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Jun30
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I find this article absolutely fascinating. It's a look at the US mining industry and the factors that influence it.
With a boom in demand, mining companies can't seem to get the commodities out the ground fast enough.
There are major shortages of the equipment used to move and break up the tons of rock that yield just ounces of metal and that's posing big challenges to an industry that can't seem to feed demand fast enough.
For people who have a hard time understanding why the price of gas is so high, read this and you might gain a better understanding of the market forces that push businesses around like ships on a raging sea.
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Jun29
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Well, I can't say I'll rush out and grab some, but you never know. According to AP. If Morio Sase has his way, hungry teenagers around the world will soon be snacking on something more exotic than McDonald’s hamburgers:...
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Jun28
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I just put $2.99 a gallon gas in my tank today, so you better believe I hope these folks are right. We'll also see how that makes businesses feel as the year moves along. The U.S. economy should perform well this...
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High tech workers and the companies that want to hire them are getting tangled in a maze of beaurocratic red tape. From the Associated Press reported by MSNBC. On one hand I guess it's understandable, but on the...
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Jun27
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Is this good news or bad news? About 35,000 hourly workers at General Motors Corp. have taken buyout or early retirement offers, surpassing the company’s expectations as it tries to cut costs by paring its hourly work force, GM Chairman...
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Jun26
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In a move that is hard to fathom, 2 steel giants have agreed to become one. function UpdateTimeStamp(pdt) { var n = document.getElementById("udtD"); if(pdt != '' && n && window.DateTime) { var dt = new DateTime(); pdt = dt.T2D(pdt); if(dt.GetTZ(pdt))...
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Jun25
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With gas prices still giving most of us varying degrees of sticker shock, it looks like more and more folks want to get into the alternative fuels game. According the the AP, politicians may be sticking their fingers into...
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Jun24
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According to Reuters, it looks like there's another battle brewing over the pension system. Corporate employers and labor unions said Monday they were worried about a new Capitol Hill proposal to tighten the definition of when pension plans are in...
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Jun23
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Sometimes, no matter how hard you try, things fall victim to uncontrollable forces. Lego Group, whose iconic plastic building blocks have entertained millions of children for more than 70 years, said Tuesday it will shed 1,200 jobs to remold itself...
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Jun22
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There's plenty of blame to go around, but here's another reason, according to Reuters why health insurers and health providers keep increasing prices - whether it's true or not. Nurses backed by the nation's biggest health-care union Tuesday filed four class-action lawsuits...
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Jun21
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Toss another steak on the grill, the politicians have made a decision. Japan agreed Wednesday to lift a ban on U.S. beef imports, pending inspections of U.S. meat processing plants to dispel concerns over mad cow disease, the Agriculture Ministry...
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Jun20
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It seems that the days of our parent's and grandparent's pension plans are quickly slipping away. That has pension recipients, organizations and union leaders concerned. According to MSNBC: “It is a very hot issue,” said Rich Ferlauto, director of pension investment...
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Jun18
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According to the AP, businesses and individuals doing what they do is increasing money coming into the Federal coffers. Through the first eight months of the current budget year, which began on Oct. 1, government revenues have totaled $1.545 trillion,...
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Jun16
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According to the Associated Press: Consumer inflation registered another sizable increase in May, pushed higher by soaring gasoline prices. And most worrisome, there was further evidence that the jump in energy costs is beginning to cause more widespread inflation troubles....
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Jun14
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According to Michael Mandel in BusinessWeek online, there are some interesting employment trends. True, the drop in retail employment over the past year is not very big -- only 13,000 workers, or 0.1%. But it's very unusual to see the...
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Jun13
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It seems we've all been neglecting our local retail outlets. Find the story here. The lackluster retail environment of spring 2006 likely continued into May, as cool weather and high gas prices kept more consumers out of major stores. The...
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Jun12
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Add another player to the "please take my money" category! According to Forbes.com, t's called "GBuy". GBuy looks to be a direct competitor to PayPal's "off-eBay (nasdaq: EBAY - news - people )" initiative, which is still early in its...
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Jun11
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I remember a saying as a child about what a tangled web we weave. Well, this isn't about deception, but it's still unbelievably complex. And the future of the US auto industry looks to be in the balance. According to...
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Jun 8
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So, is it good news for consumers or bad news for Intel employees. Hmmmm. According to Bloomberg.com, Intel is just responding to competition in the marketplace. ``Intel is fighting back,'' Ray Chen, president of Compal Electronics Inc., the world's second-largest...
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Jun 5
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If there's anything more tenuous than a business partnership, I'm not sure what it could be. According to Danit Lidor, writing for Forbes: The $40 billion Microsoft has been one of $2 billion Adobe's biggest partners over time, but increasingly...
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Jun 4
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Saw this article on Forbes.com. It seems that scaring businesses into purchasing software security solutions is big business. "Chief executives are like consumers. They are heavily influenced by what they see on CNN or in the newspapers," says Symantec's (Vincent)...
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Jun 3
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There seems to be a correlation between higher fuel prices and the discussion of ethanol. The higher the price, the more the talk. But talk seems to be a little one-sided. From the AP: Even as ethanol devours corn and...
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Jun 1
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I'm glad to see someone else making this point. As reported by Marc Songini on Computerworld.com. Top IT executives must work with colleagues in operational posts and then make sure their departments support corporate business processes now and into the...
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So, are you a glass half full kind of person, or glass half empty? From the Associated Press. Analysts said manufacturing momentum has ebbed significantly over the past four months, reflecting weaker orders. But an inflation gauge tied to the...
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