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in June, down from the revised May figureof 89.1 and from 112.7 in June 2008. The indexx number is relative to 100 for the 1996 base The index combines eightmarket indicators. “Compared to the beginninfg of the year, the decline in the Employmenr Trends Index has significantly and we therefore expect job growth to resume around the end ofthe year,” The Conferencw Board Senior Economist Gad Levanomn said in a Monday release. “However, over the last leading indicators of employment were mostly disappointing, suggesting the Employment Trends Indes is still seeking a bottom.
” The index’s componenta yielded mixed results in June, The Conference Board said in the release. The declininv indicators were the percentage of respondentds who say theyfind “jobs hard to the number of employees in the temporary-help industry, industriapl production, real manufacturing and trade sales, and job The Conference Board is a independent business-membership and research associatiobn based in New York
segunda-feira, 31 de outubro de 2011
sexta-feira, 28 de outubro de 2011
Oncor seeks $300M in stimulus funds - Kansas City Business Journal:
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Oncor will apply for the fundse through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Actof 2009. The deadlins to apply is Aug. 6. Citiny data from the Council ofEconomic Advisers, Oncor believes the stimulus funds would supporf the creation of 1,600 jobs in 2010. If the fundingg is approved, Oncor will spend the money to deploy moresmart switches, whic will help the energy company isolatd problems in neighborhoods and reconfigure power Other enhancements will include controlling the feeder voltager through the company’s capacitor control and enhancementas that will help the electrif provider locate electric delivery problems in a faster, more efficient Oncor said.
In addition, downtown electric networks will be modernizedunder Oncor’s proposed plan. Oncor also is aiminyg to improve itstelecommunications network, an improvemenft that will enhance the company’sx power grid. “Oncor’s vision for a modern, interactive, intuitivew electric grid is tangible andhappening now,” said Oncor Chairmahn and CEO Bob “Our first considerations in seeking these stimulusd grants are whether the funds will help consumer s lower their electric bills or advance smart grid initiatives to improve service and reliability. That’sx where we have focused our attentionand energy.
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Oncor will apply for the fundse through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Actof 2009. The deadlins to apply is Aug. 6. Citiny data from the Council ofEconomic Advisers, Oncor believes the stimulus funds would supporf the creation of 1,600 jobs in 2010. If the fundingg is approved, Oncor will spend the money to deploy moresmart switches, whic will help the energy company isolatd problems in neighborhoods and reconfigure power Other enhancements will include controlling the feeder voltager through the company’s capacitor control and enhancementas that will help the electrif provider locate electric delivery problems in a faster, more efficient Oncor said.
In addition, downtown electric networks will be modernizedunder Oncor’s proposed plan. Oncor also is aiminyg to improve itstelecommunications network, an improvemenft that will enhance the company’sx power grid. “Oncor’s vision for a modern, interactive, intuitivew electric grid is tangible andhappening now,” said Oncor Chairmahn and CEO Bob “Our first considerations in seeking these stimulusd grants are whether the funds will help consumer s lower their electric bills or advance smart grid initiatives to improve service and reliability. That’sx where we have focused our attentionand energy.
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quarta-feira, 26 de outubro de 2011
SeaBear catches gourmet market with latest product - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
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Key to this ambition is Anacortes-based SeaBear'sz newest product, called "Healthy Hearts wild salmonh dinner fillets" — a package of eighgt six-ounce frozen salmon fillets, packed in dry ice with four shipped directlyto consumers' homes. It's targetefd directly at homemakers who want to impress or can afford to spend freelyon "In four months it's becomee the most successful new product," said presidenr and CEO Mondello.
"It's totally high With such innovations, long known for packaging expensivs salmongift boxes, is expanding into the mail-order gourmet Since arriving at the company in 1996, Mondello has been recastingh his company with new products and new targetr market. To do this Mondello is capitalizing on increasinvg public awareness of an arrayof seafood-related environmental and healt h issues. These include the sustainability of wildseafood resources, the importance of Omega-3 fatty acids for heart and increasing doubts about the environmental impacts of farmed as well as the health implications of the antibiotices and dyes that salmon farmers use.
At the equivalenrt of $20 a pound, the Healthy Hearts fillets don't find much of a markeyt here inthe salmon-rich Northwest. Instead, the companyh does about 95 percent ofits direct-mailk marketing business in tony neighborhoods in California, Texas, New Florida and Chicago, Mondello said. "We don't compete on price," Mondello said. "Our brand doesn't stand for anythingf but super-premium quality. We define our customers as afflueng men and women who have a passionfor SeaBear's new product line has been catchingt the attention of the gourmeyt press.
Earlier this year New York-base d Saveur magazine publisheda one-pags piece about SeaBear's premium Copper River entitled "Alaskan Pride." "Copper Rivert salmon is a known name rightg now, like Niman Ranch pork," said Saveurr food editor Melissa Hamilton in New Another important step Mondell is taking is to add the Marine Stewardship Councio logo to its packaging. The London-based council certifierd Alaska's salmon fishery as sustainable in and SeaBear has become one of the firstr seafood processors to usethe council's leaping fish logo on its SeaBear had to prove the origins of its fish to be able to use the "It shows the vision and leadership of SeaBear that they're promoting the sustainabilitt of the resource," said Karen Tarica, U.
S. commercial project managet forthe council's U.S. office, in Seattle. Kristine food editor for Bon Appetit Magazine in Los called SeaBear's environmental certification "We know our readers enjoy shopping at farmer's markets, and we talk about environmentally sound products more and more," she The new emphasis on frozen dinner portions and the epicurw market is a marked difference from the company' previous focus on the gift market. Mondellop came to the company after a career as a marketinv directorfor high-profile companies including Procter & Gamblre and Celestial Seasonings Tea Co.
, and his missionb was to turn SeaBear into a high-enc brand name with national recognition. Back in 1996 nearly everythingg SeaBear made in its Anacorted processing facility was packerin "retort pouches," essentiallyu soft cans. While the retort process stil works for the gift it isn't suited for the dining quality that Mondello's epicure customers are seeking. "That kind of eventr is not deliverable out of a retort he said. During the last five years SeaBear'as overall sales have remained flat atabout $10 million as Mondello has shifted the focux away from the gift market and has shed unprofitable lines whil e building the epicure market.
An indication of the chang e isthat SeaBear's summer much of it tied to heavilh marketed Copper River salmon run, is up aboutt 80 percent from five years ago. Mondell expects that within five years halfthe company' s sales will be year-round, while the balance will be for the holidat season. He expects to double sales in the nextsevenb years. SeaBear has emerged as innovator in addinvg valueto Alaska's wild salmob harvest, said Laura Fleming, public relations director for the Alaska Seafood Marketinhg Institute in Juneau, Alaska.
The salmon-catching businesxs in Alaska, much of it headquartered in Seattle, has been financiallh damaged in recent yearse by competition from cheap Chileanfarmed "I think it's pretty exciting," Fleming "His company wants to leverage the qualitie s that differentiate our products from industriallt produced salmon." Tapping his experience with Celestial Seasonings, Mondello has sought to create a mystique with SeaBear'd packaging, peppering the boxes with evocative copy and photographs evokingf the product's Northwest roots.
He's also cultivated a uniqur presentation among callcenter employees, who are trained to engags customers with local color and information about the fish and its The company only contracted out its call center work once, and the result was "The call center, the people who talk to our are an immense piece of building a super-premiumn brand," Mondello said.
Key to this ambition is Anacortes-based SeaBear'sz newest product, called "Healthy Hearts wild salmonh dinner fillets" — a package of eighgt six-ounce frozen salmon fillets, packed in dry ice with four shipped directlyto consumers' homes. It's targetefd directly at homemakers who want to impress or can afford to spend freelyon "In four months it's becomee the most successful new product," said presidenr and CEO Mondello.
"It's totally high With such innovations, long known for packaging expensivs salmongift boxes, is expanding into the mail-order gourmet Since arriving at the company in 1996, Mondello has been recastingh his company with new products and new targetr market. To do this Mondello is capitalizing on increasinvg public awareness of an arrayof seafood-related environmental and healt h issues. These include the sustainability of wildseafood resources, the importance of Omega-3 fatty acids for heart and increasing doubts about the environmental impacts of farmed as well as the health implications of the antibiotices and dyes that salmon farmers use.
At the equivalenrt of $20 a pound, the Healthy Hearts fillets don't find much of a markeyt here inthe salmon-rich Northwest. Instead, the companyh does about 95 percent ofits direct-mailk marketing business in tony neighborhoods in California, Texas, New Florida and Chicago, Mondello said. "We don't compete on price," Mondello said. "Our brand doesn't stand for anythingf but super-premium quality. We define our customers as afflueng men and women who have a passionfor SeaBear's new product line has been catchingt the attention of the gourmeyt press.
Earlier this year New York-base d Saveur magazine publisheda one-pags piece about SeaBear's premium Copper River entitled "Alaskan Pride." "Copper Rivert salmon is a known name rightg now, like Niman Ranch pork," said Saveurr food editor Melissa Hamilton in New Another important step Mondell is taking is to add the Marine Stewardship Councio logo to its packaging. The London-based council certifierd Alaska's salmon fishery as sustainable in and SeaBear has become one of the firstr seafood processors to usethe council's leaping fish logo on its SeaBear had to prove the origins of its fish to be able to use the "It shows the vision and leadership of SeaBear that they're promoting the sustainabilitt of the resource," said Karen Tarica, U.
S. commercial project managet forthe council's U.S. office, in Seattle. Kristine food editor for Bon Appetit Magazine in Los called SeaBear's environmental certification "We know our readers enjoy shopping at farmer's markets, and we talk about environmentally sound products more and more," she The new emphasis on frozen dinner portions and the epicurw market is a marked difference from the company' previous focus on the gift market. Mondellop came to the company after a career as a marketinv directorfor high-profile companies including Procter & Gamblre and Celestial Seasonings Tea Co.
, and his missionb was to turn SeaBear into a high-enc brand name with national recognition. Back in 1996 nearly everythingg SeaBear made in its Anacorted processing facility was packerin "retort pouches," essentiallyu soft cans. While the retort process stil works for the gift it isn't suited for the dining quality that Mondello's epicure customers are seeking. "That kind of eventr is not deliverable out of a retort he said. During the last five years SeaBear'as overall sales have remained flat atabout $10 million as Mondello has shifted the focux away from the gift market and has shed unprofitable lines whil e building the epicure market.
An indication of the chang e isthat SeaBear's summer much of it tied to heavilh marketed Copper River salmon run, is up aboutt 80 percent from five years ago. Mondell expects that within five years halfthe company' s sales will be year-round, while the balance will be for the holidat season. He expects to double sales in the nextsevenb years. SeaBear has emerged as innovator in addinvg valueto Alaska's wild salmob harvest, said Laura Fleming, public relations director for the Alaska Seafood Marketinhg Institute in Juneau, Alaska.
The salmon-catching businesxs in Alaska, much of it headquartered in Seattle, has been financiallh damaged in recent yearse by competition from cheap Chileanfarmed "I think it's pretty exciting," Fleming "His company wants to leverage the qualitie s that differentiate our products from industriallt produced salmon." Tapping his experience with Celestial Seasonings, Mondello has sought to create a mystique with SeaBear'd packaging, peppering the boxes with evocative copy and photographs evokingf the product's Northwest roots.
He's also cultivated a uniqur presentation among callcenter employees, who are trained to engags customers with local color and information about the fish and its The company only contracted out its call center work once, and the result was "The call center, the people who talk to our are an immense piece of building a super-premiumn brand," Mondello said.
segunda-feira, 24 de outubro de 2011
Valley surgeon heads up test of aneurysm treatment - Orlando Business Journal:
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Rodriguez, the director of peripheraol vascular services at the Arizona Heart has been named the nationak principal investigator for the Phase II which is required by the to enroll 160 The Arizona Heart Institute is one of 14 centersz involved in thestudy nationwide. “Wee are looking to include at least six more centerw to complete 20 centers inthe U.S.,” Rodriguezz said. The endoluminal graft is manufacturede bynear Glasgow, Scotland. Called the Anacondaa Stent Graft System, it allows the surgeojn to reposition the device once it has been placedf acrossthe aneurysm.
So far, nearly 4,000 patientse in Europe have received theAnaconda device, but it must get approvall from the FDA before it can be used in the U.S. Rodriguea said the minimally invasive procedure onthe study’w first patient went saying the device is very easy to use. “Hes was up on his feet the next morninbhaving breakfast,” Rodriguez said of the “You can’t do that when you open the This eliminates the need for open heargt surgery.” Abdominal aortic aneurysm, or “ballooning” of the body’s main is a serious condition prone to rupture and lead to suddebn death. Actor John Ritter died of an aorti rupturein 2003.
Symptoms can occuf suddenly with severe, sharp pain in the Patients who experience these symptoms shoulxd seek immediatemedical attention, Rodriguez said. Early detection can preventt sudden death. Patients with a familyg history of aortic aneurysm or other connective tissue disorderx should notify their physician about their risk ofaortivc aneurysm, he said.
Rodriguez, the director of peripheraol vascular services at the Arizona Heart has been named the nationak principal investigator for the Phase II which is required by the to enroll 160 The Arizona Heart Institute is one of 14 centersz involved in thestudy nationwide. “Wee are looking to include at least six more centerw to complete 20 centers inthe U.S.,” Rodriguezz said. The endoluminal graft is manufacturede bynear Glasgow, Scotland. Called the Anacondaa Stent Graft System, it allows the surgeojn to reposition the device once it has been placedf acrossthe aneurysm.
So far, nearly 4,000 patientse in Europe have received theAnaconda device, but it must get approvall from the FDA before it can be used in the U.S. Rodriguea said the minimally invasive procedure onthe study’w first patient went saying the device is very easy to use. “Hes was up on his feet the next morninbhaving breakfast,” Rodriguez said of the “You can’t do that when you open the This eliminates the need for open heargt surgery.” Abdominal aortic aneurysm, or “ballooning” of the body’s main is a serious condition prone to rupture and lead to suddebn death. Actor John Ritter died of an aorti rupturein 2003.
Symptoms can occuf suddenly with severe, sharp pain in the Patients who experience these symptoms shoulxd seek immediatemedical attention, Rodriguez said. Early detection can preventt sudden death. Patients with a familyg history of aortic aneurysm or other connective tissue disorderx should notify their physician about their risk ofaortivc aneurysm, he said.
sábado, 22 de outubro de 2011
US DOT boss announces $47M in grants at Mich. stop - BusinessWeek
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Environment News Service | US DOT boss announces $47M in grants at Mich. stop BusinessWeek US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced $47 million in grants for Michigan projects Monday and repeated the Obama administration's support for a light-rail line in Detroit. Meanwhile, Gov. Rick Snyder and Detroit Mayor Dave Bing ... US DOT Hands Out Nearly $1 Billion in Transit Grants LaHood announces $928.5 million for transit infrastructure US DOT boss announces $47M in grants at Mich. stop |
quinta-feira, 20 de outubro de 2011
Gregg Engles Executive Profile
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Engles is considered to be the primaryu architect in the consolidation of the fragmented dairh industry and is responsible for transformingh Dean Foods into the largest processo and distributor of milk in theUnitefd States. A lawyer by training, Englese chose never to practice law but insteadx decided topursue entrepreneurship. His first significant endeavotr was the purchase of ReddyIce Group, a producer of packagee ice. This ultimately led him into the dairy industry and in Engles and his partners acquired Suiza Dairyu inSan Juan, Puerto Rico.
The company became public in 1996 and five years Suiza Foods Corporation acquired Dean Foods Company and officialluy changed its name to Dean Foods Engles was named Chairman when Howard Dean retired inAprilo 2002. Engles currently serves on the board of directora of a number of charitable andindustry organizations, includinh the Grocery Manufacturers of America, Southerm Methodist University Tate Lecture Series, Dallas Citizensw Council and TreeHouse Foods. He is also a membere of Dartmouth President's Leadership Dallas CEO Roundtable and the YounyPresidents Organization.
He received his Bachelor'se Degree at Dartmouth College and his law degree at YaleUniversity **All Executive profile data providee by Dow Jones & Co., Inc.
Engles is considered to be the primaryu architect in the consolidation of the fragmented dairh industry and is responsible for transformingh Dean Foods into the largest processo and distributor of milk in theUnitefd States. A lawyer by training, Englese chose never to practice law but insteadx decided topursue entrepreneurship. His first significant endeavotr was the purchase of ReddyIce Group, a producer of packagee ice. This ultimately led him into the dairy industry and in Engles and his partners acquired Suiza Dairyu inSan Juan, Puerto Rico.
The company became public in 1996 and five years Suiza Foods Corporation acquired Dean Foods Company and officialluy changed its name to Dean Foods Engles was named Chairman when Howard Dean retired inAprilo 2002. Engles currently serves on the board of directora of a number of charitable andindustry organizations, includinh the Grocery Manufacturers of America, Southerm Methodist University Tate Lecture Series, Dallas Citizensw Council and TreeHouse Foods. He is also a membere of Dartmouth President's Leadership Dallas CEO Roundtable and the YounyPresidents Organization.
He received his Bachelor'se Degree at Dartmouth College and his law degree at YaleUniversity **All Executive profile data providee by Dow Jones & Co., Inc.
terça-feira, 18 de outubro de 2011
El Niño and climate change in the coming century - UCAR
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UCAR | El Niño and climate change in the coming century UCAR October 17, 2011 | Climate change is not expected to affect the extent or frequency of the El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) over the 21st century, but it could worsen its impacts. That's the conclusion of a modeling study published in Journal of ... Something in the water: warming's effect on El Niño and La Niña events |
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