GREEN BUSINESS SOCIAL MEDIA Paint your Are you wagon connected? Nashvillian follows dream Reluctant LinkedIn by o ering healthier, local convert o ers strategies products at Green Wagon. for a successful pro le. April 21-22, 2011 P40 P5 http://greenbizsummit.lipscomb.edu Nashville March 11 - 17, 2011 Vol. 37 | Issue 10 www.nashvilleledger.com The power of information. LedgerDAVIDSON • DICKSON • CHEATHAM • WILLIAMSON FORMERLY WESTVIEW SINCE 1978 Metro is prepared. Are you? $5 per gallon By Hollie Deese | Correspondent in 2008, the Nashville Metropolitan Are you ready for $5 gas? Transit Authority, Regional Transit How about $3.50 this weekend? Authority and the Music City Star as a Gas prices, up about 35 cents a gal- group began looking for a way to help If you are real lon in the past week and 60 cents stabilize their fuel budget. And for a since December, continue to climb group that uses 1.7 million gallons a gambler, you across the country and in Middle year, price increases can destroy even Tennessee, which is about 10 the most cautious budget. would get cents below the national aver- So in 2009, the coalition entered age. into a gas-hedging program with Metro contracts for “It’s uncertain how Nashville Public Schools, Metro Nash- the turn of events in the ville’s eet of service vehicles and the all the gas Mideast will unfold and city of Franklin. therefore it’s hard to fore- “Basically, it is a nancial instru- you need. But cast how retail gas prices ment,” says Ed Oliphant, chief nancial will be a ected, whether o cer of MTA and RTA. “We are not most people they will continue to rise doing xed price contracts. We are not or if consumers can expect going out and saying ‘Mr. Supplier, if are not, and I a break anytime soon,” says we promise to buy a million gallons will Jessica Brady, a spokesperson you sell it to us at this price?’ am not” for AAA. “It is a nancial instrument where we With no relief in sight – and go out and lock in a contract price, and Ed Oliphant, chief fi nancial offi cer, many experts predicting $5 gas in you can buy as many contracts as you Metropolitan Transit Authority and 2012 – drivers are doing what they want.” Regional Transit Authority can to o set fuel costs. So is Metro. After getting burned by fuel prices >> PAGE 20 ern Express, Inc, Hampshire Insurance Company, Western Express, Inc, Def Atty(s): John W Barringer, 08/30/2010, 10C3341 October 8 - 14, 2010 Patricia McClarren vs Star Insurance Company, Westwood GET A JOB! PublicChurch Of Christ, Pltf(s): James T Collins, Def(s): Star Insurance Company, Westwood Church Of Christ, Def Law & Government Atty(s): David John Deming, 08/30/2010, 10C3343 Pltf(s): James A Richard Dicaire vs Cbs Personnel Holdings Inc, Cbs RecordsPersonnel Services LLC, Kilgore Group Inc Collectively Staffmark, Staffmark Investment LLC, Making ‘gaps’ Pltf Atty(s): n/a, Def(s): Cbs Personnel Holdings Inc, Cbs Personnel 08/26/2010, 10C3303 Services LLC, Kilgore Group Inc Collectively Staffmark, Staffmark James T Collins vs Rogers Group Inc, inside Investment LLC, Def Atty(s): Stephen B Morton, 08/26/2010, Pltf Atty(s): n/a, Def(s): Rogers Group Inc, Def Atty(s): Heather E Hardt, 08/26/2010, 10C3308 manageable James A Wells vs Jenco Construction Inc, Pltf(s): Judy R Lawson, Wells, Pltf Atty(s): n/a, Def(s): Jenco Construction Inc, Def Atty(s): Jennifer S White, 08/25/2010, 10C3282 Jessica Grimwood vs Intrepid USA Healthcare Services, GetPltf(s): a Job! Jessica Grimwood, ........................................... Pltf Atty(s): n/a, Def(s): Intrepid USA 2 How you explain periods Healthcare Services, Def Atty(s): Clifford Wilson, 08/27/2010, Week in Review .................................2 Judy R Lawson vs Nursing & Oneida, of unemployment could be CommunityPltf Atty(s): David Calendar Harold Dunaway, .......................... Def(s): Nursing & Oneida, Def 4 Public JordanRecords Sanders vs ................................... Dillons Welding Inc and Employers, 7 crucial to getting next job. Pltf(s): Jordan Sanders, Pltf Atty(s): Donald D Zuccarello, Def(s): P2 Marketplace ....................................19 Green Business .................................40 www.nashvilleledger.com 2 MARCH 11 -17, 2011 Week in Review Plugging gaps Franklin’s NotifyMD place statewide by the 2012 election cycle. bought by Stericycle However, under Dunn’s bill, the implemen- tation wouldn’t take place if state government in your resume Stericycle, a medical-waste management can’t cover the costs that will be placed on lo- company, recently paid a reported $50 million cal governments to meet requirements that in- clude printing off the ballots and having proper to acquire NotifyMD, a patient communica- Not everything goes as planned tions software and services company based in security to guard them. House Democratic Caucus Chairman Mike during a person’s career. As a result, Franklin, according to Mergermarket. The deal one of biggest problems that job has not been formally announced. Turner of Nashville tried unsuccessfully to Stericycle, based in Lake Forest, Illinois, pass an amendment that would allow local seekers face is how to handle gaps in was the sole bidder for 25-year-old NotifyMD, governments to decide if they want the paper work history. ballots and cover implementation costs them- If you are faced with this situ- which is regarded as the largest healthcare- Get a Job! only message-management company, accord- selves. ation, consider the reason for the – Associated Press By M.B. OWENS ing to a second source familiar with the deal. gap(s), when they occurred and the A Stericycle spokesperson said the execu- Nashville amount of time between jobs. e tive who could authorize comments on any demand for your skill in the employment market should M&A issues was not available. Queries for this House passes story produced no comments from NotifyMD’s ‘Health Freedom Act’ also be considered. private equity owners Jefferson Capital and If your skills are in high demand, gaps may not be im- Ledger Coleman Swenson Booth, or from CEO Jona- A proposal that would allow Tennesseans portant to the hiring manager. e employer may have than McDevitt. to opt out of the federal health care law is only a few applicants for the position. If the human re- NotifyMD’s revenue was about $20 million headed to the governor for his consideration The power of source department cannot locate quali ed people, you may in 2010, after growing 10% in 2009, and was after passing the Republican-controlled House have little to worry about in being called for an interview. 70-27 Monday on a party-line vote. information. projected to double to $40 million by 2013, However, be prepared to answer questions about the according to Mergermarket. The companion to the “Health Freedom Act” also passed the Senate 21-10 on a party- Published weekly by unemployed times during the interview. line vote last month. Westview Newspaper, LLC Most people, unfortunately, are not in this high-demand TNInvestco fi rms Republican Gov. Bill Haslam is expected to situation. If this is your circumstance, look for a viable so- create new company review the proposal when it reaches his desk. 8120 Sawyer Brown Road, lution that makes you look attractive. The new federal health care law requires Suite 107, Ponder the activities you were performing during the Two venture capital funds that were award- Americans either to buy health insurance or Nashville, TN 37221 gaps of time. Where you consulting, volunteering for com- pay a penalty, beginning in 2014. Federal (615) 646-6131 ed millions in state tax dollars to create jobs munity service, performing a special activity or attending in Tennessee’s ailing economy have started a judges have come down differently on the re- FAX: (615) 662-0946 quirement. school or educational seminars? Can you use these activi- new medical device company. ties to show you were busy? If it makes sense and strength- Device Innovation Group will be headquar- The federal law also would bar insurers Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m tered in Nashville and will work with universi- from turning away people with medical con- ens your resume, use them to ll the gaps. ties to create innovative medical devices. ditions the same year, require companies to If the period of unemployment was short, is it really nec- The new company is the product of the Tri- cover young adults up to age 26 on their par- Publisher essary to use one of these activities as ller? Don’t use them Eric Barnes Star Technology Fund and Limestone Fund ents’ policies, and extend coverage to more if you don’t have to. If continuing your formal education than 30 million Americans. working together with MDI Partners LLC. The General Manager was the reason, you should include it in the resume two venture capital funds are part of Tennes- President Barack Obama has said people Lyle Graves would be able to keep their health care plan. [email protected] If the period is short, don’t use exact starting or ending see’s $200 million TNInvestco program. dates in your resume. Use month and year instead. Many The program, which was formed under for- – Associated Press Contributors times employees have signi cant vacation time coming to mer Gov. Phil Bredesen, gives tax credits to Sheila Burke venture capital fi rms to help create new jobs Hollie Deese them when leaving a job. If you have this extra time, add and new technology. It has been praised as Former speaker says Tim Ghianni it to when you left your job.