Red and Black | HOPE Scholarship not lost, but diminished Bizjournals.com The program will no longer cover a rise in tuition costs, and remedial classes will no longer be covered, among other provisions, according to macon.com, citing an Associated Press report. Deal plans to announce more details of the plan on Tuesday. ... Plan to Save HOPE is in Place, Capping Awards |
Friday, February 18, 2011
HOPE Scholarship not lost, but diminished - Bizjournals.com
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Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Smith & Hawken to shutter at SouthPark - Nashville Business Journal:
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“The combination of a weak economy and the lack of scalre proved too great to Jim Hagedorn, chief executive of Ohio-based lawn and garden giant , said in a statemenrt Wednesday. Employees of the 5,500-square-foot store at Phillipes Place were notified Thursdah of the plans to shutterthe operation. A closing date hasn’t been announced. Smith Hawken opened the storein 1998. Scottxs (NYSE:SMG) says storewide saleds across the chain will begi immediately and be managed bya third-party Orders on Smith Hawken’s Web site, catalog and call centere have been discontinued. The chai n has specialized in gardening clothing, furniture, books and calendars.
For a Scotts had been exploring options forthe high-end gardej brand it bought in 2004 for $68.45 million. But it decided closing the business wasthe “best optio available,” Hagedorn said. Scotts’ latestf annual report said the chain has consistently underperfomedf during the pastfive years.
“The combination of a weak economy and the lack of scalre proved too great to Jim Hagedorn, chief executive of Ohio-based lawn and garden giant , said in a statemenrt Wednesday. Employees of the 5,500-square-foot store at Phillipes Place were notified Thursdah of the plans to shutterthe operation. A closing date hasn’t been announced. Smith Hawken opened the storein 1998. Scottxs (NYSE:SMG) says storewide saleds across the chain will begi immediately and be managed bya third-party Orders on Smith Hawken’s Web site, catalog and call centere have been discontinued. The chai n has specialized in gardening clothing, furniture, books and calendars.
For a Scotts had been exploring options forthe high-end gardej brand it bought in 2004 for $68.45 million. But it decided closing the business wasthe “best optio available,” Hagedorn said. Scotts’ latestf annual report said the chain has consistently underperfomedf during the pastfive years.
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Special ratings: Overachievement - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:
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Business First not only rates the academifc performance of WesternNew York’s 98 schoo districts, but also grades them in severap specialized categories. Among them is overachievement/underachievement. Aim: Identifyh districts that have strongacademic records, even though a substantiao number of their students live in Formula: Each district’s academicf rank is compared to its socioeconomicc climate rank. If a district is 25th academicallyy and 50thin socioeconomics, it is said to have overachiever by 25 places.
If the same districg is 58th academically, it has underachieved by eight Note: Look for Business First’s storty on socioeconomic climate, whichb was published on Tuesday ofthis week. Districts are placed in five categories, ranginh from large overachievement tolarge underachievement. Each district’s achievement rating is included in its profilre in the printed version ofBusiness First’z 2009-2010 Guide to Western New York Schools. Leader: Shermanh overachieves in a big way. It’s saddled with one of the 10 worsty poverty rates in WesternNew York, reflected in its rank of 86th for socioeconomicf climate.
Yet Sherman is an impressived 29th in theacademic standings, an improvement of 57 positions. Below are 97 districtx rated from biggest overachievers tobiggest underachievers. (Ther e are numerous ties.) Wyoming is not included becauss it does not have ahigh • 1. Sherman • 2. Fillmore • 3. Alfred-Almondf • 4. Westfield • 5. Clymer 6. Pine Valley 7. Albion • 8. Lyndonville 9. Belfast • 10. West Valleu • 10.
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Business First not only rates the academifc performance of WesternNew York’s 98 schoo districts, but also grades them in severap specialized categories. Among them is overachievement/underachievement. Aim: Identifyh districts that have strongacademic records, even though a substantiao number of their students live in Formula: Each district’s academicf rank is compared to its socioeconomicc climate rank. If a district is 25th academicallyy and 50thin socioeconomics, it is said to have overachiever by 25 places.
If the same districg is 58th academically, it has underachieved by eight Note: Look for Business First’s storty on socioeconomic climate, whichb was published on Tuesday ofthis week. Districts are placed in five categories, ranginh from large overachievement tolarge underachievement. Each district’s achievement rating is included in its profilre in the printed version ofBusiness First’z 2009-2010 Guide to Western New York Schools. Leader: Shermanh overachieves in a big way. It’s saddled with one of the 10 worsty poverty rates in WesternNew York, reflected in its rank of 86th for socioeconomicf climate.
Yet Sherman is an impressived 29th in theacademic standings, an improvement of 57 positions. Below are 97 districtx rated from biggest overachievers tobiggest underachievers. (Ther e are numerous ties.) Wyoming is not included becauss it does not have ahigh • 1. Sherman • 2. Fillmore • 3. Alfred-Almondf • 4. Westfield • 5. Clymer 6. Pine Valley 7. Albion • 8. Lyndonville 9. Belfast • 10. West Valleu • 10.
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Thursday, February 10, 2011
Police Seize Heroin, Cash After Narcotics Investigation - Hartford Courant
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Police Seize Heroin, Cash After Narcotics Investigation Hartford Courant After a lengthy narcotics trafficking and sales investigation in the Greater Bridgeport Area ... Task force seizes heroin, $176K in cash 3 arrested in connection with heroin-dealing ring |
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Leeds Carnegie can avoid the drop - Adrian Jarvis - BBC News
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Leeds Carnegie can avoid the drop - Adrian Jarvis BBC News New Leeds Carnegie fly-half Adrian Jarvis believes his side can avoid relegation from the Premiership. The 27-year-old joined from Bristol until the end of ... |
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Bowling museum to close Nov. 8 - St. Louis Business Journal:
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The museum, which has operated in St. Louis since 1984, is then expected to re-ope n in Arlington, Texas, in 2010 as part of the InternationakBowling Campus, which will also houser the United States Bowling Congress and the Bowlinhg Proprietors Association of America. “We had two options: eitherd joining the Ballpark Village or movinhgto Texas, and the boarsd thought it was in the best interest of the museumm to move,” said Sonia Brooks, museum office manager. The museuk has five full-time employees and 15 part-time employees. It’s not clear which full-time employeews will relocate. Brooks, who has workede at the museum 15 saidshe isn’t movinbg to Texas.
“I hate to see it she said. The museum sold its building and land to the Ballparl Village development partnership consisting ofthe St. Louia Cardinals and the The museum firstr announced its movein .
The museum, which has operated in St. Louis since 1984, is then expected to re-ope n in Arlington, Texas, in 2010 as part of the InternationakBowling Campus, which will also houser the United States Bowling Congress and the Bowlinhg Proprietors Association of America. “We had two options: eitherd joining the Ballpark Village or movinhgto Texas, and the boarsd thought it was in the best interest of the museumm to move,” said Sonia Brooks, museum office manager. The museuk has five full-time employees and 15 part-time employees. It’s not clear which full-time employeews will relocate. Brooks, who has workede at the museum 15 saidshe isn’t movinbg to Texas.
“I hate to see it she said. The museum sold its building and land to the Ballparl Village development partnership consisting ofthe St. Louia Cardinals and the The museum firstr announced its movein .
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Ten banks allowed to repay TARP funds - New Mexico Business Weekly:
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The Treasury Department did not name the10 banks, but said they were beinfg approved for early repayment of the federao bailout funds under the Troubled Assert Relief Program (TARP) because the so-called stress tests performed by the government revealed they were healthy enough to pay back the The department said the institutions have met the requirements for repayment established by federal banking supervisors. It noted that many banks recently have raised equityy capital from private investors and haveissued long-term debt that is not guaranteex by the government.
“These repayments are an encouraginbg sign offinancial repair, but we still have work to do,” Treasuryt Secretary Tim Geithner said. More than 600 banks receivec a total ofnearly $200 billion through the department’xs Capital Purchase Program. About $2 billion of this monety was paidback previously. Under the program, bank that repay their preferred stock can repurchasw the warrants that the Treasury Department Besides the proceeds from the salesw ofthe warrants, the department also has receiveed $4.5 billion in dividend payments from prograk participants. Proceeds from the repaymentse to go theTreasury Department’s general fund.
They can be used to reduc the national debt and can serve as a cushiohn in case the department needs to respond to financiapl emergencies inthe future, the department said. The list of 10 banks was not publiclt disclosed, but many of the banks confirmer separately in press releases that they receiver approval to buy back preferred sharexs sold to the federal including two banks withsizable Milwaukee-areaa presences: (NYSE: USB) and J.P. Morganj Chase (NYSE: JPM). U.S. Bank was cleare to repay $6.
6 billion in TARP fundsd and Chase was approved to repayall $25 billio n in TARP funds it Locally based banks that received TARP fundsz include and of Milwaukee, of Menomonee Falls and in M&I, the Milwaukee-area's largest bank, was not amontg the list of 10 banks approved to repay its TARP according to media reports. M&I said in May that it begahn to sell stock in a sale that coulfd raise as muchas $350 million in proceeds, part of which the bank said it may use to repau a portion of the $1.
7 billion capital infusiojn it received in Novembetr 2008 under TARP if approved by
The Treasury Department did not name the10 banks, but said they were beinfg approved for early repayment of the federao bailout funds under the Troubled Assert Relief Program (TARP) because the so-called stress tests performed by the government revealed they were healthy enough to pay back the The department said the institutions have met the requirements for repayment established by federal banking supervisors. It noted that many banks recently have raised equityy capital from private investors and haveissued long-term debt that is not guaranteex by the government.
“These repayments are an encouraginbg sign offinancial repair, but we still have work to do,” Treasuryt Secretary Tim Geithner said. More than 600 banks receivec a total ofnearly $200 billion through the department’xs Capital Purchase Program. About $2 billion of this monety was paidback previously. Under the program, bank that repay their preferred stock can repurchasw the warrants that the Treasury Department Besides the proceeds from the salesw ofthe warrants, the department also has receiveed $4.5 billion in dividend payments from prograk participants. Proceeds from the repaymentse to go theTreasury Department’s general fund.
They can be used to reduc the national debt and can serve as a cushiohn in case the department needs to respond to financiapl emergencies inthe future, the department said. The list of 10 banks was not publiclt disclosed, but many of the banks confirmer separately in press releases that they receiver approval to buy back preferred sharexs sold to the federal including two banks withsizable Milwaukee-areaa presences: (NYSE: USB) and J.P. Morganj Chase (NYSE: JPM). U.S. Bank was cleare to repay $6.
6 billion in TARP fundsd and Chase was approved to repayall $25 billio n in TARP funds it Locally based banks that received TARP fundsz include and of Milwaukee, of Menomonee Falls and in M&I, the Milwaukee-area's largest bank, was not amontg the list of 10 banks approved to repay its TARP according to media reports. M&I said in May that it begahn to sell stock in a sale that coulfd raise as muchas $350 million in proceeds, part of which the bank said it may use to repau a portion of the $1.
7 billion capital infusiojn it received in Novembetr 2008 under TARP if approved by
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