Filed under: Television, Newspapers, AgricultureHoneybees are being decimated, that much we know, and it could have far-reaching effects on agriculture and the economy. It starts with almonds in the early spring and spreads throughout nut and fruit crops, ending with pears and apples in Oregon in the early fall; commercial bees travel from crop to crop with their overworked keepers, a kind of modern cowboy essential to the very survival of the human race. Without bees to pollinate the crops, to help buds grow into fruit, we and much of the ecosystem would be required to survive on a fraction of the produce we now enjoy. While much of the loss is blamed on mites and disease, a little is blamed on global warming and some on mysterious ...
April, 2007
Filed under: Television, Newspapers, AgricultureHoneybees are being decimated, that much we know, and it could have far-reaching effects on agriculture and the economy. It starts with almonds in the early spring and spreads throughout nut and fruit crops, ending with pears and apples in Oregon in the early fall; commercial bees travel from crop to crop with their overworked keepers, a kind of modern cowboy essential to the very survival of the human race. Without bees to pollinate the crops, to help buds grow into fruit, we and much of the ecosystem would be required to survive on a fraction of the produce we now enjoy. While much of the loss is blamed on mites and disease, a little is blamed on global warming and some on mysterious ...
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Filed under: Industry, Competitive strategy, United Parcel'B' (UPS)Officials at the Platinum Shield Association, whose members own and operate United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS) franchises under the Mail Boxes Etc. banner, said that UPS puts higher shipping costs on its franchisees because UPS manipulates the dimensional weight system used to calculate package size and weight for shipping.Joel Wightman, a franchisee in New York quoted a recent memo the UPS Store Area Franchise Developer sent to UPS franchises, which said that UPS is altering their shipping weights of packages. Mr. Wightman warned shippers by saying, " "If you as a franchisee are being hit with substantial UPS billing adjustments for restated dimensions of your store's shipments, and you are convinced that your original dimensions are accurate ... Look carefully at ...
Filed under: Bad news, Industry, Law, FedEx Corp (FDX), Wendy's Intl (WEN)This weekend's Wall Street Journal (subscription required) said some interesting things about retailers and FedEx Corp (NYSE: FDX).Over 100 federal lawsuits seeking class-action status against merchants including Wendy's International (NYSE: WEN), TJX Cos (NYSE: TJX), Rite Aid Corp (NYSE: RAD) and Fed Ex Corp (FDX) have been filed for printing too much payment-card information on customer receipts this year alone.TJX Co, the parent company of T.J. Maxx and Marshalls, reported in January that its computers were hacked and at least 47.5 million customers susceptible to fraud. For the following eight weeks, shares of TJX lost -15%; they have since recovered modestly.As of December 4th, retailers will be prohibited from printing more than the last five digits of ...
Filed under: Earnings reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Technical AnalysisWith energy prices skyrocketing, corporate America is intensely interested in ways of stretching its shipping dollars. Many companies work with a Downers Grove, Illinois firm that takes the cost efficient route all the way.Hub Group (NASDAQ: HUBG) is a leading freight transportation management company, specializing in cost-efficient intermodal methods. Goods are taken to and from Hub operating centers by truck and carried between centers by rail. The company operates a network of over 30 centers throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico. It also provides truck brokerage and logistics services involving shipment optimization, load consolidation, mode selection, carrier management and load planning.The company surprised the Street earlier in the month, when it reported Q1 EPS of 29 cents and ...
Almost two years after the NASD issued its 05-50 Notice to Members alert on equity-indexed annuities, industry experts note that providers have been reformulating the controversial financial product and their marketing strategies to compensate for cooling sales.
Source: Insurance News Net
NASD Providers Altering Equity-Indexed Annuities and Marketing Strategies As NASD EIA Regulation Bring Down Sales
