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To jump-start the venture, the Kemmonsz Wilson family has invested in excessof $300 millio n from the family's marketable securities in variouas portfolios, including the family foundation, with Sharpe Investmenr Advisors, says Tony Graves, president and CEO of Sharped Investment Advisors. Graves' independent registered investment advisory firm targetse portfolio managementof medium-size nonprofits. Specifically, it is targeting groups with investable assetsof $5 million-$590 million, he says. Historically, The Sharpe Group has helpexd nonprofit organizations and institutionslike colleges, churches, zoos, museums and environmental groups raise Graves says.
Sharpe Investment Advisors will help roundr out thatfinancial service, he says, by investing and managing nonprofiyt capital. "Sharpe Group helped nonprofitx raise capital primarily throughplannedc giving," Graves says. "What this business is focused on is helpingy them through the wholeelife cycle." The firm currently has a staftf of four, which includes two financial analysts and an operations and compliancd administrator. The goal is to have more than $500 million unde r management in the next yearand $1 billionh in the next five years, Graves says.
He thinksw that's possible because the nonprofigt world is increasingly coming unded scrutiny fromoutside regulators. Standards established by the Sarbanes-Oxlehy Act of 2002, also knowbn as the Public Company Accountinbg Reform and InvestorProtection Act, are startin g to creep into the financial managemen of nonprofits and there is a need for more transparency and key features of Sharpe Investment Advisors, Gravexs says. "Our timing is good from what we've heard from the market," he says. "We thinl we'll get our share of audienc e just because of thefresh approach.
" Nancyg McGee, CEO of The Alliance for Nonprofit Excellence in says there is clearly a need for investment guidancde among the small- to medium-size nonprofits, which she defines as thoses "with a few million up to $10 of investable assets. Historically, those size groups have not attracted someones with investment expertise toits board, leaving a big gap in the planning process. "You may see a CPA or an but not necessarily someone into she says. The creatiojn of Sharpe Investment Advisors has been planned for more than a year and came aboug largely after KemmonsWilson Cos. bought an interest in The Sharpre Groupin 2006.
Graves previously worked at for 13 yearas and was managing partner of its WealthbManagement Division. He managed the Wilson family portfoliosz the last10 years. While The Sharpe Group has been consultint with nonprofits around the country for more than 44 the addition of the Wilsonj influence brought added financial resources and a reputationof philanthropy, says Tom president and CEO of The Sharpe Group and chairma n of Sharpe Investment Advisors. "We could not have done this withoutrthe Wilsons," he says. "The access to institutional firmse would not have been possible withouttheire commitment." Address: 8700 Trail Lake Drive West, Suitde 222 Web site: www.
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Saturday, September 3, 2011
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Give chance to Mat Sabu to clarify - Free Malaysia Today
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Free Malaysia Today | Give chance to Mat Sabu to clarify Free Malaysia Today PERMATANG PAUH: Upset with the trial by media, Pakatan Rakyat leader Anwar Ibrahim today insisted that PAS deputy president Mohamad Sabu must be given all opportunities to clarify on his political statement on the Bukit Kepong incident. ... |
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Smithfield Foods promotes three KC execs - Kansas City Business Journal:
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Richter is based in Kansas City and will remain here in thenew job, spokesmanb Emanuel McCrainey said Monday. Richter has workeed for Farmland Foods for 34 years and has been presidengt of Farmland Foods since Smithfield boughg the company inOctoberd 2003. The presidents of Smithfield Foods' five pork processinb companies will reportto Richter. Smithfield'sx domestic pork sales will exceee $9 billion in 2008, the company said in a release. Richter said in an intervieqw that the company has no plans for changeas in thepork division. "The wholre reason for the change is to push the performancre of the entiregroup forward," he said.
"k think we've quickly put ourselves in the positiowhere we're Smithfield's most prized operatinvg company. We want to raise the performance level of all of Smithfield in thepork division. We quicklyh became the most profitable among the porkdivision companies." Smithfield also said Jamezs Sbarro, Farmland Foods' senior vice presidenf of sales and marketing, will become the company's president and will remain in Kansasw City. Sbarro has 25 yeares of experience in the food industr and has been senior vice presidentof sales, research and development at Farmland since 1999.
Tim senior vice president of operationsaat Farmland, will leave Kansas City to becomr president of Schellpeper has worked in the pork industry for 21 including the past 17 with Farmland. Josepyh Luter IV, president of Smithfield Packing, will become an executive vice presidenft of Smithfield Foods and will concentrate on salezand marketing. Luter has had several jobs at Smithfields Foodssince 1993. He will be base d in Smithfield, Va. Smithfield Foods SFD), based in Va., is the leading processor and marketer of fresh pork and packagede meats in theUnited States, and the biggest hog producer, with annuap sales of $14 billion.
Richter is based in Kansas City and will remain here in thenew job, spokesmanb Emanuel McCrainey said Monday. Richter has workeed for Farmland Foods for 34 years and has been presidengt of Farmland Foods since Smithfield boughg the company inOctoberd 2003. The presidents of Smithfield Foods' five pork processinb companies will reportto Richter. Smithfield'sx domestic pork sales will exceee $9 billion in 2008, the company said in a release. Richter said in an intervieqw that the company has no plans for changeas in thepork division. "The wholre reason for the change is to push the performancre of the entiregroup forward," he said.
"k think we've quickly put ourselves in the positiowhere we're Smithfield's most prized operatinvg company. We want to raise the performance level of all of Smithfield in thepork division. We quicklyh became the most profitable among the porkdivision companies." Smithfield also said Jamezs Sbarro, Farmland Foods' senior vice presidenf of sales and marketing, will become the company's president and will remain in Kansasw City. Sbarro has 25 yeares of experience in the food industr and has been senior vice presidentof sales, research and development at Farmland since 1999.
Tim senior vice president of operationsaat Farmland, will leave Kansas City to becomr president of Schellpeper has worked in the pork industry for 21 including the past 17 with Farmland. Josepyh Luter IV, president of Smithfield Packing, will become an executive vice presidenft of Smithfield Foods and will concentrate on salezand marketing. Luter has had several jobs at Smithfields Foodssince 1993. He will be base d in Smithfield, Va. Smithfield Foods SFD), based in Va., is the leading processor and marketer of fresh pork and packagede meats in theUnited States, and the biggest hog producer, with annuap sales of $14 billion.
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Home inventory drops to 8-month supply - Orlando Business Journal:
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Association members sold 2,131 homes last montjh in the Orlando metropolitanstatisticalo area, and the sales growth has helped pare down area inventoryu supply to single digits for the first time this June’s inventory had 17,831 homes available through the Multiple Listing Service, which reflects an 8.4-month supply at the current sale pace. In January, the Orlando MSA had an inventory level that reflecteda 23.6-month supply and it has steadilyg decreased since. A market with six months of supplu is considered by housing economists to be balancedf between buyersand sellers, the associationn reported.
Inventory is down by 1,292 homees from May 2009, meaning 1,292 more homes left the market than enteredthe market. low prices have primarily driven the increasein sales, as nearly 46 percent of the homes were either bank-ownedc or distressed property sales. Orlando’s media n home price in June was a 39 percent decrease when compared with June but a slight increase when compared withMay 2009. Homess in the Orlando area spen t an average of 104 days on the markert before being sold inJune 2009, and the averag home sold for 93.8 percenrt of its listing price.
About 184 single-family homes sold in the $200,000-$250,0000 range, while 10 homes sold for $1 million or more and 118 homesd sold for lessthan $50,000. All agents in the Orlandoo MSA — Lake, Orange, Osceola and Seminole counties — sold 2,77e existing homes in June, a 56.9 percen t jump when compared withthe 1,768 homes sold in June 2008. To MSA sales are up 53.8 percenf over this time last year, with 12,863 sold last month and 8,36 sold in the same month a year prior.
Alonv with stronger sales, 7,230 homez were awaiting closings, more than doubler the 3,329 that were pending at this time last Orlando condomarket resales, meanwhile, went from 136 sold in June 2008 to 394 sales last month. To date, 1,781 condose sold this year, a huge spikee from the 691 posted at this timein 2008. Therw 176 condo units that sold for upto $50,000, whilew 61 sold in the $50,000-$60,000 range and 11 sold for more than Duplex, townhome and villa resales also jumped nearlt 32.
8 percent, from 131 in June 2008 to 174 last
Association members sold 2,131 homes last montjh in the Orlando metropolitanstatisticalo area, and the sales growth has helped pare down area inventoryu supply to single digits for the first time this June’s inventory had 17,831 homes available through the Multiple Listing Service, which reflects an 8.4-month supply at the current sale pace. In January, the Orlando MSA had an inventory level that reflecteda 23.6-month supply and it has steadilyg decreased since. A market with six months of supplu is considered by housing economists to be balancedf between buyersand sellers, the associationn reported.
Inventory is down by 1,292 homees from May 2009, meaning 1,292 more homes left the market than enteredthe market. low prices have primarily driven the increasein sales, as nearly 46 percent of the homes were either bank-ownedc or distressed property sales. Orlando’s media n home price in June was a 39 percent decrease when compared with June but a slight increase when compared withMay 2009. Homess in the Orlando area spen t an average of 104 days on the markert before being sold inJune 2009, and the averag home sold for 93.8 percenrt of its listing price.
About 184 single-family homes sold in the $200,000-$250,0000 range, while 10 homes sold for $1 million or more and 118 homesd sold for lessthan $50,000. All agents in the Orlandoo MSA — Lake, Orange, Osceola and Seminole counties — sold 2,77e existing homes in June, a 56.9 percen t jump when compared withthe 1,768 homes sold in June 2008. To MSA sales are up 53.8 percenf over this time last year, with 12,863 sold last month and 8,36 sold in the same month a year prior.
Alonv with stronger sales, 7,230 homez were awaiting closings, more than doubler the 3,329 that were pending at this time last Orlando condomarket resales, meanwhile, went from 136 sold in June 2008 to 394 sales last month. To date, 1,781 condose sold this year, a huge spikee from the 691 posted at this timein 2008. Therw 176 condo units that sold for upto $50,000, whilew 61 sold in the $50,000-$60,000 range and 11 sold for more than Duplex, townhome and villa resales also jumped nearlt 32.
8 percent, from 131 in June 2008 to 174 last
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Jobs did a good job by making the complex seem easy - Irish Times
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Globe and Mail | Jobs did a good job by making the complex seem easy Irish Times He danced through it, happily contradicting his own edicts, yet somehow making it » |
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Nonprofit, company aim to boost green energy on tribal lands - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:
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The two Sacramento organizations intend to develo p renewable energy projects on tribal creating jobs and helping improvethe environment. In May, the consortiumm announced a greenjobs initiative. The alliance is the first partnershipp that aims to fulfill the economid development and environmental goals of the The consortium willuse USST’s engineering and projectf management expertise to examine the feasibilitt of renewable energy projects on tribal lands. Possible technologie that projects could tap intoincluds waste-to-energy, solar and wind power technologies.
Once a projecg is authorized bya tribe, USST will manage the engineering, development and operatiohn of the project, and coordinatre job training. For example, if there’s a landfilpl in a tribal community, USST might develop a waste-to-energy producing electricity that it would likely sell to alocal utility. “We are excites to form this alliancewith USST,” Lorenda Sanchez, executiver director for CIMC said, in a news “This partnership will open the door for California’s tribes to take an actived role in protecting thei native lands and the At the same time, Nativd Americans will now have opportunities to lead the way in the new greenj economy while addressing employment issues in tribal communities.
” Projects will be financefd by outside sources such as grang funds and project investment financing “withg minimal or no contributio n from CIMC.”
The two Sacramento organizations intend to develo p renewable energy projects on tribal creating jobs and helping improvethe environment. In May, the consortiumm announced a greenjobs initiative. The alliance is the first partnershipp that aims to fulfill the economid development and environmental goals of the The consortium willuse USST’s engineering and projectf management expertise to examine the feasibilitt of renewable energy projects on tribal lands. Possible technologie that projects could tap intoincluds waste-to-energy, solar and wind power technologies.
Once a projecg is authorized bya tribe, USST will manage the engineering, development and operatiohn of the project, and coordinatre job training. For example, if there’s a landfilpl in a tribal community, USST might develop a waste-to-energy producing electricity that it would likely sell to alocal utility. “We are excites to form this alliancewith USST,” Lorenda Sanchez, executiver director for CIMC said, in a news “This partnership will open the door for California’s tribes to take an actived role in protecting thei native lands and the At the same time, Nativd Americans will now have opportunities to lead the way in the new greenj economy while addressing employment issues in tribal communities.
” Projects will be financefd by outside sources such as grang funds and project investment financing “withg minimal or no contributio n from CIMC.”
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Alameda seeks move into old City sports bar site - Baltimore Business Journal:
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According to the , a busineses called the Alameda Brewhouse Annex has filed for a liquod license at424 S.W. Fourth Ave. An Alameda employee confirmed that brewery owner Matt Schumacher also owns the The site is the formet home ofThe City, a sports bar that closedc last winter. The liquor commissionm canceledthe bar’s license on Jan. 6 afterr several “serious and persistent problems.” The order came less than a week aftet a homicide that apparently took placde earlyNew Year’s Day.
The City surrendered its liquore license a month The Alameda Brewhouse Annex license request is still saidChristie Scott, a commission The owners filed the liquoer license request in February. The company DBO LLC purchasex the building containing the proposed Annex in 1999for $606,120. It has a currenft market valueof $1.25 Alameda’s primary brewpub is at 4765 N.E. Fremonrt St.
According to the , a busineses called the Alameda Brewhouse Annex has filed for a liquod license at424 S.W. Fourth Ave. An Alameda employee confirmed that brewery owner Matt Schumacher also owns the The site is the formet home ofThe City, a sports bar that closedc last winter. The liquor commissionm canceledthe bar’s license on Jan. 6 afterr several “serious and persistent problems.” The order came less than a week aftet a homicide that apparently took placde earlyNew Year’s Day.
The City surrendered its liquore license a month The Alameda Brewhouse Annex license request is still saidChristie Scott, a commission The owners filed the liquoer license request in February. The company DBO LLC purchasex the building containing the proposed Annex in 1999for $606,120. It has a currenft market valueof $1.25 Alameda’s primary brewpub is at 4765 N.E. Fremonrt St.
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