среда, 7 марта 2012 г.

BUSINESS RECORD

MORTGAGES

LANCASTER COUNTY

Mortgagor: Minder Brothers Real Estate

Lender: Fulton Bank

Details: 1673 S. Colebrook Road, East Hempfield Township; $360,000

Mortgagor: Blue Lake Builders LLC

Lender: Ephrata National Bank

Details: property In Clay Township; $700,000

Mortgagor: Ta Nguyen LLC

Lender: Union National Community Bank

Details: property In Lancaster; $1.2 million

Mortgagor: Test Associates

Lender: Fulton Bank

Details: property In East Lampeter and Leacock townships; $1.4 million

Mortgagor: Wayne Towing & Recovery LLC

Lender: Integrity Bank

Details: 5199 Main St., East Petersburg; $275,000

Mortgagors: Duane E. Gingerich, Gingerich Real Estate Management LLC, Gingerich Real Estate Investments LP, Brandon G. Gingerich

Lender: Graystone Bank

Details: 1958 Auction Road, Rapho Township; $980,000

Mortgagor: United Electric Supply Co. Inc.

Lender: United Real Estate LP

Details: 1564 Frultvllle Pike, Lancaster; $2.8 million

Mortgagor: 6943 Division Highway LLC

Lender: Auto Terminator Inc.

Details: property In Salisbury Township; $2.5 million

Mortgagor: 6943 Division Highway LLC

Lender: GunzenhauserAuto Parts LLC

Details: property In Salisbury Township; $1.3 million

YORK COUNTY

Mortgagor: Waynesboro Recycling LLC

Lender: Carrollton Bank

Details: property In York Township; $245,000

Mortgagor: Family and Community Technical Services Corp.

Lender: Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co.

Details: property In ManchesterTownshlp; $250,000

Mortgagor: Olivia's House - A Grief and Loss Center for Children

Lender: PeoplesBank

Details: property In York; $100,000

Mortgagor: Trusted Property Group LLC

Lender: York Traditions Bank

Details: property In Stewartstown; $117,600

Mortgagor: 1756 South Queen Street Associates LP

Lender: Fulton Bank

Details: property In Spring Garden Township; $50,000

Mortgagor: EMC Property Investments LLC

Lender: QNB Bank

Details: property In York; $56,250

Mortgagor: Susquehanna Home Finance LLC

Lender: Graystone Bank

Details: property In York Township; $280,000

Mortgagor: The Neighborhood at Winters Ridge LP

Lender: Mack L. Smith

Details: property In East Prospect; $314,250

Mortgagor: York Habitat for Humanity Inc.

Lender: County of York

Details: property In Hanover; $92,000

Mortgagor: Hillside Financial LLC

Lender: Metro Bank

Details: property In Lower Windsor Township; $113,263

вторник, 6 марта 2012 г.

Verizon strike lingers

WASHINGTON-Thousands of technicians and operators for VerizonCommunications entered their second week on strike Sunday, leavingconsumers in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states saddled with moredelays in telephone repair and installations. Two unions representing87,200 workers continued negotiations with the company's managementto replace a contract that expired Aug. 6. Sunday, the companyoffered what it called a "revised comprehensive offer" to theCommunications Workers of America and the International Brotherhoodof Electrical Workers. Unions fear that Verizon-the product of asummer merger between Bell Atlantic and GTE-will distribute workwithin its expanded territory to areas where labor is cheaper.

Ilink on the move

ILink Global, the Glen Ellyn provider of shipping and electroniclogistics for e-businesses, has been named as the shipper for HongKong-based iSteelAsia.com. ILink will use its pricing and logisticsexpertise to streamline shipping for global steel traders.

Clientele upgrade

MorganWorks.com, the Chicago online management recruiting company,has been named by Kinko's and Miller Brewing Co. to aid in employmentneeds. MorganWorks over the next year will fill 100 account managerpositions for Kinko's. MorganWorks also will fill 50 managementpositions for Miller. The recruiter combines an online database withpersonal recruiting.

Retailer's rough times

Value America Inc., an Internet retailer that attracted high-profile investors with its "virtual" operating model, filed forChapter 11 bankruptcy as it closed its online store and fired 185people. The company said it will reorganize as a business helpingmanufacturers, distributors and vendors fill online orders and seekpayment over the Internet.

Stiffel sells name Defunct Chicago lampmaker Stiffel Co. accepteda bid of $6.5 million for its name and other intellectual propertyfrom Mount Prospect-based Salton Inc., according to a report intoday's Crain's Chicago Business. Salton made an unsuccessful bidfor the Stiffel name in the spring. The lampmaker has been closed forseveral months. Stiffel's primary lender, GE Capital Corp., refusedto lend more money, leaving it without cash to operate, Crain'sreported.

More layoffs expected

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-A sweeping restructuring of First Union Corp.could result in hundreds more layoffs than the banking giantpreviously estimated. As many as 5,291 employees could lose theirjobs, according to documents filed Friday with the Securities andExchange Commission. When the restructuring was announced in June,the bank said 3,500 people would be affected. The bank expects tospend $135 million for severance pay, outplacement services andrelated benefits for the employees. The restructuring has led FirstUnion to shut down the Money Store, a subsidiary.

Machine tool mania

WASHINGTON-U.S. orders for machine tools rose 8 percent in June,an industry survey showed. June orders from U.S. companies fordomestic and imported machine tools totaled $494 million in June froma revised $457 million in May, according to the American Machine ToolDistributors' Association. Machine tool orders are a gauge ofmanufacturers' demand for equipment to improve productivity.

понедельник, 5 марта 2012 г.

State relief funds in short supply

DAILY MAIL CAPITOL REPORTER

Less than a year after lawmakers appropriated more than $40million for flood-relief efforts, state officials must figure out howmuch money they need to cope with the latest flooding in SouthernWest Virginia.

Keith Burdette, the legislative liaison for Gov. Bob Wise, saidWise's office could probably come up with about $2 million from thegovernor's contingency fund by shifting some money around.

While Wise spent Friday touring the flooded areas, Burdette andother staff members pored over the budget to figure out what fundsare left with less than two months remaining in the state's fiscalyear.

They began by trying to determine …

S&P rates United Overseas Bank Thailand at axA+/axA-1.

(ADPnews) - Oct 14, 2010 - S&P today gave its ASEAN regional scale ratings of axA+ and axA-1 for long- and short-term debt obligations to the Thai unit of Singapore lender United Overseas Bank (SIN:U11).

The ASEAN ratings reflect the credit quality of a specific securities issue of an obligor in comparison with the creditworthiness of other obligors in the region covering Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei Darussalam, Vietnam, Laos …

ANYTHING YOU CAN DO, I CAN DO BADDER.(TELEVISION)

Byline: MARK McGUIRE Staff writer

Tony and Vic. The capo and the cop. The good bad guy and the bad good guy. They're the toughest men on television, villains we root for.

These beefy powderkegs are played by actors who have scooped up the last four Emmys for best actor in a drama. They anchor the two current shows that actually earn the adjective ``must-watch.'' These actors can, without hyperbole, be described as brilliant.

Mob boss Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini) and Detective Vic Mackey (Michael Chiklis) return to television this week in a collision of humanity and avarice. ``The Sopranos'' (season five premieres at 9 p.m. Sunday, HBO) and ``The Shield'' (season three premieres at 10 p.m. Tuesday, FX) resume their Emmy battle for the best drama and actor on TV. (If ``The West Wing'' wins for the fourth year in a row, the Emmys will have as much …

Home-run ads in a Series sweep.(B-to-b marketers )

B-to-b spots in this year's World Series coverage were about as rare as a Chicago White Sox championship. But, like the White Sox, who won the crown for the first time since 1917, the b-to-b sector put its best foot forward on a field dominated by consumer ads. B-to-b marketers presented several compelling spots during the course of the four-game series with the Houston Astros.

We focused on the third game of the series, which proved to be the longest game in World Series history. We apologize to any b-to-b advertisers we may have missed in the later innings (in the wee hours of the morning). We dozed a bit toward the end of the White Sox's 7 to 5 win.

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Reloaded Kentucky's success could hinge on Kanter

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Like any good salesman, John Calipari knows it's important to under-promise and over-deliver.

One problem. It's not an option at Kentucky.

So while Calipari will tell anyone who listens his second year with the Wildcats won't be like the first — a watershed season in which he revitalized the foundering program with one of the greatest recruiting classes ever — he can't exactly do it with a straight face.

"We're not going to be what you think, no high expectations," Calipari said.

Then, pausing for a brief second for effect, he added, "this year I really mean it."

Good luck with that.

While Calipari calls last year's freshman crop …