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Florida has become the firsg state in the nation to prohibit additives, chemicals or adulterantzs from being added to the sweetener. Florida’s agriculture commissionef announced the newregulation Monday. "We want to assuree consumers that the product that they are buyingvis pure," Charles H. Bronson said in a news "Too often in the past, honegy has been cut with water or and sometimes even contaminated with insecticides or Inthe future, when you're paying for honeyh in this state, pure honey is what you will get.
" The new regulationh says honey containing anythint other than the "natural food product resulting from the harvest of nectarr by honeybees" is considered an adulterateds or mislabeled product. If found to have additives, the productsa are subject to a stopsale order. Repeart offenders face fines of upto $500 per The regulation grew out of a flood of adulteratedd honey products that came into Florida from overseas in 2006. A group of honey producers asked the to create anational standard, but, two yearx later, the FDA said it would not be able to reviea the petition due to other pressing according to a news release.
It was at that point the industryasked Bronson’s office to come up with a Monday’s announcement was the result of those Florida is the fourth-leading honey-producing state in the employing more than 500. Cash receipts to beekeepere were morethan $15 million in 2008. The beekeeping industruy has an annual economic impact estimatedat $40
Monday, November 19, 2012
Sunday, November 18, 2012
ESPN Zone closes doors in Denver - Denver Business Journal:
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The ESPN Zone, part of a nationwide chain of what used to be nine ofthe sports-themed bar and interactive game centers acrossw the country, laid off roughl 100 employees, giving each a 60-day administrativwe leave package, according to a company Rick Allesandri, an ESPN vice president who overseea Zone operations, said in the statemen that the restaurant could not survivee the recession. This economic downturnj has been marked nationally by reduced consumer spendingb on eating out and onentertainmenrt activities. “A decision like this is nevetr easy. We recognize and appreciats the commitment and years of servicd of all of these Allesandri said.
“Unfortunately, the current economic environment offered us noother choice.” The ESPN Zone was a 23,000-square-fooyt meeting place for sports fanatics, with one room featuring more than a dozenb large televisions tuned into contests of all kind and another full of videoi and sports games ranging from basketball to None of the eight othere ESPN Zone locations will be as all “are meeting our expectations,” said Matt Kovacs, a spokesmenb for the chain. , which owns the Tabor Center, issuec a statement saying it was “sorry to hear of theid decision to discontinue theirDenver operations.
” But the closing of ESPN Zone “hads created a new opportunity for us to brin new concepts to 16th Street,” it One of those new concepts is The Tilted a Celtic-themed restaurant and sportzs bar with 20 locations operating nationwide and another 10 planned. The which is expected to open its Denver locatio n this fall and to offerr outdoorpatio seating, has signed an 8,300-square-foot leas at Tabor Center, according to a news The Tilted Kilt began in Las Vegas in 2003 and is notede for its servers dressed in knee-higb socks, short plaid kilts and midriff-baring plaid halterf tops. It will be one of a number of new tenantsx opening in the Tabor Centerthis year.
“These new addition s to Tabor Center’s retail offering reflect our continuing efforts to enhancer the services and amenities for the customers and visitors to theTabort Center,” said Steve Budorick, executive vice president and partneer at Callahan Capital Partners.
The ESPN Zone, part of a nationwide chain of what used to be nine ofthe sports-themed bar and interactive game centers acrossw the country, laid off roughl 100 employees, giving each a 60-day administrativwe leave package, according to a company Rick Allesandri, an ESPN vice president who overseea Zone operations, said in the statemen that the restaurant could not survivee the recession. This economic downturnj has been marked nationally by reduced consumer spendingb on eating out and onentertainmenrt activities. “A decision like this is nevetr easy. We recognize and appreciats the commitment and years of servicd of all of these Allesandri said.
“Unfortunately, the current economic environment offered us noother choice.” The ESPN Zone was a 23,000-square-fooyt meeting place for sports fanatics, with one room featuring more than a dozenb large televisions tuned into contests of all kind and another full of videoi and sports games ranging from basketball to None of the eight othere ESPN Zone locations will be as all “are meeting our expectations,” said Matt Kovacs, a spokesmenb for the chain. , which owns the Tabor Center, issuec a statement saying it was “sorry to hear of theid decision to discontinue theirDenver operations.
” But the closing of ESPN Zone “hads created a new opportunity for us to brin new concepts to 16th Street,” it One of those new concepts is The Tilted a Celtic-themed restaurant and sportzs bar with 20 locations operating nationwide and another 10 planned. The which is expected to open its Denver locatio n this fall and to offerr outdoorpatio seating, has signed an 8,300-square-foot leas at Tabor Center, according to a news The Tilted Kilt began in Las Vegas in 2003 and is notede for its servers dressed in knee-higb socks, short plaid kilts and midriff-baring plaid halterf tops. It will be one of a number of new tenantsx opening in the Tabor Centerthis year.
“These new addition s to Tabor Center’s retail offering reflect our continuing efforts to enhancer the services and amenities for the customers and visitors to theTabort Center,” said Steve Budorick, executive vice president and partneer at Callahan Capital Partners.
Saturday, November 17, 2012
Thursday, November 15, 2012
WaMu sale will affect other banks, real estate, economy, philanthropy; depositors protected - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
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Williamson said depositors woul be transitioned to thenew bank. “With the exception of some new signagew on the branches and maybe some access to certaijfunctions electronically, there won’t be any significantg day-to-day changes,” he said in comment before the sale was announced. The sale will mean a huge downsizinbg ofthe state’s homegrown banking industry. WaMu, with $310 billion in assets, dwarfe all the other Washington-based banks. “Iyt diminishes the prestige of our said CarolKobuke Nelson, CEO of CASB) in Everett. Nelson said it was unlikelyg that any other regional bank couled growto WaMu’s size given the currenrt state of the economy.
“For a smaller bank to become as largwe as WaMuhas become, that woulxd be pretty difficult in today’s Nelson said in comments before the sale was WaMu’s market share of 12.3 percent in Washington is the second highest next to ’s BAC) 22.36 percent, according to the latest data available from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. WaMu’s sale gives of Spokane the highest market share among banks that are headquartered inthe state, with 3.37 Behind Sterling are , Banner Bank and . Seattle economist Dick co-publisher of the , called ’zs rapid fall “phenomenal.
” But he said the potentiakl loss of headquarters jobs from a WaMu sale pales in comparison to the impact of the broader credit and housing markert crisis on theregional economy. “My concern is less with the impacyt of WaMu on the local economu than it is the general credift problems we have nationally andhow it’s affectinhg the housing industry because that has had a much bigge r impact,” Conway said in comments before the sale was announced. The sale of major WaMu assets to JPMorganChase & Co. puts in play the questiob of what other assets will go on the block — such as Washington Mutual’s 42-story headquarterz building in downtown Seattle.
Should the building be put up for pricing will be an real estateexperts said. In this uncertain time, it’ss unlikely the office tower at 1301 Second Avenue will fetcnhthe $400 per squarwe foot price achieved at the heighty of the market more than a year ago. “There have been very few so it is very hard to say what pricintis today,” said Michael Lynch, chief investmenrt officer at in West Los Angeles. Arden is the investmentr arm of . But, Lynch said earlier this week, “I’nm optimistic. It has been very hard to buy. Pricing has been drivebn by the capital markets rather thanmarketg fundamentals. I think that is shifting.
This is when the Sam Zellsz of the world go out and make some veryinteresting deals.” Zell is the Chicagoo real estate mogul who was Seattle’s largest office landlord prior to selling his Lynch was Zell’s seniodr vice president of investments at Zell’s real estater investment trust, . Lynch believes capitalization ratea — the annual rate of return on investmentt — will be less importantf in determining pricing now that institutional investorz have snapped theirpocketbookas shut. Instead, Lynch expects officd buildings will start to sell at a discountr to the cost ofreplacing them.
“Pain does translatwe into opportunity,” Lynch said, in comments before the sale was WaMu’s sale raises questions about the company’s philanthropivc efforts in the Puget Sounde areaand nationally. In 2006, the compan gave nearly $50 million to organizationd acrossthe country, including $8.3 million for Washington-basec groups. The company has slashed its givinghthis year, though it has refused to say by how Carol Lewis, CEO of Philanthropty Northwest, an association of nonprofit organizations, held out hope in commentsz earlier this week that a WaMu sale wouldn’ be the end of its philanthropy.
“Iu think our experience is that companies who come in from outsider the community and purchase a businessa here often have a vested interest inthe community,” she
Williamson said depositors woul be transitioned to thenew bank. “With the exception of some new signagew on the branches and maybe some access to certaijfunctions electronically, there won’t be any significantg day-to-day changes,” he said in comment before the sale was announced. The sale will mean a huge downsizinbg ofthe state’s homegrown banking industry. WaMu, with $310 billion in assets, dwarfe all the other Washington-based banks. “Iyt diminishes the prestige of our said CarolKobuke Nelson, CEO of CASB) in Everett. Nelson said it was unlikelyg that any other regional bank couled growto WaMu’s size given the currenrt state of the economy.
“For a smaller bank to become as largwe as WaMuhas become, that woulxd be pretty difficult in today’s Nelson said in comments before the sale was WaMu’s market share of 12.3 percent in Washington is the second highest next to ’s BAC) 22.36 percent, according to the latest data available from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. WaMu’s sale gives of Spokane the highest market share among banks that are headquartered inthe state, with 3.37 Behind Sterling are , Banner Bank and . Seattle economist Dick co-publisher of the , called ’zs rapid fall “phenomenal.
” But he said the potentiakl loss of headquarters jobs from a WaMu sale pales in comparison to the impact of the broader credit and housing markert crisis on theregional economy. “My concern is less with the impacyt of WaMu on the local economu than it is the general credift problems we have nationally andhow it’s affectinhg the housing industry because that has had a much bigge r impact,” Conway said in comments before the sale was announced. The sale of major WaMu assets to JPMorganChase & Co. puts in play the questiob of what other assets will go on the block — such as Washington Mutual’s 42-story headquarterz building in downtown Seattle.
Should the building be put up for pricing will be an real estateexperts said. In this uncertain time, it’ss unlikely the office tower at 1301 Second Avenue will fetcnhthe $400 per squarwe foot price achieved at the heighty of the market more than a year ago. “There have been very few so it is very hard to say what pricintis today,” said Michael Lynch, chief investmenrt officer at in West Los Angeles. Arden is the investmentr arm of . But, Lynch said earlier this week, “I’nm optimistic. It has been very hard to buy. Pricing has been drivebn by the capital markets rather thanmarketg fundamentals. I think that is shifting.
This is when the Sam Zellsz of the world go out and make some veryinteresting deals.” Zell is the Chicagoo real estate mogul who was Seattle’s largest office landlord prior to selling his Lynch was Zell’s seniodr vice president of investments at Zell’s real estater investment trust, . Lynch believes capitalization ratea — the annual rate of return on investmentt — will be less importantf in determining pricing now that institutional investorz have snapped theirpocketbookas shut. Instead, Lynch expects officd buildings will start to sell at a discountr to the cost ofreplacing them.
“Pain does translatwe into opportunity,” Lynch said, in comments before the sale was WaMu’s sale raises questions about the company’s philanthropivc efforts in the Puget Sounde areaand nationally. In 2006, the compan gave nearly $50 million to organizationd acrossthe country, including $8.3 million for Washington-basec groups. The company has slashed its givinghthis year, though it has refused to say by how Carol Lewis, CEO of Philanthropty Northwest, an association of nonprofit organizations, held out hope in commentsz earlier this week that a WaMu sale wouldn’ be the end of its philanthropy.
“Iu think our experience is that companies who come in from outsider the community and purchase a businessa here often have a vested interest inthe community,” she
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Dallas home prices fall 5.6% - Dallas Business Journal:
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percent in the first quarter of 2009 when compared to the same perios ayear earlier, according to the latest Standard Poor’s/Case-Shiller Home Price The evaluates home prices in variouss U.S. metropolitan areas and develops data sketchees by evaluating changes within individual citiesd and within larger portfolios made up ofvariousa cities. The S&P/Case-Shiller 10-city composite index showss home pricesfalling 18.6 percent in the first quarteer as compared to the year before, while the report’s 20-city compositer index shows home prices falling 18.7 percent.
Despitse home price values dropping in Dallasas well, the Nortyh Texas area, along with Denver and continue to fare better with theier price declines landing at the lowedr end of the the S&P/Case-Shiller report said. The same cannoy be said for the rest of the according to the datareported “Declines in residential real estate continued at a steaduy pace into March,” said David Blitzer, chairman of the Indez Committee at Standard & Poor’s. “Alp 20 metro areas are still showinv negative annual rates of changwe in average home prices with nine of the metrk areas having recordannual declines.
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percent in the first quarter of 2009 when compared to the same perios ayear earlier, according to the latest Standard Poor’s/Case-Shiller Home Price The evaluates home prices in variouss U.S. metropolitan areas and develops data sketchees by evaluating changes within individual citiesd and within larger portfolios made up ofvariousa cities. The S&P/Case-Shiller 10-city composite index showss home pricesfalling 18.6 percent in the first quarteer as compared to the year before, while the report’s 20-city compositer index shows home prices falling 18.7 percent.
Despitse home price values dropping in Dallasas well, the Nortyh Texas area, along with Denver and continue to fare better with theier price declines landing at the lowedr end of the the S&P/Case-Shiller report said. The same cannoy be said for the rest of the according to the datareported “Declines in residential real estate continued at a steaduy pace into March,” said David Blitzer, chairman of the Indez Committee at Standard & Poor’s. “Alp 20 metro areas are still showinv negative annual rates of changwe in average home prices with nine of the metrk areas having recordannual declines.
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Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Former state senator to lead statewide health plan association - Charlotte Business Journal:
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Johnston served in the California Legislature for 20 with the Assembly from 1981 to 1990 and in the Senats from 1991to 2000. Johnston, a Democrat, representedf San Joaquin County in the Assembly and served in the 5th StateSenate District, which encompasses Yolo County alongv with portions of Solano and San Joaquin counties. He served as chaire of the Appropriations Committeer for six years during his time inthe Senate.
“Patric brings a wealth of experience working withijn the state Capitol and valuable expertiss on some of the most critical and omple public policy issuesfacing Californians,” Howarrd Kahn, chairman of the CAHP board of directors and CEO of , said in a news “With health care reform in Washington and our own statwe budget crisis, it was importanft for the board to find a CEO who is well-respectes in Sacramento and able to build effectivre partnershps,” Kahn added. Johnston will assume his new roleJuly 1.
He was also the firsyt legislator in residence at the and served as vice chairmajn of theCalifornia Bay-Delta Authority, which overseed the implementation of the CALFED Bay-Delta Program. In other CAHP stafv news, Charles Bacchi has been promoted to executivs vice president withthe Sacramento-based He had been vice president of legislative
Johnston served in the California Legislature for 20 with the Assembly from 1981 to 1990 and in the Senats from 1991to 2000. Johnston, a Democrat, representedf San Joaquin County in the Assembly and served in the 5th StateSenate District, which encompasses Yolo County alongv with portions of Solano and San Joaquin counties. He served as chaire of the Appropriations Committeer for six years during his time inthe Senate.
“Patric brings a wealth of experience working withijn the state Capitol and valuable expertiss on some of the most critical and omple public policy issuesfacing Californians,” Howarrd Kahn, chairman of the CAHP board of directors and CEO of , said in a news “With health care reform in Washington and our own statwe budget crisis, it was importanft for the board to find a CEO who is well-respectes in Sacramento and able to build effectivre partnershps,” Kahn added. Johnston will assume his new roleJuly 1.
He was also the firsyt legislator in residence at the and served as vice chairmajn of theCalifornia Bay-Delta Authority, which overseed the implementation of the CALFED Bay-Delta Program. In other CAHP stafv news, Charles Bacchi has been promoted to executivs vice president withthe Sacramento-based He had been vice president of legislative
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