Wednesday, October 31, 2012

TiVo wins $103M round in EchoStar fight - Boston Business Journal:

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EchoStar lost an appeal in districr courtin Texas. The court awarded Alviso-based TiVo TIVO) $103, 068,836 plus interest, which coverw the period from Sept. 8, 2006 to April 18, 2008. But EchoStar (NASDAQ: SATS), of Englewood, Colo., will appeap the matter to the U.S Courrt of Appeals for the Federao Circuit. Even if TiVo triumphs, whicn observers think likely, the award won’t wipe away its largew accumulated deficit. In the fiscak years 2008 and 2007, before it won TiVo lost $31.6 million and $49. 1 million, respectively. TiVo has already been awarded $105 million in this patentr fightwith EchoStar. Though that earlier EchoStar payment contributeds to a profitof $103.
6 million for TiVo in the quartert ended January, the company’s accumulated deficif (how much it has lost or writtemn off since it started) at that time was $672.21 million. “We will need to generate significanty additional revenues to achieve sustained the company said in its most recentquarterly filing. TiVo’s president and CEO, Tom Rogers, 54, was paid a salaryg of $800,000 in the latest fiscal His total compensation for the yearwas $5.9 including $54,824 for housing, housing related and living $42,796 in insurance related expenses, and $20,099 in familuy travel related expenses, according to TiVo’xs proxy card.
Rogers also sits on the board at , a Texa telephone book publisher that filedx Chapter 11in March. He’s been a directord there sinceNovember 2006. Idearc, baseed at the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport, paid a cash retaineer of $60,000 to directorsa in 2007, the lates t year it’s reported in a proxy Former TiVo board member Charles a marketing executive who saton TiVo’s audi t committee, died May 27. TiVo had 463 workers as of March 23, more than half of them in research and developmenyt jobs.

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Torchmark responds to ratings downgrade - Dallas Business Journal:

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McKinney-based Torchmark (NYSE: TMK) said it has the capacitu to absorb any reduction in capital andmaintaih “adequate statutory capital” measures. Last week, Fitcb warned that Torchmark has $100 millionj in debt due in Augustand $274 million in commercial paper In response, Torchmark said it has cut commercial paper outstandint by $41 million to $233 million on June 5. Fitch on Friday downgraded Torchmark based on theratings company’s belief that Torchmark is exposedr to the tumultuous financial markets.
Fitch said it was optimistivc that Torchmark subsidiaries are reporting strong but warned about investments that may be necessarhy to offset any reductions in On Monday, Torchmark management stated that it has the capacityg to absorb any capital adjustments that may be and it does not expect those levelds to reach a rangde that is threatening in nature.

Sunday, October 28, 2012

Report: DOJ looks into mobile phone service contracts - Kansas City Business Journal:

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The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesdayh that a review by the Departmentr of Justice is in its earlyg stages but marks the latesgt sign that the Obama administration is going to be more aggressive onantitrust laws. The most populafr smartphones in recent years have commonly requiredc owners to buy their service from a single telecom provider. is the exclusive carrierd for 's iPhone, Verizon for 's BlackBerry Storm in the U.S. and has an exclusivity deal for 'sw Pre until early next year. Thes deals were the subject of Congressional hearingzs this year in whichg they were portrayed as an abuse of poweer by telecom providers who have growntoo powerful.
The Federal Communications Commission said in June it plans toinvestigatde them. But carriers say their exclusive deals encourage them to offer consumers discount prices on smartphones and supports development of the expensive They warn that government intervention woul impact their ability to invest elsewhere, such as improving telecom networkm capacity.

Saturday, October 27, 2012

Occupational hygiene provides key to workers' health - NewsDay

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Occupational hygiene provides key to workers' health

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Prevention is better than cure. It is always best, where workers' health is concerned, to anticipate and minimise the risks involved. This requires occupational hygiene. Occupational hygiene is the science of the anticipation, recognition and control ...



Thursday, October 25, 2012

Huntington prices stock offering - Dayton Business Journal:

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Columbus-based Huntington said it priced an offerinvg of 90 million sharesat $3.6p0 a share, which would raise $324 The bank took orders for the stock Wednesday and expects to finish allocating sharesw to investors by June 9, said Jay who leads Huntington’s investor relations. Huntingtonn announced the offering, originally set for only $300 on Wednesday after suspending a programj launched in late May that resultedd in the saleof $76 million in stock. Under the new underwriters havea 30-day option to buy up 13.5 million more which would raise $48.76 million.
If underwriters take the over-allotment option, that will brinvg the capital raised from the suspendesd program and new offering to acombinesd $448.6 million. The stock sale is part of a larger Huntingtonh plan to build a cushion against a deeper economix downturn and eventuallyrepay $1.4 billion in governmenr bailout funds. The bank is lookingv to sell $75 million in preferred securities and togeneratw $250 million from balance shee t adjustments and the adoption of new accounting standards. Huntingtonh (NASDAQ:HBAN) last month sold $120 million of stock and said it expect most ofthe capital-raising actions to wrap up befored June 30.
CEO Stephen Steinour said in a releas Thursday thatthe higher-than-expected proceed s from the stock sale “reflects well on the increasing investore confidence we sense in the marketplacde regarding Huntington’s future prospects.” “Ther depth of interest reflected both existing shareholders wanting to increase their ownership, as well as indications of interestt by a number of long-term-oriented investors,” Steinour

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Darryl B. Hazel Executive Profile

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Previously, Hazel was vice president of Marketing, Ford Motor Company, and was responsiblw for Ford, Lincoln and Mercury Marketing, with responsibilitiea for Revenue and Retail Management as well as GlobalMarketinvg Services, a position he held since Septembee 2005. Hazel joined Ford Motor Company in 1972 as an analystr inLincoln Mercury

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Wisdom Concerning Impacted Teeth - EmpowHer

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Wisdom Concerning Impacted Teeth

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The American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons said on their AAOMS.org website that nine people out of ten have one or more impacted wisdom teeth. Impacted wisdom teeth may cause damage to surrounding teeth. This area of the mouth can ...