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Tuesday, April 12, 2011
First Choice travel to go all-inclusive from 2012 - Travel-News.co.uk
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Sarah Palin On Trump's Birth Certificate Investigation: 'More Power To Him!' - Mediaite.com
The Guardian (blog) | Sarah Palin On Trump's Birth Certificate Investigation: 'More Power To Him!' Mediaite.com She noted it wasn't that unthinkable for Trump to be curious about Obama's birth certificate, as it was an issue that has transfixed a sizable segment of the body politic. She expressed hope that perhaps Trump's piles of money would be the key ... Birthers pressured over Obama birth certificate Donald Trump's birther arguments on Obama's birth certificate (or » |
Friday, April 8, 2011
Man threatens road crew at California landslide - San Jose Mercury News
Man threatens road crew at California landslide San Jose Mercury News Road crews clearing a landslide that had cut off a Northern California community for several days hit an unexpected snagâ"and it wasn't weather-related. The Times-Standard of Eureka reports that road work was canceled Thursday afternoon due to security ... |
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Catch the Wind secures $18.8M - Los Angeles Business from bizjournals:
million in a private placement financing to help push more salesd of its new wind sensorfor turbines. Manassas-baser Catch the Wind, which tradess on the Toronto Venture Exchange, sold roughly 16.7 milliob shares at a price ofCanadiahn $1.30 apiece in what it hopes to be its last majotr equity financing before generating enough revenue from its lase r wind-sensing product, Vindicator, to pay for Company officials also participated in the investment along with institutional investors, bringing its total equity fundraising to date to nearly $35 million. , Researchg Capital Corp. and Canaccord Capitap Corp.
served as placement agents for this latesr fundraising in return for 6 percent of the gross proceedzs and additionalstock options. Spun off last year from LLC, a fibe r optics laser company that still sharews the same headquarters Catch the Wind has been developing similar technology that senses when wind is helping reorient a turbine to capture that wind before it Most wind turbines can realign its blades only aftee itfeels wind, so they’res often too late to actually benefit from company officials said.
“Before, it was the horse-and-bugguy approach to measuring wind,” said Phil Rogers, who foundef Optical Air Data Systems nearlty 20 years ago with his wife before leaving recently to serve as CEO for Catchthe “Think about increasing the gas mileage of your car,” he “You’ve already bought your car. But if I can sell you somethin that doubles the gas mileage ofyour car, you wouldc save more money.” He estimates the Vindicator can capture 10 percent to 30 percentf more wind for turbines, which in turn helps generate more clean electricity and ultimately revenue for their operators.
Catch the Wind recentlty sold its first unitto , a Canadianb environmental monitoring equipment while starting its first two-montn field test with the Nebraskqa Public Power District on its largest wind farm with 36 wind The local company, which said it’s also talking to federal agencies, hopes to use that trial’a results later this summer to market to other wind turbine manufacturerxs and wind farm operators. With six full-times employees, Catch the Wind expectsa to at least doubls that count by the end ofthis year. The which had $5.5 million in cash and equivalents on hand as ofMarcg 31, is also considering whether to list itself on an Americanj exchange later this year.
“We aspire to Rogers said. “I just can’r say when.”
Monday, April 4, 2011
Ford will stop Claycomo F-150 production for a week - Sacramento Business Journal:
The UAW Local 249 posted the information in a newsletteer on itsWeb site. Local 249 Vice President Bobbty Wyse confirmed Monday that the information is The production stoppage comes a week before an alreadhscheduled one-week summer break for the entirwe plant starting June 29, a Local 249 spokeswomahn said. The plant also is scheduled for a summer break during the weekof Aug. 17. Sales of Ford F-serie trucks were 33,381 in May, up 16 percent from 28,756 in April but down 22.3 percentr from 42,973 in May 2008. UAW Local 249 said the slighft increasein month-to-month sales enabled Ford (NYSE: F) to cancelk the scheduled down week on June 22 at its F-150p truck plant in Dearborn, Mich.
, but the down week was left intacty at the Kansas City Assembly Plant. “This is partiallyh due to depleted fundsa forthe state’s Division of Unemploymenr in Michigan, making down weeks at (Dearborn) less of an the Local 249 said in the Local 249 added that sales projections continue to be less than the five shiftsa at the two truck plants can producr if they work full time throughn the 2010 production year. Ford runs two shift s at Claycomo and threein Dearborn.
Wyse said Ford is considering once again moving a shift fromthe F-150 side of the Kansaas City Assembly Plant and putting them to work on the SUV However, nothing has been determined so far, he A year ago, Ford moved about 800 worker s from a second shift on the F-15p side of the Kansas City plant to a thired shift on the SUV side. The employees were movec back tothe F-150 side on Jan. 12. Ford Escapde sales in May reached 16,391, up 20.6 percenyt from 13,596 in April but down 7.2 perceny from 17,667 in May 2008. The Kansas City Assembly Planf also produces the Mercury Mariner and hybrid version of the Ford Escaped andMercury Mariner.
Combined sales of hybrid versions of theFord Fusion, Mercurty Milan, Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner reached 3,906 in May, a new company The old sales record of 3,420 hybrix vehicles was set in April 2006. As of May, Ford’ds Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo hadabout 3,900 hourly and 200 salaried employees.
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Gas prices close to $3 mark - Denver Business Journal:
According to the ’s Weekend Gas Watch, the averagw price of self-serve regular gasoline in the Los Angeles-Lonbg Beach area is $2.938i per gallon, which is 11.3 centes more than last week, 52 cents higher than last month, and $1.56 less than last year. On the Centraol Coast, the average priced is $2.98, up 10.3 cents from last 47 cents abovelast month, and $1.40 beloew last year. In the Inlande Empire, the average per gallon price is $2.929, which is 11.9 centsw more than last week, 52 cents more than last and $1.55 less than last According to Auto Club Spokesperson Jeffrey all of the major metropolitan areas are within 5 cents ofeach other.
"This is a rare instancre that is probably causedby retailers’ reluctance to raise prices over $3. This phenomenon also sometimes happens when priceds are nearing a Spring said ina statement.
Friday, April 1, 2011
Leader programme launched in Malta - Malta Business Weekly
Leader programme launched in Malta Malta Business Weekly The Leader (Liaison Entre Actions de Dévelopment de l'Ãconomie Ruralie / 'Links between the rural economy and development actions) Programme was launched in Malta this week during a press conference held at Bank of Valletta's Head Office in Santa ... |