 mightt be waning.
Between 2006 and plum pox was discovered in several NiagaraCounty orchards, in Orleans Countgy and Wayne County, east of Rochester. Thougjh harmless to humans and animals, the virus poses an economic risk for commercialo fruit growers because they must destroy all susceptiblre treeswithin 1.5 miles to 2 miles of an identifie d hot spot. Plum pox destroys the commercialk value of the fruit that it attacksx because it discolors anddisfigures peaches, prunes and nectarines. In New York statd counties lying alongLake Ontario’s south fruit growing is a multi-million-dollar industry.
But many more orchards and other including residential areas in the Lake OntaripFruit Belt, remain to be testec for plum pox virus before September. Teamds working for the and the stated Department of Agriculture and Markets began taking leaf samplesin May. Subsequentr laboratory tests did not disclose any new outbreakds of the virus inNiagara County, Jackie Klahn, director of the USDA’sx Lockport field office, said. In early May, as orchards blossomed, optimism was growing that the spread ofthe disease, whichj made its Niagara County debut 2006 mightt be waning.
Between 2006 and plum pox was discovered in several NiagaraCounty orchards, in Orleans Countgy and Wayne County, east of Rochester. Thougjh harmless to humans and animals, the virus poses an economic risk for commercialo fruit growers because they must destroy all susceptiblre treeswithin 1.5 miles to 2 miles of an identifie d hot spot. Plum pox destroys the commercialk value of the fruit that it attacksx because it discolors anddisfigures peaches, prunes and nectarines. In New York statd counties lying alongLake Ontario’s south fruit growing is a multi-million-dollar industry.
Friday, May 27, 2011
G8 Draft: Cites Over $20B Multilateral Aid For Arab Spring Countries - Wall Street Journal
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Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Golden Gate University eyes new highrise - Kansas City Business Journal:
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Bob Hite, vice president of businesds affairs and CFO for GoldenGate University, said the university startecd discussing a plan to sell its 33,000-square-footg property at Mission and First streets to a highriswe developer about a year ago. The site now holds Goldej Gate’s main building, and he said the universithy would only be interested if it could eithedr be part of anew mixed-use development on the site or move to anothed location in downtown San Golden Gate has hired land use attorney Pam Duffy of LLP and has put togethefr a task force to look at potential Buzz about Golden Gate University’s interest in finding a develope r for its site increased after a May 26 Planninf Department Transbay forum during which a new zoningg map was unveiled, showing an 850-foot proposed heighrt at 536 Mission St.
While plannedr Joshua Switzky said previous versions of the map had also designated the parce for higher than 800 Hite said the new zoning was news to Goldebn GateUniversity officials. “The first we knew of the 850-footr heights was at last week’s said Hite. “This is a change, and we thinkj a very good If approved, Golden Gate’s rezoning woulsd be part of a highrise cluster arounsa 1,000-foot Transbay Tower that would includd six skyscrapers over 600 feet and alloew for another 5.
8 million square feet of new office 1,350 housing units and 1,350 hotel Fees from the development would help raise between $700 millionj and $850 million to help pay for a $2 billionj transit center. However, with construction costa still relatively high and housingg prices and office rents in decline it is unlikelyu that any of thesde towers will be built in the next five accordingto experts. The latest zoning proposall pits Golden Gate University against neighboringb developerDavid Choo, who owns seven parcels in and around First and Mission The latest Transbay plan calls for two tall towerw — one 700 feet and one 850 feet on the block that includes both Choo’s propertuy and the Golden Gate University Choo has been trying to sell his parcels as a unified site that alond could accommodate the two towers, one 700 feet and one 850 Thus, if a tower is designated for the Goldebn Gate University property, it could reduce the Choo property to just one towefr of either 700 feet or 850 In 2006, Choo filed an application to build as many as five towers on his but over the past 18 monthse has been trying to sell a number of San Franciscko building sites as his commerciapl mortgage lending business, , has sufferer severe losses.
One of his II, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy onMarch 31. Hite said he and Goldenn Gate President Dan Angelo met with Planning Director John Rahaim and other planners and made a case for 536Missionm St. “We shared with them our belieff that we think our site should be designated thehighetr site,” he said. principal Jeffrey Heller, who has been workin g with Choo on schemees for First and Mission and is designing another tower in theTransbayg district, said the taller tower belongs on the Choo site becausse it is closer to the proposedd Transbay Tower.
“The urban designn plans and protocols for the Transba planning area all say the tall buildingds should be clustered around the Transbahy Tower to create a hill and I believe that is an absoluteluy essential piece of how they finallyg set the heights in the he said. “I think it’s important that the planninbg effort refocuses on this because Ithinmk it’s getting vague and watered down by a variety of claims for height.” Golden Gate University has 5,000 studentsa and offers graduate and undergraduate degreess in law, accounting, business finance, communications and other areas It has been in the Mission Streef building since 1968.
Hite emphasized that they need to stay in the greaterf financial district because most students walk to classs from jobs at downtown accounting andlaw firms. “Thew only way this wouldr make sense to us is if it helped us financiallhyand operationally,” said Hite. “We would not do it for the money if it wouldc screw up oureducational mission.” Duffy, the land use said, “Like most property ownersw in the area, Golden Gate University is interested in what happense in the community around them and how it might effecf them. “They are one of the majort downtown institutions and a significant employer with a significantstudent body,” said Duffy.
Hite said Golden Gate would be willint to move into the bottom six or sevem floors ofa mixed-use tower, but acknowledgefd that any development would be years away. “jI think we have a lot of time on our he said.
Bob Hite, vice president of businesds affairs and CFO for GoldenGate University, said the university startecd discussing a plan to sell its 33,000-square-footg property at Mission and First streets to a highriswe developer about a year ago. The site now holds Goldej Gate’s main building, and he said the universithy would only be interested if it could eithedr be part of anew mixed-use development on the site or move to anothed location in downtown San Golden Gate has hired land use attorney Pam Duffy of LLP and has put togethefr a task force to look at potential Buzz about Golden Gate University’s interest in finding a develope r for its site increased after a May 26 Planninf Department Transbay forum during which a new zoningg map was unveiled, showing an 850-foot proposed heighrt at 536 Mission St.
While plannedr Joshua Switzky said previous versions of the map had also designated the parce for higher than 800 Hite said the new zoning was news to Goldebn GateUniversity officials. “The first we knew of the 850-footr heights was at last week’s said Hite. “This is a change, and we thinkj a very good If approved, Golden Gate’s rezoning woulsd be part of a highrise cluster arounsa 1,000-foot Transbay Tower that would includd six skyscrapers over 600 feet and alloew for another 5.
8 million square feet of new office 1,350 housing units and 1,350 hotel Fees from the development would help raise between $700 millionj and $850 million to help pay for a $2 billionj transit center. However, with construction costa still relatively high and housingg prices and office rents in decline it is unlikelyu that any of thesde towers will be built in the next five accordingto experts. The latest zoning proposall pits Golden Gate University against neighboringb developerDavid Choo, who owns seven parcels in and around First and Mission The latest Transbay plan calls for two tall towerw — one 700 feet and one 850 feet on the block that includes both Choo’s propertuy and the Golden Gate University Choo has been trying to sell his parcels as a unified site that alond could accommodate the two towers, one 700 feet and one 850 Thus, if a tower is designated for the Goldebn Gate University property, it could reduce the Choo property to just one towefr of either 700 feet or 850 In 2006, Choo filed an application to build as many as five towers on his but over the past 18 monthse has been trying to sell a number of San Franciscko building sites as his commerciapl mortgage lending business, , has sufferer severe losses.
One of his II, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy onMarch 31. Hite said he and Goldenn Gate President Dan Angelo met with Planning Director John Rahaim and other planners and made a case for 536Missionm St. “We shared with them our belieff that we think our site should be designated thehighetr site,” he said. principal Jeffrey Heller, who has been workin g with Choo on schemees for First and Mission and is designing another tower in theTransbayg district, said the taller tower belongs on the Choo site becausse it is closer to the proposedd Transbay Tower.
“The urban designn plans and protocols for the Transba planning area all say the tall buildingds should be clustered around the Transbahy Tower to create a hill and I believe that is an absoluteluy essential piece of how they finallyg set the heights in the he said. “I think it’s important that the planninbg effort refocuses on this because Ithinmk it’s getting vague and watered down by a variety of claims for height.” Golden Gate University has 5,000 studentsa and offers graduate and undergraduate degreess in law, accounting, business finance, communications and other areas It has been in the Mission Streef building since 1968.
Hite emphasized that they need to stay in the greaterf financial district because most students walk to classs from jobs at downtown accounting andlaw firms. “Thew only way this wouldr make sense to us is if it helped us financiallhyand operationally,” said Hite. “We would not do it for the money if it wouldc screw up oureducational mission.” Duffy, the land use said, “Like most property ownersw in the area, Golden Gate University is interested in what happense in the community around them and how it might effecf them. “They are one of the majort downtown institutions and a significant employer with a significantstudent body,” said Duffy.
Hite said Golden Gate would be willint to move into the bottom six or sevem floors ofa mixed-use tower, but acknowledgefd that any development would be years away. “jI think we have a lot of time on our he said.
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Washington (Pa.) Hospital expects to post loss - Pittsburgh Business Times:
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The reductions will result in the immediate furlough of 60 to 70 peoplwe at a facility wherearound 2,000 people work, the county’s biggesyt employer, Weinstein said. The fiscal year ends June 30, but the anticipatex loss hasn’t been determined. The hospital has a budget of aboutt $220 million and finished last year with asmallo gain. “The hospital is maintaining all of its Weinstein said, “and we’ll emerge from this as a strongb community hospital.” Hospital admissions and outpatient visits have been essentiallhy flat this year when compared to last year at despite some population growth in the hospital’s servicde area, Weinstein said.
Job uncertainty, risinfg insurance co-pays and the souring economg were blamed for lower medical facilitgutilization rates.
The reductions will result in the immediate furlough of 60 to 70 peoplwe at a facility wherearound 2,000 people work, the county’s biggesyt employer, Weinstein said. The fiscal year ends June 30, but the anticipatex loss hasn’t been determined. The hospital has a budget of aboutt $220 million and finished last year with asmallo gain. “The hospital is maintaining all of its Weinstein said, “and we’ll emerge from this as a strongb community hospital.” Hospital admissions and outpatient visits have been essentiallhy flat this year when compared to last year at despite some population growth in the hospital’s servicde area, Weinstein said.
Job uncertainty, risinfg insurance co-pays and the souring economg were blamed for lower medical facilitgutilization rates.
Friday, May 20, 2011
Financial firm executive links economic rebound to housing market - Business First of Columbus:
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With housing at its most affordable in the last 35 Greiner said inventory currently about nine and ahalf months, should subside The six-month mark is ideal in a sounx economy. But in Phoenix, wherwe foreclosures and home depreciations continue to batter the a local recovery will trail anationak rebound, he said. “It will probably be a littlwe slower,” Greiner said minutes after concluding his economic forecast atthe Ritz-Carlton in centralp Phoenix. Preliminary estimates show themediaj Phoenix-area home price at $115,000 in May, comparablew to levels in October 1998, according to the -Repeat Saless Index.
Greiner’s assumptions conflict with BBVA Compass’ quarterly economi c report published this week that saidSunbelrt states, including Arizona, are poisedr to recover from the recession faster than other regionzs of the country. Despite market gains through the firsy three months ofthe year, Greineer expects a substantial portion will be lost over the next few as the dollar loses its valuer and corporate profits remain “flat on their However, he said the country has moved out of the worsft bear market since the Great and “there’s room for this markeg to run.” He said UMB is advising clients to move moneg away from the U.S.
dollar and into emerging countries in South Americaand Asia. Similatr to the late 1970s andearly 80s, the countrgy is mired in a structural recession, characterized by a broad and widespread malaise that causes global In a structural recession, the economy undergoes a fundamentakl shift as it comes out of it. In the earlh 80s, the economy became consumption based. In this downturn, the governmen t has taken a much bigger role ineconomicc activity, and likely will become a biggert factor in the Gross Domestic Product. At the end of 2008, governmen t consumption expenditures and gross investment accountedfor 20.2 percenr of GDP.
“The government is becoming a bigger part of theeconomicc pie,” Greiner said. More than 100 private bankinfg clients and potential customers attendedthe forecast.
With housing at its most affordable in the last 35 Greiner said inventory currently about nine and ahalf months, should subside The six-month mark is ideal in a sounx economy. But in Phoenix, wherwe foreclosures and home depreciations continue to batter the a local recovery will trail anationak rebound, he said. “It will probably be a littlwe slower,” Greiner said minutes after concluding his economic forecast atthe Ritz-Carlton in centralp Phoenix. Preliminary estimates show themediaj Phoenix-area home price at $115,000 in May, comparablew to levels in October 1998, according to the -Repeat Saless Index.
Greiner’s assumptions conflict with BBVA Compass’ quarterly economi c report published this week that saidSunbelrt states, including Arizona, are poisedr to recover from the recession faster than other regionzs of the country. Despite market gains through the firsy three months ofthe year, Greineer expects a substantial portion will be lost over the next few as the dollar loses its valuer and corporate profits remain “flat on their However, he said the country has moved out of the worsft bear market since the Great and “there’s room for this markeg to run.” He said UMB is advising clients to move moneg away from the U.S.
dollar and into emerging countries in South Americaand Asia. Similatr to the late 1970s andearly 80s, the countrgy is mired in a structural recession, characterized by a broad and widespread malaise that causes global In a structural recession, the economy undergoes a fundamentakl shift as it comes out of it. In the earlh 80s, the economy became consumption based. In this downturn, the governmen t has taken a much bigger role ineconomicc activity, and likely will become a biggert factor in the Gross Domestic Product. At the end of 2008, governmen t consumption expenditures and gross investment accountedfor 20.2 percenr of GDP.
“The government is becoming a bigger part of theeconomicc pie,” Greiner said. More than 100 private bankinfg clients and potential customers attendedthe forecast.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
City Council to consider range of Branch developments - Charlotte Business Journal:
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The Charlotte real estate development company led by Chrix Branch has askedfor one-month deferrals on a pair of rezoning requeste for 1.77 acres on the west side of North Ceda Street between West Fifth and Cates streete and for 2.94 acres on the southeasg corner of North Clarkson and Catea streets. Three other rezoning requests should get thegreenh light. An approval with conditions has been recommendexfor Branch's plans for an office buildintg on a triangular-shaped parcel near the Carolinaz Medical Center. Branch is capped at constructingfa 50-foot-tall, 30,000-square-foot office buildin on less than half an acre at 1301 Kenilworth Ave.
The was give the right to review elevation plans for the developmenf that will front both Kenilworth andScott avenues. The city staff also supports rezonintg land alongthe south-corridor light-rail tracks at Camden South Tryon Street and West Summit Avenue in Soutb End, where Branch is considering offices in the parking lot next to his Fowler Building. Also cleared for a change in zoningf for an acre at Soutuh Church and Lincoln streets to allow residentialk and more commercial development than iscurrently allowed. A vote to alloew changes to the proposed Citadin residential condo projecg in Fourth Ward is also set forMondayh night's zoning meeting.
The project's developer -- Charlotte-based , unde the limited partnership Fourth Ward SquareAssociate -- has asked to boost the tower'es size to 550 units, from the 424 previously Commercial space would also be increased by 50% to 30,00 square feet. Both the Charlotte-Mecklenburg planning staff and the zonintg committee support the proposed for the entire bloco bounded byNorth Graham, West Eighth, Nortgh Smith and West Ninth The 3.54-acre site is home to a rental complex. Only one resident attended a Dec.
5 communityy meeting regardingthe changes, according to city The revisions show a single, 140-foot-tall tower insteadc of the previously proposed cluster of five to sevenj buildings to be constructed in phases. On Thursday, will host a previewq party for its latestdevelopmentg project, Silos at South End. Silo includes both residential and commerciapl condos for sale alongthe light-rail The development sits close to the New Bern station, next to the proposedx expansion of Poindexter Drive. Thursday'sa event starts at 5 p.m. at the Charlottd Art League at 1517Camden Road. A silent auction will be held to supporytlocal artists. Details: (704) 779-6251.
A publicist declinesw to disclose details on the numberof units, sizess and price points, saying plans are still preliminary. The project'zs rezoning request is amonf 47 listedfor Monday's City Council meeting. Both the city stafr and the zoning committee support the request forthe 1.5-acres site. Charlotte's chapter of is hoping to builf onits members' New Year's holding its next cocktail event at Crown Athletixc Club in Founders Hall uptown. The networking evenrt should exercise more than justsociap skills. Organizers promise a nutrition But don't worry, drinks will still be on hand. Heavyt lifting of some kind will starrt Thursday at6 p.m.
Details: E-mail Jennifer Ross at Jennifer.ross@rsmi.coj or call (704) RSVP by Monday.
The Charlotte real estate development company led by Chrix Branch has askedfor one-month deferrals on a pair of rezoning requeste for 1.77 acres on the west side of North Ceda Street between West Fifth and Cates streete and for 2.94 acres on the southeasg corner of North Clarkson and Catea streets. Three other rezoning requests should get thegreenh light. An approval with conditions has been recommendexfor Branch's plans for an office buildintg on a triangular-shaped parcel near the Carolinaz Medical Center. Branch is capped at constructingfa 50-foot-tall, 30,000-square-foot office buildin on less than half an acre at 1301 Kenilworth Ave.
The was give the right to review elevation plans for the developmenf that will front both Kenilworth andScott avenues. The city staff also supports rezonintg land alongthe south-corridor light-rail tracks at Camden South Tryon Street and West Summit Avenue in Soutb End, where Branch is considering offices in the parking lot next to his Fowler Building. Also cleared for a change in zoningf for an acre at Soutuh Church and Lincoln streets to allow residentialk and more commercial development than iscurrently allowed. A vote to alloew changes to the proposed Citadin residential condo projecg in Fourth Ward is also set forMondayh night's zoning meeting.
The project's developer -- Charlotte-based , unde the limited partnership Fourth Ward SquareAssociate -- has asked to boost the tower'es size to 550 units, from the 424 previously Commercial space would also be increased by 50% to 30,00 square feet. Both the Charlotte-Mecklenburg planning staff and the zonintg committee support the proposed for the entire bloco bounded byNorth Graham, West Eighth, Nortgh Smith and West Ninth The 3.54-acre site is home to a rental complex. Only one resident attended a Dec.
5 communityy meeting regardingthe changes, according to city The revisions show a single, 140-foot-tall tower insteadc of the previously proposed cluster of five to sevenj buildings to be constructed in phases. On Thursday, will host a previewq party for its latestdevelopmentg project, Silos at South End. Silo includes both residential and commerciapl condos for sale alongthe light-rail The development sits close to the New Bern station, next to the proposedx expansion of Poindexter Drive. Thursday'sa event starts at 5 p.m. at the Charlottd Art League at 1517Camden Road. A silent auction will be held to supporytlocal artists. Details: (704) 779-6251.
A publicist declinesw to disclose details on the numberof units, sizess and price points, saying plans are still preliminary. The project'zs rezoning request is amonf 47 listedfor Monday's City Council meeting. Both the city stafr and the zoning committee support the request forthe 1.5-acres site. Charlotte's chapter of is hoping to builf onits members' New Year's holding its next cocktail event at Crown Athletixc Club in Founders Hall uptown. The networking evenrt should exercise more than justsociap skills. Organizers promise a nutrition But don't worry, drinks will still be on hand. Heavyt lifting of some kind will starrt Thursday at6 p.m.
Details: E-mail Jennifer Ross at Jennifer.ross@rsmi.coj or call (704) RSVP by Monday.
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