Whatever you do, don't call it a cell phone. As Julie Alexandria finds out, the Helio is a "device" that is part of SK Telecom's strategy to break into the U.S. market.
After eight years at Forbes, he is managing editor at Silicon Alley Insider. Peter Kafka sits down with Julie Alexandria to share his thoughts on the future of newspapers and magazines, the 2008 recession, and the hit TV show "American Idol."
Can Baseball Strategy Help Your Startup Hire Better?Problems Hiring Sales StaffI'm having a really hard time finding the "right" sales person. Anyone have any suggestions to that end? Where should I look? Posting it in newspapers gets me a lot of, well, bad applicants. Is monster good? or another job...
CHEVRON PHILLIPS Chemical Company plans to break ground by year-end for a $23 million, 10-million-pound-per-year olefinic specialty polymers plant at its Orange, Tex., complex. Startup is expected in the middle of next summer. The new polymer CHEVRON PHILLIPS...
The Reliance MD6O microdrive is suited for variable speed industrial applications, such as material handling, fans, and pumps. The drive offers operation from 1/4 to 5 HP. They are available in 115V AC, 230V AC and 460V AC ratings. The product featur The Reliance MD6O microdrive...
The Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles PNGV may be a pipe dream; indeed, it would make the Manhattan Project seem like an ordinary lab experiment, just so much TNT. The partnership, established last September between the government and The Partnership for...
Byline: Gail Kachadourian For fledgling auto supplier Microheat Inc., business is starting to simmer. The Farmington Hills startup is preparing to fulfill its first contract with an automaker for its only product: HotShot, a device that heats w Byline: Gail...
Byline: Joel Chernoff SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The CalPERS board this week hopes to pick the system's next leader from a list of five finalists. Selection of a new chief executive is viewed as critical to bringing stability to the $135 billion Calif...
INTRODUCTION The proton exchange membrane PEM fuel cell is a promising alternative to traditional power sources for a wide range of portable, automotive and stationary applications. The advantages of PEM fuel cell include the ability to provide high current densities at relatively low operating temperature, quick start-up, immediate...
Comment Despite the current fragility of the UK economy, franchising is alive and well and continues to expand. There are still many opportunities for people to start their own business as a franchisee or expand their business as a franchisor. As a transferable,...
Norman Butler has joined iDcentrix (OTCBB: IDCX), a provider of innovative, highly secure ID cards and card issuancesystems, as Technical Director. An accomplished hardware/electricalEngineer and team leader in various industries, Butler has extensiveexpertise in designing high-performance card printers and automatingsystems to lower costs and ease manufacturability in high-volumemanufacturing environments....
A new Web 2.0 Silicon Valley startup,Tivid Inc., today announced the public launch of the free and mostfeature-rich Community Investment andNetworking website : Tivid.com. The website contains many features thatencourage collaboration among the investors as well as for those who arewilling to educate themselves through the community. "Where can...
Researched by Industrial Info Resources(Sugar Land, Texas) -- Hurricanes Gustav and Ike have caused more than 40unplanned individual ethylene unit turnarounds during a two-week period.Some of the forced turnarounds have dragged on for a full month ofdowntime, including a Dow Chemical (NYSE:DOW) (Midland, Michigan) plant inLouisiana. ExxonMobil Chemical Company, a...
CROWFLIGHT MINERALS INC. (Crowflight, the Company)(TSX VENTURE: CML) is pleased to provide a project update and underground diamond drilling results from its wholly-owned Bucko Lake Nickel Mine Bucko located in the Thompson Nickel Belt near Wabowden, Manitoba. Bucko Project Update Construction is close to complete at Crowflight's Bucko Lake Mine....
Jibidee.com (http://www.jibidee.com), an innovative new website that gives users a place to organize and privately share the little stuff in their life, launched publicly at Techcrunch50 in San Francisco, CA. In its second year, the TechCrunch50 conference showcases the most promising new web startup companies in the world based on...
iPhone users recently discovered another usefor the mobile-computing device and at least one in 10 of them now plans toview everyday documents on their phones and use them as external harddrives to store files, according to Avatron Software , developers ofsoftware for the device. A new file-sharing program in...
Capital Research Group Partners, Inc. and CapitalResearch Group, Inc. (CRG&P) have filed a $13 Million arbitration caseagainst Genesis Pharmaceuticals (OTCBB: GNPH), formerly Genesis TechnologyGroup or GTEC. Genesis Technology is currently a wholly owned subsidiaryof Genesis Pharmaceuticals (OTCBB: GNPH), now operating as GenesisHoldings. Since 2003, CRG&P, through a myriad of...
Researched by Industrial Info Resources(Sugar Land, Texas)--The difficulties of today's financial markets andeconomy are challenging for every industry and most every geography. TheUnited States' very industrial-rich Southwest market region has experienceda slowdown in grassroot plant start-ups this year compared with 2007 by anestimated 29%. During the first nine months of...
LONDON -- SSON is offering shared services & outsourcing industry providers, practitioners and advisors the opportunity to increase market reach and engagement capabilities through several new market engagement tools, including: * Banner Advertisements * Webinars and online web seminars * Podcasts *...