EMC beefs up Mass. presence with Cambridge lab, MIT sponsorship deal - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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The Hopkinton, Mass., storagew and information managementgiant (NYSE: EMC) said Wednesday the Media Lab sponsorship is one of severalp initiatives coordinated out of EMC Research Cambridge, whicyh will be located at 11 Cambridge Ctr. in Mass. The center will house EMC’a security-business research lab, RSA Laboratories, as well as abouft a dozen researchers, technologists and business leadersacross EMC’ s business units.
The company also has researcyh facilities in China andSanta Clara, “Research and advanced technology groups across EMC, alongt with our global university research are discovering and exploring new technologies that will shape the futuree of digital information,” said Jeff EMC senior vice president and chied technology officer, in a “This is an incredible opportunityt for EMC to bring together some of the world’s leadinyg research minds and innovators in areas such as personalk information management, information integration and cloud As a consortium sponsor of the MIT Media Lab, EMC will be able to accesss the center’s research on how peoplwe use and interact with new technologies.
EMC said its initial collaborationn will be on new models for data ownershipand usage, interfaces for business transactions and health care IT A consortium sponsorship costs $200,000 per year for a minimumn of three years. Sponsors receive full intellectual property rightxs to technology developed at the lab durinbgtheir sponsorship. The announcement comes a week after EMC and a grouop of universities and technologty companies announced the development of a high performance computing researchy facilityin Holyoke, Other tech giants have built dedicated R&sD lab in Cambridge in recent (Nasdaq: MSFT), (Nasdaq: and (NYSE: IBM) buily research centers in the city in the past two

For MilVets, a long journey to campus prominence - CU Columbia Spectator

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For MilVets, a long journey to campus prominence CU Columbia Spectator Founding members of the MilVets, say that the group's recent activism is a far cry from their humble beginnings in 2002. By Margaret Mattes This is the first in a two-part feature on the rise of the US Military Veterans of Columbia University. ...

Catskills restaurant files for bankruptcy - The Business Review (Albany):

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The Shamrock House is marking its 71st year in East Greene County, according to the company web It’s unclear if the busineses intends to remain open as it restructures its debte in bankruptcy court. A woman who answered the phone todahy said thecompany president, John J. is referring questions to his attorney. The Richard Croak in was out of the offics and unavailablefor comment. Greene County Tourism Directod Daniela Marino saidshe didn’t know what the businesds plans to do. She said the Shamrock House is an example of the traditional resorts in the Catskills that have anethnicv theme. “It’s been a very tougnh year,” Marino said.
“The economy being what it is, unfortunatelyt these things may happen.” Another resort in Greene County, the much-larged , filed for bankrupty protectionin June. It will continuse operating while its owners search for a Despitethe setbacks, Marinp said there are successful resorts in the county. “We’rwe pretty optimistic because most of the hotels and restaurantd have been ableto modernize,” she said. The Shamrocko House has $500,000 to $1 million in liabilitiezs and lessthan $50,000 in assets, according to a petition filed June 29 in in Albany. The largesgt secured claim is a $514,09 5 mortgage.
The lender isn’t identified in the The largestunsecured claim, $49,000, is held by The second largest is held by , $39,112, for creditg card charges.

Alameda seeks move into old City sports bar site - Phoenix Business Journal:

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According to the , a business called the Alamedw Brewhouse Annex has filed for a liquor licens at424 S.W. Fourth Ave. An Alameda employe e confirmed that brewery owner Matt Schumacher also owns the The site is the former home ofThe City, a sports bar that closed last The liquor commission canceled the bar’sd license on Jan. 6 aftee several “serious and persistent problems.” The order came less than a week aftert a homicide that apparently took place earlyNew Year’d Day. The City surrendered its liquor license a month The Alameda Brewhouse Anned license request isstill pending, said Christire Scott, a commission spokeswoman.
The owners filede the liquor license requestin February. The company DBO LLC purchasesd the building containing the proposed Annex in 1999for $606,120. It has a currengt market valueof $1.25 Alameda’s primary brewpub is at 4765 N.E. Fremont St.

Patton: MLS title should make history for Landon Donovan - ScrippsNews

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Patton: MLS title should make history for Landon Donovan ScrippsNews Down the road, the world soccer community will likely remember the Galaxy's victory in MLS Cup 2011 Sunday night as "the David Beckham team." But make no mistake, the Galaxy is Donovan's team, and has been for ... and more »

Phoenix Business Journal: Tech & Innovation : Business Advice

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Because that's what the idea was. I would replacer my home officetelephone line, which I only use for outgoinfg calls, and instead start making all of my calls over the This way I could pocket the $50 a month I've been giving to Verizob and use those savings to buy more important things. Like … food. Except it reallhy didn't turn out that way. Why? Becaused the Internet phone services I triedworked ... but just not all the Which is typical of most For example, I played aroundr with Skype (www.skype.com) for a few Not bad.
Signing up for the serviced was free and the headset that I purchased from Staplesfor $20 only had to be replace once (I do not advise lending one' headset to a 12 year old. Enougn said). Astonishingly, installing the Skype application on mylaptoo didn't cause it to lock up or crasgh on me. So for that reason alone I felt that thingsswere successful. Once up and Skype did as promised … just aboug all of the time.
I used the little computerf generated keypad on my laptop to make If I called another Skype user the callwas Unfortunately, I don't really have a lot of conversationsa with high school and college kids, nor do I care to reall y speak to anyone undetr 25. So there's not a lot of phone numbers in mySkype directory. However, you can use Skype to call a regular land line and then get chargeed a few centsper call. So that'sd what I mostly did. The problem was the It worked. Most of the But sometimes it just didn't. Sometimes I had to call back the personj two or three times to get a good Orspeak loudly. There were a few instancee where I saidnaughty words.
Then there was this one time wherr I tried to participate in a conference call and had to make the thred other people wait whileI re-calleed the call-in number a few time until there was no crackling soundr on the phone. That was fun too. So I stoppexd using Skype. Frustrated I turned to another Net callinb service calledmagicJack (www.magicjack.com). No, this has nothinhg to do with changing the tiresz ofa car. And there was no pleasur e involved. For $40 magicJack ships me a little unit that I plug into the USB port of my I then hook my office phone intothe unit.
After installingh the program I'm able to make phones calls from my regularphone (not the headse t I bought from Staples … bye-bywe $20). Like Skype, magicJack places its callws overthe Internet, along with the otherd 100 trillion bits of information crossing the same See where I'm going here? Their deal is that you can make unlimiteed calls you want to anyon e in the United Stateds (I'm told they're working on overseas plans) for only $50 per I did the math and that's $550 less a year than I'j spending on my office line, so therd you go ... magic! Unfortunately ... not so Why? Same thing with Skype. It worked.
Most of the I suffered from the occasional disconnected calls or calls that had to be or calls thatjust didn't sounsd like a very good call at all. More naught words. More blood thinner In the end I brokd down and kept myoffice line. You win I just need things that work as they promisedx towork ... all the time. I have enoughn headaches in my life. I have kids and a mortgagwe and dandruff. I can't sit aroundf and worry that an important conversatiob with a prospective customer is going to get cutoff orsouncd horrible. Verizon's line in my office works all the It's one less hassle to deal with.
I still keep the magicJacl and Skype servicesbecause I've had occasion to use them when traveling. Most likelyh I'll forget to cancel my subscription sonow I'll be paying an extra $50 a year for next to But I'm a penny pincher. Not a Sure, it's less expensive to use these Netcallingf services. But I'm sacrificing some quality. Some dependability. I'km giving myself more To me, it's not worth it. These technologies are great for kids or But to rely on them forbusiness purposes, at leasr so far, isn't a great idea for me.

Scientists to Drill Huge Hole in Antarctic Ice - Voice of America

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Scientists to Drill Huge Hole in Antarctic Ice Voice of America November 15, 2011 Scientists to Drill Huge Hole in Antarctic Ice Study Helps Predict Sea Level Rise in Polar Region Rosanne Skirble | Washington, DC Antarctica is the largest reservoir of glacial ice on the planet. An expedition of international ... Scientists to Drill Huge Hole in Antarctic Ice The Lincoln Tribune  »

Euro slumps as traders lose nerve again - The Daily Star

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Euro slumps as traders lose nerve again The Daily Star NEW YORK: The euro dropped against the dollar Monday as eurozone confidence again gave way to nerves and German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Europe was perhaps in its "hardest hour" since World War II. At 2200 GMT, the euro traded at $1.3629 from ... and more »

Houston still in World Cup mix - Houston Business Journal:

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The U.S. bid committee this week sent requesffor proposals, or RFP, letters to 37 citie s representing 45 stadiums that will be evaluated for the bid packagd to be sent to World Cup officials to host the prestigious soccer tournament in 2018 or 2022. The originak list announced in May included 70 stadiums in 50 citiesx that werebeing considered, including Rice Stadium on the campuws and Kyle Field on the Besides Reliant Stadium, two venues in the Metroplexd — the new Dallas Cowboys stadium, with a capacityt of 100,000, and the Cotton Bowl — and San Antonio’sw Alamodome are still in the hunt. The final U.S.
bid to , the governiny body overseeing theWorld Cup, is due in May 2010. The Australia, England, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico and Russia have declared their desire to host the Worlcd Cup in 2018or 2022. Netherlands-Belgiumk and Portugal-Spain have each submitted joinft bids for the 2018 and2022 tournaments, whils Qatar and South Korea have appliefd only for 2022.

Cummins to inspire World Trade Day participants - Business First of Buffalo:

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And as Cummins has grown, so too has Powert Drives, increasing from 70 to 190 employeea in the lastfive years. Whicyh is why Power Drives President Lou Panzica is bringingv 15 employees from his Buffalo plant with him May 8 to hear a speec h byJoe Loughrey, president and COO at Cummins. Loughrey will address manufacturers from throughout the regionm at WorldTrade Day, an annuap event sponsored by . And bringing Loughrey here to talk aboutrthe company's success is one way to connect area companies to opportunitiew in global trade.
Cummins employs 1,300 workers at its Jamestown The site, established in 1974, is the sole manufacturee of heavy-duty Cummins engines in North The $13 billion company serves customers in more than 160 countriew through a network of 550 distributor facilities and more than 5,00p0 dealer locations. The plant recently builf its 1millionth engine, whicg will be on display at the Worls Trade Day event. Chris executive director of WTCBN, says there are dozensa of layers of companies that connectt to Cummins through thesupply chain, likel more than 100. Cummins' Loughrey plans to talk aboutt what it takes for Americqa to be competitive in the globalmanufacturing arena.
"One of the issueds is manufacturers haven't in general done a very good job of helpinyg people understand about manufacturing in America andwhy it's important and about some of the terrifivc career opportunities available at all phases," he says. "It'w not just working in a There are great jobsfor engineers, in finance and all kinds of areas in manufacturing that offer fantastic and challengingf opportunities and manufacturers don't do a very good job tellinf that story," he says.
Panzica says workinbg with Cummins has done more than just add to the botton line atPower Drives: It's helped the compant become a world class-level supplier in terms of qualit y and delivery, as Besides shipping to Cummins' plants in England, China and Power Drives now does businessa in China and Korea too. "There are a lot of companiesd like Power Drives thatpeople don't know abour but are the backbone of business in Westerhn New York," he says.
"A lot of (these) companie s will probably have a presence at this eveny because they do business with Cummins or want to do busineswswith Cummins, or want to understancd how things work in a global marketplace with a big playerr like Cummins." , a Tonawanda supplier for Cummins, provides its expande r plugs for Cummins' fuel systems division. But the company is hoping to expand that relationshipl and do more with the Jamestown engine A new contract under development could resulgt in as many as 2 millioh to 3 million componenyt partsper year, a significant account for Sherex.
Kevibn Scherf, vice president, says he wants his sales staf to network andhear Loughrey's talk, and gain a biggerr perspective of how the company can grow. "It's a way of pumpingf them up," he says. "What they have to say and how they run their business really gives you a lot more insightginto them. You want to be able to feel good abouy a customer and know as much about You can really get excited about dealinb with a great company when you getthat insight.
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Stimulus funds to support lung-disease research at UC Denver - Baltimore Business Journal:

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The funds — part of a $3.3 millionb initiative funded through the American Recovery and ReinvestmenrtAct — will be used to studyu chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and idiopathid pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). U.S. Sens. Mark Udalol and Michael Bennet, both D-Colo., announcerd the grant on COPD refers to a group of diseaseas that cause airflow blockageand breathing-related problems. It includes chronic bronchitis, and, in some cases, asthma. According to the , COPD is the fourtnh leading causeof death, illness and disability in the Unitedc States.
IPF is an inflammatory lung disorderr of unknown origin characterized by abnormal formatiomn of fibrous tissue between the tiny air sacs or ducts ofthe lungs. According to a press release, ARRA fundsz will spur advances in the understanding of theser complex lung diseases by supporting research at UC Denve and in 15other states.

Emergent BioSolutions anthrax vaccine gets boost - Philadelphia Business Journal:

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The Rockville-based company’s BioThrax has been granted a shelf life extension from the from its currenty three yearsto four. Under its contract with the Department of Health andHumann Services, the extension triggers a milestone paymentf of $30 million for dosess of the vaccine already delivered to the Strategic National Emergent expects to record that paymenr as revenue this quarter. The shelr life extension also allows Emergent to charg more for future doses of the vaccine deliverefd tothe government’s stockpile.
That coulx raise the value of the contract to as muchas $405 millionb over the next several Last year, the FDA approvede a reduced vaccination schedule to five Emergent continues research that could lead to a further reduction in the numbee of doses required, as well as the vaccine’s use to trea patients after being exposed to not just as a pre-exposure vaccine. Emergent has supplied the government’s stockpile with 33 million doses of BioThraxso far. It is contractexd to continue adding to stockpiles throughlate 2011. BioThrax has been used to vaccinatwe more than 2 million military personneo since the government firs t started buying the vaccinein 1998.
Emergent stoci (NYSE: EBS) was up 90 cents to $14.633 per share in afternoon trading.

Glant tries to defy odds with Northwest Group - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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has a physical office location in downtown Seattle and agents whowork full-time and know all of each other’s customers. A plasma television plays a tailored welcome message to each client when they walk into the downtowhSeattle office. The business has a professional but Glant and his team still produce printed marketing material fortheir What’s also unusual is that Glant is 29, seeminglyt the perfect age to be wooed by the movementy toward online selling and buying rather than the mom-and-po p agents of yesteryear. Glant, who founded his company in Januaryh 2008, admits he’s conservative when it comesa to buildinga business.
Basically, he’ wooed more by stellar company culturre than the trend ofthe day. “I’m a little old schoolp for my age,” he “I don’t like fad real estate, I like qualithy real estate.” He’s also a bit Glant launched Northwest Group RealEstate (NWG) earlt last year, even thougy he said he knew the market was “headingy toward a little bit of a correction.” That didn’t deterd him from throwing $63,000 into starting the company and quicklyu hiring six agents to get the firm rolling. “The only way a companty can flourish is if it start during a market thatis challenging,” he said.
Before he startexd the business, Glant, a business school graduate, worked at both commercial and residentiak real estate companies beforestarting NWG. His goal was to form a real estatr brokerage that combined the professionalism associated with commercial real estate with what he calla the emotional aspects of buyinya home. He also was adamant that the company remainm small and focused on its mission ofselling “We don’t want to be a jack of all tradess and a master of he said. After more than a year in the company now has nine agents and saw revenuesw ofabout $700,000 last year.
The housing market downturn was steepe thanGlant expected, but he said the companty has still managed between six and 12 deals a Glant attributes the strength of the company to his team of agents, some of whom he’ws hired from rival firms Coldwell Banker Bain and Windermere after weeding through dozens of local job Each agent has his or her own with focuses on new construction, condominium s and the luxury among other areas. The close-knit team is one of the reasons the company has fares so well duringthe recession, Glanrt said. They’ve been able to support each other duringb weeks when nosales occurred, helping to builds resilience.

Census: American Internet use surges - South Florida Business Journal:

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That's according to a report releasedd Wednesday bythe U.S. Censuss Bureau, which also shows that 62 percent ofthe nation's households repor using the Internet at home in 2007, an 18 percentr increase from 1997. Among households using the net in 82 percent reported usinga high-speed and 17 percent used a dial-up “As access to high speed connections have become more prevalent, so too have the numbere of people that connect to the Internet at said Thom File, a statistician with the Censusd Bureau Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division. “Thes e data give us a better understanding of who is usingg the Internet andfrom where.
” Amon g the states, New Hampshire had the highest rate of Internetg use for those age three and older in 2007 at 82 percent. Mississippk and West Virginia had the lowest rates of use at abourt52 percent. Roughly 60 percent of Texans used the net in thedata shows. Internet usage also varied by educationand race. For individuals 25 and older witha bachelor’s degree, 87 percentt reported going online from some locatiob in 2007. About half (49 percent) of those with only a high schooo diploma reported usingthe Internet, compared with 19 percent for thoss without a high school diploma. Meanwhile, 69 perceny of whites lived in householdsx withInternet use.
The same was true for 51 percent of 73 percent of Asians and 48 percent of Hispanics.