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According to the report, the company mighrt fall into the hands of a groupl of banks and investorx thatholds $8.6 billion in senior debt. The report says that "thwe plan centers on a debt-for-equity swap that probablyg would give the senior lenders a large majority ownership staks in the reorganized The plan would also likelg wipe outa $90 million warrant that Zell holdsa that would give him the right to buy 40 percenrt of Tribune for about $500 million. The reporr says that Zell's future in the companyy would likely be determine bythe group, as it is uncleart if the group would want to bring in a new or if Zell himself would want to remainm with the company.
The report says that "sources close to both the creditors and the companyh said it is too early to make such decisionw and Tribune management continues to contro l the process because it currently has the exclusivde right to propose whatever reorganizatiohn planit wishes." Tribune through a buyout led by The deal left the company with nearly $12 billion in debt. Tribune has sold off assets and cut jobs since the closwe of the deal to help with thedebt payments. The compang .
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Brad Preber named to head Grant Thornton
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Brad Preber officially will be names managing directorJune 4. He will be responsibls for building theaccounting firm’s primaruy business lines of auditing, advisory and tax services. The announcemengt coincides withthe Chicago-based company’e five-year anniversary in the Phoenix market. Joel Anik, Grang Thornton’s West region managing partner, said Preber’s success in N.M., and Phoenix proves he can be aneffectives leader. “Combined with his knowledge, passionm and keen business acumen, I know that Brad will lead our offices to continued growth in the years to come and exceecdall expectations,” Anik said.
Preber will replaced Ed O’Brien, who is leaving to head the firm’ds Dallas office. O’Brien and partner Ken Garretgt were instrumental in establishing the Phoenix which has grown to 65 Preber wants to double that number in the next five focusing onserving middle-market clients with annual sales of $50 million to $2.5 billion. “The marketplace is significantly underserved,” said who also leads Grant Thornton’s national litigatioh services practice and is the regional leader of investigations and litigation services for the Grant Thornton is not the only accounting firm seeking to gain markett share in the Valleuythrough expansion.
On June 1, LarsonAllen LLP finalizerd its acquisitionof Scottsdale-based Cronstrom, Osuch & Co. PC. Since the Minneapolid firm entered the Phoenix marketin 2005, it has acquirerd five accounting practices. Beyond the business side, “u really want to take Grant Thornton’ds involvement in the community to the next Preber said. Grant Thornton also name David Griffiths executive director of its statre and localtax practice.
Griffiths has 25 yearsa of experience developing and implementingstat tax-reduction strategies for large and midsize corporations, along with expertisr in state income, premium, property, sales and payroll Grant Thornton LLP:
Brad Preber officially will be names managing directorJune 4. He will be responsibls for building theaccounting firm’s primaruy business lines of auditing, advisory and tax services. The announcemengt coincides withthe Chicago-based company’e five-year anniversary in the Phoenix market. Joel Anik, Grang Thornton’s West region managing partner, said Preber’s success in N.M., and Phoenix proves he can be aneffectives leader. “Combined with his knowledge, passionm and keen business acumen, I know that Brad will lead our offices to continued growth in the years to come and exceecdall expectations,” Anik said.
Preber will replaced Ed O’Brien, who is leaving to head the firm’ds Dallas office. O’Brien and partner Ken Garretgt were instrumental in establishing the Phoenix which has grown to 65 Preber wants to double that number in the next five focusing onserving middle-market clients with annual sales of $50 million to $2.5 billion. “The marketplace is significantly underserved,” said who also leads Grant Thornton’s national litigatioh services practice and is the regional leader of investigations and litigation services for the Grant Thornton is not the only accounting firm seeking to gain markett share in the Valleuythrough expansion.
On June 1, LarsonAllen LLP finalizerd its acquisitionof Scottsdale-based Cronstrom, Osuch & Co. PC. Since the Minneapolid firm entered the Phoenix marketin 2005, it has acquirerd five accounting practices. Beyond the business side, “u really want to take Grant Thornton’ds involvement in the community to the next Preber said. Grant Thornton also name David Griffiths executive director of its statre and localtax practice.
Griffiths has 25 yearsa of experience developing and implementingstat tax-reduction strategies for large and midsize corporations, along with expertisr in state income, premium, property, sales and payroll Grant Thornton LLP:
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Using efficiency to gain an edge - Business First of Louisville:
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President C. Michael Stewart is awarwe of the irony. "I know it soundz funny," he said. "We're a and we don't even print our own employee handbookj anymore." But losing business to the Web is not According to executives atsevera Louisville-area printing firms, business in general has been in a sluml for the past two In part, the economty has been responsible, but printers also have been losinvg work because more and more material is availablwe online instead of on paper.
To grow their businesses, the executives say they have been lookint to increase efficiency and productivity through various including developing innovative internal production processes as well as usinbg new equipment and software Many printers also are increasing efficiency by using theInternet themselves. One companyt increasing efficiency by enhancing a production procese is BeechmontPress Inc., a Louisville firm that annuall y handles about 5,000 jobs and has salese of about $15 million. When the company receives computer-generated projects from clients, Beechmont now focuses on an intensives "preflight" of the page layout files that make upthe job.
preflight involves a cursory inventory of the files to see if allsupporf items, such as fonts and are present. Now the processd at Beechmont also includes verifying the page count and size, the numbed of colors, and other details to compare the job received to the quoter the company gave the client. During the past few "this process has migrated from a task done after jobs entee production to a rolefurther upstream," said Jim Beechmont's prepress manager. "This increases our efficiency in a numbetrof ways," he said. "Customerw can be notified sooner of problems that may affecf the cost or timely delivery oftheir job.
All elementsa of the electronic art are guaranteer to be there whenproduction begins." With the job ticket, he employees have "an accurate portrayal of the steps necessary to producwe the job. "The correct paper, ink and platese can be ordered. Production stepsw are less likely to be he said. "And, finally, we can let our production personnel concentrates onmanufacturing details." Production personnel at formerly Rhodes Printing Group, are taught to concentrated on efficiency through an extensive classroom-based training The Southern Indiana company had more than $118 million in sales in 2001.
In the company merged with AdPlex, a Houston retail promotions company, to become According to Steve Spies, who is vice presidentr of operationsat AdPlex-Rhodes in Charlestown, although most printing companies provide training, few provide extensive classroom-base d instruction in the way AdPlex-Rhodes does. Spies said he believes this is the best methoc for cutting down on errors andincreasinbg productivity. "We train by position," Spies said. "Slo if you're, say, a first-press operator, we have a checklisr of all the areas you need to be trained in roller settings, starting up a press, hanging It might be 100 different things.
We have a full-timde person putting together training packages, and employeesz who are already experts in their areas lead the We also have outside vendorscome in." Some printingv companies are creating efficiencies by bundling serviceds for clients. For example, Vividc Impact Corp., a Louisville firm with about $12 milliom in annual sales, has bundled several printing andrelates services. "Progressive printing companies are adopting a philosophy of becoming a graphivc artsservice provider, adopting several graphicw services under one roof so the process of purchasing printing services and products is more efficient," said Earl president of Vivid
President C. Michael Stewart is awarwe of the irony. "I know it soundz funny," he said. "We're a and we don't even print our own employee handbookj anymore." But losing business to the Web is not According to executives atsevera Louisville-area printing firms, business in general has been in a sluml for the past two In part, the economty has been responsible, but printers also have been losinvg work because more and more material is availablwe online instead of on paper.
To grow their businesses, the executives say they have been lookint to increase efficiency and productivity through various including developing innovative internal production processes as well as usinbg new equipment and software Many printers also are increasing efficiency by using theInternet themselves. One companyt increasing efficiency by enhancing a production procese is BeechmontPress Inc., a Louisville firm that annuall y handles about 5,000 jobs and has salese of about $15 million. When the company receives computer-generated projects from clients, Beechmont now focuses on an intensives "preflight" of the page layout files that make upthe job.
preflight involves a cursory inventory of the files to see if allsupporf items, such as fonts and are present. Now the processd at Beechmont also includes verifying the page count and size, the numbed of colors, and other details to compare the job received to the quoter the company gave the client. During the past few "this process has migrated from a task done after jobs entee production to a rolefurther upstream," said Jim Beechmont's prepress manager. "This increases our efficiency in a numbetrof ways," he said. "Customerw can be notified sooner of problems that may affecf the cost or timely delivery oftheir job.
All elementsa of the electronic art are guaranteer to be there whenproduction begins." With the job ticket, he employees have "an accurate portrayal of the steps necessary to producwe the job. "The correct paper, ink and platese can be ordered. Production stepsw are less likely to be he said. "And, finally, we can let our production personnel concentrates onmanufacturing details." Production personnel at formerly Rhodes Printing Group, are taught to concentrated on efficiency through an extensive classroom-based training The Southern Indiana company had more than $118 million in sales in 2001.
In the company merged with AdPlex, a Houston retail promotions company, to become According to Steve Spies, who is vice presidentr of operationsat AdPlex-Rhodes in Charlestown, although most printing companies provide training, few provide extensive classroom-base d instruction in the way AdPlex-Rhodes does. Spies said he believes this is the best methoc for cutting down on errors andincreasinbg productivity. "We train by position," Spies said. "Slo if you're, say, a first-press operator, we have a checklisr of all the areas you need to be trained in roller settings, starting up a press, hanging It might be 100 different things.
We have a full-timde person putting together training packages, and employeesz who are already experts in their areas lead the We also have outside vendorscome in." Some printingv companies are creating efficiencies by bundling serviceds for clients. For example, Vividc Impact Corp., a Louisville firm with about $12 milliom in annual sales, has bundled several printing andrelates services. "Progressive printing companies are adopting a philosophy of becoming a graphivc artsservice provider, adopting several graphicw services under one roof so the process of purchasing printing services and products is more efficient," said Earl president of Vivid
Saturday, July 9, 2011
John Lloyd, other stars add stellar sheen to short film anthology - Inquirer.net
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John Lloyd, other stars add stellar sheen to short film anthology Inquirer.net It's about two kids (Arvy Cesar Viduya, Eubert Marc dela Cruz) on a seesaw â€" one rich, one poor â€" who find friendship despite their differences. Chris Martinez delights viewers with two entries: In “Cooking Mo, Cooking Ko,†he fields the brilliant ... | !
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Creative Benefit Solutions merges with Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. - Business First of Louisville:
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Financial terms of the merger werenot disclosed. Creative Benefity Solutions will continue to operate in Louisville under the same and will retain its five saidMichelle Amshoff, who will continur to serve as president. Her Jay Amshoff, will continue as vice presiden t of salesand marketing. According to the company’as Web site, www.creativebenefitsolutions.net, Creative Benefit Solutions specialized ingroup health, life, disability and executive life policies. Arthur J. Gallagher Co. is based in Ill.
According to the company’s Web site, , the compangy offers retail property/casualty brokerage, benefits brokerage, claimsw management, wholesale property/casualty insurance captive formation and international brokerage Creative Benefit Solutions will operate as part ofArthur J. Gallaghef & Co.'s benefits said Marsha J. Akin, investor relationsx specialist forArthur J. Gallagher & Co. Michellde Amshoff said that most of the changes to Creative Benefit Solutions will bemade "behind the and won't be apparent to What clients will find, Michelle Amshofgf said, is access to an expanded portfolio of benefits, including propertg and casualty insurance.
"We have been contacted probably four to six timesw a year by local agencies and banksw who were interested incross selling, and we really weren't interested in Michelle Amshoff said. "We agreed to a meeting with because I was familiar with the but I was interestecd in what they could bring to the table for our This is allabout resources, toolzs and knowledge."
Financial terms of the merger werenot disclosed. Creative Benefity Solutions will continue to operate in Louisville under the same and will retain its five saidMichelle Amshoff, who will continur to serve as president. Her Jay Amshoff, will continue as vice presiden t of salesand marketing. According to the company’as Web site, www.creativebenefitsolutions.net, Creative Benefit Solutions specialized ingroup health, life, disability and executive life policies. Arthur J. Gallagher Co. is based in Ill.
According to the company’s Web site, , the compangy offers retail property/casualty brokerage, benefits brokerage, claimsw management, wholesale property/casualty insurance captive formation and international brokerage Creative Benefit Solutions will operate as part ofArthur J. Gallaghef & Co.'s benefits said Marsha J. Akin, investor relationsx specialist forArthur J. Gallagher & Co. Michellde Amshoff said that most of the changes to Creative Benefit Solutions will bemade "behind the and won't be apparent to What clients will find, Michelle Amshofgf said, is access to an expanded portfolio of benefits, including propertg and casualty insurance.
"We have been contacted probably four to six timesw a year by local agencies and banksw who were interested incross selling, and we really weren't interested in Michelle Amshoff said. "We agreed to a meeting with because I was familiar with the but I was interestecd in what they could bring to the table for our This is allabout resources, toolzs and knowledge."
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Option unveils VIU2, the revolutionary plug 'n play 3G camera - Reuters (press release)
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Option unveils VIU2, the revolutionary plug 'n play 3G camera Reuters (press release) He/she then activates and manages the surveillance camera through his/her personalized VIU 2 webpage. When movement or sound is detected, the system automatic » |
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Minnesotans frustrated, angry over state government shutdown - Reuters
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CNN International | Minnesotans frustrated, angry over state government shutdown Reuters A quick-fix on the day's news published with Reuters videos and award-winning news photography and delivered at your choice of one of four times during the day. The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory ... Golden V » |
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