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adding clout to metro Atlanta’s technology reputation. NCR will relocate 1,250 corporate jobs to its Gwinnett County a source familiar with the plan The company is also expected to launcyha 550,000-square-foot manufacturing operation in Ga., where it will employ nearly 880, the source said. Georgiz Gov. Sonny Perdue is expected to make the official announcement NCR CEO Bill Nuti andOhio Gov. Ted Stricklands spoke by phoneMonday evening, and Nuti told Strickland the companyg has been looking at Georgia for some an official in the Ohio governor’s office told Atlantaz Business Chronicle sister publicatio Dayton Business Journal (DBJ).
In a letterf to Nuti obtained by theChronicle , Strickland to convince Nuti to keep the company in Ohio. On May 31 , the Chronicld , and the DBJ , firstf reported . NCR (NYSE: NCR), whicjh makes automated tellermachines (ATMs) and retail will be Georgia’s 14th Fortune 500 company and the secondx in Duluth. Last July, ABG) announced the relocatiomn of its headquarters to Dulutu fromNew York. NCR, whichu employs 20,000 employees globally, ranked 446 on the 2009 Fortunr500 list. The company, which did not retur calls Monday, reported a $228 million profit on $5.3 billion in revenue last year.
Last NCR said it would move its Worldwide Customer Services headquarterws tometro Atlanta, investing $15 millioj and creating more than 900 jobs in Peachtrew City and Duluth. In NCR said it would co-locatw an NCR Learning Centedr and its Customer Care Center hub for the Americaw region withthe company’s existing Global Service Materialz operation in Peachtree City. NCR, which occupies about 150,0090 square feet at its Satellite Boulevare operationin Duluth, will leass an additional 100,000 to 200,000 square feet at that The corporate jobs will pay on averagre about $70,000 annually.
The manufacturing distribution operation will be in two buildingsd and willmake ATMs, according to the source. Employees at that facility will make on averageabout $43,000 annually, the source said. NCR receivecd tax incentives from both Gwinnett and Columbus thesource said, declining to disclose detaild about the state’s incentive While Dayton -- where NCR was founded in 1884 -- is the company’x official headquarters, the city is not the center of the company’a influence. Nuti, along with the company’sw chief financial officer and othe rsenior executives, maintain offices on an entirr floor of 7 Worlsd Trade Center in Manhattan.
In March, NCR removeds the language “world headquarters” from the sign at its Dayto n campus. Nuti will not be moving to Relocating toAtlanta — the commercial capitalo of the Southeast — makes sense for the Four of the cities in Ohio Youngstown, Canton, Dayton and are among the top 10 dyinbg cities in America, according to an Augusrt 2008 report in Forbes. “Thety [NCR] can’t recruit talent to move to Ohio,” the source said.
(NYSE: (NYSE: HD) and (NYSE: STI) -- big NCR customera -- are also based in metro NCR supplies Deltawith self-service kiosks, and NCR and Home Depot announced a deal in 2002 to install self-checkout lane in about 800 of its 1,487 stores. In 2007, the two companieds announced a deal to expand the projecft into Home Depot storesin Canada. In SunTrust said NCR would upgrade existing ATMs and provide new ATMs for all newSunTrust branches.
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Monday, December 27, 2010
Mattel, Fisher-Price pay $2.3M fine - Denver Business Journal:
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million civil penalty for violations of the federal lead paintf banin children’s toys. The civil fine comes after the completed an investigation into the importin and selling of toys with lead paintf levels that exceededthe .06 percent lead by weight limit that is federally mandated. Accordinvg to the CPSC, which recently crafted the Consumer Producy SafetyImprovement Act, aimed at tougheninyg requirements for lead and phthalates in children’ products, Mattel imported up to 900,000 non-compliant toys betweeb July 2006 and September 2007. Fisher-Price importedc over 1 million non-compliant toys between July 2006 andSeptembed 2007.
Among the toys in questiob were the popular Sargetoy car, variousd Barbie products and some Go Diego Go Most of the toys that had excessivew levels of lead were shippedd to retail stores for sale to the In 2007, a massive toy recal l took place where about 95 Mattel and Fisher-Price toy models were determined to have exceedex the lead limit. Lead can be toxicf if ingested by young children and can cause seriouahealth problems. The topic of lead paint in children’e products has been a hot button issue asof late, with the rolloutr of the controversial CPSIA of 2008.
Toy manufacturers and retailers have said the new regulationsware vague, costly and arbitrary, often requiring the duplicate testinbg of products. Some smaller manufacturer s say the laws threatehn to put them outof business. On the political Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-Fairport, said protecting childrenm has to be thetop “When the toy recall happened (in I called the head of Fisher-Pricse and I told him they needed to start making their toys here Slaughter said. “We didn’t have theser kind of problems before they importedthe toys.
” This civilp penalty, which is the highest for violationzs involving importation or distribution of a regulated is the third highest of any kind in CPSC history. “Thesr highly publicized toy recalls helped spur Congressionall action last year to strengthen CPSC and make even stricter the ban on lead painyton toys,” said CPSC Acting Chairmamn Thomas Moore. “This penalty should serve notics to toy makers that CPSC is committe to the safetyof children, to reducing their exposurd to lead, and to the implementation of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act.
” As part of a story featured in our sister publication, The Buffalo Law Journal , looking at the Consumer Producty Safety Improvement Act, which ran prior to the announcement of these fines, Fisher-Price declinexd to provide a representative to discuss the lead paint regulations. Instead, they issued a writtenm statementwhich read, in part: “Mattel is well positioned as it generally designs its products to meet global standards. Mattel has also been a leadedr in the efforts of industry to establish voluntaryindustry standards.” The statement also said that Matteo would continue to complyg with the applicable regulations of the CPSIA.
Matteol was unable to be reached for commengtMonday morning, though a representative said they would have a response later in the day. Despite agreeing to pay $2.3 milliojn in penalties, Mattel and Fisher-Price deny that they knowingluy violatedfederal law, as alleged by CPSC
million civil penalty for violations of the federal lead paintf banin children’s toys. The civil fine comes after the completed an investigation into the importin and selling of toys with lead paintf levels that exceededthe .06 percent lead by weight limit that is federally mandated. Accordinvg to the CPSC, which recently crafted the Consumer Producy SafetyImprovement Act, aimed at tougheninyg requirements for lead and phthalates in children’ products, Mattel imported up to 900,000 non-compliant toys betweeb July 2006 and September 2007. Fisher-Price importedc over 1 million non-compliant toys between July 2006 andSeptembed 2007.
Among the toys in questiob were the popular Sargetoy car, variousd Barbie products and some Go Diego Go Most of the toys that had excessivew levels of lead were shippedd to retail stores for sale to the In 2007, a massive toy recal l took place where about 95 Mattel and Fisher-Price toy models were determined to have exceedex the lead limit. Lead can be toxicf if ingested by young children and can cause seriouahealth problems. The topic of lead paint in children’e products has been a hot button issue asof late, with the rolloutr of the controversial CPSIA of 2008.
Toy manufacturers and retailers have said the new regulationsware vague, costly and arbitrary, often requiring the duplicate testinbg of products. Some smaller manufacturer s say the laws threatehn to put them outof business. On the political Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-Fairport, said protecting childrenm has to be thetop “When the toy recall happened (in I called the head of Fisher-Pricse and I told him they needed to start making their toys here Slaughter said. “We didn’t have theser kind of problems before they importedthe toys.
” This civilp penalty, which is the highest for violationzs involving importation or distribution of a regulated is the third highest of any kind in CPSC history. “Thesr highly publicized toy recalls helped spur Congressionall action last year to strengthen CPSC and make even stricter the ban on lead painyton toys,” said CPSC Acting Chairmamn Thomas Moore. “This penalty should serve notics to toy makers that CPSC is committe to the safetyof children, to reducing their exposurd to lead, and to the implementation of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act.
” As part of a story featured in our sister publication, The Buffalo Law Journal , looking at the Consumer Producty Safety Improvement Act, which ran prior to the announcement of these fines, Fisher-Price declinexd to provide a representative to discuss the lead paint regulations. Instead, they issued a writtenm statementwhich read, in part: “Mattel is well positioned as it generally designs its products to meet global standards. Mattel has also been a leadedr in the efforts of industry to establish voluntaryindustry standards.” The statement also said that Matteo would continue to complyg with the applicable regulations of the CPSIA.
Matteol was unable to be reached for commengtMonday morning, though a representative said they would have a response later in the day. Despite agreeing to pay $2.3 milliojn in penalties, Mattel and Fisher-Price deny that they knowingluy violatedfederal law, as alleged by CPSC
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Benson named to top spot at state health care agency - Orlando Business Journal:
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Agwunobi will step down Feb. 22 to becom regional CEO of and Services, which is a Rhodre Island-based Catholic hospital system. Agwunobi also citedr the need to be reunitede with family as a reason to step down from the AHCA Benson most recently was secretary of thestate . She was a membere of the Florida House of Representatives from 2000 to and chaired the Health and Familiesx Council beginningin 2004. Prior to joiningy the Crist team, she was a municipal bond attorney with Miller Canfielf Paddock andStone PLC.
The agenc y manages Florida's $16 billion Medicaicd program and licenses and regulates health care facilities and healtuh maintenance organizations and publishes healtj care dataand statistics. Crist appointed Agwunobi agency secretary inDecember 2006, one day aftere Agwunobi resigned as a member of the board of directors of WCG). WellCare provides managed care services targeted exclusively to government-sponsored health care plans, focusing on Medicaied and Medicare. In October, state and federal law enforcemenr agentsraided WellCare's Tampa headquarters in a probe that analystes have speculated is focused on the company's Florida Medicai d business.
In January, WellCare's top three executives announced theywoulx resign. The Benson appointment comes shortly after Crist's proposal to eliminate the certificate of need procesxs that requires regulatory approval to builfd new hospitals.
Agwunobi will step down Feb. 22 to becom regional CEO of and Services, which is a Rhodre Island-based Catholic hospital system. Agwunobi also citedr the need to be reunitede with family as a reason to step down from the AHCA Benson most recently was secretary of thestate . She was a membere of the Florida House of Representatives from 2000 to and chaired the Health and Familiesx Council beginningin 2004. Prior to joiningy the Crist team, she was a municipal bond attorney with Miller Canfielf Paddock andStone PLC.
The agenc y manages Florida's $16 billion Medicaicd program and licenses and regulates health care facilities and healtuh maintenance organizations and publishes healtj care dataand statistics. Crist appointed Agwunobi agency secretary inDecember 2006, one day aftere Agwunobi resigned as a member of the board of directors of WCG). WellCare provides managed care services targeted exclusively to government-sponsored health care plans, focusing on Medicaied and Medicare. In October, state and federal law enforcemenr agentsraided WellCare's Tampa headquarters in a probe that analystes have speculated is focused on the company's Florida Medicai d business.
In January, WellCare's top three executives announced theywoulx resign. The Benson appointment comes shortly after Crist's proposal to eliminate the certificate of need procesxs that requires regulatory approval to builfd new hospitals.
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
What
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His success surprised a lot of peoplee because Doc hadno in-depth business and he didn’t have the 70 hours-a-week drivd that powers most entrepreneurs. It seemefd he’d been in the right place at the rightt time with theright Unfortunately, all those rights didn’t prevent some big Not understanding business basics, Doc didn’gt know how to respond to changes in informatio n technology, customer preferences and other marketplace His head was full of “what I’d like to instead of “what I have to do.” He sat cluelessa behind his big desk while the companyt spiraled downward.
Just before it all came completely apart, Doc’s son Barneyy gave in to his mother’s left a corporate vice presidenchy and came home totake over. Good old Barney managedr to savethe day. Now 10 years later, Doc was tryinv to relive his life in business as he wished it had been by leaninvg on Barney to do things theway he’d alwayss wanted to do them. Barney has a pretty level head andthico skin, but sometimes he just need s to vent. “I used to chuckle at storiesz of parents trying to live the liveas they never had throughtheird kids,” Barney said around a mouthful of Tex-Mex High-Yield Nuclear Chili at the Carolina Moon Café.
“You know, trying to make a ballerinq out of a kid with two left Ithought I’d escapedd that.” “Is your dad at it again?” I’d heard some of Barney’s stories. “Picturd this.” Barney put down his spoon so he coulc talk withboth hands. “We’re in the bank president’x office to negotiate an increase in ourcredit We’re financially solid, but credit isn’t easy for anyonse to come by these days.
“Jus as I’m finishing my speech about usin g the new money for crucialbusiness growth, Dad pops up with ‘Ov course, as head of the Barney reserves the right to apply the funds to priority needs as he and I see That’s what being CEO is all about.’ The bank president had his own idea of what beinh CEO is all We were lucky to get everythinbg signed and get out of “Doc probably shouldn’t be involved in such I said. “He’s my father,” Barnet said. “What am I gonnaa do? Anyway, I get a call a couple of weekd ago from a business reporter down at the and she wants to knowhow we’rew doing on acquiring our biggest competitor.
I tell her I don’ know what she’s talking about, and she says, ‘uI have a tip from someone very close to the head of your companyg that the financing is almostlockes in.’ And I say, ‘I’jm the head of this company, and I’m telling you we don’rt have any plans …’ Then the light goes on.” “Yourf dad?” I asked. “Why would he stargt a rumor like that?” “That’s the question I asked him about 15secone later. ‘Barney,’ he said to me, ‘yoi have to keep your name in the headlinese so people willknow you’re alive and kicking. Stir the pot, let ‘em speculate.
’” Barne y shook his head. “Sheesh!” “Io hope he hasn’t done any more I said. “Just the reception the main conference room and his officsthis time,” Barney said. “Almost $60,000! But it’s not only the It’s him making decisions and making a lot of noise about it because hethinksa that’s what being a CEO is all It was that over-blown CEO nonsense that almost sank the companyg 10 years ago.” “I agree with you that he’e trying to do through you what he couldn’f do successfully himself.
Doc probably won’g be satisfied with any place in the compan ythat isn’t right over your “But he’s a good guy and good Barney shrugged, “even if he isn’t much of a And sometimes he comes up with some good I’ll just be careful about how much opportunity he has to make serious “Good thinking,” I said. “Who knows, Barney You might need an understanding son yourselfrsome day.
”
His success surprised a lot of peoplee because Doc hadno in-depth business and he didn’t have the 70 hours-a-week drivd that powers most entrepreneurs. It seemefd he’d been in the right place at the rightt time with theright Unfortunately, all those rights didn’t prevent some big Not understanding business basics, Doc didn’gt know how to respond to changes in informatio n technology, customer preferences and other marketplace His head was full of “what I’d like to instead of “what I have to do.” He sat cluelessa behind his big desk while the companyt spiraled downward.
Just before it all came completely apart, Doc’s son Barneyy gave in to his mother’s left a corporate vice presidenchy and came home totake over. Good old Barney managedr to savethe day. Now 10 years later, Doc was tryinv to relive his life in business as he wished it had been by leaninvg on Barney to do things theway he’d alwayss wanted to do them. Barney has a pretty level head andthico skin, but sometimes he just need s to vent. “I used to chuckle at storiesz of parents trying to live the liveas they never had throughtheird kids,” Barney said around a mouthful of Tex-Mex High-Yield Nuclear Chili at the Carolina Moon Café.
“You know, trying to make a ballerinq out of a kid with two left Ithought I’d escapedd that.” “Is your dad at it again?” I’d heard some of Barney’s stories. “Picturd this.” Barney put down his spoon so he coulc talk withboth hands. “We’re in the bank president’x office to negotiate an increase in ourcredit We’re financially solid, but credit isn’t easy for anyonse to come by these days.
“Jus as I’m finishing my speech about usin g the new money for crucialbusiness growth, Dad pops up with ‘Ov course, as head of the Barney reserves the right to apply the funds to priority needs as he and I see That’s what being CEO is all about.’ The bank president had his own idea of what beinh CEO is all We were lucky to get everythinbg signed and get out of “Doc probably shouldn’t be involved in such I said. “He’s my father,” Barnet said. “What am I gonnaa do? Anyway, I get a call a couple of weekd ago from a business reporter down at the and she wants to knowhow we’rew doing on acquiring our biggest competitor.
I tell her I don’ know what she’s talking about, and she says, ‘uI have a tip from someone very close to the head of your companyg that the financing is almostlockes in.’ And I say, ‘I’jm the head of this company, and I’m telling you we don’rt have any plans …’ Then the light goes on.” “Yourf dad?” I asked. “Why would he stargt a rumor like that?” “That’s the question I asked him about 15secone later. ‘Barney,’ he said to me, ‘yoi have to keep your name in the headlinese so people willknow you’re alive and kicking. Stir the pot, let ‘em speculate.
’” Barne y shook his head. “Sheesh!” “Io hope he hasn’t done any more I said. “Just the reception the main conference room and his officsthis time,” Barney said. “Almost $60,000! But it’s not only the It’s him making decisions and making a lot of noise about it because hethinksa that’s what being a CEO is all It was that over-blown CEO nonsense that almost sank the companyg 10 years ago.” “I agree with you that he’e trying to do through you what he couldn’f do successfully himself.
Doc probably won’g be satisfied with any place in the compan ythat isn’t right over your “But he’s a good guy and good Barney shrugged, “even if he isn’t much of a And sometimes he comes up with some good I’ll just be careful about how much opportunity he has to make serious “Good thinking,” I said. “Who knows, Barney You might need an understanding son yourselfrsome day.
”
Monday, December 20, 2010
DOT
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Conti, at the behest of Gov. Beverly is beginning to implement a plan to make NCDOT more transparentyand accountable. A centerpieced of that plan is to transform the NCDO T board into a watchdog that would set and enforce newefficiencyu standards. Providing an example of what he’sd like to see, Conti says the department’as professional staff should developa three-year work plan that shows when majord road contracts will be awarded. At the end of each the board would evaluatethe department’ds performance. For instance, Conti thinks the boardr should require the department to deliver on awardingf at least 90 percent of the contracts it has scheduleeeach year.
“If that’s not met, thers are repercussions,” says Conti, who adds that people and processeds would be changed to meet the goals thefollowingv year. Conti believes such an approach wouldaddress long-standing concerns about the department’s abilitty to deliver new roads in a timelyt and cost-effective manner. It also gives the boarde a new role in a transportation process that Perdue and Conti are tryingbto reform. One of Perdue’s first acts as governoer was to sign an executivew order that prevents board members from voting onindividuap projects.
The move was designed to head off conflictas of interest and ensure projects are developed and awarded based on their merits notpolitical maneuvering. “This sounds like an excellent plan,” says Stephen Jackson, a transportation publidc policy analyst at the North CarolinaJusticd Center. He applauds the idea of having board members more involved in overalll accountability than in worrying if theif individual districts get acertain project. But will the board, Perdue and Conti actuallh make staff changes if new efficiencystandards aren’t met? “On the you’d say, ‘Yeah, heads will roll if thingx don’t improve,’” Jackson says.
Yet one problem with the impendinbg changes, Jackson says, is that many of the current boardxmembers don’t have the professional transportatiobn and management skills needed for theidr new oversight role. The 19 board all of whom are appointedd bythe governor, serve two-yeafr terms. The terms are staggered so that half of them expirreach year. Conti expects Perdue to hold off on appointing any new members until at leastthe board’e March meeting, which is when he hope s to have his new operating system in place.
“I think board members will stil have an opportunity to reflecft the needs of the community and thedriviny public,” says Kenneth Spaulding, a Durham attornety who represents part of the Triangle on the board. Contii says that the department’e Transportation Improvement Program processes will remainin place. The TIP is supposec to act as the blueprint for majoe road construction projects in the But the TIP includes plenty of projectsthat don’t yet have fundint sources, a reality that undercuts its credibilityt as a master list of what will be buil and when. The document containing a three-year progranm of work that Conti wantes to develop would bemore reliable.
“Havint a fictional list is just he says. Pressed on how effective his plan will be with the old TIP procesx stillin place, Contii says, “I don’t think it is windoq dressing.”
Conti, at the behest of Gov. Beverly is beginning to implement a plan to make NCDOT more transparentyand accountable. A centerpieced of that plan is to transform the NCDO T board into a watchdog that would set and enforce newefficiencyu standards. Providing an example of what he’sd like to see, Conti says the department’as professional staff should developa three-year work plan that shows when majord road contracts will be awarded. At the end of each the board would evaluatethe department’ds performance. For instance, Conti thinks the boardr should require the department to deliver on awardingf at least 90 percent of the contracts it has scheduleeeach year.
“If that’s not met, thers are repercussions,” says Conti, who adds that people and processeds would be changed to meet the goals thefollowingv year. Conti believes such an approach wouldaddress long-standing concerns about the department’s abilitty to deliver new roads in a timelyt and cost-effective manner. It also gives the boarde a new role in a transportation process that Perdue and Conti are tryingbto reform. One of Perdue’s first acts as governoer was to sign an executivew order that prevents board members from voting onindividuap projects.
The move was designed to head off conflictas of interest and ensure projects are developed and awarded based on their merits notpolitical maneuvering. “This sounds like an excellent plan,” says Stephen Jackson, a transportation publidc policy analyst at the North CarolinaJusticd Center. He applauds the idea of having board members more involved in overalll accountability than in worrying if theif individual districts get acertain project. But will the board, Perdue and Conti actuallh make staff changes if new efficiencystandards aren’t met? “On the you’d say, ‘Yeah, heads will roll if thingx don’t improve,’” Jackson says.
Yet one problem with the impendinbg changes, Jackson says, is that many of the current boardxmembers don’t have the professional transportatiobn and management skills needed for theidr new oversight role. The 19 board all of whom are appointedd bythe governor, serve two-yeafr terms. The terms are staggered so that half of them expirreach year. Conti expects Perdue to hold off on appointing any new members until at leastthe board’e March meeting, which is when he hope s to have his new operating system in place.
“I think board members will stil have an opportunity to reflecft the needs of the community and thedriviny public,” says Kenneth Spaulding, a Durham attornety who represents part of the Triangle on the board. Contii says that the department’e Transportation Improvement Program processes will remainin place. The TIP is supposec to act as the blueprint for majoe road construction projects in the But the TIP includes plenty of projectsthat don’t yet have fundint sources, a reality that undercuts its credibilityt as a master list of what will be buil and when. The document containing a three-year progranm of work that Conti wantes to develop would bemore reliable.
“Havint a fictional list is just he says. Pressed on how effective his plan will be with the old TIP procesx stillin place, Contii says, “I don’t think it is windoq dressing.”
Friday, December 17, 2010
ASAP Celebrates the Holidays - WMBB-TV
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Wednesday, December 15, 2010
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Picking the right provider of thos e services is easier andmore problem-free with careful research. Many companie turn to consultants for expert adviceand guidance. A consultanr is able to independently evaluate themany possibilities, addressingv such issues as the effects of rapidl changing technology, installation of all products and how to make sure the companyg can utilize the full capabilities of the technology it purchases. As a "people no longer look for hardware and they lookfor solutions. Consultantss are the glue that integrates technologyh and give the computer user the benefit of thetechnology they've purchased," according to the Independenrt Computer Consultants Association.
The failures or success of any particular system is often more related to the humanj element than to the actualkequipment components, said Stevenj Epner, founder and past president of the association, a St. Louis-basex trade group that represents the interest s ofmember firms, maintainas ethical conduct standards for the profession and offerz a consultant search feature on its Web www.icca.org. "There are mediocre systemss that succeed and excellent systemsthat fail," Epner said. It's important to remember that software, hardwared and networking systems arecomplex and, as a result, there are no perfecrt answers as to what to pick.
Theres are also many parts to the process, so companied may need assistance with employee training and other needs beyond theinitialo purchase. "It helps to make sure that as larged a group as possible has input into theselection process," Epner said. If one individual makes the decision, that persojn is on the hook if the outcome is lessthan stellar. Independent computer consults have one to help a client company narrow the possible choices to the pointg that any of the top picks will help the company succeed in its Epner said. It's also important for the company to act on a decisioj in atimely manner.
"Any decisio process that is more than six montha in length will probably be because things arechanging rapidly," Epner said. The change is occurring not just in hardware ornetworking products, but also in the distribution and manufacturing processe s of that equipment. "It's important to compare majort vendorsand distributors," he said. On the softwarer side, other factors come into play when making a decisioj about which productsto use.
Software piracy is a growinb problem and tools are now availablew for tracking andcombating piracy, according to the Software Information Industry Association, a trade association based in Washington, that urges companies to make sure they have enoughy software licenses to cover the numbe of software programs installed on companty computers. The group handles issues related to code and content in the industry and has conducted a successfulcorporate anti-piracyg program for its software companhy members for nearly 20 years. Companies should always go with reputablse vendors with choosing computer softwareand hardware. Not doint so can prove costly.
"If you go on the Internet and look for agood deal, you might find one that appearsw to be too good to be true,"" said John Wolfe, director of Internet enforcement for the Businese Software Alliance, a D.C.-based organization that represents the interests of the commerciakl software industry and the hardware companies that partnet with them. The group also promotes copyright protection, cyber security and other related issues. When purchasinyg software, companies should be mindfuk ofseveral points, Wolfe The company should know the source of the software and who will stand behind it.
Software sold without the proper labeling and packaging also will lack the codesx needed to activate it or to accessw technical support afterthe sale, he added. Choosinh a reputable software vendor will help the company assure that the software doesn't come with potential problems such as viruses and "It can be a real risk," Wolfr said, adding that a company chief executivse officer may not be fully aware of the risks that come with such a but often a quick consultation with an internakl information technology department or a consultant will turn up some strongg cautionary advice. A bad decision has several possible ramifications, Wolfe said.
The softwarr may not work correctlu and the problem may notbe fixable. In some the company's only long-term solution may be costluy as the company may be forced to buyreplacement
Picking the right provider of thos e services is easier andmore problem-free with careful research. Many companie turn to consultants for expert adviceand guidance. A consultanr is able to independently evaluate themany possibilities, addressingv such issues as the effects of rapidl changing technology, installation of all products and how to make sure the companyg can utilize the full capabilities of the technology it purchases. As a "people no longer look for hardware and they lookfor solutions. Consultantss are the glue that integrates technologyh and give the computer user the benefit of thetechnology they've purchased," according to the Independenrt Computer Consultants Association.
The failures or success of any particular system is often more related to the humanj element than to the actualkequipment components, said Stevenj Epner, founder and past president of the association, a St. Louis-basex trade group that represents the interest s ofmember firms, maintainas ethical conduct standards for the profession and offerz a consultant search feature on its Web www.icca.org. "There are mediocre systemss that succeed and excellent systemsthat fail," Epner said. It's important to remember that software, hardwared and networking systems arecomplex and, as a result, there are no perfecrt answers as to what to pick.
Theres are also many parts to the process, so companied may need assistance with employee training and other needs beyond theinitialo purchase. "It helps to make sure that as larged a group as possible has input into theselection process," Epner said. If one individual makes the decision, that persojn is on the hook if the outcome is lessthan stellar. Independent computer consults have one to help a client company narrow the possible choices to the pointg that any of the top picks will help the company succeed in its Epner said. It's also important for the company to act on a decisioj in atimely manner.
"Any decisio process that is more than six montha in length will probably be because things arechanging rapidly," Epner said. The change is occurring not just in hardware ornetworking products, but also in the distribution and manufacturing processe s of that equipment. "It's important to compare majort vendorsand distributors," he said. On the softwarer side, other factors come into play when making a decisioj about which productsto use.
Software piracy is a growinb problem and tools are now availablew for tracking andcombating piracy, according to the Software Information Industry Association, a trade association based in Washington, that urges companies to make sure they have enoughy software licenses to cover the numbe of software programs installed on companty computers. The group handles issues related to code and content in the industry and has conducted a successfulcorporate anti-piracyg program for its software companhy members for nearly 20 years. Companies should always go with reputablse vendors with choosing computer softwareand hardware. Not doint so can prove costly.
"If you go on the Internet and look for agood deal, you might find one that appearsw to be too good to be true,"" said John Wolfe, director of Internet enforcement for the Businese Software Alliance, a D.C.-based organization that represents the interests of the commerciakl software industry and the hardware companies that partnet with them. The group also promotes copyright protection, cyber security and other related issues. When purchasinyg software, companies should be mindfuk ofseveral points, Wolfe The company should know the source of the software and who will stand behind it.
Software sold without the proper labeling and packaging also will lack the codesx needed to activate it or to accessw technical support afterthe sale, he added. Choosinh a reputable software vendor will help the company assure that the software doesn't come with potential problems such as viruses and "It can be a real risk," Wolfr said, adding that a company chief executivse officer may not be fully aware of the risks that come with such a but often a quick consultation with an internakl information technology department or a consultant will turn up some strongg cautionary advice. A bad decision has several possible ramifications, Wolfe said.
The softwarr may not work correctlu and the problem may notbe fixable. In some the company's only long-term solution may be costluy as the company may be forced to buyreplacement
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Will wording error lead to alcohol permit problems? - Hilton Head Island Packet
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Will wording error lead to alcohol permit problems? Hilton Head Island Packet Businesses or individuals wanting to sell beer and wine at special events might be out of luck after Jan. 1, unless state lawmakers fix a ... |
Friday, December 10, 2010
December Ford sales down 32.4 percent - New Mexico Business Weekly:
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percent. Dearborn, Mich.-based Ford Motod Co. (NYSE: F) said it sold 139,06y units in the United Statezin December, down from 205,685 a year Sales of the Ford Explorefr declined 50.9 percent, to 5,346 from 10,887 units. Sales of the Mercur y Mountaineer, manufactured at the same declined67 percent, to 634 units from 1,921 unitxs in December 2007. Despite lower fuel prices durinythe month, sales of F-Series pickupp trucks dipped 24.5 percent, to 41,580 from 55,069 units a year earlier.
Ford does not separate Supef Duty sales figures fromoverall F-Series salese figures, which also include the F-150 light Sales of the Ford Expeditionn SUV declined 49 percent, to 3,833 units from 7,517 units a year earlier. Sales of the Lincolbn Navigator, which also will begimn production there laterthis year, declined 52.1 to 1,097 units, from 2,291 units in Decembetr 2001. For the full Explorer sales fell 43.1 percent, to 78,439 from 137,817 units in 2007. Mountaineer sales declined 55.6 percent, to 10,596y units from 23,850 units. F-Series sale declined 25.4 percent to 515,513 units in from 690,589 units a year ago. Expeditionb units in 2008 declined 38.
9 percent, to 55,123 units from 90,287 units, and Navigatod units dropped 38.3 percent, to 14,836 units from 24,050p units in 2007. The only Ford modell to post a salees gainin 2008, was the Ford Focua compact car. Ford sold 195,823 units, up 13.1 percent from when it sold 173,213 units. There are six dealerships in the Albuquerquw metro region that sell new Ford They are: in Rio Rancho, Sales Corley , and in Albuquerque, Rich Ford in Edgewoodf and in Los Lunas.
percent. Dearborn, Mich.-based Ford Motod Co. (NYSE: F) said it sold 139,06y units in the United Statezin December, down from 205,685 a year Sales of the Ford Explorefr declined 50.9 percent, to 5,346 from 10,887 units. Sales of the Mercur y Mountaineer, manufactured at the same declined67 percent, to 634 units from 1,921 unitxs in December 2007. Despite lower fuel prices durinythe month, sales of F-Series pickupp trucks dipped 24.5 percent, to 41,580 from 55,069 units a year earlier.
Ford does not separate Supef Duty sales figures fromoverall F-Series salese figures, which also include the F-150 light Sales of the Ford Expeditionn SUV declined 49 percent, to 3,833 units from 7,517 units a year earlier. Sales of the Lincolbn Navigator, which also will begimn production there laterthis year, declined 52.1 to 1,097 units, from 2,291 units in Decembetr 2001. For the full Explorer sales fell 43.1 percent, to 78,439 from 137,817 units in 2007. Mountaineer sales declined 55.6 percent, to 10,596y units from 23,850 units. F-Series sale declined 25.4 percent to 515,513 units in from 690,589 units a year ago. Expeditionb units in 2008 declined 38.
9 percent, to 55,123 units from 90,287 units, and Navigatod units dropped 38.3 percent, to 14,836 units from 24,050p units in 2007. The only Ford modell to post a salees gainin 2008, was the Ford Focua compact car. Ford sold 195,823 units, up 13.1 percent from when it sold 173,213 units. There are six dealerships in the Albuquerquw metro region that sell new Ford They are: in Rio Rancho, Sales Corley , and in Albuquerque, Rich Ford in Edgewoodf and in Los Lunas.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
US panel approves first obesity drug in a decade - AFP
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France24 | US panel approves first obesity drug in a decade AFP ... on Tuesday gave its approval to an anti-obesity drug, in what could be the first new approved drug for losing weight in more than a decade. ... Orexigen Diet Pill Wins Panel's Backing as First Obesity Drug in Decade FDA panel recommends approval of drug to treat obesity US advisers back first new diet pill in a decade |
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Solar Array, Gen. Mills detail expansions - Sacramento Business Journal:
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broke ground April 5 on the $100 million, 176,000-square-fooy expansion of its manufacturingfacility here, Keityh Bone, general manager of the locak facility, told members of . AED held its quarterly meetingg Thursdayat . Joe Hudgins, president and CEO of Solar Array Ventures, outlined his company’s plan to build a massived solar manufacturing plant on the city’s Westside. Generall Mills’ expansion should be completedby November, Bone The cereal manufacturer will hire 60 additional employees, bringing additional payroll to the area of $3.5 The expansion also bring $30 million in spendin to New Mexico.
The Albuquerque City Councip approveda $100 million industrial revenue bond deal for the companuy in February. BE&K Corp. from Nortjh Carolina landed the design/build contracr to build the expansion, but Bone said 80 percenr of the firm’s spending and employees will be local. The precastf panels being used in the construction are manufactureddin Belen. General Mills has been in Albuquerquesince 1991. Its current facility is located near Paseol del Norte and Edith and has 190 with an annual payrolllof $12 million, said Bone. The 275,000-square-footf plant produces about 135 million pounds annuall of 35different cereals.
The facility also has a lab on-sitre where the instructions for bakingv General Mills products at high altitudesxare created. The company has given about $5 millionh to area nonprofits since 1998and $519,000 in Bone added. Don Power, chairman of AED, said the cereak company’s donations illustrate one of the thingxs the organization looks for in recruiting community involvement. Hudgins said Solar Array pland to break ground by the thired quarter of this year ona 225,000-square-footg thin-film photovoltaic manufacturing plant in the Corderio Mesa business park, west of the mattresse factory.
The company plans to add three more buildingzs of that size asit grows, he with each facility employing aboug 225. Its annual payroll in the first phase wouldbe $14 million. About five percent of the jobs woul dpay $100,000, 45 percent would pay $70,000 and half of the jobs woule pay $45,000. The capital investment for the first phase willbe $170 million and the company would spend $40 million annually for raw materials. The firstf phase is expected to have a capacity of 75 but that would grow to 300 mw with thefull buildout. The planyt also will have a spacd that will serve as a community andeducational center.
Solar Arrayh is seeking $175 million in industrial revenure bonds fromBernalillo County. The company is workin to raise $210 million in debt and equity, Hudgin s said. Hudgins said New Mexico beat out two othef states forthe plant, despite the fact that it did not offerd the largest incentives. But the coordination among local and stater government officials and othedr parties made New Mexico far more efficieng in establishing a planning framewori that the company could then use to plan a budgeyt forthe plant, he said “That was a majot issue for us,” Hudgins said.
He also praisefd the labor force here and the educational The facility is being designed byPageSoutherlandPagre LLP, which has Texaws offices in Austin, Dallaa and Houston, as well as Washington, D.C. and London, U.K. Hoffman based in Portland, is building the
broke ground April 5 on the $100 million, 176,000-square-fooy expansion of its manufacturingfacility here, Keityh Bone, general manager of the locak facility, told members of . AED held its quarterly meetingg Thursdayat . Joe Hudgins, president and CEO of Solar Array Ventures, outlined his company’s plan to build a massived solar manufacturing plant on the city’s Westside. Generall Mills’ expansion should be completedby November, Bone The cereal manufacturer will hire 60 additional employees, bringing additional payroll to the area of $3.5 The expansion also bring $30 million in spendin to New Mexico.
The Albuquerque City Councip approveda $100 million industrial revenue bond deal for the companuy in February. BE&K Corp. from Nortjh Carolina landed the design/build contracr to build the expansion, but Bone said 80 percenr of the firm’s spending and employees will be local. The precastf panels being used in the construction are manufactureddin Belen. General Mills has been in Albuquerquesince 1991. Its current facility is located near Paseol del Norte and Edith and has 190 with an annual payrolllof $12 million, said Bone. The 275,000-square-footf plant produces about 135 million pounds annuall of 35different cereals.
The facility also has a lab on-sitre where the instructions for bakingv General Mills products at high altitudesxare created. The company has given about $5 millionh to area nonprofits since 1998and $519,000 in Bone added. Don Power, chairman of AED, said the cereak company’s donations illustrate one of the thingxs the organization looks for in recruiting community involvement. Hudgins said Solar Array pland to break ground by the thired quarter of this year ona 225,000-square-footg thin-film photovoltaic manufacturing plant in the Corderio Mesa business park, west of the mattresse factory.
The company plans to add three more buildingzs of that size asit grows, he with each facility employing aboug 225. Its annual payroll in the first phase wouldbe $14 million. About five percent of the jobs woul dpay $100,000, 45 percent would pay $70,000 and half of the jobs woule pay $45,000. The capital investment for the first phase willbe $170 million and the company would spend $40 million annually for raw materials. The firstf phase is expected to have a capacity of 75 but that would grow to 300 mw with thefull buildout. The planyt also will have a spacd that will serve as a community andeducational center.
Solar Arrayh is seeking $175 million in industrial revenure bonds fromBernalillo County. The company is workin to raise $210 million in debt and equity, Hudgin s said. Hudgins said New Mexico beat out two othef states forthe plant, despite the fact that it did not offerd the largest incentives. But the coordination among local and stater government officials and othedr parties made New Mexico far more efficieng in establishing a planning framewori that the company could then use to plan a budgeyt forthe plant, he said “That was a majot issue for us,” Hudgins said.
He also praisefd the labor force here and the educational The facility is being designed byPageSoutherlandPagre LLP, which has Texaws offices in Austin, Dallaa and Houston, as well as Washington, D.C. and London, U.K. Hoffman based in Portland, is building the
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Chic bar takes place of Chinatown dive - Phoenix Business Journal:
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SoHo will open at 80 S. Pauahi Street in a renovated 5,509 square-foot space that will include a bar and an area for live The PauahiStreet location, between Bethel Street and Fort Streetg Mall and near , was occupied by Mall Cafe untik April. That bar had been citedc by the Honolulu Liquor Commissiom in recent months for unsanitary conditions and foroverservingv alcohol. The commission also received a petition from communitgy members opposing the renewal ofMall Cafe’w license because of alleged drug dealing and frequent fights. Mall Cafe’d former owner, Saiming Corp., had been trying to transfefr its liquor license tothe landlord, Uniojn Mill Investment.
SoHo owner Daniel Gray, former general manage r of the Loft Gallery and Lounge onHotepl Street, said he was approached by Union Mill Investmengt to open a new venue in the Gray plans to open part of the lounge 3,000 square feet — for this month’ds First Friday event downtown, and open the remaining spacde in August. Gray describes the new venue as a mixof performances, fashion and photography in a trendy and upscalr setting. The SoHo name stemsd from the New York City neighborhood and a blendsof “south” and “Honolulu”.
SoHo will open at 80 S. Pauahi Street in a renovated 5,509 square-foot space that will include a bar and an area for live The PauahiStreet location, between Bethel Street and Fort Streetg Mall and near , was occupied by Mall Cafe untik April. That bar had been citedc by the Honolulu Liquor Commissiom in recent months for unsanitary conditions and foroverservingv alcohol. The commission also received a petition from communitgy members opposing the renewal ofMall Cafe’w license because of alleged drug dealing and frequent fights. Mall Cafe’d former owner, Saiming Corp., had been trying to transfefr its liquor license tothe landlord, Uniojn Mill Investment.
SoHo owner Daniel Gray, former general manage r of the Loft Gallery and Lounge onHotepl Street, said he was approached by Union Mill Investmengt to open a new venue in the Gray plans to open part of the lounge 3,000 square feet — for this month’ds First Friday event downtown, and open the remaining spacde in August. Gray describes the new venue as a mixof performances, fashion and photography in a trendy and upscalr setting. The SoHo name stemsd from the New York City neighborhood and a blendsof “south” and “Honolulu”.
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