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Helpareporter.com Hits a Speed Bump
Helpareporter.com Hits a Speed BumpLove HAROAs we discussed this morning, I really appreciate Peter's Help a Reporter Out...talk about connected! I can see your point about Peter keeping up with the times, but these are his contacts and it seems that his subscribers should be respectful of that. Thanks for...
Tags: e-mail, email list, Speed Bump, Helpareporter.com Hits, Love HARO
Discussion threads 2008-04-08
Dealing With Human Speed Bumps!
Organizations can make effective use of speed bumps to avoid reckless or badly though-out decisions. Some behaviours which commonly used by human speed bumps are pointing out negative or problematic aspects of a plan, process, or change, presenting their objections (sometimes with well thought out reasons, sometimes with only vague,...
Tags: Bacal & Associates, Speed Bump, Tools & Techniques, Management
White papers 2003-01-01
Speed Bumps Generate Electricity--and Cash
Is there money and green energy in speed bumps? That’s the premise of MotionPower, a project of Maryland-based New Energy Technologies, which on Monday will launch a second field trial of an ingenious device that converts cars’ kinetic energy to electricity. The premise is pretty simple. Some 250 million...
Tags: Burger King Corp., Speed Bump, Jim Motavalli
Blog posts 2009-10-09

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Helpareporter.com Hits a Speed Bump
Helpareporter.com HARO is a wonderful new free service that collects queries from reporters seeking sources and passes them along to PR pros. But it hit a speed bump yesterday that could ultimately doom the service. Turns out one of the subscribers was republishing the emails from HARO...
Tags: Helpareporter.com, HARO, Jon Greer, Internet, Online Communications, E-mail
Blog posts 2008-04-08
With Firefox 3.6, Mozilla Aims to Speed up Web Browsing
The latest update to the Firefox web browser has now been made available . Released Friday evening, Firefox 3.6 Beta 1 promises a number of new features, including built-in theme support and drag-and-drop file uploads, but perhaps most importantly, there is a renewed focus on browser...
Tags: Web Browser, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox
News items 2009-11-02
Speed bump for Hundt nomination. (nomination of Reed Hundt as Federal Communications Commission chairman) (Brief Article)
Efforts to speed through the nomination of Reed Hundt as FCC chairman hit a snag last week. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ernest Hollings (D-S.C.) hoped to poll committee members and, if there were no objections, move the nomination to the Sen Efforts to speed...
Tags: FCC, nomination, Reed Hundt
Research articles 1993-10-04
'Speed bumps' deadly on Iraqi roads
WASHINGTON -- A type of homemade bomb that can include parts commonly found in Iraqi kitchens and that is easy to hide on desert roads has proliferated in Anbar province and spread to other parts of the country. Troops in armored vehicles are endangered by the...
Tags: Pentagon, SECURITY, U.S.
Research articles 2007-02-05
UL faces pain at the pump; Obama, Hastert press lab to speed up tests on biofuel dispenser.(News)(Underwriters Laboratories)(Sen. Barack Obama, Rep. J. Dennis Hastert, Sen. Richard Durbin )
Byline: PAUL MERRION Underwriters Laboratories is under pressure from ethanol backers including Sen. Barack Obama, Rep. J. Dennis Hastert and Sen. Richard Durbin to remove the speed bump the lab put in the path of a new ethanol-based fuel touted by President George W....
Tags: Underwriters Laboratories Inc.
Research articles 2007-05-07
Crown Crafts Still Struggling.
By Don Hogsett Company Hits Speed Bump Following Close of Throw Division GONZALES, LOUISIANA - Hitting a big speed bump after several months of strong earnings gains following a major refinancing, third fiscal quarter...
Tags: sales
Research articles 2007-02-26
Crown's 1Q hurt by show shift.(Crown Crafts Inc.)
GONZALES, LA -- Hitting a small speed bump as it continues along a turnaround course, Crown Crafts Inc. posted a modest first-quarter loss of $727,000 as sales in its core infant products business declined when a major trade show was rescheduled an GONZALES, LA...
Tags: Crown, sales
Research articles 2002-08-26
Annuities: A new fee hurdle.
Variable annuity companies may hit a speed bump on the shortcut to higher fees. To switch to in-house investment management from unaffiliated advisers -- usually resulting in higher fees -- they will have to get annuity contract owners to sig ...
Tags: annuity, insurance, insurance company, SEC
Research articles 2000-06-12
Kmart/Sears merger filing delayed.(Business Today)(Brief Article)
TROY, MICH. -- Slowed down by a modest speed bump on the road toward their $10.5 billion merger, Kmart and Sears said they are temporarily withdrawing a regulatory filing tied to a proposed combination that would create the nation's third-largest r TROY, MICH. --...
Tags: FTC, K Mart, merger, retail company, Sears Roebuck & Co.
Research articles 2005-01-03
Arlington's downtown retail revival hits a rough patch.(News)
Byline: BOB TITA The Gap is gone. McDonald's and Seattle's Best, too. A handful of longtime local retailers have also bit the dust. Six years after it began, the reshaping of downtown Arlington Heights is hitting a speed bump. ...
Tags: downtown, McDonald's Corp.
Research articles 2004-02-16
Storage deal off; HPI still out to buy after ZAG talks fail.(Home Products International Inc., ZAG Industries Inc.)
Like a speed bump in the road, the now dead deal between Home Products International and ZAG Industries will slow, not stop, HPI's growth through acquisition strategy, according to James Tennant, chairman and chief executive of HPI. Like a speed bump in the road, the...
Tags: storage
Research articles 1997-10-06
Not-So-Smooth Sailing as GT Bicycles Raises $65.8 Million in Offering.(Originated from The Orange County Register, Calif.)
SANTA ANA, Calif.--Oct. 14--Orange County's biggest bicycle company, GT Bicycles Inc., hit a speed bump Friday, its first day as a public company. Its stock fell 75 cents, to $13.25. SANTA ANA, Calif.--Oct. 14--Orange County's biggest bicycle company, GT Bicycles Inc., hit a speed bump Friday,...
Tags: Orange PCS
Research articles 1995-10-15
Senate eyes media mergers.(Brief Article)
Media consolidation is hitting a speed bump as newly empowered Senate Democrats try to slow efforts to allow big media companies a larger share of local markets. Media consolidation is hitting a speed bump as newly empowered Senate Democrats try to slow efforts to...
Tags: Media, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2001-07-23
IRL: No bump in "Bump Day" at Indy.
May 18, 2003 The Sports Network via COMTEX Indianapolis, IN Sports Network - Led by Mo Nunn Racing's Alex Barron, nine drivers qualified for nine open slots to fill the 33-car field for next Sunday's 87th Indianapolis 500. Barron, who...
Tags: The Sports Network
Research articles 2003-05-19
Frontier Communications Corporation Q1 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. Operator instructions We will take our first question from Mike McCormack with JP Morgan. Scott Gomez – JP Morgan Hey guys, is actually Scott Gomes for Mike McCormack. Don Shassian Hey, Scott. Scott Gomez – JP Morgan Couple of questions on the promotion and as...
Tags: Call Transcript, Customer, Video, Earnings, Frontier Communications, Promotion, Corporate Communications, DSL, Network Technology, Broadband Internet, Marketing, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2009-05-07
Motoring: Ford Ka
HAD a distressed lady on the phone the other day whose Ford Ka had its engine mountings ripped out by a speed bump in London. She insists that she hit it at a modest speed, and the AA man who came to her rescue said that the number of cars...
Tags: Ford Motor Co.
Research articles 2004-08-08
Rear View Mirror: Ford Ka
HAD a distressed lady on the phone the other day whose Ford Ka had its engine mountings ripped out by a speed bump in London. She insists that she hit it at a modest speed, and the AA man who came to her rescue said that the number of cars...
Tags: Ford Motor Co.
Research articles 2004-08-15
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