Friday, December 31, 2010

Marcellus Shale stakeholder Cabot Oil & Gas puts base in Pittsburgh - Kansas City Business Journal:

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a Houston-based energy firm, is making Pittsburgjh its base for a growing operation in the Marcellus Shale naturaogas play. Though its 160,000-acre Marcellus leaseholsd is in and around Susquehanna County in the northeast part of the western Pennsylvania will be itsregional center, the companyy announced. “Pittsburgh has kind of become the Marcelluswcompany capital, so to speak,” said CFO Scott Schroeder. “It doesn’t make sense to be an outlier.” He added that Caboty already is familiar with theSteel City, where it had an officde until 1997, when it sold its Pennsylvania land and moved to Charleston, W.Va.
The regional energy hub makese sense from abusiness standpoint, said Lou executive director of the Independent Oil and Gas Association of Pennsylvania. “Dealing with various company leaderships, with meetinges we have, industry groups, seminars there’s a lot of good reasonas to be in thesame area,” he said. In announcingy the move, Cabot said it will close its regionakl officesin Charleston, W.Va. and Denver, and manages all Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Rocky Mountai n assetsfrom here. The move indicates where the compangy intends its future capital willbe spent.
In Cabot announced it was selling its Canadiann operationfor $72 million in cash and $68 milliomn in new equity. Schroeder said the firm is activelt pursuing more acreage around itsSusquehanna leasehold, but not in the westernb part of the state. The company has arounfd 30 wells in the Marcellus Shalsein Pennsylvania. It has drilled eight horizontal wellss in that area and completed four of As foroffice space, he said Cabot has identifiedc a desired spot in the Pittsburgh region, but declined to name it untilo the office space is secured.
Schroeder said the branch’a technical staff of around 40 engineeres andgeologists — 25 are being asked to relocate from West Virginiq and 10 to 15 from Coloradio — will be in their new quarters by the end of

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

St. Louis projects nab $45 million in tax credits - St. Louis Business Journal:

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was approved for $5 millioh in New Markets Tax Credits forits $13.8 million stalled Adler Lofts project at 2035 Washingtoh Ave. Principal Bob Wood sought to convert the former Adler Frame Building to condosin 2005. Sevenh condos were sold, but the down economy prompted the developer to convert theremaining 42,000 squarer feet of space in the building to 26 apartmentsd and 8,500 square feet of retail space, none of whicbh is rented. “We have several interested partiese and we were waitinh on the New Markets Tax Credit decision to finalize negotiationson tenants,” Wood said.
He said he expectedf to close on financing within 90 days and startf construction on the Adlerthis

Sunday, December 26, 2010

Delta plans more Cincinnati flight cuts - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

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Many of the cuts, such as directg flights to Londonand Frankfurt, alreadgy have been announced. Others, such as to Dayton, have not, but have been pulledc from the schedule, spokeswoman Susan Elliott said. In total, peak-day departures out of the Cincinnati/Northernb Kentucky International Airport will decline to roughly 215in September, from 270 in following a decline in demand. The carriere cited high fuel prices, the swine flu epidemic and the recessionm for the drop in leisure and business The tabulation followed a letter by Delta CEO Richarrd Anderson to Ellen van der CEO ofthe .
The chamber and dozenss of business owners on June 23 sent a letterr to the carrier asking it to reconsidefr plans to discontinue its direct flights to Londobnand Frankfurt. In his responding Anderson said the London and Frankfurt routesexperienced “disproportionatse yield declines.” “During the month of June, the Cincinnati-Frankfurt rout e experienced the largest yield declines of any major route in our European network. This has been a trenfd we have seen over the past few monthe as corporations in Cincinnati and elsewhere have reducecorporate travel,” he wrote. While Delta made efforts to strengthethe markets, the trends continued, he wrote.
Passengeer revenue slipped by 20 percent in the first four monthsdof 2009, compared with a year ago, whilw oil prices are up 20 percent. In Anderson said he remainse committed tothe airport, Delta’s seventh-largest hub. Delta DAL) is based in Atlanta.

Thursday, December 23, 2010

Two cents: What environmental features are popular in buildings today? - Houston Business Journal:

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Through the practice of established sustainablsedesign principles, restrained use of materials and attention to designers can effectively deliver dynamic and functional outdoor spaces on otherwise unusede real estate. One of the biggest challenged of designing sustainable green roofs is the useof water. This is especiallyg true for warmer, southern climatese where hot, windy weather tends to dry shallow soil The quick answer in this instance is to eithed use extremely drought tolerant native or adaptiv species orto irrigate.
However, a sustainablew landscape design aims to limity the amount of potabler water used for irrigation and so, when possible, rainwater and or air-conditioning condensatr should be used.

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Puts Purchased on Alcon, Inc. (ACL) - Benzinga

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Puts Purchased on Alcon, Inc. (ACL)

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Shares of Alcon, Inc. (NYSE: ACL) are higher on the session by 0.12%, currently trading at $161.90. The stock has been moving ...



Saturday, December 18, 2010

Ivorian President Demands Withdrawal Of UN, French Peacekeepers - RTT News

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Thursday, December 16, 2010

New federal law focuses on school nutrition - Southeast Missourian

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Obama Signs Child Nutrition Measure Aimed at Fighting Obesity

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