Waste Management Inc., the nation's largest garbage hauler, said Friday costs associated with a labor dispute and rising crude oil prices were mainly to blame for a 7 percent drop in its third-quarter earnings, which fell below Wall Street's expectations. Complete Story...
A powerful group of developing nations blocked reform proposals that would have given Secretary-General Kofi Annan more budget power Friday, and rich countries warned the move could push the world body toward financial crisis.
Usually, bookkeeping is considered as the most time and effort consuming task of every organization. The primary objective of bookkeeping section in any organization is to help the management in making maximum revenue after tax payment.
USC Consulting Group, LLC (USCCG) has named Gerald A. Seidell as their director for supply chain strategy. He will be responsible for developing and delivering a variety of supply chain solutions to the operations management consulting firm's clients.
Boeing has recently signed a contract with Honeywell Aerospace that will allow them to significantly reduce an airline's maintenance costs by providing expendable parts. The companies partnered as part of Boeing's Integrated Materials Management (IMM) initiative.
Friday was the first time I had heard about Louise Ogborn's case against McDonalds, and when I saw the coverage on 20/20 I had some choice observations.
According to a survey, 9 out of 10 European retail and manufacturing businesses are struggling to automate the order-to-fulfillment cycle. Which results to major application integration challenges.
During 1967-1970 a virtual conflagration, in the form of the most heated debate ever, raged uncontrollably across Britain concerning the need for a long distance study centre, a university of the air.
New research has revealed that more than a third of employees have fiddled their expenses. Even more alarmingly, the problem seems to be on the increase. The survey conducted by pollster YouGov found that this figure has increased from a quarter in 2001.
Were the workers really joking about taking out a contract on their boss? Laura Crawshaw doesn't know for sure, but she does know that homicidal, suicidal and other extreme reactions happen when an abrasive boss is allowed to run amok.
Go to a Best Buy and you are literaly attacked by helpful people clad in Blue Shirts. After saying you don't need anything a half a dozen times you reach the register and find 12 people ahead of you all while the blue shirts crawl the store looking for the next person to "help".
The Open University in Wales has employed t2 business solutions to create bespoke commercial training for it's IT and Office Support Service staff.
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One reason business groups resist the paid sick leave bill is because the seven days would be added to companies' existing paid-time-off benefits unless the leave was specifically designated as sick time.
America. And what do we do to discourage that perception? Not much, I'm afraid. You don't think they get way up on those pedestals all by themselves, do you?
LARGER percentages of older students enrolled in University this term but it doesn't stop there, with work-based modern apprenticeships taking mature students by storm.
Managing a family owned or operated business may require a different approach to respond to the special interpersonal dynamic involved. One advice is you can't manage family business issues the same way as most entrepreneurs do.
Some choices for good online programs that are available in supply chain management. One of which is Golden Gate University, San Francisco which offers MBA with concentration on Supply Chain.
A woman's effort to find methods to manage her high blood pressure results in success.
...a new study suggests these CEO letters can reveal a lot about how innovative their companies will be down the road. Researchers at the University of Minnesota and two other schools have found that the number of future-oriented words and phrases in a CEO's messages can indicat …
Professional power is not so easy to get and keep because it isn't really understood.
Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas tied for 13th place among all undergraduate business schools. Also, they are in a tie with Indiana University at Bloomington (Kelly) for ninth place among all public universities.
Dirty runoff water may be a thing of the past...
This document describes how to set up Hyperic HQ on Ubuntu 7.04. The resulting system provides an awesome, web-based "Systems-Management-Software".
Published almost 3 years ago but the ideas and insights captured in this artcile are just as relevant today. I some ways, perhaps even more so. It's also a good way to look at the xamples cited here and see how they are faring now.