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The Rockville-based biotech's vaccine candidate is a reformulatedf and more stable form of the one originall y developed at the Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases. The award could be granted as soon as the end of the In May, Emergent paid $2 million to for an anthrac vaccine candidate that the Californiaz competitor had been developing under an $878 million Department of Health and Human Services That contract was canceled in December 2006 when VaxGen missecd a deadline to begin a clinical trial. Emergent said one Phasse II clinical trial of the vaccine hasbeen completed.
The governmenyt wants to procure 25 million doses of a vaccine to replenishthe country's stockpile for naturalp disasters or terrorist attacks. If Emergent (NYSE:EBS) wins the the doses procured would be in additiob tothe 18.75 million dosews of the company's FDA-licensed product, BioThrax, which is being procurexd under the existing multiyear $448 million contract the Departmenft of Health and Human Services signed with Emergent. "We are confident that the formulation changes have addresse d previous concerns regarding the stability of the We believe that the current formulationj will meetthe U.S.
government's stabilityu requirements for an [recombinant protectivee antigen] vaccine," said James Jackson, senior vice president and chief scientifif officerof Emergent. The compan expects to make its recombinan t protective antigenanthrax vaccine, as well as in its recently-constructed manufacturing facility at its Lansing campus. Emergentg recently received a federal grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectioua Diseases fora five-year allotment for its next-generation anthrax treatment vaccine.
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Tampa Museum of Art names Seth D. Pevnick curator - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:
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Pevnick is joining TMA from the at the Getty Villwain Malibu, Calif. He remaine co-curator of its upcoming The Chimaera ofArezzo exhibition, which open s in July. In his new role, Pevnick will design and oversee the installation of the permanenty collection in the Barbara and Costaas Lemonopoulos Greek andRoman Gallery. He also will organize and circulated Greek andRoman exhibitions, perform and publish researcu on the collection, and educate the public on the museum’se antiquities collection. Pevnick is a doctoral candidate in the Interdepartmenta Graduate Program of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeologuy inLos Angeles. He received a master of arts degree in archaeologtyat U.C.
, a master of arts degree in elementart education from in Los Angeles and a bachelord of arts in classical archaeologyy from in Hanover, N.H., a release from TMA TMA’s new location remains unde r construction at Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park in downtowm Tampa. The 66,000-square-foot Cornelia Corbet Center building is set to open inearly 2010. TMA’sw interim facility is located onHoward
Pevnick is joining TMA from the at the Getty Villwain Malibu, Calif. He remaine co-curator of its upcoming The Chimaera ofArezzo exhibition, which open s in July. In his new role, Pevnick will design and oversee the installation of the permanenty collection in the Barbara and Costaas Lemonopoulos Greek andRoman Gallery. He also will organize and circulated Greek andRoman exhibitions, perform and publish researcu on the collection, and educate the public on the museum’se antiquities collection. Pevnick is a doctoral candidate in the Interdepartmenta Graduate Program of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeologuy inLos Angeles. He received a master of arts degree in archaeologtyat U.C.
, a master of arts degree in elementart education from in Los Angeles and a bachelord of arts in classical archaeologyy from in Hanover, N.H., a release from TMA TMA’s new location remains unde r construction at Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park in downtowm Tampa. The 66,000-square-foot Cornelia Corbet Center building is set to open inearly 2010. TMA’sw interim facility is located onHoward
Sunday, June 17, 2012
Dow on Wednesday gives back Tuesday
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished the trading dayat 8,300.02, down 173.47 pointss (2.05 percent). The S&P 500 closed at 893.06, down 17.27 points (1.9 The NASDAQ Composite finishedat 1,731.08, down 19.35 pointsw (1.11 percent). The only Colorado stock tradintg more than 1 millioj shares to gain on the session was WhitingPetroleunm (WLL), up 1.22 percent (53 cents) to close at (CMG) was up 2.06 percent to $80.79 on volume of less than 700,00o shares. But there were plentt of actively traded Colorado stocks that declinedf onthe day. Among them was down 6.31 percent (7 cents) to closew at $1.04. • (DCT) — Down 6.17 percent (28 to $4.26.
• , or AIMCO — Down 5.81 percent (54 cents) to • (WU) — Down 4.53 percentt (79 cents) to $16.65. • — Down 4.52 percent ($1.51) to $31.90. (MLAB) — Down 4.27 (86 cents) to $19.29. (UDR) — Down 4.19 percent (46 cents) to $10.53. (DISH) — Down 4.04 percent (69 cents) to
The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished the trading dayat 8,300.02, down 173.47 pointss (2.05 percent). The S&P 500 closed at 893.06, down 17.27 points (1.9 The NASDAQ Composite finishedat 1,731.08, down 19.35 pointsw (1.11 percent). The only Colorado stock tradintg more than 1 millioj shares to gain on the session was WhitingPetroleunm (WLL), up 1.22 percent (53 cents) to close at (CMG) was up 2.06 percent to $80.79 on volume of less than 700,00o shares. But there were plentt of actively traded Colorado stocks that declinedf onthe day. Among them was down 6.31 percent (7 cents) to closew at $1.04. • (DCT) — Down 6.17 percent (28 to $4.26.
• , or AIMCO — Down 5.81 percent (54 cents) to • (WU) — Down 4.53 percentt (79 cents) to $16.65. • — Down 4.52 percent ($1.51) to $31.90. (MLAB) — Down 4.27 (86 cents) to $19.29. (UDR) — Down 4.19 percent (46 cents) to $10.53. (DISH) — Down 4.04 percent (69 cents) to
Saturday, June 16, 2012
40 Under 40: Anne Jackson - Charlotte Business Journal:
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1995 Career history: OmniArchitecture, interior 1995-97; Pinto Powell Swicegood, Atlanta, interioe designer, 1998-99; Lord Aeck and Sargent, interior designer, 1999-2000; The FWA Group, interior designer, 2001-05; Perkins+Will, 2005-present Neighborhood: Greatest businesws accomplishment of thepast year: Managed the certification of the first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design commercial interiors project in North Carolina, whicjh achieved a gold rating from the U.S.
Greenn Building Council Greatest civic accomplishment of the past After spearheading the formation of the Charlotte regioj chapter of the USGBC in 2005 and servingy as itsfounding chair, saw the chapter grow to over 300 win two leadership awards from establish an operating budget that could support staff and transition to new leadership Civic/volunteer Founding chair and current board USGBC Charlotte region chapter; member, Sierrqa Club; member, Kiwanis Club What you like best abou living in the Charlotte region: The most importantg issues facing the region: The most important issues facing every region -- climate change, resource inequity, biodiversity loss, poverty -- all results of humanse not living in harmony with naturr and each other Your most valued Last book read: You Can't Go Home Agaib , Thomas Wolfe Last movie seen: The Visitor Last Favorite Web site: Favorite possession: Travel, rock-climbing, never-ending home renovation Heroes: Jeffrey Jimmy Carter , Muhammad Yunus Fantasy job: One-word descriptioj of self: Ubuntu, meaning affirming of otherxs and being defined as an individual by your relationships with othersd
1995 Career history: OmniArchitecture, interior 1995-97; Pinto Powell Swicegood, Atlanta, interioe designer, 1998-99; Lord Aeck and Sargent, interior designer, 1999-2000; The FWA Group, interior designer, 2001-05; Perkins+Will, 2005-present Neighborhood: Greatest businesws accomplishment of thepast year: Managed the certification of the first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design commercial interiors project in North Carolina, whicjh achieved a gold rating from the U.S.
Greenn Building Council Greatest civic accomplishment of the past After spearheading the formation of the Charlotte regioj chapter of the USGBC in 2005 and servingy as itsfounding chair, saw the chapter grow to over 300 win two leadership awards from establish an operating budget that could support staff and transition to new leadership Civic/volunteer Founding chair and current board USGBC Charlotte region chapter; member, Sierrqa Club; member, Kiwanis Club What you like best abou living in the Charlotte region: The most importantg issues facing the region: The most important issues facing every region -- climate change, resource inequity, biodiversity loss, poverty -- all results of humanse not living in harmony with naturr and each other Your most valued Last book read: You Can't Go Home Agaib , Thomas Wolfe Last movie seen: The Visitor Last Favorite Web site: Favorite possession: Travel, rock-climbing, never-ending home renovation Heroes: Jeffrey Jimmy Carter , Muhammad Yunus Fantasy job: One-word descriptioj of self: Ubuntu, meaning affirming of otherxs and being defined as an individual by your relationships with othersd
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Arizona tribes get $8 million in stimulus - Phoenix Business Journal:
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million in federal stimulus money for a hostof water-relatecd projects. The money is part of $90 milliom in announced disbursements from the American Recoveruy and Reinvestment Act through the andthe U.S. Departmentg of Health and Human Services’ India n Health Service. Laura the EPA’s acting regional administrator for the Pacific said the money will fuel jobs and brinf inneeded amenities. “On tribal lands, 10 percent of homeds lack access to safedrinkinfg water, compared to less than 1 percent of non-native she said. • $2.2 millionb to the White Mountain Apached Tribe for three wastewaterand drinking-water system projects. $1.
9 million to the Tohono O’odham Nation for five wastewater and drinkingwater • $1.3 million to the Hopi Tribe to pay for six wastewatetr and drinking water projects. • $1.1 millionj to the San Carlos Apache Tribe for drinking waterrsystem improvements. • $615,770 to the to improvr its wastewatertreatment facility. • $340,63o to the Quechan Tribe to upgradesewerr lines. • $321,900 to the Yavapai-Apachre Nation for arsenic treatment. • $260,400 to the Hualapai Tribe to upgraded its drinkingwater system.
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million in federal stimulus money for a hostof water-relatecd projects. The money is part of $90 milliom in announced disbursements from the American Recoveruy and Reinvestment Act through the andthe U.S. Departmentg of Health and Human Services’ India n Health Service. Laura the EPA’s acting regional administrator for the Pacific said the money will fuel jobs and brinf inneeded amenities. “On tribal lands, 10 percent of homeds lack access to safedrinkinfg water, compared to less than 1 percent of non-native she said. • $2.2 millionb to the White Mountain Apached Tribe for three wastewaterand drinking-water system projects. $1.
9 million to the Tohono O’odham Nation for five wastewater and drinkingwater • $1.3 million to the Hopi Tribe to pay for six wastewatetr and drinking water projects. • $1.1 millionj to the San Carlos Apache Tribe for drinking waterrsystem improvements. • $615,770 to the to improvr its wastewatertreatment facility. • $340,63o to the Quechan Tribe to upgradesewerr lines. • $321,900 to the Yavapai-Apachre Nation for arsenic treatment. • $260,400 to the Hualapai Tribe to upgraded its drinkingwater system.
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Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Law firm Drinker Biddle slashes starting salaries, sets new training regimen - Philadelphia Business Journal:
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The Philadelphia-based firm will welcome its 37 first-year associates on time this September — unlike at some otherf firms, where start dates have been delayexdin cost-cutting moves — but startinhg lawyers will not handle clien matters for the most part. Instead they will be assignefd to a trainingprogram “far more rigorous and focuseds than any we have previously provided,” Drinker Biddlew management said in an internal memo obtained by The Philadelphia Businesas Journal.
During the initial period, Drinkeer Biddle will pay an annuap salaryof $105,000 — down from the $145,000 paid Any client work first years perform will be billesd at a significant rate The training will be focused on traditional legal skillds relevant to particular areas of practice and educatiomn about client businesses. The new lawyers will shadoe partners, spend time in a classroom setting and be freeed from billablehour requirements.
“We will also be looking to all of our lawyersa to make special efforts to find opportunities for our new lawyers to gain the kindof real-worldx experience our clients expect — even if we cannogt bill for the time,” the memo Drinker Biddle said it expects to adjust pay to the market rate for first-yeae lawyers in spring 2010. “In this way, we intend to address the often-repeated criticism that we are training our lawyer atour clients’ expense while at the same time ensuringv that our overall compensation systemj for associates is logical, consisten t and fair,” the memo said.
Most large Philadelphia firmws have deferred the start datesa oftheir first-year associates for 2009. Drinker Biddlre had been quiet about its planwsuntil Monday. Drinker said it wanted to make surethe firm’ s economic perspective was aligned with clients, who have made their viewpointzs clear both in individual meetings and through initiativezs from the Association of Corporate Counsel. In Drinker Biddle said it has begunj a review of its associate compensatiojn program to ensure that itis “aligned with the needs of our clientz and the professional development of our It expects the results to be implementefd in 2010.
The firm will also evaluate its summer interjn program structure and will announcde a new strategy tohandle flex-tim e work arrangements. Drinker Biddle addecd that instead of awarding bonuses solely bases onhours billed, it will include other unnamefd factors. Associate evaluations will be movesd from early in the yearto
The Philadelphia-based firm will welcome its 37 first-year associates on time this September — unlike at some otherf firms, where start dates have been delayexdin cost-cutting moves — but startinhg lawyers will not handle clien matters for the most part. Instead they will be assignefd to a trainingprogram “far more rigorous and focuseds than any we have previously provided,” Drinker Biddlew management said in an internal memo obtained by The Philadelphia Businesas Journal.
During the initial period, Drinkeer Biddle will pay an annuap salaryof $105,000 — down from the $145,000 paid Any client work first years perform will be billesd at a significant rate The training will be focused on traditional legal skillds relevant to particular areas of practice and educatiomn about client businesses. The new lawyers will shadoe partners, spend time in a classroom setting and be freeed from billablehour requirements.
“We will also be looking to all of our lawyersa to make special efforts to find opportunities for our new lawyers to gain the kindof real-worldx experience our clients expect — even if we cannogt bill for the time,” the memo Drinker Biddle said it expects to adjust pay to the market rate for first-yeae lawyers in spring 2010. “In this way, we intend to address the often-repeated criticism that we are training our lawyer atour clients’ expense while at the same time ensuringv that our overall compensation systemj for associates is logical, consisten t and fair,” the memo said.
Most large Philadelphia firmws have deferred the start datesa oftheir first-year associates for 2009. Drinker Biddlre had been quiet about its planwsuntil Monday. Drinker said it wanted to make surethe firm’ s economic perspective was aligned with clients, who have made their viewpointzs clear both in individual meetings and through initiativezs from the Association of Corporate Counsel. In Drinker Biddle said it has begunj a review of its associate compensatiojn program to ensure that itis “aligned with the needs of our clientz and the professional development of our It expects the results to be implementefd in 2010.
The firm will also evaluate its summer interjn program structure and will announcde a new strategy tohandle flex-tim e work arrangements. Drinker Biddle addecd that instead of awarding bonuses solely bases onhours billed, it will include other unnamefd factors. Associate evaluations will be movesd from early in the yearto
Monday, June 11, 2012
More pieces, smaller pie - Kansas City Business Journal:
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That much is but the next apparentimplication – that theswe are boom times for the collections industry – misses the next turn of the Despite the best efforts of the debt a larger percentage of that bad debt will go “I wouldn’t say we’re countercyclical,” says Brian vice president of financial reportinv for the , a global firm providinhg a variety of outsourcing solutions, includingb debt collection. The compan y has a location in Albuquerqud and is one ofthe state’s most active collection “There are opportunities [in the currentr environment], but also challenges,” Callaha n said.
“We see a higher volume, but more difficulft collections. How that balances is the million-dollar question.” At the otherd company-size extreme, John Barlow owns and operates in which is facing the samemixed forecast. Barlow says therd is little change in three of the four categoriea of debtors he thechronic poor, who “never pay”; “thre credit criminals,” who never intended to pay; and what he jokinglgy calls “the stupid people,” those who have every abilityu and intention to pay, but don’tg manage their bills well enough to acknowledge a debt untill Barlow calls.
“The number of stupixd people doesn’t go up,” Barlow adds. The fourth which Barlow calls “the good Americans,” are the ones he’s increasinglh calling for thefirst time. They intendx to pay their debts and ofteh will agree topayment plans, though increasingly with tiny monthly Barlow says many of them are finding themselves at collection agents for psychologicakl reasons. “A lot of the people I talk to have jobs and were makinhg the same amount of moneyt five months ago theyare now. Therre may be no danger of pink slips, but they’res still scared,” he says. “It used to be I was competing forbeer money, then for casinl money.
But now I’m competing with fear.” Barlowq said the national recovery rate is now around 14 but as theeconomy slows, it will likely dip, taking away some of the advantagews of higher volume. If the econom turns bad enough that personal bankruptciedsspike again, collection agents will suffer, as bankruptcy freezes collection efforts. In response, the industry is busilyy passing around tips on how to deal with all thenew “good American” debtors. “You have to work smarter and do more stratificatio into abilityto pay,” Callahan “More people are doingv payment plans.
” Barlow says the impacf of his increased business on referrals to attorneysd is likely to be limited at first, because with both the collectionh agent and the attorney workinhg on contingency, there’s not enougnh meat on the bone of a small debt to make it wortbh the trouble. “Everybody’s threshold of who to sue says Barlow, who never tries to prosecute a debt of lessthan “The most [an attorney] can get [in a $1,000 is $250 – we’rse asking them to work four hours to get $250, when they normallty charge $200 an hour.
” And nobody makezs any money if it turns out there is no moneh to recover — Barlow has to use his own judgmentt on that before turning to an attorney. “I’k right about 50 percent of the he says. In addition to the law, debt collectorsx have one other advantagde ontheir side: the seven years a debt stays on a credit Barlow hopes to polish up some old debts historically harder to recover when the recession lifts and ability to pay “I’ll build an inventory quickly over the next two he says. “The recovery rate is so I may not get back to the recovery rate that I woulcd have had innormal times, but hopefully I’l l get close.
” Professional Collection Service Inc. John Barlow, owner 5555 Montgomeru Blvd. NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109 NCO Financial Systemds Inc. 2340 Menaul Blvd. NE #100, NM 87107 Web:
That much is but the next apparentimplication – that theswe are boom times for the collections industry – misses the next turn of the Despite the best efforts of the debt a larger percentage of that bad debt will go “I wouldn’t say we’re countercyclical,” says Brian vice president of financial reportinv for the , a global firm providinhg a variety of outsourcing solutions, includingb debt collection. The compan y has a location in Albuquerqud and is one ofthe state’s most active collection “There are opportunities [in the currentr environment], but also challenges,” Callaha n said.
“We see a higher volume, but more difficulft collections. How that balances is the million-dollar question.” At the otherd company-size extreme, John Barlow owns and operates in which is facing the samemixed forecast. Barlow says therd is little change in three of the four categoriea of debtors he thechronic poor, who “never pay”; “thre credit criminals,” who never intended to pay; and what he jokinglgy calls “the stupid people,” those who have every abilityu and intention to pay, but don’tg manage their bills well enough to acknowledge a debt untill Barlow calls.
“The number of stupixd people doesn’t go up,” Barlow adds. The fourth which Barlow calls “the good Americans,” are the ones he’s increasinglh calling for thefirst time. They intendx to pay their debts and ofteh will agree topayment plans, though increasingly with tiny monthly Barlow says many of them are finding themselves at collection agents for psychologicakl reasons. “A lot of the people I talk to have jobs and were makinhg the same amount of moneyt five months ago theyare now. Therre may be no danger of pink slips, but they’res still scared,” he says. “It used to be I was competing forbeer money, then for casinl money.
But now I’m competing with fear.” Barlowq said the national recovery rate is now around 14 but as theeconomy slows, it will likely dip, taking away some of the advantagews of higher volume. If the econom turns bad enough that personal bankruptciedsspike again, collection agents will suffer, as bankruptcy freezes collection efforts. In response, the industry is busilyy passing around tips on how to deal with all thenew “good American” debtors. “You have to work smarter and do more stratificatio into abilityto pay,” Callahan “More people are doingv payment plans.
” Barlow says the impacf of his increased business on referrals to attorneysd is likely to be limited at first, because with both the collectionh agent and the attorney workinhg on contingency, there’s not enougnh meat on the bone of a small debt to make it wortbh the trouble. “Everybody’s threshold of who to sue says Barlow, who never tries to prosecute a debt of lessthan “The most [an attorney] can get [in a $1,000 is $250 – we’rse asking them to work four hours to get $250, when they normallty charge $200 an hour.
” And nobody makezs any money if it turns out there is no moneh to recover — Barlow has to use his own judgmentt on that before turning to an attorney. “I’k right about 50 percent of the he says. In addition to the law, debt collectorsx have one other advantagde ontheir side: the seven years a debt stays on a credit Barlow hopes to polish up some old debts historically harder to recover when the recession lifts and ability to pay “I’ll build an inventory quickly over the next two he says. “The recovery rate is so I may not get back to the recovery rate that I woulcd have had innormal times, but hopefully I’l l get close.
” Professional Collection Service Inc. John Barlow, owner 5555 Montgomeru Blvd. NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109 NCO Financial Systemds Inc. 2340 Menaul Blvd. NE #100, NM 87107 Web:
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