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- the gathering together, at a corporate headquarters, of specialist functions such as finance, personnel, centralized purchasing, and information technology. Centralization is usually undertaken in order to effect economies of scale...
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- Giga-tronics Announces Consolidation of Division Sales and Marketing Functions
- SAN RAMON, Calif. -- Giga-tronics, Incorporated (NASDAQ: GIGA) announced today the consolidation and centralization of the sales and marketing functions of its ASCOR, Instrument and Microsource divisions. George H. Bruns, Jr., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, said, "This restructuring will substantially improve operating efficiency by eliminating duplication of effort,...
- Research articles 2006-02-09
- Federated Reports 4th Quarter and Annual 2004 Earnings
- CINCINNATI -- Federated Department Stores, Inc. (NYSE:FD)(PCX:FD) today reported diluted earnings of $2.55 a share for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2004, which was at the high end of the company's prior guidance of $2.50 to $2.55 a share. Earnings in the quarter ended January 29, 2005 topped earnings of...
- Research articles 2005-02-22
- Reporte Delta Latin America Information Technology Report: Centralization and Distribution, Week of Feb. 7 - Feb. 11
- CALI, Colombia -- Reporte Delta is a weekly report, written in Spanish and targeted towards Latin America, that specializes in the study and analysis of the general strategic use of information technology and in particular, in the use of Internet technology. Its content consists of editorial, news, surveys, DELTA Tips,...
- Research articles 2005-02-07
- Federated 3Q Earnings Exceed Expectations
- CINCINNATI -- Federated Department Stores, Inc. (NYSE:FD) (PCX:FD) today reported diluted earnings per share of 42 cents for the third quarter of 2004. This compared to diluted earnings per share of 36 cents in the same 13-week period last year. For the first three quarters of 2004, Federated reported...
- Research articles 2004-11-10
- Sherman's great compromise: Roger Sherman's brilliant proposal saved the 1787 Constitutional Convention from a hopeless deadlock and safeguarded against centralization of power at the federal level
- The stifling early summer heat in Philadelphia seemed apropos for the increasingly heated debate among the Constitutional Convention delegates. By early June 1787, the convention appeared hopelessly deadlocked. Delegates from the larger states wanted the new Constitution to apportion congressional representation by population, while those from the smaller states wanted...
- Research articles 2004-06-28
- Federated 1Q Earnings Exceed Prior Forecasts; Company Raises Sales and Earnings Guidance, Excluding Home Store Centralization Costs
- Business Editors CINCINNATI--BUSINESS WIRE--May 12, 2004 Federated Department Stores, Inc. (NYSE:FD)(PCX:FD) today reported diluted earnings per share of 52 cents for the fiscal first quarter of 2004, reflecting strong sales and margin performance in the first 13 weeks of the retail year. Earnings per share in the quarter...
- Research articles 2004-05-12
- Stability, not spam, leads Email concerns.(Messaging)(Brief Article)
- Stability will top the list of corporate email concerns over the next four years, according to Meta Group. "Email will unquestionably become more deeply entrenched, more valuable, and therefor more critical to the well-being of the organization," said Matt Cain, Meta...
- Research articles 2003-09-01
- Contemporary challenges to German federalism: From the European union to the global economy
- I. INTRODUCTION Three major challenges confront German federalism today. The first is the strong and growing dispute among German Lander over their present fiscal federalism arrangements. In essence, the wealthier Lander are pushing hard for less horizontal redistribution of tax revenue from the wealthy to poor Lander, as well as...
- Research articles 2001-10-01
- Independent Safety Team Makes Recommendations to Alaska; Centralization of Safety Functions and Better Communication Are Over-riding Themes
- Business Editors/Travel Writers SEATTLE--BUSINESS WIRE--July 6, 2000 The independent panel of 13 safety experts that Alaska Airlines commissioned in the spring has forwarded its report to the airline. "The assessment team, which was augmented by four Alaska pilots and four Alaska aircraft technicians, has done a remarkable...
- Research articles 2000-07-06
- Revitalizing environmental federalism.
- Scholars advocating decentralization of environmental policymaking and enforcement authority should consider a multitier approach that combines the advantages of both centralization and decentralization. The nature of environmental concerns and their capacity to affect third parties suggests that local regulation may not suffice. State and local governments will rarely have the...
- Research articles 1996-12-01
- Safeway Inc. Announces Enhancements to Marketing Organization; Company Calls Move ``Important Step'' in Centralization Process
- PLEASANTON, Calif. -- Safeway Inc. (NYSE:SWY) announced an important step to enhance and strengthen its centralized marketing organization. As previously announced, the company completed the centralization process in 2002. Today, the company described its latest move as an "important step" in a fine tuning process that has been underway for...
- Research articles 2004-11-08
- Federated rides strong quarter.(Federated Department Stores Inc.)
- CINCINNATI -- Helped by modestly stronger sales, wider margins and lower costs--and importantly putting behind it a handful of costs tied to store closings and the Macy's home store centralization that depressed the bottom line a year ago--Federate CINCINNATI -- Helped by modestly stronger...
- Research articles 2005-05-16
- Reporte Delta Latin America Information Technology Report: Centralization and Ubiquity, Week of Aug. 8 - Aug. 12
- CALI, Colombia -- Reporte Delta is a weekly report, written in Spanish and targeted towards Latin America, that specializes in the study and analysis of the general strategic use of information technology and in particular, in the use of Internet technology.
- Research articles 2005-08-11
- Centralization of Media General streamlines, minimizes costs; integrated systems from Florical, Scientific-Atlanta, Grass Valley, Leitch and others create environment based on central control.(ADVERTISEMENT FROM FLORICAL SYSTEMS)
- A functional solution to a key issue facing most TV operations: how does a TV operation minimize capital investment costs and reduce overall operational expenses? Media General Broadcast Group addressed that issue when they centralized operations o A functional solution to a key issue...
- Research articles 2005-10-17
- Federated ups earnings.(BUSINESS Today)
- CINCINNATI -- Federated Department Stores, Inc. reported that, due to charges last year skewing a comparison, diluted earnings per share for the second quarter rose 95 percent, increasing from 43 cents per share to 84 cents per share. Last ye ...
- Research articles 2005-08-15
- XRT Globes.(Brief Article)
- XRT has brought XRT Globe$ [TM] version 3.5 to the North American market, giving companies here capabilities for centralizing treasury, financial risk and cash management globally. Designed to meet the demands of large corporations, Globes integrates XRT has brought XRT Globe$ [TM] version 3.5 to the...
- Research articles 2001-06-01
- A.M. Best Comments on PartnerRe Group Centralization of Global Reinsurance Structure in Ireland
- OLDWICK, N.J. -- A.M. Best Co. has commented that the financial strength rating of A+ Superior, the issuer credit ratings of "aa-" and all related debt ratings of PartnerRe Group PartnerRe (Hamilton, Bermuda) and its rated members are unchanged following the announcement that the group will centralize its global reinsurance...
- Research articles 2007-08-22
- Circulation, Communication AND Centralization - Primedia Inc. reorganizes
- PRIMEDIA SETS A NEW STANDARD FOR INTERNAL INTERACTION
- Research articles 2000-12-15
- Genesys Conferencing Reports Second Quarter 2004 Results; Centralization of Major Functional Groups and Senior Management in North America
- RESTON, Va. & MONTPELLIER, France -- Under the section entitled Credit Facility Amendment, first paragraph should read: Last week, the company amended its $125 million credit facility entered in April 2001 and rescheduled its principal repayments for the fourth quarter...(sted: Last week, the company amended its $125 million credit facility...
- Research articles 2004-08-19
- GSA chief promotes expansion of agency's procurement role.(centralization of procurement )(Brief Article)
- Leave the buying to us, says GSA Administrator Stephen Perry. Leave the buying to us, says GSA Administrator Stephen Perry.
- Research articles 2005-04-29
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