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NFL Saints Bounty Thread
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(This post was last modified: 10-30-2012 12:41 PM by AsylumGuido.)
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RE: Saints Bounty Thread
We had some interesting new news come out yesterday. I'll post a couple of different takes on it. First, PFT's story:
Latest Vilma brief attaches whistleblower email from Cerullo Earlier today, I mentioned that the latest court filing from Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma in the bounty case contains no new facts or legal arguments. Man, was I wrong. Attached to the brief is the email sent by former Saints assistant coach Mike Cerullo that resurrected the NFL's investigation. In a November 2, 2011 message to NFL spokesman Greg Aiello, Cerullo states as follows: "So I have info on Saints Joe Vitt Lying to your NFL Investigators on Bounties from 2010, along with proof!!! I was there, in the cover up meetings, with players and Joe, I love the NFL and want to work there again, but I am afraid if I tell thge [sic] truth I will never coach again in NFL, But I was fired for a situation that the Saints encourage. All I want is a Job back in the NFL as a QC Coach anywhere, so If talking to you jepodizes [sic] that I will have to get back to you, but The Saints are a Dirty Organization. Contact me." The message contains proof of Cerullo's alleged bias against Vitt. As alleged by Vilma earlier in this process, Cerullo had vowed revenge against Vitt for firing Cerullo. Separately, Cerullo's zeal to return to the NFL calls into question everything he says. Also, Cerullo's reference to being fired "for a situation that the Saints encourage" requires that claim to be explored and compared to the stated and actual reasons for his termination, in order to properly evaluate Cerullo's overall perspective and mindset. The email is attached to a new declaration from Vilma's lawyer, Peter Ginsberg, who explains that the email was produced by the NFL on October 23, 2012. Ginsberg contends that the NFL completely removed Aiello's response. The Cerullo email is marginally relevant to the effort to disqualify former Commissioner Paul Tagliabue as the bounty suspension hearing officer. But it will be extremely relevant to the overall appeal and litigation process, given that it makes a full cross examination of Cerullo even more critical to a fair disposition of the case. ______________________________________________________ So this is the guy that the NFL is resting their case on? His email makes him sound like a moron. It also sounds to me like he is trying to bargain his way back into the league. Saints Fan Since 1967 |
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RE: Saints Bounty Thread
Here's is an ESPN story on the email from Cerullo. They also make some good points.
Report: Email added to brief The latest legal brief filed by Jonathan Vilma to advocate the removal of Paul Tagliabue from the players' appeals hearing in the bounty investigation reportedly includes the original email from a former New Orleans Saints assistant that had helped relaunch the NFL's probe. ProFootballTalk.com, which obtained a copy of the brief, reported that it attaches an email, dated Nov. 2, 2011, from former Saints assistant coach Mike Cerullo to NFL spokesman Greg Aiello regarding the team's alleged pay-for-pain program. "So I have info on Saints Joe Vitt Lying to your NFL Investigators on Bounties from 2010, along with proof!!! I was there, in the cover up meetings, with players and Joe, I love the NFL and want to work there again, but I am afraid if I tell thge [sic] truth I will never coach again in NFL, But I was fired for a situation that the Saints encourage," the email reads, according to the website. "All I want is a Job back in the NFL as a QC Coach anywhere, so If talking to you jepodizes [sic] that I will have to get back to you, but The Saints are a Dirty Organization. Contact me." The NFL handed the initial penalties to Saints coach Sean Payton, assistant head coach Vitt and general manager Mickey Loomis, as well as former defensive coordinator Gregg Williams, on March 21. The original penalties instituted against Vilma and three other players were handed down May 2. They were overturned on appeal, then re-instituted Oct. 10 by commissioner Roger Goodell. Peter Ginsberg, Vilma's attorney, reportedly says in a declaration that the NFL produced a copy of the email on Oct. 23, 2012, but that the league allegedly deleted Aiello's response to Cerullo. Cerullo worked for the Saints from 2007 to 2009. The NFL in September commended Cerullo for coming forward to help its investigation, saying in a statement that the "information and detail he provided was credible and has since been confirmed in numerous respects both by other witnesses and by supporting documents." Vilma had maintained earlier in the bounty appeals process that Cerullo had a vendetta against Vitt after Cerullo was fired following the 2009 season, allegedly for leaving the team on at least two occasions and then providing false excuses for the absences. The Saints linebacker alleged in a defamation lawsuit against Goodell that Cerullo vowed revenge against Vitt. Tagliabue, the former NFL commissioner who was appointed by Goodell to preside over the latest hearings, was scheduled to hear the players' appeals Tuesday, but postponed them because of Hurricane Sandy, which hit the Northeast on Monday. The hearing was to have been held in Washington D.C. Tagliabue has not set a new date for the hearing. _______________________________________________________ In his email Cerullo lied about the reason for his being fired. He has a history of doing that. The other interesting point is the fact that the league deleted Greg Aiello's response. Why was that? The NFL has a history of destroying evidence used in their punishment ... anyone remember those Spygate tapes? Saints Fan Since 1967 |
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RE: Saints Bounty Thread
(This post was last modified: 10-30-2012 01:57 PM by AsylumGuido.)
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RE: Saints Bounty Thread
(10-30-2012 01:22 PM)ATLBound Wrote: Allegedly Yes, allegedly, just like the Saints. Still, what is your take on the email? Two years after being fired and forcefully removed by police from the Saints headquarters, Cerullo suddenly volunteers handwritten proof that he somehow still possessed two years later. It was during his removal from the premises that he supposedly yelled at Vitt that he would get even with him for this (firing him). And, don't forget that Vilma's defamation suit claims that the documents Cerullo offered up were created well after the fact. In addition, he intimates that he will not present the information if it would get him in trouble and lets on he wants to get a job anywhere in the league. Sounds like he wanted to make a deal. Saints Fan Since 1967 |
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RE: Saints Bounty Thread
Wait. Vilma originally said Tagliabue was OK and now his lawyers are trying to get him recused? What a two-faced lying bastard. How can anyone trust anything that a saints player or coach or former coach says?
I agree that Cerullo is an unbelievable asshole but that is what it takes to get a job in the Saints coaching staff. I can't wait until Payton comes back and fires Vitt and all of the rest of those clowns and then the real dirt on the Saints organization will start oozing out like a bayou oil spill. |
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RE: Saints Bounty Thread
So what was in Aiello's response?
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RE: Saints Bounty Thread
As usual you highlight the portions that you can spin and ignore things like this:
Quote:"information and detail he provided was credible and has since been confirmed in numerous respects both by other witnesses and by supporting documents." Which of course goes right back to things like "cart-offs" and other evidence that doesn't even come from Cerullo. Which of course also means that the NFL isn't "resting their case" on Cerullo alone. Yet you insist they are and that's just not true. And I still find it hilarious that Williams and Cerullo never spoke to each other about the alleged Farve bounty, and that you contend it never existed, but oddly enough they some how came up with the exact same dollar amount of $10k. I mean, what are the odds? Oh that's right, you think the NFL wrote Williams' and/or Cerullo's statements and they made up the $10k number and Williams and Cerullo just signed them. Because you know, they had to if they ever want back into football. So let's add extortion and bribery to the NFL's offenses I guess. And forget the fact that you actually admitted a couple pages back that "cart-offs" meant a player was removed from the game for one or more plays. Which is a clear admission that there was a pay for injury program. Because we all know the ONLY reason to leave the field for anything (with regards to being hit) is because the player is hurt. I mean it's not remotely possible to spin that. They paid for hits that hurt other players, period. One play, two plays, the whole game, the rest of the season... it's all the same. |
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RE: Saints Bounty Thread
How could he make a deal with the NFL to be a QB coach? Wouldn't that be up to the coach who hires him? What does that have to do with the NFL offices?
Also looking at the other side of the spectrum. He knew he had info on Vitt and the Saints so he kept it saved somewhere. He knew that if he gave it up that his ability to get a job in the NFL was shot. So he tried to maybe get a job for 2 years and then when he didn't get a job. He decided to get his revenge on Vitt out of frustration. The deal he was trying to make with the NFL was confidentiality. So that his name would be kept out and possibly still have the option of getting back in the NFL as a QB coach. My story sounds no more far-fetched than your story and information that only dispute is who handled the money and what the definition of cart-offs mean. |
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RE: Saints Bounty Thread
But overall both my story and your story is just a made up story based on our biased idea of what went down.
One of us could be right or neither of us. I only give thos story because you're blindly speculating based on very miniscule facts. And the upsetting part is that you don't realize how biased you are and think that the way you see it is the only way it has to be. |
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Rockville Financial, Inc. Announces Record Fourth Quarter Earnings Dividend Increase
ROCKVILLE, Conn., February 22, 2012 - Rockville Financial, Inc. ("Rockville Financial" or the "Company") (NASDAQ Global Select Stock Market: "RCKB"), the holding company for Rockville Bank (the "Bank"), today announced fourth quarter 2011 net income of $4.0 million, or $0.14 per diluted share, compared to fourth quarter 2010 net income of$2.7 million, or $0.09 per diluted share. This 49.1% increase resulted from continued organic growth in both commercial loans and low cost core deposits during the fourth quarter 2011, together with the Company's previously communicated balance sheet restructure. For the year 2011, net income is $7.1 million, or $0.25 per diluted share, compared to $12.3 million, or $0.44 per diluted share for the year 2010.
Fourth Quarter Highlights (revenue and expense comparisons are to prior year fourth quarter results, unless noted otherwise)
- Net income of $4.0 million is a record for fourth quarter earnings.
- 16.0% net interest income growth due to average loan growth and decreased funding costs.
- 3.77% net interest margin, compared to 3.37% in the fourth quarter of 2010 and 3.70% in the third quarter 2011.
- 1.07% cost of interest bearing liabilities, decreased 65 basis points from prior year and 16 basis points from prior quarter.
- High cost debt declined with $29.0 million of Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston advances maturing at a weighted average cost of 3.60%.
- 6.2% linked quarter commercial loan growth.
- Sold residential mortgages totaling $37.0 million, realizing gains of $1.3 million.
- 2.70% non-interest expense as a percentage of average assets increased from 2.63% in the prior year and 2.43% in the prior quarter.
- Efficiency ratio decreased to 63.20% from 68.28%.
- 15% dividend increase to $0.075 from $0.065 per share.
Year 2011 Highlights
- 8.5% net interest income growth year-over-year due to average loan growth and decreased funding costs.
- 3.40% net interest margin compared to 3.49% in 2010.
- 1.38% cost of interest bearing liabilities, decreased 36 basis points from the prior year.
- Balance sheet restructuring during the second quarter paid down $122.2 million of Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston advances at a weighted average cost of 4.17% and substantially liquidated the common and preferred stock portfolios.
- Strengthened management team across a number of lines and responsibilities to better position the Company for balance sheet growth and to meet evolving regulatory requirements.
- Recruited the former New Alliance Bank's heads of C&I lending, Commercial Real Estate lending and Cash Management/Treasury services along with five commercial relationship managers doubling the Company's customer facing commercial banking staff.
- 19.0% commercial loan growth compared to prior year.
- Sold residential mortgages totaling $57.2 million, realizing gains of $1.7 million.
- 22.3% demand deposit growth compared to prior year.
- 19.9% low cost core deposit growth compared to prior year.
- 8.8% total deposit growth compared to prior year.
Operating Results
The Company reported record fourth quarter net income of $4.0 million for the three month period ended December 31, 2011, or $0.14 per diluted share, compared to net income of $2.7 million, or $0.09 per diluted share, for the three-month period ended December 31, 2010. Increased net income for the fourth quarter 2011 included a $2.4 million, or 43.0%, decline in interest expense; a $234,000, or 23.5%, decline in provision for loan losses; a $328,000, or 61.7% decline in marketing expense; and a $152,000, or 37.3%, decline in FDIC assessment expense. These expense declines were partially offset by a $485,000, or 8.9%, increase in salary and benefits expense related to increased staffing in the risk management, information technology, finance , branch administration and commercial banking areas as the Company prepares to prudently leverage capital and accelerate growth.
For the year ended December 31,2011, net income was $7.1 million, or $0.25 per diluted share. Net income in 2011 declined $5.2 million as compared to the year ended December 31, 2010 primarily due to the balance sheet restructure executed in the second quarter of2011 , whereby the Company paid down $122.2 million of Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston advances at a weighted average cost of 4.17% incurring a debt extinguishment expense of $8.9 million, pre-tax. Furthermore, a $4.2 million, or 21.0%, increase in salary and benefits expense from additions to the Company's management team and a one-time contribution to the Rockville Bank Charitable Foundation, Inc. of $5.0 million, pre-tax, also contributed to the year-to-date expense increase. Included in the $4.2 million increase in year-to-date salary and benefits expense is the recognition of $830,000 of retirement expenses to a former executive and $220,000 of other contractual payments.
Net Interest Income Increases
Net interest income increased 16.0% to $15.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2011 from $13.4 million in the comparable 2010 period. The net interest margin increased 40 basis points to 3.77% for the fourth quarter of 2011 from the comparable period in 2010, and increased by 7 basis points from 3.70% in the quarter ended September 30,2011. The Company's yield on interest earning assets decreased 24 basis points during the quarter ending December 31,2011 to 4.55% from 4.79% for the same period in 2010. The decrease in the average yield was attributable to the reinvestment of the cash received in the second-step conversion to low-yielding investments and the addition of new loans at lower yields than the fourth quarter last year and adjustable rate loans repricing downward. The cost of interest bearing deposits decreased 21 basis points to 0.92% in the fourth quarter of 2011 from the comparable 2010 period, while the cost of interest bearing liabilities decreased 65 basis points to 1.07% over the same time period, reflective of the Company's focus on decreasing the cost of funds.
For the year 2011, net interest income increased 8.5% to $58.1 million from $53.5 million in the year 2010. The net interest margin decreased 9 basis points to 3.40% for the year 2011 from the comparable 2010 period. The Company's yield on interest earning assets decreased 51 basis points during the quarter ending December 31, 2011 to 4.42% from 4.93% for the same period in 2010. During this period, the yieldon average loans receivable decreased 21 basis points, while the yield on average investment securities decreased by 80 basis points. The cost of interest bearing deposits decreased 14 basis points to 1.02% for the year 2011 from 1.16% in 2010, while the cost of interest bearing liabilities decreased 36 basis points to 1.38% over the same time period
Provision For Loan Losses Declines
The provision for loan losses declined $234,000, or 23.5%, to $761,000 for the three months ended December 31, 2011 compared to $995,000 for the comparable 2010 period. For the year ended December 31, 2011, the provision for loan losses declined $1.1 million, or 26.5%, to $3.0 million from $4.1 million for the comparable 2010 period due to the disposition of various non-performing loans. Net charge-offs for the year 2011 were $1.3 million, or 0.09% of average loans outstanding, a decline from $2.3 million, or 0.17% of average loans outstanding, in the prior year. Provision expense continues to be assessed in correlation with the Company's loan growth and risk management enhancements.
Non-Interest Income and Expense
Non-interest income increased $434,000, or 16.7%, to $3.0 million during the fourth quarter of 2011 in comparison to the fourth quarter of 201O. The increase is due to a $697,000 increase in gains realized onthe sale of residential mortgages to the secondary market and a $365,000 increase in other income. The increase in other income is comprised of a $196,000 increase in the cash surrender value of Bank-Owned Life Insurance ("BOLI") related to new policies purchased in the third quarter of 2011 and a $351,000 decrease in losses on the sale of Other Real Estate Owned ("OREO") that occurred in 2010 and not in 2011, offset by a $114,000 decline in rental income on OREO and a $71,000 decline in net derivatives income based on the value of loan sale contracts outstanding at each quarter-end. Non-interest income increased $5.4 million to $14.8 million during the year ended December 31, 2011 in comparison to the year ended December 31, 2010. The year-to-date increase is attributed to realized securities gains totaling $6.2 million from the sale of common and preferred stock in the second quarter of 2011 as part of the Company's balance sheet restructure program, partially offset by the declines in service charges and fees totaling $1.0 million, related primarily to lower loan fee income generated by Rockville Bank Mortgage, Inc. ("RBMI"). The Company announced in the fourth quarter of2011 that the assets of the Bank's subsidiary, RBMI (operating under the trade name Family Choice Mortgage) will be transferred to the Bank in the first quarter of 2012. The Company will discontinue the use of the Family Choice Mortgage name in favor of using the Rockville Bank name in connection with operations.
Non-interest expense increased $822,000, or 7.5%, to $11.8 million for the three months ended December 31, 2011 compared to $10.9 million for the comparable 2010 period. During the three month period, salary and benefits expense increased $485,000 compared to the prior year period related to infrastructure investments noted above. Full-time equivalent employees increased to 281 at December 31, 2011 from 236 at December 31, 2010. Additionally, the Company incurred a $744,000 increase in other expenses, significantly attributable to additional expenses incurred as a result of operating a fully public company, partially offset by a $328,000 decline in marketing expense and a $152,000 decline in FDIC expense. Non-interest expense as a percentage of average assets increased to 2.70% in the fourth quarter 2011 from 2.63% in the fourth quarter 2010.
Non-interest expense increased $19.2 million, or 48.1%, to $59.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2011 compared to $39.9 million for the comparable 2010 period. Of the $19.2 million year-to-date increase, 78.3% is related to events previously discussed under operating results . The remaining expense increases related to a $3.2 million increase in salary and benefits expense, excluding prior disclosed contractual payments, in addition to a $730 ,000 increase in professional expenses and a $1.3 million increase in other expenses, both significantly attributable to additional expenses incurred as a result of operating a fully public company. These year-to-date expense increases were offset by a $279,000 decline in marketing expense, a $369,000 decline in FDIC expense and a $758,000 decline in OREO expenses.
Organic Loan and Deposit Growth Continues
Rockville Financial's total assets decreased by $307,000 for the quarter ended December 31, 2011 from September 30, 2011. During the quarter, the Company funded a $15.6 million increase in investment securities and an $11.9 million increase in net loans with a $27.8 million decrease in cash and cash equivalents. The increase in net loans during the quarter included $43.0 million of commercial loan growth, offset by the sale of residential mortgages totaling $37.0 million and a $4.6 million decline in construction loan balances. Additionally during the fourth quarter, the Company was able to payoff $29.0 million of maturing Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston advances with a $29.2 million increase in total deposits. The $29.2 million increase in total deposits during the quarter included a $24.8 million increase in demand deposits.
For the year ended December 31,2011, the Company's total assets increased $71.8 million, or 4.3%, to $1.75 billion from $1.68 billion at December 31,2010. The increase is attributed to a $21.6 million increase in investment securities, a $46.9 million increase in net loans and a $20.6 million increase in the cash surrender value of BOLI, partially offset by a $19.7 million decrease in cash and cash equivalents. The growth was funded primarily with the proceeds received from additional deposits of $107.5 million. Noteworthy is the impact of the balance sheet restructure on year-over-year growth, whereby assets were decreased by $122.2 million upon the prepayment of Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston advances from the second-step stock offering cash proceeds and proceeds from the sales of securities.
Average net loans decreased $2.6 million to $1.44 billion for the quarter ended December 31, 2011 from $1.45 billion for the quarter ended September 30, 2011. The average loan yield also decreased by 5 basis points to 4.88% for the fourth quarter 2011 from 4.93% for the third quarter 20 11. For the year ended December 31, 2011, average net loans increased $53.9 million to $1.43 billion from $1.38 billion for the year ended December 31,2010. The average loan yield decreased in 2011 by 21 basis points to 4.92% from 5.13% in 2010.
Average total deposits increased $30.4 million to $1.31 billion for the quarter ended December 31, 2011 from $1.28 billion for the quarter ended September 30, 2011. The average deposit cost decreased by 10 basis points to 0.79% for the fourth quarter 2011 from 0.89% for the third quarter 2011. Average core deposits increased by $45.1 million to $771.9 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2011 from $726.8 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2011, while average time deposits decreased $14.7 million during the same time period. For the year ended December 31, 20 I 1, average deposits increased $137.5 million to $1.30 billion from $1.16 billion for the year ended December 31,2010. The average deposit cost decreased in 2011 by 13 basis points to 0.87% from 1.00% in 2010.
Asset Quality
Non-performing assets increased $2.2 million to $15.6 million at December 31, 2011 from $13.4 million at December 31, 2010. The ratio of non-performing assets to total assets increased 9 basis points to 0.89% at December 31,2011 from 0.80% at December 31, 2010. Loans on non-accrual increased $250,000 to $12.6 million at December 31, 2011 from $12.4 million at December 31, 2010 . Included in non-accrual loans are troubled debt restructurings. Troubled debt restructurings increased $1.7 million to $3.4 million at December 31, 2011 from $1.7 million at December 31, 2010 . The ratio of nonperforming loans to total loans decreased 1 basis point to 0.86% at December 31, 2011 from 0.87% at December 31, 2010. At December 31, 2011, the allowance for loan losses as a percentage of non-performing loans and of total loans outstanding was 127.08% and 1.09%, compared to 115.79% and 1.00% at December 31,2010, respectively.
Dividend Increase
The Board of Directors voted to increase the cash dividend on the Company's common stock, declaring a dividend of$0.08 per share to shareholders of record at the close of business on March 5,2012 and payable on March 12,2012. The dividend is being increased by 7% from the prior dividend of $0.075 per share. This dividend equates to a 3.19% annualized yield based on the $10.04 average closing price ofthe Company's common stock in the fourth quarter of 2011. The Company has paid dividends for 23 consecutive quarters. The dividend payout ratio for the quarter ended December 31,2011 was 55%, and the total shareholder return for the year 2011 including capital appreciation and dividends was 10.07%.
Management Comments
"I am pleased to announce that Rockville Financial, Inc. delivered record fourth quarter earnings in spite of its significant investment in the Company's infrastructure during the year, and that the Company continues to enjoy solid asset quality, as well as strong quality organic growth in commercial loans and low cost core deposits," stated William (Bill) H. W. Crawford, IV, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO). "In addition to the earlier announced expansion of the commercial banking team into New Haven County, the Company announced in the fourth quarter that it will be entering another new market by opening a branch in West Hartford in late 2012. This is a tremendous opportunity for further organic growth in both loans and deposits, in particular with the expanded business products that Rockville is introducing, and it is part of the Company's plans to expand the reach of our branch network."
Mr. Crawford also remarked, "Rockville is prepared to prudently leverage capital and accelerate growth. The Company remains committed to providing shareholder value and in that regard, I am delighted to announce a 7% increase in the quarterly cash dividend to our shareholders in addition to the 15% increase provided in the prior quarter. Rockville is equally committed to superior customer service and it is a privilege to be part of a team who remains focused every day on serving our customers and communities and being Connecticut's Best Community Bank."
About Rockville Financial, Inc.
Rockville Financial, Inc. is the parent of Rockville Bank, which is a 22 branch community bank serving Tolland, Hartford and New London counties in Connecticut. A New Haven County Commercial Banking Office isnow open and located in Hamden, Connecticut to provide an array of commercial products and services for businesses located in New Haven County and surrounding areas. For more information about Rockville Bank's services and products, call (860) 291-3600 or visit www.rockvillebank.com. For more information about the Company visit www.rockvillebank.com and click on About Us: Investor Relations.
Note that share amounts related to periods prior to the date of completion of the conversion (March 3,2011) have been restated to give retroactive recognition to the exchange ratio applied in the conversion (1.5167).
Investor Call
Rockville Financial, Inc. is hosting a conference call on Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss the Company's fourth quarter financial results. Those wishing to participate in the call may dial toll-free 1-877-317-6789. A replay of the call will be available on February 23,2012 by dialing 1-877-344-7529, Conference ID #10009607, and will be available through March 1,2012.
Forward Looking Statements
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In a post on Google's official blog, CEO Larry Page announced that Rubin is stepping aside. "Having exceeded even the crazy ambitious goals we dreamed of for Android -- and with a really strong leadership team in place -- Andy's decided it's time to hand over the reins and start a new chapter at Google."
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The auction process is daunting, at least to the untrained eye.
The auctioneer at a tax foreclosure auction reads off the case number of a house, its address and an opening bid. Potential bidders shuffle papers and scroll through spreadsheets and emails, while some whisper to the person next to them.
"Most of them are wannabes," Jerry Caldwell, a real estate investor, says outside one auction, which is held monthly in the dingy basement of a Dallas courthouse and at other courthouses around the country.
The auctioneer opens bidding on a property in a gated community outside Dallas. Sometimes no one bids among the crowd of about 100 people, and he quickly moves on to the next property available. But this time, he gets a bite. Bidding starts around $50,000. Caldwell jumps in.
"It takes a lot of courage to stick your hand up and spend 50 grand if you haven't done it lots of times," he says. After an extensive round of bidding, Caldwell wins with a $266,000 bid for a house worth about $440,000.
Auctions, whether through public foreclosure auction or a private auction house, present a sometimes-frenetic way to sell a house. Some think auctions give an immediate, true market value, according to interested bidders.
"Put five people in a room, and they'll tell you want they want to pay," said Chris Longly, deputy executive director of the National Auctioneers Association.
But the process differs vastly from traditional home sales, sometimes making it an insider's game.
"You've got to be brave. This not for the meek," said Frank Donnelly, president of the Washington, D.C., branch of the Mortgage Bankers Association.
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In 2008, the latest year tracked by the National Auctioneers Association, auction houses sold an estimated $17.1 billion worth of residential real estate.
Those sales grew nearly 50% from 2003 to 2008. The NAA has not followed home sales since because titles do not distinguish the method of sale for a house, Longly said. Residential real estate outsold art, antiques and other collectibles that sold for $12.4 billion in 2008, though that paled in comparison to the $83.1 billion in automotive auctions.
But in 2008, auctions sold just 1.4% of all existing homes as a percentage of dollar volume, the National Association of Realtors said. About $1.19 trillion in existing homes sold that year.
That likely translates to a current market for auctions of between 1% and 2% of all existing home sales, according to NAR. The group factors in auction sales into total sales in its benchmark technology.
J.J. Dower, NAA vice president, said auctioneers likely saw slightly more existing-home sales in 2011. "That market's turning a little bit," he said.
Auction.com sold about 24,000 homes worth $2.5 billion in 2011. That's up from 23,000 homes worth $2.2 billion in 2010.
Williams & Williams sold nearly 65,000 properties, mostly bank-owned properties, over the last five years, according to Chief Marketing Officer Amy Bates. That includes about 10,000 in 2011, down from 15,000 a year earlier and flat with 2009 totals.
Bates said the Tulsa, Okla.-based company expects the same or slightly fewer sales in 2012. Pressure from the presidential election will lead to fewer foreclosures, she said.
"We're dependent on what our sellers are putting through the pipeline," Bates said. "We just respond to needs and we're available as our sellers need us."
Hudson and Marshall, a Dallas-based auction house focused on real estate owned properties, declined to disclose its sales data. Kelly Hinerman, vice president of operations, said he'd rather not share it with competitors.
Hinerman said the company saw a lower volume of properties in 2011 than in 2010.
"Right now, we're just not seeing the houses available for auction," he said.
The NAA does not track the number of real estate auctioneers or auction houses either, though Longly said the vast majority are smaller, family-owned businesses. One of these smaller auction houses, Georgia-based Rowell Auctions, sold about 1,600 properties in 2011, according to its national sales coordinator Doug Dennison.
Foreclosure auctions
Property listings at foreclosure auctions hit a nine-month high in November, data firm RealtyTrac said, with auctions scheduled on about 96,500 properties nationwide. That suggests an uptick in foreclosures, though those listings were still down 17% from November 2010.
Trustee and sheriff auctions, of course, differ from those run by auction houses as the former exclusively involve foreclosures. The use of an intermediary varies as well, with the bank or titleholder going it alone in a trustee sale.
Some auction houses, such as Auction.com, run third-party trustee sales. The company placed a stronger emphasis on them in California during 2011, and shortly after moved them to Arizona, as well. It plans to expand to more states in 2012.
"Some of us have been doing third-party sales for years," Auction.com CEO Jeff Frieden said. "This is nothing new."
The difference now, Frieden said, is the sales rate. The company's clients saw sales rates increase from between 20% to 30% up to as high as 70%. He said his company offers title insurance and compiles title reports on each asset up for auction.
"We've handed it to them on a silver platter with a lot of education, a lot of information," he said. "We've made it much safer, if you will, to buy it."
A push online
The allure of online bidding, Dower said, doesn't appeal much to his generation. The 50-and-older crowd still likes the social aspect of a live, on-site auction. But online auctions do attract 20- and 30-somethings more accustomed to life online.
"Everything they want, they want it now," Dower said. "People are bidding at 3 a.m. from their recliner. It's just a 24/7 convenience issue."
In 2007, online auctions made up 1% of all sales for Auction.com, formerly known as the Real Estate Disposition Corp. Now, Frieden said, they account for 70%.
"Today, you could be at Johnny's soccer practice," Frieden said. "We actually get more participation in our online auctions. You're really opening up to the world."
For Williams & Williams, winning bids typically come from those on-site at an auction, said Elsa Lewis, executive vice president for residential sales. Those bidders, more fervent about properties, draw into competition with each other.
But online bidders do drive up the price, Lewis said, as more on-site auctions include an online component. Price increases average 9% to 11%, she said.
Who bids?
Auction buyers contrast with the typical homebuyer.
Longly, with the NAA, said bidders fit into a dichotomy of investors and traditional owner-occupied homeowners. The percentage of that mix depends on who's asked.
Investors make up 60% to 65% of sales at Hudson and Marshall, Hinerman said. He said that's because the company usually gets an adverse selection properties, houses in too poor condition for an owner-occupier.
Auction.com, in its REO auctions, said it breaks down to a 65-35 mix, in favor of owner-occupiers.
Williams & Williams sees a varying ratio of investors and end-users. It depends, Lewis said, on price. Properties listed for less than $50,000 typically attract investors, while owner-occupiers buy above that number.
Investors made up 19% of all existing home sales in November, according to NAR, with all-cash sales at 28%.
It's hard to measure exactly what buyers do with the houses they buy, Auction.com's Frieden said. He estimates about 60% of investors who buy from his company resell properties, while 40% rent them out.
Caldwell, who began investing on his own behalf in 1978, said the availability of cash is the biggest restriction for an auction participant and investor. His own financing comes from a bank credit line, he said.
Many smaller investors, though, have popped up at auctions in recent years, and are more likely to buy fixer-uppers, Caldwell said.
Frieden called that small investor "Joe Long Bed," in reference to their pickup truck.
"No institution can manage commercial or residential real estate as well as a local investor," he said. "You cannot replace that local knowledge."
Auction houses, however, generally prefer to sell to an end-user. Owner-occupiers can usually afford to pay a little more for a house, Dower said.
Unfair advantage
Sometimes investors who frequently go to auctions can often get a little too close, giving themselves an unfair — or illegal — advantage.
Bidders, along with auctioneers, can rig the bidding or auction process to reduce prices and increase their own profit margins.
The Sherman Antitrust Act, passed in 1890, prohibits bid rigging because it limits market competition. The maximum penalty carries a 10-year prison sentence and $1 million fine.
In investigations considered ongoing in 2011, authorities have charged at least 28 people for bid rigging, according to the Department of Justice's Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force. Many later pleaded guilty.
One investigation in San Joaquin County, Calif., resulted in charges against 14 people, most recently four investors and an auctioneer Dec. 7. A grand jury indictment said those charged fraudulently acquired titles at auction in an agreement not to bid against each other. Instead, they would hold their own auction after one acquired a property. The added profit would go to the co-conspirators, instead of the seller.
A scheme participant, in theory, could make money without ever bidding, said Assistant U.S Attorney Russell Carlberg, a prosecutor on the San Joaquin case. A concerned investor alerted authorities in that case, starting a now two-year investigation.
"It's an easy fraud to perpetrate with a lot of potential profit," Carlberg said. "The incentives are there and sometimes the conditions make it easy for this to occur."
In other bid-rigging cases, people can simply agree not to bid against each other on certain properties. That practice is nothing new, Longly said. It typically happens, when it does, at events with numerous properties for auction.
"Usually, we can tell," Longly said. "It's not hard to see four bidders in the back of the room talking."
Auctioneers, concerned about their reputations, do a lot to prevent any illegal activity, either putting a "no-sell" on a property or throwing out anyone suspected of wrongdoing. Still, Longly said he'd rather not divulge tricks of the trade used to eradicate any bid-rigging pests.
Last-ditch or better method?
MBA's Donnelly, who works for a mortgage lender in Washington, said auctions likely provide one of two options — a way to unload property quickly, or as a last resort. His employer prefers to connect with a local real estate agent to sell foreclosed property. He could see, though, if banks unequipped to deal with REO would need to sell the property quickly.
Auction houses disagree with the last-ditch notion. Frieden, Auction.com CEO, said auctions can sell assets quicker and more efficiently than a traditional sale with a real estate broker.
"Servicers are starting to see that this is not the last resort of liquidation," Frieden said. "This is actually a retail method that can be moved up in the process, which helps them get their accomplishment of selling whatever it is they're selling."
Lewis, with Williams & Williams, said some perceive auctions as "a way to offload properties, but that is not really how we approach it. Auction, we believe, is the best strategy for real estate."


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Scenario #2: We meet at the restaurant. Pushing open the door, I always feel a secret thrill as I span the bustling room. Butterflies in my stomach, I hope I look nice with mascara-ed eyelashes and strategically flushed cheeks. I spot Alex, looking attractive (and even a little intimidating) perched at the bar with a beer, wearing his suit from work, smelling like cologne, waiting for me to come kiss his neck and say hello.
Meeting at a restaurant whisks us back to our early dating days and kicks off a romantic vibe for the rest of the evening. It's a little thing, but sometimes life is about the little things, right?
(Btw, have you ever seen this funny scene from When A Man Loves a Woman? They had the right idea.)
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this is such a great idea. i think we're going to have to try this.
other small things that we do? we put our phones away when we're out at restaurant. i know it seems to trivial, but because we live together, dinner's out kind of get taken for granted if it's just "any other" dinner.
love this post.
www.twosmuppies.comDefinitely agree on this one! Whenever my husband and I have a 'date', I try to get ready separately. I like to take time to do my hair and look nice, and while I'm getting ready I am envisioning the look on his face when he sees me for the 'first' time. That excitement is not there if he sees me struggling into pantyhose:)
ReplyDeletethis IS a great idea!
as we were dating, we would have lots of conversations in the car. when we moved in together and got married, we would go straight into the house...not letting "the mood" linger that while longer. now, we stay in the car a bit longer (yup, outside our house!) to keep talking, anticipating what more the evening will hold ;)
thanks for sharing!
xoWe have to do this because of our crazy schedules, but I never thought of it as romantic before now. You just made lemonade out of lemons for me!
Keep sparks flying? He's admittedly the more romantic one. His newest thing is laying on my side of the bed before I get in so it will be warm for me. Little things like that remind me how lucky I am.SO TRUE!! We do this and it feels so fresh all over again!!
Another great tip is just doing things by yourselves, new things, things you don't want to do with your partner but things that will challenge yourself and keep it fresh on an individual basis so you keep revealing yourself as the years go on! Remember how exciting it was to find out about your partner and what they liked when you first began dating? It doesn't have to stop!!
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Thanks! Currently my boyfriend still don't live together so this is totally possible for us!! Ooo I love it!! Our date night is this weekend so I'm going to tell him to meet me at the restaurant. It will totally be like one of our first dates! =) Love the idea! Thanks!
Lemanie's Randomness BlogOh, Joanna--I just LOVE this idea and would totally love to implament it when:
(1) I start getting more than two hours of sleep at a stretch (I have a 4 1/2 month old, need I say more) and
(2) When I can tear myself away from said 4 1/2 month old long enough to actually go out to dinner with my husband (I work full-time out of the house, you see and so every second with Kalen is precious) and
(3) If I ever EVER feel like a sexy woman again. It's not looking good....We are going to start doing this!
Sometimes I'll wear lingerie and thigh highs under my clothes when I know we'll be out with people/in public for hours because when he discovers my secret outfit and we're in public we can't stand the anticipation. It makes for some heavy eye-flirting and sometimes a sexy rendezvous somewhere you'd never expect.Ah! It's totally true - Sparks will fly in that old familiar, wonderful way, the way they did when we first started dating. How often do you guys do date nights? I feel like they are super important, but sometimes really tough to fit into...well...life! Oi!
I do absolutely love the intimacy we share with zero shyness and reservations but it definitely does diminish the sexy-time, and let's be honest - who doesn't want sexy-time?! These tips are so helpful! Thanks!
http://iloveublank.blogspot.com/We have our sitter come over 30 minutes before we need to leave. She keeps our THREE kids occupied while I/we get ready, plus it makes the transition easier.
Love the idea of meeting up for a date - it really does work. Hubby once had a work thing in San Francisco, and I took the train down alone to meet him for the night. So cool to greet him in the middle of downtown SF. xoyou are so right about this. some days i meet my husband during the day when we're working in the same neighborhood, and even though we're not meeting up for a date or to do anything interesting, just the fact of meeting him someplace outside the home makes me jittery and giggly. it's so fun.
ReplyDeletei got chills just reading this! i am in a strange place in my life where everyone around me is either unhappy/giving up on their marriages, or are single and vocally anti-marriage/commitment (i'm perennially single), so it is SO refreshing to read about everyone's efforts to keep commitment exciting after being together for a long time. keep it up, ladies! :)
ReplyDeletegreat tip! definitely going to try it out for our next date night :)
great post!
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http://alissab.usI love this post! My man and I live about 3 blocks apart, by choice. So when we do things, he properly picks me up, opens the car door, and takes me out. Even if we're just going to his place. Or sometimes we walk or ride bikes to each other's place. Love keeping that bit of mystery alive!
ReplyDeletewe had these glorious visions (before we were married) of sitting on the couch and reading poetry or novels to each other at the end of the day, and then, for the first few months, we just felt like we wanted to zone out (that is, recuperate from the last year!!) at the end of our days. now, though, we've gotten into it! the bookcase in our living room holds our "fun" books--poetry, novels, fiction--and we pour glasses of wine or scotch and take turns reading sonnets or short stories.
ReplyDeleteLove this idea. Will have to try it.
We have date night on Wed, pretty much every week. What we do is trade off on who books the date ie) movie, a play, comedy etc...that person is the date planner and has everything sort of ready to roll. its actually a great thing, because we both put effort into doing something new and it shows thought, i love it when conor plans something, its so cute.- Lauren C.T.12:47 PM
I LOVE this idea! We don't even have the added stress/anti-aphrodesiac of children yet, but we still need to work on keeping the romance in our marriage. We have recently started making sure we have at least one date night a month - dinner, a movie, whatever, as long as it is us spending time together our of the apartment and far, far away from the sofa and tv - but this would make it even more fun and interesting, especially if we do it on a Friday after a rough week. Thanks!
ReplyDelete We do something similar...(we're married with two little kids) instead of wah-wahing together about what we should do on a date night, we alternate planning the date. So one of us in charge of everything and the other is along for the surprises. It feels like a first date nearly every time.
ReplyDeleteFantastic idea! This would prevent my hubby from rushing me out the door. :-)
My hubby and I find that we connect best when we're unplugged, away from distractions.. many times it is when we take very long walks together, or just going to a local pub for the night, sitting at the bar and chatting, or enjoying leisurely breakfast & coffee over books at a coffee shop will often turn to long and meaningful conversation.I love this idea! It's so true, too! Whenever Andrew and I meet out it's so much more exciting! Thanks for the tip!
I also want to try something new to keep things fresh. We're new to Chicago so we're going to try to go to a new neighborhood at least once a month to check out the scene, restaurants, anything, just to get out of going to the same places on our street. I am really excited!I feel the exact same way when I meet my husband for a date.
One of our little sparks applies to the very same scenario. My husband and I are ALWAYS late because one of his favorite things to do is to watch me get ready. He just lays on the bed and watches as I dress, do my hair and make up. He says its like watching the final touches to a masterpiece or like seeing a beautiful flower open up. But, of course by that the time I'm all done, he hasn't even started getting ready! So its a mad dash for him to throw himself together!Aww how adorable! I love that idea. I've been trying to think of something like this to spark up our date nights. It's hard!
A few things we have done throughout our marriage (about 5 years) are things like, have sex at 4am spontaneously (or with the lights on!), surprise eachother with gifts, do small thoughtful things like sometimes I put quarters in his wallet for coffee or a coke at work since he never carries cash.
We definitely need help on our dates. Recently we went to a jazz club for the first time and it was definitely a new spin on date night so maybe we'll do things like that more often.i'm not married, but i'm in a two year ish nearly relationship.
the problem i have is that he's a student, and i am unemployed looking for a job...
so we're not exactly flush with cash...
trying to find ideas to keep it exciting without damaging the pocket.
and yes, obviously we cook each other meals all the time...
intrigued for thoughts.
this is a great idea though!I love this post!! We're going to have to start doing this (when we can find time for dates that is)... there is something different about spotting your man out in public and knowing he's all yours!
We sometimes meet up on lunch if the kids are with the sitter, I just love a little mid-day rendezvous!I love this idea! I'm going to try it out. We don't talk about our baby on our dates, or really during adult time at all. We maintain common interests, so we always have a lot to talk about like music, books, even fashion and food. We talk about future travels and places we want to see together, like when we were dating. It really keeps the spark going. He's my best friend and we're always surprising one another. I think our daughter would prefer this over being the topic of conversation, even though she's only twenty-two months.
ReplyDeleteI love it JO:) During the week me and my fiance are so buys with our jobs that we often don't see each other in the evening: he is working sometimes long hours and I'm already in bed when he's back; or the other way when I'm somewhere in the City busy with my event...Anyway, welcome to the City/London life!
That'w why we are trying to celebrate our weekends and Friday nights-Fridays are only for US! Me and my other half, glass of red in bed with some great music and trying to talk what happened during the week...Saturday it's our breakfast date-I love new places, a bit organic nothing modern look restaurant! So breakfast and walk along the river. Every weekend we are trying to do something different, new and surprising:) i love it and it helps to keep the sparks that started 6 years ago:)xoxo- tali5:24 PM
So funny, I was just thinking about this (or kinda this!). We had a wedding to go to last Friday night...I had to work a little late so I ended up getting all dressed up in the office and meeting my husband there. I totally had that "butterflies" feeling walking in and looking around for him, and then when he saw me he said "wow, you look so pretty" and i was thinking about how nice that felt! I'm going to try this out for date night. Thanks for sharing :)
ReplyDelete We are still waiting to see how life will change with baby, but one thing we love to do now is breakfast dates. My husband doesn't have to be at work til around 10:30, so we often go somewhere cute in the neighborhood for lattes and bagels or croissants and have some of our best conversations there.
ReplyDeleteLove this! I don't have a husband, but I do understand the lovely feeling of walking up to a dapperly dressed man in a restaurant or bar and smelling his cologne and just generally being happy to be the one he's waiting for. Such a great idea to do that, even after you've locked the man down! :)
ReplyDeleteThis is a great idea! My husband and I are newly married and appreciate advice like this on how to keep things exciting! It's so easy to be lazy about spending time together or even just staying in. You're right there's something about getting dressed up- feeling pretty and seeing your man looking pretty too.
My husband works A TON and so the little time we get together is precious. We took a "staycation"- stayed a hotel away from home, didn't turn on the TV- got shnazzed up and went out on the town a little bit. So fun to feel flirty and cute together.That's such a great idea Joanna! Last night I did the same with my husband. We live on the main street of our neighborhood. I caught the bus that takes me about 10 blocks from our apartment instead of the one that lets me off across the street from it. I was a little bummed and called my husband and to meet me for dinner (so we wouldn't spend all evening inside the apartment...). We decided to both walk towards each other and go to the restaurant nearest to wherever we meet. It was a fun way to add a little element of surprise to our evening & we ended up having some delicious sushi! It's going to be our new tradition because feels more like a real date, keeps us from getting caught up with home things, and is fun!
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It's just another Wednesday for husband and wife Steve and Sharon Willette. Together, they own the Living Yoga Center in Urbana. Once a week, they head outdoors to practice "Acro Play."
"Acro Play is a combination of acrobatics, yoga, and often Thai yoga massage," says Steve.
"About five years ago, Steve and I went to a Valentines Day partner yoga partner yoga practice at a studio in Chicago," says Sharon. "That's where this kind of play was first introduced to us. And I just thought, 'This is so much fun!' In a normal or regular yoga practice it's an individual thing, but when you play with yoga or practice yoga with a partner it's about connecting with another person. It's about communication, and it's about trust."
While it may seem hard to believe, Steve and Sharon say yoga itself is a safer and more calming practice than your regular workouts. Steve even thinks there are fewer injuries with yoga.
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With as much fun as they have, they recognize that it may not be as easy for those new to the practice to stand on someone else's wobbly arms.
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For the less experienced (and perhaps less trusting), they offer partner yoga classes at their studio. It is similar in principal but less airborne.
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