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Based in Dallas, Texas, Palm Harborf Homes is one of the nation's largest marketers of factory-built homes. The company's verticall y integrated operations set it apart from others in the PalmHarbor builds, sells, finances and insures the best manufacturedf homes available today. Palm Harbor'ws focus is the high-end, customizex niche of the manufacturedhome market. Four out of five homed produced in its 18 manufacturing facilities acrossz the country are customizedwith owner-selected features. Palm Harbot sells its homes throughb115 company-owned superstores and more than 350 independenr retailers.
The company's insurance subsidiary, Standar Casualty, offers a wide range of insurance packagezs with a specialty inmanufactured homes. Palm Harbor's Nationwid e Homes subsidiarybuilds high-quality modulafr homes. And its CountryPlace Mortgage subsidiaryg offers a variety of financing options to suitany Together, these companies represengt the vertical integration plan establisheds by Palm Harbor's founder, Lee
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Oakland bars tap into demand - San Antonio Business Journal:
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The city’s growing culinary chops have been documented; now city denizena have equally destination-worthy spots to sip or New spots to open in the Uptown district in receng monthsinclude Somar, Den at the Fox and 2022 Restaurant and Lounge. Era, Mimosa, The Town Hall of and others are onthe way. The 10,000p new Oakland residents that formere Mayor Jerry Brown hoped to attract with new condos all need somethinhgto do, said Michaelp Orange, who works in real estater in Oakland and also does nightlife marketingg and promotions as Top Ten Social “San Francisco already has a lot of restaurante and bars.
Here, we need them to Entrepreneurs are rushing to satisfy that Alfonso Dominguez, Kevin Best and Gair Jacques will open Era, a 4,500-square-foot art bar and at Broadway and Grand Avenuse in two months. They hope to appeal to the art crowsd that attendsFirst Fridays, when art galleries stay open late. “Too have an opportunity to keep these peopl e here and have a bit ofnightlifer after, that’s where the art bar idea came from,” said The trio also knows Oakland. Best owns two San Francisck restaurants and Bin Oakland.
Jacques has Air, anothe r Oakland nightclub, and Dominguez owns a host of design andhospitality offerings, includinhg FIVEten Studio and Tamarindo Restaurant. Despite these newcomers, many see Oaklanxd as a land of relative opportunity with lowedr barriers to entry than San Francisclo and lower rents andlabor costs. “There’s so much potentiak here,” said Nichelle Blackwell, who will open a 2,200-square-foot champagne, raw and dessertf bar, at 24th Street and Broadway. In some the bad economy is making these new bars Last year, Armando Ramos and his dad lost their Now they and Ramos’ mom and cousib own the 2,000-square-foot Somar at 1727 Telegraph Ave.
“Fron my point of view, I can go chasd after the next job, or I can take a chance with these people I know and trustf and justdo it,” Ramos Raising money has been difficult, these ownerzs all say, but through family, investors, rent reductionw or generous tenant improvement all have made it happen. Developersa have long viewed Uptow as ripefor revitalization, and bars and restaurantss were always seen as part of the mix. That all this activit y should take place in the midstf of adeep recession, and in Oakland, is noteworthy and speaksa to the perceived opportunity, particularly now that the Fox Theater is open and showse are selling out.
Otherx believe that density is more importantg tothe area’s ultimate success than the larger theaters. Michael O’Connor, who owns the Independenf in San Francisco, will open The Town Hall of a livemusic venue, by mid-July one block from the Fox “The only way to successfully revitalizse an area is through a critical mass of small he said.
The city’s growing culinary chops have been documented; now city denizena have equally destination-worthy spots to sip or New spots to open in the Uptown district in receng monthsinclude Somar, Den at the Fox and 2022 Restaurant and Lounge. Era, Mimosa, The Town Hall of and others are onthe way. The 10,000p new Oakland residents that formere Mayor Jerry Brown hoped to attract with new condos all need somethinhgto do, said Michaelp Orange, who works in real estater in Oakland and also does nightlife marketingg and promotions as Top Ten Social “San Francisco already has a lot of restaurante and bars.
Here, we need them to Entrepreneurs are rushing to satisfy that Alfonso Dominguez, Kevin Best and Gair Jacques will open Era, a 4,500-square-foot art bar and at Broadway and Grand Avenuse in two months. They hope to appeal to the art crowsd that attendsFirst Fridays, when art galleries stay open late. “Too have an opportunity to keep these peopl e here and have a bit ofnightlifer after, that’s where the art bar idea came from,” said The trio also knows Oakland. Best owns two San Francisck restaurants and Bin Oakland.
Jacques has Air, anothe r Oakland nightclub, and Dominguez owns a host of design andhospitality offerings, includinhg FIVEten Studio and Tamarindo Restaurant. Despite these newcomers, many see Oaklanxd as a land of relative opportunity with lowedr barriers to entry than San Francisclo and lower rents andlabor costs. “There’s so much potentiak here,” said Nichelle Blackwell, who will open a 2,200-square-foot champagne, raw and dessertf bar, at 24th Street and Broadway. In some the bad economy is making these new bars Last year, Armando Ramos and his dad lost their Now they and Ramos’ mom and cousib own the 2,000-square-foot Somar at 1727 Telegraph Ave.
“Fron my point of view, I can go chasd after the next job, or I can take a chance with these people I know and trustf and justdo it,” Ramos Raising money has been difficult, these ownerzs all say, but through family, investors, rent reductionw or generous tenant improvement all have made it happen. Developersa have long viewed Uptow as ripefor revitalization, and bars and restaurantss were always seen as part of the mix. That all this activit y should take place in the midstf of adeep recession, and in Oakland, is noteworthy and speaksa to the perceived opportunity, particularly now that the Fox Theater is open and showse are selling out.
Otherx believe that density is more importantg tothe area’s ultimate success than the larger theaters. Michael O’Connor, who owns the Independenf in San Francisco, will open The Town Hall of a livemusic venue, by mid-July one block from the Fox “The only way to successfully revitalizse an area is through a critical mass of small he said.
Friday, May 27, 2011
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Joplin finds hope amid ruins - USA Today
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USA Today | Joplin finds hope amid ruins USA Today JOPLIN, Mo. â€" Brigitte Pippin lost the dry cleaning business she has owned for 16 years in Sunday's deadly tornado, but on Tuesday she was carting out sewing machines, wondering whether the new $80000 dry-cleaning machine had ... |
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Ireland's debt crisis, austerity offer a lesson for Obama - USA Today
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USA Today | Ireland's debt crisis, austerity offer a lesson for Obama USA Today By Peter Morrison, AP A participant in a Sinn Fein protest in December outside Leinster House in Dublin. Gone is the economic boom that transformed Ireland over the past decade. In its place: crushing government austerity measures following a sovereign ... |
Friday, May 20, 2011
Screen Actors Guild members approve new labor deal - Los Angeles Business from bizjournals:
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The two-year agreement covers film and digital television motion pictures and newmediq productions. It becomes effective at 12:01 a.m. on June 10 and expiresw June 30, 2011. The agreement providesa more than $105 millioj in wages, increased pension and other gains and establishes a templat e for SAG coverage of newmedia formats, a majoe sticking point in the According to a statement from the SAG, the new deal was approvede by a vote of 78 percent to 22 percent. Aboug 35 percent of the 110,00 SAG members that received ballotsreturnes them. The SAG statement said the a returnis "abovse average compared with typical referenda on Screenh Actors Guild contracts.
" Hollywood Division -- 70.70 percent to 29.30 percenty in favor New York Division -- 85.74 percent to 14.26 percenrt in favor Regional Branch Divisiojn -- 89.06 percent to 10.94 percenty in favor The contentiouws debate caused some friction amongst SAG especially the group Membership which pushed to vote down the Even the SAG statement appeared to have some form of dissatisfactionj with the approval of the deal, with SAG Presidenyt Alan Rosenberg framing the new deal as almosg a stop-gap solution.
"The membership has spoken and has decided to work undert the terms of this contract that manyof us, who have been involved in these negotiations from the believe to be devastatingly Tomorrow morning I will be contacting the electedx leadership of the other talent unions with the hope of beginning a seriews of pre-negotiation summit meetings in preparation for 2011. I call upon all SAG memberz to begin to ready themselvee for thebattle ahead," Rosenberg said in the "Since the 'yes' campaign was all abougt the Contract Term expiring in 2011 'so SAG can unif y with the other Unions to fight anothere day', Membership First will spend a lot of time and recoursesw working to make that We will take the SAG Leadershi at their word.
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The two-year agreement covers film and digital television motion pictures and newmediq productions. It becomes effective at 12:01 a.m. on June 10 and expiresw June 30, 2011. The agreement providesa more than $105 millioj in wages, increased pension and other gains and establishes a templat e for SAG coverage of newmedia formats, a majoe sticking point in the According to a statement from the SAG, the new deal was approvede by a vote of 78 percent to 22 percent. Aboug 35 percent of the 110,00 SAG members that received ballotsreturnes them. The SAG statement said the a returnis "abovse average compared with typical referenda on Screenh Actors Guild contracts.
" Hollywood Division -- 70.70 percent to 29.30 percenty in favor New York Division -- 85.74 percent to 14.26 percenrt in favor Regional Branch Divisiojn -- 89.06 percent to 10.94 percenty in favor The contentiouws debate caused some friction amongst SAG especially the group Membership which pushed to vote down the Even the SAG statement appeared to have some form of dissatisfactionj with the approval of the deal, with SAG Presidenyt Alan Rosenberg framing the new deal as almosg a stop-gap solution.
"The membership has spoken and has decided to work undert the terms of this contract that manyof us, who have been involved in these negotiations from the believe to be devastatingly Tomorrow morning I will be contacting the electedx leadership of the other talent unions with the hope of beginning a seriews of pre-negotiation summit meetings in preparation for 2011. I call upon all SAG memberz to begin to ready themselvee for thebattle ahead," Rosenberg said in the "Since the 'yes' campaign was all abougt the Contract Term expiring in 2011 'so SAG can unif y with the other Unions to fight anothere day', Membership First will spend a lot of time and recoursesw working to make that We will take the SAG Leadershi at their word.
"
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Mike Quade calls meeting after Cubs melt down in Reds' 7-run sixth - Chicago Sun-Times
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Mike Quade calls meeting after Cubs melt down in Reds' 7-run sixth Chicago Sun-Times Carlos Zambrano leaves the dugout at the end of the Reds' seven-run sixth inning Monday. He was charged with six of those runs. | Al Behrman~AP CINCINNATI â€" It took Cubs manager Mike Quade six weeks to run out of silver linings. ... |
Sunday, May 15, 2011
SA move to electronic vehicle registration accelerating - Computerworld Australia
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SA move to electronic vehicle registration accelerating Computerworld Australia The South Australian government has overhauled its online motor registration site, and launched an iPhone app, ahead of the abolition of light-vehicle registration stickers. The EzyReg site overhaul, which includes incorporation into the state ... |
Friday, May 13, 2011
U.S. consumer confidence at 3-month high - Fox News
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Globe and Mail | U.S. consumer confidence at 3-month high Fox News Climbing to 72.4 points from April's 69.8, the preliminary University of Michigan-Thomson Reuters consumer sentiment index for May exceeded the forecasts of most analysts, reaching a three-month high. Consumers were surveyed after the release last week ... Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index Rose in May Reuters/Univ Michigan Sentiment Index Rises To 72.4 Early-May Consumer Confidence: See How Shoppers Feel Now |
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
DuPont confident on Danisco bid - Reuters
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Reuters | DuPont confident on Danisco bid Reuters COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - US chemicals group DuPont (DD.N) said it was confident its increased $6.4 billion offer for Denmark's Danisco (DCO.CO) would succeed, after a hedge fund stoked uncertainty over the takeover. DuPont affirmed on Tuesday that its ... DSM Tendered Danisco Stake After Deciding Not To Make Own Bid |
Monday, May 9, 2011
Casino proponents ask to toss judge
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Counsel for the on Tuesday filed a motioj to dismiss a lawsuit filesd last Thursday by Chairman David Betrasd and to dissolve an order by Common Pleas Court JudgeJames Evans. The group in its motionj to dismiss the suit writes that county complaint “fails at virtually every namely in lacking jurisdiction or standing and by not goingy through proper channels. Democrats and Republicans in Mahoning Countyg have lined up against the proposal becauseit doesn’rt include Youngstown, but the suit was sparked by a videop posted by opponents last week showing two collectorsw in Columbus making false claims about the petition.
A key piecde of the committee’s argument for throwing out the case and the order is the fact that both men have sincsebeen fired. The original suit sought to halt signaturecollectionj statewide, but Evans’ order simplyt barred those collecting signatures from “misrepresenting the contents, purposwe or effect” of the proposal. The committee has until July 1 to collect about 402,000 valid signatures to bring a constitutional amendment befors voters asking to develop four gamblinhg casinos in Ohio, including one on the edge of the Arenas District in Columbus.
If the complaint isn’r dropped altogether, the committee is looking to have it transferree toFranklin County, what proponents consider the properd venue.
Counsel for the on Tuesday filed a motioj to dismiss a lawsuit filesd last Thursday by Chairman David Betrasd and to dissolve an order by Common Pleas Court JudgeJames Evans. The group in its motionj to dismiss the suit writes that county complaint “fails at virtually every namely in lacking jurisdiction or standing and by not goingy through proper channels. Democrats and Republicans in Mahoning Countyg have lined up against the proposal becauseit doesn’rt include Youngstown, but the suit was sparked by a videop posted by opponents last week showing two collectorsw in Columbus making false claims about the petition.
A key piecde of the committee’s argument for throwing out the case and the order is the fact that both men have sincsebeen fired. The original suit sought to halt signaturecollectionj statewide, but Evans’ order simplyt barred those collecting signatures from “misrepresenting the contents, purposwe or effect” of the proposal. The committee has until July 1 to collect about 402,000 valid signatures to bring a constitutional amendment befors voters asking to develop four gamblinhg casinos in Ohio, including one on the edge of the Arenas District in Columbus.
If the complaint isn’r dropped altogether, the committee is looking to have it transferree toFranklin County, what proponents consider the properd venue.
Friday, May 6, 2011
Education funding still falls short despite federal stimulus infusion - Business First of Buffalo:
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That was the sentimeng of an eight-member panel of training and government experts gathered by the Sout Florida Business Journal to examine howthe $787 billio federal stimulus package is impacting the region’e education and workforce training sectors. The panel marked the third in theBusinesse Journal’s ongoing stimulus series, aimed at tracking and analyzing the flow of money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act into South Florida’s Legislature was the only one nationally to request a federap waiver that allowed it to take money from educatioh and replace it with stimulus dollars while other state used stimulus dollars to augment the budget.
The situatioh concerned paneliststate Sen. Eleanor “We are not starting at the startint line. The school district in Broward Countg and those throughout the state are startingt behind thestarting line,” Sobelk said. “They have had problems for years and they are all Veteran educatorRobert Parks, a membeer of the Broward County Schoo Board, said, “Many of the large urban districtsd in the nation are afraid of one thing, whicj is basically a bait and switcjh with those dollars.” What’s even more worrisome to some expertss is that the stimulus money will eventually run out. “I’ really concerned about in three years; what’d going to happen?
” said José Vicente, presideny of ’s North Campus. “This is a He said the college’s operating budget was cut $22 million while the stimuluas money wasonly $13 million. Parks said Browards County’s school system has cut $1.4 billion from its constructionb budget in addition to furloughing 700 teachers and51 administrators. “We’vee closed all of our schoop offices forthe summer. We don’t have summeer school anymore,” Parks said. would have been looking at cuttingv its budget byaboutf $30 million without $12 million in stimulusw funds, said Dorothy K.
Russell, the university’s associatse VP for financial affairs andbudgey director. The university cut 30 positionsand “had we not had the stimulusx dollars it could have been much more George Hanbury, executive VP and COO of , said the $1.3 billiob in stimulus funds given to the state reliever pressure on the Legislature to further reduce support for Floridas Resident Access Grants (FRAG), a key source of money for but he pointed out that the grants used to be $3,00o0 a year for students and are now The amount is importangt to students, who find enrollment caps at stater universities and turn to NSU and othere private institutions.
He also said that universitiex are working together to apply for federalstimulue funding. NSU has a collaborative proposal with and FAU fora $50 milliojn research building with wet labs, business incubator spacew and offices for the U.S. Geological which is helping overseedEverglades restoration. “We have shovel-readhy projects we have submitted to the Governod and in the next 60 days we couldput 1,000 people to work,” Hanburyg said. The competition for these typesof though, is fierce.
FAU is gettingh about $12 million in direct infusion from the federalpstimulus package, but the university also is seekinfg money from the for labs and instruments, Russell April was the month to submit applicationsw and the results are expectedd by September. The strongest flow of money, so far, appears to be for programzs that help the joblessd asthe state’s unemployment rate has hit 10.2
That was the sentimeng of an eight-member panel of training and government experts gathered by the Sout Florida Business Journal to examine howthe $787 billio federal stimulus package is impacting the region’e education and workforce training sectors. The panel marked the third in theBusinesse Journal’s ongoing stimulus series, aimed at tracking and analyzing the flow of money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act into South Florida’s Legislature was the only one nationally to request a federap waiver that allowed it to take money from educatioh and replace it with stimulus dollars while other state used stimulus dollars to augment the budget.
The situatioh concerned paneliststate Sen. Eleanor “We are not starting at the startint line. The school district in Broward Countg and those throughout the state are startingt behind thestarting line,” Sobelk said. “They have had problems for years and they are all Veteran educatorRobert Parks, a membeer of the Broward County Schoo Board, said, “Many of the large urban districtsd in the nation are afraid of one thing, whicj is basically a bait and switcjh with those dollars.” What’s even more worrisome to some expertss is that the stimulus money will eventually run out. “I’ really concerned about in three years; what’d going to happen?
” said José Vicente, presideny of ’s North Campus. “This is a He said the college’s operating budget was cut $22 million while the stimuluas money wasonly $13 million. Parks said Browards County’s school system has cut $1.4 billion from its constructionb budget in addition to furloughing 700 teachers and51 administrators. “We’vee closed all of our schoop offices forthe summer. We don’t have summeer school anymore,” Parks said. would have been looking at cuttingv its budget byaboutf $30 million without $12 million in stimulusw funds, said Dorothy K.
Russell, the university’s associatse VP for financial affairs andbudgey director. The university cut 30 positionsand “had we not had the stimulusx dollars it could have been much more George Hanbury, executive VP and COO of , said the $1.3 billiob in stimulus funds given to the state reliever pressure on the Legislature to further reduce support for Floridas Resident Access Grants (FRAG), a key source of money for but he pointed out that the grants used to be $3,00o0 a year for students and are now The amount is importangt to students, who find enrollment caps at stater universities and turn to NSU and othere private institutions.
He also said that universitiex are working together to apply for federalstimulue funding. NSU has a collaborative proposal with and FAU fora $50 milliojn research building with wet labs, business incubator spacew and offices for the U.S. Geological which is helping overseedEverglades restoration. “We have shovel-readhy projects we have submitted to the Governod and in the next 60 days we couldput 1,000 people to work,” Hanburyg said. The competition for these typesof though, is fierce.
FAU is gettingh about $12 million in direct infusion from the federalpstimulus package, but the university also is seekinfg money from the for labs and instruments, Russell April was the month to submit applicationsw and the results are expectedd by September. The strongest flow of money, so far, appears to be for programzs that help the joblessd asthe state’s unemployment rate has hit 10.2
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
AT&T, TCI merger set the tone for telecom - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
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The $48 billion deal that closedc in March 1999 putthe long-distance lineds and deep pockets of the firsty phone company, New Jersey-based AT&T, together with the Englewood-basecd cable television empire forged by renowne dealmaker John Malone. Two months later, AT&Ty outbid and spent $58 billioh for U.S West’s cable TV spinoff, AT&T’w purchase of the largest and third-largest U.S. cable companie ended a 30-year stretch in which Denvedr was known as the cable capital of the with many of the companiex that built theindustry here. But the story didn’t end when the locall headquarters signscame down.
The transitiob made industry executives rich, and some of that wealth helpedd create thousands ofarea Cable’s influence and money still coursr through Denver’s economy today, affecting such sectorse as international TV programming, education, real estate, and the funding of Interneg and telecommunications companies. The consolidationb of cable — much of it driven from Denver — helped today’se cable giants, Comcast and Time Warner Cable, survivwe the onslaught of competition from telecom companiesx andsatellite TV, said John CEO and chairman of TCI when it merged with AT&T.
“k think consolidation was an absolutely necessary evolutiojn inthe business,” Malone “You hate to see the entrepreneurse disappear because they were fun guys. But they all made a lot of and a lot of them are still around playintg at the periphery ofthe game.” Today, Malone is chairmanh and the largest stakeholder in (NASDAQ: LCAPA) and chairman of (NASDAQ: LGI), the largest international cablde operator outside the United States. Both are based in Englewood. He’z also a director of , parenyt company of the . Liberty Media is majority owner of leadinbg satellite TV company andowns LLC, one of the larges t premium channel companies in the industry.
It also owns or holds the largesf stakes in recognized Internet brands suchas , Buyseasons, , Providecommerce.com and others. Other area industru companies or their executives helped create businessezs that drive thelocal economy. Littleton-basee business data company (NASDAQ: is an outgrowth of a 1990s partnershiop between the local cable giant owned by Time Warnerand U.S. Executives who left cable during its years of consolidation formed several local venture capital firmsa that helped launcharea companies.
Cabld pioneers or their families founderd funds suchas Denver’zs Centennial Ventures, Meritage Funds, Appian Ventures and 5280 The funds’ investments include local onlinde business service company an NTT company; telecom startup ; online vide o channel ManiaTV; and Alpine a virtual call-center Some of the cables economy’s lingering influence is more indirect. Colorado Rep. Jarede Polis, a Democrat who represents northern metro-area suburbs, became a multimillionairde by sellinghis e-commerce companies for a combined $1.2 , owned by a TCI-led cable bought Polis’ in 1999, and Libertyu Media purchased in 2005.
In addition to helpint bankroll hispolitical rise, Polis put some of his moneyt into area businesses, including Fuser.com, Oberomn FMR and the Boulder startup incubator Executives who ran the cable giants in Denver say the industry’e hardscrabble beginnings created a deeplhy ingrained entrepreneurial culture. Cable executiveds collaborated withone another, partnered with innovators in mediw content and invested in emerginf technologies in order to It’s only natural that cable entrepreneurs continue to invesf in new companies after leaving the said Trygve Myhren, a former head of Time Warner-ownec ATC, then the largest cable company in the Uniteds States, which was founded and based locally.
“We were creatingg an industry from wholrecloth — you were trying to make things happenj all the time,” said Myhren, who livesx in Denver and and continues to invest and consultf through “Cable wasn’t a typicao corporate job where things were fairly
The $48 billion deal that closedc in March 1999 putthe long-distance lineds and deep pockets of the firsty phone company, New Jersey-based AT&T, together with the Englewood-basecd cable television empire forged by renowne dealmaker John Malone. Two months later, AT&Ty outbid and spent $58 billioh for U.S West’s cable TV spinoff, AT&T’w purchase of the largest and third-largest U.S. cable companie ended a 30-year stretch in which Denvedr was known as the cable capital of the with many of the companiex that built theindustry here. But the story didn’t end when the locall headquarters signscame down.
The transitiob made industry executives rich, and some of that wealth helpedd create thousands ofarea Cable’s influence and money still coursr through Denver’s economy today, affecting such sectorse as international TV programming, education, real estate, and the funding of Interneg and telecommunications companies. The consolidationb of cable — much of it driven from Denver — helped today’se cable giants, Comcast and Time Warner Cable, survivwe the onslaught of competition from telecom companiesx andsatellite TV, said John CEO and chairman of TCI when it merged with AT&T.
“k think consolidation was an absolutely necessary evolutiojn inthe business,” Malone “You hate to see the entrepreneurse disappear because they were fun guys. But they all made a lot of and a lot of them are still around playintg at the periphery ofthe game.” Today, Malone is chairmanh and the largest stakeholder in (NASDAQ: LCAPA) and chairman of (NASDAQ: LGI), the largest international cablde operator outside the United States. Both are based in Englewood. He’z also a director of , parenyt company of the . Liberty Media is majority owner of leadinbg satellite TV company andowns LLC, one of the larges t premium channel companies in the industry.
It also owns or holds the largesf stakes in recognized Internet brands suchas , Buyseasons, , Providecommerce.com and others. Other area industru companies or their executives helped create businessezs that drive thelocal economy. Littleton-basee business data company (NASDAQ: is an outgrowth of a 1990s partnershiop between the local cable giant owned by Time Warnerand U.S. Executives who left cable during its years of consolidation formed several local venture capital firmsa that helped launcharea companies.
Cabld pioneers or their families founderd funds suchas Denver’zs Centennial Ventures, Meritage Funds, Appian Ventures and 5280 The funds’ investments include local onlinde business service company an NTT company; telecom startup ; online vide o channel ManiaTV; and Alpine a virtual call-center Some of the cables economy’s lingering influence is more indirect. Colorado Rep. Jarede Polis, a Democrat who represents northern metro-area suburbs, became a multimillionairde by sellinghis e-commerce companies for a combined $1.2 , owned by a TCI-led cable bought Polis’ in 1999, and Libertyu Media purchased in 2005.
In addition to helpint bankroll hispolitical rise, Polis put some of his moneyt into area businesses, including Fuser.com, Oberomn FMR and the Boulder startup incubator Executives who ran the cable giants in Denver say the industry’e hardscrabble beginnings created a deeplhy ingrained entrepreneurial culture. Cable executiveds collaborated withone another, partnered with innovators in mediw content and invested in emerginf technologies in order to It’s only natural that cable entrepreneurs continue to invesf in new companies after leaving the said Trygve Myhren, a former head of Time Warner-ownec ATC, then the largest cable company in the Uniteds States, which was founded and based locally.
“We were creatingg an industry from wholrecloth — you were trying to make things happenj all the time,” said Myhren, who livesx in Denver and and continues to invest and consultf through “Cable wasn’t a typicao corporate job where things were fairly
Monday, May 2, 2011
State Farm's Florida exit will take nine months or longer - Orlando Business Journal:
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Insurance officials said although it will be difficult to transitionm somany policies, it may be better for policyholderd in the long run as there are more carrierss in the market now and more options for More than 93,000 homeowners policies were in force with Statw Farm in Northeast Florida as of 30, according to the latest report from the OIR. That includes condominium and mobile homeowners as well ashome renters. Statr Farm customers “are going bonkersx over here,” calling and wanting quotes withother insurers, said David CEO of Jacksonville-based independent agency .
But that is not a bad “The advantage to customers is to shop now becausw thereis capacity” and they can he said. “We’ve got 40 carriers that are taking new policie sright now. But with 1 million customers [fromm State Farm potentially shopping], that may not be the capacityg later.” The news that Florida’s largest private properth insurer wants to depart the property insurancedmarket doesn’t come as much of a surprise to stats regulators, who said Jan. 27 they have been hearing abouthe company’s plan for several months.
State Farm blamees its decision on its inability to obtain state approval ofrate “Faced with steeply declining resourcezs to cover future claims and expenses, State Farm Florida has little choice,” said Jim the insurer’s president, in a press release. The which requires regulatory review, would eliminate coverage for homeowners, renters, condominium-unit personal liability, boats, personal articles, and businesds property and liability policies. State Farm’s exit plan does not affecf residents’ ability to obtain car, life or health or other financial services thecompany provides.
Last year duringh a special session, the Florida Legislature approved a bill that includedd stopping insurersfrom “cherry-picking” certain policy coveragess in Florida. State Farm Florida said it has submitteda two-yeaf plan to the state that will give customerw time to find other It will not be able to take actiomn until it receives state The regulators have 90 days to review the If approved, State Farm would need to give customer s 180 days’ notice of a nonrenewal. “At it would take nine months for anynonrenewal notices” to go out, said the OIR’s communications director, Ed Domansky.
It could end up that a court or the Florida Legislature wouled makethe decision. Miller said in speaking to lobbyistwsand insurers, there is a sense that regulators are fine with Statr Farm Florida leaving, but it would be under theit rules, such as making Statre Farm leave auto policies if it leaves propertt coverage. “They can’t stop State Farm from leaving, but they can make it real
Insurance officials said although it will be difficult to transitionm somany policies, it may be better for policyholderd in the long run as there are more carrierss in the market now and more options for More than 93,000 homeowners policies were in force with Statw Farm in Northeast Florida as of 30, according to the latest report from the OIR. That includes condominium and mobile homeowners as well ashome renters. Statr Farm customers “are going bonkersx over here,” calling and wanting quotes withother insurers, said David CEO of Jacksonville-based independent agency .
But that is not a bad “The advantage to customers is to shop now becausw thereis capacity” and they can he said. “We’ve got 40 carriers that are taking new policie sright now. But with 1 million customers [fromm State Farm potentially shopping], that may not be the capacityg later.” The news that Florida’s largest private properth insurer wants to depart the property insurancedmarket doesn’t come as much of a surprise to stats regulators, who said Jan. 27 they have been hearing abouthe company’s plan for several months.
State Farm blamees its decision on its inability to obtain state approval ofrate “Faced with steeply declining resourcezs to cover future claims and expenses, State Farm Florida has little choice,” said Jim the insurer’s president, in a press release. The which requires regulatory review, would eliminate coverage for homeowners, renters, condominium-unit personal liability, boats, personal articles, and businesds property and liability policies. State Farm’s exit plan does not affecf residents’ ability to obtain car, life or health or other financial services thecompany provides.
Last year duringh a special session, the Florida Legislature approved a bill that includedd stopping insurersfrom “cherry-picking” certain policy coveragess in Florida. State Farm Florida said it has submitteda two-yeaf plan to the state that will give customerw time to find other It will not be able to take actiomn until it receives state The regulators have 90 days to review the If approved, State Farm would need to give customer s 180 days’ notice of a nonrenewal. “At it would take nine months for anynonrenewal notices” to go out, said the OIR’s communications director, Ed Domansky.
It could end up that a court or the Florida Legislature wouled makethe decision. Miller said in speaking to lobbyistwsand insurers, there is a sense that regulators are fine with Statr Farm Florida leaving, but it would be under theit rules, such as making Statre Farm leave auto policies if it leaves propertt coverage. “They can’t stop State Farm from leaving, but they can make it real
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