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The hiring will begin immediately, with the national nonprofi t hosting a job fair Fridayand Saturday. NACA focused on lending to low- and moderate-income Gov. Bev Perdue announced the expansiob Thursday, with the state giving NACA a $1 million grany from the One NorthCarolinwa Fund. It plans to invest more than $4 million with 1,014 jobs expected to be added over the nextfive “North Carolina remains a strong presence in the U.S. finance and this is a tremendoua opportunity forthe Charlotte-area,” Perdue said. “Our top-ratee business climate and skilled financial-services work force are attractivse to growingnational operations.
” NACA is headquartered in Bosto and operates more than 40 officesw nationwide. It currently employs about 100 workers in Mecklenburg County to originate and process mortgage Underthe five-year state incentive agreement, the organizatioj plans to add 550 jobs immediately. The jobs will pay an average annual wageof $35,982. Salaries will ranged up to $80,000 annually. The hiring will focus on mortgage negotiators, customer-service representatives, call-cente managers and mortgage counselors. “NACA is excited that it’s puttinv more than 1,000 people to work during thesed tougheconomic times,” NACA Chiegf Executive Bruce Marks said Thursday.
“Today’s announcement is more than just a soundebite — we are following througg on this investment by holding a jobs fair tomorrow to hire 550 people immediately.” Perdue said Thursdayh that she consulted with former Bank of Americas Corp. Chairman Hugh McCollo Jr. about the deal. McColl has been a longtime supporterof NACA’s work. BofA began a partnership with NACAunded McColl’s watch in 1995 and in 2004 committed $6 billion to its lendinh program.
Perdue says McColl confirmed to her that he expectedr NACA could follow througu on its job commitments in severalphone “When someone begins something like this in Charlotte, it alwaysx grows,” McColl said in an interview Thursday. “They’ll come in and find this is a good placde tofind (a work I would hope it would be an eruption of not just trickle down.” The groulp claims it will be the largesy number of people hired immediately in one area and the largestr job commitment in the country sinced the mortgage crisis began in 2007. The hiring comea as NACA embarks on a nationwide Save theDrean Tour.
Marks says the addedr jobs are crucial as NACA leadws its campaign to makemortgages affordable. Hundreds of NACA stafft will provide long-term solutions for homeownersd with anunaffordable mortgage. “Charlotte continuea to be attractive because of ourknowledgeable financial-services work force and we welcomw NACA’s investment in North Carolina,” N.C. Sen. Dan Clodfelte (D-Mecklenburg) said in a release.
NACA’s Counselinbg Center is in the Charlotter East office park off Albemarle Road between Central Avenue and FarmPond “Charlotte continues to be recognized as a leader in financiall services with a talented and experienced labor says Charlotte Chamber Chairman Tim Belk. “We are pleased to welcom e NACA to the community and look forward to the investment in jobs and presencwe they will bring to ourEast side.” The chamber assistex NACA in its expansion effort. Charlotter East owner Roger Kellogg, principal of , and leasing directod Eric Speckman have worked closely with NACA since 2007, when the nonprofit established a smal l office in the park.
NACA has legally binding agreementa with all themajor lenders/servicers to restructure the mortgages they service. The NACA agreementsw cover more than 90 percent of homeowners with anunaffordable mortgage. The staffr from the Counseling Center in Charlottr will travel nationwide to work on Save the Dream eventz where morethan 25,000 people are counsele d over four days, with thousands receiving affordable restructured mortgageas with permanent interest rates often at 4 3 percent and 2 percent and where necessary the principalp reduced. The organization, started in 1988, has the primar y goal of building strong, healthy neighborhoodss nationwide throughaffordable homeownership.
NACA operations include financial counseling, specializee mortgage services and a Home Save program for homeowners with an unaffordable NACA will host a job fair from8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Fridauy and Saturday at its CharlotteCounseling Center. For more information abourt Neighborhood Assistance Corporationof America, including employment go to www.naca.com.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
A Rare Hope for Decent News on Housing - Wall Street Journal
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A Rare Hope for Decent News on Housing Wall Street Journal A pair of reports due Wednesday may build on that, creating a rare stretch of decent news for the beleaguered market. Pending sales of previously owned homesâ€"a leading gauge of closingsâ€"are expected to rebound by at least 10% in May after falling 11 ... |
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Lenovo's profits skyrocket - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:
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Lenovo, which has headquarters in Morrisvilled but trades shares in Hong said net incomewas $105 million in the quarter, or $1.12 per dilutes share, in the quarter ende Sept. 30. That's up from $38 million, or 43 centx per share, in the same period last Revenue increased 20 percentto $4.4 billion. The companu increased shipments of PCs more than 20 percent in thethirdd quarter, according to data compiled by research firmse and . That outpaced growth in the PC industrt asa whole. Lenovo said noteboo shipments, which provide about 55 percent of were up 42 percent yearover year. Desktop shipments increasee about12 percent. Lenovo's largest saless region, China, saw sales increasd 26.
5 percent to $1.8 billion. where Lenovo was headquartered until itbought IBM's personal computer division in 2005, accounted for 41 percent of revenue in the Perhaps as importantly, year over year shipments in the the company's No. 2 region, increase by 12 percent. Lenovo has strugglecd to convince U.S. customers in particular to purchaseeits computers, but that trend has reversed in recentg quarters. U.S. losses had been largely caused bythe company's strategy of selling more computers in retaik outlets and over the Web.
The move falteresd at first but has proven wise as sales to consumerss outpace sales to businesses by large according to IDC and Thenews isn't all rosy for The company faces increased competition with its Taiwanese rival, . Acer recentlt bought California's Gateway and blocked Lenovo'se efforts to acquire Dutch PCmaker . Lenovko also will face pressure on its margins as it continues its push intoconsume sales, a highly competitive business.
Lenovo, which has headquarters in Morrisvilled but trades shares in Hong said net incomewas $105 million in the quarter, or $1.12 per dilutes share, in the quarter ende Sept. 30. That's up from $38 million, or 43 centx per share, in the same period last Revenue increased 20 percentto $4.4 billion. The companu increased shipments of PCs more than 20 percent in thethirdd quarter, according to data compiled by research firmse and . That outpaced growth in the PC industrt asa whole. Lenovo said noteboo shipments, which provide about 55 percent of were up 42 percent yearover year. Desktop shipments increasee about12 percent. Lenovo's largest saless region, China, saw sales increasd 26.
5 percent to $1.8 billion. where Lenovo was headquartered until itbought IBM's personal computer division in 2005, accounted for 41 percent of revenue in the Perhaps as importantly, year over year shipments in the the company's No. 2 region, increase by 12 percent. Lenovo has strugglecd to convince U.S. customers in particular to purchaseeits computers, but that trend has reversed in recentg quarters. U.S. losses had been largely caused bythe company's strategy of selling more computers in retaik outlets and over the Web.
The move falteresd at first but has proven wise as sales to consumerss outpace sales to businesses by large according to IDC and Thenews isn't all rosy for The company faces increased competition with its Taiwanese rival, . Acer recentlt bought California's Gateway and blocked Lenovo'se efforts to acquire Dutch PCmaker . Lenovko also will face pressure on its margins as it continues its push intoconsume sales, a highly competitive business.
Friday, June 24, 2011
Beige Book: Region
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Consumer spending in the region was weak and is expecte toremain soft, the closely watched survey said, but “an uptick in manufacturinyg orders helped stabilize expectations for future production.” The Beige Book also said that “commercial real estate market conditionsw deteriorated, and energy activity declined Bankers, it said, “reportexd a rise in deposits and stable loan deman with no erosion in loan quality.” It said consumer pricd and wage pressures remained low. Meanwhile, producer price s “declined at a slower pace, with some firms notiny that higher commodity prices boosted material andfuel costs.
” the latest regional Beige Book — covering a six-week periox — was somewhat more optimistic than the last released April 15. The report covers the Fed’s Kansas City-based 10th District. It is basedd on interviews with a sample of businesses representing key industriesz ineach district. The reports are anecdotapl and do notcontain statistics, but they are widely followed and help the Fed to set nationakl economic policy. The Fed’s 10th District includes Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Wyoming as well as wester Missouri and northernNew Mexico.
Formally known as the “Summarhy of Commentary on Current Economic Condition by FederalReserve District,” the Beige Book is published eight times a year. The latest reportg covers late Aprilthrough May. The Federalo Reserve’s 10th District is also known as the Kansase City district becausethe reserve’s regional bank is basede there. .
Consumer spending in the region was weak and is expecte toremain soft, the closely watched survey said, but “an uptick in manufacturinyg orders helped stabilize expectations for future production.” The Beige Book also said that “commercial real estate market conditionsw deteriorated, and energy activity declined Bankers, it said, “reportexd a rise in deposits and stable loan deman with no erosion in loan quality.” It said consumer pricd and wage pressures remained low. Meanwhile, producer price s “declined at a slower pace, with some firms notiny that higher commodity prices boosted material andfuel costs.
” the latest regional Beige Book — covering a six-week periox — was somewhat more optimistic than the last released April 15. The report covers the Fed’s Kansas City-based 10th District. It is basedd on interviews with a sample of businesses representing key industriesz ineach district. The reports are anecdotapl and do notcontain statistics, but they are widely followed and help the Fed to set nationakl economic policy. The Fed’s 10th District includes Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Wyoming as well as wester Missouri and northernNew Mexico.
Formally known as the “Summarhy of Commentary on Current Economic Condition by FederalReserve District,” the Beige Book is published eight times a year. The latest reportg covers late Aprilthrough May. The Federalo Reserve’s 10th District is also known as the Kansase City district becausethe reserve’s regional bank is basede there. .
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
AMC Entertainment sets deadline on debt buyback - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
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In a filing with the Securitiesz andExchange Commission, the Kansas City-based movide theater company said that holders of $238.1 million of the note s had agreed to proposed amendments in AMC’s The proposed amendments will eliminate almost all the restrictive covenants on the AMC a previously announced private offering to $600 milliobn in senior notes due in 2019 and that it expectef net proceeds of abour $568.1 million. AMC previously said it woulde use the proceeds to buythe company’s outstandinfg $250 million in senior notes due in and for other general corporate On May 22, AMC , comparedx with a $43.4 million profi the prior year.
Revenue for the year that ende d April 2was $2.27 billion, down 2.9 percen from $2.33 billion the priorf year. AMC owns interests in 307 theaterswith 4,612 screenws in five countries. The company is privatelyg held but required to reportf to the SEC because some of its debt ispubliclyt held.
In a filing with the Securitiesz andExchange Commission, the Kansas City-based movide theater company said that holders of $238.1 million of the note s had agreed to proposed amendments in AMC’s The proposed amendments will eliminate almost all the restrictive covenants on the AMC a previously announced private offering to $600 milliobn in senior notes due in 2019 and that it expectef net proceeds of abour $568.1 million. AMC previously said it woulde use the proceeds to buythe company’s outstandinfg $250 million in senior notes due in and for other general corporate On May 22, AMC , comparedx with a $43.4 million profi the prior year.
Revenue for the year that ende d April 2was $2.27 billion, down 2.9 percen from $2.33 billion the priorf year. AMC owns interests in 307 theaterswith 4,612 screenws in five countries. The company is privatelyg held but required to reportf to the SEC because some of its debt ispubliclyt held.
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina CEO Greczyn says health-care reform will come slowly, if at all - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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Greczyn, speaking during the Triangle BusinessJournall ’s State of Chapel Hill event Friday morning, said he has been in talkas with the White House over various reform plans, and that while he supports nationa health-care reform, he does not see any significantt changes for five to 10 years. “We’lol be having a lot of fun with he saidof health-care reform discussions. BCBSNCv drew national attention last month when published a storu saying theChapel Hill-based insurer, which is the 10th largest in the was creating a online campaign to deraipl health-care reform. The article led to Greczynn receiving phone calls from theWhitd House, he said.
Greczyn said The Post had insufficient informationh when it ran its The insurer has posted those videoas on aWeb site, www.nchealthreform.com, which the company says is intended to help educatew North Carolina residents about health reform. Greczynh said he has concerns aboutt the plans that are making their way throughthe nation’s saying a plan sponsored by Sen. Edward Kennedy would cost $1.3 trillion, whilee a plan from Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) would cost $1.6 He also said neither plan mandates that businessw owners provide health insurance fortheir employees.
Greczyn said most uninsurede workers are employed by companies with 25 workersa or fewer and that the Kennedy bill would leav e 37 million ofthe nation’s 47 million uninsured stilp without coverage. Different organizations weighing in onthe health-refor plans have disputed those
Greczyn, speaking during the Triangle BusinessJournall ’s State of Chapel Hill event Friday morning, said he has been in talkas with the White House over various reform plans, and that while he supports nationa health-care reform, he does not see any significantt changes for five to 10 years. “We’lol be having a lot of fun with he saidof health-care reform discussions. BCBSNCv drew national attention last month when published a storu saying theChapel Hill-based insurer, which is the 10th largest in the was creating a online campaign to deraipl health-care reform. The article led to Greczynn receiving phone calls from theWhitd House, he said.
Greczyn said The Post had insufficient informationh when it ran its The insurer has posted those videoas on aWeb site, www.nchealthreform.com, which the company says is intended to help educatew North Carolina residents about health reform. Greczynh said he has concerns aboutt the plans that are making their way throughthe nation’s saying a plan sponsored by Sen. Edward Kennedy would cost $1.3 trillion, whilee a plan from Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) would cost $1.6 He also said neither plan mandates that businessw owners provide health insurance fortheir employees.
Greczyn said most uninsurede workers are employed by companies with 25 workersa or fewer and that the Kennedy bill would leav e 37 million ofthe nation’s 47 million uninsured stilp without coverage. Different organizations weighing in onthe health-refor plans have disputed those
Friday, June 17, 2011
San Francisco Things to Do - View San Francisco Attractions
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Chinatown Pacific Avenue San Francisco, CA The oldesyt Chinatown in the country; to wander around this neighborhooe is tohop continents. Come to windoqw shop, stay to eat. De Young/Goldej Gate Park 50 Hagiwara Tea Garde n DriveSan Francisco, CA 94118 (415) 750-360 This museum cost more than $200 to and its proven a criticalk and popular hit. The permanent collectionj is particularly strong inOceanic art, and it
Chinatown Pacific Avenue San Francisco, CA The oldesyt Chinatown in the country; to wander around this neighborhooe is tohop continents. Come to windoqw shop, stay to eat. De Young/Goldej Gate Park 50 Hagiwara Tea Garde n DriveSan Francisco, CA 94118 (415) 750-360 This museum cost more than $200 to and its proven a criticalk and popular hit. The permanent collectionj is particularly strong inOceanic art, and it
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