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Lego store to open at Mayfair
Posted: Tue Feb 07 13:49:35 PST 2012The first Milwaukee-area Lego store is coming to Mayfair in Wauwatosa, the mall said Tuesday in a news release. The new store is starting construction this week and is expected to open in May, the release said. It will be on the second level between Starbucks and Gymboree, formerly the Television Frenzies store. Lego stores feature more than 4 million Legos in the store at any given time, the...
Council names 12 University of Hawaii regent candidates
Posted: Tue Feb 07 13:48:59 PST 2012The Regents Candidate Advisory Council said Tuesday that it has given Gov. Neil Abercrombie a list of 12 candidates to fill four seats on the University of Hawaii Board of Regents starting July 1. Of the four seats, one is for the City and County of Honolulu, one is for Kauai County, one is an at-large seat, and one is for a UH student. The terms of the outgoing regents, Ramon de la Pena, Denn...
New Mexico First Town Hall to focus on state?s future
Posted: Tue Feb 07 13:46:53 PST 2012The Centennial version of New Mexico First?s Town Hall will take place in Albuquerque March 22 to 23. The statewide public policy organization is releasing its New Mexico Progress Report this month, which focuses on education, the economy, health and energy. Heather Balas, NM First?s president and executive director, said it most likely will inform much of the town hall, which will ask partici...
Sacramento loses 1,300 private-sector jobs in 2011
Posted: Tue Feb 07 13:42:19 PST 2012Sacramento continues to be near the bottom in terms of job growth in the private sector. It lost 1,300 jobs in 2011, according to a new analysis. On Numbers looked at private-sector jobs employment growth in 2011. Sacramento ranked No. 93 out of 100 of the country?s largest markets. In 2011, the city had 577,400 private sector jobs, compared to 2010?s 578,700. In comparison, the country?s lar...
Phishing emails target Renasant customers
Posted: Tue Feb 07 13:42:02 PST 2012Renasant Bank said fraudulent, but authentic-looking, emails were sent today to both customers and non-customers of the bank in an attempt to steal personal information, according to a press release. The Tupelo, Miss.-based bank is advising customers to never give person information, banking PIN numbers, account numbers or personal pass codes through emails. Renasant is the 18th largest bank ...
Brookfield's Real Living opens another Colo. office
Posted: Tue Feb 07 13:41:47 PST 2012Brookfield Asset Management?s residential real estate brokerage division, Real Living, opened another office in metro Denver, bringing the total number of state offices to three. Real Living took over the Colorado Real Estate Associates office, 12001 N. Tejon St., Westminster (www.reallivingCOrealestate.com). That adds to the office at 480 Holly St., Denver, and one in Colorado Springs. Jacki...
Analyst: Boeing could achieve 56% market share by 2021
Posted: Tue Feb 07 13:41:44 PST 2012Boeing could achieve a 56 percent market share by 2021 in terms of value of commercial aircraft sales ... if a lot of things that could go wrong, don?t. This was a prediction made by Teal Group analyst Richard Aboulafia at the Pacific Northwest Aerospace Alliance annual conference in Lynnwood on Jan. 7. The conference was called ?Riding the Production Wave,? alluding to the current rising rat...
Nike partners with Dutch firm on waterless fabric dyeing
Posted: Tue Feb 07 13:41:00 PST 2012Nike Inc. on Tuesday said it has formed a partnership with a Dutch company that has developed a way to dye textiles without using water. Netherlands-based DyeCoo Textile Systems Inc. has developed what the Washington County sporting goods giant (NYSE: NKE) calls the world?s first commercially available waterless textile dyeing machines. Read the complete story at Sustainable Business Oregon. ...
Arizona Commerce Authority ?challenge? draws 300 applications
Posted: Tue Feb 07 13:38:47 PST 2012The Arizona Commerce Authority is getting more interest in its Innovation Challenge, as the contest has drawn more than 300 applications, roughly triple what was submitted during the first one held last year. The ACA announced the new contest in January, with plans to run a version twice a year and putting $3 million into the hands of local startups. The first contest this year will dole out ...
Stanford raises undergrad tuition 3%
Posted: Tue Feb 07 13:38:34 PST 2012Stanford University said Tuesday its board of trustees approved a 3 percent increase to tuition for undergraduate students for the 2012-13 school year. The cost is now expected to be $54,506, including $41,250 for tuition and $12,721 for room and board. General graduate, graduate engineering, law and first-year MBA students will also experience a 3 percent tuition increase, while medical stud...
