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Jawa settles lawsuit with VerizonJawa and founder Jason Hope have settled a lawsuit with Verizon Wireless regarding claims the premium texting service company was violating the carrier?s terms for businesses.
The settlement, which was entered into files of U.S. District Court of Arizona at the end of April, would block Jawa or Hope from offering premium texts without written permission from Verizon, and they cannot do so for at least six months, according to the consent decree filed with the court.
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bizj_phoenix/~4/AeymF0e2lsY" height="1" width="1"/>Suntech, First Solar weigh in on tariff rulingArizona has two of the biggest names in global solar module production separated by about 50 miles, but both First Solar Inc. and Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. have a huge stake in new tariffs levied against Chinese modules coming to the U.S.
When the U.S. Commerce Department came down with at least 31 percent tariffs on Chinese companies? modules earlier Thursday, the whole solar industry was talking.
Tempe-based First Solar (Nasdaq: FSLR) has tried to stay above the fray for months. It has...<div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bizj_phoenix/~4/crGkQ0n7o6I" height="1" width="1"/>Arizona Technology Council tabs new board members<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/phoenix/print-edition/Vermillion_Chuck*100.JPG?v=1'>The Arizona Technology Council has chosen nine new board members and named Roger Vogel as its new vice chairman.
The organization, which represents a wide swath of technology companies in the state, chooses its board members each year. The board?s chairman, OneNeck IT Services CEO Chuck Vermillion, will remain as the board?s leader.
New board members are:
Chad Eckes, chief information officer, Cancer Treatment Centers of AmericaClark Peterson, CEO, TelesphereJeff Unruh, managing director,...<div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bizj_phoenix/~4/8dsimFcBxxo" height="1" width="1"/>Mitchell narrowly tops Monti in Tempe mayoral race<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/phoenix/news/Mitchell%20mark*100.jpg?v=1'>Mark Mitchell has overtaken restaurant executive Michael Monti in their contentious and tight Tempe mayor?s race.
Monti previously held a narrow lead on Mitchell, a Tempe City Councilman and son of former Tempe mayor Harry Mitchell. But the count released this afternoon gives Mitchell a 139-vote win over Monti.
Mitchell has 11,351 votes versus 11,212 for Monti, according to the final tally. Monti held a 222-vote lead over Mitchell when the polls closed Tuesday, but some provisional and early...<div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bizj_phoenix/~4/vIwNw52-pPM" height="1" width="1"/>Social Madness nominations are in, now what?<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/phoenix/blog/socialmadness/SocialMadness_logo*100.jpg?v=1'>Nominations have closed for Social Madness presented by Capital One Spark Business, and the Phoenix Business Journal raked in about 150 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, currently is in the process of reviewing, vetting and approving nominations.
Nominated companies will be notified of their approval before the next phase of the competition...<div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bizj_phoenix/~4/qTs3xT5WbSU" height="1" width="1"/>Greg Jamison, NHL move ahead with Phoenix Coyotes sale, but no Glendale vote imminent<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/phoenix/blog/business/Jamison,%20greg_sharks*100.jpg?v=1'>Greg Jamison is taking more steps toward buying the Phoenix Coyotes from the National Hockey League, but there is no action yet scheduled by the Glendale City Council on its portion of the deal.
Jamison is slated to sign preliminary sales documents and terms with the NHL later today or Friday. The NHL has owned the Coyotes since buying the team out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy for $140 million in 2009.
The NHL, Jamison and Glendale are trying to finalize a sale of the team to keep it playing in the...<div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bizj_phoenix/~4/tCMGeoAj8eM" height="1" width="1"/>Arizona college coaches don't approach 'Coach K' kind of pay<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/triangle/images/Coach%20Mike%20Krzyzewski*100.jpg?v=4'>Major college coaches in Arizona make only a fraction of what Duke University basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski makes, but they still bring home a hefty salary.
Tax documents filed by Duke, an affluent, private university in North Carolina, shows that ?Coach K? earned $7.2 million in 2010, including a $3.7 million bonus for winning the NCAA title. That makes Krzyzewski one of the highest paid coaches in college sports.
The basketball and football coaches at Arizona State University and the University...<div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bizj_phoenix/~4/_sdAAZ2RwtM" height="1" width="1"/>Dave Krietor retiring from city of Phoenix post<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/phoenix/news/page41_Krietor_David*100.jpg?v=1'>Phoenix city hall veteran Dave Krietor is retiring from city government after 22 years and taking a position with Scottsdale ambulance company Rural/Metro Corp.
Krietor is currently deputy city manager and oversees Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport as well as the city?s fire, planning and economic development departments. He will join Rural/Metro as vice president of government affairs.
"We are very excited to welcome him to our team and highly confident that his long and successful career...<div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bizj_phoenix/~4/x6yO1G3NG9o" height="1" width="1"/>Class action deal could bring $39M for Arizona mental health servicesAfter decades of deliberation, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed a two-year agreement today with plaintiffs on the Arnold vs. Sarn class action suit, which outlines reforms and allocates $39 million in funding to community-based mental health services, pending court approval.
The class action lawsuit was initiated in 1981 when a group sought judgment against the Arizona Department of Heath Services, the Arizona state hospital and Maricopa County Board of Supervisors. The plaintiffs claimed that...<div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bizj_phoenix/~4/zJUO7h5IsYk" height="1" width="1"/>Solar tariffs on Chinese panels will affect Arizona industry<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/phoenix/news/first%20solar%20calilf*100.jpg?v=1'>Arizona?s solar industry may face higher prices for panels, as the U.S. Commerce Department has placed a 31 percent tariff on panels imported from China.
It could go as high as 250 percent.
The decision, announced Thursday, was undertaken after SolarWorld Industries America Inc. protested what it believed were Chinese-backed companies dumping panels in the U.S. to drive down prices.
The case has been working through the Commerce Department and the International Trade Administration for months....<div class="feedflare">
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Friends University to purchase, renovate buildings in Delano
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/wichita/blog/friends%20university%20building*100.jpg?v=1'>The Friends University art department will move off campus next year following the $3.5 million purchase and planned renovation of the historic Farmers State Bank building in the Delano District.
Friends President T.J. Arant announced Thursday afternoon that the university is purchasing the building at 930 W. Douglas and a connected warehouse space at 122 N. Walnut. The money is coming from the university?s capital reserve funds. The buildings sit at the northeast corner of Walnut and Douglas,...<div class="feedflare">
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Boyd-Peninsula deal won?t affect state?s stake in Kansas Star Casino
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/wichita/print-edition/kansas%20star%20casino%20construction*100.jpg?v=1'>The state of Kansas and local governments shouldn?t notice any change after the planned acquisition later this year of Peninsula Gaming LLC, which operates the Kansas Star Casino in Mulvane.
Las Vegas-based Boyd Gaming Corp. announced Wednesday that it has an agreement to buy Dubuque, Iowa-based Peninsula in a deal valued at $1.45 billion. Peninsula operates four other casinos, too, with a pair each in Iowa and Louisiana.
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Hawker Beechcraft finds sales success at EBACE
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/wichita/news/hawker-beechcraft-blue-logo-web*100.jpg?v=1'>Hawker Beechcraft Corp. on Thursday said it secured a total of 11 sales, worth more than $120 million, at the European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition.
The orders include three orders for its Hawker 4000 business jet, six King Air 350i orders, and orders for one Hawker 400XPR and one King Air 250.
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Analysts see Chevron as top potential Chesapeake buyer
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/chevron-logo-315*100.jpg?v=1'>Chesapeake Energy Corp. has come under fire recently for its financial structure, but that doesn?t mean there would be a shortage of companies interested in buying the energy giant.
And the top candidate, according to a report from the Financial Times, could be Chevron Corp.
Other candidates could include France-based Total and BHP Billiton of Australia. Investor Carl Icahn is also mentioned as a potential buyer, as are Devon Energy, Apache Corp. and Occidental Petroleum Corp.
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Meet the small-business contenders in Social Madness
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/wichita/blog/socialmadness/abode%20venue*100.jpg?v=1'>The nomination period has drawn to a close, and we?re ready to kick off our Social Madness competition, sponsored by Spark Business from Capital One, on June 1.
But before tip-off, it?s time to meet our competitors. Participants in the contest are broken into three categories based on number of employees:
? Small (fewer than 100 employees)
? Medium (100 to 499 employees)
? Large (500 or more employees)
Today we?ll feature the small-business competitors. Click through the slideshow...<div class="feedflare">
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Friends University calls afternoon news conference for announcement in Delano District
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/wichita/news/friends-university-logo*100.jpg?v=1'>Friends University has scheduled a Thursday afternoon news conference to make a ?special university announcement? in the Delano District, west of downtown.
The news conference is scheduled for 3 p.m. at La Galette, a cafe at 1017 W. Douglas, near Seneca Street. However, it appears that the restaurant is just a meeting place and the actual announcement will take place nearby.
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Wichita posts slight job increase for the year
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/boston/news/0902-jobs-help-wanted-sign-stock-315*100.jpg?v=1'>Wichita has tended to lag behind the rest of the country in both entering and exiting recessions, and that trend appears to be continuing even as the metro area adds some jobs.
The area added about 1,900 jobs from March 2011 to March 2012, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Wind turbine to be installed at Halstead High School
For the second time this week, a wind turbine is being installed at an area high school.
Westar Energy?s Green Team is set to install a 2.4-kilowatt wind turbine at Halstead High School.
The turbine will be located on the northwest corner of the front side of the high school, at 520 W. Sixth in Halstead.
The turbine is part of Kansas State University?s Kansas Wind for Schools program, which selects schools across the state to receive a small wind turbine for educational and outreach purposes....<div class="feedflare">
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Kansas Star Casino a highlight of Boyd's Peninsula Gaming purchase
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/wichita/print-edition/kansas%20star%20casino%20construction2*100.jpg?v=1'>Las Vegas-based Boyd Gaming is picking up five casino properties with its $1.45 billion purchase of Peninsula Gaming, but Boyd CEO Keith Smith called the Kansas Star Casino the "jewel" of the Peninsula portfolio.
The Wichita Business Journal reports the casino began operating in Mulvane in December, but additional phases, including a hotel, a larger casino and an equestrian facility, remain in the works. Smith said the property had great potential as "a significant growth opportunity" for his company.<div class="feedflare">
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New Kansas tax plan emerges
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/wichita/print-edition/state%20capitol%20building*100.jpg?v=1'>Kansas House and Senate negotiators arrived at a new plan Wednesday afternoon for cutting state income taxes, though senators said they weren't sure that their chamber would pass it.
According to an Associated Press report that appears in the Topeka Capital-Journal, the new proposal is less aggressive than one lawmakers already sent to Gov. Sam Brownback. The new plan still reduces individual income tax rates and eliminates state taxes on income from sole proprietorships and other small businesses,...<div class="feedflare">
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City ordinance will be amended to protect gay people
Ever since the idea for amending the Jacksonville anti-discrimination ordinance to include gay people came up a couple of weeks ago, people have been wondering why Mayor Alvin Brown has declined to address the issue head on, which seems to be his style on just about any topic you can name.
We argue in Friday?s Jacksonville Business Journal editorial that when all is said and done, it really won?t matter what the Mayor says on this issue. Chances are, the ordinance will be amended by the City...<div class="feedflare">
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Wells Fargo No. 1 SBA 7(a) lender in Florida
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/images/BOL-Wells-Fargo*100.jpg?v=2'>Wells Fargo was the No. 1 Small Business Administration 7(a) lender in 12 states ? including Florida ? for the first six months of federal fiscal year 2012.
SBA 7(a) loans are given to qualifying businesses in a wide range of industries that generally have average revenue of less than $20 million and 500 or fewer employees.
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Ideas abound to fix Downtown, but which are gaining traction?
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/blog/SkylinefromRiversidecarousel550*100.jpg?v=1'>Of all the issues Downtown revitalization faces, a shortage of ideas isn?t one of them.
Sidewalk cafes. The transformation of a blighted corner into a boutique hotel and urban chic apartments. A new convention center.
Then there are the ideas Mayor Alvin Brown has put out there in recent weeks: The private investor fund for revitalization projects and putting out a request for proposals to take inventory of vacant properties.
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JPMorgan Chase trading loss to increase by at least $1 billion
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/4-jp%20morgan%20chase%20logo*100.jpg?v=1'>The $2 billion loss from a JPMorgan Chase & Co. investment office is could increase by at least 50 percent, the New York Times reports.
CEO Jamie Dimon announced the loss last week, and said they could double within the next few quarters, the NYT reported.
The FBI has launched a preliminary investigation into the bank.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is the thirty-ninth-largest bank in Northeast Florida, with $12 million in local deposits and 1 branch.<div class="feedflare">
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Southwest slows fleet growth, ups dividend
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/stlouis/Southwest_Boeing_737_Promo*100.jpg?v=1'>Southwest Airlines announced Wednesday that it plans to slow down its fleet growth as part of its plan to hit profit targets, the Dallas Business Journal reports.
?The delivery deferrals will reduce our capital spending roughly $1 billion, in total, for 2012 through 2014, supporting our desire to strengthen our free cash flow in an uncertain economic and fuel cost environment,? said Gary Kelly, Southwest?s president, chairman and CEO, at Wednesday?s annual shareholder meeting.
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Wells Fargo customers in Florida to get $7 fee
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/images/BOL-Wells-Fargo*100.jpg?v=2'>Wells Fargo customers in Florida with Essential Checking accounts will be charged a $7 monthly fee starting in September unless they keep a $1,500 minimum daily balance or have $500 a month directly deposited, the Sun Sentinel reports.
The fee will go to $5 if customers are willing to get online instead of paper statements.
Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) is the third-largest bank in Northeast Florida with 62 offices, $6.1 billion in area deposits and a market share of 13.22 percent.<div class="feedflare">
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Wells Fargo asks for reversal of $203M overdraft damages
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/images/BOL-Wells-Fargo*100.jpg?v=2'>Wells Fargo & Co. is seeking a reversal of a judgment that orders it to pay California customers $203 million for manipulating debit-card transactions to boost overdraft fees, Bloomberg reports.
Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) asked a federal appeals court to throw out the judgment, saying the lawsuit claims are preempted by federal banking law.
The suit came after customers alleged the bank changed its treatment of debit-card transactions and cash withdrawals in 1999 to boost overdraft fees.
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Bank of America sheds branches
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/austin/news/BankofAmerica%20icon*100.jpg?v=1'>In an effort to shave costs, Bank of America Corp. closed 154 banking centers and 631 ATMs in the first quarter, the Phoenix Business Journal reports, citing a securities filing from the Charlotte-based banking giant.
BofA (NYSE:BAC) said the number of online banking customers increased by 374,000 and mobile customers by 2.7 million during the first quarter, reflecting customers? changing preferences.
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Judge keeps Hostess Brands' union contacts intact
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The company had sought to throw out its agreement as it struggles with its second Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization it the past couple years.
?We told our Hostess members all along that we would vigorously oppose the imposition of unjust working conditions since Hostess first filed bankruptcy, and we have done just that,? Teamsters...<div class="feedflare">
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Stein Mart reports first quarter earnings
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/Stein-Mart-550*100.jpg?v=1'>Stein Mart (Nasdaq: SMRT)
Sales: $303.4 million, flat from $303.5 million a year earlierNet income: $11.8 million, down from $15.9 million a year earlierEarnings per share: 27 cents per diluted share, down from 35 cents a year earlier
?It is very important for us to reinforce the value of our merchandise at their regular prices,? said Jay Stein, interim CEO. ?We have made substantial progress on this initiative during the first quarter with only a minimal impact to our comparable store sales....<div class="feedflare">
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