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See who attended HBJ's CFO VIP reception ? Slideshow<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/houston/news/Reese-Koehler-Smith*100.jpg?v=1'>The Houston Business Journal kicked off Celebrate Enterprise 2012 ? a week of events celebrating capitalism ? with a VIP reception honoring its finalists for Best CFOs of the Year.
Finalists and sponsors of the Best CFOs awards mixed and mingled at a May 16 VIP reception at The Tasting Room in the Galleria area.
Around 50 people attended the exclusive event, which included several CFO award alumni.
BancorpSouth Insurance Services was the presenting sponsor of the event, and the co-sponsors...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>Preview: An insider's slideshow guide to HBJ's Celebrate Enterprise<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/houston/blog/COVER*100.jpg?v=1'>Houston, are you ready to celebrate capitalism?
Houston Business Journal's Celebrate Enterprise event is our week-long way of recognizing Houston's business leaders and to honor the city's spirit of entrepreneurship.
Click through the slideshow at right to see a preview of each event, panelists and topics.
Now in its sixth year, Celebrate Enterprise kicks off May 22 and features eight events over four days, covering relevant topics from energy to health care, and including the recognition...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>Air fares are on the rise at IAH, Hobby<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/nashville/airplaneBNAnsh*100.jpg?v=1'>Air fares at George Bush International Airport (IAH) and Hobby Airport in Houston both increased from the fourth quarter of 2010 to the fourth quarter of 2011, according to the most recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
Louisville Business First, an affiliated publication, compiled a database of the average air fares for the 100 largest U.S. airports based on the bureau?s statistics.
The average air fare at IAH grew from $425 in the fourth quarter of 2010 to $494 in the...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>BCM receives Susan G. Komen cancer research grant<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/houston/news/BCM_Logo_RGB1*100.jpg?v=1'>Researchers from Baylor College of Medicine have been awarded more than $5 million from Susan G. Komen for three new breast cancer research grants, including a prestigious Komen Promise Grant.
The Komen Promise Grant is a three-year award for a total of more than $4 million to study restoration of endocrine therapy sensitivity in recurrent breast cancers.
The grant was awarded to principal investigator Dr. Bert O?Malley, chair of molecular and cellular biology at BCM and co-principal investigator...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>Historic rig leaving Galveston harbor<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/houston/news/Ocean-Prospector-2*100.jpg?v=1'>After 14 years docked in the Galveston harbor, the Ocean Prospector is getting back to work.
The Ocean Prospector was the world?s first self-propelled semisubmersible drilling rig when it was designed and built in 1971. Today, its technology is a standard in the industry.
The rig was docked in Galveston in 1998, when owner Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc. (NYSE: DO) brought it there for inspections and maintenance. The Ocean Prospector has remained in the harbor since and changed ownership several...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>Houston First releases short list for new convention hotelWell, that didn?t take long. Less than a month after Houston First Corp. released the list of developers interested in building a 1,000-room convention center hotel downtown, five groups have already been eliminated from consideration.
The short list of potential developers still in the running was selected by Houston First?s consultant and staff members before a request for proposal process. The groups were announced this week at Houston First?s board meeting.
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</div>Social Madness nominations are in, now what?<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/houston/sociallogo-CAROUSEL*100.jpg?v=1'>Nominations have closed for Social Madness presented by Capital One Spark Business, and the Houston Business Journal raked in close to 100 of them. Now, the fun can begin.
For those companies concerned about not hearing an update about the social media competition, fear not! American City Business Journals, our parent company, is currently in the process of reviewing and approving nominations.
Nominated companies will be notified of their approval before the next phase of the competition begins...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>California firm buys Wynhaven multifamily community<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/houston/news/Logo_MIG*100.jpg?v=1'>MIG Real Estate LLC has bought its first Texas property, Wynhaven at Willowbrook, a multifamily community in Houston.
The Newport Beach, Calif.-based real estate investment company is expanding its investment strategy and looking into opportunities in the Sunbelt and the Western U.S., the company said in a May 16 statement.
Wynhaven is a 372-unit community located at 9611 Grant Road near State Highway 249 and Beltway 8. It currently has an occupancy rate of 96 percent.
The local submarket experienced...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>Inside Mitt Romney's Houston Stage Stores connection<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/albany/print-edition/romney%20mitt*100.jpg?v=1'>I spoke to Michael Glazer, CEO of Houston-based Stage Stores Inc., this week about how he?s settling into his new role at the helm of the home-grown apparel retailer.
It didn?t come up in conversation, but Stage Stores has a distinct connection to Mitt Romney's former business dealings while the Republican presidential candidate worked for private equity investment firm Bain Capital.
Bain Capital purchased Stage Stores' predecessor known as Specialty Retailers Inc. in 1988 for $300 million...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>Houston's American InfoSource buys Ascension CapitalAmerican InfoSource LP has bought Ascension Capital Group Inc., an Arlington-based bankruptcy service provider, for an undisclosed amount.
Ascension Capital Group was a subsidiary of Encore Capital Group Inc. (Nasdaq: ECPG).
The deal capitalizes on Houston-based American InfoSource's success in the unsecured bankruptcy market and Ascension Capital Group?s position in the secured market, the companies said. Ascension Capital Group?s services include negotiating consumer bankruptcy plans, monitoring...<div class="feedflare">
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First hackathon offers prizes in addition to VC exposure
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/sacramento/blog/mark-anderson/keyboard_fingers_hackathon_315*100.jpg?v=1'>The Cereal Hack set for Sacramento at beginning of June has more has $1,000 available in prizes for its participants.
A hackathon is an event where small groups are assembled into teams to create, develop and deliver an application after many hours of non-stop effort.
As I wrote in the May 11 print edition, it is thought to be the first large-scale open hackathon in Sacramento, but hackathons are a growing trend across the country.
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HP planning 25,000 to 30,000 job cuts
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/denver/news/HewlettPackardHPLogoWeb2*100.jpg?v=1'>Hewlett-Packard Co. will reportedly announce plans to cut between 25,000 and 30,000 jobs over the next year or so when it posts earnings next week.
Reports that cite unnamed sources on AllThingsDigital, Bloomberg and Business Insider vary on the size of the work force reduction at Palo Alto-based HP (NYSE: HPQ).
The restructuring will reportedly include a number of voluntary retirement packages, with AllThingsDigital putting that number at about 5,000 people.
Business Insider reported that its...<div class="feedflare">
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Micron stock jumps after chip order reports
Reports that Apple Inc. is making large chip orders with Elpida Memory Inc. have spiked interest in Micron Technology Inc.?s stock.
Micron was one of the most actively traded stocks today, according to the Associated Press .
Micron (NASDAQ: MU) last week won the exclusive right to purchase Elpida Memory of Japan for 200 billion Yen, or $2.5 billion.
Debt forced Japanese chip maker Elpida to file bankruptcy protection in February.
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Rackwise extends contract with Stanford accelerator
Rackwise Inc. signed a renewal and expansion of its contract with the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in Menlo Park,
The Stanford Linear Accelerator is operated by Stanford University for the U.S. Department of Energy.
The particle research laboratory has been using Rackwise data center infrastructure management since 2009, and it is expanding its use of the software to model power use.
Rackwise (OTC: RACK.OB) is based in Folsom. The company moved its headquarters this month from San Francisco.
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ED GOLDMAN: An unethical budget move?
Quibbles & Bits ? Did your parents ever send you to the store with a detailed list of what you were supposed to buy and the money to do so? And if so, did you follow their instructions ? or did you do what California and several other states are trying to do: use the dough for something else?
As is being reported everywhere, Gov. Jerry Brown is proposing to use the $400 million the banking industry coughed up in our direction not to provide mortgage relief and reduce home foreclosures, as...<div class="feedflare">
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Reports: Energy efficiency should pay off for state
As California policymakers discuss how to spend revenue generated by the state?s soon-to-be-launched carbon market, four related studies providing legal and economic analysis of different investment scenarios were released late Wednesday, Melanie Turner writes.
How the money is spent will have implications for the state?s economy and future, said F. Noel Perry, businessman and founder of Next 10, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization which commissioned the four studies. ....<div class="feedflare">
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Sutter gold mine slideshow
Officials with Sutter Gold Mining Inc. recently officially kicked off construction at a gold mill expected to go online later this year at the Lincoln Mine. Staff writer Mark Anderson has a slideshow of photos from the event, including workers actually breaking apart rock. ...<div class="feedflare">
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Capital Public Radio hires state government reporter
Capital Public Radio has hired longtime journalist Amy Quinton to fill a state government reporter position, the news and information organization announced Wednesday, Melanie Turner writes on the media beat.
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Upscale online pet retailer debuts in Rocklin
An online, upscale pet retailer is opening its first bricks-and-mortar store in Rocklin today. PoshPuppyBoutique.com customers can pick up their online purchases as well as shop in the store, according to the company. ...<div class="feedflare">
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State new jobless claims rise; nation's stay steady
The number of people filing new jobless claims across the country was stagnant at 370,000, with no change from the previous week, according to a weekly report from the U.S. Department of Labor. California, however, saw an increase in new claims of 1,613. ...<div class="feedflare">
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Conde Nast Traveler ranks Maui spa best Hawaii resort spa
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/pacific/news/Spa_Travassa_Hana*100.jpg?v=1'>Spa at Travaasa Hana was named the top resort spa in Hawaii for the second year in Conde Nast Traveler?s 2012 spa poll.
The spa earned an overall score of 98.5 and had perfect scores of 100 for treatments and facilities.
?This recognition is a testament to our distinct spa and wellness services, hard work of our spa employees, and the timeless healing energy of Hana,? General Manager Danny Mynar said in a statement.
The Four Seasons Resort Lanai?s The Lodge at Koele took second place on...<div class="feedflare">
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Hawaii jobless rate edges downward to 6.3 percent in April
Hawaii?s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 6.3 percent in April, compared with 6.6 percent a year ago, the state Department of Labor and Industrial Relations said Thursday.
The statewide jobless rate last month was also lower than the March unemployment rate of 6.4 percent.
The national seasonally adjusted unemployent rate for April was 8.1 percent, down from 9 percent a year ago.
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Navy?s USS Carl Vinson stops in Hawaii before ?tiger cruise?
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/pacific/blog/USS_Carl_Vinson_Pearl_Harbor_courtesy*100.jpg?v=1'>Sure, Pearl Harbor and the waters around Hawaii won?t be buzzing with a huge increase in naval activity for another six weeks when the Rim of the Pacific exercises get underway, but apparently the Navy just couldn?t wait until then to show off its military muscle.
The USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier pulled into port this week, while another carrier, the USS Nimitz, will be coming here for RIMPAC, along with ships and aircraft from 21 other countries.
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Hawaii to feel effects of Chinese solar panel tariffs
Hawaii?s fast-growing solar industry will feel the impact of the U.S. Department of Commerce?s decision Thursday to impose tariffs of more than 30 percent on photovoltaic panels imported from China ? most likely in the form of higher prices.
This is in addition to the Commerce Department?s 2.9 percent to 4.73 percent tariff announced in March.
The tariffs are retroactive to 90 days before the decision.
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Hawaii sues to bar Skechers USA from making health claims
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/SkechersShoeNSH*100.jpg?v=1'>The state of Hawaii has joined in the Federal Trade Commission?s $40 million settlement with Skechers USA Inc. over the company?s health claims about its ?toning shoes? in advertisements that starred such celebrities as Kim Kardashian and Joe Montana.
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Postal Service will close processing plants, none in Hawaii
The U.S. Postal Service said Thursday that it will begin closing 48 mail processing plants on the Mainland this summer as part of a cost-cutting plan to trim $1.2 billion from the agency?s budget in response to a declining volume of mail.
The Postal Service said it would consolidate a total of 140 mail processing facilities through February 2013 during the first phase of a modified plan to consolidate a total of 461 locations. Following the summer closings, another 92 processing centers will be...<div class="feedflare">
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Barnwell leads Hawaii stocks on down day on Wall Street
Barnwell Industries stock gained 5 percent Thursday on a day when most Hawaii stocks followed the broader markets to close lower.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 156.06 points, or 1.24 percent, to close at 12,442.49, while the Nasdaq lost 60.35 points, or 2.10 percent, to close at 2,813.69.
Gainers:
Barnwell Industries Inc. (AMEX: BRN) closed at $3.14, up 14 cents, or 4.64 percent;
Central Pacific Financial Corp. (NYSE: CPF) closed at $13.28, up 1 cent, or 0.08 percent.
Losers:
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Initial unemployment claims fall sharply in Hawaii
The number of initial unemployment claims filed in Hawaii last week dropped 31 percent when compared to the same week last year, according to the state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism.
There were a total of 1,707 initial jobless claims filed during the week ending May 12, which was 31.1 percent fewer than the 2,476 claims filed during the same week last year, the state said.
All four counties saw drops of more than 25 percent, with Kauai reporting fewer than half the number...<div class="feedflare">
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Hawaii gas prices dip a penny, still highest in the nation
The statewide average price of gasoline in Hawaii slipped a penny since last week to $4.54 for a gallon of regular unleaded, according to AAA Hawaii?s Weekend Gas Watch.
The price was 6 cents lower than a month ago and 13 cents less than a year ago, but still the highest in the nation. Second-place Alaska saw a 13-cent increase over the past week to $4.48, which brought it within 6 cents of Hawaii?s statewide average.
?There a bit more price relief again this past week for Hawaii motorists,?...<div class="feedflare">
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Verizon to end unlimited data plans for 4G upgrades
Verizon Wireless has announced it is ending its unlimited data plan for mobile phone customers who upgrade from its 3G network to its 4G long term evolution network.
CBS News reports Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) Chief Financial Officer Fran Shammo told investors at the J.P. Morgan Technology Media and Telecom conference Wednesday that customers who migrate from 3G to LTE will go on a data share plan, which means using one plan for multiple devices such as phones and tablet computers. CBS...<div class="feedflare">
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