SAN JOSE, CA, Jan 27, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) –
Focus Business Bank

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announced unaudited financial
results for the quarter and twelve-months ended December 31, 2011.
Net income, assets, loans and deposits at December 31, 2011, each
represent record levels for the Bank. President and Chief...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Jan 12, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) –
Danielle Lazier has been named Zephyr Real Estate’s Top Producer of
2011. Having sold 60 properties during the year, Lazier ranks among
the top one-half of one percent of real estate agents in all of San
Francisco.

Lazier is a long-time blogger and, in fact, has been blogging since
the concept first emerged. Her SFHotlist.com blog is widely read and
respected, and is often used as a source in industry news. Her crisp
and savvy insights are not just about properties but also about the
distinctive lifestyle of San Francisco residents. As she says, “It’s
not just about...

On Wednesday, Jan. 25, the United States mens national team beat Panama 1-0 in their first road friendly of 2012. Graham Zusi scored his first international goal in the eighth minute, and despite going down to ten men in the second half, the Americans made the goal stand.

Here are three thoughts on the match:

Red Card!

The state Eugenics Compensation Task Force recommended Tuesday paying victims of the states sterilization program $50,000 apiece.

The recommendation follows a 93-page report issued in August that called on the state of North Carolina to move beyond just an apology and provide “meaningful compensation.”

North Carolina sterilized more than 7,600 people between 1929 and  1974, many of whom were poor, undereducated, institutionalized, sick or disabled. The state believes fewer than 2,000 victims are still alive and could be entitled to some compensated.

The NC NAACP issued a press release calling on the states leaders to fast-track the recommended payments and end an ugly...

How many RiverDogs/Renegades/Robins fans do we have left in Richmond? What are we talking about? Minor league ice hockey!

Tough guy stuff. Eddie Shore. Toe Blake. You remember the movie Slapshot with Paul Newman dont you?

The Northern Professional Hockey League is targeting Richmond for a team, according to a release from the commissioner, Chuck Harrison.

Yeah, sure Old Time Hockey! Like Eddie Shore!

The newly created NPHL will be a self-contained Double A free agent minor hockey league, according to the website. The NPHL has entered into a working agreement with The All American Hockey League (AAHL). The AAHL will operate as a professional Single A league and will...

The more astronomers look for other worlds, the more they find that it is a crowded and crazy cosmos. They think planets easily outnumber stars in our galaxy and they are even finding them in the strangest of places.

And they have only begun to count.

Three studies released Wednesday, in the journal Nature and at the American Astronomical Societys conference in Austin, Texas, demonstrate an extrasolar real estate boom. One study shows that in our Milky Way, most stars have planets. And since there are a lot of stars in our galaxy — about 100 billion — that means a lot of planets.

Were finding an exciting potpourri of things we didnt even think could exist,...

Jim Gillespie, Chief Executive Officer of Coldwell Banker Real Estate International, addresses local realtors at the annual Coldwell Banker J. Wesley Dowling and Associates Kick-Off Breakfast Thursday morning. / Adam Duvernay/The Times

Keewaydin Real Estate Advisors, which for two decades has been a real estate adviser for the likes of Target Corp.

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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. Real estate as an investment is looking attractive again. Prices are low, interest rates are low, and there is plenty of inventory on the market to choose from.

Say youre interested in dabbling, but dont have a clue on how or where to begin. A new local group is forming to share information and resources on investing in real estate. Called the Real Estate Investors Network of Western Colorado (REIN), the organizations main goal is to bring new and experienced investors together for education and networking.

This is the time to help people reach out to define and achieve their goals of financial independence through investment real estate, said REIN organizer...

Yancy Gates and Cheikh Mbodj returned to the lineup with everyone outside the program concerned about what would happen. What happened was more of the same scrappy, gritty victories that marked the first six games of the seven-game win streak.

CINCINNATI
- The writers analyzed. The bloggers wondered. The fans worried.

What
would happen when Yancy Gates returned to the suddenly surging
Bearcats?

Only,
while the writers, bloggers and fans grinded stats and theories,
Gates and his teammates practiced and laughed. They werent
concerned. Not in the least.

It
didnt matter because I knew, Gates said of the outside discussion
of his role....