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UKBA accused of covering up airport delays The Guardian Heathrow Airport has been ordered by the UK Border Agency (UKBA) to stop handing out to passengers leaflets acknowledging the "very long delays" at immigration, which have become a serious government concern in the runup to the Olympics. < nobr>and more »

Absence of 'one of world's best' Suarez hurt Liverpool - Gerrard - Goal.com

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Absence of 'one of world's best' Suarez hurt Liverpool - Gerrard Goal.com Suarez was banned earlier this season for abuse towards Manchester United's Patrice Evra, with the midfielder arguing that the striker's absence contributed to an  »

Bankers may slam teller windows on IOUs - Los Angeles Business from bizjournals:

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The inability to cash in the IOUs will place sever stress on small businesses and othersreceiving (NYSE: BAC), (NYSE: J.P. Morgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) and C) have said they’ll accept the IOUs from customerse . Bank of America, in particular, has said it won't extenf that deadline. “Registered warrants present a challenging operational and financial BofA spokeswoman Julie Westermannsaid Tuesday. “The time limit is also based on our experience the last time the state issued registereed warrantsin 1992.
"The longe r the registered warrantswere accepted, the longer it took the legislaturre to resolve the matter,” Westermann “We do not want our acceptance of registeree warrants to deter the state from reaching a budget agreement as soon as possible.” Chass said Tuesday that it hasn’t decided whether to accepy the state’s IOUs beyond Friday. The last time the statew issued IOUsin 1992, the banke extended their initial deadline for acceptance. But this time may be “Capacity is limited.
This time around, banks are zealously guardinv their liquidity,” said John Rossell, president and CEO of Lafayette-basedx (NASDAQ: CABC), which is accepting IOUs from itsclientws “on a case-by-case basis.” (NASDAQ: and (NASDAQ: BBNK) are also among the Bay Area communit banks accepting IOUs from their at least for now. But communityt banks are also findingthat it’es unlikely they’ll be able to pass alongy the IOUs to the state’s large banks in which they have correspondent banking Adding to the reluctance to accepf the IOUs, some bankers may view accepting IOUs as enablinyg bad behavior in Sacramento.
The state’s communit bankers don’t have the deep pockets of the larger banks to essentially extenrd billions of dollarsin short-term loansw to Sacramento. Banks large and smalkl are not only beiny hit by one of the harshestr recessionsin years, but the is collectint special assessments to pay for a wave of bank If banks stop accepting the it would not be surprising to see investof offer to purchase the notes at a discount to face valuew to boost their returns. Californiwa plans to issue morethan $3 billion in IOUs this montgh with an annual interest rate of 3.75 percent.

Luxury hangar at Scottsdale Airport may be 'M'm! M'm! Good!' - Phoenix Business Journal:

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Not just any project. This one is a Of course, as this lineup would suggest, not just any This one is being built for Bennett Dorrancer IIIat . Dorrance, whos family founded the CampbellSoup Co. in the lives in Paradise Valley. The architecr is Swaback Partners, whose founder Vernon Swabaci was an apprentice to FranmLloyd Wright. And the interior designer is Adam Tihany, considerec a pre-eminent international designer whose work is founf in severalworld capitals. The ultramodern desig n of the executive hangarincludes titanium, glases and concrete.
It will have space for eightf private aircraft and 30vintage cars, and it will be topped by a 180-foot-long titanium sculpture resembling a streamlinecd paper airplane. The 93,370-square-foot Airmore hangar which will have spacde for administrative offices and maintenance is on six acres near the corne of 78th Way and 83rd Place on the east side ofthe Dorrance, who made the latest Forbesa magazine ranking as one of the richesf men in America (No. 207 with estimater worth of $1.4 billion), coulx not be reached for comment. He is a partner in DMB a dominant real estate and diversified investment companhy inthe Valley. Swaback's desigm is on file with the city of Ina Feb.
5 letter to city planner Alan Ward, Swabac said the Airmore proposal "iws an integrated, two-building complex inspired by the spirit ofaviation itself." When called for Swaback would only say, "Itr is a fascinating project." Tihany, of Adam D. Tihan y International, has designed luxury restaurantsand hotels, including work at the Bellagiop in Las Vegas. His work is found from New York to Mexico City, Paris, London, Jerusalem, Budapest and Hong Dorrance's proposal was approver by the Scottsdale development reviewq board March 22. Ward said construction could start laterthis year.

Bidwills more popular than Sarver, Moyes - Business First of Columbus:

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But the Bidwills and Cardinals fortunezs have improved after their 2009 SuperBowl run. The Cardinalws overall standing in a ranking of pro sports franchises climbed to 33rd place from 84th in a surveyof 5,000 fans by ESPN. The same survey showsw the Bidwills ranking 82nd as sports fans ratede 122 professional sports team owners inthe U.S. That is a markerd improvement from past localand surveys, including a 2007 fan survegy by Turnkey Sports and Entertainment, which ranke owner Bill Bidwill 120th out of the 122 Arizona Diamondbacks ownership — headed by managingy partner Ken Kendrick — came in 79th on the national The Bidwills did rank better than Phoenisx Suns owner Robert Sarver, who came in Sarver faced criticism afte the Suns failed to make the playoffs this seasoh and for some unpopular on court decisions.
The Phoenix Coyoteds ownership ranked last among Phoenix teams and theentirde survey. The Coyotes are in Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganizatiomn with owner Jerry Moyes trying to sell the troublexd hockey franchise to Canadiann billionaireJim Balsillie, who wants to move the team to The National Hockey League wants to sell the team to Chicagp White Sox and Chicago Bulls ownerd Jerry Reinsdorf, who would keep it in Glendale. Owneras of Phoenix’s four sports team all rank lowe in the ESPN fan surveys than Dallas Mavericks ownefr MarkCuban (33rd) and Dallas Cowboys ownef Jerry Jones (67th).
Hockey's Detroit Red Wings owner Mariajn Ilitch ranked as the most popular sports owner inthe

McDonald's meets expectations as profit jumps - BusinessWeek

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McDonald's meets expectations as profit jumps BusinessWeek The world's biggest hamburger chain said Friday that its net income rose 5 percent in the first quarter, in line with W »

Reactions to Death of Dick Clark, New Year's Eve Icon - New York Times (blog)

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Reactions to Death of Dick Clark, New Year's Eve Icon New York Times (blog) By BRIAN STELTER and BILL CARTER The death of Dick Clark on Wednesday prompted an outpouring of memories from generations of viewers and fans, reflecting his 60-year career that mirrored the growth of television. Some rec »

Michael Irvin sued over "Fourth and Long" reality show - Dallas Business Journal:

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Jordan Bealmear of Thermal, and Shannon Clark and Christopher Harding, both of Louisville, Ky., alleger Michael Irvin’s reality show “Fourth and Long” is their idea with a new The plaintiffs in a lawsuitg filed in Dallas County accuse Irvinof fraud, frau by nondisclosure, breach of contract and unjust Larry Friedman, Michael Irvin's attorney, told the Dallas Business Journakl Wednesday that the lawsuit is completelhy bogus and without merit. Friedman said Irvin met with the and they had no business no company, no stationery and workeds outside the industry without substantial contacts.
Friedma n added that a lot of people in the entertainmenr industry were throwing the same show concept around and Michael had the concept and was looking for a When asked who called the initial meetint betweenthe parties, Friedman said he didn't know who invited who to the In response, the attorney for the Mark Taylor of Dallas, told the DBJ that the issu is not whether the idea for the show was but whether Michael agreed to enter into a deal and then renegee on the terms of the The plaintiffs in the lawsuiyt say they developed the concept behind the which they were calling "Gutes to Glory" and ended up in contact with Irvinm and his representatives to invite Irvin to be the show'zs host.
The plaintiffs offered a deal in which Irvinh and his agent would receive 25 percenr of the proceeds and the plaintiffes would receive75 percent. They later struck a deal in which Irvihn would take 75 percent of the aggregatwe executiveproducing fee, while the plaintiffs wouldx share the remaining 25 percent and that adaptions of the show for othed sports would involve a 50-50 split, accordingg to the lawsuit. During the negotiation process, the threed say Irvin was provided withmarketingh tools, including a story board, to present to Dallas Cowboyas executives and Dallas Cowboys Coach Jerry Jones with the intent of gettinvg the team involved.
In the lawsuit, the plaintiffs say they were escortes out of aMarch 10, 2008, deal signing meeting at the Dallas law officew of Friedman & Fiegler LLP in whichn Larry Friedman was present. Theifr attorney, Larry Kopeikin, was attending the meeting via aconference call. When they were brough t back intothe meeting, the plaintiffs were told that Irvi n would have to revieew the deal memo befor e signing. Days later, they learned that Irvin woulfd only agree toa 95-5 percent splir with Irvin taking a 95 percent cut, and five days after that Irvi sent an e-mail to Clark stating that he had never used the storyboards in his presentation to Jones, according to the lawsuit.
The threde individuals who planned to produce the show are suing Irvinn claiming in their suit thatIrvin “througgh his agents, representatives, and/or employees, made false and material misrepresentation to plaintiffs concerning his agreement to the termsw of the deal memo, including the 75-25r percent split."

Shadows lifting five years after Virginia Tech shooting - USA TODAY

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Shadows lifting five years after Virginia Tech shooting USA TODAY The shadows are lifting from Virginia Tech five years after the deadliest mass school shooting in US history. By Jack Gruber, USA TODAY Bruce Wilson, a Virginia Tech alum, places flowers on the 32 stone memorials for the victims of the April 16, ... and more »

Reports: U.S. probes Silicon Valley tech giants' hiring - Dayton Business Journal:

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The Washington Post and New York Timews reported late on Tuesday that the antitrust probe is centered onwhethef (NASDAQ:GOOG), (NASDAQ:AAPL), (NASDAQ:YHOO), and others agreexd not to recruit each other's employees. The stories cited unnamede sources the papers said are familiar withthe matter. The investigatioj is reportedly in itsearly stages, with the paper saying that the government has requested documentes and information from targeted The inquiry is seen as another sign that the Obamz administration will be more aggressive on antitrust laws than his predecessod and Silicon Valley tech firms are a focusd of that attention.
The Justic Department is currently also investigating a proposed settlemengtbetween Google, authors and publishers to resolvw a copyright dispute, the Wall Street Journal has reportex citing unnamed sources. The Federa l Trade Commission has also asked questions about whether havinv Google CEO Eric Schmidt and forme rGenentech Inc. CEO Art Levinson on both the Apple and Google board is a violatio ofantitrust laws.

Weekend box office too close to call - Business First of Columbus:

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"Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs" from Fox and Revenge of the Fallen" from Paramount both projected the same box office grosxs for theweekend -- $42,500,000 -- according to , whic tracks box-office revenues. The estimated numbers are from the studioss and are based on estimates from Friday and Saturday and projectionzsfor Sunday, the report said. "Transformers" was numbet one at last week's box and "Ice Age" is in its firsyt week in theaters. Another new release, "Public from Universal came in third, with an estimated $26,172,000. Rounding out the top five were Disney' "The Proposal" and Warner Bros.
' "The Hangover," which broughtf in an estimated $12,779,000 and $10,415,000, respectively. also passed Disney/Pixar's "Up" as the top-grossing movi e of the year, as it has brought in an estimate $293,459,000, compared to an estimated $264,873,000 for "Transformers" also now has the 31st highestt domestic grossall time, according to the

Public hearing is next step for new Hawaii building code - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):

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The state Building Code Council is awaiting approvalofrom Gov. Linda Lingle to hold a statewide hearintg where the public can comment on the plansx for the state to go to the 2006 versio of the InternationalBuilding Code, said stat Comptroller Russ Saito, a nonvoting membe of the council. The council also will recommenc upgrading thestate fire, plumbing and electrical codes, as well as the states energy-conservation code, which replaces the state energy he said. After the comments are the code will be implemented if theree are no major changes to what already hasbeen proposed. If therr are major changes, it must go through the publicf hearingprocess again, Saito said.
The stat e will begin using the new codes for state agency The counties then will have two years to amendc their codes or follow the statemodeo code. “I think it’s good because in the buildingcode we’rs including the hurricane-resistant criteria that was developed a couple of yeards ago,” said Saito, who is in charg e of the Department of Accounting and General which oversees the state’s buildings. “It gives a consistenc in the way we designour buildings.
The whole idea is to be consistent among all the counties or as consistent as we can The energy-conservation code, based on the International Energuy Conservation Code, aims to make buildings more energy-efficient through insulation and other heat-deflecting devices. It initially will apply to allstatd buildings, including schools, and eventually all commercial and residentia buildings in the state.
“When we had our hearingas on the IECC we Hawaiianized quite a bitof it, becausw it’s a Mainland code, especially a lot of the insulatiob provisions, because they don’t apply here,” said Howard an energy analyst in the statee Department of Business, Economivc Development & Tourism’s energy office. For example, the Hawaiio group struck a provision from the Mainlaned code that exempts commercial and residential buildings withoutt heating and cooling systems from having to have That means insulation will be requirex even in buildings that do nothave air-conditioning he said.
“The real idea behind the ideal, would be to insulate the building such thatit doesn’ft need air conditioning,” he said. Windowsd will have to have a solar heat gainof 40, whicbh means they reflect back 60 percenf of the sun’s heat, said Wiig, who was recently appointes to the IECC’s national committee on energy as the tropical representative. One major provisiojn in the energy-conservation code that will impacr Hawaii’s commercial building industrhmandates commissioning.
That means a third-party inspector will be requiree to check the building three times durinfg the constructionprocess — during the blueprint in the middle of the constructioj phase, and just before the walls are closedx in to test for energy leakage, Wiig said. Althoughn this type of inspection has gone on for yearsa onthe Mainland, especially in California, it will be new to and could mean new jobs. “This is a new cottage industry,” Wiig said. “This is a new green job that’s beingy created.
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The University City-based company operates 15 discount shoe storesz across the country underthe EJ’sx Designer Shoe Outlet, E&J’s Designer Shoe Outletf and Shoe Cents names. Locally, EJ’s has stores in Olivettew and Crestwood. EJ’s owes about $3.3 according to a motion filed June 10 in which Commerced agreed to allow the company to use its cash on hand to fund ongoinh operations duringthe reorganization. EJ’s was foundex in St. Louis in 1972 by Edward Nusrala andhis family.
According to the the store was “founded on the then-novel idea that department storwe brands ought to be availablew at everyday discounted Nusrala and his family still are the majority shareholdere inthe company. Companyh President Edward Nusralaowns 21.69 percent of the Edward J. Nusrala Jr. holds 17.41 and Mimika Nusrala owns 10.86 percent. Other shareholders are Ameliaz McMaken, 16.31 percent; Juliette Doorack, 17.41 percent; and Mimika Meskill, 16.31 percent, accordinvg to a June 5 filing in for the Easternb Districtof Missouri. According to the bankruptcyy filing, the company has assetsx of between $500,000 and $1 million and liabilitied of between $10 million and $50 million.
EJ’s boarcd of directors held a meeting June 4 in whicy it was determined that it was inthe “best interesr of the company, its creditors and othe interested parties” for a reorganization unde r a Chapter 11 bankruptcy to be according to the Many of the company’s largest unsecured creditor are landlords of store with the largest creditor being La Jolla, Calif.-base , owed $886,919 on the leasde for the EJ’s store in Palm Desert, Calif. In the St. Loui region, EJ’s owes $573,344 on the leases for its Olivette storr at 8620Olive Blvd., and owes G.J.
Grewes $260,296 on the lease at 9109 Watson Road in Other local creditorsinclude Olivette-based , which EJ’s owes $180,00o9 for inventory, and Fenton-base Footwear Unlimited, which is owed $77,952 for Other creditors owed for unpaifd inventory include Cole Haan and the EJ’es previously did business as Famous Brand but in 2007 acquireed the rights to the name from EJ’s. Brown renamef its Supermarket of Shoes retail storesas stores, and the forme r Famous Brand Shoes changed its corporatw name to EJ’s Shoes Inc. Besides St. Louis and Palm EJ’s has locations in Texas and Arizona.
Laurqa Uberti Hughes and Nicholas Frank e of local law firm arerepresenting EJ’ s in the bankruptcy proceedings.

Two women-owned law firms merge - San Francisco Business Times:

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area have merged. The PLLC, a 20-year-ol d firm in Delmar, has merged with Latimer/Stroud LLP, a 17-year-olrd firm in Latham. The new firm, LLP, is locate d at 951 Albany Shaker Roadin Latimer/Stroud’s office was expanded from 2,50 0 square feet to 5,000 squarse feet. The new firm has 11 people. LaFave’e focus was personal injury andmedicap malpractice. Latimer/Stroud’s general practice included matrimoniak law, estates and trusts. Both firms had about $850,000 in revenue last year. Cynthia LaFave, founde r of the LaFave Firm, said she and Sue founder of Latimer/Stroud, worked together in the mid-1990s. “We enjoyec working together,” LaFave said.
Latimeer left to become a physician’sd assistant. But surgery replacing both her knees cut short her medical career and she returnedto law. Latimer and LaFave discussed a possible mergedr eight months ago whilew eating at Athosin Guilderland. “We were talking abouf the two practices andhow they’d fit LaFave said. “At the end of dinner, we ‘We need to explore this.’” Latimer “We did. And that’s why we’re here.
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Fowl start but a splendid finish - Calgary Herald

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Fowl start but a splendid finish Calgary Herald The defence finally rested for the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday night, but it didn't matter. They still won. The Anaheim Ducks built a 4-2 second-period lead - and chased Vancouver starter Roberto Luongo in the process - but couldn't hang on as the ... and more »

Baylor's supporting cast coming up big for Bears team on the cusp of history - Washington Post

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Baylor's supporting cast coming up big for Bears team on the cusp of history Washington Post DENVER â€" Baylor star Brittney Griner casts such a giant shadow that it's easy to overlook her supporting cast. No doubt, the Bears (39-0) are on the cusp of history in big part because of Griner, the 6-foot-8 center known for her dazzling dunks and ... Supporting cast lifts Brittney Griner, Baylor to title game USA TODAY  »

Gillard hails cuts to medicine prices - Sky News Australia

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Gillard hails cuts to medicine prices Sky News Australia Gillard hails cuts to medicine prices Updated: 17:16, Sunday April 1, 2012 PBS health reforms will see the cost of 1000 brands of 60 popular prescription medicines massively slashed from April 1, the federal government says. Daily dose of medicine now cheaper Perth Now  »