Biz Journals
- Northwest Kidney Centers preps for big expansion, including $43M Burien campus
Thursday - 04/26/2018 - 04:58 PMNorthwest Kidney Centers is adding more dialysis centers in South King County and a $43 million on a Burien campus.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - LETTER TO EDITOR: AHPs: A reasonable alternative for small businesses
Thursday - 04/26/2018 - 05:00 PMContrary to the recent op-ed (Beware of ‘junk insurance’ April 13, 2018), expansion of Association Health Plans (AHPs) is a necessary step towards addressing accessibility and affordability challenges that have faced the Massachusetts small business community since the implementation of our universal healthcare law—challenges which have continued to worsen under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Intel beats its first quarter earnings, raises full-year guidance
Thursday - 04/26/2018 - 05:02 PMChip giant Intel Corp. beat Wall Street expectations for the first quarter reporting earnings per share of 93 cents versus average estimates of 72 cents.
The company reported $4.5 billion in quarterly profit, up 50 percent from the year-ago period.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Phil Green and the future of Frost Bank
Thursday - 04/26/2018 - 05:08 PMThe bank is focused on staying independent and carving its own path in a market as more facets of banking lean toward decisions based on price, rather than relationships.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Pitch an idea or buy a franchise at first Ohio Entrepreneur Expo
Thursday - 04/26/2018 - 04:29 PMBudding entrepreneurs can find services, vet an idea or even buy an existing business this weekend at Ohio Entrepreneur Expo 2018, the debut of what organizers hope to make an annual event.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Hawaii County mayor hospitalized in Honolulu with chest pains
Thursday - 04/26/2018 - 04:32 PMHawaii County Mayor Harry Kim was medevaced from the Big Island to The Queen’s Medical Center in Honolulu Thursday morning after suffering chest pains.
Kim, 78, who has had three previous heart attacks and underwent quadruple bypass surgery 10 years ago, drove himself to Hilo Medical Center at about 4:30 a.m., and was medevaced to Oahu around 6:45 a.m., Kim’s office said in a statement.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - This Denver job posting includes a $20K signing bonus
Thursday - 04/26/2018 - 04:38 PMUnion Pacific Corp.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - IBM, Berkshire want blockchain tech to ensure ethical jewel sourcing
Thursday - 04/26/2018 - 02:40 PMDiamond mines are often dangerous and deadly. In recent years, the routine sourcing of precious metals and minerals has been scrutinized for harming — and even killing — children, according to Human Rights Watch.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Worried about Zelle payment scams? U.S. Bank isn't
Thursday - 04/26/2018 - 02:42 PMU.S. Bancorp and Wells Fargo & Co., two of the big banks behind person-to-person payment system Zelle, said this week they're committed to keeping their customers' accounts secure after a report of scams aimed at Zelle users.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - New Braunfels and Seguin team for workforce development
Thursday - 04/26/2018 - 02:42 PMAs more communities in the San Antonio area seek to woo companies, they are also pursuing the training needed to develop more talent. The latest examples are New Braunfels and Seguin, two areas ripe for economic wins, which are teaming on such an effort.
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- First Solar to build new manufacturing plant in Ohio, 1Q profit jumps
Thursday - 04/26/2018 - 04:59 PMFirst Solar Inc.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - California businesses face growing number of legal actions over stormwater runoff
Thursday - 04/26/2018 - 05:00 PMNew state permitting requirements have made it "almost like shooting fish in a barrel" for plaintiff's attorneys to file legal notices against industrial facilities for stormwater violations, according to one local environmental attorney.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Metro Phoenix shopping center vacancy rates hit 10-year low
Thursday - 04/26/2018 - 05:07 PMSee what rental and vacancy rates are like around the Valley.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Here are Portland's most innovative small businesses for 2018 (Photos)
Thursday - 04/26/2018 - 04:21 PMOn the surface, Agility Robotics builds machines that enable research and development at the academic, corporate and military levels.
But at its core, the Albany company is making robots that have a heart.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Best city for singles? Definitely not Phoenix, according to new analysis
Thursday - 04/26/2018 - 04:32 PMAll the single ladies (and men) might want to look at moving away from Phoenix.
At least that's according to a new analysis by apartment website Zumper, which this week published a ranking of the best cities for singles.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Mayor focuses on public safety with $874 million budget proposal
Thursday - 04/26/2018 - 04:32 PMLouisville Mayor Greg Fischer said he wants to focus on public safety and jobs as he laid out his proposal for an $874 million city budget Thursday.
The proposal — up from a $849 million budget for the current year — includes a $623 million general fund budget, of which nearly 53 percent is put toward public safety.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Craft brewer pitching tasty deal to help Spurs keep Kawhi
Thursday - 04/26/2018 - 02:40 PMNot everyone is anxious to see Kawhi Leonard leave San Antonio for another NBA team. A local craft beer company has stepped in with an offer it hopes will help entice the former NBA Finals MVP to stay put.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - First Bancorp posts $20.7M profit for 1Q
Thursday - 04/26/2018 - 02:40 PMFirst Bancorp turned a profit of $20.7 million during the 2017 first quarter, more than double what the Southern Pines-bank reported during the same period a year.
First Bancorp, the parent company of First Bank (NASDAQ: FBNC), attributed the boost in profit to its recent acquisitions of Carolina Bank Holdings in Greensboro and ASB Bancorp Inc. last year.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Hogan is open to sharing the Amazon HQ2 wealth with D.C., Virginia
Thursday - 04/26/2018 - 02:42 PMGov. Larry Hogan hopes to convince Amazon.com Inc. to pick Montgomery County for its second headquarters, but he is willing to share if it means HQ2 plants its flag somewhere in Greater Washington.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Compliance.ai helps the financial sector follow the rules with ease
Thursday - 04/26/2018 - 02:43 PMCompliance.ai is using machine learning to take what it calls an expensive, error-prone process and make it more efficient. Since the 2008 financial crisis, the number of regulatory changes in the United States have tripled.
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- Real estate company that sought to save Bon-Ton is done with department stores
Thursday - 04/26/2018 - 04:59 PMOne of the companies that sought to save Boston Store parent The Bon-Ton Stores Inc. from going out of business now wants to empty its portfolio of department store properties.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Downtown Raleigh booms – but where are the hotels?
Thursday - 04/26/2018 - 05:00 PMIn downtown Raleigh, it’s not that there’s no room at the inn.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Big Island leads visitor spending in March, first quarter
Thursday - 04/26/2018 - 05:06 PMVisitor spending surged 13.5 percent on the Big Island during the first quarter, leading the four major Islands in tourism gains, according to preliminary statistics released Thursday by the Hawaii Tourism Authority.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Foxconn plant contractors move in, starting site work this week
Thursday - 04/26/2018 - 04:29 PMFoxconn Technology Group hired Black River Falls earth mover Hoffman Construction Co. to start site work for its $10 billion Mount Pleasant manufacturing plant.
Hoffman Construction has been a regular on Wisconsin highway projects, including some of the Milwaukee-area’s mega-projects.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- State universities are raising buckets of money. Too bad students aren't reaping the benefits.
Thursday - 04/26/2018 - 04:30 PMFollowing years of cuts to higher education budgets, the size of public university endowments has ballooned in recent years as fundraisers work to make up for lost funds.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - AG appeals Duke Energy rates, saying new coal-ash info ‘materially affects merits of the case’
Thursday - 04/26/2018 - 04:37 PMAttorney General Josh Stein and the Sierra Club want the N.C. Supreme Court to reverse a regulatory ruling that allows Duke Energy Progress to collect $230 million in coal-ash costs from customers.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Metra is an example of how mobile can trump the website
Thursday - 04/26/2018 - 04:40 PMMetra, which provides rail service to Chicago from the suburbs, announced this month that it would stop selling tickets through its website.
According to a notice on its site, the last day to purchase an online monthly pass will be June 20, and the last day to purchase a 10-ride block of tickets will be June 30.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - BAE Systems mulling office consolidation, HQ move
Thursday - 04/26/2018 - 02:41 PMWith some leases set to expire, it’s looking at a range of real estate possibilities, such as renewing leases, relocating to other sites or both.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - EXCLUSIVE: Cincinnati marketing firm names new CEO, expands scope
Thursday - 04/26/2018 - 02:42 PMA downtown Cincinnati marketing firm named a new leader as it launches a transformation of its scope and services.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Judge dismisses attorney general's tuition lawsuit against state universities
Thursday - 04/26/2018 - 02:44 PMA Maricopa County Superior Court judge granted the Arizona Board of Regent's motion to dismiss Attorney General Mark Brnovich's tuition lawsuit, saying the attorney general lacked authority to bring the lawsuit.
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