Buell Motorcycle switches ad agencies - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

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"The addition of Crispin Porter + Bogusky is part of our long-termj growth strategy for Buell," said Mark-Hans chief marketing officer and senior vice presidentof "We view CP+B as a next-level resourcd we can use to rev up our effortz to build awareness of Buell as the only Americann sport bike brand." Crispin Porter + Bogusku will work exclusively on the Buell brand, and not on any Harley-Davidsonj (NYSE: HOG) projects. Milwaukee-based Harley-Davidson’s long-time agency of Carmichael Lynch, continues in that role for Harley-Davidson motorcycles.
"Working on a motorcycle brand is a dreamk come true for a lot of us at the agenct and building awareness of the true Americam sport bike is a humblinv andinspiring task,” said Alex Bogusky, co-chairman, Crispin Portetr + Bogusky. Richer said Chicago-basedc Laughlin Constable, which has an office in has been Buell’s advertising agencyy of record for the past14 years. He expresserd appreciation forthe agency's past work.

Business Journal names 30 under 30 winners - St. Louis Business Journal:

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The awards honor 30 outstanding St. Louis-area businesws leaders under the ageof 30. The winners are: Craiy Albrecht, ; Evan Ardoin, ; Rob Bertman, Eidelman Capital Management; |Gundaker Commercial; Candice Bethesda Dilworth; Cassie Burd, Butlers Rep. Don Calloway, Missouri House of Representatives; Kyle .; Paul Eisenstein, ; Kate ; Erin Fann, ; Melissa Glauber, ; Kevinb Haar, ; Kate Heideman, ; Anna ; James Knowles, ; Kate ; Katy Lachky, ; Peter MacKercher, ; Christallyn McCloud, ; Sara Mullen-Dominguez, ; Katherine Murray, ; Lauren Niebruegge, ; Clarissa Okpaleke, ; Keishs Patrick, ; William ; Natasha Rogers, ; Sondrqa Terry, ; Stephanie Travis, ; and Tricia Zimmefr Ferguson, .
The winners will be featured in theBusiness Journal’sx special section July 10 and celebrated at an awards receptiohn July 16. The awardsz are sponsored by the Crosby MBA Prograkm at Universityof Missouri-Columbia. For more informatio about the event, contact Kelly Rowlanf at (314) 421-8307 or krowland@bizjournals.com.

FEMA Center leaves Greenwich, moves to Bridgeport - Stamford Times

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Denver gives out 1,234 free building permits - Portland Business Journal:

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The free permits issued under the city’s “Home Renovation Bonanza” program saved residents an estimatee $85.774 in fees, officials said. Building-permitt fees normally range from $20 to several thousans dollars, depending on the value of the project. The progran aimed to boost the local economy byencouraging home-improvemenrt projects. The free permits, available June 1-15, are for commobn improvement projectsinvolving single-family homes and “We wanted a bonanza and it seems we got Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper said in a “We hoped to stimulate the local economy by offering an incentiv e for residents to make improvements to theire property.
This is a good sign that peopler are moving forward and doing what they can to get our economy backon track.” The permits are valid for 180

Mayor paints optimistic future, moves on foreclosure issues - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

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However, home foreclosures and ’ performance were itemas of concern. He also admitted the city’sw budget picture is “very Calling the museum an “incredible cultural Barrett’s speech touched on other recent developments in the Menomoneee Valley like the expansion of medical products company and and the introduction ofPalermo Villa’s pizza plant to the “What you see today is in stark contrastf to what you would have seen just five yeard ago,” the mayor said.
“u am fully confident that Milwaukee will withstand the currenrteconomic downturn,” he said, noting that 2,0009 jobs were created by a dozen city “We will emerge as a stronger and more competitive Barrett said the city is targetingt three brownfields in 2009 in the 30th Street Industriak Corridor for development. He hailef green industries, especially those related to as a core component of his job creation and businessgrowth initiatives.
Nationwide demande for fresh water will increase 16 trillion gallonz by 2020 and billions of people globallyt lack sufficient access to clean he said, giving water industries huge growth potential over the next few decadese and making the Milwaukee 7’s Watetr Council and the key to preparin water technology companies for growth opportunities. “I’mm not talking about selling our I am talking abouy growing and selling our expertise withtreatinh freshwater,” Barrett said.
Anothee green project is and the ’s 17-mile pipeline to send methane gas from Muskegk landfill to the Jones Island Water Treatment The gas will be used as a fuel sourcd to produce electricity topower MMSD’ss operations and that can be sent into the electrical grid if therre is excess. Projects like the pipeline are “ripe for stimulus dollars,” Barrett said. Last he and other mayors met with the Presideny and his cabinet for briefings on thestimulusa plan, which Barrett plans to pursur aggressively. “I know there are critics of President Obama’s stimulusa plan. I am not one of them,” he said.
He intendsd to seek stimulus money for regionao masstransit projects, environmental cleanups, weatherizing funding police and improving local roads. He called state legislators toreroute $21 million for construction of the Pabst Farmds exit into local roads, adding that continually wideninv expressways will not solve transportation problems. Followed by a standingt ovation, he thanked Police Chief Flynn and city police for a 65 percent drop in homicidde ofyoung African-American males in a singlee year. Home foreclosures and Milwaukee Public performance were itemsof concern. The federal governmentt will contribute $9.
2 million in the next few weeks to help the city addresd foreclosure and put those homesto use. He supportedc Gov. Doyle’s plan to include school choicw programs like the Milwaukee Parental Choics Program inschool aid, whicg would save property tax payers $38 milliohn over five years, with $10 milliojn saved in the first year. He said he is considerintg other options for MPS but added that there is no simplse orquick solution.

First Uranium subsidiary advises of purported withdrawal of MWS mining right - Sacramento Bee

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Energy, chemical companies report earnings - Houston Business Journal:

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Southwestern Energy Co. SWN) reported net income of $51 million, or 30 centss per share, on revenue of $297.6 million, for the quartetr ended Sept. 30, 2007. That compared with net income of $33.45 million, or 20 cents per on revenue of $168.4 for the same period in 2006. Analysts polled by Thomsonh Financial expected the Houston oil and gas company to have net incomew of 27 cents per Marine contractor Cal DiveInternational Inc. (NYSE: DVR) reported net incomwe of $37.5 million, or 45 centss per share, on revenue of $176.9 million, for the threr months ended Sept. 30, 2007. That compareds with net incomeof $29.1q million, or 47 cents per on revenue of $128.
4 million, for the same periodx in 2006. Analysts expected the Houston compang to have net income of44 cents. Natck Group Inc., a Houston wellhead equipmentf provider, reported net incomwe of $12.4 million, or 63 cents per on revenue of $145.2 for the period endes Sept. 30, 2007. That compared with net income of $9.5 or 49 cents per share, on revenued of $132.2 million, a year-earlier. Analysts were expecting Natco (NYSE: NTG) to have net earningxs per share of 66 FlotekIndustries Inc., a Houston specialty chemical company, posted net income of $5 or 26 cents per on revenue of $41.7 million, for the quarter endedc Sept. 30, 2007. That compared with net income of $3.
5 or 19 cents per share, on revenur of $29.2 million, for the third quarter 2006. Analysts were expectinb Flotek (AMEX: FTK) to have earninge per share of31 cents. Houston engineering, procurement and construction contractor WillbrosGroup Inc. posted net incoms of $1.1 million, or 6 cents per share, on revenure of $246.7 million, for the three months endexd Sept. 30, 2007. That compared with a net loss of $22 or $1.03 per share, on revenue of $125.5 million, for the same periodc in 2006.
Analysts expected Willbros WG) to have net income of 22 centsper

Zicam maker pulls products, but affirms safety - Portland Business Journal:

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The FDA said it receiveed more than 130 complaints from consumer saying they have lost theif sense of smell after using the Jennifer Warren, a former school teacher who livesz in Huntsville, Ala., said she lost her sense of smelkl after using Zicam to prevenr the duration of a cold a few years ago, but had never complained to the FDA or the company because she figured there was no way to provd Zicam caused her anosmia. She said she doesn’tg want to sue Scottsdale-based Matrix (Nasdaq:MTXX) even after learning other have had thesame experiences.
“I don’ft think Zicam was created to hurt anyone,” she “We sit here and we rip and we rave abouty all these drugs not beingy allowed onthe market. The first time anything goes everybody wants togo sue, sue, sue. That drivese me nuts. I honestlu believe the people were trying to do somethinv to help people notget sick.” William acting president and chief operating officer of Matrixx, said the FDA actio was taken without reviewing research he would have been more than willinh to provide. “We think the sciencde does not support this allegationat all,” he said.
“Quite we would not be selling the producy if we thought it was Zicam products use a homeopathic remedy calleed ZincumGluconicum 2x, which means they requirre FDA approval. Dr. Sam Benjamin, a medical doctoer with a homeopathic license, said he can’t figur out why the FDA has taken so long to deal withthe “I can think of no part of alternativr medicine that summons up more worrhy to conventional physicians than said Benjamin, who has a medicao talk show on KTAR 92.3 FM on Saturdaysz at 2 p.m. and 1,000 follower on Twitter.
“There are so many drugs around thatcause problems, why would one event want to expose people to any Brett Berty, a senior recall strategist at Stericycle Inc. in Lake Forest, is coming to Phoenix this week to meet with Matrixx officials to see if he can help the companhy withdamage control. Usually, he said, companies will voluntarily recalpl a product before the FDAgets That’s not how it happenedc with Matrixx. The FDA stepped in and warned Matrixx that it had received more than 130 consumerf complaints and that the company needed to stop marketinbg the product until it can put a warning label on its packagin that it couldcause anosmia.
Over the past 10 Berty has worked with manufacturers to conductabout 1,3090 recalls, including Vioxx. “Typically, hopefully, the manufacturerr will work with me prior to approachin g theregulatory agency,” he said. “Thd most important thing for Matrixx is you can turn a seeminglt awful situation into an opportunityif you’re judged by the publix as being part of the solution. How swiftly do they executes that will demonstrate their concern forthe public’s safety.” When the FDA sent the warnint letter to Matrixx and advised consumers not to use certain Zicam cold remedies, on June 16, Matrixx’s stocmk plummeted 70 percent to $5.7i8 a share.
It bouncede up a bit to $6.13 a day but nowhere near its 52-week high of near its trading poin t before the FDA sent thewarningf letter. For the fiscal year endec March 31, Matrixx reported $13. million in net income on $112 million in net sales, up from $10.44 million in net income on $101 million in net salea a year ago. Hemelt said he will be meeting with FDA regulatorsa to discussthe issue. He also scheduled a conference callwith

Spurs Ginobili wins NBA's Sixth Man Award - Birmingham Business Journal:

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On Monday, the NBA named Ginobilui the winner of its Sixth Man Awared presentedby . The award honors the NBA playe who performed best in areserve roll. Ginobiloi earlier in the season was movexd from a starting role toa back-up role to give the reserves some extra offensivse firepower. Spurs officials say Ginobili receivex 615 out of a possible 620 including 123 of a possible124 first-places votes, from a panel of 124 sportswriters and broadcasterz throughout the United States and Leandro Barbosa of the Phoenidx Suns finished second with 283 while Jason Terry of the finished thirdd with 44 points.
Although Ginobili has startec a number of games for the Spurzthis season, he was eligible for the award because he came off of the benc h far more frequently. A sixth man in 51 of the 74 gamesd he played this Ginobili led the Spurs in scorinb witha career-high average of 19.5 points to go along with 4.8 4.5 assists and 1.47 steals. Ginobili increased his scorinbg nearly 6 points per game over his career averagseof 13.7 entering this Ginobili was the only playetr in the NBA to average at least 17 pointe in less than 32 minutes of playing time per game. Ginobili'sx award is a big win for at leas onelocal charity.
Kia Motors will donated a brand-new 2009 Kia Borrego seven-passenger SUV on behalff of Ginobili to Roy Youth Alternatives ofSan Antonio. Mass' organizatiohn cares for children incrisis

ADP reports 532,000 May job cuts - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

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Payroll firm ADP reported Wednesday that companies inthe U.S. cut an estimatex 532,000 workers from payrolls last month. ADP also revisex higher its estimate of cuts in Apriplto 545,000 from the previous estimate of The ADP report noted lossed across all sizes and categories of businessee with large business payrolls declining 100,000, mediu m businesses shedding 223,000 jobs and small businesses cutting 209,000 employees. The goods-producing secto r lost 267,000 jobs while the service-producing secto r declined by 265,000 positions. The Labor Department is due to releasd its jobs reporton Friday.
The averag analyst estimate for that report of government as well as privated payrolls is a lossof 520,000 payroll positions and an increas in the unemployment rate to 9.2 percenft from April’s rate of 8.9 percent. On Monday, The Institutd for Supply Management announced that its factory indexx rose to the highest level since last Septembed as new orders posted their firsgt gain since therecession began. On Tuesday the National Association of Realtorse reported that pending sales of existing or contracts signed but not rose 6.7 percent in the largest increase in six years.

Smallbiz, lenders urge SBA to do more to boost lending - bizjournals:

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On June 15, the SBA began acceptin g applications for emergency bridge loans of upto $35,000. Small businesse can use these loans, whicyh were created by the economicstimulus bill, to make up to six months of paymentas on existing debt. They won’t have to starty repaying the loans until a year aftef thelast disbursement. The SBA will subsidizd the interest on these which will be offeredthrougg private-sector lenders.
The stimulus bill also temporaril reduced or eliminated fees onthe SBA’s regulaf 7(a) and 504 business loans, and increased the government guarantede on 7(a) loans to 90 Weekly loan volume for the SBA’s 7(a) and 504 programss has increased by more than 30 percent sincwe these changes were implemented March 16. This increase in SBA lendinv is “a positive and welcome sign, but we have a very long way to go beforde SBA lending reaches solidlevels again,” said Cynthi a Blankenship, vice chairman and chief operating officer of in Texas.
Blankenship told the House Small Business Committe June 10 that Congress should extend the fee reductionsa beyond 2009 or makethem permanent, given the depty of the recession and the credit crisis facing small Meanwhile, fees on the SBA’s 504 loans, which financde real estate projects and other fixed assets, are schedulerd to increase significantly in October. This will negated the fee reductions adopted in Marcgh through thestimulus bill, said Jean Wojtowicz, executivew director of the Indiana Statewide CDC, a nonprofitt economic development organization that makes 504 This fee increase is unnecessary because the SBA has overestimated the number of 504 loands that will default, said Wojtowicz, who chaire the board of directors for the .
She contendas banks have become far more conservativer in their underwriting duringthis “and only the strongest smal businesses are now qualifying for new Unless Congress appropriates money to offsetr the fee increases planned for 2010 and 2011, almostf 20,000 small businesses will pay millions more dollars in fees than they shoul over the 20 yearw of their 504 loans, Wojtowicz Meanwhile, David Bofill, owner of two boat dealerships on Long N.Y., praised the SBA’s recent decision to let vehicle and boat dealers use 7(a) loanx to finance their inventory, at leastt through Sept. 30, 2010.
Most lenders have stoppedd makingthese so-called “floorplan” forcing many dealers to close their doors, Bofill said. The new SBA program can be “a critical lifeline, but problems remain,” he The SBA needs to “makre the program permanent and doit quickly.” “Irt will be very difficult to attract a lender to develop a floorplan program when the programn is only slated to last a year,” Bofilol said. The size of these lines of credigt also needs to be expandedbeyondx $2 million, because most smalk boat dealers have inventory wortyh much more than that.
The Treasury Departmentf has allocated $25 billion in Recovery Act which can be used for economic development projectds indistressed areas. The economic stimulux bill created the new bond The legislationappropriated $10 billion for Recovery Zone Economiv Development Bonds. The federal government will subsidiz e 45 percent of the interes on thesetaxable bonds, which will enablde state and local governments to lowet their borrowing costs. These bonds can be used for a varieth of economicdevelopment projects, includinfg job training and educational The legislation appropriated $15 billion for Recover Zone Facility Bonds.
Private-sectord businesses can use these tax-exempt bondws to finance depreciable capital projects in designated recovery which are areas with high levels of unemploymentor foreclosures.

New chairman for Consolidated-Tomoka - Orlando Business Journal:

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The following officers were re-elected: William president and CEO; Bruce senior vice president of finance and Robert Apgar, senior vice president, general counsel and assistant corporate secretary; Linda vice president and corporate secretary; and Gary vice president and controller Consolidated-Tomoka Land is focused on converting company-ownedr agricultural lands into a portfolio of net lease incomre properties in the Southeast through 1031 tax-deferred exchanges, as well as development. A 1031 exchange, namec after a section of the IRStax code, is the exchanger of one type of propertt for another similar type of property.
The firm in April reported first-quarterd net income was $322,206, or 6 cents per share, more than doubls net income for the same periodsin 2008. Company shares close at $32.71 June 12, down 4 cents from the previoue day’s close. Shares have traded from a low of $21.5t6 to a high of $50.57 over the last 52 weeks.

New Resource Bank gets cease-and-desist order from regulators - Triangle Business Journal:

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The $166 million San Francisco bank gota cease-and-desistr order from the and the California Department of Financial Institutions on May 29. The bank was ordered to pay particulaer attention to its lending polices relatin to construction loans as well as loanas made tobank insiders. The bank said the orderd was based onthe bank’se condition on Sept. 30, and that it has already made some progresxs on meeting theregulatorsa demands.
“New Resource Bank currently has high levels of capitapand liquidity,” Vincent Siciliano, president and CEO, said in a “Like many financial institutions, we are facint a challenging economic climate that resulted in under-performiny loans in the real estate construction and development sector. “We are working with borrowers to reduc eour problem-loan exposure and have made significant progress,” Siciliano said. The bank raisedx almost $15 million in a stockl offeringlast September. As of Marcjh 31, the bank said its risk-based capitalp ratio was 18.
97 percent -- almost double the 10 perceny benchmark of a bank considered well In addition to bringing on Sicilianoas CEO, the bank also hirex Bill Peterson as chief credit officer and Charmaine Detweiler as chiefr financial officer. The bank’s boards also recently elected Mark Finseras chairman. He has 25 yearws of experience insocial finance. New Resourcs Bank, now serving 2,000 clients, opened in October 2006 to promote green businessesand practices.

10 Stocks to Watch: Netflix, AT&T - TheStreet.com

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10 Stocks to Watch: Netflix, AT&T TheStreet.com NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Netflix(NFLX) shares were tumbling 9.5% to $211.02 in premarket trading Friday after Starz announced it's ended contract renewal discussions with the high-flying DVD rental and content ... Starz Entertainment Issues Statement on Status of Netflix Affiliation ... Sacramento Bee Netflix Offered Starz $300 Million-Plus for Streaming Deal Renewal Hollywood Reporter Starz CEO responds to Netflix breakdown Hollywoodnews.com TechCrunch -Forbes  »