A News Cafe dot com » JimG http://anewscafe.com Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:00:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en http://anewscafe.com http://anewscafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/anewscafeicon1.gif A News Cafe dot com Redding’s Bank of Commerce Holdings approves 6-cent dividend http://anewscafe.com/2010/03/06/reddings-bank-of-commerce-holdings-approves-6-cent-dividend/ http://anewscafe.com/2010/03/06/reddings-bank-of-commerce-holdings-approves-6-cent-dividend/#comments Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:30:13 +0000 JimG http://anewscafe.com/?p=13386 ]]> http://anewscafe.com/2010/03/06/reddings-bank-of-commerce-holdings-approves-6-cent-dividend/feed/ iPhone app makes homebuying easier http://anewscafe.com/2010/01/14/iphone-app-makes-homebuying-easier/ http://anewscafe.com/2010/01/14/iphone-app-makes-homebuying-easier/#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:47:07 +0000 JimG http://anewscafe.com/?p=12203 ]]> http://anewscafe.com/2010/01/14/iphone-app-makes-homebuying-easier/feed/ Much Redding Real Estate ‘Underwater’ http://anewscafe.com/2009/08/18/much-redding-real-estate-underwater/ http://anewscafe.com/2009/08/18/much-redding-real-estate-underwater/#comments Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:21:43 +0000 JimG http://anewscafe.com/?p=8778 A recently released report from First American CoreLogic indicates Redding has a 43 percent rate of “negative equity” properties.

That’s about average for California, but higher than 45 other states.

The report uses loan amounts from public records of first mortgages and…

]]> http://anewscafe.com/2009/08/18/much-redding-real-estate-underwater/feed/ Shasta Regional Improves Financial Performance http://anewscafe.com/2009/08/11/shasta-regional-improves-financial-performance/ http://anewscafe.com/2009/08/11/shasta-regional-improves-financial-performance/#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2009 02:14:10 +0000 JimG http://anewscafe.com/?p=8723 According to preliminary data filed with the California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, Shasta Regional Medical Center substantially improved its financial performance in its most recently completed quarter.

For the period ending June 30, 2009, net revenues were $20,343,372, up…

]]> http://anewscafe.com/2009/08/11/shasta-regional-improves-financial-performance/feed/ U-3 vs U-6, Unemployment numbers may be worse than you think http://anewscafe.com/2009/06/08/u-3-vs-u-6-unemployment-numbers-may-be-worse-than-you-think/ http://anewscafe.com/2009/06/08/u-3-vs-u-6-unemployment-numbers-may-be-worse-than-you-think/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:39:50 +0000 JimG http://anewscafe.com/?p=7435 ]]> http://anewscafe.com/2009/06/08/u-3-vs-u-6-unemployment-numbers-may-be-worse-than-you-think/feed/ Shasta Regional Reports $3.3 Million Loss http://anewscafe.com/2009/05/17/shasta-regional-reports-33-million-loss/ http://anewscafe.com/2009/05/17/shasta-regional-reports-33-million-loss/#comments Sun, 17 May 2009 13:52:59 +0000 JimG http://anewscafe.com/?p=7058 Prime Healthcare, the company that operates Shasta Regional Medical Center, posted its first quarter 2009 financial and utilization data summary report, showing an increase in utilization from fourth quarter 2008 but at a level far lower than under the previous operator.

The…

]]> http://anewscafe.com/2009/05/17/shasta-regional-reports-33-million-loss/feed/ Redding real estate trends compare favorably to Sacramento http://anewscafe.com/2009/02/05/redding-real-estate-trends-compare-favorably-to-sacramento/ http://anewscafe.com/2009/02/05/redding-real-estate-trends-compare-favorably-to-sacramento/#comments Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:32:38 +0000 JimG http://donigreenberg.com/?p=5311

In times when local real estate professionals are struggling to stay positive, the trends are apparently not nearly as bad here as elsewhere.

Zillow recently released data for the Redding area, and dropping values and owners with negative equity are an…

]]> http://anewscafe.com/2009/02/05/redding-real-estate-trends-compare-favorably-to-sacramento/feed/ Shasta Regional Parent Reports 4th Quarter Results http://anewscafe.com/2009/01/29/shasta-regional-parent-reports-4th-quarter-results/ http://anewscafe.com/2009/01/29/shasta-regional-parent-reports-4th-quarter-results/#comments Fri, 30 Jan 2009 01:17:05 +0000 JimG http://donigreenberg.com/?p=5185 Shasta Regional Medical Center parent company Medical Properties Trust (MPW) reports that earnings per share for the fourth quarter 2008 decreased to 3 cents per share from 16 cents a year ago. See here for the SEC 8-K filing. In…

]]> http://anewscafe.com/2009/01/29/shasta-regional-parent-reports-4th-quarter-results/feed/ 18425 River Downs Way $1,695,000 http://anewscafe.com/2009/01/29/18425-river-downs-way/ http://anewscafe.com/2009/01/29/18425-river-downs-way/#comments Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:40:31 +0000 JimG http://donigreenberg.com/?p=5168 ]]> http://anewscafe.com/2009/01/29/18425-river-downs-way/feed/ How to fix the SBA http://anewscafe.com/2009/01/13/how-to-fix-the-sba/ http://anewscafe.com/2009/01/13/how-to-fix-the-sba/#comments Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:13:57 +0000 JimG http://donigreenberg.com/?p=4806 ]]> http://anewscafe.com/2009/01/13/how-to-fix-the-sba/feed/ SBA- the worst place to work in the federal goverment http://anewscafe.com/2009/01/13/sba-the-worst-place-to-work-in-the-federal-goverment/ http://anewscafe.com/2009/01/13/sba-the-worst-place-to-work-in-the-federal-goverment/#comments Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:12:56 +0000 JimG http://donigreenberg.com/?p=4804 ]]> http://anewscafe.com/2009/01/13/sba-the-worst-place-to-work-in-the-federal-goverment/feed/ California Supreme Court rules on medical ‘balance billing’ http://anewscafe.com/2009/01/08/california-supreme-court-rules-on-medical-balance-billing/ http://anewscafe.com/2009/01/08/california-supreme-court-rules-on-medical-balance-billing/#comments Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:35:40 +0000 JimG http://donigreenberg.com/?p=4702 The California Supreme Court today called balance billing a practice that is meant to frighten consumers into paying bills that HMOs are responsible for, and also declined to inject itself into what constitutes “fair and reasonable” charges and payments, long…

]]> http://anewscafe.com/2009/01/08/california-supreme-court-rules-on-medical-balance-billing/feed/ Obama’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan http://anewscafe.com/2009/01/03/obamas-american-recovery-and-reinvestment-plan/ http://anewscafe.com/2009/01/03/obamas-american-recovery-and-reinvestment-plan/#comments Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:16:05 +0000 JimG http://donigreenberg.com/?p=4584 In his weekly radio and video address describing what he called the American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan, Obama spelled out five main goals. He said his plan proposes to:

  • double renewable energy production and make public buildings more energy efficient;
  • rebuild…
]]> http://anewscafe.com/2009/01/03/obamas-american-recovery-and-reinvestment-plan/feed/ Who Saw The Housing Bubble Coming? http://anewscafe.com/2009/01/02/who-saw-the-housing-bubble-coming/ http://anewscafe.com/2009/01/02/who-saw-the-housing-bubble-coming/#comments Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:24:14 +0000 JimG http://donigreenberg.com/?p=4583 Bruce Bartlett, 01.02.09

Some forecasters were prescient; financial leaders weren’t.

The current economic crisis is raising many legitimate questions about the failure of economists and financial analysts to foresee the housing bubble and warn of its collapse. There were, in fact,…

]]> http://anewscafe.com/2009/01/02/who-saw-the-housing-bubble-coming/feed/ Your doctor is in aisle four http://anewscafe.com/2008/12/31/your-doctor-is-in-aisle-four/ http://anewscafe.com/2008/12/31/your-doctor-is-in-aisle-four/#comments Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:15:27 +0000 JimG http://donigreenberg.com/?p=4556 Retail clinics, online docs and other new health-care options aim to deliver fast, reliable treatment, no appointment necessary. And you might be able to pick up some groceries at the same time.

By Amanda Gengler, Money Magazine writer
December 30, 2008

NEW YORK…

]]> http://anewscafe.com/2008/12/31/your-doctor-is-in-aisle-four/feed/ Chinese workers leaving cities in droves http://anewscafe.com/2008/12/30/chinese-workers-leaving-cities-in-droves/ http://anewscafe.com/2008/12/30/chinese-workers-leaving-cities-in-droves/#comments Wed, 31 Dec 2008 01:12:51 +0000 JimG http://donigreenberg.com/?p=4555 Global economic crisis takes the jobs that were supposed to be these workers’ path out of poverty.

December 30, 2008

CHENGDU, China (Reuters) — China’s ocean of blue-collar workers is streaming back to the country’s farming hinterland, bringing thwarted aspirations and rising…

]]> http://anewscafe.com/2008/12/30/chinese-workers-leaving-cities-in-droves/feed/ Map of the Market http://anewscafe.com/2008/12/27/map-of-the-market/ http://anewscafe.com/2008/12/27/map-of-the-market/#comments Sun, 28 Dec 2008 05:31:30 +0000 JimG http://donigreenberg.com/?p=4516 For a different way to look at the stock market, try: Smart Money’s Map of the Market.

]]> http://anewscafe.com/2008/12/27/map-of-the-market/feed/ Inside a financial planner’s portfolio http://anewscafe.com/2008/12/26/inside-a-financial-planners-portfolio/ http://anewscafe.com/2008/12/26/inside-a-financial-planners-portfolio/#comments Fri, 26 Dec 2008 16:20:50 +0000 JimG http://donigreenberg.com/?p=4500 By the Mole, Money Magazine’s undercover financial planner

December 26, 2008:

Ever wonder where the people giving you advice keep their money? Here’s a peek into my personal portfolio.

NEW YORK (Money) — Question: Financial advisers always know our net worth and investments, but…

]]> http://anewscafe.com/2008/12/26/inside-a-financial-planners-portfolio/feed/ Is There Really a Credit Crunch? An Economists’ Debate http://anewscafe.com/2008/12/24/is-there-really-a-credit-crunch-an-economists-debate/ http://anewscafe.com/2008/12/24/is-there-really-a-credit-crunch-an-economists-debate/#comments Wed, 24 Dec 2008 16:01:00 +0000 JimG http://donigreenberg.com/?p=4486 By Barbara Kiviat Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2008

Back in September, V.V. Chari, an economist at the University of Minnesota and an adviser to the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, got a call from a Congressman. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson and Federal…

]]> http://anewscafe.com/2008/12/24/is-there-really-a-credit-crunch-an-economists-debate/feed/ Gamel closes 4 RV dealerships, but Redding stays open http://anewscafe.com/2008/12/23/gamel-closes-4-rv-dealerships-but-redding-stays-open/ http://anewscafe.com/2008/12/23/gamel-closes-4-rv-dealerships-but-redding-stays-open/#comments Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:40:37 +0000 JimG http://donigreenberg.com/?p=4448 By Mark Glover
mglover@sacbee.com

Published: Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2008

Fresno-based recreational vehicle dealer Dan Gamel has closed his RV dealership in Rocklin, along with three other stores from what was once a $400 million-a-year RV empire.

Whether the stores will stay closed apparently…

]]> http://anewscafe.com/2008/12/23/gamel-closes-4-rv-dealerships-but-redding-stays-open/feed/ How we knew Bernie Madoff was a fraud http://anewscafe.com/2008/12/22/how-we-knew-bernie-madoff-was-a-fraud/ http://anewscafe.com/2008/12/22/how-we-knew-bernie-madoff-was-a-fraud/#comments Mon, 22 Dec 2008 14:15:57 +0000 JimG http://donigreenberg.com/?p=4435 How We Knew Bernie Madoff Was A Fraud

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see also: Investment Adviser Aksia Warned Clients of Madoff ‘Red Flags’

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From ‘’schlub” to ”macher” to ”goniff.”
Why, Bernie, why?

By all accounts, Bernard Madoff had a successful trading business and was a hitter on Wall Street. Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities was one of the top three market makers in…

]]> http://anewscafe.com/2008/12/17/the-bernie-madoff-morality-tale/feed/ Borrowers get break; savers suffer http://anewscafe.com/2008/12/17/borrowers-get-break-savers-suffer/ http://anewscafe.com/2008/12/17/borrowers-get-break-savers-suffer/#comments Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:35:14 +0000 JimG http://donigreenberg.com/?p=4375 By Jim Wasserman
jwasserman@sacbee.com

Published: Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2008

What does the Fed rate cut mean to you with a mortgage, car loan and credit cards?

You could be a winner if you have a home equity line of credit. But if you’ve socked…

]]> http://anewscafe.com/2008/12/17/borrowers-get-break-savers-suffer/feed/ Why Toyota wants GM to be saved http://anewscafe.com/2008/12/15/why-toyota-wants-gm-to-be-saved/ http://anewscafe.com/2008/12/15/why-toyota-wants-gm-to-be-saved/#comments Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:00:04 +0000 JimG http://donigreenberg.com/?p=4346 A GM failure would cause production problems, crush already weak demand and potentially open the door to low-cost competitors.

By Chris Isidore, CNNMoney.com senior writer
Last Updated: December 15, 2008

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Detroit’s Big Three aren’t the only automotive companies that…

]]> http://anewscafe.com/2008/12/15/why-toyota-wants-gm-to-be-saved/feed/ Buying MediaNews - bad timing? http://anewscafe.com/2008/12/15/buying-medianews-bad-timing/ http://anewscafe.com/2008/12/15/buying-medianews-bad-timing/#comments Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:04:23 +0000 JimG http://donigreenberg.com/?p=4345 MediaNews Sees Bad Timing on Newspapers, Not Bad Bets

By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA
Published: December 14, 2008

SAN JOSE — Dean Singleton expanded his newspaper empire at the worst possible time, in the worst part of the country he could have chosen, and…

]]> http://anewscafe.com/2008/12/15/buying-medianews-bad-timing/feed/ ‘Balance billing’ traps patients http://anewscafe.com/2008/12/14/balance-billing-traps-patients/ http://anewscafe.com/2008/12/14/balance-billing-traps-patients/#comments Sun, 14 Dec 2008 15:27:24 +0000 JimG http://donigreenberg.com/?p=4335 By Bobby Caina Calvan
bcalvan@sacbee.com

Published: Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008

“The root cause of balance billing is HMOs and other insurers not paying the bills. We don’t want patients to have to pay a bill that their insurers say they would pay”…

]]> http://anewscafe.com/2008/12/14/balance-billing-traps-patients/feed/ Costco Feels The Pinch http://anewscafe.com/2008/12/12/costco-feels-the-pinch/ http://anewscafe.com/2008/12/12/costco-feels-the-pinch/#comments Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:05:43 +0000 JimG http://donigreenberg.com/?p=4318 Ruthie Ackerman, 12.11.08, 10:30 PM EST

Discount retailer lures customers looking for gas and food, but can’t get them to buy much else.

Consumers are still flocking to Costco Wholesale, but they’re being more focused about their purchases, buying necessities like food…

]]> http://anewscafe.com/2008/12/12/costco-feels-the-pinch/feed/ Beware of mortgage rescue solicitors http://anewscafe.com/2008/12/12/beware-of-mortgage-rescue-solicitors/ http://anewscafe.com/2008/12/12/beware-of-mortgage-rescue-solicitors/#comments Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:01:41 +0000 JimG http://donigreenberg.com/?p=4317 By Jim Wasserman
jwasserman@sacbee.com
Published: Friday, Dec. 12, 2008

You would think people with mortgage problems have enough trouble. But rogues in real estate always find new ways to inflict more.

Last year it was foreclosure rescue schemes that robbed desperate people of…

]]> http://anewscafe.com/2008/12/12/beware-of-mortgage-rescue-solicitors/feed/ Stocks Say Recession, But Bonds Say Depression http://anewscafe.com/2008/12/11/stocks-say-recession-but-bonds-say-depression/ http://anewscafe.com/2008/12/11/stocks-say-recession-but-bonds-say-depression/#comments Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:41:21 +0000 JimG http://donigreenberg.com/?p=4312 By John Curran Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008
The U.S. Treasury building

Extraordinary things are happening in bond land lately. Tuesday’s head-spinning news that Treasury bills had been auctioned off with negative interest rates is only the latest in a series of astonishing developments,…

]]> http://anewscafe.com/2008/12/11/stocks-say-recession-but-bonds-say-depression/feed/ Cards Fall In Vegas http://anewscafe.com/2008/12/11/cards-fall-in-vegas/ http://anewscafe.com/2008/12/11/cards-fall-in-vegas/#comments Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:35:18 +0000 JimG http://donigreenberg.com/?p=4311 Miriam Marcus, 12.10.08, 07:30 PM EST

Revenues at Nevada casinos plunged 24.6% in October.

The house may always win, but Las Vegas’ take-home has been dwindling lately.

On Wednesday, Nevada’s Gaming Control Board said that casinos on the Las Vegas Strip took…

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