Why Senator Schumer’s proposed call center tax is detrimental and unproductive for the US economy
When is comes to “bringing US jobs back onshore”, we repeatedly seem to get all sorts of legislation that, quite simply, is focused on restricting our busineses’ competitiveness, when we should be looking at helping them invest in new talent and entrep…
McDonald’s Recalls Shrek Glasses for Cadmium — What is This Toxic Metal and Why is it Used?
McDonald’s is recalling 12 million drinking glasses — most likely sold to children or parents of children — because Federal regulators have determined they contain dangerous levels of the toxic metal cadmium. According to the Chicago Tribune’s breaking coverage of the story, “the glasses have been sold for $2 apiece at McDonald’s restaurants across the [...]
Ariba — Amidst an Upbeat Backdrop, Stopping to Pause
Ariba is coming out of LIVE on the up-and-up. With strong quarterly revenue and margin performance and a unified company message (i.e., the “cloud”), Ariba’s appearance has not been better in a decade. Yet in the past few weeks, I’ve given quite a …
News Analysis: Deltek Offers To Buy Maconomy For $72.7M
Acquisition Consolidates Two Market Leaders In The Project Based Solutions Market
Deltek announced on June 3rd that they would acquire Maconomy for $72.7M ($3.39/share (DKK 20.50)). Maconomy is a leading project based solutions (PBS) software company (~35.6M 2009 revenues) based in Copenhagen, Denmark. Deltek is a 265.8M (2009 revenues) PBS software vendor based in Herndon, VA. [...]
Friday Green Numbers round-up 06/04/2010
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And here is this week’s Green numbers:
Matt Simmons on Dylan Ratigan says There’s another leak much bigger 5 to 6 miles away
Matt Simmons on Dylan Ratigan “There’s another leak much bigger 5 to 6 miles away”
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Co-op vetoes £100m of ‘unethical’ business – Business News, [...]
