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Objective evidence key in political fund trials / Court focused on in-court ... The Daily Yomiuri When arriving at guilty rulings to three former aides of former Democratic Party of Japan President Ichiro Ozawa on Monday, the Tokyo District Court based its decisions on objective evidence rather than defendants' depositions. ... and more »

Unemployment rate falls in Allegheny, Beaver counties - Baltimore Business Journal:

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and Industry released seasonallhy adjusted unemployment figures forthe state’s counties and metropolitam statistical areas on Tuesday. In Alleghen County, the unemployment rate fell from 6.6 percent in Marchn to 6.5 percent in April. Beaver County’s went from 8.2 percent in Marcy to 7.9 percent in April. The improvements in Alleghenuy andBeaver counties, however, were not enough to boost the seven-count Pittsburgh MSA, which saw its seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increass from 7.2 percent in Marcjh to 7.3 percent in April. Pennsylvania’s unemploymenft rate held steadyat 7.
8 When making comparisons, the Departmenyt of Labor and Industry uses seasonally adjusteds figures in order to account for cyclical hiring differences that don’t reflect changezs in the overall economy. Employment in the seven-countyy Pittsburgh area continues to be stronger than many other In addition to besting the state by half apercentage point, unemployment in the Pittsburgh MSA is 1.6 percentagd points lower than the United States as a whole, which has seasonalluy adjusted unemployment of 8.9 percent. Here is the breakdow across the state: State College: 5.7 percent 6.7 percent Altoona: 7.2 percent Pittsburgh: 7.3 percent 7.9 percent York-Hanover: 7.9 percent 8.
3 percent Erie: 8.4 percent Scranton-Wilkes-Barre: 8.6 percent Johnstown: 8.7 percengt Reading: 8.7 percent Within the Pittsburggh MSA, unemployment ranged from 6.5 percen t in Allegheny Countyto 9.8 percent in Armstrong County. Here is the breakdown by county: 6.5 percent Butler: 7.3 percent Washington: 7.6 percenft Beaver: 7.9 percent Westmoreland: 8.1 percent 8.9 percent Armstrong: 9.8 percent

Keith Willy steps into U.S. Bancorp Community Development Corp. - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

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Willy, 47, oversees finance, accounting, asset management, compliances and loan servicing forthe group'e investments, as well as the startul and operations of USBCDC's tax credity syndication business. USBCDC, with assets of nearly $4.2 is the largest investor of New Marketss Tax Credits inthe country, and also finances affordable housing and community developmenr projects using low-income housing and historic tax Willy has some 20 years' financialp experience. He most recently was technicak services director for consulting firm in where he beganin 2005. Througjh Hudson, he took on a consultint role with USBCDC in late joiningthe U.S.
Bancorp subsidiary as an employew latelast year. A Denver Willy completed bachelor's degreesz in political science, economics and businesss in 1985, and a master's degree in economics in 1987 from North Dakota State Universityin Fargo. He completef a master's degree in management from University of Maryin N.D., in 1999. Joining the USBCDC is a once in alifetimd opportunity, Willy said.
"The CDC culture, as built by (Chairman and CEO) Kathy Bader is very entrepreneurial," he Willy will work with USBCDC staff on the frony end in helping to structure its which "involve a high level of complexity and require a keen understandinbg of various tax and accountint policy issues," said Bader. "He has a huge Willy said USBCDC is on track to hire abougt20 people, to end the year with 86 employees; his groulp is slated to go from 36 to 50 reporta by the end of this He and his wife, Carmen Quenzer, have two daughterxs away at college and bought a housed in University City last fall.
a consultant with the , will enter law schoolo at Saint Louis Universitythis fall.

Post Sports Live: Dallas tiebreakers - Washington Post

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Post Sports Live: Dallas tiebreakers Washington Post The Post Sports Live crew debates who will find the endzone first this year, Brandon Banks or Roy Helu, and debates whether Rex Grossman will have more touchdowns than turnovers in Monday night's game in Dallas. (/The Washington Post) Correction: ... and more »

Human Capital: People on the move, June 2 - Portland Business Journal:

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Goodwin Procter's Budd elected vice chairmanh of AAA national board WayneBudd , seniotr counsel with the Boston law firm of and a membet of the board of directors of , was elected vice chairmamn of AAA’s national board of Turbine taps Paradowski as CFO , a Westwood-basef online gaming technology company, appointed M. Beau Paradowski chief financialp officer. Clough to run Leerink Swann's MEDACorp division Health care investment bank Leerinik Swann of Boston appointed Brent Clough senior managinfg director and head of itsMEDACorlp division. Prior to joining Leerink Clough was president and CEO of IntrinsiQLLC , an oncology softwarer and data analytics firm.
promotes Stys as VP of marketinhg andbusiness dev. Shawmut Desig n and Construction in Boston promoted BrianStys , a 16-year veterajn of the firm, to the newly-created role of vice presidentg of marketing and business development. The Protecto Group Insurance Agency adds Mullery as director of compliancre and wellness of Worcester addefd Laura Ann Mullery as directoe of complianceand wellness. Mulleryh previously served as assistant vice president at in Bosto n and vice president of major accounts at Thorbahnh Associatesin Quincy.

Tire Kingdom owner mulls HQ expansion in Palm Beach - South Florida Business Journal:

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has 345 employees in its U.S. headquartere in Palm Beach Gardens. The job growth incentive proposapl would give thecompany $40,00p0 in county funds for keeping those and adding and maintaining 50 more jobs as TBC looks to create a new global headquarters, said Kellyt Smallridge, president of the Business Developmenyt Board of Palm Beach County, which helped arranged the potential deal. The jobs would pay an averag annual salaryof $62,500, excluding benefits. TBC will be looking to locate its a new international headquarter s intoabout 75,000 square feet of officex somewhere in northern Palm Beach County, Smallridgew said. Her office estimated the deal would havea $10.
6 millionn economic impact. “This is exactly the type of operationh we havebeen after,” Smallridge said. “We are reallu excited about landing this corporate headquartersa and adding it to ourimpressive However, Smallridge cautioned that the deal isn’t a sure The move would be a consolidation of TBC Corp.'s operations in the western U.S., so Tennessee and Pennsylvania also are competing for the deal, Smallridge TBC Corp. is a subsidiary of Japan-based According to its Web TBC Corp. has its private brands officwein Memphis, Tenn.; its office in Centennial, Colo.; and its Treadways officee in Eagleville, Pa.
TBC has 7,000 employees and 738 retailo stores operating under the namesTire Kingdom, and plus 491 franchise stores. Big O Tires is a franchiseer with more than500 stores. Its subsidiary operates 38 warehouseas that distribute tires to morethan 10,000o retailers. The private brands division of TBC manufactures tires under thenames Multi-Mile, Sigma and Vanderbilt If countuy commissioners approve the $40,000 job growth incentive package on Tuesday, then the governor’s officwe could approve an additional $160,009 in Qualified Target Industry incentivesw if the company adds and maintains 50 more jobs.

Duke Energy exec: Lee nuclear project hinges on change in N.C. law - Dayton Business Journal:

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The biggest change would be to allow utilities to charger customers for the costs of nuclear plants without a full statew review oftheir rates. That would reversw the current practice inNorth Carolina. The state now conducts a general rate proceedintg before letting a utility charge customers for anypowedr plant. Duke wants N.C. legislation patterne on South Carolina’s Baseload Review Act. That law calls for regulators to approve costs quarterly as a utility builds a Once the plant starts commercial the utility adds the costs into its base rateas after a finalexpedited proceeding. There is no full revies of the company’s rates.
“If we are going to builx these plants, which we believe are an essential part ofour we’re going to have to ask regulators to step says Ellen Ruff, Duke’s president of nuclear development. Duke hopexs to propose legislation inthe N.C. General Assembly’ws short session next year. Ruff says it must be approveed by 2011 if Duke is to stay on tracl to build the Lee plantby 2018.
Ruff spoker at an analyst conference Wednesdayg in New York that also featuredDhiaa Jamil, Duke’sa chief nuclear officer, and Chief Financial Officer David Hauser said Duke won’t be able to financee nuclear development unless laws are changed to ensurre utilities can recover their costs. Ruff said currentf N.C. law does allowq Duke to recover its financing costs beforr a nuclear plant is ButDuke can’t add those expenses into its ratez unless regulators give their OK in a general review of the company’s rates.
The also must decids whether construction costs of such a project were prudeny and reasonable after the plant is That decision is part of a full reviee ofthe company’s rates as Duke contends such rate-setting procedures are cumbersome, expensive and give no certainty that its full costs can be recovered. In their Ruff and Jamil talkes up the advantagesof Duke’w nuclear fleet. They credited the low cost of energyh from nuclear plants withkeeping Duke’s rates the lowest in the Ruff said the Lee if built, would reduce Duke’s carbon emissions by 35%. She said the projec t will provide 400 to 700 permanent jobs at the planfnear Gaffney, S.C.
, and a similar number of permanent support jobs in the region. Plant constructiomn will provide 1,400 to 1,800 temporarh jobs from 2012 to 2019, when the second of two 1,117-megawatt plants is scheduled tobe completed. Ruff conceded that getting N.C. law changerd will be difficult. “We are far away righr now,” she said. “But (the law) needsx to change.” Asked if Duke would consider building the Lee plantf withoutnew legislation, she said “We have to have it.
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Study: Crichton, LeMoyne-Owen graduation rates rank low - Memphis Business Journal:

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Crichton is tied for fourth worst in the categor y with a 19 percent graduation while LeMoyne Owen ties for 10th at 22 The nationwide average graduation rate is54 percent. The study arranges 1,385 schools into six categories of entrancd difficulty rangingfrom “noncompetitive” to “most competitive.” using data from the , the study rankz the schools by likelihood of graduation over a six-year period. According to the report, “Thee South has the dubious distinction of housing institutionsx with some of the lowest graduation rates inour sample.
” ’ss rate of 44 percent ties for third worstf graduation percentage among “very competitive” schoolss in the South. Sewanee: The place third highest amongthe South’s “highly competitive” schools with 78 and ranks as fourthg highest in the “most competitive” field with a 91 percentf graduation rate. The graduates 34 percent of its entrants; , 57 percent; and , 73 percent. The Tennessew state average is 48.5 percent.

Obama memo against pre-emption has critics worrying about lawsuits - bizjournals:

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A May 20 memo from Obama also directed agenciesd to review regulations issued durinvg the past 10 years to see if theycontainedx pre-emptions that are not justified. If they do, agencie s should consider amendingthe regulations, the memo “Pre-emption of state law by executive departments and agenciesw should be undertaken only with full consideration of the legitimate prerogatives of the states and with a sufficienft legal basis for pre-emption,” the memo During the Bush administration, regulatoryy agencies sometimes included pre-emptionh language in the preambles of regulations.
Obama’sd policy against federal pre-emption of statde laws will result in more lawsuits against particularly in the area ofproduct liability, according to the and the . “Manufacturers sell product into anational market, and a national regulatory standard helps ensure predictable treatment in the said association Vice President Rosarik Palmieri. “It’s unwise to replace a regulatoryy system based on objective science and agenchy experts witha 50-state patchworjk of often arbitrary jury decisions. Lisa Rickard, president of the , said the memo was a gift to lawyers.
“Removing pre-emption runs completely counter to the goal of stabilizingy the economy andgrowing jobs, excepf for those in the lawsui t business,” she said. The , formerly known as the , praised Obama’e memo. It “makes clearf that the rule of law will once agaihn prevail over the rule of said association PresidentLes Weisbrod. “The memo overturnes actions taken by Bush administration bureaucrats who were influencedfby powerful, well-connected corporations who wante d to rewrite and reinterpret congressional legislation, undermine the constitutiona l system of checks and balances, and put the publicf at risk and compromise laws designed to give Americands basic rights to hold wrongdoers accountable.
” Microloans up, big loanes down for small businesses last year Lendingh data collected by the ’z Office of Advocacy confirms the importance of businesse credit cards to small firms. A new report found that the totalp valueof small-business loans outstanding increased by 4 percengt in the 12 months that ended in June down from the previous year’s increase of 8 These numbers are for small-business loans as a not just SBA loans. The number of businesds loans of lessthan $100,00o jumped by nearly 16 percent, as large lenders concentratefd on credit cards, according to the study.
By contrast, the numbef of business loans inthe $100,000 to $1 milliohn range fell by more than 23 percent. The repor used call reports submitted by banks as well as Communityy ReinvestmentAct data. Business loans of less than $1 million were considerede to be small-business loans. Basede on call report data, the top five small-busineses lenders in June 2008were , , , and Presidenr Barack Obama has selected a venture capitalistt to be chief counsel of the Small Business Administration’zs Office of Advocacy, a post usuallt held by an attorney. Winslow a managing director in the technology practiceeof Madison, Wis.
-based Venture is Obama’s choice to head the Office of The office is an independent entity inside SBA that ensures that federal agencies considetr the impact of their regulations on small businesses. He is the secondx venture capitalist to be selecte for a top post atthe SBA. Agencuy Administrator Karen Mills worked as a principall in private equity and venture capital firms for 26 years befor she took over the SBA in Sargeant worked as a senior engineere at several large corporationsbefore co-founding a semiconductor chip company that later was acquiresd by PMC-Sierra.
From 2001 to 2005, he servec as program manager for the Small Business Innovatio n Research program atthe ’zs engineering directorate. Sargeant’s lack of legal training meansw he will have to rely heavily on the attorneyx at the Officeof Advocacy. Much of the office’ work involves analyzing whether government agencies have followed federalp laws that require them to analyze the economic impact that proposed rules woulx have onsmall businesses.
In fiscal 2008, this inpuf saved small businessesabout $11 billion in forgone regulatory costs, according to the

Growth management law gaining acceptance - Business First of Columbus:

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Pelham hosted a Webinar June 12 with a numberfof municipalities, including the eight counties that coulcd be affected by the new law that woulcd move regulating transportation and othee concurrency issues from the statd to local officials. “It woulfd not be an understatement to say that a lot ofpeopld locally, both public and private, completely missedx the mark on what we thoughft this law said,” said Petet Aluotto, Hillsborough County’s planning Pelham “answered a lot of questions, but he also raised a few so we are revising our issue papee and revising our stance.
” That’s almost a complete reversakl for Hillsborough, one of the countiesd expected to meet the population threshold to take over projecte typically identified as developments of regional impact, or Those projects, because of their size and scope, must undergo extensivd review — which has historically cost time and In May, the voted unanimously to send a letterr to Gov. Charlie Crist urging he veto the But some of those strong feelings from elected officialse could have stemmed from misconceptions about what the growtj management lawwould do.
“Everybody thought this automaticalluy created a transportation concurrency exception area and thatit pre-emptecd our comprehensive plan,” Aluotto said. “But Pelhamj told us that only pertains tostate law. Locap concurrency rules in comp plans are still on the Hillsborough County has had more than 60 whileTampa — which also woulr likely qualify to control its growtn with a population density of nearlhy 3,000 per square mile — has had 24 With the new law, Hillsborough and Tampa would no longer need to depen d on the DCA to manage its large-scale Instead they would be able to exploree their own ways to mitigatse impacts on roads, not just in the area surroundingy the DRI but also in its whole “There is nothing that precludes the city or the countyy from imposing its own DRI said Robert Rhodes, a business law and real estate attorney with LLP in While the law was meant to remove some of the red tape slowinfg down larger developments, ! it will take more than Crist’s signature to reignite the construction industry.
“Some peoplwe want to call this an economic stimulusa bill that would take some burden off builderaand developers,” Rhodes said. “I think in some instances, it will do exactlyg that, longer term. But in the shorter we are dealing with some othet economic issues that are really affecting the building community that will not help out all that Workingtogether … maybe? One area the law still hasn’f fully addressed is how countiess and cities neighboring projects no longed regulated as DRIs can demand relief from transportationn impacts spilling over into theit jurisdictions.
For now, those disputesz would have to be handled by the regionaplanning councils, Rhodes said. “This is a very interesting shift anddirection we’re going, placing more responsibility as well as opportunities to find ways to come together and work issuex like this out,” he Pinellas County might not yet meet the 1 million-populatiohn threshold to be covered under S.B. 360, but it by far meetas density requirements wherenearly 3,300 peoplde live in a square mile, meaning it can handle its larget projects with minimal state oversight as well.
With little land Pinellas has noactive DRIs, but the new law will help it prepars for the possibility of future DRIs, said Assistantf County Administrator Elithia Stanfield. Stanfield is keepinvg an eye on Toytown, a 240-acre landfill site where developershave mixed-usew plans that could include millions of squarew feet of office and retail, as well as more than 2,00p0 homes. “By the time that project gets offthe ground, I’ m sure this growth management law will have been tweaked at leasft a few times, so we can worrg about it then,” she said.

Polsinelli Shughart law firm moving to LoDo - Washington Business Journal:

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The firm confirmed Friday that its local office is relocating to the newl y built 1515 Wynkoop office building on Wynkoop Street in LowerDowntown Denver. The Kansas City-based firm’s Denver brancuh currently is locatedin downtown’ds Independence Plaza at 1050 17th St. The firm’s Denverf office has leased roughly 38,000 square feet of spac e at itsnew location, with an option to grow. The move is planned for Septemberr 2009.
“We are pleased to relocate our attorneyd and staff to a part of downtow that represents the growth and vitalityof Denver, enabling the expansion of our firm’zs practice and presence Steve Long, founder and managing partnerf of Polsinelli Shughart’s Denver office, said in a statementr Friday. “We are committed to remaining indowntowbn Denver, as it allows us to be immersedc in the business and civic and provides our attorneys with a vibrant place to work,” Long added.
The firm said that its new space is expected to qualify forLEED (Leadershi p in Energy and Environmental Design) certification for energy savings and environmentally friendly features, based on its use of sustainabler materials and energy-efficient lighting, heating, cooling and office LEED is the U.S. Greehn Building Council’s designation for energy-efficient, sustainable Polsinelli Shughart was created in February by the mergeer of Kansas City law firms Shughart Thomson Kilroy PC and Polsinelli Shalton FlaniganSuelthaue PC.
The leases of several major law firms, eithet based in metro Denvetr or withlocal branches, are expiring this While some firms are renewing leases wheree they already are, others are relocating. LLP, Colorado’sz largest law firm, plans to move its southeast suburban officre in August tothe “green” Village Center Station projectg now under construction. The branchj currently is located at8390 E. Crescen t Parkway in the DenverTech Center. Hollanx & Hart’s headquarters office remains at 555 17th Street in downtown Earlierthis year, LLP relocatef to the new 1400 Wewattw office building in LoDo from One Tabod Center.
Meanwhile, LLC recently renewed its 56,000-square-foot leas on the top three floors of One Tabor Center for 11 more The law firm was the first tenant to commit to the which openedin 1985. Denver’s 1515 Wynkoo p building, developed by Houston-based Hines Interestx LP, broke ground in 2007. The eight-story office building with retail space was completedfthis spring. Other tenants in the new building, which is pre-certified for LEED Silvet designation, include the Van Gilder Insurancew Corp.’s headquarters.

Perry signs bill that includes $150 million for UTMB - Boston Business Journal:

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The university will use the funds to builf anew 200-bed hospital towere adjacent to the existing John Sealy Hospital, restoring bed capacity to 550, as it was priod to Hurricane Ike. In tuition revenue bonds of $5 million will go to at Galveston. HB 51 also establishes measures to enhance and maintain the qualityu ofthe state’s designated and emerginh public research universities, createsa incentive programs and funding for higher education provides higher education fund and creates an interim committee to study the feasibility of trackinyg specialized technology research Of the 62 national researchj institutions in the nation, three universities — , The and Texax A&M University — are in Texas.
The Texaz Higher Education Coordinating Board has designated seven institutionsd as emergingresearch universities: the ; the Universit y of Texas campuses in Arlington, El Paso and San Antonio; ; and the Universitu of North Texas. In HB 51 provides a performance incentive funding mechanisk for all ofthe state’s general academid institutions based on the average number of degrees awarded annually and an increase in the average numbe of degrees awarded with weighted consideration for at-risk students and critical

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China Botanic Pharmaceutical Enters into Research Cooperation with Key ... - MarketWatch (press release)

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China Botanic Pharmaceutical Enters into Research Cooperation with Key ... MarketWatch (press release) The key Laboratory of Forest Plant Ecology (KLP) was formed in 1992. It is sponsored by Ministry of Education of China and is supported by Northeast Forestry University. In its first decade, KLP's activity centered on forest plant research fields of ... and more »