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- Access Intelligence Chemical Division to Finalize Acquisition of Maack ... - Forbes
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- Niche Business for GELV - Transworld News
- Guy who scammed city gets $11M in city business - Chicago Sun-Times
| Access Intelligence Chemical Division to Finalize Acquisition of Maack ... - Forbes Posted: 09 Jan 2010 06:21 AM PST BusinessWire - Access Intelligence (News) (AI), owners of SRI Consulting (www.sriconsulting.com) Chemical Week (CW) (www.chemweek.com) and Chemical Engineering portfolios, have finalized the acquisition of Maack Business Services (MBS; Au/Zurich.) MBS (www.mbspolymer.com) is a producer of leading plastics business studies and forums covering technical, applications and market developments for the global polymer producing and converting industries. The first event under the acquisition to be organized by Access Intelligence is Dubai Plast Pro 2010 to be held March 21-24, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Dubai, UAE. Dubai Plast Pro is in its 13th year and is attended by more than 300 experts in the polymer, additive suppliers, plastics processors, plastics converters, engineering companies, recyclers, machinery companies, brand owners and end user markets. This year's event will offer 30 key presentations by leading companies including, Lyondellbasell, Reliance, Borouge, BASF, APC, Petro Rabigh, Saudi Aramco, Rabigh Plus Techpark, Chemtura, Wavin, and more. Article ControlsIn addition to organizing Dubai Plast Pro 2010, Access Intelligence will present the following MBS landmark events this year: PEPP 2010, June 14-16, Swissotel, Zurich; Speciality Plastic Films 2010, October 24-26 (two days before the K global plastics exhibition), Hilton Hotel, Dusseldorf; Polyester & PET Chain 2010, December 12-14, Swissotel, Zurich. The global MBS activities in international conferences, polymer markets and applications studies and consulting, will enhance AI's position in the global chemical and plastics industries alongside SRI Consulting, a world-wide leading business research group headquartered in Menlo Park, CA,, and international media brands Chemical Week based in New York and London. and Chemical Engineering (Houston). John Pearson, President of AI's Chemical Division, said: "SRI Consulting and Chemical Week currently serve global chemical producers. We are very excited about the opportunities to assemble the worldwide polymer and plastics communities at current and future MBS events, beginning with Dubai Plast Pro in March. Our unrivalled web presence also offers many opportunities to expand the MBS brand and meet the demands of this important marketplace." Horst Maack, former owner of MBS, says, "I am delighted that SRIC and Chemical Week are going to be driving forces behind the MBS global plastic applications events and bringing new dimensions to our successful business formula in the flourishing plastics industry." About Maack Business Services Horst Maack, together with his partner Konrad Scheidl , has 43 years industrial global polymers and plastics applications experience in major petrochemical companies, providing know-how via MBS to global plastics businesses since 1980. Horst will remain with MBS in a management advisory role going forward. The MBS active global data base of 20'000 plastics experts in polymer production, consumption and end-use applications know-how, provides unrivaled reach in global markets. MBS has assisted many international clients with extensive project work in developing novel "first ever" plastics applications and has undertaken multi-client applications studies. To date, more than 5300 leading presenters have addressed the MBS international congresses, addressing the complete plastics chains in the major thermoplastics, from manufacturing to applications, recycling and end-uses. About Access Intelligence, LLC Access Intelligence (www.accessintel.com), a portfolio company of Veronis Suhler Stevenson, is a b-to-b media and information company headquartered in Rockville, Md., serving the energy, chemical, defense, aerospace and communications markets. Leading brands include The Energy Daily, Defense Daily, CableFAX, PR News and Media Industry Newsletters; Chemical Week, Chemical Engineering and Via Satellite magazines; the Chemical Economics Handbook and Process Economics Program research databases; and DaratechPLANT and LDC Forum events. Access Intelligence also produces the leading tradeshow for satellite executives and executive conferences for the chemicals market. About SRI Consulting SRI Consulting (SRIC) is the world's leading business research service for the global chemical industry. Publishing for almost 60 years, SRI Consulting is the preeminent source for in-depth business and process analysis. SRI Consulting's headquarters are located in Menlo Park, California with offices in The Woodlands, Texas; Zurich, Switzerland; Tokyo, Japan; and Beijing, China. SRI Consulting is a division of Access Intelligence, LLC. Additional information is available at www.sriconsulting.com. About Chemical Week Chemical Week is the leading international magazine. Information and events provider serving the chemical industry, with a strong focus on polymers. Daily news updates are provided on our CW24/7 service accessible via chemweek.com. Live pricing intelligence covers the main thermoplastics and petrochemical raw materials. CW's Engineering and Construction database tracks polymer and other projects around the world, including announced and unannounced plans by manufacturers. In-depth reviews include the annual CW Polypropylene focus. SOURCE: Chemical Week Chemical Week Crystal Jarvie, +1 212-621-4687 cjarvie@chemweek.com Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| Business as usual at SP - StarPhoenix Posted: 09 Jan 2010 05:45 AM PST Message from the publisher, Dale Brin There has been a lot of reporting and commentary from various news media in recent weeks about the financial situation 's parent company, Canwest Limited Partnership. For the most part, what you may have read or heard is likely true. However, a number of speculative pieces produced have clearly missed the mark. With Friday's announcement that Canwest Limited Partnership and its subsidiaries have voluntarily filed for creditor protection, I'm certain we will be facing further media reports that may misrepresent certain realities. I'm writing to you, our readers, today to clarify what this situation actually means from a local perspective. Frankly, it is business as usual. We will continue to operate normally while we work through our restructuring plan. Your newspaper will continue to be delivered to your home or local retail outlet, on time, each and every day. The StarPhoenix remains a very strong, healthy and secure business entity. There is no denying we have felt the effects of the economic downturn in the last year, as most businesses have. However, those impacts have been minimal compared to other properties, both within our company and the industry as a whole. The StarPhoenix's audited paid circulation and overall readership is among the very best in Canada in both retention and overall penetration, a reflection of the role we play as Saskatchewan's No. 1 news and information source -- a role we will continue to build upon. A growth trend in our online platforms will also serve to provide further strength and value to our readers and advertisers. I have every confidence that in the months ahead we will emerge from this current challenging period as strong as ever before. The StarPhoenix family includes more than 250 employees and 1,500 independent carriers, drivers, distributors, correspondents, freelancers and contractors, and we take tremendous pride in serving our customers and the greater community. Giving back is a big part of that pride and, toward that end, more than 125 non-profit and fundraising organizations rely on The StarPhoenix for financial or in-kind advertising support each year to the tune of more than $1 million. Beneficiaries that we help literally range from A to Z -- from Alzheimer's research to the zoological society. You will also find our staff volunteering their personal time at countless events and community initiatives throughout the year. The StarPhoenix has served Saskatoon and area for more than a century, a trusted adviser and source for local information and insight since 1902. We are focused on continuing this essential service to you, our readers, and promise you a secure future of uninterrupted service and quality local journalism. You have my word on it. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| Posted: 08 Jan 2010 09:42 AM PST Promoter charged with Ponzi schemeA suburban Phoenix concert promoter has been accused of running a Ponzi scheme that bilked about 140 investors out of $25 million, federal authorities said Thursday. A 37-count indictment charges Miko Dion Wady of Chandler, Ariz., with wire fraud and money laundering.According to the indictment, the 34-year-old Wady convinced victims he was promoting concerts or tours of top-tier acts such as The Rolling Stones and Barbra Streisand and needed the money to pay up-front costs. The scheme operated from 2004 through 2007, with Wady and three others who haven't been indicted collecting more than $250 million from investors who were promised returns of 4 percent per month, prosecutors said. The indictments alleges a classic Ponzi scheme, with money from new investors being used to pay off old investors. Wady made an initial court appearance Thursday and was ordered held at least until a bail hearing set for Friday. Seminar to cover loss of knowledgeable staffAs baby boomers retire and employee turnover increases, companies are dealing with the challenges of organizational knowledge literally walking out the door.A daylong seminar on managing the loss of institutional knowledge is being offered by the University of Tulsa's Center for Executive and Professional Development, in the Collins College of Business, is conjunction with Tryon and Associates. Chuck Tryon, founder of Tryon and Associates, will present the seminar from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday at TU's Helmerich Hall, Room 121. The cost is $325 per person or $250 per person for three or more people from the same company.Tryon and Associates offers programs to help organizations learn techniques for project management and knowledge requirements, along with business requirements and software designs. More information is available at 631-2215. Fire kills worker at Chesapeake facilityA worker was killed in a fire Wednesday at a Louisiana natural gas gathering facility run by Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake Energy Corp.Chesapeake Operating Inc. said the accident at Barksdale Air Force Base killed Jared Maus, 27, who had worked for the company for two years. The fire closed the gas facility. "We expect the shut-in to be temporary with a very marginal impact on our Louisiana production," J. Kevin McCotter, a company spokesman, told Bloomberg News on Thursday. The accident occurred at Chesapeake's M&M North gas gathering facility that services the Sligo Field. The fire was "quickly controlled" and occurred during maintenance, McCotter said. Target sales increase in DecemberDiscount-store operator Target Corp. said Thursday that better-than-expected customer traffic helped its December sales rise.Minneapolis-based Target also said it expects fourth-quarter earnings to "meet or exceed" analyst expectations of $1.11 per share. Sales in stores open at least a year rose 1.8 percent during the five weeks ended Jan. 2, Target said. Sales of commodities such as health and beauty and food were the strongest sellers. Electronics, shoes and toys also were strong. Home decor, besides holiday decorations, was weaker. Sales rose 5 percent to $9.74 billion, Target said. Year-to-date, sales in stores open at least one year are down 2.7 percent, Target said. Sears expanding online effortsSears Holdings Corp. joined at least two other major retailers Thursday in allowing third parties — including some rivals — to sell items on its Web site.Sears' latest push to beef up its Web presence follows similar moves by Wal-Mart Stores Inc., at walmart.com, and by Amazon.com, which have tussled recently over prices for books, movies and music. Officials wouldn't say how many products were available at Sears.com before the announcement of "Marketplace at Sears.com.” But they said more than 10 million items were being sold there through 1,500 outside vendors by Thursday. The vendors will pay Sears a listing fee plus a commission on any sales they make through the site. Sears didn't say how much it expects to make through the venture. Sears has launched a series of online ventures since its chairman, financier Edward Lampert, announced in May 2008 that Sears Holdings would get more innovative online. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| Niche Business for GELV - Transworld News Posted: 09 Jan 2010 05:23 AM PST Looking for complimentary technology Del Mar 1/09/2010 01:30 PM GMT (TransWorldNews)
Del Mar, CA – Green Energy Live is presently looking at solutions in turning biomass waste into green alternative energy. The technology will be applicable across multiple markets and at the same time highly flexible, allowing for deployment to waste sites whilst leaving a small ecological footprint. The company looks to capitalise on a lack of competitors in the waste conversion market with a fast pace acquisition strategy. By using a proprietary prospecting system, Green Energy Live will target additional companies that have complementary technology or industry applications that GELV can use to its benefit. The niche businesses will have consistent revenue, established distribution channels, existing customers, industry expertise and experienced management. . StockSource.us (www.StockSource.us) Reports on Stocks to Watch:
Bank of Florida Corporation (NASDAQ:BOFL) Bank of Florida Corporation, formerly Bancshares of Florida, Inc., serves as a holding company for Bank of Florida – Southwest. Bank of Florida – Southwest, Bank of Florida – Southeast, Bank of Florida – Tampa Bay (collectively the Banks). Methode Electronics Inc. (NYSE:MEI) Methode Electronics, Inc. (Methode) is a global designer and manufacturer of electro-mechanical devices. Methode designs, manufactures and markets devices employing electrical, radio remote control, electronic, wireless, sensing and optical technologies Mesa Air Group Inc. (NASDAQ:MESA) Mesa Air Group, Inc. (Mesa) is a holding company whose principal subsidiaries operate as regional air carriers providing scheduled passenger and airfreight service. Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. (NASDAQ:CIDM) Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp., formerly Access Integrated Technologies, Inc., provides technology solutions, software services, electronic delivery and content distribution services to owners and distributors of digital content to movie theatres and other venues. Langer Inc. (NASDAQ:PCGR) PC Group, Inc., formerly Langer, Inc., designs, manufactures and distributes medical products and services targeting the long-term care, orthopedic, orthotic and prosthetic markets.
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| Guy who scammed city gets $11M in city business - Chicago Sun-Times Posted: 09 Jan 2010 05:09 AM PST
'I PAID MY DUES' | Served time for phony bills, kickbacks in '80s
Body shop owner John Szybkowski once submitted a slew of phony bills to the City of Chicago for work on police cars. He kicked back some of his illegal profits to city employees. And he lied to a grand jury to cover it up, the feds alleged. So what did the city do? It gave him more than $11 million in new business. Szybkowski, now in his 60s, was sentenced to three years in prison in 1981 for his role in one of the worst scandals in Chicago Police history. Fifteen people -- including the son of then-Ald. Fred Roti, a made member of the Chicago mob -- were charged in the multimillion- dollar scheme. At the time, it was described as the biggest financial fraud ever discovered in the department. A key part of the scam involved Police Department employees approving fake work orders for police vehicles and getting kickbacks in return. Szybkowski admitted in federal court to submitting about $50,000 in phony bills through his business, Central Auto Body Shop, 3548 W. North Ave. Today, he owns the same body shop, with the same name and address, but his more recent dealings with the city have been more positive. His shop works on about 20 city vehicles a month, many of them police vehicles, Szybkowski said. "Shucks, I learned my lesson," Szybkowski said Friday in his office at Central Auto Body. "I made a mistake, I paid my dues." He said that during the time of the scandal, "you might have to give a little something" to get city business. "Those days, never again," he said. "I might have kind of been sucked into it." Szybkowski said he never recalled having to disclose his conviction to the city or having anyone from the city question him about it when he submitted bids. The city requires potential city contractors to disclose significant felony convictions five years before a contract, but not ones before that. The city's Department of Fleet Management now oversees the repair of city police vehicles, among other city vehicles. An assistant commissioner for Fleet Management, Eileen Joyce, said neither Fleet nor the city's procurement department had been aware of Szybkowski's conviction. After the Chicago Sun-Times informed city officials of the matter, Fleet Management referred Central Auto Body's contract to the city's inspector general for investigation, out of caution, Joyce said. The city has no complaints about Central Auto Body's work and has a system in place to check on the work quality and billing of such vendors, Joyce said. Investigators who uncovered the scandal were stunned when they were told that Szybkowski was getting more business from the city. "I'm shocked," said former Chicago Police Supt. Joseph DiLeonardi. The investigation was launched during his tenure. "What a disgrace. How they would take a chance on this guy is beyond me," said DiLeonardi, whose own brother was swept up in the scandal. "It annoys me to see guys like this coming back. What does that say about the leaders of our city?" DiLeonardi said. "It's amazing," added retired Chicago Police Lt. Richard Sandberg, who led the police Internal Affairs investigation. Doing work for the city runs in Szybkowski's family. His son John Jr. is a city employee with Fleet Management. Szybkowski said his son has nothing to do with his day-to-day business. His son occasionally works weekends in the body shop, Szybkowski said, and records show the son has disclosed the second job to the city. In his city job, Szybkowski's son has no contact with outside vendors, but his second job at Central Auto Body has been referred for investigation to the inspector general and the city's Board of Ethics, Joyce said. Szybkowski had to meet the city's requirements for using subcontractors owned by minorities and women. One minority subcontractor he uses is Sutton Ford, a dealership in south suburban Matteson. Sutton Ford made news in 2003 when the dealership won a $49.2 million contract to supply Chicago with police cars after the city refused to certify the lowest bidder, located in the city, as a minority contractor, despite its being run by a black man with a substantial investment in it. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
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