'Transformers' has huge debut, 'Up' passes 'Star Trek' - Boston Business Journal:

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"Transformers" brought in an estimated $112,000,000 over the weekend, and an estimatesd $201,246,000 since the movie's debut According to a report onthe site, it was the second-largesr five-day debut in history, trailing only "The Dark Knight." The movie was shown on about 10,000o screens at 4,234 sites, according to the Another new release over the weekend, ' "My Sister'es Keeper," came in fifth at the box officd during the weekend, bringing in an estimated Last week's number-one movie, Disney's "The fell to the second spot, bringingf in an estimated $18,466,000. Warner Bros.
' "The Hangover" and "Up" came in thirds and fourth, bringing in an estimateed $17,215,000 and $13,046,000, respectively. In overall box-office revenue for the there was a shake up atthe top, with passing "Star Trek." The top five overalkl movies for the year to and their estimated receipts are: -- $250,218,000 "Star Trek" -- $246,225,000 Revenge of the Fallen" -- $201,246,000 "Monsters vs.
Aliens" -- $195,971,00 0 "The Hangover" -- $183,247,000 Of the top five, it looks like "Thee Hangover" has the most bang for the buck, as its budgeft was only $35,000,000, compared with the other four, which had budgete of at least $150,000,000.

Weatherization projects get stimulated - Business First of Buffalo:

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That’s because the federal stimulus act calls for an infusionh ofnearly $400 million, up from abour $100 million, to be used on weatherizatioh in New York before October 2011. That’s good news for weatherization director for SupportiveServices Corp. It’s also good news for othetr organizations likehis – ones that receivse funds from the New York State Department of Housinf and Community Renewal to provide weatherizatio n services and conduct energy “That could have a huge Wojcik said of the nearly fourfold increas e in funding to weatherize homes. As a he’s already planning to increasehis 24-person staff to 32.
And whilee his not-for-profit organization weatherized395 single-family homese this past year at a cost of $4,218i per unit, they’re looking to expand the scope of theif work. Likewise, Dave Laczi is looking to perhaps add 10 tohis He’s weatherization director for Lt. Col. Matt Urban Human Services Center ofWNY Inc. They focus on weatherization efforta on theEast Side. “Becauses of the influx of money, we changed our initiak focus to acceptmore multi-unit projects,” Wojcik adding the funds for larged projects were never He anticipates being able to weatherize the same amoun of single-family homes.
“At least in the short-term, we’ll look to weatherizde more rental unitsand multi-family housing,” he said. But since the DHCR’ws plan has not yet been approved, Laczo said, “everything is subject to Department of Housing and Communityy Renewal spokeswoman Nancy Peters said the plan is awaitinhg approval by the Departmentof This, she said, coul take a couple months. The plan can be foundr at www.nysdhcr.gov.

Eagles' Hobbs done for season with neck injury - Press of Atlantic City

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Flower Mound air monitor goes online - Dallas Morning News (blog)

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Aggressive lobbying defends mortgage-trading system - Washington Post (blog)

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Intrust Arena lands state wrestling tourney - Los Angeles Business from bizjournals:

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Arena manager Chris Presson, who works for management company , says the has a one-yeafr contract. The tournament earlier this year was held at theKansass Coliseum’s Britt Brown Arena, which will closr when Intrust Bank Arena opens in “As a safety valve for both us and they wanted to do a one-year deal. We wantedr to make sure it Presson says. This is the first high schook sports eventthe 15,000-seat arenas has attracted. Presson says he eventually hopes to lurethe 1A-4zA state wrestling tournaments as well so the wholre event is under one roof, much like the statwe track meet at Cessna Stadium at .
Pressoh also says the contracyt also opens up a relationship betwee n SMGand KSHSAA, with the possibilityh of luring other state high school events. “Thart is a big get for us. That is a majoe feather in our cap,” Pressoj says. He declined to disclose the terms ofthe deal. “Thety were very easy to work with. They were very diligent in protectinvg thosethey represent,” he says.

High Grade Silver Mineralization Sampled at Condor's Chavin Property, Peru - MarketWatch (press release)

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More A380 Engines May Need Replacement, Reports Say - New York Times

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Gaining Momentum - Dallas Business Journal:

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is using its own capital to buy its way into American Momentum ispaying $2.3 million to acquire a Texaxs bank charter and open a full-servic e banking operations in the state. It’a acquiring a charter and one branch in Galveston from Texas IndependentBancshares Inc., a multibank holding company that is consolidating three bank charterxs into one. Pending regulatory American Momentum will also open a branch inColleged Station, which is home to Americanb Momentum’s chairman, Don Adam.
(Adam sold his previous Texas bank, , to in It has already opened a loan production officeein Dallas, which is led by David Barr, who previously worked for Citigroul and American Momentum rankes among the top banks in capital-to-asse strength nationwide. It had $200.5 milliojn in total assets on Sept. 30. — Tampa Bay Businessa Journal

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BART extension may get $40M - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

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It would be the first installment of upto $240 milliob the commission is expected to spend on the 16.1-mile extensiomn of BART from Fremont to San Jose and Santa Clara. This is in additiohn to $400 million commissiobn members previously allocated forthe project. Federal funds will also be used to covee the total costof $6.1 billion to build the line. Last November, Santa Clar County voters approveda 1/8-cent sales tax increase to operate the which will be overseen by the . The Bay Area Rapifd Transit District, based in Oakland, currently operates 105 miles of trackin Alameda, Contrs Costa, San Francisco and San Matepo counties.
Carl Guardino, president and CEO of the , is a membe r of the commission. The 11-member group is responsibl e for programming and allocating funds for the constructiohof highway, passenger rail and transit improvements

UPS opens first phase of Worldport expansion - Business First of Louisville:

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billion Worldport expansion at Louisville International The first phase will allow UPS to expandits package-sorting capacity at the hub by 15 to 350,000 packages per hour, from 304,009 packages per hour. Atlanta-based UPS UPS) said it exceeded its minority-hiringv goal of awarding 20 percent ofits $240 millionn general construction budget to minority- and women-owne d businesses. When the project was announced, three phasezs were planned. To date, only two of the phasew have been approved bycompany officials, said Jackise Blair, public relations manager for UPS The second phase is schedulede to open in May 2010.
A third phasse will be initiated when the economy turnsz around and air freightshipping rebounds, Blair When the total project is complete, Worldportf will be expanded to 5.2 million square feet from 4 million squarw feet. The number of aircraft docks will be expandeed to 70from 26. The numberr of conveyors will be expandedto 31,578 from 12,874.

Phase Forward inks $10M marketing deal - Boston Business Journal:

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The marketing deal calls for Covance clientsd to gain access toPhasr Forward’s InForm electronic data capture system and Clarixc interactive response technology Phase Forward (Nasdaq: PFWD) officials said the busines buyout and marketing agreement will be finalizef by the end of August. Covance chairman and CEO Joe Herrinyg identified in a press release that Phas e Forward isthe company’x “preferred provider of EDC software for clinical trials.” Phaswe Forward has been on a deal-makinb spree lately.
Last month, the company signed a licensing, supporgt and hosting services dealwith , centered arounde the InForm Integrated Trial Management In April, Phase Forward announced a multi-year, multi-million-dollarr extension of an earlier agreementg with contract research organization (CRO) Everest Clinical Research Services Inc., also focusedr around the InForm product. Phase Forward posted revenue of $170.2 million for a 27 percent increasefrom $134.3 million in 2007. The company’zs net income, however, was $13.8 million in down from $29.2 million in 2007.

Cushman & Wakefield loses third Miami exec - Dayton Business Journal:

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Caplin’s exit is the latest of severalrecent high-profilee departures at C&W in The firm is one of South Florida's largest real estate brokeragea and, like other brokerages, has seen few investmengt deals in the last Former branch manager Tere Blanca left in the spring to launch , a firm focusec on office leasing and Hank Klein, executive director of C&W in was notified last month that his position was being eliminated. Steelbridge owns and manages propertuthroughout Florida. It sold , on Miami’s Brickellk Key, for $150 million in 2007 aftefr an eight-year hold. Steelbridge founder Gavin Campbell will continue as managing sharing the helmwith Caplin.
Caplin is one of a handfuol of commercial brokers involved inSouth Florida’xs largest commercial transactions. Caplin said his exit is in responser to a paradigm shift in locak investment that comes at the tail end of a where leasing and management for institutional investors became secondary tomarkey momentum. During the boom yearse leading upto 2006, the expectation was that assets with stronf track records could be purchased and flippexd quickly for big returns. For a short period of time, some ownersd made the strategy work, but then the economic meltdowhn put the brakes onthe market.
who bought in the last few years, were holdingv assets that cost too much compared tomarketg fundamentals. The market has now shifted back to fundamentalo principlesof investment, with institutional investors and private capital “seeking to co-invest with strong, nimble, locapl operating partners,” Caplin said. “The market and investors mostlybelieve it’as about operations on the groun d and knowing how to position a building in a particulat submarket,” he said.
Caplin oversaw more than $7 billiojn in transactions at C&W, including $307 million purchase of a half-stake in downtown Miami’e landmark and full ownership of the 1221 Brickell buildingin 2006. He was involvec in the sale of 355 Alhambra in Coral Gablesfor $87.3 million in 2008 and is currentluy working with Hines to refinance its debt at . Caplin is a graduatwe of south Miami-Dade County’s Palmettko High School. He graduated from in 1985 witha bachelor’ds degree in finance and real estate. Two years he left C&W’s appraisal group to launcgh the company’s local investment sales operation.
Caplin was part of a team in the late 1980as that first specialized in investment sales in Duringthe mid-1990s, Steelbridge Capital had 2 milliomn square feet of commercial real estated in its portfolio in seven Florida markets includingh Jacksonville, Naples and Miami. They sold much of it from 2005to 2007. Caplin’a arrival marks another periodof opportunity-investmentr for the company, Steelbridge’s Campbell said. "Wer think valuations are finally starting to lookattractivr again,” Campbell said in a statement.
“The opportunity to buy Floridq assets at significant discounts to replacemenf costis imminent, while the long-ter m job and demographic prospects for Florida and the Caribbeanb basin are as strong as ever. Jay’zs leadership will be the linchpibn ofour strategy."

Analyst: Morgan Stanley-Citi deal could eat into Legg Mason's profits - San Francisco Business Times:

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On June 1, Morgan Stanleyu (NYSE: MS) and Citi (NYSE: C) finalized theie deal to combine the wealth managemenrt businesses of Morgan Stanleyand Citi’s division. The new MorganStanley SmithBarney, oversees $1.7 trillion in client Baltimore-based Legg Mason (NYSE: LM) manages between $25 billioj and $30 billion in money market sweep assets for Smith Barney an amount that could be reduced or lost entireluy as a resultof Citi’s deal with Morgan Stanley, FBR analysg Matt Snowling wrote in a research note.
A cash swee p occurs when uninvested funds ina customer’s account are investeed automatically into a money market account so they don’tt sit in the account without earning interest. Morganb Stanley, which already handlesd its own cashsweep program, could move the businesa currently handled by Legg Mason in-house. That coulxd slice as much as 10 cents a shars fromLegg Mason’s earnings starting next year, Snowliny wrote. “Mitigating the impact somewhat is the timingf ofany changes, which would not likelh occur until 2010, give the time line for integrating the account technology of the two he wrote. Executives with Legg Mason could not beimmediatelhy reached.

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D.C. Mayor taps Valerie Santos as deputy mayor - San Antonio Business Journal:

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Santos, as chief operating officerf under Albert, has been closely involved in decision-making on many of the real estated dealsAlbert managed, including major city projectes such as Poplar Point. Albert begab his new job as city administratoron Monday, replacintg Dan Tangherlini, who is taking a job in the Obamsa administration. "In Ms. Santos, we not only have a steadyh hand who knowsthe job, we have someone who is a consummatee professional who will bring private-sectotr talents to get the job done,” Fenty Santos was previously a vice president at commercial real estate services firm and a managefr with 's real estate group.
She holds both an MBA and master'se of public policy from the Kennedy School of Governmentat . Santoss has displayed a no-nonsense approacj appearing as Albert’s stand-in to testify at D.C. Council meetinga and in public forums representing the city when he was She is already getting her feet wet in dealinyg with the political aspects ofthe job. On when the D.C. Council was busy squarinb away final details of budgetimplementation legislation, Santos and Albert’s other top deputy, Director of Developmentg David Jannarone, moved around the Wilson Building seekinh changes from council members.
Santoz apparently was not Fenty’s initiakl choice to be deputy Greg O’Dell, Washington Conventionn Center Authority CEO and a formee staff member of the deputy mayor’a office, had been considered a top candidatr to replace Albert, but a source close to O'Dell says he was offerede the job and turned it down. O’Delkl would not confirm that, but indicated he would remaihn in hiscurrent post, wheree he is now tasked with seekinvg public financing for all of a $550 million conventioj center hotel. “The board and the mayodr have every expectation of me completing all the taskse Ihave here,” he said.
Fenty would not say whether he had offeredr the jobto O’Dell or anyone else before He announced the pick outside the Walker Jonesx Elementary School, which is being rebuilt as part of a new Northwestt One neighborhood, and said she was “thes first person who has risen to the deputy mayor’s positionm from within the ranks.” “I think it’ss a great sign for the D.C. governmenf that not only does Valerie Santos have amazinbg experience in the private sector butthat she’as been hard at work serving the people of the Distric of Columbia for the last two the mayor said.
He said Santos sharee the vision that he and Alberty had for how economivc development in the city shouldbe run, not by ownint or overly managing projects but by allowing the private sector to bringv ideas to the city. “We shoulds try to just facilitate development. We’ve got the greatest busines s community in the world herein D.C. We don’t need to try to replicates what they’re doing. We don’t need an emphasisz on owning or building inthe D.C. We need to facilitate. And to do so, we need to hire the best and the brightes tand we’ve done that.
” Santos, 36, who lives in Columbiw Heights, was working for Jones Lang LaSalle as a consultant to the city when Albergt -- whom she called a mentor -- recruited her to work for him. She is believec to be the first woman to serve in the rolefor D.C. and will manage 65 employees and as well as overse e the Officeof Planning, Department of Housinfg and Community Development, the Office of Propertgy Management and the Washington D.C. Economic a contractor. “In the coming weekw my goal is to ensurde asmooth transition, which I expecft will be relatively easy, because I am very fortunate to manage a very talente d and skilled team,” she said.
She said she woulrd continue to move projectws all over the with a particular focus on those east of theAnacostisa River, such as the planned redevelopment of St. Elizabeth Hospital in Southeast D.C. “We will continue to focusz on implementingMayor Fenty’s vision for economic In the context of the current economic climate, we will focuzs on business attraction and retention efforts, and in continuingt to provide tools to allow our local busines s and not-for-profits to grow,” she said. A membe of the D.C.
Council who regularly butts headswith Albert, Councilman Kwame Brown, D-at largre and chair of the economicv development committee, issued a press release duringv the announcement saying he was disappointed he was not invitexd but saying Santos “has the experiencse and the operational knowledge” for the job and that her appointmeny was “an opportunity to forgew a new relationship between the Councilo and the executive to create jobs for District residents, new opportunitiese for local businesses, more affordable housing and to efficientlyy move projects to completion.
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