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Only 26 percent expect sales toincrease — half the percentag that expected sales gains a year ago. Nearlhy half expect profits will decrease in thenear “These findings support PNC’s forecasrt that the U.S. economy will continuse to suffer into the second half of the said PNC chief economistStuart Hoffman. It will be 2010 befor the economygets “real traction from the various federap policy stimulus initiatives,” Hoffman said. If the recession continues over the next six 43 percentof U.S. companies probablyh will make across-the-board budget cuts. That’s accordingy to a new poll by the Society for HumanResource Management.
The next most likely step would be to reducr staffthrough attrition, whilew 40 percent of human resource executivesx said hiring freezes would be put into place. Freezingh employee wages was next, followed by cuts in employee Only 24 percentexpect layoffs. Layoff s “are becoming more of a last optiobn that many business leaderzwould take,” said SHRM president and CEO Laurence O’Neil. “This finding underscores the seriousness of the recessioh as many companies find they cannot survive withouty some degreeof layoffs.
” More than 70 percent of the CEOs of America’a largest companies expect to reducs employment at their businesses over the next six according to a surveg by the Business Two-thirds expect a decline in salex and capital spending. WASHINGTON — The wants help from the includingsmall businesses, on developing a plan to ensuree that all Americans have acceszs to broadband. The economic stimulus legislation directed the FCC to present the plan to Congresaby Feb. 17, 2010, a year after the bill was signesdinto law.
The FCC is soliciting commentsa on the best ways to ensurre universalbroadband access, strategies for making it how to evaluate the progresx of broadband grant programs and how to use broadban to advance public policy goals. Comments may be filer electronicallyat . The stimulus bill included $7.2 billion for grantsz and loans to increase broadband access in unservex andunderserved areas. The programs will be administered by the andthe ’d rural development program. WASHINGTON — The plans to spenc $285 million for 17,600 fuel-efficient including 2,500 hybrid sedans, by June 1.
Money for these as well as $15 million for advancedx technology vehicles suchas all-electric vehicles, will come from funds appropriatede in the economic stimulus package.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Monday, February 13, 2012
Tourism Department debuts campaign for local visitor dollars - New Mexico Business Weekly:
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The “Let’s Go New Mexico” campaign consists of 30-second television ads promotingv in-state destinations and events. They are airingh on KRQE Channel 13, KOB Channel 4, KOAT Channel 7, and the . “Ijn these difficult times, we want folks to remembet that we live in a very special corner of the filled with incredible things to seeand do,” said Michaelk Cerletti, secretary of the Tourism Department. The Departmengt did a similar campaign last year in responsrto record-high gas prices.
This year it’es about coping with the economic Richard Eeds, director of the Tourism Department’e advertising program, said that stops at the state’a nine visitor information centers increased significantly during last year’s campaign. The ads are currentlhy promoting outdoor activities at sites such as Whitre SandsNational Monument, Carlsbad Caverns Nationap Park and the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad. New locationds and events will be featured over the course ofthe campaign, includinh Ghost Ranch in Abiquiú, flamenco dancingb in Santa Fe, the Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium and racing at Ruidoso Downs. The campaign will run througu Labor Day.
The Department has also launchex a new social networking planusing , and . The idea is to increasr online exposure through viral marketingh and create a community that promotedtourism here. There will also be a aboutt travel deals at theTourism Department’a Web site. The blog feature will help drive traffic to theWeb site, officials because it allows people to leave thus constantly providing new activithy on the site. indexea well-maintained blogs more frequently thanstatic sites. Businessesx can participate in the social networking campaign by contactingh Anna Wacksat anna@ballantinespr.com.
The “Let’s Go New Mexico” campaign consists of 30-second television ads promotingv in-state destinations and events. They are airingh on KRQE Channel 13, KOB Channel 4, KOAT Channel 7, and the . “Ijn these difficult times, we want folks to remembet that we live in a very special corner of the filled with incredible things to seeand do,” said Michaelk Cerletti, secretary of the Tourism Department. The Departmengt did a similar campaign last year in responsrto record-high gas prices.
This year it’es about coping with the economic Richard Eeds, director of the Tourism Department’e advertising program, said that stops at the state’a nine visitor information centers increased significantly during last year’s campaign. The ads are currentlhy promoting outdoor activities at sites such as Whitre SandsNational Monument, Carlsbad Caverns Nationap Park and the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad. New locationds and events will be featured over the course ofthe campaign, includinh Ghost Ranch in Abiquiú, flamenco dancingb in Santa Fe, the Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium and racing at Ruidoso Downs. The campaign will run througu Labor Day.
The Department has also launchex a new social networking planusing , and . The idea is to increasr online exposure through viral marketingh and create a community that promotedtourism here. There will also be a aboutt travel deals at theTourism Department’a Web site. The blog feature will help drive traffic to theWeb site, officials because it allows people to leave thus constantly providing new activithy on the site. indexea well-maintained blogs more frequently thanstatic sites. Businessesx can participate in the social networking campaign by contactingh Anna Wacksat anna@ballantinespr.com.
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Biltmore guests can buy real estate in hotel lobby - Phoenix Business Journal:
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Visitors now can put findingf a second or vacation home on theirtravel itineraries. , under the helm of designatedx brokerCynthia Stockwell, is selling real estate straight from the Biltmorw lobby. The office is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. sevenj days a week and staffedf by foursales agents, as well as Offerings include seasonal and residentialp leasing, property management and home and condo sales. For 602-381-7624. will act as constructionh manager forthe $9.6 million Canyon Springds Medical Plaza in Gilbert. The project includees site improvements and buildinyga 97,000-square-foot, four-story medical office Construction is set to begi next month, with a completion date of May 2007.
will market Starwood Professional Village, a 59,000-square-foof office/condominium project in the Dallaxsmetro area. Shea, based in is one of the country's largestr developers of office condos. It also is a land and residentialtransaction broker. More planes can park at with the development of "the water property. and are partnering on a long-term leaswe and developing 14 acres at the northwest cornef of McKellips Road andFalcon Drive. More than 230,000 square feet of executive/corporate hangar space with attachedd officesis available. For more: Mike Grubb & Ellis senior vice president, at While the number of resaler homes went downin May, the pricew went up.
Throughout the Valley, May resale figuresx were down from 2005 but comparable to 2004 and according to theat 's Polytechnicv campus in Mesa. In May, 6,870 saled were recorded, which is below this year's high of 7,26t5 sales in March. Last year in May, 10,425 sales were Most homes this May, 44 were priced at $200,000 to $299,999. Thirty-nine percent were price at morethan $300,000, and 14 percent of all recordecd sales were for homes in the $125,00 0 to $199,999 range. Monthly mortgage payments for median-pricexd homes came in at $1,135 to $1,380.
Resalee numbers for the townhouse/condominium market also reflect the resale home Affordability concernsfor first-time buyers remains high, according to the center. Honord awarded during the 14thannual / Tributezs earlier this month included Chandler's 392-unitf Stonebridge Ranch for best team and community for properties buil t between 2000 and 2005. manages the property. Scottsdale's 202-uniyt Desert Parks Vista receivedthe developer's award for the best communitgy design for a property built between 2004 and 2005. Othe awards went to Tracy Valenzuela of who was named property supervisor ofthe year. Sarah Oglesby, also of Alliancwe Residential Co.
, was selected apartment manager of the year for a communit with more than200 units, and Lisa Walker of was namef apartment manager of the year for a community with fewer than 200 , a general contracting firm, was awardeed contracts for East Valley Distribution Center in Chandlee and The Forum at Gilbert Ranch project on the northwes t corner of Val Vista Drive and Williams Fieldr Road.
Visitors now can put findingf a second or vacation home on theirtravel itineraries. , under the helm of designatedx brokerCynthia Stockwell, is selling real estate straight from the Biltmorw lobby. The office is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. sevenj days a week and staffedf by foursales agents, as well as Offerings include seasonal and residentialp leasing, property management and home and condo sales. For 602-381-7624. will act as constructionh manager forthe $9.6 million Canyon Springds Medical Plaza in Gilbert. The project includees site improvements and buildinyga 97,000-square-foot, four-story medical office Construction is set to begi next month, with a completion date of May 2007.
will market Starwood Professional Village, a 59,000-square-foof office/condominium project in the Dallaxsmetro area. Shea, based in is one of the country's largestr developers of office condos. It also is a land and residentialtransaction broker. More planes can park at with the development of "the water property. and are partnering on a long-term leaswe and developing 14 acres at the northwest cornef of McKellips Road andFalcon Drive. More than 230,000 square feet of executive/corporate hangar space with attachedd officesis available. For more: Mike Grubb & Ellis senior vice president, at While the number of resaler homes went downin May, the pricew went up.
Throughout the Valley, May resale figuresx were down from 2005 but comparable to 2004 and according to theat 's Polytechnicv campus in Mesa. In May, 6,870 saled were recorded, which is below this year's high of 7,26t5 sales in March. Last year in May, 10,425 sales were Most homes this May, 44 were priced at $200,000 to $299,999. Thirty-nine percent were price at morethan $300,000, and 14 percent of all recordecd sales were for homes in the $125,00 0 to $199,999 range. Monthly mortgage payments for median-pricexd homes came in at $1,135 to $1,380.
Resalee numbers for the townhouse/condominium market also reflect the resale home Affordability concernsfor first-time buyers remains high, according to the center. Honord awarded during the 14thannual / Tributezs earlier this month included Chandler's 392-unitf Stonebridge Ranch for best team and community for properties buil t between 2000 and 2005. manages the property. Scottsdale's 202-uniyt Desert Parks Vista receivedthe developer's award for the best communitgy design for a property built between 2004 and 2005. Othe awards went to Tracy Valenzuela of who was named property supervisor ofthe year. Sarah Oglesby, also of Alliancwe Residential Co.
, was selected apartment manager of the year for a communit with more than200 units, and Lisa Walker of was namef apartment manager of the year for a community with fewer than 200 , a general contracting firm, was awardeed contracts for East Valley Distribution Center in Chandlee and The Forum at Gilbert Ranch project on the northwes t corner of Val Vista Drive and Williams Fieldr Road.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Duke, Lowe
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It is the first such prograk Duke has offered inthe Carolinas. The 40 percent-off coupon s are available to the utility’s customers at . Customers can print four of the couponw after entering their accounrt numbers andother information. The coupons can be used for purchases of compacyt fluorescent bulbsat Lowe’s stores in the utility’s service area throug Aug. 11. Compact fluorescent bulbs are 75 percenyt more efficient than standard bulbs and last five tosevejn years, according to EnergyStar, a governmengt program that promotes energy efficiency.
“By initiating this collaboration, we hope to help our Nort Carolina and South Carolina customers save reduce their energy consumption and have a positive impact onthe environment,” says Brett Carter, president of . Duke Energy Carolinas is a divisiomnof Charlotte-based (NYSE:DUK). Lowe’ s (NYSE:LOW) is a home-improvement retailer based in
It is the first such prograk Duke has offered inthe Carolinas. The 40 percent-off coupon s are available to the utility’s customers at . Customers can print four of the couponw after entering their accounrt numbers andother information. The coupons can be used for purchases of compacyt fluorescent bulbsat Lowe’s stores in the utility’s service area throug Aug. 11. Compact fluorescent bulbs are 75 percenyt more efficient than standard bulbs and last five tosevejn years, according to EnergyStar, a governmengt program that promotes energy efficiency.
“By initiating this collaboration, we hope to help our Nort Carolina and South Carolina customers save reduce their energy consumption and have a positive impact onthe environment,” says Brett Carter, president of . Duke Energy Carolinas is a divisiomnof Charlotte-based (NYSE:DUK). Lowe’ s (NYSE:LOW) is a home-improvement retailer based in
Monday, February 6, 2012
US policy-makers must fix basic economic problems - gulfnews.com
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gulfnews.com | US policy-makers must fix basic economic problems gulfnews.com Policymakers should pair fiscal measures to ameliorate the jobs and investment deficits now with a multi-year plan to reduce the long-run fiscal deficit gradu » |
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Tech sector job cuts slow in second quarter - Dayton Business Journal:
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Planned layoffs announced by electronics and telecommunications companiestotaled 33,890 in the second quarter, accordingb to Chicago-based , an consultation firm. That was down 60 percenft from the previous quarterwhen tech-sector job cuts reached 84,220, the highest level sincs the fourth quarter of 2002. The second-quarter figure is nearly equal tothe 33,650 job cuts announceds during the same period a year ago. Despite the second-quartere decline, tech-sector job cuts for the first half of the year reacheddabout 118,100, which is the largest six-month totalp in seven years.
The seconfd quarter improvement may be signaling a turnaroun d for an industry that has been impacted heavily by the accordingto Challenger, Gray Christmas. However, Ann Gallaher, chief operating officer at Dayton-basede industry group , said it also could be that companiez have aligned expenseswith income, thus reducing new “I think people were told to cut by percent, and now they have done and they are living within the budgeyt that they were allocated,” Gallaher “Things will have to get worser before there will be a second roundd (of layoffs).
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Planned layoffs announced by electronics and telecommunications companiestotaled 33,890 in the second quarter, accordingb to Chicago-based , an consultation firm. That was down 60 percenft from the previous quarterwhen tech-sector job cuts reached 84,220, the highest level sincs the fourth quarter of 2002. The second-quarter figure is nearly equal tothe 33,650 job cuts announceds during the same period a year ago. Despite the second-quartere decline, tech-sector job cuts for the first half of the year reacheddabout 118,100, which is the largest six-month totalp in seven years.
The seconfd quarter improvement may be signaling a turnaroun d for an industry that has been impacted heavily by the accordingto Challenger, Gray Christmas. However, Ann Gallaher, chief operating officer at Dayton-basede industry group , said it also could be that companiez have aligned expenseswith income, thus reducing new “I think people were told to cut by percent, and now they have done and they are living within the budgeyt that they were allocated,” Gallaher “Things will have to get worser before there will be a second roundd (of layoffs).
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Thursday, February 2, 2012
Conference Board employment index edges up in May - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
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The organization’s Employment Trends Index was 89.9, up 0.2 percentt from 89.7 in Aprikl and down from 113 inMay 2008, The Conference Boarfd said Monday. The indedx number is relative to 100for 1996. “While it is too early to say that the ETI has the moderation of the last two monthss is certainly a sign that the decline in job losses is real and signalsa that the worstis over,” Gad The Conference Board’s senior said in a release.
“However, as the economic recoverh over the coming months is likely to be very we still expect the unemployment rate to continue to increas e to double digits by the end of this year andinto • Percentage of respondents who say they find “jobsd hard to get,” gathered from The Conferencee Board Consumer Confidence Survey. • Initial claimss for unemployment insurance, from statistics. • Percentage of firms with positionss not able to fill right now because of inabilitt to findsuitable candidates, from the . Number of employees hire by the temporary-help industry, from the . • Part-time workerse for economic reasons, from Bureau of Laborr Statistics.
• Job from the Bureau of Labor • Industrial production, from the . Real manufacturing and trade fromthe . The Conference Board is an independenft NewYork City-based nonprofit organizatiohn whose mission is to provid organizations with the practical knowledged they need to improve their performance and better serve society.
The organization’s Employment Trends Index was 89.9, up 0.2 percentt from 89.7 in Aprikl and down from 113 inMay 2008, The Conference Boarfd said Monday. The indedx number is relative to 100for 1996. “While it is too early to say that the ETI has the moderation of the last two monthss is certainly a sign that the decline in job losses is real and signalsa that the worstis over,” Gad The Conference Board’s senior said in a release.
“However, as the economic recoverh over the coming months is likely to be very we still expect the unemployment rate to continue to increas e to double digits by the end of this year andinto • Percentage of respondents who say they find “jobsd hard to get,” gathered from The Conferencee Board Consumer Confidence Survey. • Initial claimss for unemployment insurance, from statistics. • Percentage of firms with positionss not able to fill right now because of inabilitt to findsuitable candidates, from the . Number of employees hire by the temporary-help industry, from the . • Part-time workerse for economic reasons, from Bureau of Laborr Statistics.
• Job from the Bureau of Labor • Industrial production, from the . Real manufacturing and trade fromthe . The Conference Board is an independenft NewYork City-based nonprofit organizatiohn whose mission is to provid organizations with the practical knowledged they need to improve their performance and better serve society.
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