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Sovereign Wealth Funds: Benefit or Threat?: Just when CEOs thought they had a handle on secretive and powerful hedge funds, they must consider a quieter but even bigger monster -- Sovereign Wealth Funds. These government-owned funds, including ones in China, Abu Dhabi, Kuwait and Singapore, represent more than $2.5 trillion in global assets,...; Tags: Financial services, Regulations, Peter Galuszka, benefit, Sovereign-Wealth Funds, SWF, hedge fund, government, investment; Blog posts 2008-05-05
4 Work-Arounds to the H1B Problem: CEOs, especially those involved in high tech, see the same pattern year after year. They desperately need high-level, foreign workers since universities in the U.S. are not turning out enough software writers and computer engineers. Yet nothing ever seems to get done in Congress to boost the...; Tags: Peter Galuszka, L-1 visa, visa, H1B Problem, Paul Colman, Visa Inc.; Blog posts 2008-05-06
The Mortgage Crisis Delivers a Hit to Solar Firms: The mortgage crisis roiling financial markets is now causing new casualties in an unexpected sector -- solar-power firms that cater to the home and small-business markets. Akeena Solar, one of the largest solar-system installers in the U.S., just reported a wider-than-expected quarterly loss due to higher operating...; Tags: Consumer, U.S., Small Business, Mortgage Crisis, Taxes, Fuel Cells, Financial Accounting, Telecom & Utilities, Investment, Financial Planning, Finance, Emerging Technologies, David Phillips; Blog posts 2008-05-13
Tell the Beeb: u.s. Magazine Ads Are in Free Fall: It's always been one of those trick questions that kids of a certain age love: "What's black and white and read all over?" The answer, of course, is "a newspaper," but nowadays we could drop the letter "a" from the word "read" and the joke would still make a grim...; Tags: U.S., Advertisement, British Broadcasting Corp., Magazine, Gender And Diversity, Human Resources, David Weir; Blog posts 2008-05-13
BP Makes Brazilian Play for Ethanol: As reported last week, British Petroleum is acquiring a fifty-percent stake in Tropical BioEnergia SA, a joint venture established by Brazilian companies Santelisa Vale, the second-largest sugar cane crusher in Brazil, and Maeda Group, one of the largest cotton producers in the world, which is constructing a 435 million liter-per-year...; Tags: U.S., Brazil, British Petroleum Co Plc, Tariff, Free Trade, Finance, David Phillips; Blog posts 2008-05-01

Best Countries for Global Expansion: How to keep your business growing during a slowdown? Make the leap overseas. Here are 10 countries for expansion — and why they’re the places to be.While the U.S. economy has slowed, demand for foreign business investment is still on the rise in Asia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America. Extending...; Tags: Expansion, U.S., Outsourcing, Sales Force Management, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Sales, Jake Swearingen; Articles 2008-04-22
First Solar Lands First Big u.s. Utility Contract?: First Solar, Inc., the world's largest manufacturer of thin-film solar modules, has booked more than $6 billion in contracts over the next five years for the sale of its 3.2-gigawatt solar module arrays. These long-term supply contracts, however, are with twelve European project developers and system integrators. As of its...; Tags: U.S., Utility, Rumors, Entrepreneurship, Operational Accounting, Management, Finance, David Phillips; Blog posts 2008-04-16
Geographical Indications Proposal Poses Challenge to u.s. Cheese Makers: In today's world, a U.S. Cheese makers can create "gorgonzola," "parmesan" and "feta." A restaurant owner can freely list a "Greek salad with feta" or a "turkey and gouda sandwich" on his menu. For the U.S. dairy industry, the success of the European Union's GI proposal could mean that the...; Tags: Dairy Management Inc., U.S.; White papers
Municipal Building, Park Hills, Missouri: The municipal building in Park Hills, Missouri boasts one of the unique GeoExchange heating and cooling systems in the United States. The facility relies on an estimated 70 billion gallons of water held in flooded lead mines as its heat source and heat sink. Completed in 1995, it is believed...; Tags: Geothermal Heat Pump Consortium, Missouri, U.S.; Case studies
Excellence Award (With u.s. Flag And Sky): This template is for excellence award (with U.S. flag and sky).; Tags: Microsoft Corp.; Tools & templates
A Survey of State Support for Community Wind Power Development: This paper describes about power generation. Though historically confined to Europe, "community wind" projects - i.e., locally owned, utility-scale wind projects interconnected on either side of the meter - are a topic of increasing interest in the United States, not just among farmers and other potential local investors, but also...; Tags: wind energy, wind farm, power generation, renewable energy, U.S., survey; Case studies
Motion Picture Films and Copyright Extension: The paper mentions how the United States copyright law guarantees the eventual public domain status of all copyrighted works. Under this law, a copyright monopoly is granted to the originators of artistic and cultural endeavors, assuring them of a reasonable profit for their creative labor. The eventual public domain and...; Tags: Arizona State University, copyright protection, tax; White papers
Building Owners Save Money, Save the Earth: Replace Your CFC Air Conditioning Chiller: Air conditioning cools air in homes, vehicles, and workplaces?keeping occupants comfortable and more productive, also helping communities in hot and humid climates to grow and prosper. Innovative building technologies are now available. Modern lighting uses less than half the energy of older lighting. New building air conditioning systems cut cooling...; Tags: ozone, chemicals; Case studies
Border Security: The article discusses the border security in U.S. after the terrorist attacks of September 11th which unsettled the public's confidence in the nation's security and raised concerns about whether the institutions are up to the task of intercepting and thwarting would-be terrorists. The Department of Homeland Security has made progress...; Tags: border security, terrorist attack, security; White papers
Geographic Variation in Potential of Rooftop Residential Photovoltaic Electric Power Production in the United States: This paper describes a geographic evaluation of Zero Energy Home ZEH potential, specifically an assessment of residential roof-top solar electric photovoltaic PV performance around the United States and how energy produced would match up with very-efficient and super-efficient home designs. The paper performed annual simulations for 236 TMY2 data locations...; Tags: Manufacturing, Florida Solar Energy Center, photovoltaics, U.S., performance; White papers
International Demand for Internal Audit: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act may be law in the United States, but it is having a big impact on the role of internal auditors and other financial professionals in Europe, Australia and New Zealand, according to a workplace survey conducted by Robert Half International Inc., of which Protiviti is a wholly...; Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory compliance, Regulations, Financial accounting, Protiviti, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, workplace, U.S., finance, financial; White papers
Scope of Railroad Diesel Applications: Efficient train transportation is a vital factor in the strength of the U.S. economy. Approximately one-third of the freight hauled in the United States is by train and, with the added passenger transportation use; there are very few citizens in the United States who are not ultimate consumers of the...; Tags: Diesel Technology Forum, transportation, U.S.; White papers
Guns in the Family: Firearm Storage Patterns in u.s. Homes With Children: Many children in the United States have access to firearms in their homes, and the consequences can be tragic. Public health agencies, organizations representing children, and groups representing firearm owners offer consistent guidelines about how to store firearms to make them inaccessible to children: unload them, lock them up, and...; Tags: RAND Corp., public health, U.S., agency, survey, storage; White papers
United States Copyright Office: A Brief Introduction and History: Copyright is a form of protection provided by the laws of the United States for original works of authorship, including literary, dramatic, musical, architectural, cartographic, choreographic, pantomimic, pictorial, graphic, sculptural, and audiovisual creations. This article focuses on the role and importance of the copyright office of America. The Copyright Office...; Tags: U.S. Copyright Office, Copyright Office, U.S. Congress, intellectual property, U.S.; White papers
Global Dairy Consumption: In 2003, the global dairy products market saw value sales in U.S. dollar terms increase by 10.4 percent, largely due to the increasing strength of the euro against the U.S. dollar. As Western Europe accounts for almost 40 percent of dairy value sales, this currency trend proved highly favorable for...; Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, Stagnito Communications, sales; White papers