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Wednesday, March 16, 2011
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Monday, March 14, 2011
After financial fallouts, what should we do next? - Denver Business Journal:
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All fighters get knocked down, but what is important is how a fighterr reactsto it. If the past is any consumers will adjust andkeep fighting. In fact, the Aprip jump in the Consumer Confidenc e Index suggests this is beginninbgto occur. Like a good corner man, the government stepped in to stop the bleedinv with massive government including monetary and fiscaklstimulus — and it’zs working. By almost every measure, the numbers coming in are eithee notas bad, or in the case of corporate earnings, better than expected. This news has been good enough to sparki a 31 percent rally inthe S&l 500 from the low pointy of March 9.
Although the stockj market is in a muchbetter place, we still see bad economicx news. Unemployment continues to increase and the housing markegt continuesto drop. So what gives? Are we in recovery mode or not?
All fighters get knocked down, but what is important is how a fighterr reactsto it. If the past is any consumers will adjust andkeep fighting. In fact, the Aprip jump in the Consumer Confidenc e Index suggests this is beginninbgto occur. Like a good corner man, the government stepped in to stop the bleedinv with massive government including monetary and fiscaklstimulus — and it’zs working. By almost every measure, the numbers coming in are eithee notas bad, or in the case of corporate earnings, better than expected. This news has been good enough to sparki a 31 percent rally inthe S&l 500 from the low pointy of March 9.
Although the stockj market is in a muchbetter place, we still see bad economicx news. Unemployment continues to increase and the housing markegt continuesto drop. So what gives? Are we in recovery mode or not?
Friday, March 11, 2011
Bankrupt GM owes Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Maritz millions - St. Louis Business Journal:
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billion in revenue in 2008. GM had promised to buy back $33 milliohn in vehicles from Enterprise as part of a repurchasseagreement that's similar to a lease, said Christu Conrad, a spokeswoman for Enterprise. "We have a good workinv relationship with GM and have received assurances that the manufacturetr will honorthe agreement," she GM also owes Maritz Inc. in Fenton more than $25.56 million, according to the GM hired Maritz to performm customer satisfaction research and as well as training for dealers to boosycustomer satisfaction. Maritz also providesa event and incentive programsfor GM.
"Maritz leadership has been in close contac t with GM throughout its reorganization planning saidBeth Rusert, a spokeswoman for Maritz. "Ww believe the relationship will continue." Marit z also performs work for , whicb in April. Maritz continues to receive paymentsfrom Chrysler, Ruserg said. Maritz, a family-owned sales and marketing servicee companyin Fenton, reported $1.49 billion in revenue in 2008. GM, whichj makes Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana vans in listed $173 billion in liabilities and $82 billion in assetzs in its bankruptcy filing.
billion in revenue in 2008. GM had promised to buy back $33 milliohn in vehicles from Enterprise as part of a repurchasseagreement that's similar to a lease, said Christu Conrad, a spokeswoman for Enterprise. "We have a good workinv relationship with GM and have received assurances that the manufacturetr will honorthe agreement," she GM also owes Maritz Inc. in Fenton more than $25.56 million, according to the GM hired Maritz to performm customer satisfaction research and as well as training for dealers to boosycustomer satisfaction. Maritz also providesa event and incentive programsfor GM.
"Maritz leadership has been in close contac t with GM throughout its reorganization planning saidBeth Rusert, a spokeswoman for Maritz. "Ww believe the relationship will continue." Marit z also performs work for , whicb in April. Maritz continues to receive paymentsfrom Chrysler, Ruserg said. Maritz, a family-owned sales and marketing servicee companyin Fenton, reported $1.49 billion in revenue in 2008. GM, whichj makes Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana vans in listed $173 billion in liabilities and $82 billion in assetzs in its bankruptcy filing.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Beige Book: Southeast economic decline moderating - Birmingham Business Journal:
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Sales and consumer traffic remained at low levels in late but in line with modest according toSoutheastern retailers. future sales outlook remained subdued. Most regional auto dealersw noted further declines in with several pointing to reduced creditg availability and industry uncertainty as reasons for the poor Reports from Realtors indicateed existing home sales werestabilizing overall. Homebuilders notede new home inventories were trending down ona year-over-year basis as constructiob remained at low levels and new home sales improvec modestly. Home sales prices continuef to decline according to most Commercial real estate activityremained weak.
Vacanct rates continued to rise in many parts of the putting downward pressureon rents, most notably in the retailo sector. Contractors reported more projects being postponefdor canceled. Commercial real estatee players anticipate more spac will become vacant in the coming months and that constructio n will continueto slow. Most Southeastern manufacturers said the rate of declins in production and orders moderated in For thecoming months, most in manufacturingb noted more optimism about future production and employment. Several businesxs contacts reported difficulty meeting financing needs becauss of restricted availabilityof credit.
Roughlgy one-quarter of non-auto retailerse and one-third of non-financial/non-retail contacts citedd some difficulty obtaining loans forinventory purposes. Auto dealers, in particular, said that obtaininfg vehicle inventory financing wasvery challenging. Banking contacts continued to indicat e generally low levels of demand for new loans and increasee use of existing linesof credit. Laboe market conditions continued tobe weak. Many firme reported additional cuts in hours or had institutedd mandatory unpaid days off forsome However, the pace of layoffs appeare to have slowed, as fewer firmsz reported layoffs than earlier in the year.
Sales and consumer traffic remained at low levels in late but in line with modest according toSoutheastern retailers. future sales outlook remained subdued. Most regional auto dealersw noted further declines in with several pointing to reduced creditg availability and industry uncertainty as reasons for the poor Reports from Realtors indicateed existing home sales werestabilizing overall. Homebuilders notede new home inventories were trending down ona year-over-year basis as constructiob remained at low levels and new home sales improvec modestly. Home sales prices continuef to decline according to most Commercial real estate activityremained weak.
Vacanct rates continued to rise in many parts of the putting downward pressureon rents, most notably in the retailo sector. Contractors reported more projects being postponefdor canceled. Commercial real estatee players anticipate more spac will become vacant in the coming months and that constructio n will continueto slow. Most Southeastern manufacturers said the rate of declins in production and orders moderated in For thecoming months, most in manufacturingb noted more optimism about future production and employment. Several businesxs contacts reported difficulty meeting financing needs becauss of restricted availabilityof credit.
Roughlgy one-quarter of non-auto retailerse and one-third of non-financial/non-retail contacts citedd some difficulty obtaining loans forinventory purposes. Auto dealers, in particular, said that obtaininfg vehicle inventory financing wasvery challenging. Banking contacts continued to indicat e generally low levels of demand for new loans and increasee use of existing linesof credit. Laboe market conditions continued tobe weak. Many firme reported additional cuts in hours or had institutedd mandatory unpaid days off forsome However, the pace of layoffs appeare to have slowed, as fewer firmsz reported layoffs than earlier in the year.
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Associated may post 2Q net loss - Jacksonville Business Journal:
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Charge-offs totaled $104 millio n at the end of thefirst quarter, according to Associated’ filing with the Federal Deposit Insurance Meanwhile, second quarter net charge-offs are expecterd to be between $60 million and $70 million, Gree n Bay-based Associated (NASDAQ: ASBC) said Monday The figure was $56.9 million as of the end of the first quarter on March 31. The bank’s management said weakness in the economty has resultedin asset-qualityh downgrades to Associated’s construction, commerciaol real estate and commercial and industrialp credits.
“We believe loan loss provisionsand charge-offa will remain elevated due to the continued deterioration in the real estate sector and the weak economy,” said chairman and CEO Paul “We expect the pace of loan and asset deterioratiohn to moderate in future Associated executives said that, after taking into consideratiomn the increased loan-loss provision, the company’s capitaol levels will still exceed well-capitalized standardd as of June 30. Associater said its board has formed a risk and credit committewe to supplement risk management oversight performed by the company andthe company'ss audit committee.
The board has appointed to the new committereJohn Seramur, Eileen Kamerick and Richard Lommen. The company will releas second-quarter results on July 16. Associater stock closed at $13.37 on Monday.
Charge-offs totaled $104 millio n at the end of thefirst quarter, according to Associated’ filing with the Federal Deposit Insurance Meanwhile, second quarter net charge-offs are expecterd to be between $60 million and $70 million, Gree n Bay-based Associated (NASDAQ: ASBC) said Monday The figure was $56.9 million as of the end of the first quarter on March 31. The bank’s management said weakness in the economty has resultedin asset-qualityh downgrades to Associated’s construction, commerciaol real estate and commercial and industrialp credits.
“We believe loan loss provisionsand charge-offa will remain elevated due to the continued deterioration in the real estate sector and the weak economy,” said chairman and CEO Paul “We expect the pace of loan and asset deterioratiohn to moderate in future Associated executives said that, after taking into consideratiomn the increased loan-loss provision, the company’s capitaol levels will still exceed well-capitalized standardd as of June 30. Associater said its board has formed a risk and credit committewe to supplement risk management oversight performed by the company andthe company'ss audit committee.
The board has appointed to the new committereJohn Seramur, Eileen Kamerick and Richard Lommen. The company will releas second-quarter results on July 16. Associater stock closed at $13.37 on Monday.
Friday, March 4, 2011
Investor moves point to possible sale of InFocus - Denver Business Journal:
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and each acquired enough stocm to own more than 11 percent ofthe Wilsonville-headquarterex company sometime before May 31 this year. Betweenm them, these funds now hold more than any other InFocuainvestor -- close to 23 While neither fund would allow a representative to speak abouf their buys, some Wall Street analysts feel that conditions are ripe for an InFocuss acquisition, and that Wells mighty have decided to pick up the stock while it'as cheap. Normally, when a company's directors agred to an acquisition, they demand a premium over the market'sd current valuation of the At $2.
75 per share earlyg this week, InFocus doesn't cost much more than the cash it hasnow -- almosr $2 per share, as of its most June 9, financial Including the $5.1 million that InFocuas nets from the sale of 20 acres of surplu s land on its Wilsonville campus this the company has cash of $2.09 per It's a far cry from five years ago, when InFocuw stock routinely traded between $15 and $20 per share. It has tradee mostly below $5 for the past five quarters.
Rumorsd that InFocus could be bought have been traded back and fortnh by Wall Street types for the past Thoughthe company's stock is low becauswe of its consistent losses and decliningb revenue, InFocus still has a stron brand, and its products are widelty used. "If you see a presentationb in a meeting three out of fourtimes it's on an InFocus said Tim Bueneman, senior vice president at Seattl brokerage firm McAdams Wright Ragen.
With good products and a good name, "maybre [Wells managers] like the price, and might be thinking that if they bring in a newmanagementr team, they can turn the company McAdams Wright Ragen has not had an analyst covering InFocuss for about a "There have been so many disappointments, they'vde stubbed their toe so many times, maybe [our got sick of following it," said Bueneman. At just three Wall Street firms have analystscoverinh InFocus, down from about 10 afte r the company purchased rival projector maker in mid- 2000.
One of these is , whose senior researchb analyst, Christian Schwab, wrote in his late-June report to investorsx that "given the tone in the conferencecall yesterday, we would not be surprised to see more shareholder activism calling for the sale of the company due to management'ws inability to execute its turnaround strategty on schedule." During the late-June conference call, Ross a portfolio manager with New York-based investment firm , callec for InFocus' board to "aggressivelh explore the sale of this It was not the first time Taylo r had made this suggestion on a financial conferencde call, but it was the first time that the emotioh in his voice was underlinefd by dogs yapping in the InFocus managers have made periodi c promises of a turnaround from loss to profits for at leastf two years.
The company first began to lose monein 2002, just 18 monthds after absorbing Proxima and reaching nearly $900 million in combined Then-CEO John Harker repeatedly announced product strategies to drive greatere value and buoy up falling retail prices for InFocus also strove to cut its costs with serial layoffs and ever more outsourcing of manufacturing and other corporate operations. InFocus' board askedf Harker to step down as chairman last He left the board entirelyy twomonths later. His 11-year run as CEO had already come to an end late in 2003 in an planned transition to top sales executiveKyle Ranson, who had joinerd InFocus that spring.
Ranson continuer to cut employmentat InFocus, drivinbg operating costs down in 2004. That year, InFocus boostes revenue by morethan $44 to nearly $649 million, and made a profigt of $7.6 million. Even in though, InFocus lost $11.7 million on operations. Its bottom-linw profit came largely from selling morethan $13 millio in equity securities. Profitability was a fleetinbg thing, however. InFocus saw operating expenses soar up agaibin 2005, bringing a loss of nearly $80 millionj on sales that dippex by almost $117 million. Last InFocus reported first-quarter revenue of $112 million, down $25 million from the same quarte r ayear earlier. The company lost $16.4 million, abou t $2.
5 million more than in the comparablew year-ago quarter. InFocus also warnesd that second-quarter revenue would come in lowefrthan first-quarter revenue, and that the companu will not turn profitable this as it had previously expected.
and each acquired enough stocm to own more than 11 percent ofthe Wilsonville-headquarterex company sometime before May 31 this year. Betweenm them, these funds now hold more than any other InFocuainvestor -- close to 23 While neither fund would allow a representative to speak abouf their buys, some Wall Street analysts feel that conditions are ripe for an InFocuss acquisition, and that Wells mighty have decided to pick up the stock while it'as cheap. Normally, when a company's directors agred to an acquisition, they demand a premium over the market'sd current valuation of the At $2.
75 per share earlyg this week, InFocus doesn't cost much more than the cash it hasnow -- almosr $2 per share, as of its most June 9, financial Including the $5.1 million that InFocuas nets from the sale of 20 acres of surplu s land on its Wilsonville campus this the company has cash of $2.09 per It's a far cry from five years ago, when InFocuw stock routinely traded between $15 and $20 per share. It has tradee mostly below $5 for the past five quarters.
Rumorsd that InFocus could be bought have been traded back and fortnh by Wall Street types for the past Thoughthe company's stock is low becauswe of its consistent losses and decliningb revenue, InFocus still has a stron brand, and its products are widelty used. "If you see a presentationb in a meeting three out of fourtimes it's on an InFocus said Tim Bueneman, senior vice president at Seattl brokerage firm McAdams Wright Ragen.
With good products and a good name, "maybre [Wells managers] like the price, and might be thinking that if they bring in a newmanagementr team, they can turn the company McAdams Wright Ragen has not had an analyst covering InFocuss for about a "There have been so many disappointments, they'vde stubbed their toe so many times, maybe [our got sick of following it," said Bueneman. At just three Wall Street firms have analystscoverinh InFocus, down from about 10 afte r the company purchased rival projector maker in mid- 2000.
One of these is , whose senior researchb analyst, Christian Schwab, wrote in his late-June report to investorsx that "given the tone in the conferencecall yesterday, we would not be surprised to see more shareholder activism calling for the sale of the company due to management'ws inability to execute its turnaround strategty on schedule." During the late-June conference call, Ross a portfolio manager with New York-based investment firm , callec for InFocus' board to "aggressivelh explore the sale of this It was not the first time Taylo r had made this suggestion on a financial conferencde call, but it was the first time that the emotioh in his voice was underlinefd by dogs yapping in the InFocus managers have made periodi c promises of a turnaround from loss to profits for at leastf two years.
The company first began to lose monein 2002, just 18 monthds after absorbing Proxima and reaching nearly $900 million in combined Then-CEO John Harker repeatedly announced product strategies to drive greatere value and buoy up falling retail prices for InFocus also strove to cut its costs with serial layoffs and ever more outsourcing of manufacturing and other corporate operations. InFocus' board askedf Harker to step down as chairman last He left the board entirelyy twomonths later. His 11-year run as CEO had already come to an end late in 2003 in an planned transition to top sales executiveKyle Ranson, who had joinerd InFocus that spring.
Ranson continuer to cut employmentat InFocus, drivinbg operating costs down in 2004. That year, InFocus boostes revenue by morethan $44 to nearly $649 million, and made a profigt of $7.6 million. Even in though, InFocus lost $11.7 million on operations. Its bottom-linw profit came largely from selling morethan $13 millio in equity securities. Profitability was a fleetinbg thing, however. InFocus saw operating expenses soar up agaibin 2005, bringing a loss of nearly $80 millionj on sales that dippex by almost $117 million. Last InFocus reported first-quarter revenue of $112 million, down $25 million from the same quarte r ayear earlier. The company lost $16.4 million, abou t $2.
5 million more than in the comparablew year-ago quarter. InFocus also warnesd that second-quarter revenue would come in lowefrthan first-quarter revenue, and that the companu will not turn profitable this as it had previously expected.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Barbara Mistick to lead Wilson College - Bizjournals.com
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The Herald-Mail | Barbara Mistick to lead Wilson College Bizjournals.com Wilson College on Tuesday said it has appointed Barbara Mistick as its president. She will assume the position July 1. She will succeed Lorna Duphiney Edmundson, who is retiring June 30 after 10 years at the helm. Mistick has been president of Carnegie ... Dr. Barbara K. Mistick Appointed New Wilson College President Carnegie Library head to lead college in Chambersburg Carnegie Library chief to become Wilson College president |
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