| Trump Entertainment Resorts Names Ravneet Bhandari Senior Vice ...
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Trump Entertainment Resorts, Inc. (the "Company") (NASDAQ NMS: TRMP) announced today that Ravneet Bhandari has joined the company as Senior Vice President of Revenue Management. In this role, Mr. Bhandari will be responsible for all integrated Revenue Management strategy for the Company, including planning and directing the implementation of the automated hotel revenue management system, as well as other complementary functions including hotel sales, business analytics, centralized reservations and all E-Commerce initiatives. "As a Company, we have set forth a strategic plan that will allow us the ability and flexibility to profitably optimize the hotel and revenue management systems that we have now put in place," said Mark Juliano, the Company's Chief Operating Officer.
Candy-Coated Crystal Meth
As if crystal methamphetamine, more commonly known as crystal meth, was not enough of a threat to rural America, meth manufacturers are now creating a candy-colored and flavored variety of the drug along with cartoon characters to recruit younger users. Meth is a highly addictive synthetic stimulant that is usually in the form of crystalline powder. The nature and composition of the drug makes it one of the most difficult drugs to quit. It’s just wrong. We at The Hilltop think deliberately targeting young people in order to help the drug trade thrive is deplorable and unconscionable. However, this marketing tactic of attracting younger users is not unique to the illegal drug market. It all started with the cigarette industry and Joe Camel. Chocolate, grape, peanut butter and strawberry are just some of the latest flavors being offered by dealers and manufacturers in our ever-changing drug economy.Perhaps meth manufacturers are engaging in this lethal marketing ploy because teen drug use has gone down 23 percent nationwide over the last five years according to an annual survey by the University of Michigan.Whatever the reason is, it is troubling lawmakers who are trying to prevent teen drug use.So attracting young people to meth would potentially secure a strong economic base for the industry, as users would be in the grips of addiction for a long period of time – if they’re lucky.
Economic 'Tells' by Rail
In the continuing search for reliable leading economic indicators, Drew Robertson believes he knows the best place to look. For 22 years, Robertson has compiled statistics on rail shipments, and he now publishes them on a Web site called Weekly Railfax Rail Carloading Report. Railroads keep it simple. They are the nation's leading long-distance carrier of bulk commodities, including autos, forest products, chemicals, grains and containers, and a leading carrier of metals. The metal and auto shipments supply the auto industry, while forest products reflect the housing industry. "A lot of things that go into industrial production show up on the railroads," says Robertson, who heads New York-based transportation consulting firm Atlantic Systems. "It doesn't tell what's happening with J.P.
Political and economic changes in Latin America likely to continue
There will probably be mistakes as well as successes as Latin American governments look for new ways to make capitalism work. But so far the region's increasing independence, which a greater range of economic policy choices, appears to be paying off
Mark WeisbrotPresident Bush has recently returned from a seven day, five country trip to Latin America, with which he had hoped to regain some of the influence that the United States has lost in recent years. The political and economic changes taking place in the region are often seen as a cyclical or temporary phenomenon - a swing to the left, or to populist or "anti-American" governments, that will in time reverse itself. The conventional wisdom is that populist governments that stray too far from the "Washington Consensus" will be unable to achieve sustainable growth and development.
LV growth mixed blessing
There are two sides to every story, and the tale of rapid population growth in the Lehigh Valley is no exception. New people equal new housing, businesses and jobs, said Thomas Hyclak, a professor of economics at Lehigh University in Bethlehem. Their arrival also leads to new demand for public services in communities ill-equipped to handle them, he said. The Valley's spiking headcount is a positive economic indicator, Hyclak said, but "it's kind of a mixed bag." According to U.S. Census data released Thursday, Warren County in New Jersey and Lehigh, Northampton and Carbon counties in Pennsylvania make up one of the Northeast's fastest growing metro areas. A 59,942-person jump between 2000 and 2006 puts the region fourth behind New York, Philadelphia and Boston metro areas in terms of total population gain, the Census says.
Group wants better climate forecasting
Extinction Rates Of Plants Are Higher Than Previously Thought (August 27, 2002) -- Extinction rates of native California plants have been studied by three researchers who found that previously designed mathematical and computer models were biased because they left out the human ... > full story First Test Of Predictions Of Climate Change Impacts On Biodiversity (June 15, 2005) -- In a fascinating new study published this week in the journal Global Ecology and Biogeography, a group of Oxford Scientists have tested the ability of environmental science to predict the future. Dr ... > full story Modeled Climate And Land-use Change Threatens Plant Species (March 14, 2005) -- Proteas--plants with large, colorful flowers that are important in the floral trade--are under threat from land-use change and climate change.
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