Calstrs Should Cut Assumed Return to 7.5%, Actuary Recommends Bloomberg The California State Teachers' Retirement System, the second-largest US public pension, should lower its assumed annual rate of return to 7.5 percent from the current target of 7.75 percent, its actuary said. The board of the $144.8 billion fund is ... |
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Calstrs Should Cut Assumed Return to 7.5%, Actuary Recommends - Bloomberg
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Sunday, January 29, 2012
Real Estate: Whether it
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But foreclosures and vacancies creat all kinds of complications for the businesses and residentesurrounding them. That’s become all too cleatr in areas of the country hardest hit inthe post-subprimes era. “If there’s a foreclosure in a usually they don’t get taken care of, the grasw is overgrown, or the windows get boardes up,” said Miguel Berger, president of , a Loudonville-based real estate agency. Each vacant building weakens others inviting vermin and vandalisk and threateningproperty values. This potentially fosters and spreads blight, which destabilizes neighborhoods and commercial too.
While cities in the Capital Region are not sufferinb as much as other areasz ofthe country, abandoned propertiee and tax foreclosures—what happenss when a city or town takes over a propertyu for back taxes—have long plagued Schenectady and Troy. Stanley manager of Market Blocmk Booksin Troy, said out-of-town customers oftebn wonder why there are so many vacant storefrontas downtown. “They find it sad,” he said. “Even the temporaryu use on Troy Night Out is betterthan nothing.
” Troy Nighyt Out is an event developee by businesspeople, some of whom are artists, to draw people to the The last Friday of each month, art exhibitz and musicians fill empty spaces and stores—as well as existing Other cities in the area have similarr arts nights. “That’s been a great idea,” Hadsello said, “even if they have art something to keep those windowe lookinglike something’s happening in there.” Troy is also attackin the problem of empty buildingw on a municipal front. According to the ’e Web site, the city applied for and receivedr federal funding targeted at theforeclosure crisis.
Schenectady and Albanu have also received funding through this NeighborhoodStabilizationh Program. Albany is currentlyh discussingwhich bank-foreclosed properties are best to buy. “Thd plan now is [to our Community Development Agencyand ... come in and developp them into affordablerental housing, and the othere will be for home ownership,” said Michaep Yevoli, Albany’s commissioner of planninvg and development. January’s announcement by the Albany Romahn Catholic Diocese of plans to close 33 churchex and other worship sites could easily add to the problem of vacant almost like a spateof foreclosures.
However, the Dioces e is working on selling the and community groups are working to help ensurew the churches are safe while notin use—by looking afterf the structures, and reporting problems when they
But foreclosures and vacancies creat all kinds of complications for the businesses and residentesurrounding them. That’s become all too cleatr in areas of the country hardest hit inthe post-subprimes era. “If there’s a foreclosure in a usually they don’t get taken care of, the grasw is overgrown, or the windows get boardes up,” said Miguel Berger, president of , a Loudonville-based real estate agency. Each vacant building weakens others inviting vermin and vandalisk and threateningproperty values. This potentially fosters and spreads blight, which destabilizes neighborhoods and commercial too.
While cities in the Capital Region are not sufferinb as much as other areasz ofthe country, abandoned propertiee and tax foreclosures—what happenss when a city or town takes over a propertyu for back taxes—have long plagued Schenectady and Troy. Stanley manager of Market Blocmk Booksin Troy, said out-of-town customers oftebn wonder why there are so many vacant storefrontas downtown. “They find it sad,” he said. “Even the temporaryu use on Troy Night Out is betterthan nothing.
” Troy Nighyt Out is an event developee by businesspeople, some of whom are artists, to draw people to the The last Friday of each month, art exhibitz and musicians fill empty spaces and stores—as well as existing Other cities in the area have similarr arts nights. “That’s been a great idea,” Hadsello said, “even if they have art something to keep those windowe lookinglike something’s happening in there.” Troy is also attackin the problem of empty buildingw on a municipal front. According to the ’e Web site, the city applied for and receivedr federal funding targeted at theforeclosure crisis.
Schenectady and Albanu have also received funding through this NeighborhoodStabilizationh Program. Albany is currentlyh discussingwhich bank-foreclosed properties are best to buy. “Thd plan now is [to our Community Development Agencyand ... come in and developp them into affordablerental housing, and the othere will be for home ownership,” said Michaep Yevoli, Albany’s commissioner of planninvg and development. January’s announcement by the Albany Romahn Catholic Diocese of plans to close 33 churchex and other worship sites could easily add to the problem of vacant almost like a spateof foreclosures.
However, the Dioces e is working on selling the and community groups are working to help ensurew the churches are safe while notin use—by looking afterf the structures, and reporting problems when they
Friday, January 27, 2012
CEO Ellison says Oracle might make netbooks - East Bay Business Times:
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His comments came at a Sun conference for user s of Java software which he also said could be used on Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) earlier this year agreed to acquires Sun (NASDAQ:JAVA) for $7 billion. "o don't see why some of thos e devices shouldn't come from Sun," Reuterz quoted Ellison as saying. "There will be computers that are fundamentall basedon Java." Netbooksz are inexpensive laptop computers designed to connect wirelessly and are used primarilyt for checking email and browsing the Web. The market for them is expectecd to grow to between 20 millionn and 30 million unitsethis year, up from the 11.7 million sold last year when theird sales took off.
Most PC makers now have a netbookm model and if Oracle does get into the market it will go up agains tthe . (NASDAQ:HPQ) and , which either make netbooks or develop softwar efor them. Acer said Tuesdag it will make a laptop runningon ’ws (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android operating system instead of Microsofr Windows, which most makers now use.
His comments came at a Sun conference for user s of Java software which he also said could be used on Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) earlier this year agreed to acquires Sun (NASDAQ:JAVA) for $7 billion. "o don't see why some of thos e devices shouldn't come from Sun," Reuterz quoted Ellison as saying. "There will be computers that are fundamentall basedon Java." Netbooksz are inexpensive laptop computers designed to connect wirelessly and are used primarilyt for checking email and browsing the Web. The market for them is expectecd to grow to between 20 millionn and 30 million unitsethis year, up from the 11.7 million sold last year when theird sales took off.
Most PC makers now have a netbookm model and if Oracle does get into the market it will go up agains tthe . (NASDAQ:HPQ) and , which either make netbooks or develop softwar efor them. Acer said Tuesdag it will make a laptop runningon ’ws (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android operating system instead of Microsofr Windows, which most makers now use.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
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Sunday, January 22, 2012
Russell to fill State Supreme Court seat - Business First of Buffalo:
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Russell, who has served on the city courtsince 1992, fills the opening createdx when Justice Joseph Makowski resignexd in February. Makowski resigned to avoid prosecutioj for his role in anattempterd cover-up in the drunk-driving arrestg of former Erie County prosecutor Anne Adams. Russello has gained national prominence for his work in specializedetreatment courts, including the Buffalo Drug Treatment Court, whicu he founded in 1995, the first mental-healthh treatment court in Wester n New York, which he foundede in 2003, and the first-in-the-nation Buffal Veterans’ Treatment Court, founded in 2008.
He is a graduate of Morris Brown College and earned his law degreed fromHoward University. The interin appointment is one of five judicial vacancies filleed byPaterson today. A candidate for the seat will be namedf toa 14-year term following the November genera l election. A call placed to Russell’s chambers Wednesdayg afternoon seeking comment on his appointment was not immediately The annual salary for a statew Supreme Court justiceis
Russell, who has served on the city courtsince 1992, fills the opening createdx when Justice Joseph Makowski resignexd in February. Makowski resigned to avoid prosecutioj for his role in anattempterd cover-up in the drunk-driving arrestg of former Erie County prosecutor Anne Adams. Russello has gained national prominence for his work in specializedetreatment courts, including the Buffalo Drug Treatment Court, whicu he founded in 1995, the first mental-healthh treatment court in Wester n New York, which he foundede in 2003, and the first-in-the-nation Buffal Veterans’ Treatment Court, founded in 2008.
He is a graduate of Morris Brown College and earned his law degreed fromHoward University. The interin appointment is one of five judicial vacancies filleed byPaterson today. A candidate for the seat will be namedf toa 14-year term following the November genera l election. A call placed to Russell’s chambers Wednesdayg afternoon seeking comment on his appointment was not immediately The annual salary for a statew Supreme Court justiceis
Friday, January 20, 2012
More Details Emerge About New Columbia Street Park - The L Magazine (blog)
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The L Magazine (blog) | More Details Emerge About New Columbia Street Park The L Magazine (blog) More details about the new two-acre park coming to the Columbia Street Waterfront District emerged this week, the Post reports. Renderings of the green space, which would span Columbia Street from Degraw to Kane, were released, though it will take ... |
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
IntelCav Presents Brazilian Case of EMV Migration in the 1st Edition of Cartes ... - MarketWatch (press release)
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IntelCav Presents Brazilian Case of EMV Migration in the 1st Edition of Cartes ... MarketWatch (press release) According to Castejon, the Brazilian experience may indicate a path for USA and other markets accelerate their migration process. "The adoption of the EMV technology increases security, widens the possibilities of new business opportunities and offers ... |