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Site Selection magazine on Mondagy announced the state wonthe Governor’ws Cup for having 503 new and expandedf corporate facilities recorded last year. Ohio won the awarf last year andin 2006. Before that, the state took the top prize in 2003 and duringta three-year streak starting in 1993. Despite notching its third consecutive victory, Ohio took the prize by a nose. Texas came in a very closs second with497 projects, followed by Michigan at No. 3 with 296 Site Selection has been doling outthe Governor’sd Cup since 1978. Data for the rankinf are culled from a database run by publisher ConwayData Inc.
In a rankin g of projects in metropolitan areas with a population of 1 million or Columbusranked No. 8 with 77 projects, just aheard of Cleveland with 67 projectz but four spots behind Cincinnatowith 124. The last time Columbus made the metro-level Site Selection ranking wasin 2004, when it made an appearancde at No. 9. Reacting to the Governor’s Cup announcemenf Monday, Gov. Ted Strickland said in a releasethat “thi award serves as an importanyt reminder that our commitment to phasing in comprehensive tax while investing in sustainable sectors of the is positioning Ohio for recovert and long-term economic “But we will not rest for a momen t in the midst of this national Strickland said.
“Our budget continues to prioritiz investmentsin education, health care and job-creatingb tax relief to encourage capitakl investment and grow Ohio’s economy.”
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
RehabCare sells Midland, Texas, hospital to HealthSouth - Charlotte Business Journal:
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Financial terms of the deal weren't Birmingham, Ala.-based HealthSouth Corp. (NYSE: HLS) is a national provider of physicalrehabilitation services. RehabCare said in a release that operations atthe 38-bed freestandingb rehabilitation hospital are scheduled to end on or about Aug. 29. The patientse remaining at the hospital at that time will be transferred to HealthSout Rehabilitation Hospitalof Midland-Odessa, a 60-bed rehabilitation hospital that openes in 1993, the companty said.
RehabCare and HealthSouth have been providint similar rehabilitation services tothe Midland-Odessa area for 15 according to the "The need for two rehabilitation hospitalsx in this area has been questioned for some said John Short, RehabCare president and CEO, said in a "In order to rationalize the market going we need to remove unnecessary duplication of Likewise, when we look at the long-terkm potential of our total hospital this divestiture makes strategix sense for us.
" Memorial Rehabilitation Hospital in Midland openesd in 1988 under contract management by RehabCare, which boughgt the rehab facility's assetds in 2006 from Midland Memorial Hospital and renamecd the facility RehabCare Rehabilitation Hospital-Permian Basin. Shor t said the RehabCare facility's more than 50 staff members "wilp have opportunity to explore open at HealthSouth orwithinb RehabCare's network, which includes five locationse in Midland-Odessa among more than 150 locations in Texas. St.
Louis-basex RehabCare (NYSE: RHB) provides physicall rehabilitation program management services in morethan 1,200 nursing homes and other long-term care facilitie s throughout the United States. RehabCare also owns and operatea freestanding rehabilitationand long-term acute care
Financial terms of the deal weren't Birmingham, Ala.-based HealthSouth Corp. (NYSE: HLS) is a national provider of physicalrehabilitation services. RehabCare said in a release that operations atthe 38-bed freestandingb rehabilitation hospital are scheduled to end on or about Aug. 29. The patientse remaining at the hospital at that time will be transferred to HealthSout Rehabilitation Hospitalof Midland-Odessa, a 60-bed rehabilitation hospital that openes in 1993, the companty said.
RehabCare and HealthSouth have been providint similar rehabilitation services tothe Midland-Odessa area for 15 according to the "The need for two rehabilitation hospitalsx in this area has been questioned for some said John Short, RehabCare president and CEO, said in a "In order to rationalize the market going we need to remove unnecessary duplication of Likewise, when we look at the long-terkm potential of our total hospital this divestiture makes strategix sense for us.
" Memorial Rehabilitation Hospital in Midland openesd in 1988 under contract management by RehabCare, which boughgt the rehab facility's assetds in 2006 from Midland Memorial Hospital and renamecd the facility RehabCare Rehabilitation Hospital-Permian Basin. Shor t said the RehabCare facility's more than 50 staff members "wilp have opportunity to explore open at HealthSouth orwithinb RehabCare's network, which includes five locationse in Midland-Odessa among more than 150 locations in Texas. St.
Louis-basex RehabCare (NYSE: RHB) provides physicall rehabilitation program management services in morethan 1,200 nursing homes and other long-term care facilitie s throughout the United States. RehabCare also owns and operatea freestanding rehabilitationand long-term acute care
Monday, December 10, 2012
AT&T cuts iPhone prices - Business Courier of Cincinnati:
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Customers can purchase the iPhone 3G immediatelygat AT&T company-owned stores or online. The iPhons 3G S is available for preordering and will be in storeeJune 19. The price cut came in conjunctionwith AT&T'zs reaffirmance of its financial guidance for 2009 that targetsz wireless service operating income margins in the low 40% Dallas-based AT&T (NYSE: T) said its cost of customer acquisition for iPhoned 3G S and the newly pricer iPhone 3G are expected to be very similatr to the costs associated with the original iPhone 3G. In the first AT&T’s iPhone activations totaled morethan 1.6 million, more than 40% of them for customers who were new to the company.
“iPhonde 3G S is the most powerfuliPhone yet, and we’re extremelyy proud to offer it to our customerz on the nation’s fastest 3G network,” said Ralph de la Vega, president and CEO, AT&T Mobility and Consumere Markets. “We’re also pleased to offer these innovative phones and plans atincrediblde values, including free Wi-Fi access at nearly 20,000 hot
Customers can purchase the iPhone 3G immediatelygat AT&T company-owned stores or online. The iPhons 3G S is available for preordering and will be in storeeJune 19. The price cut came in conjunctionwith AT&T'zs reaffirmance of its financial guidance for 2009 that targetsz wireless service operating income margins in the low 40% Dallas-based AT&T (NYSE: T) said its cost of customer acquisition for iPhoned 3G S and the newly pricer iPhone 3G are expected to be very similatr to the costs associated with the original iPhone 3G. In the first AT&T’s iPhone activations totaled morethan 1.6 million, more than 40% of them for customers who were new to the company.
“iPhonde 3G S is the most powerfuliPhone yet, and we’re extremelyy proud to offer it to our customerz on the nation’s fastest 3G network,” said Ralph de la Vega, president and CEO, AT&T Mobility and Consumere Markets. “We’re also pleased to offer these innovative phones and plans atincrediblde values, including free Wi-Fi access at nearly 20,000 hot
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Study shows San Antonio is nation's best-performing city in recession - South Florida Business Journal:
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The Washington, D.C.-based think tank has begun analyzing the impact of the recessionthroughout America’s metropolitan In the first of a seriesw of quarterly MetroMonitor reports, Brookings ranked San Oklahoma City, Austin, Houston and Dallasw as the top five metro areas in the countryg in economic performance in the wake of the recession. Brookings rankee the top 100 metropolitan areas based on six keyindicators — unemployment rates, wages, gross metropolitan housing prices and foreclosure This initial MetroMonitor repor t covers the first quarter of 2009. The five worst metropolitan areasa in the country impacted bythe recession, in descendingf order, are Jacksonville, Fla.
; Lakeland, Fla.; Tampa, Bradenton, Fla.; and Detroit. “All metropolitan areas are feeling the effectzs ofthis recession, but the distress is not sharerd equally,” says Alan Berube, research director of the Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookingse and co-author of the report. “While some areax of the country have experienced only ashallowa downturn, and may be emerging from the recessionh already, people living in metro area s that are now performing weakesg economically should prepare themselves for a long recovery Howard Wial, director of the Metropolitahn Economy Initiative at Brookings and another co-authoer of the report, argues that the reportt shows that a national fiscal and monetary policy will not be enough for stimulating the economy.
“Mangy (metro) areas will need targeted assistance, and sincew states have no funds the federal government will have to step up to fill the Concentrations of industry activitgy have both helped and hurts some regional economies durinygthe recession. For example, metropolitanj areas in states with specializations in energu and governmentemployment — such as Texas, New Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana — have largely been insulated by the However, metropolitan areas in statess like Michigan and Ohio that depens heavily on the automotive industry have been impactedd by the downturn in the economy, the reporyt shows.
San Antonio is home to Randolph AirForc Base, Fort Sam Houston, Lacklands Air Force Base and Brooksz City-Base. The 2005 Base Realignment and Closurer decision alone is providing a significant economicd punch to theAlamo City’as economy through the consolidation of high-payin military health care jobs and more than $2 billiobn worth of new construction activity. A separate report released by LLC outlininh the impact of BRAC showes that Fort Sam Houston alone would experiencea 11,500 increasd of personnel. The Army post will also gain 7.9 millioh square feet of space.
Construction activitg due to BRAC alonse shouldcreate 46,000 construction jobs during the course of the building programs, the DiLuzio report
The Washington, D.C.-based think tank has begun analyzing the impact of the recessionthroughout America’s metropolitan In the first of a seriesw of quarterly MetroMonitor reports, Brookings ranked San Oklahoma City, Austin, Houston and Dallasw as the top five metro areas in the countryg in economic performance in the wake of the recession. Brookings rankee the top 100 metropolitan areas based on six keyindicators — unemployment rates, wages, gross metropolitan housing prices and foreclosure This initial MetroMonitor repor t covers the first quarter of 2009. The five worst metropolitan areasa in the country impacted bythe recession, in descendingf order, are Jacksonville, Fla.
; Lakeland, Fla.; Tampa, Bradenton, Fla.; and Detroit. “All metropolitan areas are feeling the effectzs ofthis recession, but the distress is not sharerd equally,” says Alan Berube, research director of the Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookingse and co-author of the report. “While some areax of the country have experienced only ashallowa downturn, and may be emerging from the recessionh already, people living in metro area s that are now performing weakesg economically should prepare themselves for a long recovery Howard Wial, director of the Metropolitahn Economy Initiative at Brookings and another co-authoer of the report, argues that the reportt shows that a national fiscal and monetary policy will not be enough for stimulating the economy.
“Mangy (metro) areas will need targeted assistance, and sincew states have no funds the federal government will have to step up to fill the Concentrations of industry activitgy have both helped and hurts some regional economies durinygthe recession. For example, metropolitanj areas in states with specializations in energu and governmentemployment — such as Texas, New Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana — have largely been insulated by the However, metropolitan areas in statess like Michigan and Ohio that depens heavily on the automotive industry have been impactedd by the downturn in the economy, the reporyt shows.
San Antonio is home to Randolph AirForc Base, Fort Sam Houston, Lacklands Air Force Base and Brooksz City-Base. The 2005 Base Realignment and Closurer decision alone is providing a significant economicd punch to theAlamo City’as economy through the consolidation of high-payin military health care jobs and more than $2 billiobn worth of new construction activity. A separate report released by LLC outlininh the impact of BRAC showes that Fort Sam Houston alone would experiencea 11,500 increasd of personnel. The Army post will also gain 7.9 millioh square feet of space.
Construction activitg due to BRAC alonse shouldcreate 46,000 construction jobs during the course of the building programs, the DiLuzio report
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Netstock gets $30M for growth - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
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Since the Bellevue company rolled out its service in there have been dayswhen 1,500 to 2,00 new customers have signed up, said Jeff the company's chief executive He declined to reveal detailed customer numbers. Sharebuildee is an online brokerage, where a customer might decidde to buy 100 shares of Boeingat $35 per shars and would have to come up with $3,50 0 cash. Instead, Sharebuilder allows a consumef tobuy stock, either a full or fractional share, througjh regular deductions from an account. Sally, for instance, coul d designate that she wants $100 deducted each monthj to buyMicrosoft stock. is selling for $75 per share, Sallyu would receive 1.33 shares that month.
Netstockj charges $2 per transaction. With its Sharebuilder service and the technologybehindd it, Netstock is broadening its The company, founded in 1996, has pioneered the online version of direct stock investing whereby consumers can buy stoc k directly from a publicl y traded company. That site, , has more than 250,00p0 customers. "We built the original Web site for direcft stock investors and built it to where we have 70 percentmarkeft share," said Seely. "But that business is limited in that it only worka if a company has a direcgstock plan. Microsoft, Amazon, Starbucks and Nordstrok are just a few of the companies up herethat don'ty have direct plans.
" In order to serv customers who might want to invesrt in Microsoft or Amazon through direct investing, Seely and his team deciderd they needed to build a better product, one with broader stock selection, better online capabilities, and the ability to sell the stocj in real time, rather than the one to thres weeks it takes with a directg plan. In addition, the servicee needed to be cheap, and the fees more he said. Enter Sharebuilder. Netstock charges $2 per buy or $1 for a child'zs account. The company charges a flat $19.95 on each sell Customers can't borrow against the account, and there's no margin "This is really a killer service," Seel y said.
"It's very predictable. Abouf 95 percent of the transactionsare reoccurring, and that makesx for a really good business Today people are (making an $300-a-month investment. "With Sharbuilder, we'ree assuring college educations and helpingpeople retire," he "This is a really good way to accumulate wealth." The service isn't a competitor to onlined brokerages but rather a supplement, said Seely. "Ni online brokers and none of the traditional brokerageds accommodates you on aweekl investment, or a standingy order to buy fractional shares," he said. "Noo broker takes a standing order to buy 5 shareszof anything.
They're set up to do discreet initiated events." Seely said he's been pleasantlu surprised atthe sign-upsa at since its December launch. He declinede to reveal specific numbers or revenue generatedthus far. "We've had a lot more sign ups than we he said. In additio to running its own branded Web Netstock plans to partner and host the technologyy servicefor others. For instance, Safeco, Well Fargo Bank and First Tech Credit Union are addinvg the Sharebuilder service to theirWeb sites. All three also investe d in the latestfunding round. "We want to be the transaction enginefor everyone," Seely said.
"We'll use our name and brand as a way to providew services totheir customers." Netstock doesn't charge licensing or set-uo fees, and shares the revenue with its Netstock executives plan to initially market Sharebuilder to credif unions, insurance companies and commercial "We've launched three credit unions and there's more than 25 in the Seely said. Digital Insight, an online financia l services aggregator, plans to market the Sharebuilder service to its 800smal institutions, Seely said.
Randy Talbot, presidenf of , said Safeco Sharebuildetr is expected to launch around thethirr quarter, and the company is looking at ways that it may roll out the servicesz to other Safeco divisions.
Since the Bellevue company rolled out its service in there have been dayswhen 1,500 to 2,00 new customers have signed up, said Jeff the company's chief executive He declined to reveal detailed customer numbers. Sharebuildee is an online brokerage, where a customer might decidde to buy 100 shares of Boeingat $35 per shars and would have to come up with $3,50 0 cash. Instead, Sharebuilder allows a consumef tobuy stock, either a full or fractional share, througjh regular deductions from an account. Sally, for instance, coul d designate that she wants $100 deducted each monthj to buyMicrosoft stock. is selling for $75 per share, Sallyu would receive 1.33 shares that month.
Netstockj charges $2 per transaction. With its Sharebuilder service and the technologybehindd it, Netstock is broadening its The company, founded in 1996, has pioneered the online version of direct stock investing whereby consumers can buy stoc k directly from a publicl y traded company. That site, , has more than 250,00p0 customers. "We built the original Web site for direcft stock investors and built it to where we have 70 percentmarkeft share," said Seely. "But that business is limited in that it only worka if a company has a direcgstock plan. Microsoft, Amazon, Starbucks and Nordstrok are just a few of the companies up herethat don'ty have direct plans.
" In order to serv customers who might want to invesrt in Microsoft or Amazon through direct investing, Seely and his team deciderd they needed to build a better product, one with broader stock selection, better online capabilities, and the ability to sell the stocj in real time, rather than the one to thres weeks it takes with a directg plan. In addition, the servicee needed to be cheap, and the fees more he said. Enter Sharebuilder. Netstock charges $2 per buy or $1 for a child'zs account. The company charges a flat $19.95 on each sell Customers can't borrow against the account, and there's no margin "This is really a killer service," Seel y said.
"It's very predictable. Abouf 95 percent of the transactionsare reoccurring, and that makesx for a really good business Today people are (making an $300-a-month investment. "With Sharbuilder, we'ree assuring college educations and helpingpeople retire," he "This is a really good way to accumulate wealth." The service isn't a competitor to onlined brokerages but rather a supplement, said Seely. "Ni online brokers and none of the traditional brokerageds accommodates you on aweekl investment, or a standingy order to buy fractional shares," he said. "Noo broker takes a standing order to buy 5 shareszof anything.
They're set up to do discreet initiated events." Seely said he's been pleasantlu surprised atthe sign-upsa at since its December launch. He declinede to reveal specific numbers or revenue generatedthus far. "We've had a lot more sign ups than we he said. In additio to running its own branded Web Netstock plans to partner and host the technologyy servicefor others. For instance, Safeco, Well Fargo Bank and First Tech Credit Union are addinvg the Sharebuilder service to theirWeb sites. All three also investe d in the latestfunding round. "We want to be the transaction enginefor everyone," Seely said.
"We'll use our name and brand as a way to providew services totheir customers." Netstock doesn't charge licensing or set-uo fees, and shares the revenue with its Netstock executives plan to initially market Sharebuilder to credif unions, insurance companies and commercial "We've launched three credit unions and there's more than 25 in the Seely said. Digital Insight, an online financia l services aggregator, plans to market the Sharebuilder service to its 800smal institutions, Seely said.
Randy Talbot, presidenf of , said Safeco Sharebuildetr is expected to launch around thethirr quarter, and the company is looking at ways that it may roll out the servicesz to other Safeco divisions.
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Scripted sales calls old fashioned, fail to connect with customers - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
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Geez, I have been saying this for more than 25 andI can’t believe companiees still use them to sell over the OK, forget the companies themselves, let’xs blame the manager or the person who is responsible for still tryinv to do something that every sales trainer on the planeg says does not work. Now, before I go on, do not writ e or send an e-mail telling me that I am wrong orbeintg stubborn. Instead, why don’t you try something new – that is, new to you or your organizatiom – and just do what I will lay out Trust me, it has worked every single time with any organization, big or small, that I have worke with.
This horror of using scriptx came rushing back to me recentlyh while working with a compang whose stores are in every big city inthe nation. The company is highlgy regarded for its ethics and is a very visibl e organization that many are familiar with becausw ofthe company’s longevity and brand I was asked to come to the company’ headquarters and look at its method of attractingg new business through its telemarketing program, which the companh has been using for a couple of years. They said that althoughy the results were OKat first, salesa had become pretty dismal.
It took me just 30 second to read the script that the inside salespeople were using, and I was I talked with the company president and said I could help the salespeoplde in just two hours, but I needed him to let me do my job and not to interfere unless I called him in for his opinion. He but I could sensw he was a bit apprehensive about the situatiob andmy request. I worked only with the manager, who was reallh a selling manager because she was on the phones herself at times trying to pitch in and We went intoa room, and I spentr an hour going over why scripte don’t work and why she has been brainwasherd to do something that was against all the rulezs of professional salesmanship.
She was neither thrilled with me at this point nor happy after I tookher eight-pagew script, ripped it up and thre w it in the wastebasket. We role-played a littlwe using real situations that she might have with her childrenand friends, for instance. The goal was to show her that havingfa two-sided conversation is much more useful than a one-sideds script. She was really starting to get it, even thoug she kept wanting to go back to a sellintg mode by doing more talking than listening andaskinfg questions. It was so simple that it was frightening to her that a sellin situation can be flexible and not just acanned speech, where she can actually have fun while conversingv with a customer.
The introduction and questionzs I wrote out were basicc and easy for herto grasp. They were: “Hi, my name is Susanm from Client Co., and I would like to ask you two or thredquick questions. It will not take more than 48 seconds I promise. “Are you familiar with our company? If yes, what aspects?? “Why are you not a member, or why did you leave our
Geez, I have been saying this for more than 25 andI can’t believe companiees still use them to sell over the OK, forget the companies themselves, let’xs blame the manager or the person who is responsible for still tryinv to do something that every sales trainer on the planeg says does not work. Now, before I go on, do not writ e or send an e-mail telling me that I am wrong orbeintg stubborn. Instead, why don’t you try something new – that is, new to you or your organizatiom – and just do what I will lay out Trust me, it has worked every single time with any organization, big or small, that I have worke with.
This horror of using scriptx came rushing back to me recentlyh while working with a compang whose stores are in every big city inthe nation. The company is highlgy regarded for its ethics and is a very visibl e organization that many are familiar with becausw ofthe company’s longevity and brand I was asked to come to the company’ headquarters and look at its method of attractingg new business through its telemarketing program, which the companh has been using for a couple of years. They said that althoughy the results were OKat first, salesa had become pretty dismal.
It took me just 30 second to read the script that the inside salespeople were using, and I was I talked with the company president and said I could help the salespeoplde in just two hours, but I needed him to let me do my job and not to interfere unless I called him in for his opinion. He but I could sensw he was a bit apprehensive about the situatiob andmy request. I worked only with the manager, who was reallh a selling manager because she was on the phones herself at times trying to pitch in and We went intoa room, and I spentr an hour going over why scripte don’t work and why she has been brainwasherd to do something that was against all the rulezs of professional salesmanship.
She was neither thrilled with me at this point nor happy after I tookher eight-pagew script, ripped it up and thre w it in the wastebasket. We role-played a littlwe using real situations that she might have with her childrenand friends, for instance. The goal was to show her that havingfa two-sided conversation is much more useful than a one-sideds script. She was really starting to get it, even thoug she kept wanting to go back to a sellintg mode by doing more talking than listening andaskinfg questions. It was so simple that it was frightening to her that a sellin situation can be flexible and not just acanned speech, where she can actually have fun while conversingv with a customer.
The introduction and questionzs I wrote out were basicc and easy for herto grasp. They were: “Hi, my name is Susanm from Client Co., and I would like to ask you two or thredquick questions. It will not take more than 48 seconds I promise. “Are you familiar with our company? If yes, what aspects?? “Why are you not a member, or why did you leave our
Sunday, December 2, 2012
CarterEnergy adds Exxon, Mobil brands - Kansas City Business Journal:
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CarterEnergy and ExxonMobil finalized the agreement earlier this Baska said. It has no set duration. She said the agreemenf is a typical wholesale deal forCarterEnerggy “We have to uphold the requirements that ExxonMobil has for branding a retai l location, such as signage and she said. CarterEnergy operates in Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma, Illinoi s and Wyoming. The company has 109 employeees in the Kansas City area and 152 Baska said. Its 2008 revenue was $1.
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CarterEnergy and ExxonMobil finalized the agreement earlier this Baska said. It has no set duration. She said the agreemenf is a typical wholesale deal forCarterEnerggy “We have to uphold the requirements that ExxonMobil has for branding a retai l location, such as signage and she said. CarterEnergy operates in Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma, Illinoi s and Wyoming. The company has 109 employeees in the Kansas City area and 152 Baska said. Its 2008 revenue was $1.
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