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Wednesday, April 4, 2012
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Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Family of 16th President Visits Home of 1st President ? Abraham ...
April 2, 1862
A Navy steamer, commanded by Lieutenant John Dahlgren, transported the Lincoln Family ? including sister-in-law Elizabeth Todd Edwards and her husband Ninian ? to Mount Vernon, where they visited for about an hour and a half in the early afternoon while President Lincoln remained aboard the ship.?? Among the guests of the presidential party was Mary Hay, aunt of presidential secretary John Hay.? She wrote her husband Milton, a longtime legal colleague of Lincoln: ?The President looks much as he did when he left Springfield ? and tells jokes yet. I had the happiness of sitting by him ? and conversing with him for some time ? but, did not know how to flatter his vanity as some others did.? Back at the White House, President Lincoln wrote a Philadelphia man to thank him ?for your present of White Rabbits? for Tad Lincoln.? ?He is very much pleased with them.?
Back in Washington, doubts were growing about General George B. McClellan and the adequacy of the troops left behind by McClellan to defend Washington. General James Wadsworth, the general commanding the capital?s defense, reported that he had less than 20,000 raw recruits under him.? Senator Orville H. Browning, whose wife and daughter had accompanied the presidential party to Mount Vernon, made one of his customary visits to the White House, writing in his diary: ?At night I went up to the Presidents and had a talk with him about Genl McClelland [sic] whose loyalty is beginning to be questioned in some quarters?? I asked him if he still had confidence in McClelland?s fidelity.? He assured me he had, and that he had never had any reason to doubt it.? That he had now gone to Fortress Monroe with his Command, with orders to move on Richmond without delay, and that only on yesterday when McClelland came to take leave of him preparatory to marching, he shed tears when speaking of the cruel imputations upon his loyalty, and defending himself against them?? The President added that Genl Scott and all the leading military men around him, had always assured him that McClelland possessed a very high order of military talent, and that he did not think they could all be mistaken ? yet he was not fully satisfied with his conduct of the war ? that he was not sufficiently energetic and aggressive in his measures ? that he had studied McClelland and taken his measure as well as he could ? that he thought he had the capacity to make arrangements properly for a great conflict, but as the hour for action approached he became nervous and oppressed with the responsibility and hesitated to meet the crisis, but that he had given him peremptory orders to move now, and he must do it.?? Whilst we were in conversation Mr. Secretary Stanton came in.
Supposing he had private business I proposed to leave, but both he and the President insisted that I should remain, and I did so.? Stanton then commenced a conversation about McClelland, saying that there was a very general distrust of his loyalty growing up in the Country.? He then took from his pocket a letter, which he said he had just received from one of the first men of the Nation, who was known to both the President and myself, but whose name he would not mention, and read from it a passage stating that McClelland some time in 1860 had been initiated as a Knight of the Golden Circle by Jeff Davis ? that Davis still had great power and influence over him, and that he would do nothing against the reels which would be inconsistent with his obligations as a Knight of the golden Circle, and that disaster would come upon us as long as he was continued in Command.? Stanton added that he did not believe these imputations of disloyalty, but they were believed extensively and did us injury?? When we left the President Stanton took me in his carriage and brought me home.? As we rode down the Avenue he expressed the opinion that McClelland ought to have been removed long ago, and a fear that he was not in earnest, and said that he did not think he could emancipate himself from the influence of Jeff Davis, and feared he was not willing to do any thing calculated greatly to damage the cause of secession, and that if I would propose the President to appoint Co N B Buford of Illinois a Majr Genl. And give him the Command of the army here he would second my application.
He [Stanton] said that when McDowell was appointed he was greatly dissatisfied ? thought him unfit for the place, and when he lost the battle of Bull Run he denounced him fiercely, but since he became Secy of War, and had had much official communication with McDowell, and heard his explanations of the battle of Bull Run he was satisfied he had done him injustice, and with shame for having said it, he took back all he had said?? That he was now satisfied that he was an able officer, more able than any on the Potomac, and an earnest, gallant man intent upon doing his duty.
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Monday, April 2, 2012
Sales Management Program Combines Creativity And Business ...
Web-based-sales-and-marketing-serviceSales Management Program Combines Creativity And Business Skills
Article by Emma
Excellent interpersonal skills, excellent listening and oral communication skills, self-directed, thrive under pressure, highly organized: If these words describe you, the Graduate Certificate program in Marketing ? Sales and Account Management may be your route to career success. This sales management program takes just two semesters to complete and focuses on ensuring that students gain a solid foundation in the intricacies of acquiring and maintaining relationships with major client accounts.
Conducted out of Progress Campus ? which is Centennial College?s largest campus, centrally located and houses many of the institutions business programs ? this undertaking provides ample opportunity for networking. In addition, students can speak to their professors about industry opportunities as these professionals come from the sales management field with extensive experience in sales, negotiation and account management in the business-to-business realm.
An ideal balance between theory and hands-on learning is provided so that students are equipped with a wide range of skills upon graduation that will make them instantly employable. The undertaking extensively uses learner-centered approaches such as: role-playing, simulation and cases, with a focus on developing selling, negotiating and presentation skills. Hands-on training is also provided in using sales force automation software. Specific courses within the sales management program include: Case Analysis and Marketing Metrics, Fundamentals of Selling, Fundamentals of Project Management, B2B Marketing, Strategic Account Development, Sales and Account Management and others.
In order to graduate from the sales management program, students must maintain a C grade average and an overall GPA of 2.0. Once they receive their Ontario College Graduate Certificate, graduates of the sales management program walk away with enough knowledge to apply for a number of jobs. If, however, students would like to gain even more experience, an optional third semester internship in the sales account management program is available.
Those interested in applying to this sales management program must submit an official transcript demonstrating proof of successful completion of a post-secondary advanced diploma or degree program. They may also be required to conduct an interview with officials, submit a resume and undergo an English and/or math skills assessment. Centennial College will also consider applicants presenting a combination of partial post-secondary education and relevant work experience, open to all disciplines.
Upon sales management program graduation, students go onto have careers are: key account managers, account executives, commercial sales representatives, sales specialists, technical sales representatives, sales consultants, sales coordinators, inside sales representatives, territory sales representatives and more. Despite the different positions, essentially, the field of Marketing: Sales and Account Management involves acquiring and maintaining relationships with major client accounts of mid to large sized companies that have their own sales force. These companies range from ones who handle medical and dental technology to those offering software and pharmaceutical products.
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Emma authored this article about Centennial College?s Sales Account Management Program undertaking, which includes courses such as B2B Marketing, Strategic Account Development and more.
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Below Are Tips To Follow When Purchasing Commercial Properties
Commercial real estate can be a tempting potential revenue source for property investors. Smart investors stay aware of the fact that commercial real estate is a different game from ordinary residential real estate, though. This article presents some of the specialized concerns real estate investors should keep in mind when they decide to enter the commercial market.
Cleaning up your neighborhood can work wonders for your property(best location to start a business) value, especially if there are several run-down or abandoned buildings in your area. The best thing to do is report any health or safety risks to the authorities. These types of safety risks can include, shattered windows, rusty fences, debris and things of this nature. If the authorities will clean out the neighborhood for you, you can end up saving money on demolition and increasing the overall, neighborhood real estate values.
Make sure you and your assets are sufficiently protected. You should of course have insurance, but what if you lose a lawsuit? Consult with a lawyer before you face a lawsuit to find out which measures you can take to protect your assets. You could for instance set up a limited liability company and buy and rent buildings through it to protect your personal possessions.
Be sure you do your research before buying properties from sheriff or tax sales. While these sales are a great way to get a deal on a property, you need to know in advance if any of the properties available have other outstanding liens (a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty). Once you become the owner of the property, you may also be responsible for settling these liens.
When trying to flip a house, you want it to look nice. A cheap front door can really hurt your chances of selling the house since it makes the house look cheap. If the door is solid and in good shape, you can probably get away with just painting it, but if it's not in good shape, just replace it.
Remember when buying commercial real estate that the loans are structured differently than residential real estate loans. Buying a triplex is the same as buying a commercial property and it is not eligible for a residential loan. So remember when looking for commercial property, know the facts on commercial real estate loans before buying.
You might need to pay a contractor to repair or improve the buildings you have bought. Make sure you are hiring someone who will do the job seriously. Always check a company's credentials, and ask your real estate broker to recommend a contractor if necessary. Agree on a price before they start working.
If you are planning on investing in an apartment complex, think big. The more apartment spaces you have to rent, the greater your profit potential. Think of it this way; as long as you have to take out a loan to finance the building, you may as well make it worth your while. Not only can you earn more money with a larger building, but in most cases it is no more difficult to manage than a smaller building.
Just because you're a commercial real estate(best locations for business) beginner doesn't mean you have to buy an apartment building! Instead, consider office buildings, strip malls, industrial parks, empty land, or even other residential types like trailer parks. There are so many different choices available that you need to weigh them all equally.
As previously stated above, commercial real estate includes property that is used for generating profit, whether it is rental profit or capital profit. Taking part in the commercial real estate market, in order to become a commercial real investor, is a simple as following the advice provided in this article.
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Sunday, April 1, 2012
Upgrades & Downgrades: Casual Friday Suits The Gap Just Fine ...
The?S&P 500 Index?(^GSPC) closed inexorably in on its best first quarter since 1998 while over on the?NYSE?a 92.31% debut gain in?Millennial Media?(MM) revived memories of skyrocketing stocks at the dawn of the century. As for the?Dow?(^DJI),?on the 13th anniversary of a first ever close above over 10,000, it partied like 1999. Admittedly, blue chips increased only 19.61 points but that still represented an impressive recovery from an earlier 94 point swoon, and ensured they snapped a three-day slump to end the session as the only major average in positive territory.?Red Hat?(RHT), whose open source operating system was developed by Helsinki-born Linus Torvalds, enjoyed an especially strong Finnish to Q1, advancing 19.54% in reaching its best level in a dozen years. Back then sexy Internet IPOs were all the rage but these days it is decidedly more humdrum products that are lining investors? pockets. Twenty four hours after organic food firm?Annie?s Inc(BNNY) jumped 89.05%, ball-bearing maker?Rexnord?(RXN) rose 11.11% in its own first day of trading. Just in time for today?s movie opening about?women?s ongoing love affair with pumps, Payless shoes parent?Collective Brands?(PSS) added 8.41%. (Of course, in a world where?macho quarterback Tom Brady is an Ugg endorser, men have their own equivalent.?Rocky Brands?(RCKY), maker of footwear for construction workers and law enforcement, ended up 4.46%.)
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Princeton National Bancorp?(PNBC) added 85.01% to top the?Nasdaq?(^IXIC), leaving shareholders happy they stayed in the stock.?Harvard meanwhile is harder than ever to get into?but?Mitt Romney may want to start admitting he went there with Obama, especially after?Crimson Exploration?(CXPO) surged 19.15%. The singularly misnamed?Best Buy?(BBY) slid 6.95%. The big box retailer now invariably finds itself mocked as ?Amazon?s (AMZN) showroom?, so to see a simultaneous?analyst initiation of the latter must have added insult to injury. LED manufacturer?Nexxus Lighting?(NEXS), was downgraded but actually ended up 1.23%; in a world where?Uncle Sam insists $50 is inexpensive for a light bulb,?their profit margins must be fat. And America experienced a bout of?Mega Millions mania ahead of tonight?s record jackpot. The odds of winning, 1 in 176 million, are considerably less than being struck by lightning but?hey, you never know. This morning in economics, we get March?s Chicago Purchasing Managers Index at 9:45 am Eastern, with the final figure for this month?s University of Michigan?s consumer sentiment survey following at 9:55 am. Today?s earnings announcements are expected to include?Birner Dental Management?(BDMS),?Finish Line?(FINL),?MFC Industrial?(MIL), and?Natuzzi SpA?(NTZ).
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Initiations:
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Lululemon Athletica?(LULU): Shares are begun with a Buy at UBS.
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Peoples Bancorp?(PEBO): Keefe Bruyette establishes an Outperform rating and $21 price objective.
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Beam Inc?(BEAM): The branded distilled spirits producer, a recent spin-off, is initiated with a Buy at Suntrust.
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Casual dining:?Buffalo Wild Wings?(BWLD) is a new Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley, which begins?BJ Restaurants?(BJRI) at Overweight.
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Commodity companies:?Pan American Silver?(PAAS) is begun with a Buy and $31 target price at Deutsche Bank, which has a Hold on?Hecla Mining?(HL).
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REITs:?Kilroy Realty?(KRC) is resumed with a Sell at Cantor Fitzgerald amid an uncompelling current valuation. By contrast, the broker begins Buy rated coverage on Boston Properties?(BXP),?Brandywine Realty?(BDN), and?SL Green Realty?(SLG)
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Steel stocks:?AK Steel?(AKS) is a new Neutral at Nomura, which begins Buys on rivals US Steel?(X), and?Steel Dynamics?(STLD).
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Health plan providers:?Amerigroup?(AGP),?Molina Healthcare?(MOH), and Centene?(CNC) are all begun with Buys at Jefferies
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Incyte?(INCY): INCY is initiated with a Buy at ThinkEquity.
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Lufkin Industries?(LUFK): The oil and gas outfit launched with a Buy recommendation and $96 target at Dahlman Rose. They say if efficiencies are successful in 2012, there could be additional margin expansion.
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United Natural Foods?(UNFI): Shares are started with a Sell and $33 target at Cantor Fitzgerald on concerns the rate of earnings appreciation has become somewhat decoupled from top-line growth trends.
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Websense?(WBSN): The stock is initiated with a Market Perform at JMP Securities.
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Upgrades:
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Walt Disney?(DIS): The Dow member is upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Lazard.
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Discovery Communications?(DISCA): Lazard lifts the company to Buy from Neutral.
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Gap Inc?(GPS): The suddenly fashionable clothing company, which hit a 52-week peak on Monday, is boosted to Buy from Neutral at Janney Scott. The broker, who has a $33 target, sees evidence of product improvement with trend-right color and fashion items.
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LinkedIn?(LNKD): The stock is lifted to Positive from Neutral at Susquehanna.
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CPI Aerostructures?(CVU): CVU is upgraded to Buy from Hold at Capstone.
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Vivus Inc?(VVUS): The company is upgraded to Buy from Hold at Brean Murray.
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Wyndham Worldwide?(WYN): Shares are higher before the bell after getting upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
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Downgrades:
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Accretive Health?(AH): AH is now Neutral from Outperform with a new lower target of $21 at Robert W. Baird, which cites the surprise loss of a large account,
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France Telecom?(FTE): FTE is taken to Sell from Neutral at Citigroup.
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InvenSense?(INVN): The company is cut to Perform from Outperform with a $15 objective at Oppenheimer.
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Kindred Healthcare?(KND): KND is cut to Market Perform from Outperform with Wells Fargo
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Raytheon?(RTN): RBC Capital reduces RTN to Sector Perform from Outperform.
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Select Medical?(SEM): Shares are moved to Market Perform from Outperform with Wells.
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U.S. Bancorp?(USB): The financial firm is downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at BMO Capital.
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Princeton National Bancorp?(PNBC) added 85.01% to top the?Nasdaq?(^IXIC), leaving shareholders happy they stayed in the stock.?Harvard meanwhile is harder than ever to get into?but?Mitt Romney may want to start admitting he went there with Obama, especially after?Crimson Exploration?(CXPO) surged 19.15%. The singularly misnamed?Best Buy?(BBY) slid 6.95%. The big box retailer now invariably finds itself mocked as ?Amazon?s (AMZN) showroom?, so to see a simultaneous?analyst initiation of the latter must have added insult to injury. LED manufacturer?Nexxus Lighting?(NEXS), was downgraded but actually ended up 1.23%; in a world where?Uncle Sam insists $50 is inexpensive for a light bulb,?their profit margins must be fat. And America experienced a bout of?Mega Millions mania ahead of tonight?s record jackpot. The odds of winning, 1 in 176 million, are considerably less than being struck by lightning but?hey, you never know. This morning in economics, we get March?s Chicago Purchasing Managers Index at 9:45 am Eastern, with the final figure for this month?s University of Michigan?s consumer sentiment survey following at 9:55 am. Today?s earnings announcements are expected to include?Birner Dental Management?(BDMS),?Finish Line?(FINL),?MFC Industrial?(MIL), and?Natuzzi SpA?(NTZ).
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Initiations:
?
Lululemon Athletica?(LULU): Shares are begun with a Buy at UBS.
?
Peoples Bancorp?(PEBO): Keefe Bruyette establishes an Outperform rating and $21 price objective.
?
Beam Inc?(BEAM): The branded distilled spirits producer, a recent spin-off, is initiated with a Buy at Suntrust.
?
Casual dining:?Buffalo Wild Wings?(BWLD) is a new Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley, which begins?BJ Restaurants?(BJRI) at Overweight.
?
Commodity companies:?Pan American Silver?(PAAS) is begun with a Buy and $31 target price at Deutsche Bank, which has a Hold on?Hecla Mining?(HL).
?
REITs:?Kilroy Realty?(KRC) is resumed with a Sell at Cantor Fitzgerald amid an uncompelling current valuation. By contrast, the broker begins Buy rated coverage on Boston Properties?(BXP),?Brandywine Realty?(BDN), and?SL Green Realty?(SLG)
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Steel stocks:?AK Steel?(AKS) is a new Neutral at Nomura, which begins Buys on rivals US Steel?(X), and?Steel Dynamics?(STLD).
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Health plan providers:?Amerigroup?(AGP),?Molina Healthcare?(MOH), and Centene?(CNC) are all begun with Buys at Jefferies
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Incyte?(INCY): INCY is initiated with a Buy at ThinkEquity.
?
Lufkin Industries?(LUFK): The oil and gas outfit launched with a Buy recommendation and $96 target at Dahlman Rose. They say if efficiencies are successful in 2012, there could be additional margin expansion.
?
United Natural Foods?(UNFI): Shares are started with a Sell and $33 target at Cantor Fitzgerald on concerns the rate of earnings appreciation has become somewhat decoupled from top-line growth trends.
?
Websense?(WBSN): The stock is initiated with a Market Perform at JMP Securities.
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Upgrades:
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Walt Disney?(DIS): The Dow member is upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Lazard.
?
Discovery Communications?(DISCA): Lazard lifts the company to Buy from Neutral.
?
Gap Inc?(GPS): The suddenly fashionable clothing company, which hit a 52-week peak on Monday, is boosted to Buy from Neutral at Janney Scott. The broker, who has a $33 target, sees evidence of product improvement with trend-right color and fashion items.
?
LinkedIn?(LNKD): The stock is lifted to Positive from Neutral at Susquehanna.
?
CPI Aerostructures?(CVU): CVU is upgraded to Buy from Hold at Capstone.
?
Vivus Inc?(VVUS): The company is upgraded to Buy from Hold at Brean Murray.
?
Wyndham Worldwide?(WYN): Shares are higher before the bell after getting upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
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Downgrades:
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Accretive Health?(AH): AH is now Neutral from Outperform with a new lower target of $21 at Robert W. Baird, which cites the surprise loss of a large account,
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France Telecom?(FTE): FTE is taken to Sell from Neutral at Citigroup.
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InvenSense?(INVN): The company is cut to Perform from Outperform with a $15 objective at Oppenheimer.
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Kindred Healthcare?(KND): KND is cut to Market Perform from Outperform with Wells Fargo
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Raytheon?(RTN): RBC Capital reduces RTN to Sector Perform from Outperform.
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Select Medical?(SEM): Shares are moved to Market Perform from Outperform with Wells.
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U.S. Bancorp?(USB): The financial firm is downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at BMO Capital.
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