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percent temporary rate hike for small businesses and homezs to cover higher energy pricesthis summer. The power utility’as so-called “electric commodity adjustment” is intended to coverd an expected $54.8 million in higher fuel and purchased-energy pricesd for the third quartertof 2009. Xcel said that a typical small-business custome using 1,025 kilowatt-hours a month woul d see current bills increaseby $7.48 a month, to $101.83. A typicakl residential customer using625 kilowatt-hours a month would see a $4.5 increase, to $63.05. If approved by the , the rate hike would take effect July 1 and continue forthrees months.
Under utility rules, Xcel passes along energhy cost increases or decreases to customers ona dollar-for-dollar basizs through the quarterly electric commodity The new request is separate from a $112.2 million Xcel electric-rate hike already approvesd by the PUC that also takes effect July 1. That rate increase is to helpthe Minneapolis-based utilitgy (NYSE: XEL) recoup some $1.7 billion it’s spendiny on generation, transmission and distribution upgrades for
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Monday, June 27, 2011
Pulte Homes picks LandArc to manage Carolina Preserve at Amberly - Triangle Business Journal:
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Financial terms of the agreement were not Del Webb specializes in building communities for people age 55 and Carolina Preserve comprises morethan 1,200 homes and a 34,000-square-foot Auburn Hills, Mich.-based LandArc is a Detroit-area neighborr of Pulte Homes and has workedx on Del Webb communities in other partd of the country. “LandArc was selected to manages our Del Webb communityu because of their commitment to the successz of activelifestyle communities,” said Stevde Schlageter, president of Pulte’s Raleigh division. “LandArc understands that delivering excelleng service and lifestyle advantages to our customers is a high priorityt forDel Webb.
” Pulte PHM) that it would buy rival CTX) in a $3.1 billion deal that woul d create the nation’s largest home builder and combine two of the threde most prolific builders in the Raleigh-Durham
Financial terms of the agreement were not Del Webb specializes in building communities for people age 55 and Carolina Preserve comprises morethan 1,200 homes and a 34,000-square-foot Auburn Hills, Mich.-based LandArc is a Detroit-area neighborr of Pulte Homes and has workedx on Del Webb communities in other partd of the country. “LandArc was selected to manages our Del Webb communityu because of their commitment to the successz of activelifestyle communities,” said Stevde Schlageter, president of Pulte’s Raleigh division. “LandArc understands that delivering excelleng service and lifestyle advantages to our customers is a high priorityt forDel Webb.
” Pulte PHM) that it would buy rival CTX) in a $3.1 billion deal that woul d create the nation’s largest home builder and combine two of the threde most prolific builders in the Raleigh-Durham
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Podiatrist gets 5 months, $25,000 fine - St. Louis Business Journal:
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Dr. Bic Chau Stafford, who practicecd at the in Maryland Heights, as well as assorted assistec living facilitiesin St. Louis City and St. Louis in April to one felony count of obstruction of afederall audit. Stafford, 59, also executed a civikl settlement agreement with the United Stated requiring her to pay the Medicareprogram $425,000. Staffordf billed Medicare for numerous comple foot surgery procedures provided to 39 local Medicares beneficiaries when she was reallhy providing these patients with only routine foot such as toenail clipping, prosecutorzs said.
When she was audited by the Medicare prograjmin 2007, Medicare deniedc her claims for reimbursement regarding these 39 beneficiariesx and requested that she repay $6,84 for non-covered services that had been previouslu paid to her. Stafford challenged this and as part of her effortx to avoid payingthe overpayment, Staffored created new treatment records for those 39 patients in 2007, back-dating them to using fraudulent treatment information and claiming that she had providerd these patients with podiatric surgical prosecutors said.
Dr. Bic Chau Stafford, who practicecd at the in Maryland Heights, as well as assorted assistec living facilitiesin St. Louis City and St. Louis in April to one felony count of obstruction of afederall audit. Stafford, 59, also executed a civikl settlement agreement with the United Stated requiring her to pay the Medicareprogram $425,000. Staffordf billed Medicare for numerous comple foot surgery procedures provided to 39 local Medicares beneficiaries when she was reallhy providing these patients with only routine foot such as toenail clipping, prosecutorzs said.
When she was audited by the Medicare prograjmin 2007, Medicare deniedc her claims for reimbursement regarding these 39 beneficiariesx and requested that she repay $6,84 for non-covered services that had been previouslu paid to her. Stafford challenged this and as part of her effortx to avoid payingthe overpayment, Staffored created new treatment records for those 39 patients in 2007, back-dating them to using fraudulent treatment information and claiming that she had providerd these patients with podiatric surgical prosecutors said.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Credit still tight even for large corporations - Washington Business Journal: Washington Bureau
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Most chief financial officers said their accessto short-time credit has not changed much sincse the beginning of this according to AFP. Nearly 30 percent said credig isless available, while only 14 percentf said access to credit has improved. About 70 percenr have reduced capital spending and reduced or frozen hirin g since credit markets frozelast September. Nearly 60 percent have considere d orimplemented layoffs. The good news is that 74 percengt believe credit markets will begi to ease by the end ofthe year.
"Despits unprecedented government action, the lack of any significantr thawin short-term credit access is extremely and many companies are reacting by stockpilingv cash," said AFP Presideny and CEO Jim Kaitz. "While many organizationas with their strong cash positions willbe well-positione once the economy begins to improve, overall economic conditiona will not improve until organizations can begin using theitr cash in activities that foster For more information, see
Most chief financial officers said their accessto short-time credit has not changed much sincse the beginning of this according to AFP. Nearly 30 percent said credig isless available, while only 14 percentf said access to credit has improved. About 70 percenr have reduced capital spending and reduced or frozen hirin g since credit markets frozelast September. Nearly 60 percent have considere d orimplemented layoffs. The good news is that 74 percengt believe credit markets will begi to ease by the end ofthe year.
"Despits unprecedented government action, the lack of any significantr thawin short-term credit access is extremely and many companies are reacting by stockpilingv cash," said AFP Presideny and CEO Jim Kaitz. "While many organizationas with their strong cash positions willbe well-positione once the economy begins to improve, overall economic conditiona will not improve until organizations can begin using theitr cash in activities that foster For more information, see
Monday, June 20, 2011
The Week Ahead: Joe Biden tries to button up a bipartisan budget deal - Houston Chronicle (blog)
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Houston Chronicle (blog) | The Week Ahead: Joe Biden tries to button up a bipartisan budget deal Houston Chronicle (blog) Welcome to Texas on the Potomac's “The Week Ahead,†a preview of events to come on Capitol Hill and at the White House this week. The bicameral bipartisan group meeting with Vice President Joe Biden on a deficit reduction deal met three times last week ... |
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Kannapolis honored for economic strategy - Business First of Columbus:
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The city received the award in the categorgy of Excellence in EconomicDiversificationh Strategies, which recognizes responses to plant closures and other economicv dislocations, that promote economic diversification. The competition is open to nonprofits; local, statee and regional governments; and universities and Cabarrus and Rowan countieslost 4,300 manufacturing jobs when textilr manufacturer Kannapolis-basedPillowtex Corp. closed in July 2003. Two yearzs later, California billionaire David Murdock announced plans forthe N.C. Researcgh Campus at the 350-acre forme r Pillowtex headquarters andmanufacturinv site.
The life-sciences hub includess the participation ofDuke University, the UNC System, the N.C. Communitgy College System, other educational institutions andbusiness partners. The totapl investment is expected toreach $1.8 Residential and commercial developments are rising arounr the campus with hopes of turning a former textile town, into a biotech
The city received the award in the categorgy of Excellence in EconomicDiversificationh Strategies, which recognizes responses to plant closures and other economicv dislocations, that promote economic diversification. The competition is open to nonprofits; local, statee and regional governments; and universities and Cabarrus and Rowan countieslost 4,300 manufacturing jobs when textilr manufacturer Kannapolis-basedPillowtex Corp. closed in July 2003. Two yearzs later, California billionaire David Murdock announced plans forthe N.C. Researcgh Campus at the 350-acre forme r Pillowtex headquarters andmanufacturinv site.
The life-sciences hub includess the participation ofDuke University, the UNC System, the N.C. Communitgy College System, other educational institutions andbusiness partners. The totapl investment is expected toreach $1.8 Residential and commercial developments are rising arounr the campus with hopes of turning a former textile town, into a biotech
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Police ask for help identifying man who allegedly burglarized 3 Toms River ... - Asbury Park Press
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Police ask for help identifying man who allegedly burglarized 3 Toms River ... Asbury Park Press Burglary at Geno D's (6/15/11): Surveillance video shows a man who pryed open the back door and entered Geno D's on Route 70 in Toms River early Sunday morning. VIDEO COURTESY OF THE TOMS RIVER POLICE DEPARTMENT TOMS RIVER â€" Police are hoping a ... |
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