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Cattle Update: Eliminating Costs Is Always Better Than Reducing Costs (CattleNetwork.com)
Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:47:09 GMT In the past we've reviewed how continually rising costs force us to keep our management strategies always one step ahead of the next price increase. Fuel and fertilizer costs are a couple of the biggest culprits in the current cost-price squeeze.

Security the focus as Microsoft, Oracle patch bugs (InfoWorld)
Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:35:11 GMT It's the mother of all patch days for enterprise IT shops, with both Microsoft and Oracle releasing critical software updates Tuesday. Microsoft kicked things off Tuesday morning with 11 security updates , including fixes for critical security bugs in Windows Active Directory, Internet Explorer, Excel, and the Microsoft Host Integration Server, which integrates Windows computers with ...

Government & Public Sector (Mondaq)
Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:22:09 GMT On October 3, 2008, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (the Act) was enacted, giving the Secretary of the Treasury (Secretary) the authority, among other things, to implement the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). The TARP allows the Secretary to purchase and insure troubled assets from a range of financial institutions, including, but not limited to, insurance companies and ...

Pensioners big winners in $10.4b stimulus splurge (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Tue, 14 Oct 2008 02:34:10 GMT Australia's 4 million pensioners are set to receive almost $5 billion in payments before Christmas in a new economic stimulus plan announced by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd today.

Know your breasts (The Star)
Sun, 12 Oct 2008 01:03:11 GMT Find out what breast familiarity entails and review self-examination techniques.

Economic Fallout (Gotham Gazette)
Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:19:24 GMT As Congress debated whether to approve the$700 billion bailout last week, politician after politician stood up to speak for "Main Street not Wall Street."

AMD: DOJ won't file charges over ATI's strategies (InfoWorld)
Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:50:01 GMT The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) won't file criminal charges over the pricing and marketing strategies of graphics chipmaker ATI Technologies, now owned by Advanced Micro Devices , the company said Monday. The DOJ told AMD on Friday the entire investigation is closed, said Michael Silverman, AMD spokesman. [ Keep up on the latest tech news headlines at InfoWorld News , or ...

MSI launches Wind U120 mini laptop (InfoWorld)
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:34:51 GMT MSI is continuing its assault on the Eee PC by launching the Wind U120. [ For more on products in the hot mini-notebook category, check out our hands-on looks at Asus' Eee PC 901 and 1000 , the Cloudbook Max netbook , Elitegroup's G10IL mini-laptop , MSI's Wind low-cost laptop , Giga-byte's M912X mini-laptop , HP's Mini-Note netbook , and Acer's Aspire one . ] The U120 will ...

Principles for success | Understanding the Value and Power of Breakfast | Part 1 of 2 By Dr. John Hogan, CHA MHS CHE (Hospitality Net)
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:15:18 GMT Sam Walton is best known for his fierce commitment to offering value and consistency through carefully watched costs and to innovation in retailing. The hospitality industry has parallel features to retailing, as noted by a reader of one of the recent columns on STRATEGIES FOR HOTEL RESTAURANT MANAGERS. John Spomer, Vice President & Managing Director of Destination Hotels’ Driskill Hotel in ...

Selling to Big Companies Named Top Business Book by Fortune Magazine (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:00:00 GMT In the most recent issue of Fortune, Selling to Big Companies was selected as one of eight "must read" that belongs in everyone's briefcase. Other books on the list include sales classics such as The New Strategic Selling, Getting to Yes, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, and How to Win Friends and Influence People.

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