A major city in the Southeastern United States had been using six Philadelphia Gear gas turbine generators to supplement their power grid during times of peak usage. The generators were in use for nearly 30 years and had never undergone a complete oil change. Adding to the problem, the city...
The leaders of Cummins, a manufacturer of power generation equipment and systems, knew that some of their employees might be reticent to explore the unknown world of consumer-driven health plans unless the company provided a few guideposts. So the Columbus, Indiana-based company invested in a Towers Perrin financial modeling tool...
The objective was to review the experience of previous replant projects, assess the equipment currently available from power plant and other suppliers and consider likely future demand for retrofit services in the UK and overseas markets. The paper covers a range of topics relating to the retrofitting of plant in...
AMMAN AFP — Britain signed a preliminary nuclear cooperation deal with Jordan on Sunday, as the desert kingdom scrambles to meet growing energy needs and find alternative sources of power to desalinate water. "The memorandum will pave the way for signing a cooperation agreement between the two countries...
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Applied Materials, Inc. today announced the appointment of James E. Rogers to serve on its Board of Directors, effective immediately. Rogers has also been appointed to serve as a member of the Human Resources and Compensation Committee and the Strategy Committee of the Board. Rogers is...
CALGARY, ALBERTA, Apr 2, 2008 Marketwire via COMTEX -- Graduate students at the University of Calgary witnessed a solid investment in their own future thanks to a partnership between the Graduate Students' Association GSA Mentorship Program and ATCO Power. The new partnership, which...
Graduate students at the University of Calgary witnessed a solid investment in their own future thanks to a partnership between the Graduate Students' Association GSA Mentorship Program and ATCO Power. The new partnership, which was initiated by Anne Tingle, Director for the Program on campus and Esther Kantner, Senior Manager...
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DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c75127) has announced the addition of Excel 2007 PivotTables and PivotCharts: Your visual blueprintTM for interpreting and presenting Excel data to their offering. Though many consumers know the basics of using Excel, few users understand the powerful capabilities of the PivotTable and...
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DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c59211) has announced the addition of Analyzing Hydropower Energy to their offering. The role of water as a multi-faceted necessity for humans cannot be more stressed upon since as many adaptive uses that were demanded of it by civilizations; water has met...
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DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c59082) has announced the addition of "Looking at Small Hydropower in Europe" to their offering. The role of water as a multi-faceted necessity for humans cannot be more stressed upon since as many adaptive uses that were demanded of it by civilizations;...
ENERGY RESOURCE-15 May 2007-AdaptivEnergy Signs Deal with In-Q-Tel for Its 'Energy Harvesting' TechnologyC2007 JeraOne - http://www.jeraone.com Technology that can use the human body's movements to generate electricity will be further developed under a strategic investment and technology advancement agreement between AdaptivEnergy and In-Q-Tel, an investment firm that identifies...
Globalpark, a worldleader in survey software for online market research and human resourcemanagement, announced today the appointment of Dan Coates to preside overGlobalpark's North American expansion. Coates has a strong mandate togenerate sales, develop local support and to promote the Globalpark brandwithin the North American market. "I was introduced to...
Former NRG Executive Brings Extensive Human Resources Experience MINNEAPOLIS -- Nash-Finch Company (NASDAQ:NAFC), a leading national food distributor, today announced that Denise M. Wilson has joined the Nash Finch senior leadership team as Senior Vice President, Human Resources. Ms. Wilson brings 19 years of human resources experience, and...
Economists are examining why, despite strong corporate profits and low unemployment, wage increases have not kept pace with economic growth. Their insights may help to explain for HR professionals why some key trends in employment and in benefit offerings have failed to materialize. ...
Nakisa Inc. has introduced a new generation of succession-planning and workforce-modeling tools with the launch of the software package Nakisa OrgManagement Series 2007. The easy-to-use and highly interactive tools provide accurate and up-to-date HR and workflow data needed to develop effective succession plans and workforce models....
Information is power, and the proliferation of information technology-driven solutions designed to maximize efficiencies and enhance food safety assurance has powered d'Arta's Greens machine forward from day one. The chief structural architect and operations maestro behind the growing "d'Arta City" in Ardooie,...
GENEVA AFP — The world's population will be using twice as many resources as the planet can produce within 50 years unless there is immediate change in the way humanity lives, the environmental group WWF said in a report. "We are in serious ecological overshoot, consuming resources faster than the...
