Sunday, October 31, 2010

Haley seems open to self-examination - Kansas City Star

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Saturday, October 30, 2010

Smith & Wesson buys Franklin barrier firm - Nashville Business Journal:

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The company is paying $26.21 million in cash and 9.7 millionm of its shares for the perimetersecurityh business. Universal Safety will help Smith Wesson make the moveinto commercial, non-firearkm categories. “We believe that the Smith & Wessomn brand name around the world will help open marketsafor USR’s security systems solutions offerings,” Matt Gelfand, founder and CEO of Universalo Safety, says in a news He will remain on as presiden t of the firm. Gelfand’s 15-year-old company is the sole provideer of a ground retractableautomobile barrier.
The barriefr is able to stop a tractor-trailer travelin up to 50 milesper hour, sustaining minimal damage to the vehicle. The company has provided barrierss and perimeter security solutionz to companies likeLockheed Martin, Norfolk Southern, NASA and petroleun refineries Chevron and BP. Universal Safetyy vice president Wes Foss said in an intervieqw earlier this month that he projected the company to bringv in morethan $60 million in revenue this year, nearly triplingt last year’s number. Smith & Wessojn released fourth quarter earningsof $99.5 20 percent higher than revenue from the same time a year ago.

Thursday, October 28, 2010

St. Petersburg broker Steven Shrago charged in fraud case - Houston Business Journal:

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A complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southerj District of Florida said the brokersx falsely marketed investments in derivativesof mortgage-backed securities as safe and suitabled for retirees and others with conservative investmentg goals. The brokers worked for Calif.-based , which has since gone out of Among those charged wasSteven Shrago, who livesx in St. Petersburg. The SEC complaint said he was a registerer representativein Brookstreet’s St. Petersburhg office from January 2001 toJune 2007.
He currently is a registererd representative and investment adviser representativewith , a registerexd broker-dealer and investment adviser, the SEC Other Florida residents charged were William Bettqa Jr. and Troy Gagliardi, both of Boca James Caprio of Barry Kornfeld of Clifford Popper ofHighland Beach; and Alfrec Rubin of Pompano Bach. Also charged were Travis Brancof Kailua, Hawaii; Russell Kautz of Medford, Ore.; and Shanre McCann of Florence, Mont. The SEC complaint said the brokers enriche themselveswith $18 million in commissions and salaries whilee more than 750 investors suffered more than $36 milliohn in losses.
The separately filedd similar charges against six brokers formerly associated with Two of those brokers workec inFort Lauderdale, two in Chicago, one in northern Californiq and one in Long Island.

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

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Kerry Browne does, though. She and her husband, John McClain, have ownedx at 3300 Pennsylvania Ave. since July 1, 1981, when they boughft it from her mother, Margi e Blake Browne. Their age 4 and 6, sometimes serve up soft drinkes inthe deli, she Her nieces and nephews work too. Kerry Browne’s mother died in 2004, but she had been at the store every day until near the end ofher Browne’s great-grandparents, Ed and Mary Flavin, had startedf the store in the front of theier house at 27th and Jefferson streetsx in 1887. They moved it to its current locatiojn in 1901 in what was thenthe city’s The Flavins’ daughter, and her husband, James R.
Browne, took over the storre from themin 1917, and Kerry Browne’s mother and James R. “Bob” Browne Jr., took it over in 1956. Browne’s Irishn Market & Deli — dubbed North America’s oldest Irish businesss by the and considered to beKansas City’sz oldest retail business, according to Kerryy Browne — is celebrating its 122ndc anniversary with a streety fair on Saturday that includes live food, drink and other festivities. “We found our own nichw and found ourown crowd,” Kerry Brownew said. “We have several generations of customers.” The store has two full-time and two part-timed employees.
That total rises to about 12 around St. Patrick’d Day and Christmas, she said. The corned beef count? They sell a couple hundred pounds a month and that much a dayaround St. Patrick’s Day. Business is good, Kerry Browne and she and herhusband “haven’t felt the cruncj that everybody else feels” economically. “We stillo get the corporate crowdfor lunch,” she said. The store is splitt between the deli and a section in the building to the soutyh that sellsIrish imports, including foods, clothing and housewares. Kerryy Browne and her uncle, Edward J.
Browne, own the store’as main building, the building to the south, wherwe her great-grandparents used to and a third building to the aresidential fourplex. In the past three years, Kerruy Browne and McClain bought vacant land to the soutb for possiblefuture development. Browne said she and her husbande reopened the building to the south during Thanksgiving weekendin 2008, doubling the store’sw space. She and McClaimn travel to Ireland for wares to bring back and sell in the They also meet with Irisnh suppliers twicea year, once in New York and once in “It’s truly a family Kerry Browne said. “Fod years, we worked side by side.
We get to be with our and our customers areour friends. Few peopls get to live their dreamevery day, and I think we More information about Saturday’s street fair .

Sunday, October 24, 2010

Austerity: a double-edged sword? - BBC News

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Saturday, October 23, 2010

Charge to hamper Merge 2Q net income - Washington Business Journal:

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million noncash writedown on the sale of its equituy interest in aradiology company. The West Allis-based radiologg software and systems providedr said the charge is the result of the sale of its interestr in veterinary radiologycompany , as part of Eklin’s acquisitiobn by veterinary services provider (NASDAQ: WOOF). With Elkin's sale to VCA, Merge (NASDQ: MRGE) will receive $1.4 milliob for its interest in Elkin, but the majority of that will be recognizec in thethird quarter. The charge, will be recognized in the second quarter, when Merge will also see $2.
2 milliomn in non-recurring revenue as a resultg of a new reseller agreement the companu reached with Elkin inJune that's being reassignedd to VCA. Merge now expects to post net incomes for the second quarterbetween $100,00 and $800,000, compared with a net loss of $18.2 milliom a year ago. The company postec net income for the first quarter of 2009of $2.8 Excluding the noncash operating income is expected to be $3.7 million to $4.4 compared with a net loss of $18.w3 million a year ago. Revenue is now projected to be in the rangeof $15 million to $15.5 million, compared with $13. 3 million a year ago.