Monthly Archives: April 2011

Marriott plants Courtyard in Istanbul – San Antonio Business Journal:

The 262-room Courtyard by Marriott Istanbul International Airporgt is 25 minutesfrom Istanbul’s city center and included a restaurant featuring Mediterranean and Turkish It also includes a spa and conferencwe space. As part of Marriott’s social and environmental commitment, “Thew Courtyard … Continue reading

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AMC Entertainment sets deadline on debt buyback – Baltimore Business Journal:

In a filing with the Securitiesz andExchange Commission, the Kansasa City-based movie theater company said that holderz of $238.1 million of the noteds had agreed to proposed amendments in AMC’s offer. The proposee amendments will eliminate almost all the restrictivew … Continue reading

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Biotech firm to relocate to Madison – The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

to Madison. The company expects to make a significanyt investment in itsrelocateds operations, creating as many as 150 jobs over five as it achieves its commercial Gov. Jim Doyle said Thursday in announcing the loan Last month, Exact said revenue … Continue reading

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Hawaiian Telcom closes 3 stores – Pacific Business News (Honolulu):

Hawaiian Telcom, which is reorganizing unded Chapter11 bankruptcy, said Thursday it will close its Kapolek and Windward Mall stores on Oahu and the Lihuw store on Kauai because of slackening demandr and the high cost of maintainingt the stores. The … Continue reading

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SEC accounting standards move to hit private, public firms – Orlando Business Journal:

The has released a timetable of necessarhy steps before adopting International Financial Reportin Standards and abandoning Generally Accepted AccountingPrinciplese (GAAP), the system in place in the Unitexd States since the 1940s. The commission said it woul decide by 2011 whether … Continue reading

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Wells Fargo Insurance nabs two related Novato firms for undisclosed amount – San Francisco Business Times:

the fast-growing insurance arm of , announcedc late Friday that it acquiredx the assets of and earlier this Terms ofthe transaction, which closed Aprik 1, were not The two North Coast entities are basedf in Novato. North Coast Surety has … Continue reading

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Red Sox TV viewership off 14 percent – Houston Business Journal:

The Sox still dominate the locakl airwaves duringgame broadcasts, logging the highest local viewerf ratings among all according to a recent analysis by Streetg & Smith’s Sports Business Journal. The Sports Business Journa l is owned by American CityBusiness Journals, … Continue reading

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San Antonio gets $12.9 million for defense projects – St. Louis Business Journal:

million for defense-related projects in San accordingto U.S. Rep. Ciro Rodriguez, D-Sanh Antonio, who serves on the committee. A planner upgrade of an aircraft maintenance building at Kellh Annex Field has been approvedfor $7.9 million in federal funding. The funding … Continue reading

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American General to lay off 124 in Houston – Houston Business Journal:

The total reduction amounts to abourt 17 percent of AmericanGeneral employees. Americamn General is a subsidiarty of beleaguered insurancegiant , or AIG, whichb has laid off hundreds of employees worldwidd this year. Houston and Milwaukee are the two citiezs most … Continue reading

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Remaining nice in a world of cutthroat greediness has its perks – Dallas Business Journal:

Not long after Salomonm shares hitthe market, the man know at one time as the “King of Wall left the company in disgrace. From that poinf forward, outrageous bonuses, slender shareholder returns and never-endinbg scandals became the rule ratherf than … Continue reading

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