Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Volumes shrink for YRC Worldwide, other trucking companies - Kansas City Business Journal:
Compared with the prior-year period, April truckl tonnages fell 13.2 percent, the largest drop in 13 the ATA said. “While most key economic indicatorsz are decreasing at aslowed rate, the year-over-year contractions in trucl tonnage accelerated because businesses are right-sizinbg their inventories, which means fewer truck shipments,” ATA Chieft Economist Bob Costello said in the release. “The absoluter dollar value of inventoriedshas fallen, but sales have decreased as much or which means that inventories are still too high for the currenr level of sales. Until this correction is complete, freighyt will be tough for motor carriers.
” His prediction that the botton may not come for a few more months bodess poorly for companies such as Overland Park-based YRC (Nasdaq: which lost $257.4 million in the first quarter and has been layinfg off workers and selling Many trucking companies have closee their doors in a freightg recession that has lasted more than two years. Longbow Researc h analyst Lee Klaskow recently hosted a conferencs callwith Costello, who said trucking will not be a leadingv economic indicator as in the past but may be a laggingv indicator this time, according to a Thursday note.
“If the trucking industry is in fact notan early-cyclee sector this time around, then the market has gottej ahead of itself and trucking stock should be due for a in our view,” Klaskow wrote. Around 2:30 p.m. Thursday, YRC sharea were trading at $2.53, down about 2 percent. A year ago, YRC sharea closed at $16.31. YRC ranks No. 2 on the Kansaz City Business Journal ’s list of area publix companies.
Sunday, August 29, 2010
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Friday, August 27, 2010
CBRE, Voyles to oversee Perimeter Summit - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
CB . will take over from the leasing assignmentg ofthe 83-acre office and retail complex on Ashford-Dunwoodt Road at Interstate 285. Bob who founded Seven Oaks Company LLC, will lead development of the next officew towers once the commercial real estatdmarket rebounds. Three offic e towers — 1001, 2002 and 3003 Summit Boulevard anchorPerimeter Summit. The development also includes Villa Christinwa restaurant anda 330-unitr condominium. Perimeter Summit is owned by an affiliate ofthe . in partnership with , developed 2002 and 3003 Perimeter Summit, both 18-story buildings, and was considering when to begim itsfourth tower, 4004, before the lending market crashex late last year.
The switcj to Voyles should be natural, since he was the leadefr of Hines when Perimeter Summit was being Voyles left Hines to formSeven Oaks. Sevenh Oaks and GE Asset Managemen also formed a joint venture in 2007 toreassembles Riverwood, a project first conceived in the mid-1980s by Portman the company run by famed architecty John Portman and developer Hal Barry. recently expanded its leasr indowntown Atlanta’s Centennial Rubicon, which develops software for the hotel and traveol industry, agreed to lease 15,893 squard feet, up from 10,203 square feet. Last year, Atlanta-basef Rubicon and EZYield.
com, whichg helps hotels reach online customers, announced an alliance with the hopew of increasing theirmarkert share. Rob Coastworth with Duluth-base d represented Rubicon in the Rubicon is one of several firms that recentlu signed leases atCentennial Tower, ownec by Atlanta-based . Collectively, the leases represent 31,623 square feet of Centennialo Tower transactions in the first quarted and take the building to 89percenr leased. The deals are important because TheAtlantq Journal-Constitution could pull out of two floors in Centennial Tower sometime this year and move those office to the AJC’s downtown headquarters at the adjacentr 72 Marietta St. building.
Other recentg leases at Centennial towerinclude Debtstoppers, which is the bankruptcy law offices of Roberft J. Semrad & Associates LLC; the ’s ; and the law practics of Daniel R. Meachum Associates LLC. Commercial Property Professionals (CPP) is growing. The commercial brokerage formed in June 2008 by Atlanta real estate veterans Furmajn Wood andDaniel Levison, has added two new principalsw since the beginning of the Keith Guthrie and Jason both formerly with Carter, will focus on land Wood, who spent 14 years with , and who owns , foundef CPP with a focus on industrial and land brokerage. CPP also provides asset, construction and propert management services.
SRS Real Estate Partners has expanded its Atlantqa office with five retail real estate professionals from and the additional clientsthey bring. Joining SRS Real Estate formerly , are Palmer Bayless, seniord vice president; Brad Westbrook, vice president; Adrienne Crawford, associate; Tim Mittelstaedt, associate; and Julia transaction coordinator.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
7 New Facts About Ongoing Egg Recall - Organic Authority (blog)
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Monday, August 23, 2010
Rock in Opposition, cuvée 2010 - Qobuz.com
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Thursday, August 19, 2010
US Assures Israel That Iran Threat Is Not Imminent - New York Times
FOXNews | US Assures Israel That Iran Threat Is Not Imminent New York Times A satellite image taken last September shows construction in a mountain near Qum, Iran, and a major military base. By MARK MAZZETTI and DAVID E. SANGER WASHINGTON â€" The Obama administration, citing evidence of continued troubles inside Iran's nuclear ... Has Obama Assuaged Israel's Fear About Iranian Nukes? US assures Israel on Iran's A-bomb plans US assures Israel nuclear Iran not imminent - report |
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Focus on jail in Philip Markoff death - Boston Herald
ABC News | Focus on jail in Philip Markoff death Boston Herald The revelation yesterday that accused Craigslist killer Philip Markoff had eight undisturbed hours to mutilate and suffocate himself in his cell with a pen and plastic bags raises serious security ... DA: Markoff fashioned 'primitive scalpel' to kill himself 'Primitive Scalpel' Linked to Man's Suicide in Cell Craigslist suspect wrote name in Mass. cell |
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Watson feels like a winner in second - ESPN
Telegraph.co.uk | Watson feels like a winner in second ESPN SHEBOYGAN, Wis. -- In a sport starved for young superstars, golf received a three-for-one deal Sunday at the 92nd PGA Championship. There was Martin Kaymer. The eventual champion played near-flawless golf throughout the final round, ... Germany's Martin Kaymer wins PGA Championship after Dustin Johnson grounds out PGA Championship: Dustin Johnson says he didn't think he was in sand German Martin Kaymer wins chaotic PGA Championship in 3-hole playoff | Golf |
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Obama supports plan for mosque near ground zero - Los Angeles Times
CBC.ca | Obama supports plan for mosque near ground zero Los Angeles Times At a Ramadan dinner at the White House, the president breaks his silence on the issue, framing it as one of religious freedom. President Obama addresses guests at an iftar dinner, the meal that breaks the dawn-to-dusk fast for Muslims during the holy ... Obama Supports Muslim Group's Right to Build Mosque in New York Obama emphatic » |
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Plane-iac's foe faces 25G hit - New York Post
Globe and Mail | Plane-iac's foe faces 25G hit New York Post The woman whose oversize luggage sparked a tarmac tirade by a JetBlue flight attendant is in the cross hairs of federal officials mulling stiff penalties and heavy fines for her temper tantrum, authorities said yesterday ... Tantrum on flight isn't worth praise JetBlue interviewing passengers for their version of flight attendant incident JetBlue's Response to a Fed-Up Employee's Exit |
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Tuesday, August 10, 2010
US air steward in shock plane exit after row - BBC News
Sydney Morning Herald | US air steward in shock plane exit after row BBC News US police have arrested a flight attendant after he had a row with a passenger on a plane and fled using the emergency exit slide. Steven Slater, 39, reportedly became furious with a passenger who opened his overhead locker before the plane had stopped ... Fed-Up Flight Attendant Makes Sliding Exit Flight Attendant Grabs Two Beers, Slides Down the Emergency Chute |
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Sunday, August 8, 2010
Afghan police hunt killers of Dr Karen Woo - BBC News
Globe and Mail | Afghan police hunt killers of Dr Karen Woo BBC News Police in Afghanistan have arrested a convoy driver in the hunt for the killers of Briton Dr Karen Woo, and nine colleagues in an ambush. The Taliban said it carried out the attack, in the north-eastern province of Badakhshan. ... Killed in cold blood: the British doctor who went to help in Afghanistan Taliban kills 10 aid workers, including 6 Americans Taliban kills 10 medical aid workers in northern Afghanistan |
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Friday, August 6, 2010
Obama loses another key economic adviser - USA Today
MiamiHerald.com | Obama loses another key economic adviser USA Today President Obama must grapple with the economy without another key adviser, given the departure of Christina Romer. Romer, who chairs the Council of Economic Advisers, announced Thursday night that she is returning to her previous job as economics ... White House's Romer Resigns in a Second Departure for Obama Economy Team Key Obama Economic Aide Resigning Digest: Administration losing economist |
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Wednesday, August 4, 2010
'Static Kill' Appears to Be Working in Well, BP Says - New York Times
Telegraph.co.uk | 'Static Kill' Appears to Be Working in Well, BP Says New York Times HOUSTON â€" BP announced Wednesday that pumping heavy drilling mud into its stricken well in the Gulf of Mexico had appeared to stabilize pressure in the well. The company began the pumping operation on Tuesday with the hope of sealing ... BP: 'Static kill' successfully controls blown-out well Mud plugs well; feds say much of Gulf oil is gone BP 'plugs' Gulf of Mexico oil well |
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Monday, August 2, 2010
Rocket kills 1, injures 5 near Jordanian luxury hotel - Los Angeles Times
Telegraph.co.uk | Rocket kills 1, injures 5 near Jordanian luxury hotel Los Angeles Times The attack apparently was meant for a nearby Israeli town, where no one is injured. Islamic militants in Egypt are suspected. By Jeffrey Fleishman Los Angeles Times Staff Writer A rocket apparently aimed at an Israeli resort on the Red Sea landed ... Jordanian man dies of wounds from southern rocket attack Blasts attack Eilat and Jordan Rockets Strike Cities in Israel, Jordan |
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