This Week's National Business News Headlines

Friday 02.03.2012

• Real Deals: Littleton shopping center sold for $4.7M; Thorton apts. sold for $30M

  Transmark Co. of Greenwood Village has bought the Broadridge Plaza shopping center in Littleton. The center, on south Broadway and West Ridge Road, sits on 10 acres and includes six buildings with 79,545 square feet of retail space...

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• Portland fire team, rec center face cuts

  Portland''s city bureaus have submitted proposed budgets that offer glimpses as to what might happen if they''re directed to cut between 4 percent and 8 percent this year...

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• Kolisch Hartwell''s 60-year plan

  The Portland Business Journal''s top law firms list didn''t change a whole heck of a lot over last year''s rankings...

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• Regional stocks: Stocks soar on jobs report

  News that the unemployment rate declined last month — the 5th consecutive month of declines — sent stocks soaring...

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• Nearly 100 million in the U.S. now own smartphones

  Google''s Android and Apple''s iOS both made gains in the number of mobile phones using the operating platforms in the U...

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• Winn-Dixie CFO to lead integration with Bi-Lo

  Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. Chief Financial Officer Bennett Nussbaum will lead the integration of the grocer with Bi-Lo Holding LLC, according to a filing with the U...

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• TST Media buys sports news publisher

  TST Media has bought Wisconsin Sports Network (WSN), which publishes high school sports news online and in print...

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• Diligent hires COO with defense-contracting experience

  Diligent Consulting Inc., an information technology service provider, has hired a new chief operating officer...

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• Nonprofit Seaweb takes on big leagues with a Super Bowl ad

  Nestled between the beer, the trucks, and the Go Daddy cleavage of this year''s Super Bowl ad lineup will be an unexpected face: Seaweb, a scrappy nonprofit devoted to protecting the world''s oceans...

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• Winklevoss twins to gain $300M from Facebook IPO?

  Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss could receive as much as $300 million in Facebook shares, when the Menlo Park-based social networking company''s IPO goes through, according to an NPR story Friday...

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• • CPI moves to the Nasdaq

    CPI Corp. officials said today that the company''s stock will start trading on the Nasdaq over-the counter market on Feb...

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  • Ruddick leads Charlotte stocks

    Charlotte stocks rallied Friday on a day of strong trading, with Ruddick Corp.''s shares jumping 8 percent in value...

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  • Bankers, Tampa small business owners talk credit at upcoming workshop

    Representatives of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. will be in Tampa to talk with small business owners about obtaining financing...

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  • More ex-players sue NFL in brain injury case

    Two more sets of retired players have sued the National Football League in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia Friday afternoon charging that the NFL “intentionally and fraudulently” misrepresented and/or concealed medical evidence about the risks related to repetitive brain injury and concussions...

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  • Kauai United Way takes 2012 grant applications online

    Kauai United Way is going paperless for its 2012 grant applications. The nonprofit organization is using a cloud-based application by WizeHive that will allow other nonprofit agencies to apply for funding online...

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  • IS&S to buy back up to 1M shares of its common stock

    Innovative Solutions & Support Inc. said Friday its board of directors has authorized it to buy back up to 1 million shares of its common stock...

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  • A&B to buy former CompUSA site from Kamehameha Schools

    A&B Properties Inc. is purchasing the former CompUsa property in Honolulu from Kamehameha Schools and has plans to develop a residential high-rise condominium tower on the site...

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  • Labor''s hiring report spurs stock bounce

    The DOW finished Friday at its highest mark, 12,836, since 2008 while the NASDAQ achieved trading levels last recorded in December 2000...

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  • Colorado stocks: Wall St. soars; Clovis up 13%, M.D.C. up 11%

    The Dow bolstered by an upbeat jobs report climbed to its highest close since 2008 Friday, while the Nasdaq attained an 11-year high...

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  • Arizona bills Amazon $53M for back taxes

    Arizona is following a growing trend among states looking to real in money from online sales by sending Amazon...

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Thursday 02.02.2012

• Crackdown nets five texting tickets
• CSG/PR joins with Kruzic, McCullough
• Auxogyn raises $20M in Series A funds
• RS&H to transition to new CEO
• Memphis chef competition turns sour
• Effects of American Airline layoffs unknown for Jacksonville Airport
• Neustar revenue up 27 percent
• Price tag for C-470 lanes: $200M
• LifeLock looking at potential for bowl sponsorship
• Design firm''s battling robots set for action
• • Miamisburg company part of Cincinnati solar deal
  • CBS4 weather: Major winter storm heading to Denver
  • Cincinnati OKs cleanup of casino collapse site
  • Gilead Q4 profit up, but EPS miss analyst estimates
  • Jersey Mike''s coming to Jacksonville
  • NFL owners expected to OK Niners new Santa Clara stadium
  • Former Struever Bros. exec Posko named to lead Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake
  • UTI sees 1Q revenue, profit fall on lower enrollment
  • Little change among Charlotte stocks
  • St. Elizabeth denied NICU unit
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Wednesday 02.01.2012

• Slideshow: How to blow $25,000 on Valentine''s Day
• Paul Brown Salon moving to Kailua Town Center
• FTN Financial acquires public funds management firm
• Valero''s fourth-quarter earnings impacted by volatile market
• Charlotte stocks gain ground
• News & Record names new editor
• Macy''s making changes to executive team
• Granite promotes Richard Watts to general counsel
• Kronkosky disburses nearly $5 million to support San Antonio organizations
• Pinnacol to resume pro-privatization ads despite complaints
• • Merrimack Pharmaceuticals puts off IPO
  • Facebook files for $5B IPO
  • Highest sales pay in Sacramento? Sales engineers
  • Obama signs disaster declaration for Jefferson County
  • Facebook registers for $5 billion IPO
  • Crown Castle Operating Co. completes $3B credit facility
  • Colorado stocks: Gasco up 10%, Ascent Solar up 9%
  • Fortinet stock closes up nearly 10% on Q4 earnings
  • Sky Harbor traffic highest since recession
  • Jaime Molera working to end AIMS, move to PARCC assessment
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Tuesday 01.31.2012

• Obama wants to expand small business tax breaks
• The Business Journal needs your help
• HCA will build emergency department early at StoneSpring campus
• Ocean Bank enjoys second consecutive profitable quarter
• Walter Energy faces shareholder lawsuit
• A quarter of Oregonians deemed ''asset poor''
• Small ''boring'' banks new and exciting for Wall Street
• William Jessup shares virtual preview of expansion
• RadiSys sales climb 20 percent in Q4
• Vertex''s CF drug: $294,000 may be fair
• • Lunchbox Laboratory spreads to Bellevue
  • Harris Corp. gets $235 million radio order from Australia
  • Fund for the Arts campaign on record pace
  • Voter turnout brisk in Cornilles, Bonamici race
  • WageWorks buys TransitCenter
  • Erickson IPO expected next week
  • Seagate''s Q2 earnings surpass analyst predictions
  • Healing Place secures $800,000 Kresge grant
  • India rapidly attracting Washington Investments
  • Southwest Airlines, AirTran reach seniority agreement with flight attendants
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Monday 01.30.2012

• Court bars Pitre Inc. from retaliating against workers
• Bank of America''s stock sees 3% drop
• KQED adds Michael Lupetin as VP, marketing and brand
• MovieMaker ranks Albuquerque No. 3 for independent filmmakers
• Sacramento co-op reveals proposal for new location
• Colorado stocks: Pure Cycle up 22%; Ascent Solar down 10%
• American Red Cross to move its headquarters
• What to look for in Tuesday''s Amazon earnings report
• Frost Bank recognized for quality business banking
• Aetna adds incentives for primary-care docs
• • Southern Community posts profit
  • Missouri settles with contractor accused of consumer fraud
  • Verizon''s Larry Babbio exiting as HP director
  • Smashburger opening in Elk Grove
  • Fant family on board to help in transition to CenterState
  • Imperial executive targeted by FBI probe takes leave of absence
  • St. Louis 4th among U.S. cities for manufacturing jobs
  • BCSB Bancorp earnings soar in first quarter
  • Online travel companies in $1.9M settlement with Palm Beach County
  • Ricci named CEO of Parx Casino company
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• Jennifer Finley, president and owner of Too Good Gourmet
• His job is to bring jobs back to California
• Rider seeking taxi driver
• Where child''s play is a lot more than that
• Two bills try to fix small business contracting rules
• Even small firms are liable to need liability insurance
• Officials: Hollywood Casino meant $60M jackpot for Kansas City-area firms
• Bill would address small business contracting fraud, force agency rationale for insourcing
• Slideshow: How to blow $25,000 on Valentine''s Day