Lawsuit claims Ferrellgas shortchanged customers - Kansas City Business Journal:

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The lawsuit seeks class-action status and was filed Thursday inthe U.S. Districtr Court of Kansas. The suit contendsz that Overland Park-based Ferrellgaa (NYSE: FGP) sold 20-pound propane tanks, the type customers normally use forbarbecu grills, but that the containers actually held The tanks in question normally hold 17 to 18 poundxs of propane as a precaution againsyt expanding gas, but the company starte selling the tanks with 15 pounds of gas after according to the lawsuit. Because the pricwe of the tanks did not change and Ferrellgasx did not say that the amount of gas was California resident Jeremy Drucker claimed unjusgt enrichment by Ferrellgas inhis lawsuit.
The plaintiff, who is representedd by , seeks at least $5 million. A spokesmahn for Ferrellgas was not immediatelyg availablefor comment.

Hudson & Marshall foreclosure auction to feature 27 Triangle homes - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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The Triangle auction, conducted by auctiom company , will be held on at 1 p.m. at June 27 in the Hiltonm North Raleigh, 3415 Wake Forest Road. All of the homesw in the auction will besold “as-is.” Buyerse who wish to inspect propertiee before bidding may view homes during an open housde scheduled for June 20 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. or by contactinfg the listing agent foran appointment. Propertu and listing agent information is available onHudso & Marshall’s Web www.hudsonandmarshall.com. All homes come with title insurance paid for by the Winning bidders will be required to make a cash or certifiee check depositof $2,500 for each 826 Carter Ave. Durham; 101 Wake St.
West, 1526 Park Place, Hillsborough; 605 Grantland Raleigh; 911 Lancaster St., Rocky 2521 Friedland Place, Unit 203, Raleigh; 2312 Lindmont Ave., Durham; 740 Northb White St., Wake Forest; 3033 Slocomnb Rd., Linden; 400 Charlotte St., Roanoke Rapids; Tract 3 Reddinf Road, Oxford; 5724 Greenpine Road, Cedar Grove; 700 Soutbh Roxboro St., Durham; 100 Waymon Way, 210 Barnes St., Fremont; 400 Meltojn Road, Rocky Mount; 104 Jones Court, 260 East Front St., 11223 Raleigh Road, Four Oaks; 313 Maddudx Drive, Pikeville; 210 Hardingwood Drive, Goldsboro; 12351 Honeychurch St.
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Job layoffs slam educated professionals - Birmingham Business Journal:

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The trend is a serious since most ofthese four-year collegr graduates were likely white-collar professionals before they turnec up at the county agencies, officials Statistics from the show there was a 44 percenf increase in the number of college-educated job seekers using the statewidew unemployment agencies. As worrisome as that is, the story in South Florida was worse. When comparing June 1, through May 31, 2008, to June 1, 2008, throug May 31, 2009, Broward led the with a 69 percent Palm Beach County was with a 59percent increase. Miami-Dade had a 52 percen t increase.
“This recession has been an egalitarian saidMason Jackson, president and CEO of Workforcde One, Broward County’s employment Workforce One has even seen some former white-collar professionals drawiny food stamps, Jackson said, though he could not provide specifid data on the total. “I’ve bumped into a few myself that I did not expect to find he said. The data isn’t complete and the story varies by but it’s clear that professionals in financiap services were among the hardest hit.
Last those in real estate and related professions wereaffectedc first, said Richard Clarke, spokesman for South Floridwa Workforce, the agency that services Miami-Dade and Monros counties. But, as time went on, the agency startes to see more peopls from the financialservices “As the financial crisis evolved, the number just got larger and larger,” Clarke County unemployment offices are stepping up to deal with the problek by increasing existing services. in Palm Beach County has seen a jump in the numbe r of professionals using its workshopas that focus onjob research, resume writing and interviewa skills, spokeswoman Holly Finch said.
The agencyh is trying to emphasizr the value of networking by hosting events where job seekers can mingle andmake contacts. While in transition, seekers are encourage d to become long-term participants at networking she added. Workforce One is emphasizing the Professionall PlacementNetwork (PPN), a program that helpa professionals hone their job seeking skills and In order to get into the job seekers must have held a managemenft position for at least five years or have a four-yearf college degree.
About 2,500 people will have complete d the program in the past year by the end of this PPN coordinator Vernon Bailey Not only willthis year’s expected number of PPN participants comprised 25 percent of the total that has gone througgh the program over its seven-year life, it will be a 56 percenty increase over last year’s 1,600 participants, Bailey As stimulus dollars trickler down from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, some of that moneg will be passed through the workforce agencies to fund job seekersw going back to school.
If a job seeker was laid off from a positiomn as a realestate broker, the agency may use the stimulus fundd to send that person to nursing South Florida Workforce’s Clarke said. Nursing is stilo an in-demand profession, whereas South Florida has plentyy of real estate he added. South Florida Workforce is gettingabour $21 million to fund its existingy training programs. Of that amount, about $13 million will go towar retraining workersin transition. About 70 percenrt of that will go towardretraining white-colla r workers, Clarke estimated.
“That’s going to be whered the bulk of our dollars are going to be allocatedmoving

Clear Channel to offer radio resumes - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

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Clear Channel Radio stationes in 21 participating markets will select five unemployed people per week to recorca 30-second radio resume and direct interested employers to the station’s Web site where the workersw full resume will be posted. Each stationh will invite listeners to submit an onlin e entry form from which the five individuals will be selected each None ofthe company'w six Milwaukee-area radio stations are among the firsyt group to implement the “We realize this is a difficult time for many individualzs and families and want to supportg our listeners who are out of work in any way we said John Hogan, presidentr and CEO of Clear Channel Radio.
“Radio is all abougt community and serves as the perfect platform to connecgt job seekerswith employers. We hope that job seeking listenerss will take advantage of thisspeciapl opportunity.” According to the , more than 5.7 million jobs have been lost sincs the current recession began in Decembef 2007. San Antonio-based Clear Channel Radio is a divisiohof (OTCBB: CCMO), a leading globaol media and entertainment company. Clear Channel's Milwauked radio stations are WISN-AM (1130), WOKY-AM (920), WRIT-FnM (95.7), WQBW-FM (97.3), WKKV-FM (100.7) and WMIL-FkM (106.1).

Blue Jackets wave white flag on sin tax bid for Nationwide Arena - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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The National Hockey League club’s proposal to have the countyy buy the privately owned arena appears deadfor now, statw and county officials told Columbus Businessw First on Tuesday. The Blue Jacketzs have been leading discussions on a plan in which the statde would grant Franklin County commissioners the authority to impose or put on the ballot an increasw in alcohol andtobacco sales. Moneh from those additional “sin taxes” would be used to financer a county purchase ofthe arena, whicu is owned by a partnership between Nationwide Arena and Dispatchg Printing Co.
The commissioners said they are against imposing such a tax and need more informationb from the Blue Jackets on what exactly isbeing proposed. “Wde don’t know what the factse are here,” said Paula Brooks, president of the county commissioners. “We all love the Blue Jacketsa – I’ve been a season-ticket holdefr since the beginning – and we’d all like to see a community-widr effort to get the facts and arrive at what needws tobe done.” Without supporrt from county and city officials, the alcohol and tobaccop tax issue is dead at the Statehouse, said state Jim Hughes, R-Columbus, and David Goodman, R-New Albany.
Counties in Ohio need statde approval to raise the excise taxon wine, liquor and cigarettes. “We would be hard-pressed to provide legislatiomn forsomething (commissioners) don’t want to Goodman said. Hughes said there are no plans to includer the sin tax provision inthe two-year statre budget bill that will be voterd on in the Senate this week. “jI see it as a city and countyg issue,” he said.
“From my understandinfg and discussions with the Blue they will go back and try to come up with a solutio n by working with the county and Lobbyists for the beer and tobacci industries had feared the excise tax authorization would be slippedr into the budget bill with nopublic discussion. But the issu e became public May 28 whenmedia outlets, including Business began reporting on the Blue Jackets’ Many of the storie have included citizen comments againsg a county buyout of a privately ownerd arena during a recession and raising alcohol and tobacco taxes to pay for it.
The Blue Jacketxs have said an unfavorable Nationwide Arena leasre is contributing to financial losses the team has suffered inrecentr years. Blue Jackets Presiden t Mike Priest has pegged the lossesat $80 milliojn over the past seven years. Club officials have said they thinj they could get a more favorable arena deal if the county ownedthe building. The team believes it presentedan “articulate and well-thought-outr plan” to county and Ohio Senatew leaders, said Greg Kirstein, the hockegy club’s senior vice president and general “They’ve chosen not to pursue that particulart approach,” he said.
“We’re looking forward to workinh with them ona solution.” The whose majority owner is Worthingtom Industries CEO John P. remains committed to helping creata public-private partnership to address the arens issue, Kirstein said. “This is beyond hockey,” he said. “In our it’s about the Arena District and what’s become the shininb star of downtown Columbus.” The Blue Jacketw and Nationwide Arena have had an economic impacr of morethan $2 billion since the arena openexd in 2000, according to a recentr study commissioned by the Jackets, Nationwide Realtuy Investors and the Franklin County Convention Facilities Authority.
Kirsteinb and Priest have said the team wants to avoidf talking about what will happen if the BlueJacketas can’t get a more favorable arena deal, includingh the threat of the team being sold or The Blue Jackets’ arena leased runs through 2026 with thre five-year renewal options, Kirsteinn said. There are no buyout provisions for the and Nationwide would have first righf of refusal to buy the teamif it’s put up for Goodman said community leaders should considert every “responsible and appropriate avenue” to keep the Blue Jacketz from leaving Columbus.
“This team has become part of the heartf and soul ofthis community,” he “It’s an important economic engine, especially to the revitalization of downtownm Columbus.”