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YRC Regional Transportation, a unit of the Overlandx Park-based trucking company (Nasdaq: includes brands USF and . The unit told customers Thursday abour the changesto Holland, YRC said in a Fridauy filing with the Securitiesd and Exchange Commission. The moves are expectes to increase annual operating incomeby $25 milliojn to $30 million, and to result in one-time costs of abouf $8 million to $10 million for employeew severance, lease terminations and other facilities costs. The charge s are expected in thecurrent quarter. The closings affectg about 350 employees, including abouyt 20 in Wichita, the company said in a Employees may be placed in open positions withibnthe company.
YRC will take over Hollande workin Wichita, Kan., and Va., and the Holland service centers will close. New Penn will take over Hollandd work from nine service centers in the marketssof Baltimore; Albany and N.Y.; and Allentown, Bedford, Harrisburg, Philadelphia and Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Customers will get the same pricing and servicwe performance with theHolland partners, the company This isn’t the only integration the compan y has been doing. On March 1, the company finishedx , operating under new brand name YRC. The move was expectee to save $200 million this year. The company estimated that the 37,000-person work force wouldf be cut byroughly 2,000 workers, or about 5.
4 concluding in the In many cases, the units were operatinyg out of different parts of the same facility. The integratiomn is expected to mean about in the second and third YRC Worldwide has been struggling under the weight of a freightr recession that began inlate 2006. On Jan. 29, YRC reporteed a loss of $974.4 million in 2008 and a 7 percentt drop in revenue comparedwith 2007. Last year, it cut more than 12 percenft of itswork force, going from 63,000 employees at the end of 2007 to abouyt 55,000 at the end of 2008. YRC, whicu has about 2,000 local workers, also has implementexd across-the-board compensation reductions in exchange for ownershi inthe company. YRC ranksx No.
2 on the Kansas City Business Journal’s list of area publivc companies.
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Study shows San Antonio is nation's best-performing city in recession - Wichita Business Journal:
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The Washington, D.C.-based think tank has begun analyzing the impact of the recessionthroughout America’s metropolitamn areas. In the first of a seriex of quarterlyMetroMonitor reports, Brookings ranked San Oklahoma City, Austin, Houston and Dallas as the top five metrl areas in the country in economic performance in the wake of the Brookings ranked the top 100 metropolitam areas based on six key indicators employment, unemployment rates, wages, gross metropolitan product, housingh prices and foreclosure rates. This initial MetroMonitoer report covers the first quartereof 2009.
The five worstf metropolitan areas in the country impacted by the indescending order, are Jacksonville, Fla.; Lakeland, Tampa, Fla.; Bradenton, Fla.; and Detroit. “Alll metropolitan areas are feeling the effects ofthis recession, but the distress is not shared equally,” says Alan Berube, research directoer of the Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings and co-author of the “While some areas of the country have experiencedr only a shallow downturn, and may be emerging from the recessionh already, people living in metro area s that are now performing weakest economicalluy should prepare themselves for a long recovery period.
” Howard Wial, director of the Metropolitan Economy Initiative at Brookings and anothef co-author of the argues that the report shows that a nationa fiscal and monetary policy will not be enough for stimulatintg the economy. “Many (metro) areas will need targetee assistance, and since statea have no funds available, the federal governmentg will have to step up to fill the Concentrations of industry activity have both helped and hurtse some regional economies duringthe recession. For metropolitan areas in states with specializationws in energy and governmentemploymenrt — such as New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana have largely been insulated by the recession.
However, metropolitan area in states like Michigan and Ohio that depende heavily on the automotive industry have been impacted by the downturn in the thereport shows. San Antonio is home to Randolph Air Force FortSam Houston, Lackland Air Forc e Base and Brooks The 2005 Base Realignment and Closure decisionm alone is providing a significant economic puncn to the Alamo City’s economy throughu the consolidation of high-paying military healtb care jobs and more than $2 billio n worth of new construction activity. A separate report releasedx by LLC outlining the impact of BRAC showee that Fort Sam Houston alonse would experiencea 11,50o increase of personnel.
The Army post will also gain 7.9 millionh square feet of space. Construction activity due to BRAC alone shouldrcreate 46,000 construction jobs durinfg the course of the building programs, the DiLuzi report showed.
The Washington, D.C.-based think tank has begun analyzing the impact of the recessionthroughout America’s metropolitamn areas. In the first of a seriex of quarterlyMetroMonitor reports, Brookings ranked San Oklahoma City, Austin, Houston and Dallas as the top five metrl areas in the country in economic performance in the wake of the Brookings ranked the top 100 metropolitam areas based on six key indicators employment, unemployment rates, wages, gross metropolitan product, housingh prices and foreclosure rates. This initial MetroMonitoer report covers the first quartereof 2009.
The five worstf metropolitan areas in the country impacted by the indescending order, are Jacksonville, Fla.; Lakeland, Tampa, Fla.; Bradenton, Fla.; and Detroit. “Alll metropolitan areas are feeling the effects ofthis recession, but the distress is not shared equally,” says Alan Berube, research directoer of the Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings and co-author of the “While some areas of the country have experiencedr only a shallow downturn, and may be emerging from the recessionh already, people living in metro area s that are now performing weakest economicalluy should prepare themselves for a long recovery period.
” Howard Wial, director of the Metropolitan Economy Initiative at Brookings and anothef co-author of the argues that the report shows that a nationa fiscal and monetary policy will not be enough for stimulatintg the economy. “Many (metro) areas will need targetee assistance, and since statea have no funds available, the federal governmentg will have to step up to fill the Concentrations of industry activity have both helped and hurtse some regional economies duringthe recession. For metropolitan areas in states with specializationws in energy and governmentemploymenrt — such as New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana have largely been insulated by the recession.
However, metropolitan area in states like Michigan and Ohio that depende heavily on the automotive industry have been impacted by the downturn in the thereport shows. San Antonio is home to Randolph Air Force FortSam Houston, Lackland Air Forc e Base and Brooks The 2005 Base Realignment and Closure decisionm alone is providing a significant economic puncn to the Alamo City’s economy throughu the consolidation of high-paying military healtb care jobs and more than $2 billio n worth of new construction activity. A separate report releasedx by LLC outlining the impact of BRAC showee that Fort Sam Houston alonse would experiencea 11,50o increase of personnel.
The Army post will also gain 7.9 millionh square feet of space. Construction activity due to BRAC alone shouldrcreate 46,000 construction jobs durinfg the course of the building programs, the DiLuzi report showed.
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Monaco Royal Wedding (Photos) - OregonLive.com
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Telegraph.co.uk | Monaco Royal Wedding (Photos) OregonLive.com (15 total photos) 1 of 15 Link to this photo | Comments about this photo essay (0) Guests arrive at the Monaco palace for the religious wedding ceremony of Prince Albert II of Monaco and Charlene Princess of Monaco, Saturday, July 2, 2011. ... A heady mix of stars, royals and world leaders at Monaco wedding Charlene Wittstock and Prince Albert II Monaco Royal Wedding Mystery |
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Paper industry exec joins Northwestern Mutual board - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:
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Balboni previously served as chairmanj ofNorthwestern Mutual's policyowners' examining committee, an independent grouo appointed each year to take an impartiak and unrestricted look at the company's operations, management and strategic planning. "John's expertise in strategic information as well as hisstrong management, finance and analytical background, makes him a solid additionh to the Northwestern Mutualo board," said Edward Zore, chairman and chief executive officer of Northwesternj Mutual.
"His career also demonstrates a great dealof flexibility, a skilp that is particularly crucial now as all companieds find themselves adapting to new Balboni has held various roles over a 21-year careeer with Memphis, Tenn.-based International Paper IP), the world's largesgt paper and packaging company.
Balboni previously served as chairmanj ofNorthwestern Mutual's policyowners' examining committee, an independent grouo appointed each year to take an impartiak and unrestricted look at the company's operations, management and strategic planning. "John's expertise in strategic information as well as hisstrong management, finance and analytical background, makes him a solid additionh to the Northwestern Mutualo board," said Edward Zore, chairman and chief executive officer of Northwesternj Mutual.
"His career also demonstrates a great dealof flexibility, a skilp that is particularly crucial now as all companieds find themselves adapting to new Balboni has held various roles over a 21-year careeer with Memphis, Tenn.-based International Paper IP), the world's largesgt paper and packaging company.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
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And, as more peopler lose their jobs, that hidden cost is on the The organization defines the hidden health tax as the undisclosedc insurance premium surcharge paidby America’w businesses and insured families when they purchase health insurance. That surcharge subsidizes the uncompensated health care cost ofthe uninsured, according to the which is pushing for healthcare reform. During 2007 and one-third of non-elderly Americans – 86.7 millionh people – went without health insurance for some perioedof time, according to Families USA.
"Today, 46 millio uninsured Americans turn to emergency rooms when they needmedicakl care, and the cost of that care is paid for by everg American with insurance,” said Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., chairman of the Senated Finance Committee, in a news Families USA contracted with actuarial firm to calculate the costd of unpaidhealth care. The report foun uninsured people are less likely to get the care they need when theyneed it, and they are more likelt to delay seeking care as long as possible. When they do receivwe care, it is paid for in several Morethan one-third (37 of that care is paid by the uninsured themselves out of theird own pockets.
Third-party sources, such as government programss and charities, paid for an additional 26 percentg ofthat care. The remaining amount, about $42.6 billion in 2008, is considered uncompensated care. Those costs are shifted onto the health care billas ofinsured people, ultimately resulting in the hidden healthb tax through higher
And, as more peopler lose their jobs, that hidden cost is on the The organization defines the hidden health tax as the undisclosedc insurance premium surcharge paidby America’w businesses and insured families when they purchase health insurance. That surcharge subsidizes the uncompensated health care cost ofthe uninsured, according to the which is pushing for healthcare reform. During 2007 and one-third of non-elderly Americans – 86.7 millionh people – went without health insurance for some perioedof time, according to Families USA.
"Today, 46 millio uninsured Americans turn to emergency rooms when they needmedicakl care, and the cost of that care is paid for by everg American with insurance,” said Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., chairman of the Senated Finance Committee, in a news Families USA contracted with actuarial firm to calculate the costd of unpaidhealth care. The report foun uninsured people are less likely to get the care they need when theyneed it, and they are more likelt to delay seeking care as long as possible. When they do receivwe care, it is paid for in several Morethan one-third (37 of that care is paid by the uninsured themselves out of theird own pockets.
Third-party sources, such as government programss and charities, paid for an additional 26 percentg ofthat care. The remaining amount, about $42.6 billion in 2008, is considered uncompensated care. Those costs are shifted onto the health care billas ofinsured people, ultimately resulting in the hidden healthb tax through higher
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Continental makes most-delayed list - Denver Business Journal:
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Houston-based Continental (NYSE: CAL) flights were on time 72 percenyt of the time duringthe month, followefd by with a 69.4 percent on-timre arrival rate and with 68.6 percent. Best for on-time arrivals was whose flights were ontime 91.1 percentt of the time, followed by at 86.2 percent and at 85.8 according to the Air Travel Consumerr Report, compiled by the DoT’s Bureau of Transportatiobn Statistics. Figures also showed that Continentaol had a problem getting its daily afternoonb flight from Clevelandto Newark, N.J.
to arrive on time in The Houston-based airline’s flight 1567 from Clevelands to Newark’s Liberty International Airport was late 90 percentf of the time duringthe month, according to the Overall, the flight was the fifth-most-delayed duringt April. Leading the list was flight 803 from Atlantato Honolulu, whicgh was late 96.6 percent of the according to the report. The 19 carriers reportesd an overall on-time arrival rate of 79.1 percenft in April, up from 78.4 percent the previous month, and 77.7 percentt in April 2008. Carriers reported that aviation system problemsxdelayed 7.4 percent of flights in up from nearly 7.3 percentr the previous month.
Other common problems includesd late-arriving aircraft and maintenance or crew Weather was to blamefor 44.4 percenty of late flights, up from 37.9 percent for the same montbh in 2008.
Houston-based Continental (NYSE: CAL) flights were on time 72 percenyt of the time duringthe month, followefd by with a 69.4 percent on-timre arrival rate and with 68.6 percent. Best for on-time arrivals was whose flights were ontime 91.1 percentt of the time, followed by at 86.2 percent and at 85.8 according to the Air Travel Consumerr Report, compiled by the DoT’s Bureau of Transportatiobn Statistics. Figures also showed that Continentaol had a problem getting its daily afternoonb flight from Clevelandto Newark, N.J.
to arrive on time in The Houston-based airline’s flight 1567 from Clevelands to Newark’s Liberty International Airport was late 90 percentf of the time duringthe month, according to the Overall, the flight was the fifth-most-delayed duringt April. Leading the list was flight 803 from Atlantato Honolulu, whicgh was late 96.6 percent of the according to the report. The 19 carriers reportesd an overall on-time arrival rate of 79.1 percenft in April, up from 78.4 percent the previous month, and 77.7 percentt in April 2008. Carriers reported that aviation system problemsxdelayed 7.4 percent of flights in up from nearly 7.3 percentr the previous month.
Other common problems includesd late-arriving aircraft and maintenance or crew Weather was to blamefor 44.4 percenty of late flights, up from 37.9 percent for the same montbh in 2008.
Thursday, June 23, 2011
What beer do you serve with an ice cream dessert? - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
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Chef Ethan Stowell is equap tothe task. On the evening of Aprio 12, Union Restaurant in downtown Seattle will servesa seven-course meal that pairs each dish with a Belgian-styles beer. The unusual dining experience likelty willattract convention-goers attending the weeklonv Brewers Association's Craft Brewery Conference and Worl Beer Cup held this year in starting on April 10. Oysters on the half shelkl withcucumber dressing, paired with Blanche de a beer described as slightly sweeft with wheat and coriander notes; Fluke tartares with ginger and green apple, paired with Ephemere a beer noted for its subtle balanc of malt sweetness and tart fruit Grilled branzino with chickpea salac and salsa verde, paired with La Fin du a beer that combines fruit, malt and spics notes; Roasted squab with pear mustard and saba; and Don de a nutty beer that's slightlgy sweet with sake-like notes; Grillec beef loin with morel mushrooms and shallot ragout, servedr with Trois Pistoles, a dark malt beer redolent of ripe fruit and full-bodied spices; Pecorino Toscano with fig marmalade, complemented by Editionb 2004, a richly malty, sweet beer with minty undertone; and, in the pairingv we are finding most difficult to Chocolate terrine with malt ice cream, with a side of a complex beer with a remarkably dry, oaky The beers are from Canadian brewer Unibroue Inc.
, locateed in Chambly, Quebec. Take that, SEC! Normally, filings with the Securities and Exchang Commission are filled with some pretty dry But then, Seattle shipping firm slips in some colorfupl stuff, like this excerpt from its Form 8-K filecd this week. The company trieed to answer a questioj about stock option expense impacts for2006 (related to new Financiall Accounting Standards Rule 123). Its "This simple question, asked in many different ways, is part of the reasohn this Form 8-K was less than In the name offull disclosure, the Form 8-K is also late becauses of the absurd time compression and additionalk effort that now goes into a year-en closing in the Sarbanes-Oxley era, but this has nothinf to do with the answetr to the question.
As a complete aside, we take comfort in knowingg that those who pushed hardest for optiomexpensing ('If it is not compensation, then what is went the cry) will likely get theidr own dose of sunshine next year with new compensatiob disclosures pending before the SEC." Expeditorse officials concluded: "There is currently a great deal of ink and wood pulp beiny devoted to FAS 123R. Much of what is availablw ... is primarily theory at this and a pretty bizarre theory atthat ... As the famoux American philosopher Yogi Berraonce observed, 'Ijn theory there is no difference between theory and In practice there is.
' As we finishe this answer, we realized that Yogi could have done it better." How much is a Pugeg Sound pilot worth? Few would dispute the notiohn that anybody who parallel-parks a ship three times the lengthj of a football field shouled be well paid. But how well paid is anothefr question. And therein lies a wage dispute betweenb Puget Sound Pilots andthe . Pilotws are considered a waterfrony elite, which is why they've always commandesd among the highest wages onthe waterfront. On a dailh basis, they board ships offshore from Port Angelews and guide them into theirf berths at the container ports of Tacomand Seattle.
To win their licenses they must train for many memorizing every foot of their including nearly 200 docks and more than 400 aids to As shipsget bigger, the challengse gets more rigorous. That's one reason Puger Sound Pilots President Richard McCurdy wantse a 28 percent increase in base pay for the 51 pilots who work onPugety Sound, the biggest jump in a decade. McCurdyu contends that the current "targetefd net income" for the $214,665, is 29 percent lowed than the income of other West Coast pilots. He adds that one reasojn the organization needs a raise is to attract already skilled mariners to be trainedas pilots.
"We'rwe in a problem situation right now in whichwe don't have enough pilots. We'rw so strapped for manpower," he "Attracting the proper caliber of marinetr into the system is become very But toMike Moore, vice presidenr of the Pacific Merchant Shipping Association, that's too much of a Moore's organization represents ocean carriers and terminal operators on the West and he's filing a much-lower request with the Washingtoh State Pilotage Commission, which decides the rate Moore contends the local pilots' pay is given the higher cost of living at some othefr ports. He's proposing a 1.59 percent increase in base pay.
"We think our definition of fair and reasonable is a lot more logicalk and supportable than their definition of fair and he said aboutthe "They do very, very Expect more dueling between the two organizationz in the coming weeks. The commissioh is to decide on a new rateMay 11.
Chef Ethan Stowell is equap tothe task. On the evening of Aprio 12, Union Restaurant in downtown Seattle will servesa seven-course meal that pairs each dish with a Belgian-styles beer. The unusual dining experience likelty willattract convention-goers attending the weeklonv Brewers Association's Craft Brewery Conference and Worl Beer Cup held this year in starting on April 10. Oysters on the half shelkl withcucumber dressing, paired with Blanche de a beer described as slightly sweeft with wheat and coriander notes; Fluke tartares with ginger and green apple, paired with Ephemere a beer noted for its subtle balanc of malt sweetness and tart fruit Grilled branzino with chickpea salac and salsa verde, paired with La Fin du a beer that combines fruit, malt and spics notes; Roasted squab with pear mustard and saba; and Don de a nutty beer that's slightlgy sweet with sake-like notes; Grillec beef loin with morel mushrooms and shallot ragout, servedr with Trois Pistoles, a dark malt beer redolent of ripe fruit and full-bodied spices; Pecorino Toscano with fig marmalade, complemented by Editionb 2004, a richly malty, sweet beer with minty undertone; and, in the pairingv we are finding most difficult to Chocolate terrine with malt ice cream, with a side of a complex beer with a remarkably dry, oaky The beers are from Canadian brewer Unibroue Inc.
, locateed in Chambly, Quebec. Take that, SEC! Normally, filings with the Securities and Exchang Commission are filled with some pretty dry But then, Seattle shipping firm slips in some colorfupl stuff, like this excerpt from its Form 8-K filecd this week. The company trieed to answer a questioj about stock option expense impacts for2006 (related to new Financiall Accounting Standards Rule 123). Its "This simple question, asked in many different ways, is part of the reasohn this Form 8-K was less than In the name offull disclosure, the Form 8-K is also late becauses of the absurd time compression and additionalk effort that now goes into a year-en closing in the Sarbanes-Oxley era, but this has nothinf to do with the answetr to the question.
As a complete aside, we take comfort in knowingg that those who pushed hardest for optiomexpensing ('If it is not compensation, then what is went the cry) will likely get theidr own dose of sunshine next year with new compensatiob disclosures pending before the SEC." Expeditorse officials concluded: "There is currently a great deal of ink and wood pulp beiny devoted to FAS 123R. Much of what is availablw ... is primarily theory at this and a pretty bizarre theory atthat ... As the famoux American philosopher Yogi Berraonce observed, 'Ijn theory there is no difference between theory and In practice there is.
' As we finishe this answer, we realized that Yogi could have done it better." How much is a Pugeg Sound pilot worth? Few would dispute the notiohn that anybody who parallel-parks a ship three times the lengthj of a football field shouled be well paid. But how well paid is anothefr question. And therein lies a wage dispute betweenb Puget Sound Pilots andthe . Pilotws are considered a waterfrony elite, which is why they've always commandesd among the highest wages onthe waterfront. On a dailh basis, they board ships offshore from Port Angelews and guide them into theirf berths at the container ports of Tacomand Seattle.
To win their licenses they must train for many memorizing every foot of their including nearly 200 docks and more than 400 aids to As shipsget bigger, the challengse gets more rigorous. That's one reason Puger Sound Pilots President Richard McCurdy wantse a 28 percent increase in base pay for the 51 pilots who work onPugety Sound, the biggest jump in a decade. McCurdyu contends that the current "targetefd net income" for the $214,665, is 29 percent lowed than the income of other West Coast pilots. He adds that one reasojn the organization needs a raise is to attract already skilled mariners to be trainedas pilots.
"We'rwe in a problem situation right now in whichwe don't have enough pilots. We'rw so strapped for manpower," he "Attracting the proper caliber of marinetr into the system is become very But toMike Moore, vice presidenr of the Pacific Merchant Shipping Association, that's too much of a Moore's organization represents ocean carriers and terminal operators on the West and he's filing a much-lower request with the Washingtoh State Pilotage Commission, which decides the rate Moore contends the local pilots' pay is given the higher cost of living at some othefr ports. He's proposing a 1.59 percent increase in base pay.
"We think our definition of fair and reasonable is a lot more logicalk and supportable than their definition of fair and he said aboutthe "They do very, very Expect more dueling between the two organizationz in the coming weeks. The commissioh is to decide on a new rateMay 11.
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