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InBev acquired Anheuser-Busch. The name changed to Anheuser-Busch InBev to reflect the heritage and traditionsof Anheuser-Busch. On November 20, the company will trade under the new ticker symbol ABI on the Euronexy Brusselsstock exchange. Anheuser-Busch has become a whollty owned subsidiaryof Anheuser-Busch
Monday, December 31, 2012
Saturday, December 29, 2012
A Discovery, Marooned in Libya's Revolution - New York Times (blog)
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New York Times (blog) | A Discovery, Marooned in Libya's Revolution New York Times (blog) Yet it took it took the team six months to pursue those findings, given that Mr. Fadli got sucked into a war immediately after reporting the discovery of the notebook. “During the revolution, it was very dangerous to call anyone outside,†he said in a ... |
Friday, December 28, 2012
Washington Convention Center Authority wants city to finance $550M hotel - Triangle Business Journal:
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On May 29 the conventionn center’s board directed CEO Greg O’Delpl to seek authority for the sale of as muchas $750 millionb in bonds to cover the price of the interest during construction, insurance and other The city had planned to finance about 25 percent of the cost of the hotel through a $187 million tax increment financing packaged the passed in 2006, whicjh would have provided $134 million in constructionb costs. The rest was supposede to come from private debt and equitypartners -- a difficultf find in the frozen credit markets. O’Dello said development partners and Capstones Development had been dogged but unsuccessful in theirr pursuit of investorsfor months.
“They’ve been pursuinyg private financing and in this you know, that is very difficult. They’vee spent millions of dollars on this projecrt to try to moveit forward. It really is shovepl ready with the exceptionof financing,” O’Delol said. With the city losing convention business, he building a city-owned hotekl was the best option. He envisions it will still containaboutt 1,100 rooms and be operatecd by Marriott had previously said it would be a Marriot Marquis. O'Dell began briefing members ofthe D.C. Council on the board’x proposal Monday. “Our ultimate goal is to get this project done and get it startec as soonas possible,” he said.
In particular therwe is increased pressure from Nationall Harbor inPrince George’s which opened last year with a pricse tag of more than $2 Its developer, the Peterson Cos. announced May 18 that the WaltDisney Co. had purchased land to build a 500-roon resort hotel on 15 acres there. Convincing the council to approvs that amountof spending, however, will be a tall task for He had been considered a top candidatr to replace Neil Albert as deputy mayorf for planning and economic development, but a source close to O'Dell says he was offeree the job and turned it down.
O’Delpl would not confirm that, but indicatee he would remain in hiscurrent “The board and the mayor have every expectation of me completing all the tasks I have he said. The convention centeer authority has an independent board and the ability to issue but O’Dell said the council would need to expandx its authority to issue bonds for the The council and D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty just finishex closing a budget gapof $800 million for fiscapl 2010 and the city faces a gap approachingg $1 billion for fiscal 2011. In addition, D.C.
Chief Financial Officed Natwar Gandhi said he will not supporr issuing that amount of which he said would immediately violate a 12 perceny cap on city debt as a mark of expenditures the city createds on his recommendation last Gandhi is a member of the conventioh center board and attended theFriday meeting. “Ti be very blunt abou t it I was very clear in saying to them that if you were toborroew $750 million that would put us way beyondx the 12 percent cap we have envisionexd for the city...and I cannot be a partyu to that,” Gandhi said.
The CFO said that he “veryh much” wants a hotel for the “but I would not agree to a deal like See we made a commitment to Wall Street that we wouldx not borrow more than 12 percentf againstour budget.” who has won accolades for helping the city snag a AAA bond ratinvg on Wall Street, said he has alreadyu begun re-emphasizing the importance of the debt cap with memberz of the council. “I do not thin we want to take this We should not borrow any more than we are able to he said. He suggested that O’Dell and his partnerx continue to seek privatefinancing sources.
Building a hotel to accompany the convention cente r has always been part of the plan for the city but has languishedc from a seriesof complications. Constructiojn on the Walter E. Washington Convention as it was namedin 2007, began in 1998 and openeds five years later. D.C. planned a 1,400-room hotel, but did not controlk the needed land. In the city gained final site control after a land swap with developetr KingdonGould III. To prevent furtherr delays Mayor Adrian Fenty downsized the project lateethat year, announcing a deal betweenh the city, Marriott and RLJ Development LLC on a smalled 1,100-room hotel.
Since then, the development team has also RLJ Development, founded by BET founder Robert Johnson, was part of the deal Fenty announcee in September 2007 but isn’t any A main driver of the deal, Marriott Senior Vice President Norman Jenkins, left the companyt late last year to start Capstone, now a certifiedd business entity that partners with Quadrangle. Speakinhg for the development team, Jenkins said it was his preferencr to continue seekingprivatde financing, and said design was complete, entitlementx were in place and there equithy partners ready to invest if debt were available.
Capstonde and Quadrangle are separately planning a Courtyard by Marriotrt adjacent to the hotel on landthey “We could still get there, but we got to get the bankd to play and they move at their own he said. Still, he “if the city decides to pursue the publivc deal we willsupport them.” Jenkines said Johnson’s RLJ, with whicj Jenkins partnered while at pulled out of the deal shortly after takingv an interest in it. “They studied it spent some resources, but their bread and butteer is acquisitions and repositioning rather than new Jenkins said.
Richard Bradley, executive director of the Downtown BusinessImprovement District, said it is unfortunate that the hote l project ran into the recession but that the city needsz to “bite the bullet” and move the projecg forward, citing the opportunity to grow D.C. as a tourist destination, make it a majore player in conventions and grow itstax “There’s a whole set of good things about moviny this forward,” he said.
On May 29 the conventionn center’s board directed CEO Greg O’Delpl to seek authority for the sale of as muchas $750 millionb in bonds to cover the price of the interest during construction, insurance and other The city had planned to finance about 25 percent of the cost of the hotel through a $187 million tax increment financing packaged the passed in 2006, whicjh would have provided $134 million in constructionb costs. The rest was supposede to come from private debt and equitypartners -- a difficultf find in the frozen credit markets. O’Dello said development partners and Capstones Development had been dogged but unsuccessful in theirr pursuit of investorsfor months.
“They’ve been pursuinyg private financing and in this you know, that is very difficult. They’vee spent millions of dollars on this projecrt to try to moveit forward. It really is shovepl ready with the exceptionof financing,” O’Delol said. With the city losing convention business, he building a city-owned hotekl was the best option. He envisions it will still containaboutt 1,100 rooms and be operatecd by Marriott had previously said it would be a Marriot Marquis. O'Dell began briefing members ofthe D.C. Council on the board’x proposal Monday. “Our ultimate goal is to get this project done and get it startec as soonas possible,” he said.
In particular therwe is increased pressure from Nationall Harbor inPrince George’s which opened last year with a pricse tag of more than $2 Its developer, the Peterson Cos. announced May 18 that the WaltDisney Co. had purchased land to build a 500-roon resort hotel on 15 acres there. Convincing the council to approvs that amountof spending, however, will be a tall task for He had been considered a top candidatr to replace Neil Albert as deputy mayorf for planning and economic development, but a source close to O'Dell says he was offeree the job and turned it down.
O’Delpl would not confirm that, but indicatee he would remain in hiscurrent “The board and the mayor have every expectation of me completing all the tasks I have he said. The convention centeer authority has an independent board and the ability to issue but O’Dell said the council would need to expandx its authority to issue bonds for the The council and D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty just finishex closing a budget gapof $800 million for fiscapl 2010 and the city faces a gap approachingg $1 billion for fiscal 2011. In addition, D.C.
Chief Financial Officed Natwar Gandhi said he will not supporr issuing that amount of which he said would immediately violate a 12 perceny cap on city debt as a mark of expenditures the city createds on his recommendation last Gandhi is a member of the conventioh center board and attended theFriday meeting. “Ti be very blunt abou t it I was very clear in saying to them that if you were toborroew $750 million that would put us way beyondx the 12 percent cap we have envisionexd for the city...and I cannot be a partyu to that,” Gandhi said.
The CFO said that he “veryh much” wants a hotel for the “but I would not agree to a deal like See we made a commitment to Wall Street that we wouldx not borrow more than 12 percentf againstour budget.” who has won accolades for helping the city snag a AAA bond ratinvg on Wall Street, said he has alreadyu begun re-emphasizing the importance of the debt cap with memberz of the council. “I do not thin we want to take this We should not borrow any more than we are able to he said. He suggested that O’Dell and his partnerx continue to seek privatefinancing sources.
Building a hotel to accompany the convention cente r has always been part of the plan for the city but has languishedc from a seriesof complications. Constructiojn on the Walter E. Washington Convention as it was namedin 2007, began in 1998 and openeds five years later. D.C. planned a 1,400-room hotel, but did not controlk the needed land. In the city gained final site control after a land swap with developetr KingdonGould III. To prevent furtherr delays Mayor Adrian Fenty downsized the project lateethat year, announcing a deal betweenh the city, Marriott and RLJ Development LLC on a smalled 1,100-room hotel.
Since then, the development team has also RLJ Development, founded by BET founder Robert Johnson, was part of the deal Fenty announcee in September 2007 but isn’t any A main driver of the deal, Marriott Senior Vice President Norman Jenkins, left the companyt late last year to start Capstone, now a certifiedd business entity that partners with Quadrangle. Speakinhg for the development team, Jenkins said it was his preferencr to continue seekingprivatde financing, and said design was complete, entitlementx were in place and there equithy partners ready to invest if debt were available.
Capstonde and Quadrangle are separately planning a Courtyard by Marriotrt adjacent to the hotel on landthey “We could still get there, but we got to get the bankd to play and they move at their own he said. Still, he “if the city decides to pursue the publivc deal we willsupport them.” Jenkines said Johnson’s RLJ, with whicj Jenkins partnered while at pulled out of the deal shortly after takingv an interest in it. “They studied it spent some resources, but their bread and butteer is acquisitions and repositioning rather than new Jenkins said.
Richard Bradley, executive director of the Downtown BusinessImprovement District, said it is unfortunate that the hote l project ran into the recession but that the city needsz to “bite the bullet” and move the projecg forward, citing the opportunity to grow D.C. as a tourist destination, make it a majore player in conventions and grow itstax “There’s a whole set of good things about moviny this forward,” he said.
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Monday, December 24, 2012
Tampa Museum of Art names Seth D. Pevnick curator - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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Pevnick is joining TMA from the at the Getty Villqain Malibu, Calif. He remains co-curator of its upcoming The Chimaerq ofArezzo exhibition, which opens in July. In his new Pevnick will design and overseed the installation of the permanent collection in the Barbaraz and Costas Lemonopoulos Greek andRoman Gallery. He also will organized and circulate Greek andRomab exhibitions, perform and publish research on the and educate the public on the museum’s antiquities collection. Pevnick is a doctoral candidate in the Interdepartmental Graduate Program of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeolog inLos Angeles. He received a master of arts degre e in archaeologyat U.C.
, a master of arts degrere in elementary education from in Los Angeles and a bachelorr of arts in classical archaeology from in N.H., a release from TMA said. TMA’s new locatiobn remains under construction at Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park indowntowjn Tampa. The 66,000-square-foot Cornelia Corbett Center building is set to open inearlh 2010. TMA’s interim facility is located onHoward
Pevnick is joining TMA from the at the Getty Villqain Malibu, Calif. He remains co-curator of its upcoming The Chimaerq ofArezzo exhibition, which opens in July. In his new Pevnick will design and overseed the installation of the permanent collection in the Barbaraz and Costas Lemonopoulos Greek andRoman Gallery. He also will organized and circulate Greek andRomab exhibitions, perform and publish research on the and educate the public on the museum’s antiquities collection. Pevnick is a doctoral candidate in the Interdepartmental Graduate Program of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeolog inLos Angeles. He received a master of arts degre e in archaeologyat U.C.
, a master of arts degrere in elementary education from in Los Angeles and a bachelorr of arts in classical archaeology from in N.H., a release from TMA said. TMA’s new locatiobn remains under construction at Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park indowntowjn Tampa. The 66,000-square-foot Cornelia Corbett Center building is set to open inearlh 2010. TMA’s interim facility is located onHoward
Sunday, December 23, 2012
Colorado is more than mountains - bizjournals:
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But during the two recessions that havehit since, tourisjm leaders have watched people get more frugalp with travel dollars, and learned a little about their habits. One of their key notations is that those who come even in the badtimez — or those who wande r across their own state to save money rather than leavee it — are looking for more than just sceneru to make their vacationx memorable. And so, new phrases have permeated both the thinkin of those leaders and the promotionall material thatextols Colorado’s virtues to They are terms such as cultural heritage, culinarh tourism, and beer and wine tourism.
They’re makinvg a big mark and startingg to diversifythe state’s tourism landscape. “I the early days, if it didn’t involvw snow or whitewater, it wasn’rt really tourism,” said Doug Caskey, executive director of the . “Now the Tourism Office is involving all kindzs ofother tourism, such as heritags tourism and agritourism ... Most people just thinkk about coming to Coloradooto ski. They don’t usually think abouyt coming to Colorado to visit a wineryy or have aculinary vacation.
But that is According to the 2007 Longwoods Visitor Profiled Study commissioned bythe , more people still come to the Centennialp State searching for the outdoors than anything else. Mountainas are the prime attraction, accordin g to 44 percent of those surveyed. lakes and the natural environment all ranked in thetop 10. But small towns, historic towns and historic areaes — all hallmarks of cultural heritagdtourism — ranked in the top eightg as well. Nearly three times as many people visit breweriess in Colorado as elsewhere in theUnited States, and archaeological-sitre and historic-culture activities also outpace the national norm, the studuy noted.
As such, statde officials who flew recentlyto Chicago, Houston and Los Angeles to talk to travel writere led the discussions with mountains, then shifted to othed highlights, said Kim McNulty, director, Colorado Tourism Officew (CTO). Pitching the state now involves mentioning its 73 wineriess and 99craft breweries, its myriad festivals and its three-year push to establisg cultural heritage tours in different areaz of Colorado, she said. The CTO and also push the nonrecreationa side of Colorado tourism as it reaches out both to residentsa and nonresidents to tourthe state. Both groups have set up website advertising deals at places ranginfg from historic homes tolocalp cafes.
“I think it’s easier to promote the McNulty said of the diversityof “Colorado has so many things to do, from a lower-budget-consciouxs type of vacation to a more luxurious type of Travelers’ new interests have led to side For example, two wine tour companiee have begun operating in Denver. Groups also have begu that organize “voluntourism” trips that bring peopled either into or out of Colorado to spend vacations helping environmental and socialpwelfare causes.
The growth of choicea also has meant that tourism officials are advertising Coloradko in new places to try to hook specific Jayne Buck, vice president of tourism for Visit said the local convention and visitors bureau is reaching out more to Hispanicc travelers, and to gay and lesbianh travelers, both viewed as growing tourist segments. Its pitch isn’y any different to thesed groups than to the populationat large, but citiesd that make an effort to speaok to those groups in publications aimed at them have had she said.
A booming cultura l heritage or wineindustry doesn’t just benefitg the proprietors of establishments that fit into those noted Bob Witham, co-owner of in Grand Those who come to the stater to see one type of site also have to eat in sleep in hotels and probably visit othetr destinations while they are out here, he and otherw said. “A business like ours makews quite an impact on anindividual economy,” Withamk said. At a time when many businessesd and governments are cutting back drasticalltyon spending, tourism promotion in Coloradpo has been nicked only slightly.
After a lengtht debate over whether to cut tax dollaras going to a program that will bring in more tax the Legislature this year cut only 25 percent of the CTOmarketingt budget, leaving it at $15.67 million, McNulty noted. With that the office can continue givinhg grants to develop culturaklheritage tours, she said. And it can continud to employ new marketing techniques to reach people who just as much like to sip a locally made syrahg while sauntering through the Snow Goose Festivaol as those who come here to schuss downthe slopes. “We are blessed to live in a statee that literally has somethingfor everyone,” McNultu said.
But during the two recessions that havehit since, tourisjm leaders have watched people get more frugalp with travel dollars, and learned a little about their habits. One of their key notations is that those who come even in the badtimez — or those who wande r across their own state to save money rather than leavee it — are looking for more than just sceneru to make their vacationx memorable. And so, new phrases have permeated both the thinkin of those leaders and the promotionall material thatextols Colorado’s virtues to They are terms such as cultural heritage, culinarh tourism, and beer and wine tourism.
They’re makinvg a big mark and startingg to diversifythe state’s tourism landscape. “I the early days, if it didn’t involvw snow or whitewater, it wasn’rt really tourism,” said Doug Caskey, executive director of the . “Now the Tourism Office is involving all kindzs ofother tourism, such as heritags tourism and agritourism ... Most people just thinkk about coming to Coloradooto ski. They don’t usually think abouyt coming to Colorado to visit a wineryy or have aculinary vacation.
But that is According to the 2007 Longwoods Visitor Profiled Study commissioned bythe , more people still come to the Centennialp State searching for the outdoors than anything else. Mountainas are the prime attraction, accordin g to 44 percent of those surveyed. lakes and the natural environment all ranked in thetop 10. But small towns, historic towns and historic areaes — all hallmarks of cultural heritagdtourism — ranked in the top eightg as well. Nearly three times as many people visit breweriess in Colorado as elsewhere in theUnited States, and archaeological-sitre and historic-culture activities also outpace the national norm, the studuy noted.
As such, statde officials who flew recentlyto Chicago, Houston and Los Angeles to talk to travel writere led the discussions with mountains, then shifted to othed highlights, said Kim McNulty, director, Colorado Tourism Officew (CTO). Pitching the state now involves mentioning its 73 wineriess and 99craft breweries, its myriad festivals and its three-year push to establisg cultural heritage tours in different areaz of Colorado, she said. The CTO and also push the nonrecreationa side of Colorado tourism as it reaches out both to residentsa and nonresidents to tourthe state. Both groups have set up website advertising deals at places ranginfg from historic homes tolocalp cafes.
“I think it’s easier to promote the McNulty said of the diversityof “Colorado has so many things to do, from a lower-budget-consciouxs type of vacation to a more luxurious type of Travelers’ new interests have led to side For example, two wine tour companiee have begun operating in Denver. Groups also have begu that organize “voluntourism” trips that bring peopled either into or out of Colorado to spend vacations helping environmental and socialpwelfare causes.
The growth of choicea also has meant that tourism officials are advertising Coloradko in new places to try to hook specific Jayne Buck, vice president of tourism for Visit said the local convention and visitors bureau is reaching out more to Hispanicc travelers, and to gay and lesbianh travelers, both viewed as growing tourist segments. Its pitch isn’y any different to thesed groups than to the populationat large, but citiesd that make an effort to speaok to those groups in publications aimed at them have had she said.
A booming cultura l heritage or wineindustry doesn’t just benefitg the proprietors of establishments that fit into those noted Bob Witham, co-owner of in Grand Those who come to the stater to see one type of site also have to eat in sleep in hotels and probably visit othetr destinations while they are out here, he and otherw said. “A business like ours makews quite an impact on anindividual economy,” Withamk said. At a time when many businessesd and governments are cutting back drasticalltyon spending, tourism promotion in Coloradpo has been nicked only slightly.
After a lengtht debate over whether to cut tax dollaras going to a program that will bring in more tax the Legislature this year cut only 25 percent of the CTOmarketingt budget, leaving it at $15.67 million, McNulty noted. With that the office can continue givinhg grants to develop culturaklheritage tours, she said. And it can continud to employ new marketing techniques to reach people who just as much like to sip a locally made syrahg while sauntering through the Snow Goose Festivaol as those who come here to schuss downthe slopes. “We are blessed to live in a statee that literally has somethingfor everyone,” McNultu said.
Friday, December 21, 2012
Wayne LaPierre Speech Was A Total Public Relations Disaster, Say PR Experts - Huffington Post
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TIME | Wayne LaPierre Speech Was A Total Public Relations Disaster, Say PR Experts Huffington Post Public relations professionals reached by The Huffington Post said the timing of his message, which broke a week of silence in the wake of the tragic murder of 26 children and adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School, could be an irredeemable mistake for ... Local school districts already have armed officers Is the NRA out to crush the American pro-gun control movement? |
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