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Public Bidding Lax For Engineers Northampton County Exec Says All Contracts Are Competitive
Public Bidding Lax For Engineers Northampton County Exec Says All Contracts Are Competitive. But Some Political Donors Seldom Compete.
February 13, 2000by NANCY AVERETT, The Morning Call
Northampton County Executive Glenn Reibman prides himself on the fact that he publicly advertises for bids before deciding who gets professional service contracts with the county, something he is not required to do.
But when it comes to hiring engineers, the Reibman administration may not have as competitive a process as other counties.
In 1998,van cleef arpels earrings alhambra replica, the Reibman administration selected two firms,van cleef clover earrings replica, Van Cleef Engineering of Bethlehem and Base Engineering Inc. of Allentown, and gave them open ended long term contracts. Those contracts allow the county to give those companies most of its engineering projects without additional public bidding.
In 1998 and 1999, Van Cleef billed the county $350,000. In 1999,van cleef & arpels earrings replica, Base Engineering billed the county $82,000. Both firms have employees who are contributors to Reibman's campaign fund. Van Cleef's have given $5,000. An employee at Base Engineering has given $500.
In addition, Van Cleef subcontracts county work to the architectural firm Cordaro Stevenson Associates of Bethlehem, which has an employee who has contributed $1,100 to Reibman. That firm was paid $150,000 for county work in 1999.
On June 25 and June 30,replica van cleef mini alhambra earrings, 1998, the Reibman administration ran an advertisement in local newspapers, asking for a firm to perform general engineering services for the county.
Eight companies applied and a committee that included county solicitor John Spirk and county Administration Director James Hickey evaluated the proposals. The committee chose Van Cleef and Base Engineering.
Because of the range of services and varying prices proposed by the firms that competed for the contract, it is difficult to determine which company was the low bidder.
As to when Van Cleef and Base Engineering were awarded their contracts, the details are fuzzy. Reibman and his staff, though, said they have created a paper trail so the public can scrutinize how they award professional service contracts.
Hickey said the two firms were probably told they were hired in August or September, but he said it might be difficult to find the letter sent to the firms. He said it's possible they were notified verbally.
In addition, Van Cleef and Base Engineering began working for the county months before any contracts were signed. Van Cleef, for instance, began work in October 1998 but did not sign a contract until the following June. Base began work about the same time but did not sign a contract until the following April.
Hickey said it took time for the county's legal staff to create the contracts because they did not have a satisfactory professional services contract leftover from Brackbill's administration.
The administration's lack of organization of bids and contracts was criticized in a report last year from county Controller John Schimmell who noted that, at times, contract documentation was missing because of clerical mishaps.
Hickey said they are working to correct such problems. Nothing was in place when (the Reibman administration ) took over, he said. It's been a constantly evolving process.
He and Reibman insist that Northampton is one of the few counties that publicly bid out professional service contractors. They say, Republican Bill Brackbill, the county administrator prior to Reibman, never had such a competitive process in place.
In some counties, they just give them out, Reibman said. They just call up whomever they want and say here's a job for you. We've changed the way that's done.
But Brackbill and officials from two neighboring counties Lehigh and Bucks say that is not quite the case.
Lehigh County officials say they, too, advertise publicly before awarding such contracts. Bucks County officials say they may not run an ad in the newspaper, but they solicit proposals from a number of firms and evaluate them before giving out contracts.
Brackbill said he followed a procedure similar to Bucks County's. He also said that his administration undertook very few construction projects. And he said with one of the major projects, a $9 million renovation to the county juvenile justice center, courthouse employees were asked to help with the selection of who got the contract.
Alvin H. Butz Inc., a construction management firm, won that contract. Brackbill said the company is the only one with a county contract that donated to his campaign. A Butz employee gave $500. The juvenile justice center project continued under Reibman's administration and Butz's employees have since given more than $6,500 to Reibman's fund.
And while Reibman's administration publicly advertised for the general engineering position, it did something that several other area counties don't do awarded long term, open ended contracts and routinely award projects to Van Cleef and Base without additional bidding.
Public Bidding Lax For Engineers Northampton County Exec Says All Contracts Are Competitive. But Some Political Donors Seldom Compete.
February 13, 2000by NANCY AVERETT, The Morning Call
Northampton County Executive Glenn Reibman prides himself on the fact that he publicly advertises for bids before deciding who gets professional service contracts with the county, something he is not required to do.
But when it comes to hiring engineers, the Reibman administration may not have as competitive a process as other counties.
In 1998,van cleef arpels earrings alhambra replica, the Reibman administration selected two firms,van cleef clover earrings replica, Van Cleef Engineering of Bethlehem and Base Engineering Inc. of Allentown, and gave them open ended long term contracts. Those contracts allow the county to give those companies most of its engineering projects without additional public bidding.
In 1998 and 1999, Van Cleef billed the county $350,000. In 1999,van cleef & arpels earrings replica, Base Engineering billed the county $82,000. Both firms have employees who are contributors to Reibman's campaign fund. Van Cleef's have given $5,000. An employee at Base Engineering has given $500.
In addition, Van Cleef subcontracts county work to the architectural firm Cordaro Stevenson Associates of Bethlehem, which has an employee who has contributed $1,100 to Reibman. That firm was paid $150,000 for county work in 1999.
On June 25 and June 30,replica van cleef mini alhambra earrings, 1998, the Reibman administration ran an advertisement in local newspapers, asking for a firm to perform general engineering services for the county.
Eight companies applied and a committee that included county solicitor John Spirk and county Administration Director James Hickey evaluated the proposals. The committee chose Van Cleef and Base Engineering.
Because of the range of services and varying prices proposed by the firms that competed for the contract, it is difficult to determine which company was the low bidder.
As to when Van Cleef and Base Engineering were awarded their contracts, the details are fuzzy. Reibman and his staff, though, said they have created a paper trail so the public can scrutinize how they award professional service contracts.
Hickey said the two firms were probably told they were hired in August or September, but he said it might be difficult to find the letter sent to the firms. He said it's possible they were notified verbally.
In addition, Van Cleef and Base Engineering began working for the county months before any contracts were signed. Van Cleef, for instance, began work in October 1998 but did not sign a contract until the following June. Base began work about the same time but did not sign a contract until the following April.
Hickey said it took time for the county's legal staff to create the contracts because they did not have a satisfactory professional services contract leftover from Brackbill's administration.
The administration's lack of organization of bids and contracts was criticized in a report last year from county Controller John Schimmell who noted that, at times, contract documentation was missing because of clerical mishaps.
Hickey said they are working to correct such problems. Nothing was in place when (the Reibman administration ) took over, he said. It's been a constantly evolving process.
He and Reibman insist that Northampton is one of the few counties that publicly bid out professional service contractors. They say, Republican Bill Brackbill, the county administrator prior to Reibman, never had such a competitive process in place.
In some counties, they just give them out, Reibman said. They just call up whomever they want and say here's a job for you. We've changed the way that's done.
But Brackbill and officials from two neighboring counties Lehigh and Bucks say that is not quite the case.
Lehigh County officials say they, too, advertise publicly before awarding such contracts. Bucks County officials say they may not run an ad in the newspaper, but they solicit proposals from a number of firms and evaluate them before giving out contracts.
Brackbill said he followed a procedure similar to Bucks County's. He also said that his administration undertook very few construction projects. And he said with one of the major projects, a $9 million renovation to the county juvenile justice center, courthouse employees were asked to help with the selection of who got the contract.
Alvin H. Butz Inc., a construction management firm, won that contract. Brackbill said the company is the only one with a county contract that donated to his campaign. A Butz employee gave $500. The juvenile justice center project continued under Reibman's administration and Butz's employees have since given more than $6,500 to Reibman's fund.
And while Reibman's administration publicly advertised for the general engineering position, it did something that several other area counties don't do awarded long term, open ended contracts and routinely award projects to Van Cleef and Base without additional bidding.
Jewelers seek out red carpet exposure
It comes by Brink's truck and is hand delivered by security guards. It is served up on silver platters and in lighted glass vitrines at chi chi cocktail parties. The finest jewelry in the world is in Hollywood during the weeks leading up to the Golden Globes and Oscars. Because no matter how valuable a diamond may be, a photo of a celebrity wearing one on the red carpet is priceless.Awards show season is the Super Bowl of celebrity placement. The world's biggest jewelry brands (Harry Winston, Cartier, Chopard, Tiffany Co., Bulgari, Van Cleef Arpels, Fred Leighton, Pomellato) are competing with hometown favorites (Neil Lane, Martin Katz, Loree Rodkin), brash newcomers (Kimberly McDonald, Stephen Webster, Solange Azagury Partridge) and mass market players (Kwiat, Le Vian) for the chance to bejewel Hollywood's beauties and dazzle armchair fashion fans watching around the globe.One sparkling moment in the celebrity spotlight can be worth millions in advertising for a jewelry brand. The styles celebrities choose to wear set trends that trickle all the way down to the mall's fast fashion copycats."That image of a celebrity wearing drop earrings or a dramatic necklace and all the many ways it is shown and commented on in the weeks after the awards shows there is no way to quantify the value,van cleef pink necklace replica," says Victoria Gomelsky,butterfly van cleef necklace replica, editor of JCK magazine, a trade publication for retail jewelers. The Tiffany tassel earrings worn by Natalie Portman at last year's Academy Awards "had an enormous repercussion on the market." Jewelry worn in the hair is another trend that was sparked by celebrities wearing brooches and bracelets in their awards night 'dos. And Le Vian successfully changed the perception of brown diamonds by renaming them "chocolate diamonds" and lending them to Halle Berry and other celebrities to wear on the red carpet.For jewelers doing the lending,vintage alhambra necklace 11 motifs replica, having a piece on the red carpet "ratchets up the sense of mystique about a brand and creates awareness," Gomelsky says. The red carpet has become so central to the industry that some brands are willing to pay celebrities to wear their jewelry. For last year's Academy Awards, Tiffany Co. reportedly paid Anne Hathaway $750,000 to wear Tiffany jewels onstage while she was hosting the event. And Gwyneth Paltrow was rumored to have picked up a $500,000 paycheck to wear pieces from Louis Vuitton's L'Ame du Voyage fine jewelry collection. (Neither brand has commented on the specifics, and it's not in a business' best interest to be too public about paying for exposure, but over the last few years some labels have acknowledged having "contractual relationships" with stars.)Swiss jeweler Chopard is co hosting a Golden Globes after party Sunday with the Weinstein Co., which distributed "The Artist," and the film's star Berenice Bejo has been wearing Chopard jewels to red carpet events. Tilda Swinton, the face of Pomellato, is set to host a party Jan. 30, in the middle of awards show season, to celebrate the recent opening of Pomellato's Rodeo Drive boutique.Other jewelers use cocktails and canapes to court the attention of celebrities, hoping to build relationships and loyalties that will lead to future sales. Award season buzzes with parties designed to woo wealthy shoppers and borrowers alike.On Tuesday night at Culina at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills, for instance, Jacqueline Nerguizian was plying fashion stylists and style influencers with Champagne and her own version of a Super Bowl ring a 4 carat center diamond surrounded by princess cut sapphires. Although she has been in the business 20 years in Scottsdale, Ariz., it is the designer's first award show season.Valued at $50,000, the ring hasn't yet made it to an award show, but it did make it to the Golden Globes nomination ceremony Dec. 15. "Modern Family" star Sofia Vergara wore it and is now in the process of buying it, the designer confirmed.Up on Sunset Boulevard at Bar Nineteen 12 at the Beverly Hills Hotel, InStyle magazine and Forevermark, a diamond brand in the De Beers family,van cleef and arpels necklace fake, were showcasing sparklers by up and coming jewelry designers. Actress Michelle Williams breezed through, followed by Jessica Alba. "I am just hoping for some good placements," jewelry designer Kimberly McDonald said looking at her handiwork two bangles with nearly 70 carats of irregularly sized diamonds set inside.Earlier in the day, jeweler to the stars Neil Lane's West Hollywood store was buzzing with security guards and fashion stylists. "I'm here to pick up for Julie Benz," a young woman said to the representative behind the counter. "We want earrings and bracelets, but no necklaces."It's difficult to pin down exactly when the practice of lending jewelry for the red carpet started. By the 1930s, Paul Flato, the original jeweler to the stars, was already lending his designs to the studios for celebrities to wear in films, so it is likely that they wore them on special occasions too.
It comes by Brink's truck and is hand delivered by security guards. It is served up on silver platters and in lighted glass vitrines at chi chi cocktail parties. The finest jewelry in the world is in Hollywood during the weeks leading up to the Golden Globes and Oscars. Because no matter how valuable a diamond may be, a photo of a celebrity wearing one on the red carpet is priceless.Awards show season is the Super Bowl of celebrity placement. The world's biggest jewelry brands (Harry Winston, Cartier, Chopard, Tiffany Co., Bulgari, Van Cleef Arpels, Fred Leighton, Pomellato) are competing with hometown favorites (Neil Lane, Martin Katz, Loree Rodkin), brash newcomers (Kimberly McDonald, Stephen Webster, Solange Azagury Partridge) and mass market players (Kwiat, Le Vian) for the chance to bejewel Hollywood's beauties and dazzle armchair fashion fans watching around the globe.One sparkling moment in the celebrity spotlight can be worth millions in advertising for a jewelry brand. The styles celebrities choose to wear set trends that trickle all the way down to the mall's fast fashion copycats."That image of a celebrity wearing drop earrings or a dramatic necklace and all the many ways it is shown and commented on in the weeks after the awards shows there is no way to quantify the value,van cleef pink necklace replica," says Victoria Gomelsky,butterfly van cleef necklace replica, editor of JCK magazine, a trade publication for retail jewelers. The Tiffany tassel earrings worn by Natalie Portman at last year's Academy Awards "had an enormous repercussion on the market." Jewelry worn in the hair is another trend that was sparked by celebrities wearing brooches and bracelets in their awards night 'dos. And Le Vian successfully changed the perception of brown diamonds by renaming them "chocolate diamonds" and lending them to Halle Berry and other celebrities to wear on the red carpet.For jewelers doing the lending,vintage alhambra necklace 11 motifs replica, having a piece on the red carpet "ratchets up the sense of mystique about a brand and creates awareness," Gomelsky says. The red carpet has become so central to the industry that some brands are willing to pay celebrities to wear their jewelry. For last year's Academy Awards, Tiffany Co. reportedly paid Anne Hathaway $750,000 to wear Tiffany jewels onstage while she was hosting the event. And Gwyneth Paltrow was rumored to have picked up a $500,000 paycheck to wear pieces from Louis Vuitton's L'Ame du Voyage fine jewelry collection. (Neither brand has commented on the specifics, and it's not in a business' best interest to be too public about paying for exposure, but over the last few years some labels have acknowledged having "contractual relationships" with stars.)Swiss jeweler Chopard is co hosting a Golden Globes after party Sunday with the Weinstein Co., which distributed "The Artist," and the film's star Berenice Bejo has been wearing Chopard jewels to red carpet events. Tilda Swinton, the face of Pomellato, is set to host a party Jan. 30, in the middle of awards show season, to celebrate the recent opening of Pomellato's Rodeo Drive boutique.Other jewelers use cocktails and canapes to court the attention of celebrities, hoping to build relationships and loyalties that will lead to future sales. Award season buzzes with parties designed to woo wealthy shoppers and borrowers alike.On Tuesday night at Culina at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills, for instance, Jacqueline Nerguizian was plying fashion stylists and style influencers with Champagne and her own version of a Super Bowl ring a 4 carat center diamond surrounded by princess cut sapphires. Although she has been in the business 20 years in Scottsdale, Ariz., it is the designer's first award show season.Valued at $50,000, the ring hasn't yet made it to an award show, but it did make it to the Golden Globes nomination ceremony Dec. 15. "Modern Family" star Sofia Vergara wore it and is now in the process of buying it, the designer confirmed.Up on Sunset Boulevard at Bar Nineteen 12 at the Beverly Hills Hotel, InStyle magazine and Forevermark, a diamond brand in the De Beers family,van cleef and arpels necklace fake, were showcasing sparklers by up and coming jewelry designers. Actress Michelle Williams breezed through, followed by Jessica Alba. "I am just hoping for some good placements," jewelry designer Kimberly McDonald said looking at her handiwork two bangles with nearly 70 carats of irregularly sized diamonds set inside.Earlier in the day, jeweler to the stars Neil Lane's West Hollywood store was buzzing with security guards and fashion stylists. "I'm here to pick up for Julie Benz," a young woman said to the representative behind the counter. "We want earrings and bracelets, but no necklaces."It's difficult to pin down exactly when the practice of lending jewelry for the red carpet started. By the 1930s, Paul Flato, the original jeweler to the stars, was already lending his designs to the studios for celebrities to wear in films, so it is likely that they wore them on special occasions too.
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So the brunette beauty didn't have to stretch her imagination to swan around a lavish mansion in a retro woolen bralette and a $625 houndstooth pencil skirt.
Fans can catch more of Hadid draped in the Italian luxury brand in the August edition of Harper's Bazaar hitting newsstands Tuesday.
The nationally ranked equestrian and her 20 year old sibling both repped by IMG will debut their Balmain campaign in the August issue of Vogue.
The Hadid girls are going from strength to strength in the modelling world. Both have secured various campaigns, magazine covers, and even appear together in a new Balmain shoot.
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TJC's state funding continues downward trend
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State funding per contact hour to Tyler Junior College declined by more than 20 percent for most academic programs between the past two bienniums, according to an analysis presented Thursday by the college chief financial officer.
CFO Sarah Van Cleef,van cleef arpel fake necklace, who is also the college vice president for business affairs, presented an analysis of the state reimbursement rates per contact hour for TJC.
These rates form the basis of the state legislative appropriation to the college.
The analysis compared the changes in the reimbursement rates per contact hour in the past three bienniums, 2008 09,van cleef fake alhambra necklace, 2010 11 and 2012 13.
Sixteen contact hours equal one semester credit hour and a three credit hour class equals 48 contact hours, Ms.
However, during that same time period, the percentage of funded contact hours declined significantly.
In 2008 09, the state funded slightly more than 75 percent of TJC contact hours. In 2010 11, that dropped to about 69 percent. And, in 2012 13, that dropped to about 49 percent.
Therefore, the overall net reimbursement rate decreased in every academic discipline during that time period even thought the cost of instruction and materials did not, Ms. Van Cleef said.
This decline is not a new thing. With the state reducing its funding levels, colleges have had to place more of that funding responsibility on the students and the taxpayers, but there is a limit to what those groups can and will provide. If the college raises its tuition and fees too high, it will price itself out of the market, Ms. Van Cleef said.
She said these figures are just a tool for analysis. College administrators aren going to make decisions solely on a financial basis,van cleef arpels replica necklace, but that is a component of decision making, she said.
In other business, the board:
Approved the creation of a community health worker level 1 certificate program and a veterinary technician program. The next step is to gain approval from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. If approved, the community health worker program would be offered starting this fall, and the veterinary tech program would be offered starting in fall 2015. The veterinary technician program would include an Associate of Applied Science and certificate programs.
Approved $7.2 million in funding for the residence hall being built on the main campus. The college is expected to approve the guaranteed maximum price for the facility at the July board meeting.
Watched trustees Rohn Boone and David Hudson take the oath of office for another six year term. Both men,van cleef necklace knock off wholesale, as well as trustee Ann Brookshire, ran unopposed. Mrs. Brookshire will be sworn in at the next board meeting.
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State funding per contact hour to Tyler Junior College declined by more than 20 percent for most academic programs between the past two bienniums, according to an analysis presented Thursday by the college chief financial officer.
CFO Sarah Van Cleef,van cleef arpel fake necklace, who is also the college vice president for business affairs, presented an analysis of the state reimbursement rates per contact hour for TJC.
These rates form the basis of the state legislative appropriation to the college.
The analysis compared the changes in the reimbursement rates per contact hour in the past three bienniums, 2008 09,van cleef fake alhambra necklace, 2010 11 and 2012 13.
Sixteen contact hours equal one semester credit hour and a three credit hour class equals 48 contact hours, Ms.
However, during that same time period, the percentage of funded contact hours declined significantly.
In 2008 09, the state funded slightly more than 75 percent of TJC contact hours. In 2010 11, that dropped to about 69 percent. And, in 2012 13, that dropped to about 49 percent.
Therefore, the overall net reimbursement rate decreased in every academic discipline during that time period even thought the cost of instruction and materials did not, Ms. Van Cleef said.
This decline is not a new thing. With the state reducing its funding levels, colleges have had to place more of that funding responsibility on the students and the taxpayers, but there is a limit to what those groups can and will provide. If the college raises its tuition and fees too high, it will price itself out of the market, Ms. Van Cleef said.
She said these figures are just a tool for analysis. College administrators aren going to make decisions solely on a financial basis,van cleef arpels replica necklace, but that is a component of decision making, she said.
In other business, the board:
Approved the creation of a community health worker level 1 certificate program and a veterinary technician program. The next step is to gain approval from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. If approved, the community health worker program would be offered starting this fall, and the veterinary tech program would be offered starting in fall 2015. The veterinary technician program would include an Associate of Applied Science and certificate programs.
Approved $7.2 million in funding for the residence hall being built on the main campus. The college is expected to approve the guaranteed maximum price for the facility at the July board meeting.
Watched trustees Rohn Boone and David Hudson take the oath of office for another six year term. Both men,van cleef necklace knock off wholesale, as well as trustee Ann Brookshire, ran unopposed. Mrs. Brookshire will be sworn in at the next board meeting.
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BRIGHT FUTURE Restructuring plans are paying off at publisher Future.
The company, which owns reviews website TechCrunch and Total Film magazine, made a loss of 300,000 in the six months to March 31, compared to 1.3million a year earlier.
Future's media division performed well with revenues up 15 per cent to 13.2miller. The magazines arm saw revenues fall 12 per cent to 17million. Shares fell 1.6 per cent, by 0.14p, to 8.76p.
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The firm said passenger numbers slipped 3 per cent to 2.2million in the three months to the end of March compared to a year ago. Sales fell 6 per cent to 201million.
But June's Euro 2016 football finals have prompted a surge in ticket sales as fans head to France to support their national teams.
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Hackers used the Swift program as part of a 56million raid on Bangladesh's Central Bank, and an attempted heist in Vietnam. The company has told banks to inform it when the Swift system is involved in an attack.
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The 17 year deal is with Ascent Flight Training, a joint venture between Britain's Babcock and America's Lockheed Martin, which manages helicopters for the MoD.
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The firm blamed asset write downs of 74.8million this year, and said last year numbers had been lifted by the sale of property, bringing in a one off 1.7billion.
BRIGHT FUTURE Restructuring plans are paying off at publisher Future.
The company, which owns reviews website TechCrunch and Total Film magazine, made a loss of 300,000 in the six months to March 31, compared to 1.3million a year earlier.
Future's media division performed well with revenues up 15 per cent to 13.2miller. The magazines arm saw revenues fall 12 per cent to 17million. Shares fell 1.6 per cent, by 0.14p, to 8.76p.
TERROR BLOW Eurostar said the terrorist attack in Brussels had caused sales and passenger numbers to fall.
The firm said passenger numbers slipped 3 per cent to 2.2million in the three months to the end of March compared to a year ago. Sales fell 6 per cent to 201million.
But June's Euro 2016 football finals have prompted a surge in ticket sales as fans head to France to support their national teams.
SWIFT ACTION A payment system used by 11,000 banks is urging them to share information on cyber attacks.
Hackers used the Swift program as part of a 56million raid on Bangladesh's Central Bank, and an attempted heist in Vietnam. The company has told banks to inform it when the Swift system is involved in an attack.
STORE REBRAND The Co operative group is set to rebrand thousands of stores. The mutual, which holds its annual general meeting in Manchester today, will revamp 2,900 supermarkets and funeral care outlets.
British built Honda Civic Type R becomes the fastest. House prices in England and Wales swell to an average of,van cleef and arpel fake necklace. Shoe lovers with deep pockets required as Jimmy Choo puts. MARKETS CLOSE: London shares climb 150 points after. Sterling slump provides a windfall for income investors. Should investors jump on the Macron bandwagon or is it a. Is GDP DANGEROUS?! It may look like a harmless little. France election shock pushes euro stocks to record highs. Centrica and SSE shares tumble with energy bill cap set. SMALL CAP SHARE IDEAS: Income and capital growth on the. We'll never sell gold hot pants again: M boss is,clover replica necklace van cleef. Shamed former BP boss Tony Hayward quits the oil firm he. ALEX BRUMMER: Rothschild's sweet return as banker's,van cleef arpels fake necklace. MARKET REPORT: 384m wiped off British Gas after Tories'. Goals and Powerleague flirt with 5 a side football. Accountant Grant Thornton fined 2.3m over audit misconduct CITY DIARY: HSBC whistleblower Nicholas Wilson to contest. DAILY BRIEFING:WANdisco shares soar more than 20% on. MOST READ MONEY Previous.
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To resolve a legal dispute that surfaced among Spago's original partners last year, Wolfgang Puck and Donald Salk were ordered to pay partner Michael Elias $71,621 for use of the Spago name. Elias maintains his financial share in the original Spago, but is not involved in the Beverly Hills eatery or others being spawned in Chicago, Las Vegas, London and Tokyo.
Elias had sought an injunction against the Beverly Hills Spago, saying it created unfair competition. A second Spago would undermine his investment, Elias contended, and violate the terms of a 1981 partnership agreement in effect until 2015.
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THE DONALD DISSES AND TELLS: Donald Trump was a no show at the recent trial over his land squabble with the Los Angeles Unified School District and development of the downtown Ambassador Hotel site. But he had plenty to say in a deposition, which fell into our hands while we await a ruling in Trump's $100 million suit against the district.
First, a little background: New York real estate high roller Trump paid $64 million for the property back in 1989 and had billion dollar dreams for his first West Coast project. Maybe even the tallest building in the world. Enter the school district, which condemned the site to build a school. By the time the district abandoned its plans, Trump says in the deposition, his property values had tanked. The experience made this project his "first and last" in Los Angeles, Trump said.
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I'D LIKE TO THANK THE ACADEMY: The National Academy of Television Arts Sciences has turned to the courts to protect its 9,000 celebrity members from stalkers, crank callers, paparazzi and junk mail.
The TV academy on Thursday will ask Superior Court Judge Robert H. O'Brien for a permanent injunction blocking distribution of its membership list, which includes names, addresses and phone numbers of many small screen stars. Meanwhile, the academy is pursuing a lawsuit against Premier Mail Service Inc. and its president,van cleef alhambra fake necklace, who are accused of buying the list from a former academy employee who also is named in the suit.
The academy, which hands out the annual Emmy awards, keeps the list under tight wraps at its North Hollywood headquarters, attorney Calvin E. Davis said. It is used to ship videotapes of nominated shows to members who vote on the Emmys.
In most places,van cleef knock off flower necklace, Puck is a piece of rubber you whack around an ice rink, and Emmy is your great aunt. Not here in Los Angeles, where many of America's household names live, work and litigate adding grist to the local legal mill.
To resolve a legal dispute that surfaced among Spago's original partners last year, Wolfgang Puck and Donald Salk were ordered to pay partner Michael Elias $71,621 for use of the Spago name. Elias maintains his financial share in the original Spago, but is not involved in the Beverly Hills eatery or others being spawned in Chicago, Las Vegas, London and Tokyo.
Elias had sought an injunction against the Beverly Hills Spago, saying it created unfair competition. A second Spago would undermine his investment, Elias contended, and violate the terms of a 1981 partnership agreement in effect until 2015.
Everyone returns to court next month, when Elias' lawyer, Peter M. Appleton, will be asked to show why the case shouldn't be dismissed. In other words, it seems you can stick a fork in this flap; it's done.
THE DONALD DISSES AND TELLS: Donald Trump was a no show at the recent trial over his land squabble with the Los Angeles Unified School District and development of the downtown Ambassador Hotel site. But he had plenty to say in a deposition, which fell into our hands while we await a ruling in Trump's $100 million suit against the district.
First, a little background: New York real estate high roller Trump paid $64 million for the property back in 1989 and had billion dollar dreams for his first West Coast project. Maybe even the tallest building in the world. Enter the school district, which condemned the site to build a school. By the time the district abandoned its plans, Trump says in the deposition, his property values had tanked. The experience made this project his "first and last" in Los Angeles, Trump said.
The extensive Q session in a New York law office spared no detail,van cleef and arpels knock off butterfly necklace. Even Trump's autobiography and the tie he wore on its cover were fair game for school district lawyer Edward J. Sczepkowski.
Trump groused that the land was grabbed from him "as viciously as in Nazi Germany" and called school board members "fools." Adding further insult, Trump opined: "I assumed that the people essentially teaching the kids were not stupid. They turned out to be very stupid."
LARRY FLYNT VS. THE PEOPLE AT VAN CLEEF ARPELS: It's no secret that Larry Flynt likes his baubles. But he probably wishes he had never seen the $230,000 ruby and platinum bracelet at the center of a dispute with the Beverly Hills jeweler Van Cleef Arpels. The case was headed for trial last week in Santa Monica when a judge ordered the Hustler publisher and his jeweler into arbitration. If the case doesn't settle, look for an Aug. 4 trial, says Flynt's lawyer,van cleef replica clover necklace, Robert S. Friemuth. Flynt alleges that in 1993 the store sold him a defective bracelet that keeps dropping its rubies. Stephen R. Kahn, a lawyer for the jeweler, asserts that there's "nothing defective" about the bracelet and contends that Flynt "abused the bracelet." How? "He wore it every day, all day." Apparently, such wear and tear is not recommended for an accessory Kahn describes as "a very delicate, very fine handmade piece of exquisite art." The store has offered Flynt credit toward other purchases, but the prince of printed prurience is seeking $290,000 in damages.
I'D LIKE TO THANK THE ACADEMY: The National Academy of Television Arts Sciences has turned to the courts to protect its 9,000 celebrity members from stalkers, crank callers, paparazzi and junk mail.
The TV academy on Thursday will ask Superior Court Judge Robert H. O'Brien for a permanent injunction blocking distribution of its membership list, which includes names, addresses and phone numbers of many small screen stars. Meanwhile, the academy is pursuing a lawsuit against Premier Mail Service Inc. and its president,van cleef alhambra fake necklace, who are accused of buying the list from a former academy employee who also is named in the suit.
The academy, which hands out the annual Emmy awards, keeps the list under tight wraps at its North Hollywood headquarters, attorney Calvin E. Davis said. It is used to ship videotapes of nominated shows to members who vote on the Emmys.
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Sweet said she, too, had expected a happy ending.
Tells of Shock
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Sergio Baril, manager of Fred Joaillier, which also deals in magnificent gems, said his store has had an elaborate security system for six years. Before that, the jeweler had been hit by a spate of robberies."We have more security than Van Cleef had," Baril said. "We have an electronic door, and we look at everyone before they come in. We have several security guards both inside and outside the store."
He said every employee carries a beeper that can set off an alarm in case of trouble, and the store purposely has an all glass front.
"We are like a fish tank. You can see everything going on inside the store at many angles," Baril said.
Van Cleef Arpels has only a few tiny display windows facing the street and the store interior is shielded from view. Thus, police were unable to see what was happening during the hostage standoff.
Don't Be a Hero
"The policy of nearly every store on the street is, if somebody like that comes in, don't be a hero," Orgell said. "The only thing you can ever do is let them take what they want and get out of your building."
Rodeo Drive merchants tried to resume their multimillion dollar businesses Tuesday, but they spoke of lost life rather than lost profits after a hostage siege that left three people dead.
"Life is more important than money,van cleef and arpels alhambra necklace price replica," said David Orgell.
His fine china and silver shop, a fixture on fashionable Rodeo for nearly 30 years, is four doors from the Van Cleef Arpels jewelry store where five employees were held hostage Monday."Nobody thought in terms of cost yesterday,van cleef arpels necklace," Orgell said. "Our minds were on getting our employees out of here safely.
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At the famed Giorgio boutique across the street and down the block from Van Cleef Arpels, the music was turned off Tuesday in sympathy for the victims.
"We are all in a state of shock," said Katy Sweet, Giorgio's spokeswoman. "These were people we knew. These were our neighbors. It's a horrendous tragedy."
Sweet said she, too, had expected a happy ending.
Tells of Shock
"In most of these situations that you read about, the police are able to talk the individual out and everyone comes out with their hands up," she said. "We were absolutely shocked at what happened."
Merchants acknowledged that the fear of robbery and security concerns are a fact of life on a street known for its extravagant wares.
"Something like this happens anywhere that you have precious articles,replica van cleef and arpels necklace, and jewels are as precious as anyone can find," Sweet said. "There is a concentration of fine jewelers on Rodeo, and it's a target."
Sergio Baril, manager of Fred Joaillier, which also deals in magnificent gems, said his store has had an elaborate security system for six years. Before that, the jeweler had been hit by a spate of robberies."We have more security than Van Cleef had," Baril said. "We have an electronic door, and we look at everyone before they come in. We have several security guards both inside and outside the store."
He said every employee carries a beeper that can set off an alarm in case of trouble, and the store purposely has an all glass front.
"We are like a fish tank. You can see everything going on inside the store at many angles," Baril said.
Van Cleef Arpels has only a few tiny display windows facing the street and the store interior is shielded from view. Thus, police were unable to see what was happening during the hostage standoff.
Don't Be a Hero
"The policy of nearly every store on the street is, if somebody like that comes in, don't be a hero," Orgell said. "The only thing you can ever do is let them take what they want and get out of your building."
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