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General Cable Implements Lean Techniques to Empower Employees
In an interview with Manufacturing Digital, General Cable Senior VP of Specialty Wire Harnesses, Roger Roundhouse describes how the manufacturing company’s Lean techniques have enabled employees to be empowered in their work. In the article, Roundhouse said General Cable strongly believes in... - September 28, 2010 - WDM Group
Woody Biomass Prices in the US Increased in the 3Q/10 After Having Trended Downward Since Early 2009, Reports NAWFR
Prices of wood fiber used for energy declined during most of the recession, partly as a result of the low cost of fossil fuels, which can serve as an alternative source for many industrial energy consumers. However, in the 3Q, biomass prices were up in the South, the Northwest and Southwest, according to the North American Wood Fiber Review. This trend break occurred mainly because of reduced fiber supply and generally lower biomass inventories. - September 27, 2010 - Wood Resources International LLC
Survey Finds Steep Decline in Bonus Payouts for A/E Firm Management
Management compensation at leading architecture, engineering (A/E), and environmental consulting firms nationwide has not gone unscathed in the current economic environment, according to a new report released by ZweigWhite. - September 25, 2010 - ZweigWhite
Spending on Military Simulation & Virtual Training Market Reached $8.4 Billion in 2009
This study assesses the military simulation and virtual training market including Live Military Simulations, Constructive Military Simulations, Virtual Military Simulations, Injury Treatment Simulation, Technical and Maintenance Procedures Training, Deployable Simulation, and more. - September 24, 2010 - MarketResearch.com
Mobile Payment Transactions to Rise to $1.13 Trillion in 2014
This study assesses mobile payment transactions by technology such as NFC, SMS, WAP, and USSD. - September 24, 2010 - MarketResearch.com
Wood Costs for Sawmills and Pulp Mills in Sweden on the Rise in 2010, Reports the Wood Resource Quarterly
Continued healthy markets for lumber, pulp and paper has kept demand for logs at high levels in Sweden. As a result, log and wood chip prices have increased substantially the past 12 months, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly. - September 21, 2010 - Wood Resources International LLC
Netbook Sales Doubled in 2009 in Latin America
Analyst firm for Technology “Display Search” has done a study into the netbook market where they concluded that in 2009, netbook sales have grown to more than 100% compared to 2008. - September 21, 2010 - WDM Group
St. Elias Mines Ltd. - Stage 2 of Titan 24 Geophysical Survey and Interpretation Successfully Completed at Tesoro Gold Project in Peru
(“St. Elias” or the "Company"), is pleased to announce that the Company has received the final Geophysical Survey Interpretation Report from Quantec Geoscience Limited ("Quantec") with respect to the recent Stage 2 Titan 24 survey conducted at the Tesoro Gold Project (the "Property") in Peru. - September 19, 2010 - St. Elias Mines
Recent Survey Finds Why Many Swiss Companies Still Refuse to Outsource
IT Sourcing Europe highlights the major reasons keeping the Swiss companies away from the outsourced development. - September 18, 2010 - IT Sourcing Europe
BI Users Worldwide Confirm: No Other Product Creates More Business Benefits Than BOARD
The BI Survey 9, conducted by BARC, has once again confirmed BOARD in its position as an outstanding provider of Business Intelligence software and underlined the advantages of BOARD’s toolkit approach. - September 18, 2010 - BOARD UK
Top Five Global Catering Venues of 2010
Food & Drink Digital, a top digital media source for global food and drink news and information reaching over 155,646 C-Level executives and more than 49,814 companies worldwide, announces the launch of its September Front of Book story The Top Five Global Catering Venues. To succeed, a top... - September 17, 2010 - WDM Group
Dr X. Michelle Chen Reveals Her Study: Effect of Environmental and Ethical Concerns on Food Product Purchasing Decisions
Food & Drink Digital, a top digital media source for global food and drink news and information reaching over 155,646 C-Level executives and more than 49,814 companies worldwide, announces the launch of its cover story discussing how ethics affect customers’ choices. Consumers are... - September 17, 2010 - WDM Group
Buildings That Are Designed to Withstand Natural Disasters in the September Issue of Construction Digital
Construction Digital, the top digital media source for global construction news and information explores building designs ideally suited to natural disaster prone areas. As the world saw last year with the earthquakes a month apart in Haiti and Chile, the structural integrity of a building can mean... - September 17, 2010 - WDM Group
Learn More About the Top Zero Energy Buildings Around the World in the September Issue of Construction Issue
Construction Digital, the top digital media source for global construction news and information delves into the top zero energy buildings from around the world in the September issue. From BedZED, the Beddington Zero Energy Development designed by Bill Bunster of ZEDfactory to Charlotte House in... - September 17, 2010 - WDM Group
New Temkin Group Research Discusses the Evolution of Customer Feedback Programs
A New Breed of Applications Called Customer Insight and Action (CIA) Platforms Help Automate Leading-Edge Voice of the Customer Programs - September 17, 2010 - Temkin Group
Carter Leads Kent by 9 Points in New Poll
A new public opinion poll of 350 registered voters in the 102nd Texas House District by Shaw & Company Research shows Republican challenger Stefani Carter with a nine point lead over freshman Democratic legislator Carol Kent. The poll, taken from September 9-11, shows Carter leading Kent 49% to... - September 16, 2010 - Stefani Carter for State Representative
Confero, Inc. Launches Multimedia Campaign
Customer Experience Measurement Firm Updates Website, Releases Movie and Video. - September 16, 2010 - Confero, Inc.
Californians Say Science Education Should be a Priority for Schools According to New Research Released by The Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning
Californians believe that science education should be a priority for the state’s schools and want it to be taught early and more often, according to new public opinion research released today by the Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning and its partners in the Strengthening Science... - September 15, 2010 - Center for The Future of Teaching and Learning at WestEd
Design Firms Cut Staff, Increase Productivity
Leaders of national architecture, engineering, and allied design firms are increasing productivity while reducing costs during the current economic recession. A recent survey by The Zweig Letter demonstrated a pattern of A/E leaders cutting staff as means of reducing firm costs. Aravind Batra,... - September 15, 2010 - ZweigWhite
Major Trends and Challenges Among Swiss Outsourcers
IT Sourcing Europe highlights the key findings of its Swiss IT Sourcing & In-House Software Development Survey 2010. - September 15, 2010 - IT Sourcing Europe
Environmental Concerns Set New Price Challenge for Desalination
Technology will play an important role in the desalination industry’s future growth, suggests Global Water Intelligence (GWI) in their new report, published this month. - September 15, 2010 - Global Water Intelligence
Exhibit Surveys Expands Research Team
Senior project manager Mark Suppanz and project manager Michele Scot have joined the Exhibit Surveys Inc. research team to better serve its increasing customer base. - September 15, 2010 - Exhibit Surveys, Inc.
Peanut Labs Launches Three Global Online Panels in Asia
The Company’s Latest International Sample Offering Enables Researchers to Access a Growing Population of Social Media Users in the Countries of China, Japan and South Korea - September 15, 2010 - Peanut Labs
Educated Patient Board Announces Results of US Healthcare Patient Education Research
Through the formation of an executive committee charged with reexamining how health care education is being handled in America, Educated Patient has identified wide gaps in patient and family health support. Reviewing the quality and efficiency of an overworked US Healthcare System was paramount in identifying a new approach to revitalize a historically underserved market. - September 14, 2010 - Educated Patient, LLC
Smart Grid Market to Reach $23 Billion in 2010
This study focuses on the smart grid market, including advanced metering infrastructure, smart grid demand response, smart grid energy storage, smart grid optimization, smart grid renewables, and distributed generation. - September 10, 2010 - MarketResearch.com
Market Research Report on "Holidays" Published
Marketest has recently published a marketing research report entitled, “Holidays.” This market report is available now at Marketest.co.uk. - September 10, 2010 - Marketest (Netetude UK Ltd)
US Demand for Lawn & Garden Consumables to Increase 3.4% Annually Through 2014
This study focuses on lawn and garden consumables including fertilizers, pesticides, growing media, seeds, mulch, and others. - September 10, 2010 - MarketResearch.com
Temkin Group Profiles the Difference Between Customer Experience Leaders and Laggards
New Temkin Group Research Report Compares Customer Experience Leaders with Customer Experience Laggards Using Survey Responses from More Than 140 Large North American Companies. - September 09, 2010 - Temkin Group
Yes, They Can Hear You Now. Citizen's Can Express Their Opinion with Their Own Voice Using DirectedMessages to Reach Any Government Official or Decision Maker in the U.S.
A new company that will change how citizens communicate with their government officials. DirectedMessages will be the "mouthpiece" of ordinary citizens who want their voices heard. They can join with PACS, unions, political organizations in influencing decision making/voting on important issues that affect each citizen. DirectedMessages are delivered by phone to the call target and signed off with the name of the voice petitioner. Petitions can be paid for by sponsors as well. - September 08, 2010 - directed messages.com llc.
World Refinery Additions Lagging Behind Oil Demand Growth
A total of 1.41 million b/d of crude distillation capacity will come onstream during 2010, falling well short of the IEA’s expected increase in total world demand of 1.9 million b/d this year, according to a new analysis by Evaluate Energy. What’s more, the new capacity is not always... - September 08, 2010 - Evaluate Energy
Nigel Frank Invites Microsoft Professionals to Take Part in the the 2010 Microsoft Dynamics Salary Survey
Nigel Frank International, world leader in Microsoft Dynamics staffing and resourcing, invites Dynamics professionals around the world to take part in its 2010 Microsoft Dynamics Salary Survey. - September 07, 2010 - Nigel Frank International
TechSci Research Analyzes Branding as Perception Over Profitability Activity
The thin line of demarcation between sales and branding has been crossed by the current league of brand managers and strategy planners. - September 06, 2010 - TechSci Research
SMS Replier™ by Iconosys Strongly Recommended in New MeadReasearch Study as the Solution to Texting While Driving (TWD)
SMS Replier™ by Iconosys, Inc. was favored over several other competing products designed to prevent texting-while-driving (TWD) in a study recently by conducted by MeadResearch, which called SMS Replier™ the “most user friendly, feature rich, and ultimately, cost-effective... - September 05, 2010 - Iconosys, Inc.
Business Review Europe Launches September Issue, Featuring Articles on Outsourcing, a Guide to Managing Your Brand and an In Depth Look at Cloud Computing
Bringing you the latest, up-to-date and relevant industry news, Business Review Europe, pioneers in the digital magazine industry, launches its September issue. Outsourcing is a coherent theme running through the September issue as we take a look at how Cloud Computing is revolutionising the way... - September 03, 2010 - WDM Group
BRIC Medical Devices Market Exceeds $10 Billion, According to a Study Posted in MarketResearch.com
This study focuses on medical devices in BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China). - September 03, 2010 - MarketResearch.com
India Builds on Its Strength for Cloud Computing Infrastructure, Ernst & Young Survey
Currently, the Indian market does not have a mature ecosystem that supports cloud IaaS. The SMB segment considers cloud IaaS for its “true” benefits while large enterprises perceive benefits on the operational side that are generally derived from an outsourcing model. - September 03, 2010 - Ernst & Young India Pvt. Ltd.
Most of German IT Outsourcers Are Dissatisfied with Their Offshore Providers
IT Sourcing Europe is highlighting the preliminary results of its ongoing German IT Sourcing and Software Development Best Practices Survey 2010. - September 03, 2010 - IT Sourcing Europe
New Report Explores the ROI of Self-Service in Restaurants
The exclusive report explores the real-world costs involved with implementing self-service in a foodservice environment, and compares that to the revenue increase that the technology can bring about. - September 02, 2010 - Retail Customer Experience
Marketresearch.com Report States That Biomarkers Used in Clinical Trials to Grow 38% Annually Through 2015
This study focuses on biomarkers including prognostic biomarkers, prognostic imaging biomarkers, surrogate biomarkers, and predictive biomarkers within the personalized medicine sector. - September 01, 2010 - MarketResearch.com
Global Trends in Various Industries
The “Global Multi-Sector Trend Report 2010” published by Hamburg-based market research firm yStats.com provides a comprehensive overview of global trends in various key industries: The report investigates trends in 19 widely varying sectors including construction, real estate and... - August 28, 2010 - yStats.com GmbH & Co. KG
Smartphone Application Market Growing Rapidly
The smartphone application market has reached more than USD 2.2 bn in the first half of 2010 - August 28, 2010 - research2guidance
PropertyShark.com Launches InstantAds, a Self-Service Advertising Platform to Reach Real Estate Buyers and Sellers
PropertyShark.com, the premier real estate data website, today officially launched InstantAds, a self-service advertising platform to let businesses and real estate professionals create a text or banner ad and have it displayed on PropertyShark.com within minutes, for as little as $25 per... - August 27, 2010 - PropertyShark.com
New Report on Point of Care Diagnostic Market
This study focuses on point of care testing including glucose testing, blood gas and electrolytes, rapid coagulation tests, rapid cardiac markers, drug abuse screening testing, urine strips, pregnancy tests, hemoglobin testing, and fecal occult blood. - August 27, 2010 - MarketResearch.com
Indian Rural Market to Emerge as Next Growth Frontier for Consumer Goods Industry Sys TechSci Research
Increasing purchasing power and improved tendency to consume will drive the rural markets in coming years. - August 27, 2010 - TechSci Research
MarketResearchCareers Announces #1 Ranked Market Research Suppliers
2010 report identifies Direction Research, Gartner, e-Rewards, and Sawtooth Software with the highest customer satisfaction scores among four industry segments. - August 17, 2010 - MarketResearchCareers
Ocean Blue Develops "Green" Software to Tackle Rising Standby Power Consumption
Digital TV software specialist, Ocean Blue Software, has developed an intelligent, "deep hibernation" software system for digital TVs and set-top boxes to reduce standby power consumption. - August 17, 2010 - Ocean Blue Software
Travis J Harvey of Echo Stats Announces Opening of New Miami Office
Echo Stats will expand its operations into South Florida this fall. - August 13, 2010 - Echo Research
Brazil's GDP Grew by 9.0% in Q1, the Quickest Rate in 15 Years
This report examines the dynamics driving the country’s growth and anticipates the challenges ahead as attention shifts from preventing overheating to the likely consequences of a slowdown in global growth in the final stages of 2010 and 2011 on Latin America’s largest economy. - August 12, 2010 - MarketResearch.com
Market Comparables from 2Q 2010 SEC Filings Now Available in ktMINE
ktMINE’s Royalty Rates and Records Database now contains IP licensing records filed with the SEC during the second quarter (2Q) of 2010 - August 10, 2010 - ktMINE
Global Trade of Softwood Logs Has Increased in 2010 After Having Fallen 30 Percent in Two Years, Reports the Wood Resource Quarterly
Higher worldwide demand for forest products has increased global shipments of softwood logs by 20 percent in 2010, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. This year may be a turning point for global log trade, which had fallen 30 percent between 2007 and 2009. - August 09, 2010 - Wood Resources International LLC