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New leader picked for Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper
24 May 2012 at 2:00am
The Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper has appointed Jill Spisiak Jedlicka as its new executive director. Jedlicka takes the helm of the environmental non-profit organization immediately following a vote by the board of directors. Jedlicka, a Western New York native, has been serving as Riverkeeper?s director of ecological programs for the last nine years. Additional professional experience includes serving as the federally-designated Coordinator of the Buffalo River Remedial Action Plan, as well as...
BPO will hit road for area concerts
by Allissa Kline
23 May 2012 at 11:03pm
First Niagara Bank will sponsor four free Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra concerts across Western New York this summer. The BPO is set to play as follows: ? June 26 at Niagara Falls State Park on Goat Island in Niagara Falls. ? June 27 at Knox Farm State Park, 437 Buffalo Road in East Aurora. ? June 29 at the Buffalo Erie County Botanical Gardens, 2655 S. Park Ave. in South Buffalo. ? July 7 at the Lancaster Band Shell, Artel Metz Drive in Lancaster. All four concerts begin at 7 p.m....
CEO: Medical Properties Trust will continue acquisitions
23 May 2012 at 11:02pm
The head of the Birmingham-based Medical Properties Trust Inc. said Wednesday that the company plans to increase the amount it spends on acquisitions this year and next. According to the Birmingham News, Edward Aldag, chief executive of the real estate investment trust, told the Birmingham Rotary Club that the company plans to spend an additional $300 million this year on acquisitions and then another $500 million on acquisitions in 2013. Aldag said he expects to "grow dramatically" through...
Settlement of $8.5M proposed in lawsuits against Groupon
23 May 2012 at 11:02pm
A settlement proposal notice indicates that individuals who purchased Groupon vouchers from November 2009 through November 2011 may be eligible for a replacement voucher refund under a proposed settlement in several lawsuits filed against Groupon and some of its vendors. According to the Birmingham News, lawyers have proposed an $8.5 million settlement in an effort to resolve several class-action suits pending in federal court in the Southern District of California. If a judge approves the settlement,...
Segers Aero will service Rolls-Royce engines
23 May 2012 at 11:02pm
Fairhope company Segers Aero Corp. has been named an authorized maintenance center for the Rolls-Royce T56 series of engines. According to the Press-Register, Howard K. Hadley, the company's president and chief executive, said the designation will potentially open new markets in Central and South America for the company, which repairs and overhauls large turbine engines on the Lockheed C130 Hercules and P-3 Orion aircraft. The company employs about 104 people working on engine modules, turbines,...
Layoffs expected to save Hewlett-Packard up to $3.5B
23 May 2012 at 11:02pm
Computer giant Hewlett-Packard said Wednesday it plans to lay off 27,000 workers, or about 8 percent of its workforce, over the next two years as part of a massive cost-cutting plan. According to MSNBC, the company said in a news release that the move will generate annual savings of $3 billion to $3.5 billion as it exits fiscal 2014. The world's No. 1 personal computer maker also said most of those savings would be reinvested into the company.
GSA bonuses not reported in federal worker database
23 May 2012 at 11:01pm
An investigation has identified 67 bonuses of about $10,000 apiece to senior General Services Administration officials, including five with links to the agency's Las Vegas scandal, 9 News Now reported. The inquiry also uncovered GSA bonuses that were never reported in a federal payroll database populated with information from the Office of Personnel Management. According to a 2011 FOIA response from GSA's director of Executive Resources Karla Hester, the average bonus for senior GSA officials in...
15 markets attract lawyers with average pay above $150K
by G. Scott Thomas
23 May 2012 at 11:00pm
San Jose leads as the U.S. metro with the highest average annual pay for lawyers at $187,110, according to newly released figures for 2011 from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The runners-up are Danbury, Conn., at $181,630 and San Francisco at $175,130. Other markets where average pay for lawyers exceeds $150,000 include Los Angeles, New York City, Houston, Washington and Philadelphia. The average annual pay for all American lawyers is $130,490. But that's not to say that everybody in...
Goldwater Institute looking into proposed Phoenix Coyotes sale
23 May 2012 at 10:55pm
Goldwater Instutute CEO Darcy Olsen said opponents to all the city spending related to keeping the Coyotes from leaving the Phoenix market could take a possible deal with Jamison to the ballot. Phoenix Business Journal Senior Reporter Mike Sunnucks looks into what may happen to the Phoenix Coyotes sale if the conservative Goldwater group gets more deeply involved.
Glendale, Arizona Cardinals escalate fight over parking
23 May 2012 at 10:47pm
Arizona Cardinals players won't begin training camp for about two more months, but that doesn't mean the front office isn't already mixing it up. The team and the city of Glendale are mired this week in a debate over whether the city is providing enough parking spaces on Cardinals game days. The issue has crept up as an outlet mall near the stadium has taken away parking. Phoenix Business Journal Senior Reporter Mike Sunnucks details how the two have butted heads this week.
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