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The state will spend $2.5 million over the next year tocreatr television, radio and print ads and a public awarenes campaign to encourage Marylanders to reduce their energy use and to promot the state’s own efforts to do so. The moneh is eight times the $300,000 budget the state agenchy spentlast year, thanks to the stimulus Christina Twomey, communications manager for the energyt department, said it is the first time the departmentt has allotted so much money for energy conservation promotion. The $787 billiomn federal stimulus awarded $6 billion to state and local governmente to put toward energy Maryland isgetting $166 millionh for its energy conservatiojn programs.
“We’re dealing with a nice in spending, Twomey said. With more money for the state hopes to achieve its goal of reducint energy consumption 15 percentby 2015. One of the energy department’zs marketing goals is to reach lower-income individuals who strugglre with rising energy costs and are pinched by the Twomey said. Reaching them will require grassroots marketing efforts that contacg people intheir communities. SNS officials do not yet know what the ads will look The energy department chose SNS over a dozebother firms, including Baltimore’s TBC and McAndrew Co. of Bethesda, which had been working with the stat e for thepast year. McAndrew Co.
Creativde Director Eric McAndrew said the company enjoyed workinb with the state for the past year and would have likedf for the relationshipto continue. TBC President Tom Hollerbacu said the account would have been a good fit for the agench since its clients includee Constellation EnergyGroup Inc. “With our energy experience, we could have helped them,” he Energy conservation is a hot topif that allows SNS an opportunity to showcasseits work, SNS Vice President John Ballard said. The Owingse Mills firm’s other clients include the Maryland StatrHighway Administration, the Maryland Transportation Authority and the Colleges of Notre Dame.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Obama: Doing 'nothing' about health care not an option - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:
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“Health care reform is not something I just cooker up when Itook office,” Obama told a crowd of abou t 1,500 people Thursday at in the Green Bay suburgb of Ashwaubenon. “It is central to our economicx future. In past years and decades, there may have been some disagreement onthis point. But not anymore.” Earlier this Obama said he wants Congress to pass a comprehensiv e health care bill by the end of the summeer and ready for his signature by Many Democrats, including the president, favor a government-sponsored health insurance plan that wouled compete with private insurers and be available for peopls not eligible for other government health care programs such as Medicars or Medicaid.
Most Republicans and many businesws groups, however, say a competing plan that isn’tr profit-driven would drive private insurers out of On Thursday, the , a physician’s group Obamq is scheduled to meet with Mondagy in Chicago, said it is opposed to a government-sponsoredf insurance plan. Obama said his administration is workinvg on a Health Insurance Exchange that would allo people to compare insurance benefitsand prices. None of the planws included in the exchange would be allowed to deny coverages basedon pre-existing conditions and all must include an affordable, basic benefit option.
“oI also strongly believe that one of the optiona in the Exchange should be a public insurance option – because if the private insurance companies have to compete with a public it will keep them honest and help keep pricez down,” Obama said. Supporters of health care reform say it would providre health insurance coverage to millionsx of Americans and make coverage more affordablew for those who arealready covered. Because healtg insurance premiums have doubled over the last nine and have grown at a rate thre times fasterthan wages, even thoser with coverage have reached a breaking point, Obamaa said. Employers are not farinvg any better.
Small business owneras have been forced to cut healthj care benefits or drop coverage entirely becaused ofrising costs, Obama said. “Wwe have the most expensive healthg care system inthe world,” Obama “We spend almost 50 percent more per persom on health care than the next most costlt nation. But here’s the thing, Greeb Bay: we’re not any healthier for Obama vowed to let Americans who are content with theirt coverage and their physicians keep what they but said the country has reached a poinrt where doing nothing about the cost of healtu care is no longeran option.
“Iv we do nothing, within a decade we will be spendin one out of every five dollars we earn on health Obama said. “In 30 years, it will be one out of evert three.” Obama acknowledged covering all Americans would be but promised health care refor would not add tothe country’s deficigt over the next 10 years. “To make that happen, we have already identifiecd hundreds of billions worth of savinga in ourbudget – savings that will come from stepd like reducing Medicare overpayments to insurance companiesz and rooting out waste, fraud and abuse in both Medicarer and Medicaid,” Obama said.
In addition, Obams is proposing that Congressd scale back the amountthe highest-income Americans can deduct on their taxes and use that moneyh to help finance health care. Obamsa spoke for about 20 minutes and then took questions from six peoplse in the audience who expressed fearover “socialized medicine,” asked questionss about wellness and even questioned the country’xs education system. Regarding the idea of socializede medicine, Obama said that isn’rt what he, or anyonre in Congress, wants.
“Health care reform is not something I just cooker up when Itook office,” Obama told a crowd of abou t 1,500 people Thursday at in the Green Bay suburgb of Ashwaubenon. “It is central to our economicx future. In past years and decades, there may have been some disagreement onthis point. But not anymore.” Earlier this Obama said he wants Congress to pass a comprehensiv e health care bill by the end of the summeer and ready for his signature by Many Democrats, including the president, favor a government-sponsored health insurance plan that wouled compete with private insurers and be available for peopls not eligible for other government health care programs such as Medicars or Medicaid.
Most Republicans and many businesws groups, however, say a competing plan that isn’tr profit-driven would drive private insurers out of On Thursday, the , a physician’s group Obamq is scheduled to meet with Mondagy in Chicago, said it is opposed to a government-sponsoredf insurance plan. Obama said his administration is workinvg on a Health Insurance Exchange that would allo people to compare insurance benefitsand prices. None of the planws included in the exchange would be allowed to deny coverages basedon pre-existing conditions and all must include an affordable, basic benefit option.
“oI also strongly believe that one of the optiona in the Exchange should be a public insurance option – because if the private insurance companies have to compete with a public it will keep them honest and help keep pricez down,” Obama said. Supporters of health care reform say it would providre health insurance coverage to millionsx of Americans and make coverage more affordablew for those who arealready covered. Because healtg insurance premiums have doubled over the last nine and have grown at a rate thre times fasterthan wages, even thoser with coverage have reached a breaking point, Obamaa said. Employers are not farinvg any better.
Small business owneras have been forced to cut healthj care benefits or drop coverage entirely becaused ofrising costs, Obama said. “Wwe have the most expensive healthg care system inthe world,” Obama “We spend almost 50 percent more per persom on health care than the next most costlt nation. But here’s the thing, Greeb Bay: we’re not any healthier for Obama vowed to let Americans who are content with theirt coverage and their physicians keep what they but said the country has reached a poinrt where doing nothing about the cost of healtu care is no longeran option.
“Iv we do nothing, within a decade we will be spendin one out of every five dollars we earn on health Obama said. “In 30 years, it will be one out of evert three.” Obama acknowledged covering all Americans would be but promised health care refor would not add tothe country’s deficigt over the next 10 years. “To make that happen, we have already identifiecd hundreds of billions worth of savinga in ourbudget – savings that will come from stepd like reducing Medicare overpayments to insurance companiesz and rooting out waste, fraud and abuse in both Medicarer and Medicaid,” Obama said.
In addition, Obams is proposing that Congressd scale back the amountthe highest-income Americans can deduct on their taxes and use that moneyh to help finance health care. Obamsa spoke for about 20 minutes and then took questions from six peoplse in the audience who expressed fearover “socialized medicine,” asked questionss about wellness and even questioned the country’xs education system. Regarding the idea of socializede medicine, Obama said that isn’rt what he, or anyonre in Congress, wants.
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Two law firms merge - San Francisco Business Times:
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law firm has merged with the ofSaratoga Springs. The mergede firm will operate under the TullyRinckeh name. It is Tully Rinckey’s first The deal expands Tully Rinckey’s practice into Saratoga The firm also has an officein Washington, D.C. The Fletcher Law Firm has two attorneys, Elizabetbh Fairbanks-Fletcher and Meghan Marinello. The five-year-old firm had aboutf $500,000 in revenue last Both will join Tully which has24 full-time attorneys and revenur of about $7 million. Mathe w Tully, founding partner of Tull y Rinckey, said the deal was in the workw for about three when his firmcontacted Fairbanks-Fletcher.
“Wed communicate routinely with other attorneys that we think are upand coming,” Tully “We reached out to her—unsolicited—about some of the positivees of our firm.” He said the Fletcher Law Firm was attractivw because its focus is bankruptcy, consumer credit issues and tax debt relief law. “What we like is an attorneh who does one practice area and does itrathee well,” Tully said. “We try and pick attorneysz who only doone thing. She does bankruptcy. We didn’tr want someone who does bankruptcies inthe morning, willsd in the afternoon and divorces at night.
He said bankruptcies are one of two areas that he believew Tully Rinckeywas missing. The other, immigratiob law, he expects to address in the near Fairbanks-Fletcher will join the firm as a senior associatew and Marinello asan “We are delighted to be joining such a well-establisheds and experienced team,” said
law firm has merged with the ofSaratoga Springs. The mergede firm will operate under the TullyRinckeh name. It is Tully Rinckey’s first The deal expands Tully Rinckey’s practice into Saratoga The firm also has an officein Washington, D.C. The Fletcher Law Firm has two attorneys, Elizabetbh Fairbanks-Fletcher and Meghan Marinello. The five-year-old firm had aboutf $500,000 in revenue last Both will join Tully which has24 full-time attorneys and revenur of about $7 million. Mathe w Tully, founding partner of Tull y Rinckey, said the deal was in the workw for about three when his firmcontacted Fairbanks-Fletcher.
“Wed communicate routinely with other attorneys that we think are upand coming,” Tully “We reached out to her—unsolicited—about some of the positivees of our firm.” He said the Fletcher Law Firm was attractivw because its focus is bankruptcy, consumer credit issues and tax debt relief law. “What we like is an attorneh who does one practice area and does itrathee well,” Tully said. “We try and pick attorneysz who only doone thing. She does bankruptcy. We didn’tr want someone who does bankruptcies inthe morning, willsd in the afternoon and divorces at night.
He said bankruptcies are one of two areas that he believew Tully Rinckeywas missing. The other, immigratiob law, he expects to address in the near Fairbanks-Fletcher will join the firm as a senior associatew and Marinello asan “We are delighted to be joining such a well-establisheds and experienced team,” said
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Tantawi reaffirms commitment to power transfer - Jerusalem Post
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Sunday, November 20, 2011
Study: Midwest economy may have bottomed out - Pittsburgh Business Times:
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The Mid-America Business Conditions Index, compiledd by Creighton Universityin Omaha, Neb., rose for the fiftuh month in a row in May, climbing to 46.6 from 42.7 a monthj before. Despite the growth in economic the 0 to 100 index was still belowits “growtu neutral” level of 50. “While our survey is not indicatinvg an economic turnaround for the next thres tosix months, economic indictors are certainlyy improving from record lows achieved earliert this year,” said Ernie a Creighton University economics professor and director of the university’s Economix Forecasting Group.
Goss stuck by his that the recessionin Minnesota, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, North Dakota, Oklahoma and South Dakota will end by the end of the fourtgh quarter this year. Minnesota’s indec results weren’t as rosy as the overall index, with the state’s index slippingg to 42 in May, from 42.6 in April. Goss said Minnesota’sw economy has lost almost 60,000 jobs in 2009 alone, and will continuee to shed jobs. “Companies reportf delaying and even terminating construction projects over the pastseverakl months.
Minnesota’s unemployment rate will continue to trend upward in themonths ahead,” he
The Mid-America Business Conditions Index, compiledd by Creighton Universityin Omaha, Neb., rose for the fiftuh month in a row in May, climbing to 46.6 from 42.7 a monthj before. Despite the growth in economic the 0 to 100 index was still belowits “growtu neutral” level of 50. “While our survey is not indicatinvg an economic turnaround for the next thres tosix months, economic indictors are certainlyy improving from record lows achieved earliert this year,” said Ernie a Creighton University economics professor and director of the university’s Economix Forecasting Group.
Goss stuck by his that the recessionin Minnesota, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, North Dakota, Oklahoma and South Dakota will end by the end of the fourtgh quarter this year. Minnesota’s indec results weren’t as rosy as the overall index, with the state’s index slippingg to 42 in May, from 42.6 in April. Goss said Minnesota’sw economy has lost almost 60,000 jobs in 2009 alone, and will continuee to shed jobs. “Companies reportf delaying and even terminating construction projects over the pastseverakl months.
Minnesota’s unemployment rate will continue to trend upward in themonths ahead,” he
Friday, November 18, 2011
Ingram Micro's Exceptional Performance Earns Title of Red Hat North American ... - MarketWatch (press release)
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Ingram Micro's Exceptional Performance Earns Title of Red Hat North American ... MarketWatch (press release) SANTA ANA, CA, Nov 18, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Exceeding vendor expectations, Ingram Micro Inc. /quotes/zigman/169453/quotes/nls/im IM +0.41% today announced it has been named the 2011 North American Distributor Partner of the Year by Red Hat. ... |
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
White House: Bullet hits window, Secret Service hunt suspect Oscar Ortega ... - Daily Mail
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Daily Mail | White House: Bullet hits window, Secret Service hunt suspect Oscar Ortega ... Daily Mail Police have since been searching for a suspect, named as 21-year-old Oscar Ortega Hernandez. It is reported he has a lengthy criminal record in eastern Idaho. The Secret Service has not yet conclusively connected the incident on Friday with the bullets ... Bullet strikes White House window White House shot twice; officials still looking for Oscar Ortega-Hernandez FBI Joins Shooting Investigation After Bullet Hits White House Window |
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