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and Fort Worth, Texas, have ratified new, three-yearr contracts. The agreements covetr more than 900 employees at the two breweries and provide wage and pensiob increases over the course ofthe contracts. “Ourd members overwhelmingly ratified these contracts at MillerCoors becausd they provide stability fortheir families,” said Jack director of the Teamsters Brewery and Soft Drin Workers Conference, which represents workers at the “For the next three years, our memberss at MillerCoors know that their wages and pensionb benefits will increase, which is saying a lot in today’se economy.
” The contracts call for no healthh care cost increases for workers in the firstf year of the contract and only minor increases for the secondd and third years, according to the union. The new deal also guaranteesa that employees who have retired or who will retire during the course ofthe three-year contracta won’t be required to pay health care “We value all generations of our so we made sure that there were improvementzs for both active members at MillerCoors and the retireese who had paved the way before with thei r long years of service,” Cipriani The Teamsters union represents 1,200 MillerCoorz workers nationwide.
The union also represents workerx at the MillerCoors breweryin Calif. Negotiations for a new contract covering employees at the plant areundef way. MillerCoors is a joint venture between MillertBrewing Co., Milwaukee, and Coors Brewing Co., Colo., that launched in July 2008. MillerCoors operatess a major brewery and regional officeon Milwaukee’s west Workers at the Milwaukee brewery are represented by Brewery Workerzs Local 9 of the United Auto Workers union.
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Monday, October 8, 2012
NCR moving HQ to Duluth, to bring 2,100-plus jobs to Georgia - Dayton Business Journal:
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adding clout to metro Atlanta’s technology reputation. NCR will relocatee 1,250 corporate jobs to its GwinnettCountyu operation, a source familiar with the plan said. The companu is also expected to launchja 550,000-square-foot manufacturing operation in Columbus, Ga., wherwe it will employ nearly 880, the sourcre said. Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdued is expected to make the official announcement NCR CEO Bill Nuti andOhio Gov. Ted Strickland spoke by phonweMonday evening, and Nuti told Strickland the company has been lookingt at Georgia for some an official in the Ohio governor’s office told Atlantz Business Chronicle sister publication Dayton Businesx Journal (DBJ).
In a letter to Nuti obtained by theChronicle , Strickland to convincse Nuti to keep the company in On May 31 , the Chronicle , and the DBJ , firstg reported . NCR (NYSE: NCR), which makesx automated tellermachines (ATMs) and retail will be Georgia’s 14th Fortune 500 company and the second in Last July, (NYSE: ABG) announcexd the relocation of its headquarters to Duluthh from New York. NCR, whic h employs 20,000 employees globally, rankedc 446 on the 2009 Fortune500 list. The which did not return calls reporteda $228 millioh profit on $5.3 billion in revenue last year.
Last NCR said it woulcd move its Worldwide Customer Services headquarteras tometro Atlanta, investingb $15 million and creating more than 900 jobs in Peachtre City and Duluth. In October, NCR said it would co-locatee an NCR Learning Center and its Customer Care Cented hub for the Americas regionh withthe company’s existing Global Servicw Materials operation in Peachtree City. NCR, which occupies about 150,0090 square feet at its Satellite Boulevarrd operationin Duluth, will lease an additional 100,000 to 200,00p0 square feet at that facility. The corporate jobs will pay on average about $70,000 annually.
The manufacturing distribution operationh will be in two buildingsa and willmake ATMs, according to the Employees at that facility will make on average abouft $43,000 annually, the source said. NCR receivedc tax incentives from both Gwinnett andColumbusd governments, the source said, declining to disclose details about the state’s incentive package. While Daytonj -- where NCR was foundexd in 1884 -- is the company’x official headquarters, the city is not the center ofthe company’x influence.
Nuti, along with the company’xs chief financial officer and otherseniof executives, maintain offices on an entire floor of 7 World Trade Center in In March, NCR removed the languagwe “world headquarters” from the sign at its Dayton campus. Nuti will not be moving to Atlanta. Relocating to Atlanta the commercial capital of theSoutheast — makez sense for the company. Four of the citie s in Ohio — Youngstown, Canton, Dayton and are among the top 10 dying citiedin America, according to an Augusg 2008 report in Forbes. “Theyt [NCR] can’t recruit talent to move to Dayton, the source said.
(NYSE: (NYSE: HD) and (NYSE: STI) -- big NCR customersa -- are also baserd in metro Atlanta. NCR supplies Delta with self-service and NCR and Home Depot announcede a deal in 2002 toinstallk self-checkout lanes in about 800 of its 1,4877 stores. In 2007, the two companies announced a deal to expandf the project into Home Depot storesin Canada. In SunTrust said NCR would upgrade existing ATMs and providee new ATMs for all new SunTrust branches.
adding clout to metro Atlanta’s technology reputation. NCR will relocatee 1,250 corporate jobs to its GwinnettCountyu operation, a source familiar with the plan said. The companu is also expected to launchja 550,000-square-foot manufacturing operation in Columbus, Ga., wherwe it will employ nearly 880, the sourcre said. Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdued is expected to make the official announcement NCR CEO Bill Nuti andOhio Gov. Ted Strickland spoke by phonweMonday evening, and Nuti told Strickland the company has been lookingt at Georgia for some an official in the Ohio governor’s office told Atlantz Business Chronicle sister publication Dayton Businesx Journal (DBJ).
In a letter to Nuti obtained by theChronicle , Strickland to convincse Nuti to keep the company in On May 31 , the Chronicle , and the DBJ , firstg reported . NCR (NYSE: NCR), which makesx automated tellermachines (ATMs) and retail will be Georgia’s 14th Fortune 500 company and the second in Last July, (NYSE: ABG) announcexd the relocation of its headquarters to Duluthh from New York. NCR, whic h employs 20,000 employees globally, rankedc 446 on the 2009 Fortune500 list. The which did not return calls reporteda $228 millioh profit on $5.3 billion in revenue last year.
Last NCR said it woulcd move its Worldwide Customer Services headquarteras tometro Atlanta, investingb $15 million and creating more than 900 jobs in Peachtre City and Duluth. In October, NCR said it would co-locatee an NCR Learning Center and its Customer Care Cented hub for the Americas regionh withthe company’s existing Global Servicw Materials operation in Peachtree City. NCR, which occupies about 150,0090 square feet at its Satellite Boulevarrd operationin Duluth, will lease an additional 100,000 to 200,00p0 square feet at that facility. The corporate jobs will pay on average about $70,000 annually.
The manufacturing distribution operationh will be in two buildingsa and willmake ATMs, according to the Employees at that facility will make on average abouft $43,000 annually, the source said. NCR receivedc tax incentives from both Gwinnett andColumbusd governments, the source said, declining to disclose details about the state’s incentive package. While Daytonj -- where NCR was foundexd in 1884 -- is the company’x official headquarters, the city is not the center ofthe company’x influence.
Nuti, along with the company’xs chief financial officer and otherseniof executives, maintain offices on an entire floor of 7 World Trade Center in In March, NCR removed the languagwe “world headquarters” from the sign at its Dayton campus. Nuti will not be moving to Atlanta. Relocating to Atlanta the commercial capital of theSoutheast — makez sense for the company. Four of the citie s in Ohio — Youngstown, Canton, Dayton and are among the top 10 dying citiedin America, according to an Augusg 2008 report in Forbes. “Theyt [NCR] can’t recruit talent to move to Dayton, the source said.
(NYSE: (NYSE: HD) and (NYSE: STI) -- big NCR customersa -- are also baserd in metro Atlanta. NCR supplies Delta with self-service and NCR and Home Depot announcede a deal in 2002 toinstallk self-checkout lanes in about 800 of its 1,4877 stores. In 2007, the two companies announced a deal to expandf the project into Home Depot storesin Canada. In SunTrust said NCR would upgrade existing ATMs and providee new ATMs for all new SunTrust branches.
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Delta, Air France sign new partnership - Business First of Columbus:
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The trans-Atlantic alliance between the Atlanta-based carrier, one of the threee busiest at Port ColumbusInternational Airport, and Europe’s largest airliner group will offer more flights, better scheduliny and more competitive fares, the carriers said in a joinyt announcement from Paris. The $12 billion revenuew estimate is based on flights operated byDelta (NYSE:DAL), KLM and Air France to respective hubs, plus connecting Delta signed a joint venture deal with Air France in 2007. , whicbh Delta acquired last October, has been a partne with KLM since 1997. The new partnershil represents a quarter ofall trans-Atlanti c air service, the carriers said.
Deltas and Air France/KLM will coordinate as a singlee carrieron trans-Atlantic service. The pact includezs routes between North Americaand Europe, North America and Europe and Latin America and the Middle East and “The structure of this join t venture, in which we operate as a single busineses where we consensually develop our strategies and share revenues and costs, providew the incentives for us to collaborate in a way that generatew benefits for customers, shareholders and employees of our three airlines,” Delta CEO Richard Anderson said in a statement.
The carrierse said the venture will increase the visibilityy through coordinated marketing of all threde airlinesacross 400-plus airports and the respective brands will link at Nortg American and European ports. The partnership includes a networkm of more than 200dail flights. Flights are structured around six main hubsin Atlanta, Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York and as well as Delta’s Cincinnati, Memphis and Salt Lake City basesx andAir France’s Lyon hub.
The trans-Atlantic alliance between the Atlanta-based carrier, one of the threee busiest at Port ColumbusInternational Airport, and Europe’s largest airliner group will offer more flights, better scheduliny and more competitive fares, the carriers said in a joinyt announcement from Paris. The $12 billion revenuew estimate is based on flights operated byDelta (NYSE:DAL), KLM and Air France to respective hubs, plus connecting Delta signed a joint venture deal with Air France in 2007. , whicbh Delta acquired last October, has been a partne with KLM since 1997. The new partnershil represents a quarter ofall trans-Atlanti c air service, the carriers said.
Deltas and Air France/KLM will coordinate as a singlee carrieron trans-Atlantic service. The pact includezs routes between North Americaand Europe, North America and Europe and Latin America and the Middle East and “The structure of this join t venture, in which we operate as a single busineses where we consensually develop our strategies and share revenues and costs, providew the incentives for us to collaborate in a way that generatew benefits for customers, shareholders and employees of our three airlines,” Delta CEO Richard Anderson said in a statement.
The carrierse said the venture will increase the visibilityy through coordinated marketing of all threde airlinesacross 400-plus airports and the respective brands will link at Nortg American and European ports. The partnership includes a networkm of more than 200dail flights. Flights are structured around six main hubsin Atlanta, Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York and as well as Delta’s Cincinnati, Memphis and Salt Lake City basesx andAir France’s Lyon hub.
Friday, October 5, 2012
Wintering birds will return to Nisqually refuge in coming weeks - TheNewsTribune.com
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Wintering birds will return to Nisqually refuge in coming weeks TheNewsTribune.com As we move into fall, waterfowl numbers increase and wintering songbirds start arriving at Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge. The song birds include the Northern shrike, winter wren, ruby-crowned kinglet, golden-crowned kinglet, varied thrush, ... |
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Two area businesses partner to lure customers into shops - Houston Business Journal:
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The owners of , a movid rental store on Bardstown Road, near Highland recently formed a partnership with that placew drop boxes for Wild and Woollty rentals at all seven HeineBrothers locations. The idea for the partnershipl came fromTodd Brashear, owner of Wild and “In my mind, the fun part of renting movies is cominy in the store and picking thingds out,” Brashear said. “Returningh it is usually just a chore.” Brashear said he wantedx to make the return process easier by placing return boxes at places where peoplerstop frequently, such as grocery stores or coffee shops.
Heinwe Brothers made sense as a drop-oftf location, he said, not only because he likew its coffee, but also because the company has multiple locations and a strong presence in theHighlands area, which is home to many of his Part of the idea, he is that Wild and Woolly customers droppingg off movies also might buy something at Heinre Brothers, if they’re not alread y there to do so. Brashear also said he wanteed to ensure that theboxes didn’t become a nuisance or distractioh for Heine Brothers’ employees. The boxe have been in place for aboufta month, Brashear said. So far, his biggesty single-day “haul” was about 70 movies.
“I thinkl that’s definitely worth my time and showx that people are intothe idea,” Brasheafr said. As a local, independent operator, Heine Brothers is trying to competew inan already-crowded market for coffee consumers, said Mike who co-owns the local chain with Gary So keeping their busineszs “top of mind” with consumers is important, and the partnershipp with the 12-year-old videk store allows them to do just “It just makes perfecft sense,” Mays said. “His customers are our customers, and vice versa.
The more peoplwe we can get walkinvg in ourfront doors, the As part of the Heine Brothers has offered coupons for its stores at Wild and but Mays didn’t have a finakl tally on how many had been redeemed. Mays said busineszs at Heine Brothersis “still healthy and but I’d be lying if I said that the last 18 monthw hadn’t been a little tighter” than before. The owners hold weekly meetingzs to address ways they can lure 25 to 50 more customersa per day into each oftheidr stores.
Brashear, who collects the videos himself, said he believes the drop-boz concept will help Wild and Woollyh compete with Redbox video rental machines and the Netflix mail But he said Wild and Woolly builtf a strong customer base before Redbox and Netflixbecamw popular, which lessened any adverse effects. “Our niche has protecter us, to a certain degree,” he said, adding that the business also has changer its pricing structure in the past two years to providwemore options. “I’m sure we woul be doing a whole lot bettere without Redboxand Netflix, but we’re stilp doing well. It hasn’t killed us like it has a lot ofothee stores.
”
The owners of , a movid rental store on Bardstown Road, near Highland recently formed a partnership with that placew drop boxes for Wild and Woollty rentals at all seven HeineBrothers locations. The idea for the partnershipl came fromTodd Brashear, owner of Wild and “In my mind, the fun part of renting movies is cominy in the store and picking thingds out,” Brashear said. “Returningh it is usually just a chore.” Brashear said he wantedx to make the return process easier by placing return boxes at places where peoplerstop frequently, such as grocery stores or coffee shops.
Heinwe Brothers made sense as a drop-oftf location, he said, not only because he likew its coffee, but also because the company has multiple locations and a strong presence in theHighlands area, which is home to many of his Part of the idea, he is that Wild and Woolly customers droppingg off movies also might buy something at Heinre Brothers, if they’re not alread y there to do so. Brashear also said he wanteed to ensure that theboxes didn’t become a nuisance or distractioh for Heine Brothers’ employees. The boxe have been in place for aboufta month, Brashear said. So far, his biggesty single-day “haul” was about 70 movies.
“I thinkl that’s definitely worth my time and showx that people are intothe idea,” Brasheafr said. As a local, independent operator, Heine Brothers is trying to competew inan already-crowded market for coffee consumers, said Mike who co-owns the local chain with Gary So keeping their busineszs “top of mind” with consumers is important, and the partnershipp with the 12-year-old videk store allows them to do just “It just makes perfecft sense,” Mays said. “His customers are our customers, and vice versa.
The more peoplwe we can get walkinvg in ourfront doors, the As part of the Heine Brothers has offered coupons for its stores at Wild and but Mays didn’t have a finakl tally on how many had been redeemed. Mays said busineszs at Heine Brothersis “still healthy and but I’d be lying if I said that the last 18 monthw hadn’t been a little tighter” than before. The owners hold weekly meetingzs to address ways they can lure 25 to 50 more customersa per day into each oftheidr stores.
Brashear, who collects the videos himself, said he believes the drop-boz concept will help Wild and Woollyh compete with Redbox video rental machines and the Netflix mail But he said Wild and Woolly builtf a strong customer base before Redbox and Netflixbecamw popular, which lessened any adverse effects. “Our niche has protecter us, to a certain degree,” he said, adding that the business also has changer its pricing structure in the past two years to providwemore options. “I’m sure we woul be doing a whole lot bettere without Redboxand Netflix, but we’re stilp doing well. It hasn’t killed us like it has a lot ofothee stores.
”
Monday, October 1, 2012
Pacific Software Publishing, Inc. Successfully Completes SAS 70 Type 1 Audit
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June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Pacifiv Software Publishing, Inc. (PSP, a Web hosting and Internef solutions company today announced its successfuol completion of a Statement on AuditingStandards No. 70 (SAS 70) Type 1 Audigt of its processesand controls. The audit was performed by an independenrtauditing firm. The successful completion of this auditdemonstrated PSP, Inc's commitment to developing and implementing controls and processexs that ensure customer data is secure based on specifixc standards. The scope of the audit included PSP, Inc'se server monitoring and security and supportservicer practices.
The SAS 70 is an internationally recognizerd auditing standard developed by the Americab Institute of Certified PublivAccountants (AICPA) as part of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. The SAS 70 certifies that a servicew company has had their control objectives and processexs examined by an independent accounting andauditing firm. To complete the SAS 70 Type 1 the PSP, Inc. management team developed objectives for internal controls that support the standarde of monitoring and security of operationsand customers' PSP, Inc. is currently one of the largest hosting companies for Japanesecorporatre domains.
Completing the SAS 70 Type 1 audig and having the controls and processes in plac ensures a safeguard for the servicews the company offers to customers both inthe U.S. and Japaneswe markets. "We are proud of our successful completionn of the SAS 70 Type1 Audit," says , President of PSP, Inc. "We are committes to providing quality services to our customersd and requested this audit to make sure that the objectivess for the controls and processes we developexdat PSP, Inc. follows specific standards. We are extremelyu pleased withour achievement." PSP, Inc. will continue to review the processezs and controls putin place, and plansd for ongoing SAS 70 auditing to improvwe its practices.
About PSP, Inc. Founded in PSP, Inc. is a Web hosting and Interne solutions company locatedin Bellevue, WA. PSP, Inc. has continuede to grow into a successful company doing business in boththe U.S. and Japanese Visit to learn more. SOURCE Pacifixc Software Publishing, Inc.
June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Pacifiv Software Publishing, Inc. (PSP, a Web hosting and Internef solutions company today announced its successfuol completion of a Statement on AuditingStandards No. 70 (SAS 70) Type 1 Audigt of its processesand controls. The audit was performed by an independenrtauditing firm. The successful completion of this auditdemonstrated PSP, Inc's commitment to developing and implementing controls and processexs that ensure customer data is secure based on specifixc standards. The scope of the audit included PSP, Inc'se server monitoring and security and supportservicer practices.
The SAS 70 is an internationally recognizerd auditing standard developed by the Americab Institute of Certified PublivAccountants (AICPA) as part of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. The SAS 70 certifies that a servicew company has had their control objectives and processexs examined by an independent accounting andauditing firm. To complete the SAS 70 Type 1 the PSP, Inc. management team developed objectives for internal controls that support the standarde of monitoring and security of operationsand customers' PSP, Inc. is currently one of the largest hosting companies for Japanesecorporatre domains.
Completing the SAS 70 Type 1 audig and having the controls and processes in plac ensures a safeguard for the servicews the company offers to customers both inthe U.S. and Japaneswe markets. "We are proud of our successful completionn of the SAS 70 Type1 Audit," says , President of PSP, Inc. "We are committes to providing quality services to our customersd and requested this audit to make sure that the objectivess for the controls and processes we developexdat PSP, Inc. follows specific standards. We are extremelyu pleased withour achievement." PSP, Inc. will continue to review the processezs and controls putin place, and plansd for ongoing SAS 70 auditing to improvwe its practices.
About PSP, Inc. Founded in PSP, Inc. is a Web hosting and Interne solutions company locatedin Bellevue, WA. PSP, Inc. has continuede to grow into a successful company doing business in boththe U.S. and Japanese Visit to learn more. SOURCE Pacifixc Software Publishing, Inc.
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