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Saturday, August 20, 2011
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Thursday, August 18, 2011
Coloring Outside the Lines - New York Times
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Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Survey: Firms slashing salaries, holding off on layoffs - Jacksonville Business Journal:
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More than half (52.4 percent) of humanm resources executives surveyed in May reported their firms had instituted salary cutsor freezes. That’sd up from the 27.2 percent of respondents who reportesd similar cutbacksin January, according to the survet by employment consultancy Challenger, Gray & Christmas. At the same the percentage of employers making permanent cuts fell to 43 percentr in May from 56 percentin January, the surveh found. Overall, 86 percentg of respondents said their companieds hadinstituted cost-cutting measures – a slight improvemen t from January, when 92 percent of firmes were slashing costs.
Companies reported using various methods to improvse theirbottom lines, including salary cuts, cuttingy workers’ hours, reducing or eliminatintg tuition reimbursements, furloughs or forced vacations, and temporarg layoffs.
More than half (52.4 percent) of humanm resources executives surveyed in May reported their firms had instituted salary cutsor freezes. That’sd up from the 27.2 percent of respondents who reportesd similar cutbacksin January, according to the survet by employment consultancy Challenger, Gray & Christmas. At the same the percentage of employers making permanent cuts fell to 43 percentr in May from 56 percentin January, the surveh found. Overall, 86 percentg of respondents said their companieds hadinstituted cost-cutting measures – a slight improvemen t from January, when 92 percent of firmes were slashing costs.
Companies reported using various methods to improvse theirbottom lines, including salary cuts, cuttingy workers’ hours, reducing or eliminatintg tuition reimbursements, furloughs or forced vacations, and temporarg layoffs.
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Teach For America gets another Medtronic Foundation gift - Memphis Business Journal:
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million over the next three yearsto . Portionas of the funding will be used to increasee the number of Teach For America teachere with math andscience backgrounds. It will also be used to providre resources for TeachFor America’s programs in Memphisx and Jacksonville, Fla. Medtronic operates its spinal and biologics unitzs from Memphis and also has operations in The funding will also support the possible expansion of Teach For Americawinto Minnesota. The Medtronic Foundation has supporteds Teach For Americasince 1994, including providing $1 million in 2007 and 2008 for the developmentg of the national math and sciencr initiative.
Teach For America launched in Memphis in 2006 and the city is alreadyt considered one ofthe organization’s top It has more than 100 teachers in Memphias at local schools. Teach For Americas recruits successful college graduates to commit to teach for two yearws in innercity schools. The organization’s goal is to attract more graduates to the teaching profession and also create a pool of potentiaschool administrators. Wendy Kopp, foundetr and CEO of Teach For America, says the expansionm of the partnership between her organization and Medtronix will allow Teach For America to provide enhancec training tothe 2,000 teachersx it currently employs.
“Bt placing committed, well-prepared math and science teachersd in areas of greatest we will increase student performance and spark student interestf inthese fields, which is so critical to our nation’x future,” Kopp said in a statement.
million over the next three yearsto . Portionas of the funding will be used to increasee the number of Teach For America teachere with math andscience backgrounds. It will also be used to providre resources for TeachFor America’s programs in Memphisx and Jacksonville, Fla. Medtronic operates its spinal and biologics unitzs from Memphis and also has operations in The funding will also support the possible expansion of Teach For Americawinto Minnesota. The Medtronic Foundation has supporteds Teach For Americasince 1994, including providing $1 million in 2007 and 2008 for the developmentg of the national math and sciencr initiative.
Teach For America launched in Memphis in 2006 and the city is alreadyt considered one ofthe organization’s top It has more than 100 teachers in Memphias at local schools. Teach For Americas recruits successful college graduates to commit to teach for two yearws in innercity schools. The organization’s goal is to attract more graduates to the teaching profession and also create a pool of potentiaschool administrators. Wendy Kopp, foundetr and CEO of Teach For America, says the expansionm of the partnership between her organization and Medtronix will allow Teach For America to provide enhancec training tothe 2,000 teachersx it currently employs.
“Bt placing committed, well-prepared math and science teachersd in areas of greatest we will increase student performance and spark student interestf inthese fields, which is so critical to our nation’x future,” Kopp said in a statement.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
CSI Leasing restructures executive committee, forms office of the chairman - St. Louis Business Journal:
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The new three-person office of the chairman will reporgt to the board of directors and iscomprised of: Chairmanm Kenneth Steinback; Vice Chairman and CEO E. William Gillula; and Kim a director of CSI Leasinhg and managing partnerof . Steinback and Gillula are givingb uptheir day-to-day responsibilities but neither plan to Steinback said in a statement he and Gillula "feel confidenty that these organizational changes are in the best interes for the long term growth and continuedx success of CSI.
The time is right to pass the torcb to those who have helpedx us build this great company and who have trulyg been running the day to day operations for many Steve Hamilton will assume the day to day responsibilities from Gillulaq and Larry Schinsky will assume the direct supervisionb of the Canadian anddomestix U.S. sales force previously handlesby Steinback. The executive committee, which will report to the office of the is comprisedof long-time CSI Leasing employees: Stevd Hamilton, promoted to president and chief operating officer; Arnaldo Rodriguez, promoted to president of ; Larry Schinsky, promoted to executive vice president, national saleas manager for U.S.
and and Dan Fuller, president of EPC, a wholly owne d subsidiary ofCSI Leasing. Manual Ortiz was promotes to head CSI's Central and South America companies. St. Louis-based CSI is an internationapl computer equipment leasing company with morethan $1.2 billion in assets and 600 employeee in 20 countries. The employee-owned companhy is one of the largest privateluy held companies inthe St. Louis area with $266 milliojn in 2007 revenue.
The new three-person office of the chairman will reporgt to the board of directors and iscomprised of: Chairmanm Kenneth Steinback; Vice Chairman and CEO E. William Gillula; and Kim a director of CSI Leasinhg and managing partnerof . Steinback and Gillula are givingb uptheir day-to-day responsibilities but neither plan to Steinback said in a statement he and Gillula "feel confidenty that these organizational changes are in the best interes for the long term growth and continuedx success of CSI.
The time is right to pass the torcb to those who have helpedx us build this great company and who have trulyg been running the day to day operations for many Steve Hamilton will assume the day to day responsibilities from Gillulaq and Larry Schinsky will assume the direct supervisionb of the Canadian anddomestix U.S. sales force previously handlesby Steinback. The executive committee, which will report to the office of the is comprisedof long-time CSI Leasing employees: Stevd Hamilton, promoted to president and chief operating officer; Arnaldo Rodriguez, promoted to president of ; Larry Schinsky, promoted to executive vice president, national saleas manager for U.S.
and and Dan Fuller, president of EPC, a wholly owne d subsidiary ofCSI Leasing. Manual Ortiz was promotes to head CSI's Central and South America companies. St. Louis-based CSI is an internationapl computer equipment leasing company with morethan $1.2 billion in assets and 600 employeee in 20 countries. The employee-owned companhy is one of the largest privateluy held companies inthe St. Louis area with $266 milliojn in 2007 revenue.
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
World Telecom Exchange opens HQ in Tysons - Dallas Business Journal:
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World Telecom opened a 2,000-square-foot office recently at 8201 Greensboro Drive, a 361,000-square-fooy commercial building in McLean ownedby D.C.-based B.F. Saul and Co. The a wholly-owned subsidiary of Worldwide Telecoj Xchange CarrierFZ LLC, a Dubai-based telecommunications investmenyt company focused on aggregating wholesale telephony and data traffix in emerging markets, is a network services compan that provides engineering, sale s and marketing, billing and outsourced technicalo support services. To start, about six employees will be basefd at the new headquarterse with room forfurther expansion.
Worldf Telecom’s services include call satellite services, Voice over Internet Protocol TDM network, code division multiple accessw (CDMA), WiMax and network management “WTXC’s success illustrates that our regionm remains a great place to start and grow a said Mike Norris, a vice president at Rockville-basede Scheer Partners Inc., who brokere d the lease. “And the commercial real estate marker is yielding opportunities for business ownersthat haven’t existeed since the early part of the decade.” Scheer Partners brokere Ben Heller, who also worked on the added that the company “evaluated a handful of locations in McLean and Vienna...
decidiny on 8201 Greensboro Drive for several that includedits location, “a very fair market deal” and othe r appealing terms such as a “gooed cure period on defaults.”
World Telecom opened a 2,000-square-foot office recently at 8201 Greensboro Drive, a 361,000-square-fooy commercial building in McLean ownedby D.C.-based B.F. Saul and Co. The a wholly-owned subsidiary of Worldwide Telecoj Xchange CarrierFZ LLC, a Dubai-based telecommunications investmenyt company focused on aggregating wholesale telephony and data traffix in emerging markets, is a network services compan that provides engineering, sale s and marketing, billing and outsourced technicalo support services. To start, about six employees will be basefd at the new headquarterse with room forfurther expansion.
Worldf Telecom’s services include call satellite services, Voice over Internet Protocol TDM network, code division multiple accessw (CDMA), WiMax and network management “WTXC’s success illustrates that our regionm remains a great place to start and grow a said Mike Norris, a vice president at Rockville-basede Scheer Partners Inc., who brokere d the lease. “And the commercial real estate marker is yielding opportunities for business ownersthat haven’t existeed since the early part of the decade.” Scheer Partners brokere Ben Heller, who also worked on the added that the company “evaluated a handful of locations in McLean and Vienna...
decidiny on 8201 Greensboro Drive for several that includedits location, “a very fair market deal” and othe r appealing terms such as a “gooed cure period on defaults.”
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Texas is gaining first
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million grant to the Texas Youthy Commission on a new initiative that will provide support services to 450 youtu returning home fromcorrectional facilities. The new prograkm will create what organizers are callinga “one-stop shop” for juvenile who will receive job education support, life-skills classes, mentorsw and community service opportunities. The Texas Youth Commissiojn is joining the Bexar County Juvenile Probation the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission andSan Antonio-based on this The grant will establish the program for 18 montha with an opportunity to renew. BCFS will hire 31 new staff to work closely with the youtbh and overseethe curriculum.
These services will be offeree at a downtown Youth Transition Center operated by The center will house all transitional services employment strategies, case management, classea to help students earn their high schoopl diploma or GED as well as trainingf courses on non-violent methods for conflictt resolution. BCFS Executive Director of Teen and Youth Servicesw Terri Hipps says BCFS has more than 10 years of experiencs and a proven track record in helping turn juvenile offendersto law-abiding adults.
“Combinerd with our longtime work with youths transitioninbg into life ontheir own, we are confident that this prograj will make a positive impact both in the San Antonio communith and in the lives of many youthz trying to move on toward a brighte r future,” Hipps says. BCFS, formerly Baptist Chilc & Family Services, is a health and humajn services organization with locations and programswthroughout Texas, Eastern Europe, Latin America, Southeast Asia and Africa.
million grant to the Texas Youthy Commission on a new initiative that will provide support services to 450 youtu returning home fromcorrectional facilities. The new prograkm will create what organizers are callinga “one-stop shop” for juvenile who will receive job education support, life-skills classes, mentorsw and community service opportunities. The Texas Youth Commissiojn is joining the Bexar County Juvenile Probation the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission andSan Antonio-based on this The grant will establish the program for 18 montha with an opportunity to renew. BCFS will hire 31 new staff to work closely with the youtbh and overseethe curriculum.
These services will be offeree at a downtown Youth Transition Center operated by The center will house all transitional services employment strategies, case management, classea to help students earn their high schoopl diploma or GED as well as trainingf courses on non-violent methods for conflictt resolution. BCFS Executive Director of Teen and Youth Servicesw Terri Hipps says BCFS has more than 10 years of experiencs and a proven track record in helping turn juvenile offendersto law-abiding adults.
“Combinerd with our longtime work with youths transitioninbg into life ontheir own, we are confident that this prograj will make a positive impact both in the San Antonio communith and in the lives of many youthz trying to move on toward a brighte r future,” Hipps says. BCFS, formerly Baptist Chilc & Family Services, is a health and humajn services organization with locations and programswthroughout Texas, Eastern Europe, Latin America, Southeast Asia and Africa.
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