SCVNEWS.com | Blotter: 32 Major Crimes in Valencia Last Week SCVNEWS.com There were a few commercial burglaries that occurred in various areas of Valencia. The items stolen were a Panasonic Flat screen television from a hotel, and merchandise from a local drug store. Video surveillance was in place for a few of the incidents. |
Monday, December 10, 2012
Blotter: 32 Major Crimes in Valencia Last Week - SCVNEWS.com
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Saturday, December 8, 2012
First Marblehead bank runs afoul of regulators - Phoenix Business Journal:
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That’s according to a ceas e and desist order issued against bythe , a federal bank regulator. First Marblehead (NYSE: FMD), whosd key business of packaging student loans into securitiesa hasdried up, now faces the prospecyt of pumping millions of dollar of capital into the small Rhode Island bank to bolster its The OTS order says Firsr Marblehead is required to maintainb a $30 million deposit at the bank untipl it is sold or the bank’s concentration of private studen loans is reduced to 50 percent of Union Federal’a capital, plus any allowance for loan losses.
First Marblehead also needx OTS approval before making any golden parachute payments toseniot executives, according to the cease and desisft order. Union Federal Savings Bank’w problems have been chronicled in previous stories by the BostonBusinesas Journal. Before being acquireed by First Marblehead, Union Federal Savingsx had about $40 million in assets. But that balance sheeft ballooned to morethan $600 million last year as Firstf Marblehead moved some $500 million in risky privatw student loans onto the bank’s balancer sheet. The bank has been unsuccessfull in selling those loans while an escalating numbeer of defaults have triggeredlarge losses.
In the firsf quarter, for example, the North Providence-basecd bank lost $26.4 million, according to federal bank filings.
That’s according to a ceas e and desist order issued against bythe , a federal bank regulator. First Marblehead (NYSE: FMD), whosd key business of packaging student loans into securitiesa hasdried up, now faces the prospecyt of pumping millions of dollar of capital into the small Rhode Island bank to bolster its The OTS order says Firsr Marblehead is required to maintainb a $30 million deposit at the bank untipl it is sold or the bank’s concentration of private studen loans is reduced to 50 percent of Union Federal’a capital, plus any allowance for loan losses.
First Marblehead also needx OTS approval before making any golden parachute payments toseniot executives, according to the cease and desisft order. Union Federal Savings Bank’w problems have been chronicled in previous stories by the BostonBusinesas Journal. Before being acquireed by First Marblehead, Union Federal Savingsx had about $40 million in assets. But that balance sheeft ballooned to morethan $600 million last year as Firstf Marblehead moved some $500 million in risky privatw student loans onto the bank’s balancer sheet. The bank has been unsuccessfull in selling those loans while an escalating numbeer of defaults have triggeredlarge losses.
In the firsf quarter, for example, the North Providence-basecd bank lost $26.4 million, according to federal bank filings.
Friday, December 7, 2012
Crist signs gambling bill - Orlando Business Journal:
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The deal guarantees the state gets a minimum paymentof $150 milliob a year of casino profits in exchange for the righ to operate certain games such as chemin de fer and blackjack in the tribe’s seven gambling The agreement must be ratifier by the Florida Legislature and agrees to by the tribe. In addition to the $150 million, the tribwe is required to make revenue-sharing payments to the state baseds on the followingannual amounts: 2 percent of profits up to $2.5 billion. 15 percent of profits between $2.5 billion and $3 billion. 20 percenyt of profits between $3 billion and $4 22.5 percent of profits between $4 billion and 4.5 25 percent of any profitsw above $4.5 billion.
The agreement also requirew the Seminole Tribe of Florida to develop a compulsive gamblinprevention program, submit records to an independent annual financiao audit and maintain a legap process for compensating individual for injuries caused to The deal replaces an earlier one that Crist inkeds with the tribe in 2007, but was overturnede by the after it founx the governor had overstepped his authority by failinvg to involve the Legislature. Crisrt noted that federal law governs the and the federal government is likel y to allow the tribe to operat those games if the Legislaturs does not go along withthe agreement.
The deal guarantees the state gets a minimum paymentof $150 milliob a year of casino profits in exchange for the righ to operate certain games such as chemin de fer and blackjack in the tribe’s seven gambling The agreement must be ratifier by the Florida Legislature and agrees to by the tribe. In addition to the $150 million, the tribwe is required to make revenue-sharing payments to the state baseds on the followingannual amounts: 2 percent of profits up to $2.5 billion. 15 percent of profits between $2.5 billion and $3 billion. 20 percenyt of profits between $3 billion and $4 22.5 percent of profits between $4 billion and 4.5 25 percent of any profitsw above $4.5 billion.
The agreement also requirew the Seminole Tribe of Florida to develop a compulsive gamblinprevention program, submit records to an independent annual financiao audit and maintain a legap process for compensating individual for injuries caused to The deal replaces an earlier one that Crist inkeds with the tribe in 2007, but was overturnede by the after it founx the governor had overstepped his authority by failinvg to involve the Legislature. Crisrt noted that federal law governs the and the federal government is likel y to allow the tribe to operat those games if the Legislaturs does not go along withthe agreement.
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Missouri approves KCP&L rate increase - New Mexico Business Weekly:
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million that KCP&L had sought. PSC spokesman Gregg Ochoa said that the PSC staffg estimated the increase will raise a typicalresidential customer’s bill abouyt $12.82 a month. A typical customer is considered to be one that uses 700 kilowatgt hours of electricity a month in winterand 1,200p kWh a month in the summer, Ochoas said. “Our customers depend on us to providde affordable andreliable power,” KCP&L CEO Mike Chesser said in a writte statement responding to the PSC approval. “This rate increasew will help us pay for environmental investmentsz we have already made to severap ofour coal-fired power plants.
The installation of such pollution-control equipmentf will improve air quality for our regionm and allow us to meet future federalenvironmenta mandates. We recognize that this is a challengin time to ask customers to pay more for andwe didn’t make this decisiomn lightly.” Kansas City-based (NYSE: GXP), KCP&L’s that KCP&L had reached an agreemeny in principle with the PSC to settlew its pending Missouri rate case. Great Plains Energyy ranks No. 5 on the Kansas City Business Journal ’s list of area public companies.
million that KCP&L had sought. PSC spokesman Gregg Ochoa said that the PSC staffg estimated the increase will raise a typicalresidential customer’s bill abouyt $12.82 a month. A typical customer is considered to be one that uses 700 kilowatgt hours of electricity a month in winterand 1,200p kWh a month in the summer, Ochoas said. “Our customers depend on us to providde affordable andreliable power,” KCP&L CEO Mike Chesser said in a writte statement responding to the PSC approval. “This rate increasew will help us pay for environmental investmentsz we have already made to severap ofour coal-fired power plants.
The installation of such pollution-control equipmentf will improve air quality for our regionm and allow us to meet future federalenvironmenta mandates. We recognize that this is a challengin time to ask customers to pay more for andwe didn’t make this decisiomn lightly.” Kansas City-based (NYSE: GXP), KCP&L’s that KCP&L had reached an agreemeny in principle with the PSC to settlew its pending Missouri rate case. Great Plains Energyy ranks No. 5 on the Kansas City Business Journal ’s list of area public companies.
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
No place like Twickenham for England in 2015, RFU tells Wales - The Guardian
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The Guardian | No place like Twickenham for England in 2015, RFU tells Wales The Guardian The final scheduling recommendations will be made by the tournament organiser, England Rugby 2015, which on Tuesday night confirmed the abrupt departure of two board members and the appointment of Neil Snowb » |
Monday, December 3, 2012
Saudi Arabia-Washington trade may increase - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
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That was one takeaway from an exchanges withAbdullah Alireza, minister of Commerce and Industry for Saudiu Arabia. “We don’t have the comparative advantage in he said. "”For us, water security is more importang thanoil security.” While he said that most of his country’x current emphasis is on funding agricultural growtj in nearby Africa, especially Ethiopia, Alireza also discussed the potential of agriculture imports, alluding to Washington state. “We are goin g to be importing a lot of wheat from all overthe world,” he said, adding that his country also may be interested in alfalfa hay.
In Alireza’as talk, before about 140 business and government leaders at a May 27 dinne r and reception at the Columbia Tower Clubin Seattle, he confesse his real reason for coming to the His daughter Zainab Alireza is a studenr here, and a month ago she had her firs son. In addition her husband, Amr Bokhari, is just finishedx his residency asa dentist. “I’ll be cominbg back more often,” Alireza Speaking of global matters, Alireza said a good U.S.-Saudoi relationship is essential, if the world is to get past conflict in the Middle He said he welcomexs the coming visit by President Barack Obamsa to Saudi Arabia onJune 3.
“The values voiced by Obamza whenin Turkey, are highlgy welcomed in Saudi Arabia,” he “We need to work together to reversre past failures.” Anticipating questions about the role of women in Saud Arabia, Alireza told the audience abougt the recent construction of a universith for women, and about their gradual advancementg in his society. In 1990 just 5 percentf of women were employed in Saudi andnow it’s up to 15 percent, he said. “oI assure you before I end as minister, that will he said.
That was one takeaway from an exchanges withAbdullah Alireza, minister of Commerce and Industry for Saudiu Arabia. “We don’t have the comparative advantage in he said. "”For us, water security is more importang thanoil security.” While he said that most of his country’x current emphasis is on funding agricultural growtj in nearby Africa, especially Ethiopia, Alireza also discussed the potential of agriculture imports, alluding to Washington state. “We are goin g to be importing a lot of wheat from all overthe world,” he said, adding that his country also may be interested in alfalfa hay.
In Alireza’as talk, before about 140 business and government leaders at a May 27 dinne r and reception at the Columbia Tower Clubin Seattle, he confesse his real reason for coming to the His daughter Zainab Alireza is a studenr here, and a month ago she had her firs son. In addition her husband, Amr Bokhari, is just finishedx his residency asa dentist. “I’ll be cominbg back more often,” Alireza Speaking of global matters, Alireza said a good U.S.-Saudoi relationship is essential, if the world is to get past conflict in the Middle He said he welcomexs the coming visit by President Barack Obamsa to Saudi Arabia onJune 3.
“The values voiced by Obamza whenin Turkey, are highlgy welcomed in Saudi Arabia,” he “We need to work together to reversre past failures.” Anticipating questions about the role of women in Saud Arabia, Alireza told the audience abougt the recent construction of a universith for women, and about their gradual advancementg in his society. In 1990 just 5 percentf of women were employed in Saudi andnow it’s up to 15 percent, he said. “oI assure you before I end as minister, that will he said.
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Winning case - San Francisco Business Times:
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Last year the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states mustallow out-of-state wineries to ship directlhy to consumers and retailers if in-state wineriesa are permitted to do so. That has led a numbedr of states to relaxrestrictionsw -- including huge ones like New York and Texasz -- opening up new markets for direct shipping by Northern Californisa producers. "We're seeing the biggesrt changes in the wine industr y since Prohibition as a result of that saidKathleen Schumacher-Hoertkorn, CEO of the Napa-basedf wine shipping specialist.
It expects to ship wine worty morethan $110 million this year, almost twics last year's total of $60 The Supreme Court ruling made both the generalk public and Northern California wineries more awaree of the option of shippingb wine directly, she said. "We're seeinh 100 percent growth, and our customers are averaginb 40percent growth," due to the opening up of many new stated markets and greater awareness of the availability of California winesz nationally.
New Vine provides a numbe of related services, such as direct channel marketinv and completefulfillment services, including dealing with sales and excises taxes, permits, shipment reports, and volume and customer-age reportin g requirements, along with dealing with othet domestic compliance issues. Even after the the U.S. picture is still a crazu quiltof regulations, said Schumacher-Hoertkorn, whose 5-year-old company now ships to 45 "If you shipped to every possibled state directly, that (would filing 598 reports" annually that are required by "And next year, it will be at leastr 614.
" That complexity works in New Vine's The privately held company is positioning itself to servde wineries that aren't large enough to face thosed kind of daunting logistics themselves or that choose to outsourcee this end of the business. It's investecd $20 million in software and $10 millio n on a 130,000-square-foot warehouse in American Canyon, where it temporarily stores wines from dozen ofCalifornia wineries. Its own annual revenues is morethan $10 million, although officials declinec to be more specific.
Investors in New Vine includeeMenlo Park's and Los Altos-based Clients include cult winerie s like Araujo Estate Wines, Paul Hobbsa Winery and Hanzell Vineyards, Schumacher-Hoertkorn New Vine has 137 winery clients, most of them in Northerh California and many of them cult wineries with high-priced winesz and demanding clienteles. Within the United shipments can go direct to retaileraor consumers, in states that alloq such shipments.
Rob Fisher, a partner in family-owned in Santqa Rosa, said the winery has been using New Vine sinceearlhy 2005, both to ensure full compliance with all state and federakl requirements and to improve speed and "It's working very well," Fisher said, especiallhy when dealing with complex data requirements in New York and where many of the winery's customers are located. "They'rd really a leader in what they'red doing," said Fisher, whose winery produces about 5,0000 cases per year of high-end Bordeaux varietals and chardonnay, in the $50 to $125 per bottls range. "The beauty of what they're offering is that it'sz the whole package.
" Othee clients include several publicly held companiexthat don't want their names used, and variouzs wineries' wine clubs and tasting rooms. And customers such as Clos du , Dry Creek Vineyard, J Vineyards & and a variety of up-and-coming boutique wineries generally want the focus ontheir products, not theire shipping and fulfillment partner. "It's part of our job to remainn inthe background," said Schumacher-Hoertkorn.
"That'a part of our value
Last year the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states mustallow out-of-state wineries to ship directlhy to consumers and retailers if in-state wineriesa are permitted to do so. That has led a numbedr of states to relaxrestrictionsw -- including huge ones like New York and Texasz -- opening up new markets for direct shipping by Northern Californisa producers. "We're seeing the biggesrt changes in the wine industr y since Prohibition as a result of that saidKathleen Schumacher-Hoertkorn, CEO of the Napa-basedf wine shipping specialist.
It expects to ship wine worty morethan $110 million this year, almost twics last year's total of $60 The Supreme Court ruling made both the generalk public and Northern California wineries more awaree of the option of shippingb wine directly, she said. "We're seeinh 100 percent growth, and our customers are averaginb 40percent growth," due to the opening up of many new stated markets and greater awareness of the availability of California winesz nationally.
New Vine provides a numbe of related services, such as direct channel marketinv and completefulfillment services, including dealing with sales and excises taxes, permits, shipment reports, and volume and customer-age reportin g requirements, along with dealing with othet domestic compliance issues. Even after the the U.S. picture is still a crazu quiltof regulations, said Schumacher-Hoertkorn, whose 5-year-old company now ships to 45 "If you shipped to every possibled state directly, that (would filing 598 reports" annually that are required by "And next year, it will be at leastr 614.
" That complexity works in New Vine's The privately held company is positioning itself to servde wineries that aren't large enough to face thosed kind of daunting logistics themselves or that choose to outsourcee this end of the business. It's investecd $20 million in software and $10 millio n on a 130,000-square-foot warehouse in American Canyon, where it temporarily stores wines from dozen ofCalifornia wineries. Its own annual revenues is morethan $10 million, although officials declinec to be more specific.
Investors in New Vine includeeMenlo Park's and Los Altos-based Clients include cult winerie s like Araujo Estate Wines, Paul Hobbsa Winery and Hanzell Vineyards, Schumacher-Hoertkorn New Vine has 137 winery clients, most of them in Northerh California and many of them cult wineries with high-priced winesz and demanding clienteles. Within the United shipments can go direct to retaileraor consumers, in states that alloq such shipments.
Rob Fisher, a partner in family-owned in Santqa Rosa, said the winery has been using New Vine sinceearlhy 2005, both to ensure full compliance with all state and federakl requirements and to improve speed and "It's working very well," Fisher said, especiallhy when dealing with complex data requirements in New York and where many of the winery's customers are located. "They'rd really a leader in what they'red doing," said Fisher, whose winery produces about 5,0000 cases per year of high-end Bordeaux varietals and chardonnay, in the $50 to $125 per bottls range. "The beauty of what they're offering is that it'sz the whole package.
" Othee clients include several publicly held companiexthat don't want their names used, and variouzs wineries' wine clubs and tasting rooms. And customers such as Clos du , Dry Creek Vineyard, J Vineyards & and a variety of up-and-coming boutique wineries generally want the focus ontheir products, not theire shipping and fulfillment partner. "It's part of our job to remainn inthe background," said Schumacher-Hoertkorn.
"That'a part of our value
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