Regional News Stories: First Energy Buys Naming Rights to Browns Stadium (Tuesday, January 15)

Posted: Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Pending city approval, Northeast Ohio football fans will no longer be marching into Cleveland Browns Stadium to cheer on their team. The Browns announced Tuesday that they have sold naming rights for the facility to Akron-based First Energy Corporation. ideastream's David C. Barnett has details on the newly christened ball field.

An afternoon news conference kicked off with a short film brimming with nostalgia for the long history of the Cleveland Brown?s franchise.? Then, First Energy CEO Tony Alexander announced the new name.

ALEXANDER: This outstanding facility will be known as the First Energy Stadium - Home of the Cleveland Browns

To be technical, the phrase ?Home of the Cleveland Browns?, doesn?t appear in any of the promotional material handed out at the event. The name change follows a familiar pattern across the country.? Many other professional sports teams have sold stadium naming rights to local corporate sponsors.? The Cincinnati Reds play at a field named after Great American Insurance Group, and Progressive Insurance paid for its name to be put on the Cleveland Indians ballpark.

Browns owner Jimmy Haslam says First Energy put in their bid to name the stadium late last summer and a deal was worked out by year?s end.? But, in an informal talk with reporters after the naming announcement, Haslam declined to reveal any financial details of the deal.? He said only that it was a ?long-term? agreement.

HASLAM:? You know, that was First Energy?s request and we?re certainly going to honor what they wanted.? They?ve been great partners and great people to work with.?

Other teams have been less reticent about detailing naming rights agreements.? The Detroit Lions sold theirs to Ford Motor Company for 40 million dollars for 20 years, and the Pittsburgh Steelers? stadium became Heinz Field for 20 years, at a cost of 57 million.?

When asked if First Energy customers might react negatively to the company investing a large sum of money into stadium naming rights, First Energy?s Alexander said he thought putting the company?s name into a national spotlight was a good move.?

But, the deal isn?t quite done yet --- the new name has to win the approval of Cleveland City Council.?

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Posted by George Prentice on Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 9:37 AM

Maybe it's because of the high cost of health care. Possibly it's due to more Americans having greater access to the Internet. But a new survey by the Pew Research Center reveals that as many as 35 percent of U.S. adults say they self-diagnose via information they have obtained online.

The survey results, published this morning, indicate that up to one-third of those surveyed who have self-diagnosed "end up handling their medical problem on their own."

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The survey shows most people, 77 percent, still start online medical searches with a search engine, such as Google or Bing, rather than a specific health site (13 percent) or social networks such as Facebook (1 percent).

The quality of information that people find through search engines can vary a lot and "there are risks," including finding inaccurate or scary information, or missing the best sources, said Rahul Parikh, a pediatrician in Walnut Creek, Calif. But, he added, "I would encourage people to search more, rather than less," and to keep talking to their doctors about what they find.

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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, center, speaks during a news conference announcing an agreement with legislative leaders on New York's Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act in the Red Room at the Capitol on Monday, Jan. 14, 2013, in Albany, N.Y. Also pictured are Secretary to the Governor Larry Schwartz, left, and Lt. Gov. Robert Duffy. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) ? New York lawmakers have agreed on the first and toughest gun control laws in the nation.

The landmark legislation is a crackdown on assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines and includes measures to keep the mentally ill from guns. The bipartisan effort was fueled by the Newton, Conn., tragedy that took the lives of 20 first graders and six educators.

Bronx Democrat Sen. Jeffrey Klein says "This is not about taking anyone's rights away. It's about a safe society."

Gov. Andrew Cuomo made gun control a centerpiece to his progressive agenda in his State of the State address last week.

The measure passed the state Senate 43-18 late Monday and the Assembly plans to take the issue up on Tuesday. It is expected to pass easily.

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NEW YORK?(BUSINESS WIRE)??CIT Group Inc. (NYS:?CIT)?cit.com, a leading provider of financing and advisory services to small businesses and middle market companies, today announced that it has agreed to acquire a commercial loan portfolio from Flagstar Bank (FSB), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Flagstar Bancorp, Inc. (NYS:FBC) .

Under the terms of the agreement,?CIT Bank, the U.S. commercial bank subsidiary of CIT, will acquire approximately $1.3 billion in commercial loan commitments, of which approximately $800 million is currently outstanding. The assets represent a substantial portion of FSB?s Northeast-based commercial loan portfolio, which consists primarily of asset-based, commercial real estate, and equipment finance loans and leases. The purchase is expected to be substantially completed during the first quarter of 2013.

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Founded in 1908, CIT (NYS:?CIT) is a bank holding company with more than $33 billion in financing and leasing assets. A member of the Fortune 500, it provides financing and leasing capital as well as advisory services to its small business and middle market clients and their customers across more than 30 industries. CIT maintains leadership positions in?small business?and?middle market lending,?factoring,retail finance,?aerospace,?equipment?and?rail leasing, and?global vendor finance. CIT also operates CIT Bank (Member FDIC),?BankOnCIT.com, its primary bank subsidiary, which offers a suite of savings options designed to help customers achieve a range of financial goals.?cit.com

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SOURCE:?http://www.dailyfinance.com/2013/01/02/cit-agrees-to-acquire-commercial-loan-portfolio-fr/

Source: http://www.worldleasingnews.com/news/cit-agrees-to-acquire-commercial-loan-portfolio-from-flagstar-bank/

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