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Monday, January 17, 2011
Part 1: Mardi Gras, Southeast Texas style - Beaumont Enterprise
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Saturday, January 15, 2011
AutoZone board approves $500M stock repurchase - St. Louis Business Journal:
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The company’s board of directors approved the repurchase June 17 as part ofthe company’es ongoing share repurchase program, the company announce d after the close of marketds Wednesday. The last repurchase authorization was in December and was asimilart $500 million. There were three $500 milliohn authorizations in 2008 and a totalof $7.9 billiobn since 1998. "We remain committed to utilizing share repurchaseas within the bounds of a disciplinexd capital structure to enhance stockholdert returns while maintaining adequate liquidity to executwour plans,” said CFO Bill Giles.
Memphis-based AutoZone (NYSE: AZO) is the leading retailer and distributor of automotive replacement parts and accessories inthe U.S. The company sells auto and light truck chemicals and accessoriesthrough 4,172 AutoZone storee in 48 states, the District of Columbiqa and Puerto Rico in the U.S. and 168 storesx in Mexico. Shares of AutoZone closee Wednesdayat $155.54, up 2.37 percent.
The company’s board of directors approved the repurchase June 17 as part ofthe company’es ongoing share repurchase program, the company announce d after the close of marketds Wednesday. The last repurchase authorization was in December and was asimilart $500 million. There were three $500 milliohn authorizations in 2008 and a totalof $7.9 billiobn since 1998. "We remain committed to utilizing share repurchaseas within the bounds of a disciplinexd capital structure to enhance stockholdert returns while maintaining adequate liquidity to executwour plans,” said CFO Bill Giles.
Memphis-based AutoZone (NYSE: AZO) is the leading retailer and distributor of automotive replacement parts and accessories inthe U.S. The company sells auto and light truck chemicals and accessoriesthrough 4,172 AutoZone storee in 48 states, the District of Columbiqa and Puerto Rico in the U.S. and 168 storesx in Mexico. Shares of AutoZone closee Wednesdayat $155.54, up 2.37 percent.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
HC rebukes lawyers for unseemly behaviour - Oneindia
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HC rebukes lawyers for unseemly behaviour Oneindia ... decorum from the Delhi High Court after they entered intoan unsavoury argument with each other inside the court roomright in the presence of judges. ... |
Monday, January 10, 2011
Data breach hits Commonwealth Solar - Boston Business Journal:
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The quasi-public agency that administersw the program said a file containing the addresses and Social Security numbers of customer s and businesses was posted onthe MTC’s Web site for 50 minutezs June 25 before being take n down. The data breachy affected most of the people who applied for the As ofMay 31, 846 residentw had submitted applications. A security consultant hiredf by the agency found that one user accessex the file duringthe incident. “I sincerelt apologize to our customers for this incident and any inconvenienc or concern itmay cause,” Massachusetts Technologyh Collaborative deputy executive director Philip Holaha said in a statement.
“We are takingf all possible steps to protect our information and ensure that such a breacbh does nothappen again.” The agencyu will provide free credit-monitoring servicees to those affected by the breach and will review its internal data security and encryption protocols. It has also informexd the stateattorney general’s office as well as the Officew of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation, per an executiv order signed by Gov. Deval Patrick last year. Launched in 2008, the Commonwealth Solar program provides rebatesto individuals, businessezs and communities that install solaf photovoltaic systems on their property.
It is the majoer financial driver behind a state goal to install 250 megawattsz of solar in Massachusettsby 2017.
The quasi-public agency that administersw the program said a file containing the addresses and Social Security numbers of customer s and businesses was posted onthe MTC’s Web site for 50 minutezs June 25 before being take n down. The data breachy affected most of the people who applied for the As ofMay 31, 846 residentw had submitted applications. A security consultant hiredf by the agency found that one user accessex the file duringthe incident. “I sincerelt apologize to our customers for this incident and any inconvenienc or concern itmay cause,” Massachusetts Technologyh Collaborative deputy executive director Philip Holaha said in a statement.
“We are takingf all possible steps to protect our information and ensure that such a breacbh does nothappen again.” The agencyu will provide free credit-monitoring servicees to those affected by the breach and will review its internal data security and encryption protocols. It has also informexd the stateattorney general’s office as well as the Officew of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation, per an executiv order signed by Gov. Deval Patrick last year. Launched in 2008, the Commonwealth Solar program provides rebatesto individuals, businessezs and communities that install solaf photovoltaic systems on their property.
It is the majoer financial driver behind a state goal to install 250 megawattsz of solar in Massachusettsby 2017.
Friday, January 7, 2011
Bill 'empowers' Will County executive? - Chicago Sun-Times
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Bill 'empowers' Will County executive? Chicago Sun-Times “It's a shame they're afraid to have a discussion and a public process,†he said during the county board's executive committee meeting. ... |
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Phil Horlock Executive Profile
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Appointed to this position in July he has global responsibilit y forreal estate, engineering and construction, facilities management and energuy for Ford Motor Company. Ford Moto r Company's real estate portfolio consistsof manufacturing, distribution and office properties in more than 35 countries. Horlock previouslyg served as controller, Corporate Finance, Ford Motor a position he assumed inJanuary 2007. In that role, he was responsibl for profit and cash planningt for FordMotor Company, includinb forecasting of current and forward year scenario analysis and planning, financial and business competitive analysis and special studies.
Horlock began his careerf with Ford of Britain in 1977in Finance, holdinbg various managerial positions in England and He moved to the United States in 1991. Since he has held controller positions in the Globa l ClimateControl Division, Commercial Truck Operationx and Global Marketing and Sales Operations. In 1998 he was appointefd executive director, Strategy and Global New Businessw Development. Between 2000 and 2007, Horlock held several executive positionz including chief operating officeerof Ford's e-commerce business unit, ConsumerConnect, Ford Financial executivre vice president, Global Insurance Operations and chief financial officer, Ford Asia Pacific and Africa.
Horlocl earned a bachelor's degree in psychology and mathematices from the University of Sheffield in England where he graduated with He is also a graduatrof Ford's "Capstone Program" for executive leadershilp development. **All Executive profile data provided byDow
Appointed to this position in July he has global responsibilit y forreal estate, engineering and construction, facilities management and energuy for Ford Motor Company. Ford Moto r Company's real estate portfolio consistsof manufacturing, distribution and office properties in more than 35 countries. Horlock previouslyg served as controller, Corporate Finance, Ford Motor a position he assumed inJanuary 2007. In that role, he was responsibl for profit and cash planningt for FordMotor Company, includinb forecasting of current and forward year scenario analysis and planning, financial and business competitive analysis and special studies.
Horlock began his careerf with Ford of Britain in 1977in Finance, holdinbg various managerial positions in England and He moved to the United States in 1991. Since he has held controller positions in the Globa l ClimateControl Division, Commercial Truck Operationx and Global Marketing and Sales Operations. In 1998 he was appointefd executive director, Strategy and Global New Businessw Development. Between 2000 and 2007, Horlock held several executive positionz including chief operating officeerof Ford's e-commerce business unit, ConsumerConnect, Ford Financial executivre vice president, Global Insurance Operations and chief financial officer, Ford Asia Pacific and Africa.
Horlocl earned a bachelor's degree in psychology and mathematices from the University of Sheffield in England where he graduated with He is also a graduatrof Ford's "Capstone Program" for executive leadershilp development. **All Executive profile data provided byDow
Sunday, January 2, 2011
R.H. Donnelley files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy - New Mexico Business Weekly:
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The Cary company said that it has reacher an agreement in principlewith “kehy creditor key creditor constituencies" on a reorganization plan that would reducwe the company’s debt by $6.4 eliminating about $500 million in annual interest The Chapter 11 filing punctuates a dramaticd fall for R.H. which had a $5 billion market capitalization inMay 2007. The compan y was brought down by twomajor forces: (1) the fligh of traditional Yellow Pages advertisers to the Internet and (2) a staggerintg debt load of $9 billion, most of whicu was accumulated through a series of acquisitions when the business was riding high.
The recession has only adder tothe company’s woes, as evidencedx by the of $401.2 million reported last monthg by R.H. Donnelley, which said advertisingh sales slumped17 percent, to $598 million. “We just could not have anticipate d the severity of theeconomic downturn,” Swansonb said in a telephone R.H. Donnelley (Pink Sheets: RHDC) employed 3,800 peopls as of March 1, companyy spokesman Mike Truell said. Locally, R.H. Donnelley has 450 employeews between its headquarters in Cary and its othefTriangle location, in Morrisville, according to The company has reduced its work force by more than 150 employeesa in the Triangle and by at least 600 overall since the fall.
But Swanson told Triangle Business Journao that the company has no plansw forfurther layoffs. “It’s business as usuao at R.H. Donnelley today and it will be (in the said Swanson, who says he expects his company to emerg from Chapter 11 inearl 2010. As CEO since 2002, Swanson was the drivinfg force behind three acquisitions totalinv morethan $13 billion. The biggest of those acquisitions came in 2006when R.H. Donnellety bought larger rival at a tota costof . Beforse that, Swanson orchestrated the purchases of in 2004and Sprint’s directory publishing business in his first year as CEO. Askesd if his company grew too big too Swanson defendedthe acquisitions.
Of the Dex deal in he said thathis company’s economic models projected a declinse of 5 percent in prinf advertising over five If that had held he said, R.H. Donnelley would have been fine. the company has been hit with double-digit dropzs in advertising revenue caused by Internet competition andthe “I wish it would have turned out differently,” Swansohn said. “No one could have put this into thei reconomic modeling.” None of R.H. Donnelley’sx bondholders have requested any management Swanson said. R.H.
Donnelley has tried to remakw itself in recent months into a provider of onlin e localsearch – in other words into a business like the ones that have siphonerd off much of its advertising But the debt proved too much to overcome withoutt creditor protection. In its filingf with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Districtof R.H. Donnelley lists assets of $12.21 billion and liabilities of $12.9 billion. The compangy plans to exchangeits $6 billionb in unsecured bonds for 100 percenf of the equity in the R.H. Donnelleu that emerges from bankruptcy. All existing shares in the compan will bewiped out.
The company also will pay off morethan $400 millionb in debt before the companu emerges from bankruptcy, Chief Financial Officerf Steve Blondy said. The new R.H. Donnelley will have $3 billion in Swanson said. R.H. Donnelley said that it does not anticipate needinh toget debtor-in-possession financing because the company’xs $300 million cash on hand and projected positive cash flow from operatione should be sufficient to fund the businesas during the reorganization. Donnelley traces its roots to 1886, when the bega publishing a phone directory three times a In 1961, the company was mergede with Dun & Bradstreet. After an expansion R. H.
Donnelley was spun out of Dun Bradstreet in 1996 into an independent publicluytraded entity. R.H. Donnelley movefd its headquarters to Caryfrom N.Y., in early 2004. North Carolina awarded the companya $4.3 million Job Development Investment Grant in 2003 to make the move to the The company considered locations in Wake and Durha counties before settling on Cary in a decision that won incentivesw from Wake County Economicf Development and the town.
The Cary company said that it has reacher an agreement in principlewith “kehy creditor key creditor constituencies" on a reorganization plan that would reducwe the company’s debt by $6.4 eliminating about $500 million in annual interest The Chapter 11 filing punctuates a dramaticd fall for R.H. which had a $5 billion market capitalization inMay 2007. The compan y was brought down by twomajor forces: (1) the fligh of traditional Yellow Pages advertisers to the Internet and (2) a staggerintg debt load of $9 billion, most of whicu was accumulated through a series of acquisitions when the business was riding high.
The recession has only adder tothe company’s woes, as evidencedx by the of $401.2 million reported last monthg by R.H. Donnelley, which said advertisingh sales slumped17 percent, to $598 million. “We just could not have anticipate d the severity of theeconomic downturn,” Swansonb said in a telephone R.H. Donnelley (Pink Sheets: RHDC) employed 3,800 peopls as of March 1, companyy spokesman Mike Truell said. Locally, R.H. Donnelley has 450 employeews between its headquarters in Cary and its othefTriangle location, in Morrisville, according to The company has reduced its work force by more than 150 employeesa in the Triangle and by at least 600 overall since the fall.
But Swanson told Triangle Business Journao that the company has no plansw forfurther layoffs. “It’s business as usuao at R.H. Donnelley today and it will be (in the said Swanson, who says he expects his company to emerg from Chapter 11 inearl 2010. As CEO since 2002, Swanson was the drivinfg force behind three acquisitions totalinv morethan $13 billion. The biggest of those acquisitions came in 2006when R.H. Donnellety bought larger rival at a tota costof . Beforse that, Swanson orchestrated the purchases of in 2004and Sprint’s directory publishing business in his first year as CEO. Askesd if his company grew too big too Swanson defendedthe acquisitions.
Of the Dex deal in he said thathis company’s economic models projected a declinse of 5 percent in prinf advertising over five If that had held he said, R.H. Donnelley would have been fine. the company has been hit with double-digit dropzs in advertising revenue caused by Internet competition andthe “I wish it would have turned out differently,” Swansohn said. “No one could have put this into thei reconomic modeling.” None of R.H. Donnelley’sx bondholders have requested any management Swanson said. R.H.
Donnelley has tried to remakw itself in recent months into a provider of onlin e localsearch – in other words into a business like the ones that have siphonerd off much of its advertising But the debt proved too much to overcome withoutt creditor protection. In its filingf with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Districtof R.H. Donnelley lists assets of $12.21 billion and liabilities of $12.9 billion. The compangy plans to exchangeits $6 billionb in unsecured bonds for 100 percenf of the equity in the R.H. Donnelleu that emerges from bankruptcy. All existing shares in the compan will bewiped out.
The company also will pay off morethan $400 millionb in debt before the companu emerges from bankruptcy, Chief Financial Officerf Steve Blondy said. The new R.H. Donnelley will have $3 billion in Swanson said. R.H. Donnelley said that it does not anticipate needinh toget debtor-in-possession financing because the company’xs $300 million cash on hand and projected positive cash flow from operatione should be sufficient to fund the businesas during the reorganization. Donnelley traces its roots to 1886, when the bega publishing a phone directory three times a In 1961, the company was mergede with Dun & Bradstreet. After an expansion R. H.
Donnelley was spun out of Dun Bradstreet in 1996 into an independent publicluytraded entity. R.H. Donnelley movefd its headquarters to Caryfrom N.Y., in early 2004. North Carolina awarded the companya $4.3 million Job Development Investment Grant in 2003 to make the move to the The company considered locations in Wake and Durha counties before settling on Cary in a decision that won incentivesw from Wake County Economicf Development and the town.
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