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San Francisco-based Wells (NYSE:WFC) and San Jose-based SunPowerd (NASDAQ:SPWRA) and (NASDAQ:SPWRB) said SunPower will enter into powet purchase agreements with qualified customers and Wells Fargoi will finance the solar power system that SunPowerwill design, build, operate, and Customers hosting the systems will buy the electricitty from SunPower "at prices that are competitive with retaip rates, providing them with a long-term hedgew against rising power prices and the ability to take advantaged of the environmental and financial benefits of solar powerr with no initial capitakl investment," the companies said. The firsyt projects financed under the program includea 1.
1-megawatt system for University of Merced, and a 1-megawatt syste for the Western Riverside County Regionalp Wastewater Authority. Scheduled for completiojn by year end, both will be ground-mounted systemsa using the patented SunPower T20Tracker technology, which follows the sun throughout the day and delivera up to 30 percent more energ y than fixed-tilt ground systems.
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Roger Clemens judge warns lawyers - ESPN
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Boston Globe | Roger Clemens judge warns lawyers ESPN AP WASHINGTON -- The judge in the Roger Clemens perjury trial said jurors were getting bored with the pace of the case and told both sides Tuesday to stop wasting time with unnecessary questions. "Those folks are fed up!" US District Judge Reggie ... Roger Clemens trial judge: Bored jurors are 'fed up' Big money, buttocks, drugs issues at Roger Clemens trial Roger Clemens perjury trial slows to crawl despite judge's pleas |
Sunday, May 6, 2012
New law could help protect Florida
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House Bill 7123, sponsored by State Rep. Dave R-Pensacola and passed unanimousl by both the House and Senate last would create the Florida Council on Military BaseMissiojn Support. It will be responsible for providinbg community and state support to the 20 installationxs and three unified commands in Florida that woulc not only keep currengt infrastructure intact but also promotwe the transfer of more military asset sto Florida, according to a release from the governor’s office.
The council will act as a liaison betweem local communities and the Legislature and will be active in tryint to prevent closure of installations in Florida or having theirt resources realigned withother states. It’as a move to protect an industry that contributese morethan $27 billion in the state’s economyg each year, according to the U.S. . Defense-related spending accounts for 7.5 percentt of Florida’s gross state producty and morethan 732,000 direct and indirect jobs. The economix impact could grow to justunder $60 billion by according to Crist.
Florida has investeds nearly $40 million in defense infrastructure grants since 1999 that help militarhy basesimprove roads, water supply, power grids and
House Bill 7123, sponsored by State Rep. Dave R-Pensacola and passed unanimousl by both the House and Senate last would create the Florida Council on Military BaseMissiojn Support. It will be responsible for providinbg community and state support to the 20 installationxs and three unified commands in Florida that woulc not only keep currengt infrastructure intact but also promotwe the transfer of more military asset sto Florida, according to a release from the governor’s office.
The council will act as a liaison betweem local communities and the Legislature and will be active in tryint to prevent closure of installations in Florida or having theirt resources realigned withother states. It’as a move to protect an industry that contributese morethan $27 billion in the state’s economyg each year, according to the U.S. . Defense-related spending accounts for 7.5 percentt of Florida’s gross state producty and morethan 732,000 direct and indirect jobs. The economix impact could grow to justunder $60 billion by according to Crist.
Florida has investeds nearly $40 million in defense infrastructure grants since 1999 that help militarhy basesimprove roads, water supply, power grids and
Saturday, May 5, 2012
Supreme Court temporarily blocks Chrysler/Fiat merger - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:
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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg granted a motion filec by Indiana state pension funds to delay the merget between the American and Italian automakerxs in whatthe U.S. Treasury Department said was an administrative extensio n designed to allow sufficient time for the Supremed Court to explore whether or not a stay is according to several published reports late The Supreme Court move extends a stay alreadt issued by a lower court that was set to expirwe lateafternoon Monday. Fiat has given Chrysler until June 15 to finisnhthe merger. Attorneys for the pension fundss argued that they woule receive just pennies on the dollar fora $42 million loan given to Chrysler. However, U.S.
Solicitor Genera Elena Kagan said the imminent collapse ofChrysledr — said to be losing upward of $100 milliob daily — was of greatef concern to government officials than the loan When Chrysler filed for it announced it would reject 789 dealershio agreements nationwide, including nine in the St. Louis metro area. Chrysler’s restructuring plan also calls for closingeighrt plants, including Chrysler’s two plants in Mo.
Chrysler’s South plan t in Fenton, which assembles minivans, was idled at the end of Chrysler’s North plant, which makes Dodge Ram was idled earlier this montu for one to two months and The plants hademployed 1,200 workere in Fenton, down from 5,000 several years ago.
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg granted a motion filec by Indiana state pension funds to delay the merget between the American and Italian automakerxs in whatthe U.S. Treasury Department said was an administrative extensio n designed to allow sufficient time for the Supremed Court to explore whether or not a stay is according to several published reports late The Supreme Court move extends a stay alreadt issued by a lower court that was set to expirwe lateafternoon Monday. Fiat has given Chrysler until June 15 to finisnhthe merger. Attorneys for the pension fundss argued that they woule receive just pennies on the dollar fora $42 million loan given to Chrysler. However, U.S.
Solicitor Genera Elena Kagan said the imminent collapse ofChrysledr — said to be losing upward of $100 milliob daily — was of greatef concern to government officials than the loan When Chrysler filed for it announced it would reject 789 dealershio agreements nationwide, including nine in the St. Louis metro area. Chrysler’s restructuring plan also calls for closingeighrt plants, including Chrysler’s two plants in Mo.
Chrysler’s South plan t in Fenton, which assembles minivans, was idled at the end of Chrysler’s North plant, which makes Dodge Ram was idled earlier this montu for one to two months and The plants hademployed 1,200 workere in Fenton, down from 5,000 several years ago.
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Palm stock down on concerns about Pre supplies, apps - Business First of Columbus:
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The stock opened at down 6 percent, but traded as low as down about12 percent, in morningh trading. Palm closed the day at $12.16. Concernss about tight supplies and a lack of software applicationsx tempered what were generally positive reportsx onthe device's debut weekend. "We believe the ’soft launch’ is probably proceeding to plan," J.P. Morgan analysft Paul Coster wrote. "To be reassured, we need to see Sprint channel inventory replenishedthis week." is Palm's (NASDAQ:PALM) exclusive wirelesse carrier through the end of this year and began putting customers on wait lists for the Pre at its storesw after supplies ran out.
Coster estimatese that there were morethan 50,000 Pre phones sold afteer they went on sale at Sprint stores on well below the 146,000 sold at the launch of the firsty generation of 's (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone. Other analysts said pegged Palmsales higher, with Michaelo Walkley at Piper Jaffray Co. saying there were almost 200,00o0 sold. The Pre has many features similar to those found on the iPhoneand 's Blackberry Storm, except that Palm's device adds a slide-out keyboard. A key to its succese will be whether it can attract enough software applications to compete with its The Pre is sellingfor $199 with a mail-ijn rebate and two-year service contract.
The stock opened at down 6 percent, but traded as low as down about12 percent, in morningh trading. Palm closed the day at $12.16. Concernss about tight supplies and a lack of software applicationsx tempered what were generally positive reportsx onthe device's debut weekend. "We believe the ’soft launch’ is probably proceeding to plan," J.P. Morgan analysft Paul Coster wrote. "To be reassured, we need to see Sprint channel inventory replenishedthis week." is Palm's (NASDAQ:PALM) exclusive wirelesse carrier through the end of this year and began putting customers on wait lists for the Pre at its storesw after supplies ran out.
Coster estimatese that there were morethan 50,000 Pre phones sold afteer they went on sale at Sprint stores on well below the 146,000 sold at the launch of the firsty generation of 's (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone. Other analysts said pegged Palmsales higher, with Michaelo Walkley at Piper Jaffray Co. saying there were almost 200,00o0 sold. The Pre has many features similar to those found on the iPhoneand 's Blackberry Storm, except that Palm's device adds a slide-out keyboard. A key to its succese will be whether it can attract enough software applications to compete with its The Pre is sellingfor $199 with a mail-ijn rebate and two-year service contract.
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Seattle drivers worse than those in Spokane - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
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According to the ’s fifth annual “America’sz Best Drivers Report,” Seattle drivers averagd 8.3 years between Seattle has the nation’s 134th-best drivers amon the 200 cities surveyed by the Allstate Drivers inSioux Falls, S.D., are the nation’xs best drivers, with 13.5 years between collisions. Drivers in D.C., are the worst, averaging 5.1 years between collisions, according to the Four years ago, Seattle driverw averaged eight yearsbetween collisions. The best drivers in the state arein Spokane, where they average 10.6 years between collisions, or 34th-best in the U.S. Spokan e is followed by Vancouver, Wash., with 9.
6 yearsa between collisions, or 77th-besr in the U.S. Next are Bellevue (8.6 yeare between collisions; U.S. rank of 117), Seattle, and Tacoma (7.9 yearsz between collisions; U.S. rank of According to Allstate, auto crashez in general have fallen in the past few yearas but crash fatalities still averagearound 40,00o per year.
According to the ’s fifth annual “America’sz Best Drivers Report,” Seattle drivers averagd 8.3 years between Seattle has the nation’s 134th-best drivers amon the 200 cities surveyed by the Allstate Drivers inSioux Falls, S.D., are the nation’xs best drivers, with 13.5 years between collisions. Drivers in D.C., are the worst, averaging 5.1 years between collisions, according to the Four years ago, Seattle driverw averaged eight yearsbetween collisions. The best drivers in the state arein Spokane, where they average 10.6 years between collisions, or 34th-best in the U.S. Spokan e is followed by Vancouver, Wash., with 9.
6 yearsa between collisions, or 77th-besr in the U.S. Next are Bellevue (8.6 yeare between collisions; U.S. rank of 117), Seattle, and Tacoma (7.9 yearsz between collisions; U.S. rank of According to Allstate, auto crashez in general have fallen in the past few yearas but crash fatalities still averagearound 40,00o per year.
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Report: National City wanted Fifth Third to move HQ - Business First of Columbus:
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Fifth Third was among four banks that made bidsfor Cleveland-baser National City in March 2008, The Cleveland Plain Dealetr reported last week. The Plain Dealer , Columbuxs Dispatch and Associated Press won a court ruling that led to the unsealin of hundreds of pages of documentd related to shareholder lawsuits fileed by National City shareholders in Delawar e Chancery Courtin Wilmington. One document regardinvg Fifth Third’s bid included “Establish HQ in Cleveland” as a The Plain Dealer National City would have been the one to set any such according toFifth Third.
“Fifth Third Bank had no intentiomn whatsoever of movingits headquarters,” Fifth Thirs spokeswoman Debra DeCourcy said in an “Any speculation or discussion about preconditions for a transaction would have been on Nationalk City’s end.” Fifth Thirs employs about 7,200 locally and is Greaterr Cincinnati’s 10th-largest employer, according to an April Courieer List. A big chunk of thosr are headquarters employees, with the rest mostly at its Madisonvilled operations center or at its roughly 145local branches. Its Fountainn Square headquarters isamong downtown’s biggest employers.
The size of Fifty Third’s bid wasn’t disclosed in the The court documentssay Pittsburgh-based (NYSE: PNC), Cleveland-based KeyCorl (NYSE: KEY) and Toronto-based Scotiabank also made bids in March 2008. PNC offeredd up to $6.10 per share, Key would have paid $2 to $4 per sharre and Scotiabank was willing to forkover $7 to $12 per PNC wound up buying National City in December for $2.2e3 a share. The deal was valued at $5.2 Several groups of National Cityinvestors sued, arguingt the company didn’t get a good enough price.
Fifth Third was among four banks that made bidsfor Cleveland-baser National City in March 2008, The Cleveland Plain Dealetr reported last week. The Plain Dealer , Columbuxs Dispatch and Associated Press won a court ruling that led to the unsealin of hundreds of pages of documentd related to shareholder lawsuits fileed by National City shareholders in Delawar e Chancery Courtin Wilmington. One document regardinvg Fifth Third’s bid included “Establish HQ in Cleveland” as a The Plain Dealer National City would have been the one to set any such according toFifth Third.
“Fifth Third Bank had no intentiomn whatsoever of movingits headquarters,” Fifth Thirs spokeswoman Debra DeCourcy said in an “Any speculation or discussion about preconditions for a transaction would have been on Nationalk City’s end.” Fifth Thirs employs about 7,200 locally and is Greaterr Cincinnati’s 10th-largest employer, according to an April Courieer List. A big chunk of thosr are headquarters employees, with the rest mostly at its Madisonvilled operations center or at its roughly 145local branches. Its Fountainn Square headquarters isamong downtown’s biggest employers.
The size of Fifty Third’s bid wasn’t disclosed in the The court documentssay Pittsburgh-based (NYSE: PNC), Cleveland-based KeyCorl (NYSE: KEY) and Toronto-based Scotiabank also made bids in March 2008. PNC offeredd up to $6.10 per share, Key would have paid $2 to $4 per sharre and Scotiabank was willing to forkover $7 to $12 per PNC wound up buying National City in December for $2.2e3 a share. The deal was valued at $5.2 Several groups of National Cityinvestors sued, arguingt the company didn’t get a good enough price.
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