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Prison Industry Continues Its Shakeup
Over the last few decades an industry has developed around private contractors managing prisons for states and localities. The argument for contracting this out is as in most cases to save money. There is also an industry related to the Federal and State prison systems in that they...
Tags: Industry, Prison, Prison Industry, Strategy, Government, Management, Matthew Potter
Blog posts 2009-08-19
Travel Roundup: Las Vegas Sands' Macao IPO, Cruise Industry OKs Peepholes, Hong Kong Investors Buy S.F. W Hotel and More
Las Vegas Sands Corp. may offer Macau IPO to raise cash -- Las Vegas Sands Corp. is considering an initial public offering of its Macao properties along with some business sales to raise a much-needed $3.5 to $4 billion. The company needs about $2 billion to finish a Macau hotel and...
Tags: Hotel, Industry, Hong Kong, Investor, IPO, Construction, Financial Accounting, Financial Planning, Financial Services, Finance, Barbara E. Hernandez
Blog posts 2009-07-08
EU Imposes Five-Year Tariff on U.S. Biodiesel Producers
U.S. biodiesel producers -- already suffering from low oil prices, weak domestic demand and a delayed Environmental Protection Agency mandate -- were hit Tuesday with a five-year tariff on exports to Europe. The European Union imposed a provisional tariff on imports of U.S.-made biodiesel back in March in response...
Tags: Industry, Tariff, Biodiesel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, European Union, GreenHunter Energy, GreenHunter, Kirsten Korosec
Blog posts 2009-07-07
Industry Pushes Back on EHR "Meaningful Use" Definition
When the government’s Health IT Policy Committee met a couple of weeks ago, some committee members suggested that a workgroup’s preliminary definition of “meaningful use” of electronic health records had gone too far. Now the official comments are in, and it’s clear that most of the healthcare industry agrees that...
Tags: Incentive, Hospital, Industry, Health Care, EHR, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Benefits, Human Resources, Ken Terry
Blog posts 2009-07-02
The Education Industry Should Fear Jack Welch's New MBA Program
Competition from online courses could cause revenues to drop at America's universities. by Stefan Deeran
Tags: Jack Welch, MBA, Industry, Operational Accounting, Finance, Stefan Deeran
Blog posts 2009-06-23
Food Inc. Takes on Food Industry, and Vice Versa
I'm kind of surprised that anyone would be shocked by the documentary Food, Inc. Yes, a tiny number of companies controls a vast majority of the food chain. Yes, most animals are raised in filthy, cramped conditions and have been so successfully bred for size that they have evolved into...
Tags: Food, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Industry, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Katherine Glover
Blog posts 2009-06-19
The State of the Fast Food Industry: Q&A With Zagat
Restaurant-review empire Zagat Survey recently released the results of its second survey of the fast food industry. Just over 6,100 respondents weighed in on 103 chains across the country, nearly double the number of outfits analyzed two years ago, when Zagat put out its first fast-food barometer. Combined, all surveyors...
Tags: Food, Industry, Survey, Zagat, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Ian Ritter
Blog posts 2009-06-19
One Big Fracking Problem for Oil and Gas Industry
Legislation introduced this week that targets hydraulic fracturing -- a technique used to access vast new fields for drilling -- is pitting the oil and gas industry against environmentalists in a debate over public health, federal versus state regulation and the protection of industry trade secrets. Here's what the legislation also will...
Tags: Chemicals, Industry, Oil & Gas, Natural Gas, Oil-and-gas Industry, Kirsten Korosec
Blog posts 2009-06-11
Ethanol Industry Squeezes an Otherwise Profitable Farmer Mac
Folks -- or should I say shareholders -- were falling all over themselves yesterday on news that the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp., commonly called Farmer Mac, posted a first-quarter profit. Hooray -- good for them. Let's not forget the other piece of the rural lender's earnings report. The...
Tags: Apple Macintosh, Industry, Farmer Mac, Lender', Strategy, Asset Management, Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Kirsten Korosec
Blog posts 2009-05-13
The Power of the Nap | BTalk Australia
(11min 06) Do you find there’s just not enough hours in the day? Is it making you tired? It might be time to look at a short nap during your working day. On today’s BTalk Australia Phil Dobbie asks Brendan Torazzi, CEO of AlertForce, about what fatigue...
Tags: Sleep, Workplace, Hour, Industry, Nap, Strategy, Recruitment & Selection, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Phil Dobbie
Blog posts 2009-03-18
Travel Venues: The Economy's Five Biggest Losers
Although the recession hit many areas across the nation and abroad, a few locations seem to be vying for the title of the travel industry's biggest loser. This list is subjective, but based on news reports in the last month. Not surprisingly, three of these areas were regions with a...
Tags: Phoenix Technologies, Industry, Foreclosure, Las Vegas, Fares, Strategy, Management, Barbara E. Hernandez
Blog posts 2008-10-31
Industry Moves Round Up: MySpace; DISH; MSGE; Cheezburger Net; Hitachi; Time Out Chicago
—MySpace: Mark Rosenbaum will be the social network’s CFO, a newly created position. He will oversee all finance and accounting operations and report to CEO Owen Van Natta. Before MySpace, Rosenbaum served as a consultant to MGM and was an SVP, Corporate Finance at Gemstar-TV Guide.—DISH Network: The satellite...
Tags: Hitachi Ltd., Industry, Chicago, MySpace, Operational Accounting, Marketing Research, Storage, Finance, Marketing, Hardware, Alex Ferreyra
External links 2009-10-06
Industry Moves: Playboy Reorg Promotes Vaickus To President; Digital Head Stephen Adds Print Duties
As Playboy (NYSE: PLA) Enterprises’ sale plans remain in a state of suspended animation, the company is making some internal moves as it looks to improve its dismal print and digital businesses. As part of a small restructuring, Alex Vaickus is being promoted from his current perch as ...
Tags: Industry, Playboy, Industry Moves, Entertainment, Adult, Media & Publishing, Magazines, David Kaplan
External links 2009-10-06
Industry Moves: Buckley Joins Silverman At IAC
Drew Buckley has left Terry Semel’s Windsor Media to work as a senior executive with Ben Silverman, paidContent has learned and confirmed with IAC (NSDQ: IACI). An IAC spokeswoman said details would be forthcoming. by Staci D. Kramer
Tags: IAC/InterActive Corp., Industry, Strategy, Management, Industry Moves, Media & Publishing, TV, Social Media, Video, Companies, IAC, Staci D. Kramer
External links 2009-10-05
Industry Moves: Hearst Adds Four Execs To Large Board
Privately held Hearst Corp. has added four executives to its board of directors: George R. Hearst III, publisher of the Albany Times Union, and the son of Hearst Chairman George R. Hearst, Jr.; Richard Malloch, president of Hearst Business Media and SVP of Hearst Corp.; Scott Sassa, president of...
Tags: Board, Industry, Hearst Corp., GRH III, Corporate Governance, Real Estate, Development Tools, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Industry Moves, Media & Publishing, Magazines, Newspapers, TV, Broadcast, Cable & Telecom, Companies, Hearst, Staci D. Kramer
External links 2009-10-05
Hospital Industry Pledges Cuts to Help Cover Uninsured
The industry players are bargaining with the Obama Administration for financial deals in return for their qualified support of whatever reform legislation comes out of Congress. First, it was the pharmaceutical industry, which promised $80 billion in lower costs over 10 yearsâ€"mainly to help seniors who wind up in the...
Tags: Hospital, Medicare, Industry, Industry Player, Healthcare, Ken Terry
Blog posts 2009-07-09
Industry is on Board with Lung Cancer Maintenance, but are Docs?
The FDA approved Eli Lilly’s chemotherapy drug Alimta pemetrexed as the first maintenance therapy for lung cancer, but as Lilly admits in its press release, the concept of maintenance therapy is not one lung cancer docs are familiar with. by Trista Morrison
Tags: Board, Industry, Lung Cancer, Federal Government, Corporate Governance, Government, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Trista Morrison
Blog posts 2009-07-10
Andy Grove: What Detroit Can Learn From Silicon Valley
former Intel CEO Andy Grove compares the current transformation of the automotive industry to the computer industry of the 80s and 90s. Had the government intervened then as it is doing now, America may never have gained a leadership position in PCs, semiconductors, software, and ultimately, the Internet. by Steve...
Tags: Industry, Computer, Leadership, Productivity, Government, Strategy, Management, Steve Tobak
Blog posts 2009-07-14
The Education Industry At the Edge of a Cliff
Think the digital revolution's ransacking of the newspaper and music industries was bad for the economy and perhaps even our democracy? Wait until the "digital bomb" goes off in education, which employs over 13 million Americans. by Stefan Deeran
Tags: Industry, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Stefan Deeran
Blog posts 2009-08-18
Porn Industry Hits Limits of the "Freemium" Model
For all the publishers who are pining their hopes on the "freemium" model, the porn industry's struggles might serve as a warning. by Stefan Deeran
Tags: Industry, Strategy, Management, Stefan Deeran
Blog posts 2009-08-14
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