| Michigan : Michigan Council for Labor & Economic Growth Vulnerable ...
March 7, 2007 -- Employers in southeast Michigan left their real-world identities behind and tried to make ends meet as low wage workers today at the Council for Labor & Economic Growth (CLEG) Vulnerable Worker Forum held at the CVS Learning Center on the campus of Wayne County Community College. A modified poverty simulation was used to jumpstart employer awareness of the struggles that most vulnerable workers - hourly and entry level staff face and whose difficulties with poverty often impact their employment success.The CLEG Low Wage Worker Advancement Committee, in partnership with the Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce and CVS Pharmacy hosted the event. Featured was an employer-led roundtable discussion of key action steps employers large and small can take to connect low income employees to support services to decrease turnover, provide opportunities for advancement, and improve long-term workforce stability.
Indevus to Present at CIBC Annual Biotechnology & Specialty ...
LEXINGTON, Mass., April 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Indevus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:IDEV) today announced that the Company will present at the CIBC Annual Biotechnology & Specialty Pharmaceuticals Conference on Wednesday, April 11, 2007 at 10:55 AM eastern time. The presentation will be web cast live and may be accessed by visiting the Investors section of the Indevus website at http://www.indevus.com/. About Indevus Indevus is a specialty pharmaceutical company engaged in the acquisition, development and commercialization of products to treat conditions in urology and endocrinology. The Company's marketed products include SANCTURA(R) for overactive bladder, which it co-promotes with its partner Esprit Pharma, Inc. and DELATESTRYL(R) to treat male hypogonadism. The compounds in development include SANCTURA XR(TM), the once-daily formulation of SANCTURA, NEBIDO(R) for male hypogonadism, PRO 2000 for the prevention of infection by HIV and other sexually-transmitted pathogens, pagoclone for stuttering, and aminocandin for serious fungal infections, for which the Company recently licensed worldwide rights to Novexel S.A.
USDA and Agribusiness Conspire To Mislead Consumers: 'Raw' Almonds ...
CORNUCOPIA, Wis., April 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Small-scale farmers, retailers, and consumers are outraged over a new federal regulation that will require all almonds grown in California to be sterilized with various "pasteurization" techniques. The rule, which the USDA quietly developed in response to outbreaks of Salmonella in 2001 and 2004, traced to raw almonds, mandates that all almonds undergo a sterilization process that includes chemical and/or high-temperature treatments.
Although the final rule was just published in the Federal Register, The Cornucopia Institute, a Wisconsin-based farm policy research group, is asking the USDA to reopen the proceeding for public comment. Only 18 public comments -- all from the almond industry -- were received on the proposal.
Drop `one China' policy: US think tank
Describing the US' "one China" policy and the term "status quo" as politically dangerous and misleading, a conservative US think tank called on Washington to adopt a more relevant policy that favors Taiwan. In a new book released on Wednesday, the Washington-based Heritage Foundation said that times have changed since the US policy was enunciated in 1972, when then US president Richard Nixon made a historic visit to China, and in 1979, when the US switched diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing. The book -- Reshaping the Taiwan Strait -- said that US policy should be formulated based on the premise that only the Taiwanese be allowed to determine the nation's future. Speaking at the Heritage's conference room on Wednesday, John Tkacik, the book's editor and a senior Heritage fellow, and four other contributors, demanded a change in US policy toward Taiwan.
IU Southeast to Offer Entrepreneurship Workshop
The Indiana University Southeast School of Business and the Regional Economic Development Resource Center will on April 10 launch an eight-week entrepreneurship training workshop. The university says the program will assist entrepreneurs in preparing a business plan that will increase their potential for success and minimize risk.
Source: Inside INdiana Business
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N-Delta crisis blamed on bad governance
ABUJA—The National Coordinator of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM), Ambassador Issac Aluko-Olokun, has blamed violence in the Niger Delta, other parts of the country and other African countries on lack of good governance. Speaking at the 4th edition of a series of workshops to validate the Country's Self Assessment Report (CSAR) of the APRM, in Abuja, yesterday, he said that violence in Niger Delta, other parts of the country and indeed the continent was a reflection of lack of good governance which must urgently be addressed if the continent was to witness an accelerated socio-economic development. His words: “Whether in Congo, Burundi, Sudan or even in the Niger Delta, the problem with us is lack of good governance. Lack of good governance manifest in many ways, including failure to apply public resources to the needs of the people and doing so in a transparent accountable manner." According to him, the APRM is an organ of NEPAD established to address the programme of lack of good governance in most African countries, noting that many decades after achieving political independence, Africa remains largely backward.
Google Apps for SMEs
MY COLUMN is back in Sun.Star once more! As before, IT Talks! will be a once-weekly affair, coming out every Monday or Tuesday. My more productive writing comes out 2 or 3 times per week on my various blogs. Check out www.robilloblog.com.
Recently, Google Philippines, represented by its country consultant Aileen Apolo, conducted a series of seminars in Davao. Ms. Apolo touched base with local IT professionals, schools and SMEs, from 17 to 20 March 2007. The core of the seminars was on Web marketing.
Pinoy Votes: Sun.Star Election 2007 Coverage
The seminar for Davao's SMEs was attended by more than 50 people, thanks to the efforts of the Department of Trade and Industry of Region 11. Ms Apolo presented Google's new Web-based service called Google Apps (www.google.com/a).
Housing Bubble and Real Estate Market Tracker
Judy Weil submits: Here's our summary of articles and data points on the housing market. It's part of Seeking Alpha's coverage of the real estate market and homebuilder stocks. Like all other topics and stock coverage from Seeking Alpha, you can get this sent to your Blackberry or desktop email by signing up for our no-spam free email subscription service. Quote of the Day- "From the House's Mouth" "The unsolicited tender offer by entities controlled by Carl Icahn to purchase any and all outstanding shares of WCI's common stock is highly conditional, opportunistic and inadequate from a financial point of view to the Company's shareholders." - Luxury Homebuilder WCI Communities Inc. board rejecting billionaire investor activist Carl Icahn's $22-per-share, or $920.8 million takeover offer Thursday.
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