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Indiana Tech opens second Kentucky campus
The College of Professional Studies at Indiana Tech will soon be offering classes at a location in Northern Kentucky. It will be the college's second Kentucky campus. The college's new campus is located in Fort Wright at 809 Wright Summit Parkway in the Wright's Summit Executive Office Center. According to a news release, the location includes 11,000 square feet, eight classrooms, a library, computer lab and student lounge. Indiana Tech offers classes designed for adults. Classes meet one evening...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?a=L2Y2F_GnI7Y:ssJ3Uy9oGDc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?a=L2Y2F_GnI7Y:ssJ3Uy9oGDc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?i=L2Y2F_GnI7Y:ssJ3Uy9oGDc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?a=L2Y2F_GnI7Y:ssJ3Uy9oGDc:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?i=L2Y2F_GnI7Y:ssJ3Uy9oGDc:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?a=L2Y2F_GnI7Y:ssJ3Uy9oGDc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
KentuckyOne Health parent partners with Conifer Health Solutions to manage revenue
Conifer Health Systems has announced a 10-year agreement with Catholic Health Initiatives to manage revenue cycles for 56 of Catholic Health Initiatives hospitals across the country, including facilities in Kentucky. Conifer will provide patient access, revenue integrity and patient financial services for the CHI hospitals, which generate more than $6 billion in annual patient revenue, according to a news release. KentuckyOne Health, which was formed this year by the merger of Louisville-based...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?a=kspvmzeifJk:N-PDea1myuE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?a=kspvmzeifJk:N-PDea1myuE:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?i=kspvmzeifJk:N-PDea1myuE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?a=kspvmzeifJk:N-PDea1myuE:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?i=kspvmzeifJk:N-PDea1myuE:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?a=kspvmzeifJk:N-PDea1myuE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
Gordon Biersch slide show previews May 21 opening
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/louisville/news/Gordon%20Biersch%2005.17.2012_20120517_0384*100.jpg?v=1'>Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant is scheduled to open Monday, May 21, in the Fourth Street Live entertainment complex downtown. The restaurant, which replaces the former Borders Group bookstore that last spring closed in The Cordish Cos.? downtown Louisville venue, features an in-house brewery and California-inspired menu. The Louisville location will have an expanded menu with 18 additional menu items not found in the restaurant chain?s other stores, said Kelly Wilson, director of marketing...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?a=eCgs9t_CDhY:FB_aiHY6kDg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?a=eCgs9t_CDhY:FB_aiHY6kDg:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?i=eCgs9t_CDhY:FB_aiHY6kDg:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?a=eCgs9t_CDhY:FB_aiHY6kDg:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?i=eCgs9t_CDhY:FB_aiHY6kDg:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?a=eCgs9t_CDhY:FB_aiHY6kDg:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
Rooibee Red Tea secures more funding through stock issue
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/louisville/print-edition/Rooibee%20red%20tea*100.jpg?v=1'>Rooibee Red Tea Co. is attempting to raise another $1.5 million in funding through a preferred stock offering. So far, the company has raised about $350,000 in funding, according to Heather Howell, the company?s chief tea officer. Several other investments are expected to come through ?very soon,? she said, bringing the total amount raised through the offering to more than $500,000. The money will help the Louisville-based tea company keep up with sales growth, Howell said, including line...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?a=uziR8EzRq6Q:eSuzZ3PoQMg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?a=uziR8EzRq6Q:eSuzZ3PoQMg:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?i=uziR8EzRq6Q:eSuzZ3PoQMg:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?a=uziR8EzRq6Q:eSuzZ3PoQMg:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?i=uziR8EzRq6Q:eSuzZ3PoQMg:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?a=uziR8EzRq6Q:eSuzZ3PoQMg:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
Yachtman founder tells CFA Society his investment strategy
Donald Yacktman, founder, president and co-chief investment officer of Austin, Texas-based Yacktman Asset Management Co., has worked in the investment business for years and heard investment strategies described in many ways. But he?s never heard anyone say he buys overpriced securities, which is what many end up doing anyway. Investing is all about ?what you buy and what you pay for it,? he told the CFA Society of Louisville at the Society?s monthly meeting Wednesday at the Pendennis Club. Yacktman?s...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?a=E1uYhkDWk6E:J5Uymkr8r98:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?a=E1uYhkDWk6E:J5Uymkr8r98:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?i=E1uYhkDWk6E:J5Uymkr8r98:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?a=E1uYhkDWk6E:J5Uymkr8r98:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?i=E1uYhkDWk6E:J5Uymkr8r98:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?a=E1uYhkDWk6E:J5Uymkr8r98:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
Former Tennessee Commerce CFO joins First Federal
The former CFO of a troubled bank recently purchased by Louisville-based Republic Bancorp Inc. has been named CFO of Elizabethtown-based First Financial Service Corp. as part of a management shakeup. First Financial (NASDAQ: FFKY) announced Wednesday that it had hired Frank Perez as CFO for the holding company and for its subsidiary, First Federal Savings Bank. According to a news release from First Financial, Perez?s most recent job was CFO and investment relations officer for Tennessee Commerce...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?a=aBTiXe2evtA:wsOECcavHUY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?a=aBTiXe2evtA:wsOECcavHUY:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?i=aBTiXe2evtA:wsOECcavHUY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?a=aBTiXe2evtA:wsOECcavHUY:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?i=aBTiXe2evtA:wsOECcavHUY:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?a=aBTiXe2evtA:wsOECcavHUY:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
Kentucky unemployment drops to 8.3 percent
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/charlotte/blog/power_city/siemens%20tour%205%20manufacturing*100.jpg?v=2'>Kentucky?s seasonally adjusted preliminary unemployment rate fell to 8.3 percent in April 2012 from a revised 8.6 percent in March 2012. The preliminary April rate is the lowest unemployment rate in Kentucky since November 2008, according to the Kentucky Office of Employment and Training. The preliminary April 2012 jobless rate was 1.3 percentage points below the 9.6 percent rate recorded a year earlier. The U.S. seasonally adjusted jobless rate fell to 8.1 percent in April, from 8.2 percent...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?a=ok7qkqfpmT0:UAAAvTYHMpM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?a=ok7qkqfpmT0:UAAAvTYHMpM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?i=ok7qkqfpmT0:UAAAvTYHMpM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?a=ok7qkqfpmT0:UAAAvTYHMpM:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?i=ok7qkqfpmT0:UAAAvTYHMpM:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?a=ok7qkqfpmT0:UAAAvTYHMpM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
CafePress partners with YouTube for e-commerce
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/sanjose/blog/Cafepress_logo*100.jpg?v=1'>CafePress Inc., which recently announced it is relocating its headquarters to Louisville, is rolling out a new feature that will bring customized online commerce to the YouTube Merch Store. In this feature, CafePress Shop owners can add hand-selected merchandise to their YouTube channels, creating a new revenue opportunity for video aficionados and fans, according to a news release. The owners of CafePress? (NASDAQ: PRSS) three million shops can select inventory to feature on their individual...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?a=7PvzYqsjR5g:wb4M7_yOUSc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?a=7PvzYqsjR5g:wb4M7_yOUSc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?i=7PvzYqsjR5g:wb4M7_yOUSc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?a=7PvzYqsjR5g:wb4M7_yOUSc:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?i=7PvzYqsjR5g:wb4M7_yOUSc:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?a=7PvzYqsjR5g:wb4M7_yOUSc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
Ford is taking orders for C-MAX hybrid
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/http://assets.sustainablebusinessoregon.com/national/Ford_Cmax*100.jpg?v=1'>Ford Motor Co. said Thursday that dealers have begun taking orders for its C-MAX Hybrid, which is being produced at Ford's Wayne, Mich.-based Michigan Assembly Plant alongside Ford's Focus, Focus Electric and Focus ST models. According to a news release, C-MAX will launch this fall as part of Ford's strategy to deliver leading fuel economy across its lineup while tripling electrified vehicle production capacity by 2013. The 2013 Ford C-MAX Hybrid will carry a base price of $25,995, about $500 lower...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?a=K-gBIUGjFH8:VzaVNu76WRs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?a=K-gBIUGjFH8:VzaVNu76WRs:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?i=K-gBIUGjFH8:VzaVNu76WRs:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?a=K-gBIUGjFH8:VzaVNu76WRs:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?i=K-gBIUGjFH8:VzaVNu76WRs:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?a=K-gBIUGjFH8:VzaVNu76WRs:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
St. Louis Fed president: Fed doing enough
The Federal Reserve is doing enough to boost the economy, said James Bullard, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, in a speech Wednesday at The Olmsted. Bullard is a member of the Federal Open Market Committee, which helps set interest rates nationally. As Business First reported, he told an audience of local business leaders, "If anything, the committee may be trying to do too much with monetary policy, risking monetary instability for the U.S. and the global economy." Some economists...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?a=7RNj_vo3SLw:v-pF4UZB-Jw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?a=7RNj_vo3SLw:v-pF4UZB-Jw:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?i=7RNj_vo3SLw:v-pF4UZB-Jw:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?a=7RNj_vo3SLw:v-pF4UZB-Jw:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?i=7RNj_vo3SLw:v-pF4UZB-Jw:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?a=7RNj_vo3SLw:v-pF4UZB-Jw:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_louisville?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>

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<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/birmingham/news/bentley,-robert*100.jpg?v=1'>Gov. Robert Bentley has signed a proclamation ordering state legislators back to work, but their agenda doesn?t include a revenue fix for Jefferson County, The proclamation gives legislators a maximum of 12 days to continue work on key legislation. It also casts uncertainty on the future of the recently approved changes to the state?s controversial immigration law. In a press release, Bentley cited provisions in the law that ?calls for school children to be interrogated about immigration...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?a=Pm1lbs_v4OE:FQIuzPzOY2U:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?a=Pm1lbs_v4OE:FQIuzPzOY2U:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?i=Pm1lbs_v4OE:FQIuzPzOY2U:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?a=Pm1lbs_v4OE:FQIuzPzOY2U:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?i=Pm1lbs_v4OE:FQIuzPzOY2U:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?a=Pm1lbs_v4OE:FQIuzPzOY2U:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bizj_birmingham/~4/Pm1lbs_v4OE" height="1" width="1"/>
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Expenses, corporate aircraft use and delayed disclosures were among the hot topics at Regions Financial Corp.?s Annual Meeting of Stockholders today. Regions? top executives, shareholders and some members of the media, including myself, piled into the Regions Bank Auditorium this morning to hear more about the effect the economy and market conditions had on the company in 2011, as well as where the company is succeeding and what?s expected looking forward. Only a few shareholders had questions...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?a=0gI3lWHErOA:AjwmK5PlPU8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?a=0gI3lWHErOA:AjwmK5PlPU8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?i=0gI3lWHErOA:AjwmK5PlPU8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?a=0gI3lWHErOA:AjwmK5PlPU8:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?i=0gI3lWHErOA:AjwmK5PlPU8:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?a=0gI3lWHErOA:AjwmK5PlPU8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bizj_birmingham/~4/0gI3lWHErOA" height="1" width="1"/>
Vineyard Vines makes Summit opening official
Vineyard Vines has signed a lease with Bayer Properties for a location in The Summit between L?Occitane and Brooks Brothers. The lease for the 3,800-square-feet property was effective as of May 9 and the projected opening date is late summer or early fall. Vineyard Vines is an upscale clothing retailer catering to young men and women, but with a focus on men?s neckwear. A Bayer Properties manager would not disclose the lease amount. The BBJ first reported Vineyard Vines? plans to join the...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?a=8YZeuNbGJHI:JUftLqVwKVI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?a=8YZeuNbGJHI:JUftLqVwKVI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?i=8YZeuNbGJHI:JUftLqVwKVI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?a=8YZeuNbGJHI:JUftLqVwKVI:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?i=8YZeuNbGJHI:JUftLqVwKVI:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?a=8YZeuNbGJHI:JUftLqVwKVI:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bizj_birmingham/~4/8YZeuNbGJHI" height="1" width="1"/>
Hopes dim for special session to help JeffCo
Alabama lawmakers refused this week to provide financial help for bankrupt Jefferson County through a new occupational tax, dashing hopes that new revenues will keep the government functioning. Meanwhile, hopes for a special session that would give the county?s deeply divided legislative delegation more time to reach a consensus were dimming. ?Today, we are focused on the current session, and not on a future (special) session,? Gov. Robert Bentley?s press secretary, Jennifer Ardis told...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?a=ZRLvF3QMDNs:fxCwBH4t9q0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?a=ZRLvF3QMDNs:fxCwBH4t9q0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?i=ZRLvF3QMDNs:fxCwBH4t9q0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?a=ZRLvF3QMDNs:fxCwBH4t9q0:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?i=ZRLvF3QMDNs:fxCwBH4t9q0:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?a=ZRLvF3QMDNs:fxCwBH4t9q0:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bizj_birmingham/~4/ZRLvF3QMDNs" height="1" width="1"/>
Alabama foreclosures slip in April
April foreclosure filings have fallen each year since 2010 in Alabama, but a new report shows the trend is now leveling off. Combined bank foreclosure and auction filings decreased 2 percent to 1,803 in April from 1,840 in the same month of 2011, according to the latest monthly report from foreclosure tracking firm RealtyTrac. Of those filings, 650 were bank foreclosures and 1,153 were for auctions. Even though the year-over-year trend points downward for Alabama, April?s filings were the highest...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?a=G5KXluCISZ8:8JBTARSgYCg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?a=G5KXluCISZ8:8JBTARSgYCg:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?i=G5KXluCISZ8:8JBTARSgYCg:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?a=G5KXluCISZ8:8JBTARSgYCg:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?i=G5KXluCISZ8:8JBTARSgYCg:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?a=G5KXluCISZ8:8JBTARSgYCg:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bizj_birmingham/~4/G5KXluCISZ8" height="1" width="1"/>
Birmingham lost 1,200 jobs over past year
Birmingham was one of 13 major metro areas that lost jobs between March 2011 and March 2012, according to a new report from On Numbers. The area lost 1,200 jobs over the 12-month period. That 0.25 percent drop ranked 92nd among the nation's 100 largest metro areas, based on the data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Among other Southeastern metros, Nashville ranked 23rd (2.1 percent growth), Memphis ranked 26th (2 percent growth) and Atlanta ranked 50th (1.2 percent growth). Stockton,...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?a=9QsgkRu2kSc:EE5Gwc-UEak:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?a=9QsgkRu2kSc:EE5Gwc-UEak:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?i=9QsgkRu2kSc:EE5Gwc-UEak:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?a=9QsgkRu2kSc:EE5Gwc-UEak:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?i=9QsgkRu2kSc:EE5Gwc-UEak:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?a=9QsgkRu2kSc:EE5Gwc-UEak:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bizj_birmingham/~4/9QsgkRu2kSc" height="1" width="1"/>
Court expedites Martin Marietta's appeal on Vulcan takeover
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/bizjournals/VulcanMaterials_web*100.jpg?v=1'>The Delaware Supreme Court has agreed to fast-track Martin Marietta Materials Inc.?s appeal of a recent court ruling that blocked its takeover plans for Vulcan Materials Inc. The appeal hearing is slated for May 25, just ahead of Vulcan?s (NYSE: VMC) annual June 1 shareholder?s meeting, where Martin (NYSE: MLM) planned to nominate several candidates for board of directors, according to reports by Bloomberg and Reuters today. The recent order by Delaware Chancellor Leo Strine forbid Martin...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?a=xvwz9lmx6QU:JUUB6Yq8evM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?a=xvwz9lmx6QU:JUUB6Yq8evM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?i=xvwz9lmx6QU:JUUB6Yq8evM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?a=xvwz9lmx6QU:JUUB6Yq8evM:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?i=xvwz9lmx6QU:JUUB6Yq8evM:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?a=xvwz9lmx6QU:JUUB6Yq8evM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bizj_birmingham/~4/xvwz9lmx6QU" height="1" width="1"/>
Hoover misses out on 2013 College Cup
Despite the event drawing strong attendance last year in Hoover, the 2013 College Cup has been awarded to Philadelphia, according to the Birmingham News. Hoover, which will also host the 2012, also bid for the 2013 College Cup, which is the name for the final rounds of NCAA men's soccer championship tournament. Organizers told the News they were pleased that the NCAA only awarded the 2013 event and not the 2014 event, which they said could be a signal they want to see how things go in Hoover this...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?a=cavQjU8iB5Q:c8O9Y5tvSY8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?a=cavQjU8iB5Q:c8O9Y5tvSY8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?i=cavQjU8iB5Q:c8O9Y5tvSY8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?a=cavQjU8iB5Q:c8O9Y5tvSY8:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?i=cavQjU8iB5Q:c8O9Y5tvSY8:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?a=cavQjU8iB5Q:c8O9Y5tvSY8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bizj_birmingham/~4/cavQjU8iB5Q" height="1" width="1"/>
Lawmakers confront Air Force about moving cargo planes
Alabama's congressional delegation confronted Air Force leaders in a closed-door meeting Wednesday about plans to move seven C-130 transport planes from a Montgomery Air Force Reserve unit, a sign that impending cuts to the defense budget are starting to take their toll. According to the Birmingham News, the Air Force has said that it will move the 27-year-old planes out of the 908th Airlift Wing at Maxwell Air Force Base in 2014 as part of an overall downsizing announced earlier this year. Alabama...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?a=FHIr2gmgl7Q:Sy2wxPndmOM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?a=FHIr2gmgl7Q:Sy2wxPndmOM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?i=FHIr2gmgl7Q:Sy2wxPndmOM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?a=FHIr2gmgl7Q:Sy2wxPndmOM:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?i=FHIr2gmgl7Q:Sy2wxPndmOM:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?a=FHIr2gmgl7Q:Sy2wxPndmOM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bizj_birmingham/~4/FHIr2gmgl7Q" height="1" width="1"/>
Inaction means JeffCo occupational tax dead
Any chances that state lawmakers could reconsider and pass a plan to let the Jefferson County Commission impose an occupational tax ended with the conclusion of the legislative session on Wednesday. According to the Birmingham News, supporters assumed the tax bill was dead when the House of Representatives voted 18-12 to remove the tax plan from the calendar of bills to be debated, although technically it could have been brought back up in the final moments. The tax plan, Senate Bill 567 by...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?a=qeHDSYI2edA:AIuGxc_Abi0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?a=qeHDSYI2edA:AIuGxc_Abi0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?i=qeHDSYI2edA:AIuGxc_Abi0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?a=qeHDSYI2edA:AIuGxc_Abi0:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?i=qeHDSYI2edA:AIuGxc_Abi0:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?a=qeHDSYI2edA:AIuGxc_Abi0:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_birmingham?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bizj_birmingham/~4/qeHDSYI2edA" height="1" width="1"/>

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