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Whereas some industries experienced substantial dropa in activity during the pastsix weeks, modesty increases in other sectors led the Fed to characterized the Ninth District’s contractioh as moderating. The Ninth Federal District includes Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, the Upper Peninsula of Michiga n andnorthwestern Wisconsin. Consumer spending and tourism were still buthad “improved somewhat from the previous few months,” accordinf to the Fed. The service sectotr continued to experiencedecreased revenue, employmentr and profits compared to a year ago, and furthee profit contraction is likely.
The Fed characterized the commercial real estated sectoras “anemic,” adding that residential construction continued at steadily low The residential real estate market did see more activithy than in the previous reportingt period. Manufacturing continued its slide, as did energyg and mining. However, some wind energy project continue tomove forward, and gold mines are at “nead capacity production.” Labor markets continued to struggle. Job cuts in many of them in the health careand medical-device were cited by the Fed in its assessmen of labor conditions. Wage increase s were modest, and firms surveyeed by the Fed expect to increase wagesby 1.
8 percent over the next year. Pricre increases, however, were “subdued,” with the rising cost of gas anotabler exception, the Fed The Fed’s next Beige Book reporf is due July 29.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Startup looks to make doctor visits a click away - Boston Business Journal:
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He’s the founder and co-CEO of , a Boston-based startup that launchecd its debut product latelast month, combiningt secure e-mail with a Web camera. “Ift has all of the other asset that you need to make this a meaningful health care Schoenberg said. “You’ll have the ability to share your medicapl records for the provider toreview ... to suggest follow-ups and to writs prescriptions.†The company is collaborating with to enhancew its technology and has inked a deal with to reacn as manyas 1.3 million clientsd beginning in 2009.
American Well said the company has raisedc money inthe double-digit-million range, mostlyt from angel investors, and already employs 85 people as it ramps up its platform for other Schoenberg describes the concept as a that connects patients with health providers and insurers through secure e-mail, instant messaging and Web Patients, Schoenberg said, need only log into the system, seek a list of physicianz currently available as they are searchingh and then inquire to see a doctor or specialist. Patients also have the abilitt to engagedoctors quickly. Feedbaclk from physicians is generally generatedwithin minutes.
American Well sells individualo patient licenses tohealth plans, at $2 There are also implementation and hosting costs that the insurerd pays, as well as a smalpl transaction fee “in pennies†every time a consumer interacts with a providerr through the system. In turn, providersa are paid for their time devoted to the Patients are billed once a that lasts at least10 minutes, and they pay by credirt card. Some observers see the conceptg of Web interaction between patientds and doctors as long overdue and spreading According to a recent study bythe , 78 percent of healthu care consumers want to interact with provider s online.
“There is a need to try to innovate around delivery inthis way,†said Dr. Ronald F. a internist who has been testin the concept through research sponsored by the Innovative Technology, or CIMIT. Dixonm said he has conducted studies usinbg similar technology and a control study involvingf dozens of patientsat , of which he is a He said patients responded well to the idea and that such technologty is particularly useful. He said the approach has been used in psychiatryand dermatology. But Dixohn cautioned that providers andpatientsa shouldn’t rush into using it outright until consistent standards and guidelines are developed.
He also worriex that a system such as the one Americanh Well offers could cause fragmentationof care, wher e an unfamiliar doctor will offer treatment and not necessarily know the patient or the patient’s medical “The concern,†he said, “is one mistakre can be tragic. You don’t want to play with Schoenberg said thatAmerican Well, whichu launched in 2006, is generating steadh interest from health plans. And he sees his companh as enhancing care rather thanlimiting it, becausr multiple providers will be able to interacty with a patient at the same time, if need be.
He’s the founder and co-CEO of , a Boston-based startup that launchecd its debut product latelast month, combiningt secure e-mail with a Web camera. “Ift has all of the other asset that you need to make this a meaningful health care Schoenberg said. “You’ll have the ability to share your medicapl records for the provider toreview ... to suggest follow-ups and to writs prescriptions.†The company is collaborating with to enhancew its technology and has inked a deal with to reacn as manyas 1.3 million clientsd beginning in 2009.
American Well said the company has raisedc money inthe double-digit-million range, mostlyt from angel investors, and already employs 85 people as it ramps up its platform for other Schoenberg describes the concept as a that connects patients with health providers and insurers through secure e-mail, instant messaging and Web Patients, Schoenberg said, need only log into the system, seek a list of physicianz currently available as they are searchingh and then inquire to see a doctor or specialist. Patients also have the abilitt to engagedoctors quickly. Feedbaclk from physicians is generally generatedwithin minutes.
American Well sells individualo patient licenses tohealth plans, at $2 There are also implementation and hosting costs that the insurerd pays, as well as a smalpl transaction fee “in pennies†every time a consumer interacts with a providerr through the system. In turn, providersa are paid for their time devoted to the Patients are billed once a that lasts at least10 minutes, and they pay by credirt card. Some observers see the conceptg of Web interaction between patientds and doctors as long overdue and spreading According to a recent study bythe , 78 percent of healthu care consumers want to interact with provider s online.
“There is a need to try to innovate around delivery inthis way,†said Dr. Ronald F. a internist who has been testin the concept through research sponsored by the Innovative Technology, or CIMIT. Dixonm said he has conducted studies usinbg similar technology and a control study involvingf dozens of patientsat , of which he is a He said patients responded well to the idea and that such technologty is particularly useful. He said the approach has been used in psychiatryand dermatology. But Dixohn cautioned that providers andpatientsa shouldn’t rush into using it outright until consistent standards and guidelines are developed.
He also worriex that a system such as the one Americanh Well offers could cause fragmentationof care, wher e an unfamiliar doctor will offer treatment and not necessarily know the patient or the patient’s medical “The concern,†he said, “is one mistakre can be tragic. You don’t want to play with Schoenberg said thatAmerican Well, whichu launched in 2006, is generating steadh interest from health plans. And he sees his companh as enhancing care rather thanlimiting it, becausr multiple providers will be able to interacty with a patient at the same time, if need be.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Details emerge on Midtown Mandarin Hotel - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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As , Atlanta-based plans to buildr the ultra-luxury high-rise hotel and residencesx under the MandarinOrientao flag. Thursday, at a press conference at the , Tivoli said the hotelo will have 198 rooms and 71 condominiums priced between $1.8 million and $15 million. The shimmeringg silver glass tower will be built on a narrowq lot at 1138 Peachtree Street nearand ’as $2 billion 12th & Midtownb mixed-use project. Tivoli President and CEO Scott Leventhal said the companu has 19condo reservation/pre-sales.
Construction will not start until pre-sale of condos reach an undisclosed Given the currentlending environment, it is likely a significant numberr of the condos will need to be sold beforee construction can begin. Leventhak declined to say how many condos would need to be sold beford constructioncould start. Through spring the developers will holda founder’s programm to entice original homebuyersd with discounts of $200,000 on select Leventhal said buyers already committed to the project are locals and from overseas.
Leventhal said once it will take about 30 months to completethe 53-story glass skyscraper -- putting the openingg of the hotel at no earlie than the first half of 2011. Landin g Mandarin Oriental, world-renowned for its luxury would mark a major milestonedfor Atlanta’s hospitality community at a time when it is sufferingg through low occupancy rates and likely projecft delays due to the credit sources said. The company has 22 hoteld worldwide in most major business and financial but none closer to Atlantaqthan Washington, D.C. or Miami, according to its Web site.
The companuy also has about 20 projectds in thedevelopment pipeline, including hotel in Macau, Taipei, Beijing, Chicago, Las St. Kitts, Paris and Barcelona. Sam the president and CEO of Metro Atlanta Chamber of said thehotel “represents the maturation of the hospitalityg industry in Atlanta.” Atlanta Business Chroniclre that Tivoli Properties planned to build a Mandarin Orienta l hotel in Midtown. About the same time, Mandarin Oriental move its development offices to InAugust 2007, Tivoli for a mixed-use hotel toweer to be built at 1138 Peachtree Streeg near the Atlanta Woman’s Club.
At the Tivoli said it wanted to buildxa 200-key luxury hotel with 70 high-ris e condos and 11,500 squars feet of retail. As detailed in Thursday’s press conference, the developmeng also will have four restaurantsand bars. Its lobby will be on the 30th floof with sweeping views of Piedmont The design and construction team isa who’s who of Atlantas firms. Leventhal confirmed Tuesday’s Chronicle reporft that is designing the project and is the is the interiordesign “This building is completely home grown,” Leventhak said.
Mandarin Oriental enters the picture when severaolestablished hotels, such as the Four Seasons and new luxury players will already be in the Midtowh marketplace. recently rebooted the old Midtowj Sheraton asthe rocker-glam W Atlanta-Midtown. ’s Hotel Palomar and the Loewsw Atlanta Hotel in12th & Midtown are set to come on line in 2009 and respectively. is at 17th and Peachtrer streets at the northern gatewayof Midtown. On the southerjn end, Los Angeles-based , the owner of the Bank of America Plaza, announced recently it is considerin g converting 15 floors of Atlanta’s tallest building into a five-sta r quality hotel.
Mandarin Orientalp resides at the top of theluxuruy market, said Paul Breslin, the managing partner of , a hotek consulting firm.
As , Atlanta-based plans to buildr the ultra-luxury high-rise hotel and residencesx under the MandarinOrientao flag. Thursday, at a press conference at the , Tivoli said the hotelo will have 198 rooms and 71 condominiums priced between $1.8 million and $15 million. The shimmeringg silver glass tower will be built on a narrowq lot at 1138 Peachtree Street nearand ’as $2 billion 12th & Midtownb mixed-use project. Tivoli President and CEO Scott Leventhal said the companu has 19condo reservation/pre-sales.
Construction will not start until pre-sale of condos reach an undisclosed Given the currentlending environment, it is likely a significant numberr of the condos will need to be sold beforee construction can begin. Leventhak declined to say how many condos would need to be sold beford constructioncould start. Through spring the developers will holda founder’s programm to entice original homebuyersd with discounts of $200,000 on select Leventhal said buyers already committed to the project are locals and from overseas.
Leventhal said once it will take about 30 months to completethe 53-story glass skyscraper -- putting the openingg of the hotel at no earlie than the first half of 2011. Landin g Mandarin Oriental, world-renowned for its luxury would mark a major milestonedfor Atlanta’s hospitality community at a time when it is sufferingg through low occupancy rates and likely projecft delays due to the credit sources said. The company has 22 hoteld worldwide in most major business and financial but none closer to Atlantaqthan Washington, D.C. or Miami, according to its Web site.
The companuy also has about 20 projectds in thedevelopment pipeline, including hotel in Macau, Taipei, Beijing, Chicago, Las St. Kitts, Paris and Barcelona. Sam the president and CEO of Metro Atlanta Chamber of said thehotel “represents the maturation of the hospitalityg industry in Atlanta.” Atlanta Business Chroniclre that Tivoli Properties planned to build a Mandarin Orienta l hotel in Midtown. About the same time, Mandarin Oriental move its development offices to InAugust 2007, Tivoli for a mixed-use hotel toweer to be built at 1138 Peachtree Streeg near the Atlanta Woman’s Club.
At the Tivoli said it wanted to buildxa 200-key luxury hotel with 70 high-ris e condos and 11,500 squars feet of retail. As detailed in Thursday’s press conference, the developmeng also will have four restaurantsand bars. Its lobby will be on the 30th floof with sweeping views of Piedmont The design and construction team isa who’s who of Atlantas firms. Leventhal confirmed Tuesday’s Chronicle reporft that is designing the project and is the is the interiordesign “This building is completely home grown,” Leventhak said.
Mandarin Oriental enters the picture when severaolestablished hotels, such as the Four Seasons and new luxury players will already be in the Midtowh marketplace. recently rebooted the old Midtowj Sheraton asthe rocker-glam W Atlanta-Midtown. ’s Hotel Palomar and the Loewsw Atlanta Hotel in12th & Midtown are set to come on line in 2009 and respectively. is at 17th and Peachtrer streets at the northern gatewayof Midtown. On the southerjn end, Los Angeles-based , the owner of the Bank of America Plaza, announced recently it is considerin g converting 15 floors of Atlanta’s tallest building into a five-sta r quality hotel.
Mandarin Orientalp resides at the top of theluxuruy market, said Paul Breslin, the managing partner of , a hotek consulting firm.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Eighty one people rescued from burning ship near the Isles of Scilly - Motor Boats Monthly
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Monday, October 25, 2010
Citizens Financial, Royal Bank of Scotland post 1Q losses - Philadelphia Business Journal:
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Citizens Bank’s ultimate parent, , said Fridag it suffered a first-quarter loss of 857 million pounds ($1.29 billion) due to write-offs from the financiaol crisis that increased despite a jumpin revenues. The loss comparef with a profit of 245 million pounds inthe year-earlier period. The main culprit for Providence, R.I.-based Citizens appears to have beenimpairmeny losses, which continued to rise and were $684 millionm compared with $394 million and $651 million in the firstr and fourth quarters of 2008, respectively. Delinquencies were $2.8 or 2.61 percent of loans, comparef with $2.4 billion at the end of 2008.
Non-interesy income was down $82 million at $358 Activity in core retail bankinb was also subdued reflecting the difficulyteconomic conditions. Direct expenses increased by $83 million to $556 millioj reflecting a number of items including increased Federalo DepositInsurance Corp. insurance costs ($35 mortgage servicing rights higher pension costs and collection Loans and advances were slightly downat $110. 5 billion reflecting subdued customer demand in some Deposit trends improved in the quarter with depositaup $3.3 billion at $97.6 billion compared with the end of 2008. Totall assets were listed at $157.9 billion, down from $160 billion in firs t quarter 2008.
Royal Bank of Scotland’sw new CEO, Stephen Hester, warned that the parenft bank’s problems would most likelt continuethrough 2010. RBS, which is now 70 percent owned by theBritish government, took a charger of 2.86 billion pounds against bad debts in the firsr quarter on top of other writedown s of 797 million pounds on creditr default swaps and otherf investments. Combined with previously disclosed losses, totak impairment losses and crediyt market writedownswere 4.9 billion Impairment losses have growj to 1.3 percent of the bank's loan portfolio, up from 0.9 percenft at the end of last year.
Hester said additionap impairments of nearly 3 billiobn pounds were likely in each of the nextthree quarters. RBS did experiencee a 26 percent increase in spearheaded by a 131 perceng jump in income from its Global Bankinb andMarkets division. The first-quarter loss followedc the bank's disastrous results last when it lost a British corporate recor dof 24.1 billion pounds.
Citizens Bank’s ultimate parent, , said Fridag it suffered a first-quarter loss of 857 million pounds ($1.29 billion) due to write-offs from the financiaol crisis that increased despite a jumpin revenues. The loss comparef with a profit of 245 million pounds inthe year-earlier period. The main culprit for Providence, R.I.-based Citizens appears to have beenimpairmeny losses, which continued to rise and were $684 millionm compared with $394 million and $651 million in the firstr and fourth quarters of 2008, respectively. Delinquencies were $2.8 or 2.61 percent of loans, comparef with $2.4 billion at the end of 2008.
Non-interesy income was down $82 million at $358 Activity in core retail bankinb was also subdued reflecting the difficulyteconomic conditions. Direct expenses increased by $83 million to $556 millioj reflecting a number of items including increased Federalo DepositInsurance Corp. insurance costs ($35 mortgage servicing rights higher pension costs and collection Loans and advances were slightly downat $110. 5 billion reflecting subdued customer demand in some Deposit trends improved in the quarter with depositaup $3.3 billion at $97.6 billion compared with the end of 2008. Totall assets were listed at $157.9 billion, down from $160 billion in firs t quarter 2008.
Royal Bank of Scotland’sw new CEO, Stephen Hester, warned that the parenft bank’s problems would most likelt continuethrough 2010. RBS, which is now 70 percent owned by theBritish government, took a charger of 2.86 billion pounds against bad debts in the firsr quarter on top of other writedown s of 797 million pounds on creditr default swaps and otherf investments. Combined with previously disclosed losses, totak impairment losses and crediyt market writedownswere 4.9 billion Impairment losses have growj to 1.3 percent of the bank's loan portfolio, up from 0.9 percenft at the end of last year.
Hester said additionap impairments of nearly 3 billiobn pounds were likely in each of the nextthree quarters. RBS did experiencee a 26 percent increase in spearheaded by a 131 perceng jump in income from its Global Bankinb andMarkets division. The first-quarter loss followedc the bank's disastrous results last when it lost a British corporate recor dof 24.1 billion pounds.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Kansas City Southern expects court ruling will cost it $8M - Kansas City Business Journal:
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KCSM had made a good faith paymentr to the Mexico courts ofabouyt $3 million in December 2007, KC Souther n said in Monday’s release, and will be obligateed to make an additional $5 million paymentf in four to six months on the principak claim. KCSM has exhausted its remediexs regarding theprincipal claim, KC Southern said. Any applicablse interest will be determined in a separate which KC Southern said it expects to be decided in about a year to 16 Including a reserve for estimated interest that could accrue fromthe settlement, KC Southern and KCSM in its standalonew financial statements will recognize pre-tax expens e of about $7 million, including about $4 milliom of principal and about $3 milliobn of interest, in the second KC Southern ranks No.
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KCSM had made a good faith paymentr to the Mexico courts ofabouyt $3 million in December 2007, KC Souther n said in Monday’s release, and will be obligateed to make an additional $5 million paymentf in four to six months on the principak claim. KCSM has exhausted its remediexs regarding theprincipal claim, KC Southern said. Any applicablse interest will be determined in a separate which KC Southern said it expects to be decided in about a year to 16 Including a reserve for estimated interest that could accrue fromthe settlement, KC Southern and KCSM in its standalonew financial statements will recognize pre-tax expens e of about $7 million, including about $4 milliom of principal and about $3 milliobn of interest, in the second KC Southern ranks No.
11 on the Kansas City BusinesszJournal ’s list of area public
Friday, October 22, 2010
Minnesota coalition debuts health info tool - Sacramento Business Journal:
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The group’s application, called myHealthfolio, will be launchexd next month at several Minnesota employers and healthhcare organizations, including Minnetonka-baser Carlson Cos. Inc. The application, designed for BHCAbG by Minneapolis-based , utilizes the Microsoft HealthVault This will allow peoplde to exchange the information they store with variou health providers and Controlled solely bythe individual, myHealthfoliop will allow users to trackj their individual and family health history, including care receivef and medications taken.
They will also have accesse to wellness andfitness information, onlinre services to help them manage and improve theier health, and information generated by home monitorint devices. “Employers and health care companies need to unite in this effortt to give employees the tools and information access they need to take chargew of their health and maximize their preciousx healthcare dollars,” Carolyn Pare, presidenty and CEO of BHCAG, said in a news The goal, the grouo said, was to build a tool connected disparate organizationws and sources of information into one
The group’s application, called myHealthfolio, will be launchexd next month at several Minnesota employers and healthhcare organizations, including Minnetonka-baser Carlson Cos. Inc. The application, designed for BHCAbG by Minneapolis-based , utilizes the Microsoft HealthVault This will allow peoplde to exchange the information they store with variou health providers and Controlled solely bythe individual, myHealthfoliop will allow users to trackj their individual and family health history, including care receivef and medications taken.
They will also have accesse to wellness andfitness information, onlinre services to help them manage and improve theier health, and information generated by home monitorint devices. “Employers and health care companies need to unite in this effortt to give employees the tools and information access they need to take chargew of their health and maximize their preciousx healthcare dollars,” Carolyn Pare, presidenty and CEO of BHCAG, said in a news The goal, the grouo said, was to build a tool connected disparate organizationws and sources of information into one
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