09/07/2008
Most U.S. companies ignore new rules on executive pay (International Herald Tribune)
Study finds less than half of companies reported benchmarks for bonuses required under U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rules.
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09/07/2008
Energy department summons oil companies (Sun Star)
THE Department of Energy (DOE) is meeting major oil companies Monday to determine the reason why they seemed unwilling to implement a P1 per liter rollback in the prices of gasoline last weekend considering the downtrend in the international market.
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09/07/2008
As unemployment spikes, companies weigh options (San Diego Union-Tribune)
NEW YORK – U.S. companies have cut more than 550,000 jobs so far in 2008 as they try to preserve their profits in a slumping economy, but analysts say such downsizing must be done carefully for corporations to have any long-term benefits.
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09/07/2008
Pollution auction set for Md.: Program lets companies pay for carbon emissions to encourage clean energy (Carroll County Times)
Maryland and nine other states will be auctioning off their pollution to the highest bidder later this month. The states are trying to encourage the use of cleaner energy sources by having utility companies pay for the amount of carbon they are putting into the air.
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09/07/2008
Georgia's unlicensed moving companies can be big risk for consumers (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
A new state audit says Georgia's Public Service Commission does a poor job licensing in-state moving companies and doesn't enforce safeguards designed to protect customers from getting ripped off. As a result, fly-by-night movers can lure customers with low prices and later demand more money once they have the customer's furniture on their trucks, according to the Georgia Movers' Association and ...
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09/07/2008
Your tax dollars flow to a family of companies: Who really runs them? (The Plain Dealer)
Follow the connections among families and companies in a Plain Dealer graphic (PDF) This is the first of a two-part series. Monday: RTA officials didn't know about all the family ties on the Euclid Corridor project.CLEVELAND'S McTECH CORP. was quietly...
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09/07/2008
Business intelligence helps companies make sense of data (Dallas Morning News)
In the search for profit, companies turn to business intelligence tools for detailed analysis of all manner of financial data, creating jobs for technology professionals who can design and support the systems.
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09/07/2008
Oil's climb leaves many companies better off (Honolulu Advertiser)
Conventional wisdom had long held that some industries would collapse if oil topped $100 a barrel. As oil neared $150, sending costs higher for everything from jet fuel to plastic jars, the question was how many companies would succumb.
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09/07/2008
Companies warm up to social networks (The Christian Science Monitor)
Employers see benefits when office workers log on to Facebook and similar sites.
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09/07/2008
ArcelorMittal, Reliance Industries in Wall Street Journal's respected companies list (New Kerala)
New York, Sep 6 : PepsiCo, headed by India-born Indra Nooyi, is the ninth most respected company in the world, NRI Lakshmi Mittal led ArcelorMittal is ranked 60th and Reliance Industries, India's largest corporate, makes it at No. 83 in the Wall Street Journal's respectability ranking of the world's 100 largest publicly traded companies.
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