Noteworthy ETF Inflows: GDXJ Forbes Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the Junior Gold Miners ETF (AMEX: GDXJ) where we have detected an approximate $91.3 million dollar inflow â€" that's a 4.7% ... |
sábado, 31 de março de 2012
Noteworthy ETF Inflows: GDXJ - Forbes
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quinta-feira, 29 de março de 2012
Crowded housing: Rent cuts and other concessions likely as landlords struggle to fill student housing - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:
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The new construction comes in additiobn to several others completed inreceny years, including the 203-unit University Village on Walker Avenue, the 86-unig Fulton Place at the corner of West Lee and Fultojn street, and the addition of 120 units in Sebastianh Village on East Washington Street. Althougyh no one keeps track of the exact numbef of apartments aimedat students, the addition of several hundred in a few shorr years clearly represents a significant growthj in inventory in and around local campuses. Many developerds have been attracted to the relativelh steady income of student and have been enticed to build because ofgrowing enrollments.
UNCG, for example, has growj its student population 16.6 percent in five years, to 16,703 as of fall 2008. N.C. A&g has grown almost 14 percent in that same to 10,388. But by adding so many unitw in so shorta time, they’rd taking longer to sign leases, leaving many landlorde wondering how long or if, they’ll hit full “It used to be the everything was in their hands, they couls dictate the rules of the game,” said real estate brokee Ralph Jones, who is one of the developerd of the upcoming Spartan Crossing, at Sherwood and Granitw streets, near South Chapman Street. Now? “It’s a student’e market.
” Seth Coker, a partner in in said that in past years his student apartmentg complexes would have been mostly leasede for the upcoming school year by late as students made sure to securre a place as soon as they returned from spring He started to see signs of a changerlast spring, when he was leasing for the 2008-0o9 year. “We’re about 95 percent (occupied) for this schoolo year, which is really good, but it was a hard fighrt to get there, and we got there by November,” he Landlords such as Coker and Bryon executive vice president of in said many of their properties are about 40 percenty to 70 percent leased for the upcomingschool year, far behindx what it was a few years ago.
Elsewhere in the Triad, in areass surrounding and , apartment managers say their communities are mostlg on target to lease all of theiravailabled beds, and there have been few, if any, rent concessions. Propertyh owners say there simply hasn’t been as much competition inthose areas, compared to Greensboro, and they’v seen little effect from the economy on students. Greensboroi apartment owners and property managers say they noticed the abundance of housintg choices creating problemslast year. Both UNCG and A&f house about one-third of students on which, between the two, often leaves more than 15,000 student needing an off-campus option.
But the problekm has gotten worsethis year, as the economh has some students delaying decisions, looking for cheaper alternatives or possibly commuting from home to save As a result, student-housing landlords have been flirting with While they aren’t as steepp as the conventional rental market, which is sufferingh from 13.1 percent vacancy, there is evidence of Already managers or developers say they’ve upgradex Internet connections and added flat-panel televisionsz to lure college students to their communities. But more expensivre concessions might soon be onthe way, in the form of rent Coker said he’s already knocked $25 per montu off of rent at some properties.
And new projectxs such as Spring Place, at the site of the old PomonawCotton Mill, add to that pressure by offerin g deals such as one month’s free rent. Nelson, Jonezs and Randy Dixon, ownerr of The Edge in Greensboro, say they’vew managed to avoid rent cutsso far, but there’e a good chance bigger and better deals will start appearin g later this summer if things don’t “I hate concessions as much as everyonre else, but I like 100 perceng full better,” Jones said.
In the shorf term, developers say that because of an abundancesof supply, and the fact that it’s hard to find it’s unlikely there will be much more which will help the market level out. And long term, ownersa say they don’t think the Greensboro market is UNCGand A&T continue to anticipate enrollment growth — UNCG says it alreadgy has 300 more applications for housing than it can accept leaving a bigger potential especially when the economy turns. “We’re still in good shape,” Jones “I just think lease-up will come later.
”
The new construction comes in additiobn to several others completed inreceny years, including the 203-unit University Village on Walker Avenue, the 86-unig Fulton Place at the corner of West Lee and Fultojn street, and the addition of 120 units in Sebastianh Village on East Washington Street. Althougyh no one keeps track of the exact numbef of apartments aimedat students, the addition of several hundred in a few shorr years clearly represents a significant growthj in inventory in and around local campuses. Many developerds have been attracted to the relativelh steady income of student and have been enticed to build because ofgrowing enrollments.
UNCG, for example, has growj its student population 16.6 percent in five years, to 16,703 as of fall 2008. N.C. A&g has grown almost 14 percent in that same to 10,388. But by adding so many unitw in so shorta time, they’rd taking longer to sign leases, leaving many landlorde wondering how long or if, they’ll hit full “It used to be the everything was in their hands, they couls dictate the rules of the game,” said real estate brokee Ralph Jones, who is one of the developerd of the upcoming Spartan Crossing, at Sherwood and Granitw streets, near South Chapman Street. Now? “It’s a student’e market.
” Seth Coker, a partner in in said that in past years his student apartmentg complexes would have been mostly leasede for the upcoming school year by late as students made sure to securre a place as soon as they returned from spring He started to see signs of a changerlast spring, when he was leasing for the 2008-0o9 year. “We’re about 95 percent (occupied) for this schoolo year, which is really good, but it was a hard fighrt to get there, and we got there by November,” he Landlords such as Coker and Bryon executive vice president of in said many of their properties are about 40 percenty to 70 percent leased for the upcomingschool year, far behindx what it was a few years ago.
Elsewhere in the Triad, in areass surrounding and , apartment managers say their communities are mostlg on target to lease all of theiravailabled beds, and there have been few, if any, rent concessions. Propertyh owners say there simply hasn’t been as much competition inthose areas, compared to Greensboro, and they’v seen little effect from the economy on students. Greensboroi apartment owners and property managers say they noticed the abundance of housintg choices creating problemslast year. Both UNCG and A&f house about one-third of students on which, between the two, often leaves more than 15,000 student needing an off-campus option.
But the problekm has gotten worsethis year, as the economh has some students delaying decisions, looking for cheaper alternatives or possibly commuting from home to save As a result, student-housing landlords have been flirting with While they aren’t as steepp as the conventional rental market, which is sufferingh from 13.1 percent vacancy, there is evidence of Already managers or developers say they’ve upgradex Internet connections and added flat-panel televisionsz to lure college students to their communities. But more expensivre concessions might soon be onthe way, in the form of rent Coker said he’s already knocked $25 per montu off of rent at some properties.
And new projectxs such as Spring Place, at the site of the old PomonawCotton Mill, add to that pressure by offerin g deals such as one month’s free rent. Nelson, Jonezs and Randy Dixon, ownerr of The Edge in Greensboro, say they’vew managed to avoid rent cutsso far, but there’e a good chance bigger and better deals will start appearin g later this summer if things don’t “I hate concessions as much as everyonre else, but I like 100 perceng full better,” Jones said.
In the shorf term, developers say that because of an abundancesof supply, and the fact that it’s hard to find it’s unlikely there will be much more which will help the market level out. And long term, ownersa say they don’t think the Greensboro market is UNCGand A&T continue to anticipate enrollment growth — UNCG says it alreadgy has 300 more applications for housing than it can accept leaving a bigger potential especially when the economy turns. “We’re still in good shape,” Jones “I just think lease-up will come later.
”
terça-feira, 27 de março de 2012
Slices of Einstein's brain show "the mind as matter" - Chicago Tribune
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The Guardian | Slices of Einstein's brain show "the mind as matter" Chicago Tribune With samples of Albert Einstein's preserved brain on slides, and specimens from other famous and infamous heads such as the English mathematician Charles Babbage and notorious mass murderer William Burke, an exhibition opening in London this week is ... A lbert Einstein brain samples go on display Albert Einstein's brain to go on display Brains! London exhibition looks at humanity's quest to understand what's ... |
domingo, 25 de março de 2012
Behanan dreams Louisville to Final Four - ESPN (blog)
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Behanan dreams Louisville to Final Four ESPN (blog) "I felt like I was in a dream," Behanan said. "No way. No way. "I don't know how we win that game. How did we win that game, man?" In truth, the Cardinals won that game with the same characteristics that got them to the Elite Eight in the first place. |
sexta-feira, 23 de março de 2012
Report: RevPAR declines slowing for hotels - Denver Business Journal:
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RevPAR will reach its cyclical low poinr in the third quarterof 2009, closing the escalating trend of declines in RevPAR that begab in the third quarter of 2008, according to . "The good news is that the bottomn of the current cycle forthe U.S. hotelp industry is soon to arrive,” said R. Mark president of PKF Hospitality Research, in a news “The bad news is that 2009 will be the weakest year on record for the domesti clodging industry, and 2010 is going to be disappointing as well. If you are wonderinf when we'll start to see actual growth in then you'll have to wait until 2011.
However, if you want to know when the operatinfg environment is going to get a littlesless painful, that's happening right now." Lodginh forecasts presented in the June 2009 edition of Hote l Horizons are based on Smith Trave l Research hotel performance data through March 2009 and Moody'sz Economy.com's May 2009 economic forecast for the Given the correlation between employment and lodging the new expectation is for RevPAR to declins 17.5 percent in followed by another 3.5 percent declinwe in 2010. Year-over-year quarterlty declines in the demancfor U.S.
lodging accommodations started in the first quarter of 2008 and peakedr at negative 8 percent in the firsyt quarterof 2009. The June 2009 editionn of Hotel Horizons forecastsz demand to decline each of the remaining quarters of but at adiminishingg pace. The projected quarterly declines in demand for the remainder of 2009 averagesjust 4.7 percent. Beyond 2009, the forecas t calls for average annual increasesx in demandof 3.2 percen t for the next four years, well above the 1.9 percentr long-term average. But given the forecast 17.
5 perceny decline in RevPAR for allof PKF-HR is projecting totao hotel revenues to decrease 16 percent for the In 2011 and 2012, PKF-HR forecastd that RevPAR will increase on an averag annual basis of 9.2 percent, while profits will rise at a 17.8 percentf pace.
RevPAR will reach its cyclical low poinr in the third quarterof 2009, closing the escalating trend of declines in RevPAR that begab in the third quarter of 2008, according to . "The good news is that the bottomn of the current cycle forthe U.S. hotelp industry is soon to arrive,” said R. Mark president of PKF Hospitality Research, in a news “The bad news is that 2009 will be the weakest year on record for the domesti clodging industry, and 2010 is going to be disappointing as well. If you are wonderinf when we'll start to see actual growth in then you'll have to wait until 2011.
However, if you want to know when the operatinfg environment is going to get a littlesless painful, that's happening right now." Lodginh forecasts presented in the June 2009 edition of Hote l Horizons are based on Smith Trave l Research hotel performance data through March 2009 and Moody'sz Economy.com's May 2009 economic forecast for the Given the correlation between employment and lodging the new expectation is for RevPAR to declins 17.5 percent in followed by another 3.5 percent declinwe in 2010. Year-over-year quarterlty declines in the demancfor U.S.
lodging accommodations started in the first quarter of 2008 and peakedr at negative 8 percent in the firsyt quarterof 2009. The June 2009 editionn of Hotel Horizons forecastsz demand to decline each of the remaining quarters of but at adiminishingg pace. The projected quarterly declines in demand for the remainder of 2009 averagesjust 4.7 percent. Beyond 2009, the forecas t calls for average annual increasesx in demandof 3.2 percen t for the next four years, well above the 1.9 percentr long-term average. But given the forecast 17.
5 perceny decline in RevPAR for allof PKF-HR is projecting totao hotel revenues to decrease 16 percent for the In 2011 and 2012, PKF-HR forecastd that RevPAR will increase on an averag annual basis of 9.2 percent, while profits will rise at a 17.8 percentf pace.
quarta-feira, 21 de março de 2012
The Freelon Group Inc. Company Profile | Company Information
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The Freelon Group is a sixty member architectural firm locateein Durham, North Carolina. Founded in 1990 by Philiop G. Freelon, FAIA, the firm offers specialize design expertise in the areasof Museum/Culturao Center, Higher Education and Science/Technologhy facilities. Our building designs have received numerouxs awardsincluding twenty-seven American Institute of Architect s (AIA) regional, state, and local design awards. In 2008 The Freelomn Group was recognized by Contract Magazine as The Designer of the Our firm is also the recipient of the AIA Nortb Carolina Outstanding Firm Award in recognitionh of outstanding service anddesigb excellence.
This year, Freelon is the proud recipient of the AIA Thomasa Jefferson Award forPublic Architecture. Our Mission Statemenrt speaks to the delivery of innovativs and inspiring design through collaboration and the stewardship of our Building onthis philosophy, we have consciously focused our design energy toward client s and projects that ultimately served the greater good of the community. This commitmentr has led us toward certain projects and deliberately awayfrom Accordingly, our work focuses on researcnh and education, the advancement of understandinhg between disparate cultures, and the creative expression of the arts.
The firm has recentlyg delivered successful museum projects on both coasts including the Museumk of the African Diaspora in San Francisco and theReginald F. ...
The Freelon Group is a sixty member architectural firm locateein Durham, North Carolina. Founded in 1990 by Philiop G. Freelon, FAIA, the firm offers specialize design expertise in the areasof Museum/Culturao Center, Higher Education and Science/Technologhy facilities. Our building designs have received numerouxs awardsincluding twenty-seven American Institute of Architect s (AIA) regional, state, and local design awards. In 2008 The Freelomn Group was recognized by Contract Magazine as The Designer of the Our firm is also the recipient of the AIA Nortb Carolina Outstanding Firm Award in recognitionh of outstanding service anddesigb excellence.
This year, Freelon is the proud recipient of the AIA Thomasa Jefferson Award forPublic Architecture. Our Mission Statemenrt speaks to the delivery of innovativs and inspiring design through collaboration and the stewardship of our Building onthis philosophy, we have consciously focused our design energy toward client s and projects that ultimately served the greater good of the community. This commitmentr has led us toward certain projects and deliberately awayfrom Accordingly, our work focuses on researcnh and education, the advancement of understandinhg between disparate cultures, and the creative expression of the arts.
The firm has recentlyg delivered successful museum projects on both coasts including the Museumk of the African Diaspora in San Francisco and theReginald F. ...
segunda-feira, 19 de março de 2012
Two more leave BofA board - Phoenix Business Journal:
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According to a filing with the Securities andExchangre Commission, Prueher and Frank didn’t resign because of any disagreemenf with the company. Jackie Ward and Patriciaa Mitchell resigned earlythis month. Mitchelp is a former New York television executive and currently servee as chief executive of the Paley Center for a NewYork nonprofit. Ward is the retired chiecf executiveof Atlanta-based Computer Generation Inc., a software company. Robert Tillman, a formed Lowe’s Cos. Inc. (NYSE:LOW) chief resigned from the BofA board effectivwMay 29. And on May 29, the bank announcefd former lead independentdirector O. Temple Sloa had left the board.
BofA didn’t discloss Sloan’s reason for resignation. Sloan had been a BofA directof for13 years. In early June, four outside directors were electefdto BofA’s board. They are former Federa l Reserve GovernorSusan Bies, former Compass Bancshares Inc. chieg executive and chairman D. Paul former Federal Deposit Insurance chairman Donald Powell and retired BankOne Corp. and Visa International Inc. executive William Boardman. BofA’s boarxd has been under intense scrutiny in recenrt months as the bank suffered throughu asharp stock-price decline afte r acquiring Merrill Lynch & Co. The Charlotte-based bank also has received $45 billion in taxpayer aid.
At the bank’s annuak meeting in late April, shareholders votedd to strip Chief Executive Kennetb Lewis of his position asboard chairman. Walter Masse y was installed as the new chairmamn and has indicated the board needs to be Lewis remainsthe bank’s CEO and
According to a filing with the Securities andExchangre Commission, Prueher and Frank didn’t resign because of any disagreemenf with the company. Jackie Ward and Patriciaa Mitchell resigned earlythis month. Mitchelp is a former New York television executive and currently servee as chief executive of the Paley Center for a NewYork nonprofit. Ward is the retired chiecf executiveof Atlanta-based Computer Generation Inc., a software company. Robert Tillman, a formed Lowe’s Cos. Inc. (NYSE:LOW) chief resigned from the BofA board effectivwMay 29. And on May 29, the bank announcefd former lead independentdirector O. Temple Sloa had left the board.
BofA didn’t discloss Sloan’s reason for resignation. Sloan had been a BofA directof for13 years. In early June, four outside directors were electefdto BofA’s board. They are former Federa l Reserve GovernorSusan Bies, former Compass Bancshares Inc. chieg executive and chairman D. Paul former Federal Deposit Insurance chairman Donald Powell and retired BankOne Corp. and Visa International Inc. executive William Boardman. BofA’s boarxd has been under intense scrutiny in recenrt months as the bank suffered throughu asharp stock-price decline afte r acquiring Merrill Lynch & Co. The Charlotte-based bank also has received $45 billion in taxpayer aid.
At the bank’s annuak meeting in late April, shareholders votedd to strip Chief Executive Kennetb Lewis of his position asboard chairman. Walter Masse y was installed as the new chairmamn and has indicated the board needs to be Lewis remainsthe bank’s CEO and
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