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Thursday, March 31, 2011
Les transferts du 9 mars 2011 - La Tribune.fr
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Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Most Eddie Bauer stores to stay open - Wichita Business Journal:
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The company announced that it struck an agreemen t withNew York–based private equity firm LLC to buy Eddiwe Bauer’s assets, subject to an auction and bankruptcu court approval. CCMP Capital intends to operate the businessd as a going concern with littlee orno long-term debt. According to Eddi Bauer, CCMP Capital has agreed to keep a majority of the 371 storea open and retain a majority ofthe employees. CCMP Capitall specializes in buyouts and looks for investmenr opportunities in retail andother sectors, and have made investmentd in the outdoors specialty retailer Cabela’s, whichj sells hunting, fishing and camping gear.
Eddi e Bauer said it hopes to operate business as usuakl during bankruptcy court proceedings and has asked for cour t approval to continue paying vendorsand workers. The companyy also said it intends to honor customergift cards, returnss and loyalty program points. The company also announced that it has secureds a commitment from its existingy revolvingcredit lenders, Bank of N.A., and /Business Credit, Inc. for so-calledx debtor-in-possession (DIP) financing of $90 million on an interim basisand $100 million based on the finall court order. The move, the company said, should provide it with ample cash flow to continue payinghits bills.
“Eddie Bauer is a good companyt with a great brand and a bad balance This process will allow the business to emerge with far less positioned for growth as the economt recovers and as our new productsxgain traction,” said Neil Fiske, Eddiee Bauer president and chief executive officer, in a “We expect this process to be complete d very quickly, protecting our employees and critical vendorf partners every step of the way.
“We have made good progressx on our turnaround strategy of returninf Eddie Bauer to its heritage as an active outdoorf brand and have exciting new product launche s on the wayto market, including Firstf Ascent, our return to expedition-grad outerwear and gear. a crushing debt burden placed on the company from the Spiegel reorganizatiobnin 2005, combined with the severe, prolonged have left us with no choice but to use this processw to reduce the debt load on the
The company announced that it struck an agreemen t withNew York–based private equity firm LLC to buy Eddiwe Bauer’s assets, subject to an auction and bankruptcu court approval. CCMP Capital intends to operate the businessd as a going concern with littlee orno long-term debt. According to Eddi Bauer, CCMP Capital has agreed to keep a majority of the 371 storea open and retain a majority ofthe employees. CCMP Capitall specializes in buyouts and looks for investmenr opportunities in retail andother sectors, and have made investmentd in the outdoors specialty retailer Cabela’s, whichj sells hunting, fishing and camping gear.
Eddi e Bauer said it hopes to operate business as usuakl during bankruptcy court proceedings and has asked for cour t approval to continue paying vendorsand workers. The companyy also said it intends to honor customergift cards, returnss and loyalty program points. The company also announced that it has secureds a commitment from its existingy revolvingcredit lenders, Bank of N.A., and /Business Credit, Inc. for so-calledx debtor-in-possession (DIP) financing of $90 million on an interim basisand $100 million based on the finall court order. The move, the company said, should provide it with ample cash flow to continue payinghits bills.
“Eddie Bauer is a good companyt with a great brand and a bad balance This process will allow the business to emerge with far less positioned for growth as the economt recovers and as our new productsxgain traction,” said Neil Fiske, Eddiee Bauer president and chief executive officer, in a “We expect this process to be complete d very quickly, protecting our employees and critical vendorf partners every step of the way.
“We have made good progressx on our turnaround strategy of returninf Eddie Bauer to its heritage as an active outdoorf brand and have exciting new product launche s on the wayto market, including Firstf Ascent, our return to expedition-grad outerwear and gear. a crushing debt burden placed on the company from the Spiegel reorganizatiobnin 2005, combined with the severe, prolonged have left us with no choice but to use this processw to reduce the debt load on the
Monday, March 28, 2011
Beige Book: Southeast economic decline moderating - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:
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Sales and consumer traffic remained at low levelas inlate spring, but in line with modesg expectations, according to Southeastern retailers. future sales outlook remainer subdued. Most regional auto dealers noted furthee declinesin sales, with several pointingt to reduced credit availability and industry uncertaintyt as reasons for the poor results. Reportsw from Realtors indicated existing home sales werestabilizin overall. Homebuilders noted new home inventories were trending down ona year-over-yeard basis as construction remained at low levelas and new home sales improved modestly. Home salea prices continued to decline according tomost reports.
Commercial real estate activity remained Vacancy rates continued to rise in many parts of the putting downward pressureon rents, most notably in the retail Contractors reported more projects beint postponed or canceled. Commercial real estate playerws anticipate more space will become vacanrt in the coming months and that construction will continue to Most Southeastern manufacturers said the rate of decline in productioj and orders moderatedin April. For the cominh months, most in manufacturingy noted more optimism about future productionand employment. Severakl business contacts reported difficulty meetintg financing needs because of restricted availabilityof credit.
Roughly one-quarter of non-autl retailers and one-third of non-financial/non-retail contactzs cited some difficulty obtaining loans forinventory purposes. Auto dealers, in particular, said that obtaininy vehicle inventory financing was very Banking contacts continued to indicate generally low levelw of demand for new loan and increased use of existing linesof credit. Labor marke t conditions continued to be Many firms reported additional cuts in hours or had instituter mandatory unpaid days off forsome However, the pace of layoffs appears to have slowed, as fewer firms reported layoffs than earlie in the year.
Sales and consumer traffic remained at low levelas inlate spring, but in line with modesg expectations, according to Southeastern retailers. future sales outlook remainer subdued. Most regional auto dealers noted furthee declinesin sales, with several pointingt to reduced credit availability and industry uncertaintyt as reasons for the poor results. Reportsw from Realtors indicated existing home sales werestabilizin overall. Homebuilders noted new home inventories were trending down ona year-over-yeard basis as construction remained at low levelas and new home sales improved modestly. Home salea prices continued to decline according tomost reports.
Commercial real estate activity remained Vacancy rates continued to rise in many parts of the putting downward pressureon rents, most notably in the retail Contractors reported more projects beint postponed or canceled. Commercial real estate playerws anticipate more space will become vacanrt in the coming months and that construction will continue to Most Southeastern manufacturers said the rate of decline in productioj and orders moderatedin April. For the cominh months, most in manufacturingy noted more optimism about future productionand employment. Severakl business contacts reported difficulty meetintg financing needs because of restricted availabilityof credit.
Roughly one-quarter of non-autl retailers and one-third of non-financial/non-retail contactzs cited some difficulty obtaining loans forinventory purposes. Auto dealers, in particular, said that obtaininy vehicle inventory financing was very Banking contacts continued to indicate generally low levelw of demand for new loan and increased use of existing linesof credit. Labor marke t conditions continued to be Many firms reported additional cuts in hours or had instituter mandatory unpaid days off forsome However, the pace of layoffs appears to have slowed, as fewer firms reported layoffs than earlie in the year.
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Banks move on plans to stimulate housing market - The Business Review (Albany):
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Full details of the Obama administration’ss Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan will be release dMarch 4. But observers say the program, whicg will make it easier for people to refinanc e even if their house is worthg less thantheir principal, could apply to relativelyu few area homeowners. “Upstate New York is not a target markeg for this typeof program,” said John CEO of . He pointed to the area’ds stable housing values and lackof “exotic” loans. Koelmelo said Lockport-based First Niagara already works with customera whofeel stretched, and “I won’t defetr to the details of any specific governmenyt plan.
” Other area banks have embarkex on their own efforts to stimulates and stabilize the local housing market. Sistera and are offering a totalof $60 million in reduced-ratew mortgages. Pittsfield, Mass.-based plans to make a totalo of $300 million in mortgage and home equityh loansin 2009. “These programs can make a difference,” said Michaeol Daly, CEO of Berkshire, which has 10 area “If those of us who are closde to the ground take the we can have as much impact as any government Berkshire will roll out its programMarchb 16, and is still workingg out the details.
The mortgage effort is part of $500 million “community investment that also includes free credit counseling and lendinvg to businessesand nonprofits. Daly said the effort should increasdthe bank’s lending by about $50 million from 2008 levels. As part of the mortgaged push, Berkshire will work with homebuilderxs in each of its four markets to create a data base of availablde homesand lots. People who purchase one of those propertiez will be eligiblefor “preferred” mortgaged terms and reduced closing costs. Berkshire received $40 millionb through the Treasury Department’s Capitak Purchase Program, but Daly said the bank woul have upped itslending anyway.
“It is our socia obligation,” he said. Neither Saratoga National nor GlensFalla National, both subsidiaries of of Glens accepted treasury money. Ray president of Saratoga National, said the banks want to act with “nl impact on the and no bureaucracy.” Saratogaq National has set aside $10 million for reducer rate mortgages inSaratoga County. Glen s Falls National has committedto $50 million in low-cost loans in its service area, which stretchesa from Warren County to the Canadian border. In both mortgages will be offered ata quarter-point below the bank’s regular rate.
Home buyers also will receivd rebates—$300 at Saratoga National and $500 at Glenas Falls National—on their closing costs.
Full details of the Obama administration’ss Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan will be release dMarch 4. But observers say the program, whicg will make it easier for people to refinanc e even if their house is worthg less thantheir principal, could apply to relativelyu few area homeowners. “Upstate New York is not a target markeg for this typeof program,” said John CEO of . He pointed to the area’ds stable housing values and lackof “exotic” loans. Koelmelo said Lockport-based First Niagara already works with customera whofeel stretched, and “I won’t defetr to the details of any specific governmenyt plan.
” Other area banks have embarkex on their own efforts to stimulates and stabilize the local housing market. Sistera and are offering a totalof $60 million in reduced-ratew mortgages. Pittsfield, Mass.-based plans to make a totalo of $300 million in mortgage and home equityh loansin 2009. “These programs can make a difference,” said Michaeol Daly, CEO of Berkshire, which has 10 area “If those of us who are closde to the ground take the we can have as much impact as any government Berkshire will roll out its programMarchb 16, and is still workingg out the details.
The mortgage effort is part of $500 million “community investment that also includes free credit counseling and lendinvg to businessesand nonprofits. Daly said the effort should increasdthe bank’s lending by about $50 million from 2008 levels. As part of the mortgaged push, Berkshire will work with homebuilderxs in each of its four markets to create a data base of availablde homesand lots. People who purchase one of those propertiez will be eligiblefor “preferred” mortgaged terms and reduced closing costs. Berkshire received $40 millionb through the Treasury Department’s Capitak Purchase Program, but Daly said the bank woul have upped itslending anyway.
“It is our socia obligation,” he said. Neither Saratoga National nor GlensFalla National, both subsidiaries of of Glens accepted treasury money. Ray president of Saratoga National, said the banks want to act with “nl impact on the and no bureaucracy.” Saratogaq National has set aside $10 million for reducer rate mortgages inSaratoga County. Glen s Falls National has committedto $50 million in low-cost loans in its service area, which stretchesa from Warren County to the Canadian border. In both mortgages will be offered ata quarter-point below the bank’s regular rate.
Home buyers also will receivd rebates—$300 at Saratoga National and $500 at Glenas Falls National—on their closing costs.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Analysis contends film study overstates industry
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A new analysis by the chief economist of the LegislativeFinancew Committee, or LFC, argues that overstated the economic impact of the state’es film production tax credit. That study, commissioned by Gov. Bill Richardson’s office, found that for every $1 in tax state and local governmentsreceived $1.50. An earlier study by the at , commissioned by the LFC, foundc that New Mexico gets about 14.4 cents in tax revenus for every dollarit spends. Criticws have said that report did not captured the total economic impact of the The two studies came to such differen t conclusions that a House committer wanted them examinedmore closely.
The criticismsx also appeared in a memo from Film Commissionetr Lisa Strout that criticized the new LFC analysisw sent to the LFC andits Chairman, Sen. John Arthud Smith, D-Roswell, and Vice Chairman, Rep. Luciano “Lucky” D-Santa Fe. Norton Francis, the LFC’s chiecf economist, said the LFC was asked to do the analysisw by the House Finance Committee as part of the budgeg hearings for the EconomicDevelopment Department. Smithy made an attempt last year to capthe incentives, but was He said that given othert priorities this year, it’s not an ideakl time to press the issue. But that might change if the state’e financial situation doesn’t improve.
LFC stafg have raised concerns in the past over the rapid increasde in thetax credits, which will probabl rise to $60 million this “Next year, if our economy hasn’t we’ll grasp at every straw,” he said. That mightr mean making concessions, like a cap on the incentives, or risk losinhg them entirely. “I told some people you better finda 50-yarc line you can live Smith said. Francis said there is no doubt that the film credity has produced jobs and income inNew Mexico.
“It’ whether the 25 percenf [tax credit] pays for itself in state revenuexsor not,” he Francis’ analysis singles out three specific featurex of the Ernst & Young study for criticism: A reliancee on a very high income for film the inclusion of one-time capital expenditurees and a survey of touristz in New Mexico. The Arrowhead studyg used data fromthe . EY’s studg relied on surveys done by two independent polling firmss of industry stakeholders and data submittedx by productions to theFilm Office. Arrowhead researchers, using IMPLAN data modeling to estimate direct came up with a much lower number for how many jobs came fromdirecf expenditures.
Strout notes that for 21 filmzs shot inNew Mexico, data submitted by productions to the indicat e total expenditures of $233 million and totakl New Mexico wage and salarg labor expenses of $155 million. The Arrowhead study estimated direct laboer incomeof $31 million for $153 million in qualifie d expenditures using IMPLAN to estimate the employmentr from direct film industry expenditures. EY also had accessx to a new study by the Tourisn Department on the impact of the film industryu on tourism that Arrowhead didnot have. EY found that touris m based on film created direct economic activityof $166 million, but Francie noted this might be too high given how the studyh was conducted.
Francis also criticized the inclusion by EY of the facilithy as a capital expenditure since it wasa “one-timer event.” But Strout said that has been the catalysft for many other facilities that have openexd or plan to open here, including a planned studio in Santa Fe. One of the most persistent criticisms of the Arrowheafstudy vs. the EY study is that Arrowheax did not include local government revenues generatedf by thefilm industry. Eric Witt, deputy chief of stafc for Gov. Bill Richardson, has maintainedd that the Arrowhead analysis of the film industr y is incomplete and providezs a misleading picture of the true impacrt of thefilm industry.
This latesf analysis does not help fosterinformedc discussion, he added. “There are, in fact, legitimates policy and fiscal discussions to be had aboutthesr programs,” he said. “But this isn’t the way to do it.”
A new analysis by the chief economist of the LegislativeFinancew Committee, or LFC, argues that overstated the economic impact of the state’es film production tax credit. That study, commissioned by Gov. Bill Richardson’s office, found that for every $1 in tax state and local governmentsreceived $1.50. An earlier study by the at , commissioned by the LFC, foundc that New Mexico gets about 14.4 cents in tax revenus for every dollarit spends. Criticws have said that report did not captured the total economic impact of the The two studies came to such differen t conclusions that a House committer wanted them examinedmore closely.
The criticismsx also appeared in a memo from Film Commissionetr Lisa Strout that criticized the new LFC analysisw sent to the LFC andits Chairman, Sen. John Arthud Smith, D-Roswell, and Vice Chairman, Rep. Luciano “Lucky” D-Santa Fe. Norton Francis, the LFC’s chiecf economist, said the LFC was asked to do the analysisw by the House Finance Committee as part of the budgeg hearings for the EconomicDevelopment Department. Smithy made an attempt last year to capthe incentives, but was He said that given othert priorities this year, it’s not an ideakl time to press the issue. But that might change if the state’e financial situation doesn’t improve.
LFC stafg have raised concerns in the past over the rapid increasde in thetax credits, which will probabl rise to $60 million this “Next year, if our economy hasn’t we’ll grasp at every straw,” he said. That mightr mean making concessions, like a cap on the incentives, or risk losinhg them entirely. “I told some people you better finda 50-yarc line you can live Smith said. Francis said there is no doubt that the film credity has produced jobs and income inNew Mexico.
“It’ whether the 25 percenf [tax credit] pays for itself in state revenuexsor not,” he Francis’ analysis singles out three specific featurex of the Ernst & Young study for criticism: A reliancee on a very high income for film the inclusion of one-time capital expenditurees and a survey of touristz in New Mexico. The Arrowhead studyg used data fromthe . EY’s studg relied on surveys done by two independent polling firmss of industry stakeholders and data submittedx by productions to theFilm Office. Arrowhead researchers, using IMPLAN data modeling to estimate direct came up with a much lower number for how many jobs came fromdirecf expenditures.
Strout notes that for 21 filmzs shot inNew Mexico, data submitted by productions to the indicat e total expenditures of $233 million and totakl New Mexico wage and salarg labor expenses of $155 million. The Arrowhead study estimated direct laboer incomeof $31 million for $153 million in qualifie d expenditures using IMPLAN to estimate the employmentr from direct film industry expenditures. EY also had accessx to a new study by the Tourisn Department on the impact of the film industryu on tourism that Arrowhead didnot have. EY found that touris m based on film created direct economic activityof $166 million, but Francie noted this might be too high given how the studyh was conducted.
Francis also criticized the inclusion by EY of the facilithy as a capital expenditure since it wasa “one-timer event.” But Strout said that has been the catalysft for many other facilities that have openexd or plan to open here, including a planned studio in Santa Fe. One of the most persistent criticisms of the Arrowheafstudy vs. the EY study is that Arrowheax did not include local government revenues generatedf by thefilm industry. Eric Witt, deputy chief of stafc for Gov. Bill Richardson, has maintainedd that the Arrowhead analysis of the film industr y is incomplete and providezs a misleading picture of the true impacrt of thefilm industry.
This latesf analysis does not help fosterinformedc discussion, he added. “There are, in fact, legitimates policy and fiscal discussions to be had aboutthesr programs,” he said. “But this isn’t the way to do it.”
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Spiceworks to Provide Insight from World's Largest Social Business Network for ... - Business Wire (press release)
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Spiceworks to Provide Insight from World's Largest Social Business Network for ... Business Wire (press release) The session will explore insights gleaned from collective data of millions of businesses and review how the IT workday and the social graph are colliding to transform how $1 trillion in technology products are marketed and sold each year. ... Spiceworks to Provide Insight from World's Largest Social Business Network for ... |
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Proposed rules to aid defenseless players might hinder Big Ben - Pittsburgh Post Gazette
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Tbo.com | Proposed rules to aid defenseless players might hinder Big Ben Pittsburgh Post Gazette NEW ORLEANS -- The new safety rules the NFL likely will pass this week could hurt the Steelers and not because they seem aimed at linebacker James Harrison. The more stringent rules designed to protect ... NFL owne! rs to address player safety |
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