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• University of Kentucky alumnus gifts $20 million to College of Law

  08-11-2019 21:20 via Louisville Business News - Local Louisville News | Business First of Louisville
  A Cincinnati lawyer and a University of Kentucky alumnus has made an historic gift to his alma mater that could result in the renaming of one of its schools.Lexington native J. David Rosenberg and his wife, Dianne, donated $20 million to UK's College of Law, where he graduated from in 1973, making it the third largest single donation in university history, the school announced Friday in a news release.Rosenberg, a senior partner in the Cincinnati firm of Keating, Muething & Klekamp, where he
  
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• Here’s what will replace Café Mimosa

  08-11-2019 20:41 via Louisville Business News - Local Louisville News | Business First of Louisville
  The former Café Mimosa restaurant in the Highlands won’t be unoccupied for long.Dragon King’s Daughter, an Asian fusion restaurant in the Highlands, is moving to the Café Mimosa space at 1543 Bardstown Road.
  The move was confirmed by Doug Turner, manager at the Highlands location. Turner could not provide any further details, as he said they are still working with architects to design the space.
  Café Mimosa, which closed in September after more than 20 years in o
  
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• Bevin says his family is victim of 'collusion' in heated deposition

  08-11-2019 20:15 via Louisville Business News - Local Louisville News | Business First of Louisville
  Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin railed against the Jefferson County Property Value Administrator in sworn testimony, charging the agency is no more than a political weapon intent on inflating the value of his family’s 150-year-old Anchorage mansion.
  “This whole thing was an absolute setup from day one. And this all went down, incidentally, again, after the process was already completed,” Bevin said in an Oct. 13 deposition obtained by Louisville Business First through an open-records
  
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• High-ranking FBI official hired by city of Louisville

  08-11-2019 16:46 via Louisville Business News - Local Louisville News | Business First of Louisville
  A high-ranking FBI official with Louisville-area ties will oversee several departments as the city's newest executive.Mayor Greg Fischer on Friday in a news release announced Amy Hess as Metro Louisville's new Chief of Public Services. The Jeffersonville, Ind., native will be in charge of such critical departments as Public Works, Emergency Services, Corrections, Fleet and Facilities and Animal Services.Hess, the FBI's top-ranking woman, according to the release, will assume her new role Feb.&he
  
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• Microsoft partners with Louisville nonprofit on CES award-winning product

  08-11-2019 16:41 via Louisville Business News - Local Louisville News | Business First of Louisville
  It's called Code Jumper and it can teach blind students the basics of coding.
  
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• Hotel Indigo to move into long-vacant Louisville property

  08-11-2019 13:43 via Louisville Business News - Local Louisville News | Business First of Louisville
  The project is slated to cost $50 million.
  
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• Big week for restaurants: Two closures, two new places to go

  08-11-2019 13:24 via Louisville Business News - Local Louisville News | Business First of Louisville
  A slew of restaurant comings and goings is the topic of this week's Access Louisville podcast.
  A huge new restaurant at the Galt House is a big part of that discussion. It's being led by Allan Rosenberg, a well-known Louisville chef with a history of starting his own concepts including Butchertown Pizza Hall, Papalinos and Fontleroy’s. Restaurant reporter Haley Cawthon fills us in on the details.We also talk about a new spot in the East End, called SOU. And a few closures: Stout Burgers an
  
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• One dead after shooting at Kroger

  08-11-2019 12:55 via Louisville Business News - Local Louisville News | Business First of Louisville
  One man is dead following a police officer-involved shooting at a Kroger store in Louisville's Portland neighborhood, reports WLKY-TV, Business First's news partner.
  Police say they received a report of a shooter around 6 p.m. Thursday at the store on N. 35th St. Once police arrived, they say the man left the store and started firing shots at officers in the Kroger parking lot. Police said they shot at the suspect, striking and killing him. The suspect was pronounced dead at the scene.In a news&
  
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• Capital connection: A look at the investing landscape in Louisville

  08-11-2019 12:00 via Louisville Business News - Local Louisville News | Business First of Louisville
  There’s plenty of early-stage funding here, investors say, but founders think otherwise.
  
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• GUEST COMMENT: Riding the internet privacy wave — what to know

  07-11-2019 21:23 via Louisville Business News - Local Louisville News | Business First of Louisville
  What is a business to do? Move to California Consumer Privacy Act standards now. Many businesses have voluntarily moved to California or stricter EU privacy standards.
  
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• These were the most expensive home sales for Jefferson County in September 2019

  07-11-2019 16:32 via Louisville Business News - Local Louisville News | Business First of Louisville
  High-end home sales cooled down a little in September as we bid goodbye to summer and said hello to fall.
  Five of Jefferson County's most expensive home sales exceeded the $1 million mark in September, based on Louisville Business First research. Our roundup of the 25 most expensive home sales for September is in the attached gallery.
  The most expensive home changed hands for more than $2.2 million. The cheapest home on the list was purchased for nearly $600,000. Many of the home sales were
  
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• GE Appliances names new sales leader

  07-11-2019 13:22 via Louisville Business News - Local Louisville News | Business First of Louisville
  Louisville-based GE Appliances has appointed Steve Eddy as senior vice president of sales effective immediately.
  Eddy, previously vice president of retail sales for the company, replaces Robert Rogers who decided to retire at the end of the year after a 33-year career in the appliances industry, according to a news release. With Eddy’s promotion, John Boyd was named the vice president of retail Sales and Dan Goldstein was named vice president of contract sales.“Steve’s 34 years
  
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• The next NuLu? Business leaders weigh in on why they chose Portland

  07-11-2019 13:07 via Louisville Business News - Local Louisville News | Business First of Louisville
  Developer Gill Holland, founder of the Portland Investment Initiative, held a panel discussion with businesses that have chosen to move to the historic neighborhood.
  
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• Middletown site targeted for 80,000-square-foot development

  07-11-2019 12:51 via Louisville Business News - Local Louisville News | Business First of Louisville
  The project would be spread across three buildings.
  
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• Hundreds of apartments planned near Kentucky Truck Plant

  07-11-2019 12:46 via Louisville Business News - Local Louisville News | Business First of Louisville
  This appears to be the developer's introduction to Louisville.
  
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• Former Humana exec lands at hospital company

  06-11-2019 21:29 via Louisville Business News - Local Louisville News | Business First of Louisville
  Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare Corp. has hired former Humana Inc. executive Regina Nethery as its new vice president of investor relations.
  Nethery's title at Humana was enterprise vice president of investor relations. She left that role at the end of May 2017. The new position is effective later this month.
  "Regina has an impressive background – both in terms of her skills across finance and investor relations, as well as more than two decades of experience in healthcare services," Ron Rit
  
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• Bevin asks for recanvass in close gubernatorial race

  06-11-2019 21:15 via Louisville Business News - Local Louisville News | Business First of Louisville
  Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin is officially moving ahead with a recanvass of Tuesday's closely contested governor's race with Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear.
  The incumbent submitted the recanvass request to Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes Wednesday. Grimes scheduled the recanvass for 9 a.m. Nov. 14
  “The people of Kentucky deserve a fair and honest election. With reports of irregularities, we are exercising the right to ensure that every lawful vote was counted,"
  
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• Papa John's new CEO says the company has turned a corner

  06-11-2019 20:58 via Louisville Business News - Local Louisville News | Business First of Louisville
  The Louisville-based company had positive comparable sales growth for the first time in two years.
  
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• Humana CEO: Layoffs could have been worse

  06-11-2019 20:38 via Louisville Business News - Local Louisville News | Business First of Louisville
  Humana Inc. beats analysts projections for the third quarter of 2019. Company CEO Bruce Broussard decries a coming federal fee and discusses layoffs.
  
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• Spalding University taps nonprofit veteran for C-suite

  06-11-2019 18:43 via Louisville Business News - Local Louisville News | Business First of Louisville
  Spalding University, a Louisville-based Catholic, nonprofit college has named Caroline Heine as its chief advancement officer, effective Nov. 1, according to a news release from the school.
  She replaces Bert Griffin, who took on the role of executive director of corporate and foundation relations at the University of Louisville in July 2019, according to his profile on LinkedIn. Griffin was the chief advancement officer for six years at Spalding.
  In her role at Spalding, Heine will oversee the&h
  
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• College degree initiative is heading into its last year — what it has learned so far

  04-11-2019 13:23 via Louisville Business News - Local Louisville News | Business First of Louisville
  This organization set out to increase the rate of college degree holders by 50 percent by 2020. Here's where they think they will end up and what they will do at the end of 2020 and beyond.
  
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• The Pine Room names new executive chef

  04-11-2019 13:20 via Louisville Business News - Local Louisville News | Business First of Louisville
  The Pine Room, a contemporary restaurant in Harrods Creek, has named a new executive chef.Joe Flesia, formerly the sous chef at the restaurant, has been promoted to the top position after the departure of Chef James Moran. Moran left The Pine Room to start his own restaurant, SOU, which opened Friday.
  Before joining the staff at The Pine Room, Flesia previously worked in the kitchens of Harvest Restaurant, Barret Bar and Covered Bridge Golf Club, according to a news release.“I am excited&h
  
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• Let's talk about the huge changes coming to Churchill Downs

  04-11-2019 13:16 via Louisville Business News - Local Louisville News | Business First of Louisville
  This week’s Access Louisville podcast includes the usual mix of local business news and commentary.By far, the biggest topic of discussion this week is Churchill Downs Racetrack and it’s huge plans for a trackside hotel. The $300 million development was announced last week. Reporter Marty Finley explains on the show how this effort easily ranks among the largest projects in town.
  The Churchill Downs talk evolves into a discussion about whether casino gambling and sports betting shoul
  
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• How Louisville ranks among cities with the most franchises

  04-11-2019 12:48 via Louisville Business News - Local Louisville News | Business First of Louisville
  Louisville is among the top cities in the nation for franchises, according to a LendingTree report that was released Sept. 5. Interestingly, about 20 percent of Louisville employees are working for franchises, according to the study.
  That's higher than many other cities. That figure was about 12 percent in Cincinnati and Indianapolis, for instance. You can click through the slideshow to see how major U.S. cities stack up in terms of rate of franchises and more.“A lot of people think a
  
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• Ford planning $1 billion investment in Louisville operations

  02-11-2019 16:04 via Louisville Business News - Local Louisville News | Business First of Louisville
  Ford Motor Co. agrees to invest more than $1 billion in its Louisville operations in a proposed contract with United Auto Workers.The labor agreement includes a commitment from Ford to create 8,500 new or secured jobs as well as invest $6 billion in products across its operations, through the end of the four-year term.
  One billion of that investment will come at the Kentucky Truck Plant on Chamberlain Lane, the contract says. The investments will support an all-new Super Duty F-Series truck as&h
  
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• The legal challenge stalling a $360M hospital takeover deal has been settled

  01-11-2019 19:53 via Louisville Business News - Local Louisville News | Business First of Louisville
  It's settled.Louisville-based Baptist Healthcare System Inc. is now able to move forward with a $361.4 million takeover deal to acquire Hardin Memorial Health in Elizabethtown, Ky.Hardin Memorial Health announced Friday that it has settled a legal challenge that sought to nullify the deal brought by Dr. Larry Hall.
  Hall sued in Hardin Circuit Court in July 2018 alleging that the deal was reached in secret violating the state's open meetings laws and the laws that dictate how government entities&
  
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• Highlands restaurant closed, property up for lease

  01-11-2019 19:44 via Louisville Business News - Local Louisville News | Business First of Louisville
  An upscale Highlands restaurant has closed, leaving its prominent location on Bardstown Road open for lease.Stout Burgers & Beer, located at 1604 Bardstown Road, hasn’t formally announced a closure, but the company’s website has removed Louisville from its list of locations and leasing information for the property has been listed on KCREA's website.
  The property is owned by Chad and Lauren Coulter, who also own the adjacent LouVino. Chad Coulter confirmed Stout's closure. Also, h
  
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• The oldest golf course in Louisville could be transformed under new proposal

  01-11-2019 19:34 via Louisville Business News - Local Louisville News | Business First of Louisville
  The Olmsted Parks Conservancy has proposed transforming an underutilized city-owned golf course.The nonprofit organization recently submitted a proposal to Louisville Metro Government that would convert the 9-hole Cherokee Golf Course into parklands. The concept was offered up after Louisville Metro Government recently petitioned proposals for management, operation and maintenance of the city's 10 golf courses. Metro Government is seeking ideas as it is working to address budget constraints
  
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• Angel's Envy has an expansion in the works

  01-11-2019 18:07 via Louisville Business News - Local Louisville News | Business First of Louisville
  The company is expanding its footprint by nearly 25 percent.
  
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• Kentucky chooses design-build team for $180 million transportation project

  01-11-2019 12:33 via Louisville Business News - Local Louisville News | Business First of Louisville
  The state of Kentucky has found its design-build team for its largest transportation project since the Ohio River Bridges wrapped up.
  The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet has hired Hall Contracting of Kentucky Inc. and American Engineers Inc., both of Louisville, as the design-build team for I-Move Kentucky, a four-year project that will include widening Interstate 71 and Interstate 265 as well as major improvements to the I-64/I-265 and I-71/I-265 interchanges.
  KYTC announced the $180 million&he
  
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• The U of L-KentuckyOne deal is closed — lawmakers now face a $50M question

  01-11-2019 12:21 via Louisville Business News - Local Louisville News | Business First of Louisville
  Through its now completed takeover of KentuckyOne, U of L will increase its share of the health care market in Louisville. Now state legislators will determine if the school will get a $50 million loan the school says it needs to make it work.
  
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• COVER STORY: History in the Making — How Simmons College will turn 139 years of legacy into a new future

  01-11-2019 11:00 via Louisville Business News - Local Louisville News | Business First of Louisville
  The city's only historically black college has an ambitious plan to accelerate its development, and in the process, the development of Louisville's West End.
  
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• Westport Village restaurant to close for renovations

  31-10-2019 21:32 via Louisville Business News - Local Louisville News | Business First of Louisville
  The Boombozz location at Westport Village will close temporarily for a remodel and rebrand, according to a news release.It was previously operated by a franchisee and is being taken over by TBB America LLC, which is led by BoomBozz founder and CEO Tony Palombino. The company anticipates that the renovated location at 1315 Herr Lane will open sometime in February. It also will adopt BoomBozz's new branding: BoomBozz Pizza & Watch Bar (formerly Taphouse).
  We reported a few weeks ago that the&h
  
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• Louisville manufacturer to create 400 jobs at new $50 million headquarters

  31-10-2019 19:30 via Louisville Business News - Local Louisville News | Business First of Louisville
  A manufacturer that has been operational for more than 30 years is now planning a new headquarters. Kentuckiana Curb Co. Inc., a Louisville HVAC manufacturer, intends to spend $50 million on a new Louisville headquarters that could create up to 400 jobs over a 10-year period, according to a filing with the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority.
  The filing states that the new headquarters is needed to increase production capability to meet business demands within the market. A news
  
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• Churchill Downs projects in Kentucky, Ohio now top $700 million

  31-10-2019 18:50 via Louisville Business News - Local Louisville News | Business First of Louisville
  The company announced a $300 million hotel and gaming venue project at its Louisville racetrack earlier this week.
  
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• IN PERSON: UK’s Eli Capilouto on how he never planned to be a university president

  31-10-2019 18:16 via Louisville Business News - Local Louisville News | Business First of Louisville
  Eli Capilouto wanted to become a dentist. But after getting an invitation to try something else, he changed the path of his career entirely.
  
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• These local restaurants had critical food code violations in the third quarter of 2019

  31-10-2019 16:18 via Louisville Business News - Local Louisville News | Business First of Louisville
  Each quarter, we compile a list of restaurants that have critical violations of the Louisville Metro Department of Public Health & Wellness food code.Any critical violation will earn a restaurant a grade of C. These violations include but are not limited to: spoiled food; food at unsafe temperatures; improper hand-washing; employees eating, drinking or smoking while preparing food; person in charge without knowledge of safe food practices or not present; insects, rodents, birds, turtles or o
  
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• GLI launches new development task force

  31-10-2019 15:53 via Louisville Business News - Local Louisville News | Business First of Louisville
  Greater Louisville Inc. will take a closer look at the Louisville area's land development needs and opportunities through a new group. GLI, the metro chamber of commerce, has launched the Regional Land Development Task Force, which will include members of the business community tasked with proactively evaluating the area’s land development, redevelopment and infill needs. The group also is expected to make recommendations on strategies that can maximize the region’s economic dev
  
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• Greater Cincinnati racino proposes $100M expansion

  31-10-2019 15:11 via Louisville Business News - Local Louisville News | Business First of Louisville
  A Greater Cincinnati racino is planning to grow rapidly with a $100 million expansion that includes a hotel, Hamilton Journal-News reports.Miami Valley Gaming & Racing has proposed the addition of a hotel, parking garage and more gaming machines at its site east of the Interstate 75/Ohio 63 interchange in Turtlecreek Township.The racino opened in December 2013 and currently has more than 1,900 video lottery terminal gaming machines, four restaurants, two bars and a 5/8-mile harness racetrack
  
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• Ford issues three safety recalls

  29-10-2019 14:43 via Louisville Business News - Local Louisville News | Business First of Louisville
  Ford Motor Co. is issuing three safety recalls in North America, including one on a few Louisville-made vehicles.The Dearborn, Mich.-based automaker is recalling select 2019 Ford Expedition and 2019 Lincoln Navigator vehicles. In some of the affected vehicles, the rear toe-link fastener may not have been properly tightened during assembly. An improperly secured fastener could allow the rear toe link to become disconnected while driving, which could increase the risk of injury or crash.In a news&
  
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• Louisville Business First Leadership Trust launches to connect, support Louisville's business leaders

  29-10-2019 14:00 via Louisville Business News - Local Louisville News | Business First of Louisville
  Louisville Business First is pleased to announce the launch of Louisville Business First Leadership Trust, an invitation-only community for chief executives and influential business leaders in greater Louisville.
  For more than three decades, Louisville Business First has been the region’s most-trusted resource for local business news. Now, the publication is inviting select community members to participate in a unique experience that will shape conversations, create connectivity, and incre
  
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• Woman fires shot into KFC drive-thru window after not receiving fork and napkin, witnesses say

  29-10-2019 12:06 via Louisville Business News - Local Louisville News | Business First of Louisville
  Police in Shelbyville, Ky. investigated a shooting on Monday at a KFC drive-thru window, which witnesses said was sparked after a customer didn't receive a fork and napkin.
  Witnesses told WLKY-TV, Business First's news partner, that the female customer shot through the window of the drive thru.
  "I just can't even think about what was going through their head to pull out a gun and shoot a window. It's scary," said Charlene Witt, manager at a Subway restaurant nearby.
  KFC is part of Louisville-bas
  
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• Liberate Medical, a local medical device maker, gets sales green light

  29-10-2019 11:51 via Louisville Business News - Local Louisville News | Business First of Louisville
  A Louisville area medical device company has received clearance to sell its core product on the open market.
  Liberate Medical LLC has received the "CE mark" or certification mark from a European Union regulatory body that allows device makers to sell their products.
  Angus McLachlan, CEO of Crestwood, Ky.-based Liberate Medical, said in an interview it will start to sell its VentFree device to distributors, rather than going directly to hospitals.
  "We're transitioning from a clinical stage compan
  
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• 35-acre mixed-use development planned on Hurstbourne Parkway

  29-10-2019 11:40 via Louisville Business News - Local Louisville News | Business First of Louisville
  The proposal includes retail, a restaurant, banks and several apartment complexes.
  
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• Texas Roadhouse stock jumps after strong 3Q earnings

  29-10-2019 11:35 via Louisville Business News - Local Louisville News | Business First of Louisville
  Net income for the Louisville-based company increase by more than 25 percent in the quarter compared to the same period last year.
  
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• Humana to layoff hundreds ahead of earnings release

  29-10-2019 11:28 via Louisville Business News - Local Louisville News | Business First of Louisville
  Louisville's largest public company is shrinking the size of its workforce.
  Louisville-based Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) will eliminate just over 800 positions, about 2 percent, of its roughly 41,600-employee workforce.
  The announcement came on Monday, about a week before the company is slated to release its financial performance for the third quarter that ended on September 30.
  The company has been shrinking its workforce since 2017. According to Louisville Business First research, Humana had&helli
  
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• GUEST COMMENT: It’s time to rethink the nonprofit sector

  28-10-2019 22:15 via Louisville Business News - Local Louisville News | Business First of Louisville
  Partnerships will be key in this effort. We need to learn about what is working in our community. And we need to learn from other communities. The issues we face and the creative solutions are not limited by geographic boundaries.
  
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• Ford to discontinue Flex and Lincoln MKT

  28-10-2019 20:00 via Louisville Business News - Local Louisville News | Business First of Louisville
  Ford Motor Co. will be laying off hundreds of workers in Canada as it discontinues both the Ford Flex and Lincoln MKT crossover vehicles. CNBC reports that about 450 workers at the Oakville Assembly plant in Ontario, Canada, will be cut early next year as a result of the cease in production of the two models.
  The CNBC report states this plant employs about 4,100 hourly workers and will continue to produce the Ford Edge and Lincoln Nautilus.The Ford Flex and Lincoln MKT are being discontinue
  
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• David Grissom exits U of L board

  28-10-2019 19:41 via Louisville Business News - Local Louisville News | Business First of Louisville
  David Grissom, the former chairman of the University of Louisville board of trustees, has resigned his position on the board ahead of the end of his slated term.
  U of L media relations director John Karman confirmed that Grissom will resign effective Dec. 1, but did not provide additional details."I think the university would benefit from having a younger man or woman serve in my stead," Grissom said in his resignation letter to Gov. Matt Bevin. LBF obtained a copy of the letter from Grissom's&h
  
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• Louisville trade college to close after 15 years

  25-10-2019 21:01 via Louisville Business News - Local Louisville News | Business First of Louisville
  An area career college office will close after operating in the area for 15 years.
  The Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University campus in Louisville, which is based at 300 High Rise Drive, is located on the other side of Interstate 65 from UPS Worldport air sorting hub.Tracey Purifoy-Moneypenny, campus director for the Embry-Riddle Worldwide Louisville Campus, said in an email that the Daytona Beach, Fla., flight and technical school would close the campus.
  She declined to comment further in a&helli
  
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