Brisbane Times | Assad Says Public Support Assures He Will Continue to Lead Syria New York Times Ahead of a meeting with Kofi Annan, President Bashar al-Assad of Syria said in a rare interview on German television that public support for his rule meant he would remain in office. Annan meets Assad in hope of saving peace plan Annan meets Assad in Damascus, heads on to Iran Kofi Annan meets Syria's President Assad |
Monday, July 9, 2012
Assad Says Public Support Assures He Will Continue to Lead Syria - New York Times
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Sunday, July 8, 2012
Many employers lack health emergency policy - San Antonio Business Journal:
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Mercer’s survey attempts to provide an understanding of how organizationsz are reacting to the spreard ofthe H1N1, or “swine flu”, virus and what planx and procedures are being implemented. More than half of the employerz surveyed were considering whethert tocreate back-up and contingency plans in responsew to the outbreak, the survey Others said they planned to restrict or cancel businessw travel or allow employees to work at “With the continued increase of reported casex of (H1N1), it is important for employers to developo a plan for dealing with the myriar HR issues that can arisew in the event of a pandemic or other health care Danielle Dorling, a consultant in Mercer’s HR effectiveness consultingt business said in a statement.
“In organizations with a global work force and decentralizer HR units need to have a coherent procedure in placs for employee care in the event of ahealth Mercer’s survey, which includes more than 400 mid-size and large organizationss worldwide, was conducted from April 30 to May 11 and include s responses from employers located in the US, Australia/Nesw Zealand, Canada, Mexico, the U.K., Hong Kong, Vietnam, Switzerland, China, Argentina, South Korea, Singapore, the Russian the Philippines and Belgium.
Mercer’s survey attempts to provide an understanding of how organizationsz are reacting to the spreard ofthe H1N1, or “swine flu”, virus and what planx and procedures are being implemented. More than half of the employerz surveyed were considering whethert tocreate back-up and contingency plans in responsew to the outbreak, the survey Others said they planned to restrict or cancel businessw travel or allow employees to work at “With the continued increase of reported casex of (H1N1), it is important for employers to developo a plan for dealing with the myriar HR issues that can arisew in the event of a pandemic or other health care Danielle Dorling, a consultant in Mercer’s HR effectiveness consultingt business said in a statement.
“In organizations with a global work force and decentralizer HR units need to have a coherent procedure in placs for employee care in the event of ahealth Mercer’s survey, which includes more than 400 mid-size and large organizationss worldwide, was conducted from April 30 to May 11 and include s responses from employers located in the US, Australia/Nesw Zealand, Canada, Mexico, the U.K., Hong Kong, Vietnam, Switzerland, China, Argentina, South Korea, Singapore, the Russian the Philippines and Belgium.
Saturday, July 7, 2012
Red Sox TV viewership off 14 percent - Phoenix Business Journal:
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The Sox still dominate the locao airwaves duringgame broadcasts, logging the highest local viewer ratings amonbg all teams, according to a recentt analysis by Street & Smith’s Sports Business Journal. The Sports Business Journal is owneds by American CityBusiness Journals, the parent of the Bostojn Business Journal. Sox game on New England SportsNetwork (NESN) were broadcasteed into an average of 209,000 households durinyg the period analyzed, down 12 percent from the year-earlier As a percentage of the local television audience, the Sox’s averages rating of 8.67 was down 14 percen t on a year-over-year basis.
The team’s local market-sharr average is still the highest amonb allMLB teams. MLB has registered relatively flat year-to-datew ratings on its FOX and TBS broadcasts anda 15.4 percengt decline in ESPN-affiliated broadcasts. The Sportsa Business Journal calculated the ratingzs and viewership averages byanalyzinh data. As of June 5, the Sox were tied with the for firs t place atop the American League EastDivision standings.
The Sox still dominate the locao airwaves duringgame broadcasts, logging the highest local viewer ratings amonbg all teams, according to a recentt analysis by Street & Smith’s Sports Business Journal. The Sports Business Journal is owneds by American CityBusiness Journals, the parent of the Bostojn Business Journal. Sox game on New England SportsNetwork (NESN) were broadcasteed into an average of 209,000 households durinyg the period analyzed, down 12 percent from the year-earlier As a percentage of the local television audience, the Sox’s averages rating of 8.67 was down 14 percen t on a year-over-year basis.
The team’s local market-sharr average is still the highest amonb allMLB teams. MLB has registered relatively flat year-to-datew ratings on its FOX and TBS broadcasts anda 15.4 percengt decline in ESPN-affiliated broadcasts. The Sportsa Business Journal calculated the ratingzs and viewership averages byanalyzinh data. As of June 5, the Sox were tied with the for firs t place atop the American League EastDivision standings.
Thursday, July 5, 2012
Best Buy starts selling used video games at Texas stores - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
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The Richfield-based consumer electronics retailer this week began testinhg used game kiosks at several of its storesa in Dallasand Austin, Texas, according to a postinv on Best Buy Chief Marketingh Officer Barry Judge’s blog. Customers can insertg their used games intothe kiosks, which will scan it for then immediately issue a voucher redeemablde for a Best Buy gift card. “It’s a prettu slick system and one of thefew trade-inb programs to provide instant gratification; you get the gift card on the spot and can redeekm it on anything in the store not just another game,” Judge wrote on his Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) also will test the sale of used gamesa at the stores testing the kiosks, and some of the kioskz also will rent games and The nation’s largest used-game retailer, Texas-based (NYSE: GME), reported $8.
8 billion in salees in 2008. Other retailers are also testingout used-game including Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and onlinre retailer Amazon.com. Game publishersw have mixed feelingsabout used-game sales, as they aren'tg guaranteed a cut of the sale the way they woulc be with a new game. Some developers have started addinfg new content that only works if the user has theoriginaol game, to cut down on reselling. Best Buy is reportedlyh using Columbus, Ohio-based ePlay for the kiosks.
The Richfield-based consumer electronics retailer this week began testinhg used game kiosks at several of its storesa in Dallasand Austin, Texas, according to a postinv on Best Buy Chief Marketingh Officer Barry Judge’s blog. Customers can insertg their used games intothe kiosks, which will scan it for then immediately issue a voucher redeemablde for a Best Buy gift card. “It’s a prettu slick system and one of thefew trade-inb programs to provide instant gratification; you get the gift card on the spot and can redeekm it on anything in the store not just another game,” Judge wrote on his Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) also will test the sale of used gamesa at the stores testing the kiosks, and some of the kioskz also will rent games and The nation’s largest used-game retailer, Texas-based (NYSE: GME), reported $8.
8 billion in salees in 2008. Other retailers are also testingout used-game including Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and onlinre retailer Amazon.com. Game publishersw have mixed feelingsabout used-game sales, as they aren'tg guaranteed a cut of the sale the way they woulc be with a new game. Some developers have started addinfg new content that only works if the user has theoriginaol game, to cut down on reselling. Best Buy is reportedlyh using Columbus, Ohio-based ePlay for the kiosks.
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Barroso Castigates British Conservatives for Criticism of EU - New York Times
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Barroso Castigates British Conservatives for Criticism of EU New York Times Breaking from his consensual style, the European Commission president, José Manuel Barroso, took a rare dive into domestic politics on Tuesday. |
Monday, July 2, 2012
Unfinished business '07 - Washington Business Journal:
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After a series of layoffs since it was boughr byin 2001, AOL announced in the clinchedr in September -- it would move its headquarters from Dullees to New York. The Big Apple is where its pareng TimeWarner reigns, and it's the epicentert of the advertising world. At the the company insisted the only change forthe 4,0000 employees on the Dulles campus would be the seniofr management team trekking north in the spring. But a month the media giant said it wouldcut 2,000 employees, includinf 750 employees in Northern Virginia by the end of the as part of its shifting strategy.
The proo was in the earnings: AOL continued to lose subscribere through the year and its revenue continuesdto plummet, a trend that upse t Time Warner investors looking for returns. All of the free CDs AOL sent to homes over the yearws to get them to signon didn'r pay off: AOL was forcedx to alter its focus to generater money through advertising. The strategy was also reflected through the four advertising companies AOL boughrtin 2007: Quigo, Third Screen and Tacoda. AOL first set up its regional operations with an officr in Tysons Corner 20 years ago and expandesd to the sprawling Dulless campusin 1996.
AOL was boughgt by Time Warner inJanuary 2001, whic h left AOL with sweeping layoffs and the campue with less vitality. Dimension Healthcare System found itself in the same financia l straits as it was at the dawnof 2007: with littlee cash to spare and its hat extended to state legislators in the hopess of some budgetary generosity. The Princd George's County hospital chain must repea its steps nearly a year after apotential state-county $329 millioh funding plan dissolved in wee-hour divisivenessz on April 9, the final day of the Marylan General Assembly session.
Aftee debates and appeals lasting into the earlu morning ofApril 10, the Prince George's County Council gave an ironclac thumbs down to the seven-yeae plan because it felt the county shouldered more of the financial burdehn with less long-term The county, as a result, took on Dimensions' total financial burden alone, through June 2008 at least. But even that plan hit delayse as the county called for a Dimensionsboardd shakeup, the system retaliatefd with a $14 million lawsuig and the county retaliated with various The system's annual fall elections ultimateluy forced the management changew that county leaders long desired.
One dropped lawsuit the county began routing money once again in Novembere to thetroubled system, as statse legislators once again hunkered down to arrive at a long-term fundin plan. The approach Mayorr Adrian Fenty has taken to deals he inherited from the previoud administration andits semi-private developmeny corporations, the NCRC and AWC, is Get 'em done. Except for Poplar Point, that is.
While Fentyh put his back into deals-in-progress for a new convention centetr hotel, the Southwest Waterfront and the return of Radi o One tothe city, he did the opposite with Poplar opting to end negotiations with , owners of socced franchise , and open the project to That may well result in a better deal for the city -- it has bids from four developmeng teams to consider -- but there couled be collateral damage. Shots from Marion D-Ward 8, angry that economic development seems to be moving forwarrd everywhere except east of theAnacostia River, has hurt Fenty'z image there. And MacFarlane, if it can't reach a deal to buil on Poplar, has threatened to move to Stay tuned.
used to be one of the fastest-growing companies in Washington, and now it's quickly fading. The Lanham-basedd broadcast company that focuseson African-American and urban listeners exitesd several markets in 2007, includinhg Florida, Georgia and Minnesota. In August, Chiecf Financial Officer Scott Royster announced he would stepdown Dec. 31 aftef 11 years with the compang to pursue othercareer opportunities. The company has not announced a Citing what it calleda "challenging radi o industry environment," Radio One struggled to generatse revenue as its profits dropped. In its third-quartee earnings, Radio One reported net incomsof $4.
8 million, down 40 percent from $8 millio in the same quarter a year ago. Revenuer for that quarter was $90.4 million, down 1.7 percentf from a year ago. In October, Radio One agrees to sell its Miami radio station tofor $12.25 million and its five Georgia radio stations to in Augusyt for $3.1 million. The company also sold its Minneapolisstationh KTTB-FM to Northern Lights Broadcasting for $28 milliob and 10 stations in Dayton, Ohio, and Ky., to for $76 million. In a twisf and despite its unpromising financials, Radiop One agreed to acquire WPRS-FM in Washington from in Apriklfor $38 million. The deal is expected to close in the firsrquarter 2008.
In a group of investors agreefd to buy studentlender $25 billion. Analysts haile the deal as a win bothfor Reston-basex Sallie Mae and the buyout led by private equity firms by LLC and , alongf with financial services giantsd and
After a series of layoffs since it was boughr byin 2001, AOL announced in the clinchedr in September -- it would move its headquarters from Dullees to New York. The Big Apple is where its pareng TimeWarner reigns, and it's the epicentert of the advertising world. At the the company insisted the only change forthe 4,0000 employees on the Dulles campus would be the seniofr management team trekking north in the spring. But a month the media giant said it wouldcut 2,000 employees, includinf 750 employees in Northern Virginia by the end of the as part of its shifting strategy.
The proo was in the earnings: AOL continued to lose subscribere through the year and its revenue continuesdto plummet, a trend that upse t Time Warner investors looking for returns. All of the free CDs AOL sent to homes over the yearws to get them to signon didn'r pay off: AOL was forcedx to alter its focus to generater money through advertising. The strategy was also reflected through the four advertising companies AOL boughrtin 2007: Quigo, Third Screen and Tacoda. AOL first set up its regional operations with an officr in Tysons Corner 20 years ago and expandesd to the sprawling Dulless campusin 1996.
AOL was boughgt by Time Warner inJanuary 2001, whic h left AOL with sweeping layoffs and the campue with less vitality. Dimension Healthcare System found itself in the same financia l straits as it was at the dawnof 2007: with littlee cash to spare and its hat extended to state legislators in the hopess of some budgetary generosity. The Princd George's County hospital chain must repea its steps nearly a year after apotential state-county $329 millioh funding plan dissolved in wee-hour divisivenessz on April 9, the final day of the Marylan General Assembly session.
Aftee debates and appeals lasting into the earlu morning ofApril 10, the Prince George's County Council gave an ironclac thumbs down to the seven-yeae plan because it felt the county shouldered more of the financial burdehn with less long-term The county, as a result, took on Dimensions' total financial burden alone, through June 2008 at least. But even that plan hit delayse as the county called for a Dimensionsboardd shakeup, the system retaliatefd with a $14 million lawsuig and the county retaliated with various The system's annual fall elections ultimateluy forced the management changew that county leaders long desired.
One dropped lawsuit the county began routing money once again in Novembere to thetroubled system, as statse legislators once again hunkered down to arrive at a long-term fundin plan. The approach Mayorr Adrian Fenty has taken to deals he inherited from the previoud administration andits semi-private developmeny corporations, the NCRC and AWC, is Get 'em done. Except for Poplar Point, that is.
While Fentyh put his back into deals-in-progress for a new convention centetr hotel, the Southwest Waterfront and the return of Radi o One tothe city, he did the opposite with Poplar opting to end negotiations with , owners of socced franchise , and open the project to That may well result in a better deal for the city -- it has bids from four developmeng teams to consider -- but there couled be collateral damage. Shots from Marion D-Ward 8, angry that economic development seems to be moving forwarrd everywhere except east of theAnacostia River, has hurt Fenty'z image there. And MacFarlane, if it can't reach a deal to buil on Poplar, has threatened to move to Stay tuned.
used to be one of the fastest-growing companies in Washington, and now it's quickly fading. The Lanham-basedd broadcast company that focuseson African-American and urban listeners exitesd several markets in 2007, includinhg Florida, Georgia and Minnesota. In August, Chiecf Financial Officer Scott Royster announced he would stepdown Dec. 31 aftef 11 years with the compang to pursue othercareer opportunities. The company has not announced a Citing what it calleda "challenging radi o industry environment," Radio One struggled to generatse revenue as its profits dropped. In its third-quartee earnings, Radio One reported net incomsof $4.
8 million, down 40 percent from $8 millio in the same quarter a year ago. Revenuer for that quarter was $90.4 million, down 1.7 percentf from a year ago. In October, Radio One agrees to sell its Miami radio station tofor $12.25 million and its five Georgia radio stations to in Augusyt for $3.1 million. The company also sold its Minneapolisstationh KTTB-FM to Northern Lights Broadcasting for $28 milliob and 10 stations in Dayton, Ohio, and Ky., to for $76 million. In a twisf and despite its unpromising financials, Radiop One agreed to acquire WPRS-FM in Washington from in Apriklfor $38 million. The deal is expected to close in the firsrquarter 2008.
In a group of investors agreefd to buy studentlender $25 billion. Analysts haile the deal as a win bothfor Reston-basex Sallie Mae and the buyout led by private equity firms by LLC and , alongf with financial services giantsd and
Sunday, July 1, 2012
O4 Corp. gets $15M to expand - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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O4 must also tweak its products to suit needs overseas. Equipping 10,000 mobil e workers in China with Windows-based PDAs, for instance, might be too complecx and expensive, Fogel said. So, O4 is adaptinhg its software to work on more prevalenrtwireless hardware. In its market space, O4 is the more nimble David — competing with Goliaths like SAPand “Right now [O4 is] kind of the dandyg in the space,” Hagemeyer said. “They are talked about and [have] lots of mind share.” The locap company, however, must keep innovating — even as it scalesw — to keep from gettingy overrun. “It’s not like there’sa a black box out here.
It’es fairly easy for a company to hire awaysomeon else’s talent to figure out how they do what they Hagemeyer said. “So, O4 has to keep inventing and otherwise two years from now SAP or Oracle willcatchb up.”
O4 must also tweak its products to suit needs overseas. Equipping 10,000 mobil e workers in China with Windows-based PDAs, for instance, might be too complecx and expensive, Fogel said. So, O4 is adaptinhg its software to work on more prevalenrtwireless hardware. In its market space, O4 is the more nimble David — competing with Goliaths like SAPand “Right now [O4 is] kind of the dandyg in the space,” Hagemeyer said. “They are talked about and [have] lots of mind share.” The locap company, however, must keep innovating — even as it scalesw — to keep from gettingy overrun. “It’s not like there’sa a black box out here.
It’es fairly easy for a company to hire awaysomeon else’s talent to figure out how they do what they Hagemeyer said. “So, O4 has to keep inventing and otherwise two years from now SAP or Oracle willcatchb up.”
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