Friday, March 11, 2011

pacific region

Tsunami warnin:The earthquake, 8.8 on the Richter scale hit Japan calls for a tsunami warning has been issued in the Pacific.

Although the earthquake shook Tokyo, one of the most congested and built worldwide, no deaths were reported.
The first quake struck 382 kilometers north of Tokyo, said the Geological Survey of the UB.
tsunami warning system was released in Japan, Taiwan, Russia and the Mariana Islands and Guam, the Philippines, Marshall Islands, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Nauru, Micronesia, and Hawaii were placed in a low-level alarm.
Waheed Hussain as from the Maldives Department of Meteorology has confirmed that a tsunami warning was issued minutes after the earthquake in the Pacific. No warning had been issued to the Indian Ocean, "he said.
Boxing Day tsunami in 2004, which followed the earthquake off the coast of Indonesia, 83 people died and more than 20,000 displaced people in the Maldives. At the global level was over 220 000 people lost their lives.
Structure and the atolls of the Maldives suffered very would be protected by the 2004 tsunami, unlike the gentle slope on the southern coast of Sri Lanka, the waves to gather strength and momentum.

san diego news

San Diego State defeats Utah:

Kawhia Leonard and Malcolm Thomas each had a double-double of the number 7 San Diego State beat Utah, 64-50, and the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Conference tournament Thursday in Las Vegas, where Aztecs win the first season of 30 90 of them - year history.
Leonard scored 13 points and 12 rebounds for his 19th double-double before you sit down in the last seven minutes as a precaution because of a tight back. Thomas scored 13 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists for the Aztecs.
San Diego State (30-2) had a slow start against seventh-seeded Utes (13-18), but closed the first half 16-3 run and led 30-15 at half-time.

tsunami in hawaii

The waves of the tsunamiswamped the coasts of Hawaii and the United States brushed off the west coast on Friday, but not immediately lead to major damage after the devastating Japanese and sparking evacuations throughout the Pacific region.
The water rushed into the street and the lobby of the Big Island and Maui were flooded low areas, waves of 7 meters. Small waves on the west coast of America and the beaches were closed to fishermen, their boats jumped head to the left and shortness of breath.
Scientists have warned that the first waves are not always the strongest, and officials said that people in Hawaii and along the west coast should be followed by strong currents and requires attention to the evacuation. tsunamiwarning was downgraded to an advisory opinion in Hawaii, and the governor said Neil Abercrombie islands more chance I said. "

fox news

: FOXNEWS

FOXNEWS:Shepard Smith anchors the hours of the earthquake in Japan for 17 hours today, Fox NewsChannel.
Glenn Beck was blocked today.
"Hannity" and "Record" is live tonight, 9 -
Fox News will provide coverage at night anchored by Marianne Rafferty and Rick Folbaum.

Crescent City Ca

Crescent City Ca:Oakland – BART service is operating normally this morning, but authorities continue to monitor the waves, if they close the road between West Oakland and Daly City in the tsunami waves must remain in an earthquake of 8.9 that struck the north Japan overnight.
Officials estimate that the waves by a body – currently estimated to increase by about 2.3 meters along the coastal areas of the San Francisco peninsula, about 8 – and the potential impact of the Transbay tube equipment and facilities San Francisco.

Elsewhere in San Francisco Vallejo ferry line is temporarily closed the bridge, but the ships were launched in 08:45
BART decision depends on the wave height atCrescent City, is the first coastal town in California should see the tsunami waves. The spokesman Linton Johnson said that if the waves exceed a height of 8 feet, especially if you focus on 10 to 12 feet, the service is reduced.
But everything suggests that it is unlikely, “said Johnson.
Johnson said that these facilities with the ability to stop for water, the energy of tsunami waves could send water to an electric railway and metro stations.
“Water and people in power do not mix,” said Johnson. “There is a warning system against tsunamis unprecedented. We have never lived. “

Thursday, March 10, 2011

HCA

HCA: Holdings Inc. (NYSE: CAH) come public this week an initial public offering of about 3.5 billion crowns. Sales are approximately 124 million shares at a price range of $ 27.00 to $ 30.00 per share. This will be another big IPO of private equity to debt, making it the third time that HCA published.

HCA has recently been privatized in the top of the purchase of capital investment in 2006 to 32 billion. The value was $ 21,300,000 plus the assumption of an additional $ 11.7 billion of debt at the time.

HCA is the largest private hospital with hospitals in the U.S. 164 and capacity of 40,000 beds and 104 independent surgery centers in 20 countries. The new company has about 26 billion dollars in debt.

equity sellers want to leave their positions and union membership are huge. Some insurers, BofA and Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, JPMorgan, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Barclays, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo and Morgan Stanley.

In 2009, turnover was U.S. $ 30,052,000 and a net profit of 1.054 billion dollars. Approximately 97% of HCA is the property of Hercules Holding II, an entity owned by Bain Capital, KKR and the private equity arm of Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC). Frist founding family still has them.

Barron's reported last week that many investors may ignore or not see as it should. It should be noted that there are 383 million shares may be issued for resale, after the IPO block expires six months. We know that all these operations are placed on the market, but certainly some, and it affects stock prices.

So there are some things to consider when setting official prices on Wednesday night. Application would have been nice here, but we will not be collected according to the latest data. Recent turmoil in the Middle East and North Africa, is probably eliminated at least part of the question that was out there with the support of venture capital equity in the IPO. higher debt restructuring and the new health care environment is that investors are still trying to figure out the next few years.

Our perception is that the HCA will be prizes in the middle of the range based on the data we saw today. If market sentiment suddenly turns sharply up or down sharply, while prices may vary. We will have a price of $ 28 to $ 29 for a price that the information available today.

Peter King

Peter King:Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) moved to tears by the radicalization of King Peter hearings American Muslim community, 'says a Muslim defendant in the trial, died September 11, 2001.

Ellison, a Muslim, challenged the audience focus on Muslims, and TPM in December said it was "the right of" broad consultations radicalization, but "only a bash session," Muslims are the problem "is not is useful. "