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Shelby County-based Thor (NYSE:THO) posted net income of $2.1 milliojn in the third quarter, compared to $27. 8 million in the same period last Its quarterly salesalso declined, falling to $415.5 down from $707.9 million in the same periodr last year. For the first nine months, the compang lost $7.6 million, versus profit of $87.7 millio last year. Earnings per share for the nine month s were a drop of 14 cents versua earningsof $1.58 last Wade Thompson, Thor chairman, said the company is in good though. “Our operating cash flow is we continue to have zero and we believe our cash and working capital is the strongesft inour industries,” he said.
Thor is the world’s largesg manufacturer of recreation vehicles and a major builder ofcommercial buses. The companhy has the fourth-largest revenue stream in the Dayton region, at $2.6 billion. It has 8,500 total employees, includinhg 300 at its Jackson Center headquarters. Share were trading at $22.021 in mid-day Friday trading, up 2
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Monday, June 27, 2011
The Body played w/ a choir @ Le Poisson Rouge (pics, video) - Brooklyn Vegan
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Brooklyn Vegan | The Body played w/ a choir @ Le Poisson Rouge (pics, video) Brooklyn Vegan The Body performed with the Assembly of Light choir at Le Poisson Rouge early Saturday night (6/25). The band and choir alternated playing short sets, but also collaborated on songs like "Even The Saints Knew Their Hour Of Failure And Loss" which ... |
Saturday, June 25, 2011
WSOP Day 25 Recap: Three Bracelets Awarded; Negreanu Makes Deep Run - PartTimePoker News
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WSOP Day 25 Recap: Three Bracelets Awarded; Negreanu Makes Deep Run PartTimePoker News A Russian and a Frenchman take home bracelets, while Daniel Negreanu and Jonathan Duhamel are making deep runs. Get a recap of all the events of Day 25 and a look ahead to Day 26 of the World Series of Poker. For more on the WSOP, including where to ... |
Thursday, June 23, 2011
The Insider - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
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Amazon and Toys Us formed an alliancein 2000, marryinh Toys ‘R’ Us merchandise with Amazon’z online business. The deal was supposed to last a decade, but the agreemenrt fell apart after Toys Us accused Amazon of breaking a deal to let the toy compang be the exclusive supplier of some The two firms have been fightingv for years over whether Toys Us can dissolvethe agreement. Amazon in March lost an appeal of a NewJersey court’s 2006 ordere allowing Toys ‘R’ Us to terminate the The question of whether Toys ‘R’ Us is entitled to damagesd is under consideration.
Now Amazon is appealing the case to the New JerseyhSupreme Court, according to Patty Smith, a spokeswomanm for the Seattle online retailer. She providesd no further information.
Amazon and Toys Us formed an alliancein 2000, marryinh Toys ‘R’ Us merchandise with Amazon’z online business. The deal was supposed to last a decade, but the agreemenrt fell apart after Toys Us accused Amazon of breaking a deal to let the toy compang be the exclusive supplier of some The two firms have been fightingv for years over whether Toys Us can dissolvethe agreement. Amazon in March lost an appeal of a NewJersey court’s 2006 ordere allowing Toys ‘R’ Us to terminate the The question of whether Toys ‘R’ Us is entitled to damagesd is under consideration.
Now Amazon is appealing the case to the New JerseyhSupreme Court, according to Patty Smith, a spokeswomanm for the Seattle online retailer. She providesd no further information.
Monday, June 20, 2011
Consumer loan delinquencies rise to record high - Birmingham Business Journal:
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The industry group blames the record wave of job lossesz as amajor factor. More than 2 millioj Americans lost their jobs in the firsrt three months ofthe year. Six million have lost their jobs sinces therecession began. “Delinquencies won’t improve until companiess start hiring again and we see a significanfteconomic turnaround,” ABA chief economisgt James Chessen said in a news release. The ABA defines delinquench as a payment that is 30 days or more The composite delinquency rate among eigh typesof closed-end installment loan categoriesd rose to 3.23 percent of all accounts, from 3.22 percengt in the previous Bank card delinquencies rose to 4.
75 perceng of all accounts, from 4.52 percen t in the previous quarter. However, the balanceds on those delinquent accountsrose dramatically, to 6.6 percent of the valud of all outstanding bank card debt marking a new record – from 5.52 Chessen said the unemployed may be usiny bank cards to bridgs a temporary income gap, especially with less home equitgy to fall back on as housingh prices continue to fall. Home equity loan delinquenciesw increasedto 3.52 percent from 3.03 percent. Property improvemen loan delinquencies decreasedto 1.46 percent from 1.75 Indirect auto loan delinquencies decreased to 3.42 percent from 3.53 percent. Direct auto loan delinquenciee increasedto 3.
01 percent from 2.03 Marine loan delinquencies decreased to 2.04 percentr from 2.35 percent. RV loan delinquencies increasedxto 1.52 percent from 1.38 percent. Mobile home loan delinquenciesd increasedto 3.7 percent from 2.96 percent. Personal loan delinquencies increaseedto 3.47 percent from 2.88 percent.
The industry group blames the record wave of job lossesz as amajor factor. More than 2 millioj Americans lost their jobs in the firsrt three months ofthe year. Six million have lost their jobs sinces therecession began. “Delinquencies won’t improve until companiess start hiring again and we see a significanfteconomic turnaround,” ABA chief economisgt James Chessen said in a news release. The ABA defines delinquench as a payment that is 30 days or more The composite delinquency rate among eigh typesof closed-end installment loan categoriesd rose to 3.23 percent of all accounts, from 3.22 percengt in the previous Bank card delinquencies rose to 4.
75 perceng of all accounts, from 4.52 percen t in the previous quarter. However, the balanceds on those delinquent accountsrose dramatically, to 6.6 percent of the valud of all outstanding bank card debt marking a new record – from 5.52 Chessen said the unemployed may be usiny bank cards to bridgs a temporary income gap, especially with less home equitgy to fall back on as housingh prices continue to fall. Home equity loan delinquenciesw increasedto 3.52 percent from 3.03 percent. Property improvemen loan delinquencies decreasedto 1.46 percent from 1.75 Indirect auto loan delinquencies decreased to 3.42 percent from 3.53 percent. Direct auto loan delinquenciee increasedto 3.
01 percent from 2.03 Marine loan delinquencies decreased to 2.04 percentr from 2.35 percent. RV loan delinquencies increasedxto 1.52 percent from 1.38 percent. Mobile home loan delinquenciesd increasedto 3.7 percent from 2.96 percent. Personal loan delinquencies increaseedto 3.47 percent from 2.88 percent.
Saturday, June 18, 2011
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Thursday, June 16, 2011
MGIC to invest $1B in new subsidiary - Washington Business Journal:
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The Milwaukee-based mortgage insurer (NYSE: MTG) also announced Thursday morning its eighth consecutive quarterly net MGIC said its net loss for the quartef ending June 30was $339.8 million, or $2.74 per compared with a net loss of $99.9 million, or 81 centds in the same quarter a year ago. Chairmah and CEO Curt Culver saidthe company’ s financial results continue to be adversely impacteds by increased mortgage delinquencies and the “severe housing correction.” MGIC executiveds continue to believe that MGIC has more than adequate resources to pay all of its insured claim obligations on the existinf insurance in force.
The subsidiary, known as , will writse new business starting Jan. 1, 2010, the companyu said. to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that they were formulating a plan for writing new business viathe subsidiary. The subsidiary previously wrotd mortgage guaranty insurance but has not written new businesssincwe 1985, when MGIC emerged from until recently, had been the most traumatic periodr in its 52-year The Wisconsin insurance commissioner placed MGIC in conservatorshio in 1985 after the company’s then-owner, Baldwin-United of Cincinnati, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. MGIC emergeds from those troubles when management led a buyouf financedby Milwaukee-based .
MGIC has received approval from its primary regulator, the Wisconsin Office of Commissioner of Insurance, to proceesd with reactivating the subsidiary. The company needs to secure further regulatory approvals before it can writdenew business. The companyh is tapping the subsidiary to address concernd thatits risk-to-capital rati might eclipse regulatory requirements and prevent MGIC from writinh new business. “In ordedr to provide certainty that we would be able to continue writing new business on anuninterrupted basis, we needexd to write new business in a compan which has a lower risk-to-capital ratio,” Culver said.
MGIC will provided capital for the subsidiary intwo $500 milliomn installments, the first of which is to be made by July 31, and the seconsd within five business days aftefr Jan. 1, 2011. When the subsidiary becomese fully operational, MGIC will stop writinb new business. MGIC will continue to collectt premiums on its insurance business and will pay claims on that businesds but will no longer write new thecompany said. The subsidiary will be run by executived of Total revenuefor MGIC’s second quarted was $454.5 million, compared with $424.5 millionh in the second quarter of 2008. Net premiumxs written for the quarterwere $330.r4 million, compared with $371.
8 million for the year-ago Net premiums written for the firsft six months of 2009 were $677.9 million, comparedr with $740.3 million a year earlier. Included in otherf revenue for the second quartee was a gainof $8 million that resultexd from the company’s repurchase of $40.3 million of long-terkm debt due in September 2011. New insurance writtemn in the second quarterwas $5.9 compared with $14 billion in the second quarter of 2008. New insurancew written for the first six months of 2009was $12.3 billion compared with $33.1 billion in the firsft half of 2008.
MGIC stock opened lowerr Thursday, but rose by mid-morning before closinbg up 76 cents at or more than 19 percenrt forthe day.
The Milwaukee-based mortgage insurer (NYSE: MTG) also announced Thursday morning its eighth consecutive quarterly net MGIC said its net loss for the quartef ending June 30was $339.8 million, or $2.74 per compared with a net loss of $99.9 million, or 81 centds in the same quarter a year ago. Chairmah and CEO Curt Culver saidthe company’ s financial results continue to be adversely impacteds by increased mortgage delinquencies and the “severe housing correction.” MGIC executiveds continue to believe that MGIC has more than adequate resources to pay all of its insured claim obligations on the existinf insurance in force.
The subsidiary, known as , will writse new business starting Jan. 1, 2010, the companyu said. to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that they were formulating a plan for writing new business viathe subsidiary. The subsidiary previously wrotd mortgage guaranty insurance but has not written new businesssincwe 1985, when MGIC emerged from until recently, had been the most traumatic periodr in its 52-year The Wisconsin insurance commissioner placed MGIC in conservatorshio in 1985 after the company’s then-owner, Baldwin-United of Cincinnati, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. MGIC emergeds from those troubles when management led a buyouf financedby Milwaukee-based .
MGIC has received approval from its primary regulator, the Wisconsin Office of Commissioner of Insurance, to proceesd with reactivating the subsidiary. The company needs to secure further regulatory approvals before it can writdenew business. The companyh is tapping the subsidiary to address concernd thatits risk-to-capital rati might eclipse regulatory requirements and prevent MGIC from writinh new business. “In ordedr to provide certainty that we would be able to continue writing new business on anuninterrupted basis, we needexd to write new business in a compan which has a lower risk-to-capital ratio,” Culver said.
MGIC will provided capital for the subsidiary intwo $500 milliomn installments, the first of which is to be made by July 31, and the seconsd within five business days aftefr Jan. 1, 2011. When the subsidiary becomese fully operational, MGIC will stop writinb new business. MGIC will continue to collectt premiums on its insurance business and will pay claims on that businesds but will no longer write new thecompany said. The subsidiary will be run by executived of Total revenuefor MGIC’s second quarted was $454.5 million, compared with $424.5 millionh in the second quarter of 2008. Net premiumxs written for the quarterwere $330.r4 million, compared with $371.
8 million for the year-ago Net premiums written for the firsft six months of 2009 were $677.9 million, comparedr with $740.3 million a year earlier. Included in otherf revenue for the second quartee was a gainof $8 million that resultexd from the company’s repurchase of $40.3 million of long-terkm debt due in September 2011. New insurance writtemn in the second quarterwas $5.9 compared with $14 billion in the second quarter of 2008. New insurancew written for the first six months of 2009was $12.3 billion compared with $33.1 billion in the firsft half of 2008.
MGIC stock opened lowerr Thursday, but rose by mid-morning before closinbg up 76 cents at or more than 19 percenrt forthe day.
Monday, June 13, 2011
MobileMe-to-iCloud Transition Messaging Provokes Confusion - TidBITS
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Saturday, June 11, 2011
Duke Energy unit buys Pennsylvania wind farm - Pittsburgh Business Times:
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DEGS is an unregulated subsidiaryof Charlotte, N.C.-based It will buy the 35-turbine facility from , a unit of a Spanisyh energy company. The deal is slated to closer in thethird quarter. The purchase price wasn’t disclosed. Construction is almost complete at the North Allegheny Windpower Woutervan Kempen, president of DEGS, says the purchases is an important step for the “This acquisition immediately expands our wind power portfoliko beyond the western U.S.
, where we have half a dozenn projects already in operation or under Akron, Ohio-based , which owns two Pennsylvania utilities, will buy all the outpu t from the farm for more than 20 The farm is a medium-sizer project for DEGS. It is part owner of a 283-megawattf farm in Texas. DEGS also owns a 42-megawattg farm and a 150-megawatt farm in Texas, as well as threre farms in Wyoming, a 29-megawattg project, a 42-megawatt projecr and a 99-megawatt project. Duke spokesman Dave Scanzonj says DEGS would be interested in additional projectz inthe east. The key for the company is finding projects that can be builyt quickly and have customerss ready to buythe power.
He declined to say whethert the company is considering any other specific projects in the EasternUnitef States. DEGS develops and operates renewable-energy projects to sell powedr to industrial andutility customers. It has 500 megawattx of wind power in productionand 5,000 megawatts of capacitgy in its pipeline. By the end of the year it expects to have 200 additional megawatts ofcapacity online. Duke entered the wind-energy business two years ago. The compant has committed morethan $1 billion to the wind-energu business.
DEGS is an unregulated subsidiaryof Charlotte, N.C.-based It will buy the 35-turbine facility from , a unit of a Spanisyh energy company. The deal is slated to closer in thethird quarter. The purchase price wasn’t disclosed. Construction is almost complete at the North Allegheny Windpower Woutervan Kempen, president of DEGS, says the purchases is an important step for the “This acquisition immediately expands our wind power portfoliko beyond the western U.S.
, where we have half a dozenn projects already in operation or under Akron, Ohio-based , which owns two Pennsylvania utilities, will buy all the outpu t from the farm for more than 20 The farm is a medium-sizer project for DEGS. It is part owner of a 283-megawattf farm in Texas. DEGS also owns a 42-megawattg farm and a 150-megawatt farm in Texas, as well as threre farms in Wyoming, a 29-megawattg project, a 42-megawatt projecr and a 99-megawatt project. Duke spokesman Dave Scanzonj says DEGS would be interested in additional projectz inthe east. The key for the company is finding projects that can be builyt quickly and have customerss ready to buythe power.
He declined to say whethert the company is considering any other specific projects in the EasternUnitef States. DEGS develops and operates renewable-energy projects to sell powedr to industrial andutility customers. It has 500 megawattx of wind power in productionand 5,000 megawatts of capacitgy in its pipeline. By the end of the year it expects to have 200 additional megawatts ofcapacity online. Duke entered the wind-energy business two years ago. The compant has committed morethan $1 billion to the wind-energu business.
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Regions Bank escalates foreclosure activity - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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On May 27, the Ala.-based bank won a $21.4 million foreclosure judgment against QuailHunter Trail, the developef of the Enclave at Blacj Point Marina in southern Miami-Dade The development site, on the northern side of Homestead, spanz south of Old Cutlerr Road to Silver Palm Drive (Southwest 232ndc Street) along the east side of Florida’s Turnpike. The developere built a handful of the 240 homese it obtainedapproval for, but none have been sold, accordinvg to court records. The Enclavee at Black Point Marina is scheduled for publi c saleon Oct. 9 at 11 a.m. in the Miami-Dader County Courthouse.
Regions Bank targeted another project insouthern Miami-Dads on May 3 when it filed a foreclosure action againstt South Miami-based Coconut Palm Estates LLC and managing membefr Carlos DeLeon. That lawsuit involves a $6 million mortgage made in 2007 coverinyg the Coconut Palm Estates with plans for10 single-family homes in a cul de sac on 3 acre at the northwest corner of Southwest 96th Street and Southwestr 72nd Avenue in Pinecrest. There is no evidencde in county records of construction gettingunde way. Fort Lauderdale-based attorney Arthur H. Rice, who represents Regions Bank inthat lawsuit, did not immediately returnb a call seeking comment.
In Palm Beachn County, Regions Bank filed a foreclosure lawsuit on May 28againsyt Rockledge-based Gun Club LLC and managing membetr Nick N. Rahal based on a $4 millionm mortgage issued in 2006. The lawsuity targets a 6.9-acre site along Gun Club Road, just west of Soutbh Military Trail in an unincorporated part of the Court records show it holds entitlementsfor 40,112q square feet of commercial but there were no records of development taking Nicholas Rahal, the head of Rockledge-based , said Gun Club LLC is not ownecd by him, but by his son of the same He added that the site was planned as a but the dealer backed out. His son was not immediateluy availablefor comment.
West Palm Beach-based attorneh Michael J. Posner, who represents Regions Bank in the did not immediately return aphonw message.
On May 27, the Ala.-based bank won a $21.4 million foreclosure judgment against QuailHunter Trail, the developef of the Enclave at Blacj Point Marina in southern Miami-Dade The development site, on the northern side of Homestead, spanz south of Old Cutlerr Road to Silver Palm Drive (Southwest 232ndc Street) along the east side of Florida’s Turnpike. The developere built a handful of the 240 homese it obtainedapproval for, but none have been sold, accordinvg to court records. The Enclavee at Black Point Marina is scheduled for publi c saleon Oct. 9 at 11 a.m. in the Miami-Dader County Courthouse.
Regions Bank targeted another project insouthern Miami-Dads on May 3 when it filed a foreclosure action againstt South Miami-based Coconut Palm Estates LLC and managing membefr Carlos DeLeon. That lawsuit involves a $6 million mortgage made in 2007 coverinyg the Coconut Palm Estates with plans for10 single-family homes in a cul de sac on 3 acre at the northwest corner of Southwest 96th Street and Southwestr 72nd Avenue in Pinecrest. There is no evidencde in county records of construction gettingunde way. Fort Lauderdale-based attorney Arthur H. Rice, who represents Regions Bank inthat lawsuit, did not immediately returnb a call seeking comment.
In Palm Beachn County, Regions Bank filed a foreclosure lawsuit on May 28againsyt Rockledge-based Gun Club LLC and managing membetr Nick N. Rahal based on a $4 millionm mortgage issued in 2006. The lawsuity targets a 6.9-acre site along Gun Club Road, just west of Soutbh Military Trail in an unincorporated part of the Court records show it holds entitlementsfor 40,112q square feet of commercial but there were no records of development taking Nicholas Rahal, the head of Rockledge-based , said Gun Club LLC is not ownecd by him, but by his son of the same He added that the site was planned as a but the dealer backed out. His son was not immediateluy availablefor comment.
West Palm Beach-based attorneh Michael J. Posner, who represents Regions Bank in the did not immediately return aphonw message.
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Honda sales plunge 41% in May - Phoenix Business Journal:
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’s American sales arm, , reportes on Tuesday that the automakersold 98,344 vehicles nationwided in May. A year ago, demand for fuel-efficieng vehicles had sent Honda to a record month of salesxat 167,997 vehicles. That represents a drop of 41 percentr from ayear ago, when prices at the pump were highet and the automobile industry hadn’t yet hit crisisd mode. Columbus Business First reports monthly sales unadjusteed for the differences in the number of sellinyg days yearto year. Honda’s sales in May, taking into accounyt one fewer selling daylast month, fell 39 percent.
Leadingf the decline in monthly sales for May wasthe company’s flagship which saw a 42 percent drop in sales at 88,875 Its luxury Acura divisio saw sales fall 36 percent to 9,46o9 vehicles. Honda sales in the first five monthx of the year fell 34 percentto 430,358 compared with 655,819 a year ago. That accountsx for a 34 percent drop in Honda salesat 387,556y vehicles and a 35 percent declinew in Acura sales at Marysville-based employs more than 12,000o workers at assembly and engine plants in and arouns Central Ohio, where they produce Honda Civics, CR-Vs, Elements and Acura TLs and
’s American sales arm, , reportes on Tuesday that the automakersold 98,344 vehicles nationwided in May. A year ago, demand for fuel-efficieng vehicles had sent Honda to a record month of salesxat 167,997 vehicles. That represents a drop of 41 percentr from ayear ago, when prices at the pump were highet and the automobile industry hadn’t yet hit crisisd mode. Columbus Business First reports monthly sales unadjusteed for the differences in the number of sellinyg days yearto year. Honda’s sales in May, taking into accounyt one fewer selling daylast month, fell 39 percent.
Leadingf the decline in monthly sales for May wasthe company’s flagship which saw a 42 percent drop in sales at 88,875 Its luxury Acura divisio saw sales fall 36 percent to 9,46o9 vehicles. Honda sales in the first five monthx of the year fell 34 percentto 430,358 compared with 655,819 a year ago. That accountsx for a 34 percent drop in Honda salesat 387,556y vehicles and a 35 percent declinew in Acura sales at Marysville-based employs more than 12,000o workers at assembly and engine plants in and arouns Central Ohio, where they produce Honda Civics, CR-Vs, Elements and Acura TLs and
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Al Qaeda Leader Reported Killed By US Missile Attack in Pakistan - ABC News
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ABC News | Al Qaeda Leader Reported Killed By US Missile Attack in Pakistan ABC News Several of Kashmiri's followers were also reported to be killed in the same attack. Most of the bodies were beyond recognition, sources said. "Body parts were scattered » |
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