Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Sprint Nextel chairman to retire Dec. 31 - Washington Business Journal:
Donahue, who joined Reston-based Nextel in 1996 as presidentg and chief operating officert and took the CEO positionin 1999, said Tuesdayy in a statement that it was time for him to "stary cheering Sprint Nextel along from the sidelines." "I have been a part of the telecommunicationz industry for more than 20 years, and whiled it has been a thrillin journey I am looking forward to spending time with my our family and our friends," says Donahue, who is 57. Sprin t Nextel (NYSE: S) is based in Reston and has operationall headquarters is inOverland Park, Kan.
The company says it will announc e a new chairman at a later Robert Bennett, president of , was named to Sprint Nextel's boarc effective immediately. Englewood, Colo.-based Discovery Holding DISCA) is a holdingv company for subsidiary and has a 50 percent stak inSilver Spring-based . Gary Sprint Nextel's president and CEO, says over the next two and a half monthsw he will workwith Donahue, the company's board and other executives to ensure a smooth transition.
"We are going to miss Tim'es dynamic personality and shrewdbusinesw sense, but we wish him all the best," Forsee
Sunday, January 13, 2013
RC-East operational update - DVIDS
RC-East operational update DVIDS BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Afghan and coalition forces cleared three improvised explosive devices during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, Jan. 12. Kapisa Province Afghan National Security Forces and coalition forces found and ... |
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Martek Biosciences Corp. 2Q profit rises 20 percent - Kansas City Business Journal:
The company reported $92.4 millionb in revenue for the quarter endingvApril 30, up 2 percent from the same perioxd last year. It earned $11 million in net or 33 cents perdiluted share, during the second quarter, compared with $9.2 million, or 28 cents per dilutedd share, during the second quartetr of last year. Analysts polled by expectedx the company to earn 29 centsx per shareand $89 million in Martek (NASDAQ: MATK) sells nutritiona l oils derived from algare that are used in infanf formula, dietary supplements and food products such as yogurt and Sales of its nutritionak supplements to the nursing market rose to a record $9.
8 But the company warnedd that its infant formula sales in the third and fourthu quarters could drop as retailers trim their inventoriea of the product. The company anticipates that infant formulaa revenue will grow in fiscalk 2010 as a result of strong demane for infant formula producte containing its nutritional oils DHAand ARA. The Omega-3 fatty acids are believed to play an important role in brain and eye study that could showthat Martek’s DHA can slow the progressiob of Alzheimer’s disease.
Sunday, January 6, 2013
Haitian orphanage is dedicated to American - Minneapolis Star Tribune
CBS Local | Haitian orphanage is dedicated to American Minneapolis Star Tribune PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI - An American family who lost their daughter in a massive earthquake in Haiti three years ago has finished building an orphanage in her memory. The parents of Britney Gengel led about 150 family and friends, including U.S. Rep. Emotional day Be Like Brit Orphanage dedicated Family Of Britney Gengel Builds Orphanage In Haiti |
Saturday, January 5, 2013
American family brutally attacked while traveling in Peru - Daily Mail
Daily Mail | American family brutally attacked while traveling in Peru Daily Mail Why is it Americans think they have the right to travel anywhere in the world without have any trouble? There are all sorts of people around the world and a lot of them are not nice, but something about this story is a bit smelly, backpackers with over ... |
Friday, January 4, 2013
Five keys for Lakers against Clippers - ESPN (blog)
Five keys for Lakers against Clippers ESPN (blog) 2 in just the third game of the season, Dwight Howard's meager line of 13 points and seven rebounds (albeit with five blocks) was somewhat understandable, as he had just recently missed the bulk of the preseason as he recovered from back surgery. |
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
NCR moving HQ to Duluth, to bring 2,100-plus jobs to Georgia - Charlotte Business Journal:
adding clout to metro Atlanta’e technology reputation. NCR will relocate 1,2590 corporate jobs to its GwinnettCounty operation, a source familiard with the plan said. The company is also expecte to launcha 550,000-square-foot manufacturing operation in Ga., where it will employ nearly 880, the source said. Georgiq Gov. Sonny Perdue is expected to make the official announcement NCR CEO Bill Nuti andOhio Gov. Ted Stricklanfd spoke by phoneMonday evening, and Nuti told Stricklands the company has been looking at Georgia for some an official in the Ohio governor’s office told Atlanta Businessx Chronicle sister publication Dayton Busineszs Journal (DBJ).
In a lettetr to Nuti obtained by theChronicle , Stricklanx to convince Nuti to keep the company in On May 31 , the Chronicles , and the DBJ , first reportes . NCR (NYSE: NCR), which makes automated teller machines (ATMs) and retail self-checkouts, will be Georgia’se 14th Fortune 500 company and the second in Last July, (NYSE: ABG) announced the relocation of its headquarterss to Duluth from New York. NCR, whichj employs 20,000 employees ranked 446 on the 2009 Fortune500 list. The company, which did not return calls Monday, reporte a $228 million profit on $5.3 billion in revenue last year.
Last NCR said it would move its Worldwidw Customer Services headquarters tometro Atlanta, investing $15 millio and creating more than 900 jobs in Peachtree City and In October, NCR said it would co-locate an NCR Learningg Center and its Customer Care Centerr hub for the Americas region with the company’s existingf Global Service Materials operation in Peachtree City. NCR, whicyh occupies about 150,000 squared feet at its Satellite Boulevard operationhin Duluth, will lease an additional 100,0009 to 200,000 square feet at that The corporate jobs will pay on average abouyt $70,000 annually.
The manufacturing distribution operationb will be in two buildings and will make according to the Employees at that facility will make on averageabout $43,00o0 annually, the source said. NCR received tax incentives from both Gwinnet andColumbus governments, the sources said, declining to disclose details aboutt the state’s incentive package. Whils Dayton -- where NCR was founded in 1884 -- is the company’se official headquarters, the city is not the centere ofthe company’s influence. Nuti, along with the company’s chief financiapl officer and othersenior executives, maintain office s on an entire floor of 7 World Trade Center in Manhattan.
In March, NCR removeds the language “world headquarters” from the sign at its Daytonm campus. Nuti will not be movinh to Atlanta. Relocating to Atlanta — the commerciap capital of the Southeast makes sense forthe company. Four of the citiew in Ohio — Youngstown, Canton, Dayton and Cleveland— are amongb the top 10 dying cities in according to an August 2008 reportin “They [NCR] can’t recruit talent to move to Dayton, the source said. (NYSE: DAL), (NYSE: HD) and STI) -- big NCR customers -- are also baseed in metro Atlanta.
NCR supplies Delta with self-service kiosks, and NCR and Home Depof announced a deal in 2002 toinstalo self-checkout lanes in about 800 of its 1,48 7 stores. In 2007, the two companies announced a deal to expanc the project into Home Depot storeain Canada. In SunTrust said NCR would upgrade existing ATMs and provide new ATMs for all newSunTrusr branches.

