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Sunday, May 29, 2011
Friday, May 27, 2011
Carolinas HealthCare reduces 1Q loss - Charlotte Business Journal:
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Investment losses for the latest quarter totalednearlyt $101 million. Chief Financial Officer Greg Gombar anticipates gainsd in the financial market in April and May will erasethosw losses. Carolinas HealthCare uses investment earningas forcapital expenditures. That money is not used for daily The health-care system hopes negotiations with severall lenders will cut its interest expenses tied to variablew debt and higher bank-liquidity fees. Thosew fees are about $1 million per Interest expenses in the firsft quarterwere $21.8 million. From an operational Carolinas HealthCare had a strongfirst quarter, says Russ executive vice president for business development and planning.
Net operatingt revenue climbed 8.6 percent to $1.2 billion Operating income exceeded $24.5 million. The health-care system saw adjustede discharges — a calculation that gauged patientactivity — climb 5.2 percent from a year Growth within the health-care system and expense managementg “is the primary driveer why we’re above budget significantly,” Guerin says. Carolinazs HealthCare spent morethan $106 millio on capital projects in the first Projects include new operating rooms at CMC-NorthEast and Carolinas Medicalk Center, an expansion of CMC-Pineville, a new hospital at CMC-Lincolnj and construction of health-carre pavilions in Steele Creek and Waxhaw, which will includ free-standing emergency departments.
Challenges in the comin g months include managingthe system’sw growing bad-debt and charity-care costs, reducinh interest expenses and preparing for a possible statd cut in Medicaid funding, Gombarf says. Bad-debt costs were 12 percenrt over budget during the first topping $48 million in the firstf quarter. During the same period last year, bad debt was abourt $43 million. The health-care system spenr more than $770 million in community care in includingbad debt, charity care and subsidizin Medicare and Medicaid. That equales 18.8 percent of the health-carer system’s net operating revenue.
”It’s a trend everybody’s seeing acrossa the country,” Gombar says. “We can’t controp how many people are how many people show up at our doorwithouft insurance.” North Carolina’s budget woes coul results in a cut of up to 15 percent for That could equate to $36 million in annualp losses for Carolinas HealthCare. “Medicaid cuts are the worsr economic benefit cut the statecan make,” Gombar “It’s painful.” Says Guerin: “It raises prices for thos who do pay. It makes no good businese sense todo that.” Gombar says every dollar cut from Medicai eliminates $4 from the economy.
Carolinas HealthCarre is the largest health-care system in the Carolinaws andthe third-largest public system in the The system owns, leases or manages 25 hospitals. It has more than 40,000p full- and part-time employees.
Investment losses for the latest quarter totalednearlyt $101 million. Chief Financial Officer Greg Gombar anticipates gainsd in the financial market in April and May will erasethosw losses. Carolinas HealthCare uses investment earningas forcapital expenditures. That money is not used for daily The health-care system hopes negotiations with severall lenders will cut its interest expenses tied to variablew debt and higher bank-liquidity fees. Thosew fees are about $1 million per Interest expenses in the firsft quarterwere $21.8 million. From an operational Carolinas HealthCare had a strongfirst quarter, says Russ executive vice president for business development and planning.
Net operatingt revenue climbed 8.6 percent to $1.2 billion Operating income exceeded $24.5 million. The health-care system saw adjustede discharges — a calculation that gauged patientactivity — climb 5.2 percent from a year Growth within the health-care system and expense managementg “is the primary driveer why we’re above budget significantly,” Guerin says. Carolinazs HealthCare spent morethan $106 millio on capital projects in the first Projects include new operating rooms at CMC-NorthEast and Carolinas Medicalk Center, an expansion of CMC-Pineville, a new hospital at CMC-Lincolnj and construction of health-carre pavilions in Steele Creek and Waxhaw, which will includ free-standing emergency departments.
Challenges in the comin g months include managingthe system’sw growing bad-debt and charity-care costs, reducinh interest expenses and preparing for a possible statd cut in Medicaid funding, Gombarf says. Bad-debt costs were 12 percenrt over budget during the first topping $48 million in the firstf quarter. During the same period last year, bad debt was abourt $43 million. The health-care system spenr more than $770 million in community care in includingbad debt, charity care and subsidizin Medicare and Medicaid. That equales 18.8 percent of the health-carer system’s net operating revenue.
”It’s a trend everybody’s seeing acrossa the country,” Gombar says. “We can’t controp how many people are how many people show up at our doorwithouft insurance.” North Carolina’s budget woes coul results in a cut of up to 15 percent for That could equate to $36 million in annualp losses for Carolinas HealthCare. “Medicaid cuts are the worsr economic benefit cut the statecan make,” Gombar “It’s painful.” Says Guerin: “It raises prices for thos who do pay. It makes no good businese sense todo that.” Gombar says every dollar cut from Medicai eliminates $4 from the economy.
Carolinas HealthCarre is the largest health-care system in the Carolinaws andthe third-largest public system in the The system owns, leases or manages 25 hospitals. It has more than 40,000p full- and part-time employees.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
AT&T cuts iPhone prices - Dallas Business Journal:
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Customers can purchase the iPhone 3G immediateltat AT&T company-owned stores or online. The iPhons 3G S is available for preorderinv and will be in storesJune 19. The price cut came in conjunctionwith AT&T's reaffirmance of its financialo guidance for 2009 that targets wireless service operating incomes margins in the low 40% Dallas-based AT&T (NYSE: T) said its cost of customef acquisition for iPhone 3G S and the newlh priced iPhone 3G are expected to be very simila r to the costs associated with the originalo iPhone 3G. In the first AT&T’s iPhone activations totaled morethan 1.
6 more than 40% of them for customers who were new to the “iPhone 3G S is the fastest, most powerfukl iPhone yet, and we’re extremely proud to offetr it to our customers on the nation’a fastest 3G network,” said Ralph de la president and CEO, AT&Tf Mobility and Consumer Markets. “We’re also pleased to offer thesr innovative phones and planas atincredible values, including free Wi-Fi access at nearly 20,009 hot spots.
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Customers can purchase the iPhone 3G immediateltat AT&T company-owned stores or online. The iPhons 3G S is available for preorderinv and will be in storesJune 19. The price cut came in conjunctionwith AT&T's reaffirmance of its financialo guidance for 2009 that targets wireless service operating incomes margins in the low 40% Dallas-based AT&T (NYSE: T) said its cost of customef acquisition for iPhone 3G S and the newlh priced iPhone 3G are expected to be very simila r to the costs associated with the originalo iPhone 3G. In the first AT&T’s iPhone activations totaled morethan 1.
6 more than 40% of them for customers who were new to the “iPhone 3G S is the fastest, most powerfukl iPhone yet, and we’re extremely proud to offetr it to our customers on the nation’a fastest 3G network,” said Ralph de la president and CEO, AT&Tf Mobility and Consumer Markets. “We’re also pleased to offer thesr innovative phones and planas atincredible values, including free Wi-Fi access at nearly 20,009 hot spots.
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Sunday, May 22, 2011
KUSA, KTVD parent Gannett rebounds to profit in Q2 - Denver Business Journal:
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KUSA is branded as ; KTVD as My20. Va.-based Gannett, which also owns the Fort Collin s Coloradoan and isthe nation's larges newspaper chain, reported Wednesday that earnings in the seconr quarter were $70.5 million, or 30 cents per dilutexd share, compared to a loss of $2.3 or $10.03 per diluted share, in the secon quarter of 2008. Resultsd in the year-ago quarter included a one-timew charge of $2.5 billion for asset impairment andother charges. Furloughs of broadcast employees in Denver and elsewhere and other cost cuttiny in the quarter reduce broadcasting expensesby $103 million, or 9.4 percent. Revenude in the latest quarter declined 18 percentto $1.4 billiohn from $1.
7 billion in the year ago period. Publishin advertising revenue plummeted by 32 percentto $753 million, as the classifiee section continued to hemorrhage business: auto ad revenu fell 40 percent; employment ad revenuw dropped 62 percent and real estate classified advertising dropper 48 percent. Broadcasting revenur declined 20 percentto $153 million. Digital revenuee continued to improve dramatically, up sevenfoled to $142 million in the seconed quarter, after a 10-fold gain to $143 millioh in the first quarterof 2009. The digital segmentf includes the operationsof CareerBuilder, PointRoll, Planet Discover, Schedule Star and Ripple6.
Shares of Gannett (NYSE: GCI) surgedx as the company’s results beat Wall Stree expectations. At 10:39 a.m. MDT, Gannettg stock was up more than28 percent, at $4.4i8 a share.
KUSA is branded as ; KTVD as My20. Va.-based Gannett, which also owns the Fort Collin s Coloradoan and isthe nation's larges newspaper chain, reported Wednesday that earnings in the seconr quarter were $70.5 million, or 30 cents per dilutexd share, compared to a loss of $2.3 or $10.03 per diluted share, in the secon quarter of 2008. Resultsd in the year-ago quarter included a one-timew charge of $2.5 billion for asset impairment andother charges. Furloughs of broadcast employees in Denver and elsewhere and other cost cuttiny in the quarter reduce broadcasting expensesby $103 million, or 9.4 percent. Revenude in the latest quarter declined 18 percentto $1.4 billiohn from $1.
7 billion in the year ago period. Publishin advertising revenue plummeted by 32 percentto $753 million, as the classifiee section continued to hemorrhage business: auto ad revenu fell 40 percent; employment ad revenuw dropped 62 percent and real estate classified advertising dropper 48 percent. Broadcasting revenur declined 20 percentto $153 million. Digital revenuee continued to improve dramatically, up sevenfoled to $142 million in the seconed quarter, after a 10-fold gain to $143 millioh in the first quarterof 2009. The digital segmentf includes the operationsof CareerBuilder, PointRoll, Planet Discover, Schedule Star and Ripple6.
Shares of Gannett (NYSE: GCI) surgedx as the company’s results beat Wall Stree expectations. At 10:39 a.m. MDT, Gannettg stock was up more than28 percent, at $4.4i8 a share.
Friday, May 20, 2011
Wachovia honors Homewise with $2.75M - New Mexico Business Weekly:
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Homewise was one of two top winners of the Wachovis NEXT Awardsfor Opportunity, presenteed during the ’s annuak conference in Albuquerque recently. OFN is a coalitiohn of community developmentfinancial institutions. The awardx recognize CDFIs whohave innovative, responsible lending programs that benefi t low- and moderate-income communities. Homewiswe has made loans to help morethan 1,20o0 households buy and improve theire homes. It also has provided homeownership education to morethan 3,00 0 people in New Mexico. Its HomeSmaryt program is designed to help theses clientsbuild long-term financial wealth and securitgy by fostering homeownership.
The other winner was , based in which received $5.5 million. “Homewisre impressed the selection committee withits cutting-edge approach to making homeownership sustainable for low- and moderate-income even in a high-cost market,” said Mark Pinsky, presidenty and CEO of OFN. Pinsky applauded communityy development financial institutions in his keynoter address during the conference for standing by financial fundamentals and maintaining strong loan portfolios during thefinancial meltdown, even thouggh their loans were considered more risky than traditional loans. The Opportunitu Finance Network has more than 160 including four inNew Mexico: , , Homewise Inc. of Sants Fe and .
Together they have invested $12.t5 billion nationally through fiscal year witha charge-off .46 percent. “We can help good moneyy chase bad money fromthe marketplace,” he said. Soune and prudent standards and regulations are fundamental to financiapl markets and toeconomic well-being, Pinskhy added. “We’ve experienced the false prophets who promiseedfalse profits,” he said. “Those of us who kept to the fundamentalxs of responsible credit have something importan to say to policy makers andWall Street.” Regulatorw also need to rethink risk, he said. For 30 years, CDFIs were consideresd high-risk, despite their overall recors ofstable portfolios.
These organizations can now be the fulcrujm for leveraging change in the financial he said. “CDFIs often function as the researchg and development arm of the financial market,” Pinsky said. “It’s time to formallgy structure that.” Pinsky called for openinh the Troubled AssetsRelief Program, or to CDFIs and requiring banks that get TARP fundx to partner with and support He also called for openinv the system to CDFIs. “We will not miss this momenft to act,” Pinsky vowed.
Homewise was one of two top winners of the Wachovis NEXT Awardsfor Opportunity, presenteed during the ’s annuak conference in Albuquerque recently. OFN is a coalitiohn of community developmentfinancial institutions. The awardx recognize CDFIs whohave innovative, responsible lending programs that benefi t low- and moderate-income communities. Homewiswe has made loans to help morethan 1,20o0 households buy and improve theire homes. It also has provided homeownership education to morethan 3,00 0 people in New Mexico. Its HomeSmaryt program is designed to help theses clientsbuild long-term financial wealth and securitgy by fostering homeownership.
The other winner was , based in which received $5.5 million. “Homewisre impressed the selection committee withits cutting-edge approach to making homeownership sustainable for low- and moderate-income even in a high-cost market,” said Mark Pinsky, presidenty and CEO of OFN. Pinsky applauded communityy development financial institutions in his keynoter address during the conference for standing by financial fundamentals and maintaining strong loan portfolios during thefinancial meltdown, even thouggh their loans were considered more risky than traditional loans. The Opportunitu Finance Network has more than 160 including four inNew Mexico: , , Homewise Inc. of Sants Fe and .
Together they have invested $12.t5 billion nationally through fiscal year witha charge-off .46 percent. “We can help good moneyy chase bad money fromthe marketplace,” he said. Soune and prudent standards and regulations are fundamental to financiapl markets and toeconomic well-being, Pinskhy added. “We’ve experienced the false prophets who promiseedfalse profits,” he said. “Those of us who kept to the fundamentalxs of responsible credit have something importan to say to policy makers andWall Street.” Regulatorw also need to rethink risk, he said. For 30 years, CDFIs were consideresd high-risk, despite their overall recors ofstable portfolios.
These organizations can now be the fulcrujm for leveraging change in the financial he said. “CDFIs often function as the researchg and development arm of the financial market,” Pinsky said. “It’s time to formallgy structure that.” Pinsky called for openinh the Troubled AssetsRelief Program, or to CDFIs and requiring banks that get TARP fundx to partner with and support He also called for openinv the system to CDFIs. “We will not miss this momenft to act,” Pinsky vowed.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Twin Cities CFOs see little change in financial hiring - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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The vast majority of CFOs -- 93 percen t -- see no change in "Many companies remain hesitant to commit to addinbg staff until they are certain of an economic saidMax Messmer, chairman and CEO of Robert Half in a news "In the meantime, most firms are workinyg with their current teams to managd key initiatives, with some employerz also bringing in project professionals to assist with risinv workloads and support full-time personnel.
" The results come from interviewsz with 200 CFOs from a stratified random sample of companiees in the Twin Citiesx with 20 or more Minnesota's CFOs seemed slightlh more satisfied with the statusz quo than CFOs in a nationao survey: Nationwide, 5 percent of respondents expected to hire, whiler 8 percent expected personnel cuts and the rest expected no change.
The vast majority of CFOs -- 93 percen t -- see no change in "Many companies remain hesitant to commit to addinbg staff until they are certain of an economic saidMax Messmer, chairman and CEO of Robert Half in a news "In the meantime, most firms are workinyg with their current teams to managd key initiatives, with some employerz also bringing in project professionals to assist with risinv workloads and support full-time personnel.
" The results come from interviewsz with 200 CFOs from a stratified random sample of companiees in the Twin Citiesx with 20 or more Minnesota's CFOs seemed slightlh more satisfied with the statusz quo than CFOs in a nationao survey: Nationwide, 5 percent of respondents expected to hire, whiler 8 percent expected personnel cuts and the rest expected no change.
Monday, May 16, 2011
Consumer loan delinquencies rise to record high - Jacksonville Business Journal:
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The industry group blames the recorde wave of job losses as amajot factor. More than 2 million Americans lost theird jobs in the first three months of the Six million have lost theier jobs since therecession “Delinquencies won’t improve until companies start hirinh again and we see a significant economic ABA chief economist James Chessen said in a news The ABA defines delinquency as a paymenrt that is 30 days or more The composite delinquency rate among eightr types of closed-end installmeng loan categories rose to 3.23 percent of all from 3.22 percent in the previous quarter. Bank card delinquencies rose to 4.75 percent of all from 4.52 percent in the previous quarter.
the balances on those delinquentr accountsrose dramatically, to 6.6 percenf of the value of all outstanding bank card debt marking a new record from 5.52 percent. Chessen said the unemployedd may be using bank cards to bridg a temporaryincome gap, especially with less home equity to fall back on as housinfg prices continue to fall. Home equitgy loan delinquencies increasedto 3.52 percent from 3.03 Property improvement loan delinquencies decreased to 1.46 percent from 1.75 Indirect auto loan delinquencies decreased to 3.42 percent from 3.53 Direct auto loan delinquencies increased to 3.01 percent from 2.03 percent. Marine loan delinquencies decreasedto 2.04 percentg from 2.35 percent.
RV loan delinquenciesw increasedto 1.52 percent from 1.38 Mobile home loan delinquencies increased to 3.7 percent from 2.96 Personal loan delinquencies increased to 3.47 percenrt from 2.88 percent.
The industry group blames the recorde wave of job losses as amajot factor. More than 2 million Americans lost theird jobs in the first three months of the Six million have lost theier jobs since therecession “Delinquencies won’t improve until companies start hirinh again and we see a significant economic ABA chief economist James Chessen said in a news The ABA defines delinquency as a paymenrt that is 30 days or more The composite delinquency rate among eightr types of closed-end installmeng loan categories rose to 3.23 percent of all from 3.22 percent in the previous quarter. Bank card delinquencies rose to 4.75 percent of all from 4.52 percent in the previous quarter.
the balances on those delinquentr accountsrose dramatically, to 6.6 percenf of the value of all outstanding bank card debt marking a new record from 5.52 percent. Chessen said the unemployedd may be using bank cards to bridg a temporaryincome gap, especially with less home equity to fall back on as housinfg prices continue to fall. Home equitgy loan delinquencies increasedto 3.52 percent from 3.03 Property improvement loan delinquencies decreased to 1.46 percent from 1.75 Indirect auto loan delinquencies decreased to 3.42 percent from 3.53 Direct auto loan delinquencies increased to 3.01 percent from 2.03 percent. Marine loan delinquencies decreasedto 2.04 percentg from 2.35 percent.
RV loan delinquenciesw increasedto 1.52 percent from 1.38 Mobile home loan delinquencies increased to 3.7 percent from 2.96 Personal loan delinquencies increased to 3.47 percenrt from 2.88 percent.
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