BNET Industries
Market Cap:$234.1M
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$29.1M
- Public
- US
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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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Intel Capital and MCI invest in Nexcom.(BULGARIA)
Intel Capital and MCI Management announced investing in Nexcom Bulgaria, the alternative Bulgarian telecoms operator that is currently building a nationwide WiMAX network. Nexcom's co-founder and chairman, Chris Haller, said, "Nexcom was the first operator in Bulgaria to deliver WiMAX-based voice and Internet services. Over the...
Looking Back: The Telecom Year In Review
How 2005 Did And Didn't Shape Up Welcome to 2006. Right after New Year's Day is a traditional time for reflection, so Telecom Policy Report once again offers a glimpse at the past year's highlights (TPR, Dec. 22, 2004). The 2005 regulatory and legislative scene saw...
AT&T wins contract from Progress Software and Frost & Sullivan names MCI Asia Pacific most comprehensive data service provider.
M2 PRESSWIRE-22 December 2005-US Financial Network: AT&T wins contract from Progress Software and Frost & Sullivan names MCI Asia Pacific most comprehensive data service providerC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:22122005 City of Industry, CA - Wireless Communication industry news provided by...
Axtel eyes acquiring Alestra or Avantel of Mexico.(MEXICO)
Axtel announced that it is interested in buying Alestra (49 percent of AT&T) or Avantel (49 percent of MCI) and may even make bids to acquire both long-distance and data companies. Axtel expects to close 2005 with a positive cash flow, and for next year it expects...
Hitting the merger pause button: AT&T and MCI were the big ones to watch in the long-distance industry, and now they've been gobbled up by Baby Bells. Are there lessons to be learned for wireless?
WASHINGTON -- Wireless carriers could glean a lesson or two from last month's FCC approved of the SBC Communications/AT&T and Verizon Communications/MCI mergers, which marked an end to the two toughest long-distance competitors, analysts say. The wireless children of SBC and Verizon...
Hitting the Merger Pause Button (Wireless Week)
AT&T and MCI were the big ones to watch in the long-distance industry, and now they've been gobbled up by Baby Bells. Are there lessons to be learned for wireless? WASHINGTON-Wireless carriers could glean a lesson or two from last month's FCC...
Earthlink and Google bring new model to metrozone access
The booming US metrozone market is starting to attract major players from the internet space, alongside the traditional wireless ISPs. Internet service provider EarthLink, for instance, has won the contract to build the Philadelphia citywide network, and now search engine giant Google is bidding to create a free hotzone for...
Interview with David Barden
MARK HAINES, CNBC ANCHOR: We`re back. In today`s "Sector Spotlight": telecom. Banc of America Securities hosting its media, telecom and entertainment conference in New York. Three themes dominating the telecom agenda: consolidation; the emerging battle between cable and phone companies; and the...
US telecoms face a shake-up after the merger of AT&T and Cingular
The face of US telecoms has changed dramatically in the past year. Following the consolidation of the cellular sector with the mergers of Cingular Wireless with AT&T Wireless, and then Sprint with Nextel, the most dramatic of them all has been agreed--the acquisition of AT&T by SBC, one of the...
MCI Expands Wireless IP Relay Services to Business Customers; Support for BlackBerry Enables Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Employees to Make 'Wireless Calls'
ASHBURN, Va. -- MCI, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCIP) today announced the launch of the first wireless IP-Relay communication service targeting deaf and hard-of-hearing business customers, making it possible for them to communicate using a BlackBerry Wireless HandheldTM from Research In Motion RIM (Nasdaq:RIMM; TSX:RIM).This service turns a BlackBerry Wireless Handheld into a...
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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