Uncle Sam must be activist investor

San Francisco Chronicle - January 18, 2009 It's time for Uncle Sam to be the ultimate activist investor ... companies and more may be on the way, little discipline has been required on the part of the nation's ... and it should use it to force companies to fire executives and directors or sell off even profitable [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 17:54:44

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Free Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool

kaspersky_icon Amount of malware multiplies each year and business is booming for antivirus companies ... . So companies started releasing free scanners – simplified and free versions of their products ... functional scanner of commercial product is always good option. However while others are trying [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 16:00:00

My Hat Is Tipped To Mr. Tom Stevenson & Co.

You know, one of the hardest working individuals working in the City of Salisbury IMO is Mr. Tom Stevenson ... to making contact with a Railroad Company asking them to come in and clean up property ... able to convince the RR Company to actually come out there and clean things up. I would certainly [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 13:21:00

Testing

Haier Electronics Group Co., Ltd., an investment holding company, engages in the research, development, production, ... manufacturer, will open its first air-conditioner plant today in Prachin Buri as... ... under the Haier brand name. The company is headquartered in Central, Hong Kong. Haier Electronics Group [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 14:21:19

Layoffs expected to reach 1998, 2001 levels

Layoffs expected to reach 1998, 2001 levels But 30,000 new jobs will be created in construction, health care, ... , as more companies restructure their operations to respond to the economic downturn,’ Mr Gan told ... by companies show that 4,800 workers were retrenched in the fourth quarter of 2008, he said. And another [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 00:04:43

Perfect Pioneer Biscuits - AND A GIVEAWAY!!

Today, I am excited - doubly excited. Triply excited, even ... you about a great company and the icing on the cake is, I get to bring you a giveaway!! Since starting ... people who read Southern Plate! Pioneer Brand is a company I have been wanting to work [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 18:46:10

Microsoft to cut off 17 percent work force!

The recession is being used as an excuse by many companies to do some cleaning, though Microsoft is not typically a company that has mass layoffs, ... offices based at Europe, Middle East and Africa would face the cut, according to the rumor. Both [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 06:03:27

One Trick Pony

The Big Lie technique has been adopted wholeheartedly by the right wing, ... . The idea that oil companies should be given drilling leases on every inch of the continent ... -spirited oil companies would be drilling away on the leases they already have except that mean ol [more...]

Date: 2008-07-30 20:09:16

Anyone Remember ZZZZBest?

Convicted Felon Barry MinkowOriginally uploaded by tribble.orgIs There Life After Fraud?Probably not for Bernie Madoff, but for those of us a certain age, we remember Barry Minkow, one of the youngest people to bring a company public. ZZZZBest was a carpet cleaning company [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 08:00:00

When a bleach company cries 'sustainable'

By Ashley Braun More green biz reporting from the Sustainable Brands '08 Conference. Even the Clorox Company, with $4.8 billion in sales last year, has set out to get a piece of the proverbial green apple pie that the conscious American consumer is becoming [more...]

Date: 2008-06-14 16:44:09

Getting the place "company clean"

"Company clean" was a concept the War Department introduced me to when we met. Evidently it's the type of cleaning where you jump backwards through hoops to insure anyone ... with wasn't good enough I'll pass out the cleaning gear to anyone wanting to help. BTW, when I was single [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 02:06:00

Mitsubishi Targets Sales Of $13.3 B From Cleantech Products

Mitsubishi Electric Group recently announced plans (PDF) to accelerate its push into the cleantech market. The company plans to achieve sales of about $13.3 billion in 2016 from clean technologies such as solar systems, heat pumps and other energy efficient power devices. The company aims to expand [more...]

Date: 2008-11-07 20:34:15

Scred’s MiniCorps app tracks profit and loss for small groups - Invite codes for TC readers

Scred, a Finnish startup that lets friends track and manage track their shared expenses and debts, ... it. The application is most likely to appeal to lightweight companies like bands, film crews, artists, associations and especially virtual companies like many startups. MiniCorps is not unlike [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 02:04:25

Weirdest Things Found in Sewers and Drains

At one time, the only things you worried about finding in sewers were alligators, but Roto-Rooter — the international plumbing and drain company — has rescued everything from guns ... . The 5 top weird things that go flush from a 2007 survey from the company’s 5,000 field technicians [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 00:27:17

Conserving Water With Green Irene

Photo by DGMiller777 Green Irene is a company dedicated to greening the world one home at a time!  The owners of Green Irene founded the company because saving money, energy, and water makes sense, and using non-toxic cleaners and creating a healthier environment seems like a no-brainer [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 03:45:38

Save Money For Your Business By Installing Remanufactured HP 2100 Toner

Without printers that function reliably, we could not perform in our offices, workplaces, and companies ... are used, many companies specialize in refilling, cleaning, and repairing them. This makes them perfect [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 16:01:10

9 Must Haves for Innovation

Written by Xylus Sand Being responsible for creating innovative ideas in a management consulting company and moreover, ... company that keeps creating new futures for itself? You decide, but I'm going to consider the value [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 23:03:49

Save Cash For Your Business By Using Remanufactured HP 4500 Toner

Without printers that function properly, we could not operate our offices, workplaces, and companies ... companies have been started which specialize in cleaning, repairing, and refilling used cartridges [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 11:01:11

Drugs & Alcohol >> Blog Archive >> Saliva Drug Tests | Urine Drug …

Employment and pre-employment physic screening is another interval in the tidings, and despite the housekeeping open and gloom companies are still investing in careful drugs screening to ensure the not bad employees are taken onward. Most companies embarking in succession remedy [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 05:35:50

Print At A Lower Cost - Remanufactured HP 4700 Cartridges

Without printers that work reliably, we could not perform in our offices, workplaces, and companies ... includes refilling, cleaning, and repairing the cartridges. Many companies rebuild cartridges for repeated [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 11:01:12

Help The Environment By Using Remanufactured HP 1500 Toner

Our offices, workplaces and companies cannot work in modern times without printers. Printers require HP, just like our offices need printers ... . Many companies are in the business of refilling, cleaning and repairing printer cartridges for reuse [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 11:01:15

Top Ten Paid Survey Sites to Make Extra Money

... to other companies as well. We've centered our research on companies which offer cash or reward [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 03:45:38

Selling Timeshare Options Are Gone - What’s Left?

by Bobby Kip Hernandez II Are you a timeshare owner looking for some timeshare relief? ... . These companies will successfully transfer your timeshare out of your name, and the top companies will even [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 00:27:50

Why Should you Outsource?

Outsourcing has become a famous business buzzword today ... and janitorial services to a company who specializes in these kinds of work. The company will outsource [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 17:23:23

Russian Firm Offers Wi-Fi Encryption Cracker

Friday, January 16, 2009 2:55 PM PST The Russian security company that caused a stir some months by talking up its cracking tool for recovering ... ). The software supports hardware from either of the leading companies in the field, Nvidia and ATI [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 20:54:28

Dark Clouds

Cloud computing: Threat or Menace? I did some sustainability consulting recently for a major computer company ... apps delivered entirely via one's web browser.) Lots of big companies are hot for cloud computing [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 00:18:49

30,000 jobs to be created this year

30,000 jobs to be created this year Enough to cater to new job-seekers but gains could be offset by layoffs By Sue-Ann Chia, ... requirements in the existing economy, as companies restructure and some companies have to cut back.’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 00:15:13

The Bailout Endgame

It’s hard to know whether the unfolding drama with Bank of America and Citigroup Inc ... , piecemeal, to other banks, and the company’s debt remains with a shell company. Debtholders eventually [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 16:38:59

2001's Inaugural of Anger and Tension v. 2009's Inaugural of Hope and Change

Exactly eight years ago, I was in Washington, DC for President George W. Bush’s first inauguration. No, I wasn’t a fan ... . A number of defense companies and oil companies sponsored the ball and had elaborate exhibits showing [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 06:06:01

Jeffrey Hollender of Seventh Generation on “Really Real Authenticity” in Business.

Seventh Generation, the green cleaning products company out of Burlington Vermont, has long been one of my favorite companies? Why? Because it seems like their commitment to non-toxic products [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 18:15:29

Are You Able To Tell Them Apart?

A friend was looking for a local carpet cleaning company the other day and started browsing the phone book. He couldn’t tell the difference between one company or the other by their ads [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 11:30:01

Blog Giveaway : Jetheads™ Disposable Airplane Pillowcases

Let me start off by saying that airplanes completely gross me out. I’ve flown a bunch of times in my life, my son (at three years old) ... are resting your heads on! It’s been confirmed by airlines (and their cleaning staff) that the pillow cases ... company (which was created to provide the “health conscious traveler” with awesome products to keep them [more...]

Date: 2008-10-19 11:15:39

Obsess Much?

It is 1 am. Guess what I am doing? I'll give you a minute.....okay give up?cleaning. Yeah I know. I just could not help myself ... was overflowing with rooted through summer clothes, folding chairs, extra kitchen equipment that I rarely ... we all like the company. But the floor sometimes gets over run with their blankets!3. Have I mentioned that once [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 05:59:00

Changes help debtors, young entrepreneurs

Changes help debtors, young entrepreneurs Wage earners can repay debt monthly; ... as a director of companies, form companies or limited liability partnerships and enter into business contracts [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 00:22:15

Follow Tom on Twitter. Nite. about 17 hours ago from txt Great Cards-Eagles game. Happy for Cards. Like to see droughts ended ... from txt Note to self: companies compete, not companies. 9:42 AM yesterday from txt Big guy [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 20:51:30

The Lease of My Concerns

Random stuff floatin around in my head: A reader asked if what I wrote in The Spoiled Rotten Adult is an “original analysis,” i.e., my own ideas ... people, title companies, home owner’s association folk … it’s like one huge administrative train wreck ... . Then, in short order, we have come in the air conditioning installer man, the painter man, the car [more...]

Date: 2008-08-07 13:56:35

A Rose Is Still A Rose

My counterparts, Laurie, Chris and Frank are calling us to arms.  I am a willing soldier.  I believe in the cause ... ?); all I know is that I will not accept a job assignment anymore where I am expected to process paper, administer benefits/payroll, or be in charge of the company events.   Actually, the rebellion can start anytime: It can start [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 01:47:32

Work At Home Industry

There’s hardly anything more comfortable and satisfying than work-at-home jobs. Wondering what makes “work from home” franchising concepts rock? ... , but also get to cut down your car-parking and dry cleaning bills. So, are you all set to become ... franchise opportunity company. We maintain four websites—brandEXPANSION.com, FirstPrizeFranchise.com [more...]

Date: 2008-07-10 00:45:37

Work At Home Industry

There’s hardly anything more comfortable and satisfying than work-at-home jobs. Wondering what makes “work from home” franchising concepts rock? ... , but also get to cut down your car-parking and dry cleaning bills. So, are you all set to become ... franchise opportunity company. We maintain four websites—brandEXPANSION.com, FirstPrizeFranchise.com [more...]

Date: 2008-07-08 00:21:11

Fireplace Insert Safety

By Randy Heslip Fireplace inserts are a great way to update that old fireplace but an improper or poorly installed unit may not be visible at first ... as much information as possible about your fireplace, check for any paper work left behind, often times ... builder, they should have a record of the fireplace manufacturer as well as the company who [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 23:05:35

Mexican firms lend N.Y. Times $250 million

(CNN) — The New York Times company said Monday it was getting $250 million in financing from companies controlled by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim Helu, with the money to be used to refinance [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 05:41:43

Marble/Stone Floor Care

Hi everyone, I am Ashley w/R.I.C. Our company has been in business since 1988 and specializes in carpet, tile, upholstery, water damage, window cleaning, etc. I am looking to expand our services to encompass marble and stone maintenance. If you have thoughts or experience on this subject please let me know. I also need to know how [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 14:10:07

Take this bread

I receive Communion at my church at least once a week and yet I have never contemplated where my congregation gets our bread and wine ... , primarily for Catholics, but for other denominations as well. The company’s manufacturing floor is a humming assembly line of weird, Willie Wonka-like machines. Contraptions custom-built by the Cavanaghs [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 16:19:27

Sunday

Our Sunday was spent mostly us sleeping! Although, we all went out early to catch the mass around lunch ... . I actually love it! Because he can do all the domestic things for me;) Seriously, a company man ... and cleaning the house. That’s supposed to be my work! He never really care. He always says, he will take [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 13:17:05

Companies that Carbon Offset

I have been doing carbon offsets of various sorts for 2 years now, trying to make sure my family is carbon neutral or better ... Homegrown Foods Stoneyfield Farms Seventh Generation (we buy lots of their paper and cleaning products) An Inconvenient Truth Here is the list from Carbonfund.org. There are, quite wonderfully [more...]

Date: 2008-12-13 17:09:39

The Challenges are Universal

On Tuesday, I attended a Business Plan Writing Workshop sponsored by NWEN, the Northwest Entrepreneur Network ... ), that's a reasonable way to do things. Although one talk was about a slide deck for funding pitches ... , cleaning technologies, e-commerce, and a non-profit, plus two software as a service companies [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 19:54:29

Upright Vacuum Cleaner Rating

by Lilah Knowles Although some of us may think that upright vacuums are among the oldest kinds of vacuums, they are still very much in use ... about it is that you can perform serious cleaning with a model that truly looks ultra sleek and modern. So even though ... your wallet, check out products fro the company Sanitaire. The S782 sells at just under [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 10:35:45

Remaking the Republican Party

Perry De Havilland of the always readable and thinkable Samizdata has a piece about how to stop America's slide into Eurotrash ... and worse he has made handouts to incompetent companies palatable to much of the electorate. Shame ... important to fail. What a sorry state we have let them create. Well Perry says time for some house cleaning [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 16:18:41

Daily Market Preview (1/14/09)

1. Divide and survive Citi is planning to place its businesses worth more than $600 billion and unwanted assets into a separate unit, ... %. Analysts warned investors to brace themselves for major losses on commercial loans and real-estate ... the government guarantee mortgage-backed securities to help big companies raise capital. Sir James Crosby [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 18:07:12

Alternative way to lower computing cost [Bargains]

I tune in quite a fair bit to Diary of a Singaporean Mind, more so for its  frank views on current economic and political landscape ... one to work at home. When I collected the PC, the friendly seller told me that he does this for a living ... another person with 7 sets of used PC Link . How it works is something like this companies upgrade [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 03:46:45

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