The Kansas City Star from Kansas City, Missouri • 29

i' -V -V1' r-? Ji- -f-7 kySOdNClTYCOM I'i yy THE KANSAS CITY STTAR FRIDAY OCTOBER 10 20Q8 Sm A lt( jf I k1 ri-- Mf" -If k- Compensation time What's a bonus? Bonuses at banks wllf plungo nearly 60 percent this yaar an economic consultant predicts as Prime Minister Gordon Brown demands punishment for Irresponsible bankers -v i Qantes Airways will ghre a rafund and an International flight vouchar to all passangan who war on board a Y' plana that mado a tonifying plungo this weak tossing paopla around tha cabin and Injuring dozens v' yV SPRINT Legal fights over WiMax spiri-pff SJARWATCH CONSUMER in tire Yager stated firmly believe that the Illinois courts including Ytbe Dlihois Appellate Court that have 'previously enforced our exclusivity protection will also find that this latest attempt bySprint' to compete with us in our territory isY- another violation of oiir agreements" 1 leaders dispute that the company's WiMax plans With Clear-wire violate any agreements with iPes 'YYY are confident that the Circuit Court will grant us a foil and fair hearing and render a reasonable said Matt Sullivan a Sprint 'j spokesman'' Dan HesseSprinf chief executive officer arid-tins week that he ex- pected Sprint to complete its transac- Y'Y tion with Clearwire before the end of the yean The I did note van said are "moving forward Sullivan said To reach Jason Gcrtzan call 816-234-4899 or send e-maH to Jgortaentastarxom that expectation Sulli- Y' as scribers HXilSOleddocumienfr with toe Se- curities and Exchange Commission on Thursday noting foe new ruling in Delaware in the WiMax case the -parties have en- gaged in a strenuous to de- termine the proper forum in which to have their disputes the Delaware court stated in the new ruling Sprint announced tiie Clear- wire transaction the competing camps have endeavbried to have the htigatkm proceed first if not entirely in their preferred forum either Dela-ware or Atrialis scheduledto beginin Hli-nois in eaiy December over the Sprint and iPCS WiMax dispute Each of the' disputes: between Sprint and iPCS concerns' promises 'that Sprint made to grant occlusive territories to iPCS In exchange the Illinois company made nnittimiTlimv dollar investments so that it could sell Sprint-branded service IPCS contended that i Sprint breached these agreements when Sprint bought Nextel Communications in 2005 IPCS raised a similar is set i i Delaware court puts on hold a case Involving promises of exclusive service territories By JASON GERTSEN fra Kansas CKy Star Sprint Nnxtaf now nmst enUlinois court for the opportunity to compile the spin-off of its WiMax business unit A Delaware court agreed to place a lawsuit on hold in that state while a similar case proceeded in Illinois IPCS an IUinois compa company that sells Sprint-branded service throuiout the Midwest is challenging plans to spin off its WiMax business and merge it with another company called Onarwlrt in another dispute iPCS has se- cured Illinois court rulings toat could fbice Sprint to shut down or sell its Nextel business in iPCS territory: which includes par of Illinois Mi- chian 'Pennsylvania tndiana Iowa' Ohio and The company now serves more than sub FROM a aisles to accommodate strollers TTie departments are accessories v' and cloth- -Ying: cosmetics gifts jewelry lingerie and shoes Designer brands include the cutting edge and the traditional Ed Hardy William Rast Diesel Ralph Lauren thmmy Bahama Burbpriy Cnairh Kate Spade and Ellen Ttacy TTie company has hired 120 people and hopes to have at least 155 by the soft opening in eariy November to help train steff before the grand opemngfthopestoeVentualty have a staff of 200 The Not 8 grand opening wihin- chide free gifts from Von Maur and its vendors raSles for $yXX) shop- ping sprees a jazz trio and magi- dans and clowns Although Rvondeclined to eive the revenue she did smile -broadly when she said that very pleased" with sales Cormac Ca of Omaha Ndx the developer of Corbin Paris also an- nounced this week that it had dosed on $1074 million in construction financing for allphases of the 11 million-square-foot center at 135th andMetcalf Avenue Backwoods a chain selling technical equipment and apparel for back- pacldng camping hikiiw fly fishing climbing and other outdoor recre- ST: ySSS5S her outdoor recre- aKWXXJ-square-foot store in the center The founded in Wichita in 1973 mid had a store in Kansas City since the mid-1970s YUfatkna Fitness a $25 million 11000-square-foot gym opened in the center in 2006 Other Corbin Park stores willin-clude Jared tha Galtarta of Jewaky Men Waarhousa and Varf- 'non' was E-mail scam alert E-tnal scams that phlshfor 7 personal Information may increase amld the current financial arsis the Federal Trade Commissfoa warned corsii mere Thursday Separately the Federal Deposit kwasnea Corporation said It had -receded numerous reports of a e-mail that appears to be from the government agency Its subject line reads: "Funds wired Infoydur account aresfolen The FTC issued a guide to help coraumersrWwwftegabcp edupubsconsumeriertV' aRQ89xhtriv lyfmmlng transfat Restaurant chain Chick-ftt-A said Thursday that it had dim- mated sftartifidaLtiansiats from its chicken- and biscuit- laden menu The Atlanta-based company said it changed its recipe for its waffle fries and its breakfert biscuits to remove trans fat after two years of test- ing to make sure the taste of the food was not affected by the switch: New Apple notebooks Apple Incsignaled that Steve Jobs chief executive officer would show off new Macintosh ponaue con-putersnext week seeking to season company sent aainvitadontb media for an Octhttvent v1 Jobe calledThe spotlighttunrsto Apple may revamp and offer a for the first time analysts say Recalls I Hatoro Inc recalled about 330000 Nerf N-Strike Recon Blasters after some children were injured using the toy Hasbro and the US Consumer Product Safety Commission received 46 reports of injuries to children according to a statement from the company and the agency The blaster's plunger can cause injury to the face neck or chest by pulling the user's skin during firing The Nerf Blaster is yellow with a black handle and orange plunger Only blasters with an exposed YY orange plunger are included in the recalL Consumers can contact Hasbro for a free cylindrical cover to prevent additional injuries: I About 45000 automatic gas vent dampers made in the US by Efltal LUC have been recalled because the product could fail and pose a risk of carbon monoxide poisonlng The product was sold by plumbing and heatlitfwhole-' sale distributors to plumbers and contractors More information: 866-790-3739 or wwweffikai com Wrinkle hearings vV I The safety of skin wrinkie fillers from companies led by Medkb PharmeceuttariCorpandAF YY lerganlncwlJI be reviewed by a US advisory panel next month Food and Drug AdmMstntlon advisers wil meet Nov 18 in Gaithersburg Md to hear safety concerns and recommend studies for existing and new wrinkle treat- -merits a strenuous togof-warto determine the proper forum in wiiidi to havetheir disputes DELAWARE COORT RUUNG concern when Sprint announced this year that it intended to create a hew company by merging its WiMax unit withQearwire Executives with iPCS declined to comment about the cases on Thursday In Septembev howevenYTimothy Tget' president and chief executive of iPCS said he thought the courts would require Sprint to honor its commitments in the Nextel and Wi- Maxcasev die past few years the exclu- -shrity provisions of our affiliation agreements have been continually tested by Sprint and we believe that it is appropriate and necessary to continue to defend our riits under A couple of years ago JJL Dunn did write a colorful mural of Cali- underwrite a colornil mural Na Valley die Goldi Bndand hot-air balloons to mund tiie construction site an underwritea the Golden Gate Bridge and hot-air balloons to surround tiie construction site and pretty up the view from JPa Still the mural hide til of the 1 construction and lanes are still blocked off around the project ridiculous surprised the city is letting them get away with it" Frantzi said want to be done with ilvlfs tough on the whole neigh- boriiood" Plaza 111 site dosing? Employees ofPtaza ill the Steak-house said the two-year-old Lea RICH SUGG I THE KANSAS CITY STAB Journalists bn Thursday got a tour of tha Von Maur dapartmant store which la to opah naxt month In tha Corbin Park shopping canter In Ovarland Park wood location will be closing by Wednesday A manager of the restaurant Cornerstone of Leawood at 5020 137th said she was not allowed to comment The owner Haddad Restaurant Group did not return phone calls Haddad has seen its restaurant roster decline this year with tiie closings of George Brett's on the Country Club Ptaza and Fred Otfs in downtown Kansas City The same withComer-stone which lost its two-year-old Cheeseburger In Paradise this yean The Cityscape column runs Tuesdays and Fridays In the business section lb reach Joyce Smith call 816-234-4692 or sand a-manto Jsmithtestarcoin 1 Concerns at Jimmy Ffantzi hoped tdbe looking out the windowofhis ITS restaurant onto a thriving Wbst Edge office I hotel and retail complex by now Instead Frantz stands to be looking at the construction site for some time to come The recent split between Trilogy Davatopment and contractor JE Dunn Construction Col will set the opening bbek at least until spring Meanwhile Frantzi has seen his sales drop 35 percent to 40 percent since the groundbreaking in late 2005 At me time the developers hopedtohjwetenantsmovingby daily 2008 day tirat agroundbreaking could take CASINO: October race weekend is goal for opening FROM a Speedway President Jeff Boerger said the Speedway's 50-50 casmo partnership with the Cordsh Ca was still hbpenrl ti the June date could be met But he said Houser was jtanal- in telling Wall Street ysts about the possible delay all bid ready to go" and start construction said Boerger The Hard Rock partners and offi- dais from Wyandotte UnF fltd Govamment are scheduled to meet Monday to discuss construction plans and other details Meanwhile the state's final sign-off on the casino management deal faces a December deadline International' Speedway officials suggested Thurs- venueS including a live musie venue and the convention centet a game-changer for Kansas 1 Speedway" Houser said going to be able to rewrite their history" Houses also told dish each would pour $40 million to 7 land-based farilityv (45 million into the initial phase of down completely at a different level construction as the first installment with rpore amenities" than compet-terim casina on their combined and estimated 20 ing riverboat casinos in neighboring The original plan was to build the to 40 percent equity share of tire pro- Missouri couventW center first and ject think the guys on the other side operate a temporary casino inside The permanent casino would be of the river are worried about that structure while the casino a ho- part of a 15 million-squafe-foot com- he said not worried about tel and everything else was built plex that eventually would include around it Y-- "7 i- iOOQ slots 140 table games a 300- reach Rkk Aim call Now Boerger saidplans appear to "room hotel ford 275000 square feet 8K-23647ftorsanda-mail 'he letaing toward building the per-' of dining retail arid entertainment' to raimtestarfom' i i 'i- i place in January or February Boerger said the manent casino first and opening it next by June if possible Florida-based International Sp way officials assured analysts day that financing in the current tight market was not a problem They said the company and Cor- WW1 I.