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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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Milwaukee Succeeds hires first director
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/print-edition/04-06-Fort-Couch-Middle-School*100.jpg?v=1'>Mike Soika has been named as the first director of Milwaukee Succeeds, a cradle-to-career educational partnership that aims to improve educational outcomes for all students in Milwaukee.
In his role, Soika will lead and direct the work of the partnership by continuing to recruit and engage partner organizations, oversee the work of the various committees and continue to move the partnership forward. He will start June 25.
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Retired Deloitte partner Condon elected to Roundy's board
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/WaukeshaShoppesFoxRiverPickSave-0-255-374-307*100.jpg?v=1'>Roundy's Inc. said Thursday that retired Deloitte & Touche LLP partner Patrick Condon has been elected to the company's board, expanding the number of directors to seven.
Roundy's (NYSE: RNDY) is a Milwaukee-based operator of grocery stores under the Pick 'n Save, Metro Market, Copps, Rainbow and Mariano's Fresh Market names.
Condon has more than 40 years of experience in the accounting and finance industry that includes audit and consulting engagements at large public and private companies, as...<div class="feedflare">
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MGIC sues Freddie Mac
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/print-edition/020312_MGIC03-copy*100.jpg?v=1'>Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corp. said Thursday it filed a lawsuit against Freddie Mac and the Federal Housing Finance Administration in what MGIC said is an effort to resolve a dispute over how MGIC reports losses on pooled loans.
Milwaukee-based private mortgage insurer MGIC, which is a subsidiary of MGIC Investment Corp. (NYSE: MTG), said it has previously disclosed the dispute in regulatory filings. The suit was filed in U.S. District Court in Milwaukee.
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Wisconsin drops 6,200 private sector jobs; jobless rate dips
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/JobsIconCarousel315*100.jpg?v=1'>The state of Wisconsin lost 6,200 private sector jobs in April, according to a new report from the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development.
The agency reported U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data Thursday that showed the state losing a total of 5,900 public and private nonfarm jobs in April, compared with March. The state's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate, nonetheless, dipped another tenth of a percentage point to 6.7 percent and is now down from 7.5 percent in April 2011.
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RMT picked to build Colorado wind farm
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/news/windfarmturbine600x400*100.jpg?v=1'>RMT Inc., a renewable energy contractor and unit of Alliant Energy Corp., of Madison, said Thursday that it has been awarded a contract to build the Colorado Highlands Wind project in that state's Logan County.
Under the contract awarded by developer Alliance Power Inc., Madison-based RMT will design and construct the 67-megawatt wind farm, providing engineering, procurement and construction of the civil and electrical infrastructure to support the installation of 42 GE 1.6-megawatt wind turbines...<div class="feedflare">
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BID consultant says filling dead space, arena are keys to downtown
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/blog/real_estate/051712-DowntownBID1BradleySegal_Ryan340*100.jpg?v=1'>Downtown Milwaukee?s biggest challenge is not an economic or business issue, but rather the problem of wide-open dead spaces with little activity dividing the livelier areas, according to a consultant hired by the Downtown BID.
?That?s not bad news,? said M. Bradley Segal, president of Progressive Urban Management Associates, of Denver. ?There?s a lot of cities that have a lot more fundamental weaknesses in their economic structure.?
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MPS graduation rate improves
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/news/ThorntonGregory_mug_4c*100.jpg?v=1'>The graduation rate at Milwaukee Public Schools has increased 17 percent since the 1999-2000 school year, according to data released by the state Thursday.
The district's graduation rate now stands at approximately 69 percent for 2010-11, up 1.9 percent from 2009-10 and 17 percent, from a 52 percent graduation rate, in 1999-2000, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
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Wisconsin cities among worst in 12-month jobs data
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/Wisconsin_Madison_540_309*100.jpg?v=1'>All but 14 of the nation's 100 biggest metropolitan areas added jobs during the past 12 months, and two of the three worst performing metros were in Wisconsin.
According to the latest figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and compiled by Bizjournals On Numbers columnist G. Scott Thomas, two Wisconsin metros were among three top-100 markets to lose more than 4,000 jobs during the past year: Madison (down 4,600) and Milwaukee (down 4,300). Only Augusta, Ga., fared worse, ranking last in...<div class="feedflare">
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Bon-Ton's 1Q loss widens
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/news/BostonStoreMayfair315x304*100.jpg?v=1'>The Bon-Ton Stores Inc., the parent of Boston Store and other department store chains, said Thursday that its net loss for the fiscal first quarter widened because of aggressive markdowns on merchandise, resulting on reduced margins for the quarter.
Bon-Ton (Nasdaq: BONT), which is based in Milwaukee and York, Pa., reported a net loss of $40.8 million, or $2.23 per share, compared with a net loss of $36 million, or $2.01 per share, for the same period a year ago. First-quarter sales declined 1.4...<div class="feedflare">
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Warren Buffett increases stake in Wells Fargo
Berkshire Hathaway, which is owned by Warren Buffett, continues to increase its ownership stake in Wells Fargo & Co. The firm bought 10.6 million shares of Wells Fargo in the first quarter.<div class="feedflare">
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Bud Clark Commons lands top design prize
A Portland low-income housing project has captured a prestigious architecture award.
The American Institute of Architects named the Bud Clark Commons as the group?s top 2012 Housing and Urban Development design. The award will be given to Dave Otte, the lead architect on the project, on Saturday.
The facility opened last summer in Portland?s Old Town
The Washington, D.C.-based AIA praised:
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H&M to open at Lloyd Center
H&M, the fashion retailer also known as Hennes & Mauritz, opens its fourth Portland mall store at noon, June 7, at Lloyd Center.
H&M has stores at Pioneer Place, Washington Square and Clackamas Town Center.
The 21,226-square-foot Lloyd Center location employs 30.
The popular retailer carries men's and women's apparel. The first 100 customers on opening day will receive an H&M t-shirt and a gift card worth $10 to $300.
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Icahn urges Mentor shareholders to withhold director votes
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/portland/news/Icahn_carl2_carousel*100.jpg?v=1'>Using a quote from Thomas Jefferson, billionaire shareholder activist Carl Icahn on Thursday lashed out at Mentor Graphics for extending its poison pill and refusing to renominate two of his favored board members.
As a result, Icahn is urging Mentor Graphics shareholders to withhold votes for incumbent directors Gregory Hinckley, Peter Bonfield, Kevin McDonough, Patrick McManus and Mentor CEO Walden Rhines. In doing so, he touted a similar recommendation from ISS Proxy Advisory Services.
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Regional stocks: Market slide continues
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/StockMarketDown*100.jpg?v=1'>The major indices continued their slide on Wall Street.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 156.06 points to 12,442, the NASDAQ closed down 60.35 points to 2,813 and the S&P 500 closed down 19.94 points to 1,304.
The Davidson 99, which measures stocks in seven western states, including 19 in Oregon, closed down 3.47 points to 168.16.
Among the biggest percent losers regionally were Lithia Motors (NYSE: LAD), which closed down 8.4 percent to $22.14, Paulson Capital (NASDAQ: PLCC), which...<div class="feedflare">
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Craft Brew launches gluten-free Omission nationwide
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/portland/news/Craft%20brew%20omission%20carousel*100.jpg?v=1'>Craft Brew Alliance Inc. will start distributing its line of gluten-free beers nationwide in coming weeks.
Portland-based Craft Brew (Nasdaq: Brew) launched its Omission Lager and Omission Pale Ale in Oregon in March. Thursday, it said it will begin distributing the brand nationwide, starting on the West Coast and hitting the rest of the country by mid-June.
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Milwaukie light rail line attracts $85M from feds
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/portland/news/Trimet%20max%20carousel*100.jpg?v=1'>Oregon?s U.S. senators announced jointly Thursday that the Portland area?s transit agency will receive $85 million in federal money for the new Portland-Milwaukie light-rail line.
The money, which goes to TriMet, comes from the U.S. Department of Transportation New Starts program.
Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced the funding on Thursday afternoon shortly before TriMet revealed it had also collected $7.5 million in federal grants to buy 18 buses, including four hyrbid vehicles.
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Portland business leaders happy with mayoral options
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/mayoral%20candidates*100.jpg?v=1'>Portland?s business community has delivered a mostly positive verdict in the mayor's race following Tuesday?s election.
After Portland voters winnowed down the number of 23 candidates ? really, they narrowed the field of three front-runners to two, knocking Eileen Brady out of the running ? some prominent business leaders are saying that either of the general election combatants Charlie Hales and Jefferson Smith could be a positive force for the business community.
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Timbers, Jeld-Wen Field featured in new Adidas ad
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/Timbers-army-screengrab*100.jpg?v=1'>The Portland Timbers, star forward Darlington Nagbe, and the Timbers Army feature prominently in a new 30-second TV ad making its debut this weekend from Adidas? U.S. soccer division.
Portland-based Adidas America is pushing its micoach SPEED_CELL technology, which uses a chip embedded into the soccer boot to capture the player?s 360-degree movements and document various performance metrics.
The chips store up to seven hours of data and can wirelessly sync to smartphones and be shared through...<div class="feedflare">
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Oregon regional economies make gains
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/portland/news/growth*100.jpg?v=1'>Eugene-Springfield and Central Oregon have joined the Portland metro area in nearing their average economic growth rates, according to the University of Oregon Regional Economic Indexes.
The regional indexes measure economic growth using variables including new housing permits, home sales, sector employment data, the unemployment rate, and airport passenger data. Zero is used to indicate the average growth rate posted between 1998 and 2011.
In Portland, the average economic growth rate for the...<div class="feedflare">
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Precision Castparts surpasses $7B in annual sales
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/portland/news/Precision_castparts_Donegan_web*100.jpg?v=1'>Precision Castparts Corp. on Thursday said it gained ground in new markets as it boosted fourth-quarter and full-year sales by 16 percent.
The Portland-based manufacturer of key metal components for commercial aircraft and energy markets (NYSE: PCP) reported earnings of $336.1 million, or $2.30 per share, on nearly $2 billion in sales for the final quarter of fiscal 2012. That was a sizable improvement over the prior year when it had earnings of $271 million, or $1.87 per share, on $1.7 billion...<div class="feedflare">
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