BNET Industries
Market Cap:$234.0M
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$29.1M
- Public
- US
Dow Jones Description
Investment Fund
President
Clifford M. NoreenContact Information
c/o Babson Capital Management LLC 1500 Main St Ste 600
Springfield, Massachusetts 01115
(413) 226-1516
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NAICS Code Floor Covering Stores: 442210
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MCI wins satellite deal. (Networks/New Satellites).(MCI WorldCom Inc.)(United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)(Brief Article)
MCI announced that the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration NOAA awarded MCI a seven-year contract to provide high-speed satellite data communications solutions to more than 90 meteorological locations worldwide. Part of the NOAA World Area Forecast System, MCI's Very Small Aperture Terminal VSAT service enables ...
MCI wins contract to provide satellite services to National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration. (Contracts).(MCI WorldCom Inc.)(Brief Article)
MCI announced that the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration NOAA awarded MCI a seven-year contract to provide high-speed satellite data communications solutions to more than 90 meteorological locations worldwide. Part of the NOAA World Area Forecast System, MCI's Very Small Aperture Terminal VSAT service enables ...
EchoStar Communications Corporation Announces Agreement to Acquire Assets From News Corporation, MCI; EchoStar Plans to Launch Two High-Powered Loral Satellites in 1999
LITTLETON, Colo.--BUSINESS WIRE--Nov. 30, 1998--EchoStar Communications Corp., "EchoStar," (Nasdaq:DISH, DISHP), News Corporation Limited (NYSE:NWS) and MCI Telecommunications Corporation/WorldCom (Nasdaq:WCOM) today announced an agreement for the transfer to EchoStar of the license to operate a high-powered DBS business at the 110 degrees West Longitude orbital location consisting of 28 frequencies and...
News Corporation & MCI Worldcom in Satellite & DBS Agreement with EchoStar Communications Corporation
NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--Nov. 30, 1998--The News Corporation Limited (NYSE:NWS, NWS/A), MCI Worldcom (Nasdaq:WCOM) and EchoStar Communications Corporation (Nasdaq:DISH, DISHP) today announced that they have entered into an agreement pursuant to which News Corporation and MCI will transfer to EchoStar a license for 28 DBS frequency channels at 110 Degrees West...
$735 million suit returning to courtroom
Judicial Conflict of Interest Launches Rehearing of Satellite License Dispute An 11th-hour disclosure by a Little Rock federal judge has rerouted the course of a $735 million lawsuit that was heading for the U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. The case, brought in February against MCI Communications Corp....
Primestar Scraps Dbs
Primestar will focus on enlarging its medium-power business following decision not to acquire DBS assets from American Sky Bcstg., executives said. It called off $1.1 billion deal to acquire slot and satellites at 110 degrees from American Sky Bcstg. ASkyB, venture of MCI WorldCom and News Corp., under pressure from...
Would-be satellite mogul launches suit
Entrepreneur. Opportunist. Speculator. Visionary. Little Rock businessman Dan Garner has had these monikers and even a few unflattering ones bestowed on him during his rocky and sometimes controversial career path.The 52-year-old president and lone stockholder of Advanced Communications Corp. made an audacious move to rebound from his most staggering reversal...
Primestar readies plans
Primestar had planned to launch 120-channel service via Tempo's 11 transponders at 119 [degrees] W in 4th quarter, but postponed introduction as FCC reviewed proposal to transfer Tempo license to Primestar. 1 has substantial interest in Tempo and Primestar. Primestar also has requested transfer of MCI/News Corp. DBS license for...
PanAmSat enables MCI to facilitate satellite communications network for FAA
GREENWICH, Conn.--BUSINESS WIRE--June 30, 1997-- SBS 6 and Galaxy X Satellites will provide vital communications links between pilots and control towers throughout the United States PanAmSat Corp. (NASDAQ: SPOT) announced today that MCI will use up to three...
Administration eyes foreign ownership caps for DBS.(Clinton administration, direct broadcast satellite television services)
Request prompted by News Corp., BT deals with MCI The Clinton administration wants the FCC to take a fresh look at placing foreign ownership caps on DBS operators. In a letter last week to FCC Chairman Reed Hundt, the...
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Clifford M. Noreen | President |
| William J. Barrett | Director |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Donald Glickman | Board of Directors |
| Marshall D Butler | Board of Directors |
| Martin T. Hart | Board of Directors |
| Robert E. Joyal | Board of Directors |
President (since 2008), Vice Chairman (2007-2008), Member of the Board of Managers (since 2006), Managing Director, Babson Capital; President (2005 - 1/2009), Vice President (1993- 2005) of the Trusts. Vice President (since 1996), HYP Management LLC (LLC Manager); Director (since 2005), MassMutual Corporate Value Limited (investment company); Director (since 2005), MassMutual Corporate Value Partners Limited (investment company); Senior Vice President (since 1996), MMHC Investment LLC (passive investor); Managing Director (since 2006), MassMutual Capital Partners LLC (investment company); Director (since 2008), Jefferies Finance LLC (a finance company); Member of Investment Committee (since 1999), Diocese of Springfield.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| MassMutual Corporate Investors | President | Current |
| MassMutual Corporate Investors | Chair of Board | Current |
Chairman (since 1992), Donald Glickman and Company, Inc. (private investments); and Partner (since 1992), J.F. Lehman & Co. (private investments). Director (since 1984), Monro Muffler and Brake, Inc. (automobile repair service); and Lead Director (since 1998), MSC Software Corp. (simulation software).
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| MassMutual Corporate Investors | Board of Directors | Current |
| MassMutual Participation Investors | Board of Directors | Current |
| Monro Muffler Brake, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Infinity Venture Capital Fund | Chairman of the Board | Current |
| MassMutual Corporate Investors | Board of Directors | Current |
| Alpha Technologies | Board of Directors | Current |
| Kyocera Corporation | Director | Former |
MARTIN T. HART has been a director of ValueClick since March 1999. Mr. Hart has been a private investor in the Denver area since 1969. He has owned and developed a number of companies into successful businesses, and has served on the board of directors for many public and private corporations. Presently, Mr. Hart is serving on the board of the following public companies: MassMutual Corporate Investors, an investment company; MassMutual Participation Investors, an investment company; Texas Roadhouse, a restaurant chain; and Spectranetics Corporation, a medical device company. He also continues to serve on the board of directors of several private companies. Mr. Hart graduated with a B.A. from Regis University and is a Certified Public Accountant.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| ValueClick, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Private Lessons Channel | Board Member | Current |
| MassMutual Corporate Investors | Board of Directors | Current |
| Mediaplex | Director | Current |
| Texas Roadhouse, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| The Spectranetics Corporation | Board Director | Current |
| Willie's Corner | Director | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Beacon Power Corporation | Current | |
| Private Equity | Director | Current |
| Scottish Re Limited | Board of Directors | Current |
| Corporate Governance | Board of Directors | Current |
| Alabama Aircraft Industries, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Jefferies Group, Inc. | Director | Current |
| MassMutual Corporate Investors | Board of Directors | Current |
| MassMutual Corporate Investors | Trustee | Current |
| MassMutual Corporate Investors | trustee | Former |
William J. Barrett , 69, Secretary of the Company since 2001, was a director of the Company from 1996 to 1997 and rejoined the Board of Directors in 2001. Mr. Barrett is President of Barrett-Gardner Associates, Inc., a private merchant banking firm; Director of MassMutual Corporate Investors and MassMutual Participation Investors, closed-end investment trusts; Director, Executive Vice President, Assistant Treasurer and Secretary of Supreme Industries, Inc., a specialized manufacturer of truck bodies and shuttle buses; Director of TGC Industries, Inc., a geophysical services company; and Chairman of the Board of Rumson-Fair Haven Bank and Trust Company, a New Jersey state independent, commercial bank and trust company.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| MassMutual Corporate Investors | Director | Current |
| Chase Packaging Corp | Secretary | Current |
| Tgc Industries, Inc. | Director | Current |
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