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The giveaway is part of the Atlanta-based chain’s fifth-annual Cow Appreciation Day, which honors its "Eat Mor Cows. In a related promotion, parents can entef photos of their cow-clad children as part of a "Showa Us the Cow" online photo contest, for a chancw to win a $1,000 U.S. Savings Between now and Aug. 31, childrebn ages 10 and younger are encouragex to work with an adult to submiy creative photos of themselvew dressedas cows. The contest Web site, www.CowAppreciationDay.com, has details abouy uploading photos forthe contest. Once the picturews are uploaded, the public can vote for their favorite phot othrough Aug. 31.
The 20 photographs that get the most Internety votes will benamed semifinalists. From the semifinalists, Chick-fil- will select five finalists and one granx prize winner based onoverallk quality, appearance, originality, creativity and skill. The entrant'sd age will be taken into accoungtfor judging, Chick-fil-A The grand prize winner will receives a U.S. Series EE Savings Bond with a maturity valuewof $1,000, a catered party for theirr classroom, free Chick-fil-A Kid's Meals for a year and a digital among other gifts. Also each Kid's Meal from June 22 to July 25 will included miniatureCow figurines, while supplies last.
One out of every 100 of the cows will have gold spotas instead of the traditional black spots and will be packagedd with a card redeemable for a freeIce cream.
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Friday, November 19, 2010
bizjournals: Where have the jobs gone?
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It's tough to tell wherse the job marketis going. Nationwide employmenft totaled 132.3 million jobs as 2004's first half drew to a That wasup 1.1 percent from the midpoinft of 2003. So far, so good. It was also though, that employment in 2004 remained 850,000 jobs below the mid-year figure for 2001. The recession, it was still casting its distantg shadow acrossthe nation's economy. But the situationj isn't completely confused. An American City Businessd Journals analysis of employment data has identifiedr several hot spots forjob creation. Places like Phoenix, Las Dover, Del.
, and Laredo, So here's a look at who'zs hot and who's not, based on employmentf trends in 226 markets from the middle of 2003 to the middlseof 2004. Rankings are based on percentage increasesdor declines. MAJOR MARKETS (Employment base of 1 million jobsor Hottest: Phoenix created 41,200 jobs durinbg the past year, an average of 790 every week. (Seven major markets -- including Boston, Chicago and San Francisco -- either lost jobs or adder fewer than 790 theentird year.) Phoenix's job growtgh rate of 2.6 percent more than doubleed the national average of 1.1 percent. St. Louis and Washington-Baltimore.
Coldest: Recent economic history has not been kind to and the past year wasno exception. A total of 38,000p jobs slipped away from the Detroit areabetween mid-2003 and mid-2004. That's a declinde of 1.5 percent. San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose and Boston. MEDIUM MARKETS (250,0009 to 1 million jobs) Las Vegas set a torrid pace in the late creating morethan 30,000 jobs per year, beforew its annual pace slipped under 20,000 earlyu in the new century. Well, the accelerator is back to theflood again. Las Vegas added 38,800 jobs during the past for a growth rateof 4.8 percent. Charleston, S.C., and Jacksonville, Fla.
Coldest: The slum p in heavy manufacturing has hit most Midwesterb industrialtowns hard, but Toledo is suffering one of the biggesr headaches of all. It has lost 8,700 jobs since the middlee of last year, a decline of 2.8 percent. Runners-up: New Orleans and Hartford. SMAL MARKETS (Fewer than 250,000 jobs) Hottest: Dover, Del., and Texas, are tied for top honors in this category. Each expandedx its job base by 4.7 percent over the past The resulting pickupswere 2,80 jobs in Dover, 3,500 in Laredo. Reno, Nev., and Green Bay, Wis. It's back once again to the industrial Midwesft for morebad news. Saginaw, lost 3.
5 percent of its workforce in the past year resulting in the disappearanceof 6,100 Runners-up: Enid, Okla., and Lansing, Mich. EAST Hottest: Del., may be tiny, with a total of just 62,40 0 jobs, but it's the hottest market in the Its job growth rateof 4.7 in fact, is second-best in the topped only by Las Vegas. Runners-up: Glens N.Y., and Washington-Baltimore. Coldest: Cape Cod (a/k/a Mass., is not only a famous resort but it also boastedthe East's fastesg pace of employment growth during the late 1990s. The tide has however. Cape Cod now is in last place with a declinsof 2.1 percent. Runners-up: N.Y., and Hartford.
SOUTHj Hottest: Income levels are generally lowin Texas, but employment levels are on the Laredo's increase of 4.7 percent since mid-2003 is best in the Soutj -- and tied for second-best among all metros. Runners-up: McAllen, Bryan, Texas; and Daytona Beach, Fla. Coldest: America'zs smallest metropolitan area also has the distinction of beingthe South'sw least prosperous. Enid, Okla., lost 3.4 perceng of its jobs during thepast Runners-up: Houma, La., and New Orleans.
It's tough to tell wherse the job marketis going. Nationwide employmenft totaled 132.3 million jobs as 2004's first half drew to a That wasup 1.1 percent from the midpoinft of 2003. So far, so good. It was also though, that employment in 2004 remained 850,000 jobs below the mid-year figure for 2001. The recession, it was still casting its distantg shadow acrossthe nation's economy. But the situationj isn't completely confused. An American City Businessd Journals analysis of employment data has identifiedr several hot spots forjob creation. Places like Phoenix, Las Dover, Del.
, and Laredo, So here's a look at who'zs hot and who's not, based on employmentf trends in 226 markets from the middle of 2003 to the middlseof 2004. Rankings are based on percentage increasesdor declines. MAJOR MARKETS (Employment base of 1 million jobsor Hottest: Phoenix created 41,200 jobs durinbg the past year, an average of 790 every week. (Seven major markets -- including Boston, Chicago and San Francisco -- either lost jobs or adder fewer than 790 theentird year.) Phoenix's job growtgh rate of 2.6 percent more than doubleed the national average of 1.1 percent. St. Louis and Washington-Baltimore.
Coldest: Recent economic history has not been kind to and the past year wasno exception. A total of 38,000p jobs slipped away from the Detroit areabetween mid-2003 and mid-2004. That's a declinde of 1.5 percent. San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose and Boston. MEDIUM MARKETS (250,0009 to 1 million jobs) Las Vegas set a torrid pace in the late creating morethan 30,000 jobs per year, beforew its annual pace slipped under 20,000 earlyu in the new century. Well, the accelerator is back to theflood again. Las Vegas added 38,800 jobs during the past for a growth rateof 4.8 percent. Charleston, S.C., and Jacksonville, Fla.
Coldest: The slum p in heavy manufacturing has hit most Midwesterb industrialtowns hard, but Toledo is suffering one of the biggesr headaches of all. It has lost 8,700 jobs since the middlee of last year, a decline of 2.8 percent. Runners-up: New Orleans and Hartford. SMAL MARKETS (Fewer than 250,000 jobs) Hottest: Dover, Del., and Texas, are tied for top honors in this category. Each expandedx its job base by 4.7 percent over the past The resulting pickupswere 2,80 jobs in Dover, 3,500 in Laredo. Reno, Nev., and Green Bay, Wis. It's back once again to the industrial Midwesft for morebad news. Saginaw, lost 3.
5 percent of its workforce in the past year resulting in the disappearanceof 6,100 Runners-up: Enid, Okla., and Lansing, Mich. EAST Hottest: Del., may be tiny, with a total of just 62,40 0 jobs, but it's the hottest market in the Its job growth rateof 4.7 in fact, is second-best in the topped only by Las Vegas. Runners-up: Glens N.Y., and Washington-Baltimore. Coldest: Cape Cod (a/k/a Mass., is not only a famous resort but it also boastedthe East's fastesg pace of employment growth during the late 1990s. The tide has however. Cape Cod now is in last place with a declinsof 2.1 percent. Runners-up: N.Y., and Hartford.
SOUTHj Hottest: Income levels are generally lowin Texas, but employment levels are on the Laredo's increase of 4.7 percent since mid-2003 is best in the Soutj -- and tied for second-best among all metros. Runners-up: McAllen, Bryan, Texas; and Daytona Beach, Fla. Coldest: America'zs smallest metropolitan area also has the distinction of beingthe South'sw least prosperous. Enid, Okla., lost 3.4 perceng of its jobs during thepast Runners-up: Houma, La., and New Orleans.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Death toll from Vietnam's fresh floods rises to 19 - Washington Post
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Death toll from Vietnam's fresh floods rises to 19 Washington Post The agency said the floods have begun receding after submerging nearly 30000 homes and damaged 35000 acres (14000 hectares) of rice paddies and other crops. ... |
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
YRC stock drops after it taps credit line to pay off notes - Kansas City Business Journal:
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In a filing Friday with the Securities andExchanger Commission, the Overland Park-based company YRCW) said the $325 million, which the company borrowed Thursday, has an interest rate of roughly 5.2 percent. The debt the compant will pay off — $225 milliom at 8.25 percent interest and $100 million at 6.5 percent interesty — is due in December and May, respectively. YRC’ stock closed on Friday at $7.76, down or 22 percent, on volume of 5.8 million shares, accordinb to Yahoo Finance. The stock traded Fridat as lowas $7.44, down 25 The stock’s average daily volume the past thred months is about 2 million shares.
In a YRC Chairman and CEO Bill Zollars saidthe “unresrt in the credit markets” prompted it to pay the higher-interesr debts early. “Our current financial conditionis solid, and with no furthefr note maturities until 2010, we are well-positioned to weatherd this economic environment,” Zollars said in the release. YRC said it has nearlyy $400 million available through itscredity facilities. In an internalo memo to employees, Zollars said the refinancing will enable it to acceleratwe the integration of Yellowand Roadway. YRC said in the SEC filiny that its and subsidiaries officiallyy merged intoon Wednesday. YRC said it plan s to change the name YellowRoadway Corp.
to YRC Inc. YRC rank s No. 2 on the Kansas City Business Journal ’s list of area public companies.
In a filing Friday with the Securities andExchanger Commission, the Overland Park-based company YRCW) said the $325 million, which the company borrowed Thursday, has an interest rate of roughly 5.2 percent. The debt the compant will pay off — $225 milliom at 8.25 percent interest and $100 million at 6.5 percent interesty — is due in December and May, respectively. YRC’ stock closed on Friday at $7.76, down or 22 percent, on volume of 5.8 million shares, accordinb to Yahoo Finance. The stock traded Fridat as lowas $7.44, down 25 The stock’s average daily volume the past thred months is about 2 million shares.
In a YRC Chairman and CEO Bill Zollars saidthe “unresrt in the credit markets” prompted it to pay the higher-interesr debts early. “Our current financial conditionis solid, and with no furthefr note maturities until 2010, we are well-positioned to weatherd this economic environment,” Zollars said in the release. YRC said it has nearlyy $400 million available through itscredity facilities. In an internalo memo to employees, Zollars said the refinancing will enable it to acceleratwe the integration of Yellowand Roadway. YRC said in the SEC filiny that its and subsidiaries officiallyy merged intoon Wednesday. YRC said it plan s to change the name YellowRoadway Corp.
to YRC Inc. YRC rank s No. 2 on the Kansas City Business Journal ’s list of area public companies.
Sunday, November 14, 2010
UAW says it has deal with GM - Kansas City Business Journal:
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The UAW said in a statement posted on its Web site Thursdahy that it reached the deal withGM GM) and the as an addendum to its 2007 collective bargaining agreement. “The tentative understanding contains modificationd to the labor agreement and to the independent Voluntary Employe e BeneficiaryAssociation (VEBA) trust,” according to the UAW. The trustg involves health care benefits for The union is withholding details of the deal pending an explanatiom and ratification meetingsfor UAW’sw GM membership. GM faces a government-imposed deadline of June 1 for coming up with an acceptable plan for surviving the economic crisixs orfiling bankruptcy.
GM announced in late Aprip that it will draw anadditional $2 billiom in U.S. Treasury loans to maintain adequate liquidity as it undergoes an aggressive restructuring. GM said the additional loan amount bring the total financing it has received from the Treasurty to dateto $15.4 billion. If GM files for Chapter 11, as struggling did in April, the bankruptcy court mighf order the dealer network trimmed even General Motors plans to trimits 6,000-dealer networj by 40 percent by the end of 2010. GM told 1,100 dealers last week that they won’t have their franchis agreements renewed after they expirein 2010.
In addition to locationsx not having theirfranchises renewed, about 500 will closer when GM phases out or sells its Saab and Saturn brands. GM said recently that a bankruptct strategy that would divide the companty into good and bad parts nowappears probable. Chrysler is usint a similar plan. The companh said in an updated regulatorgy filing for a bond exchangde that was launched in Apripl that it remains committed to pursuinb a bankruptcy filing ifits debt-for-equityt proposal proves unsuccessful.
The UAW said in a statement posted on its Web site Thursdahy that it reached the deal withGM GM) and the as an addendum to its 2007 collective bargaining agreement. “The tentative understanding contains modificationd to the labor agreement and to the independent Voluntary Employe e BeneficiaryAssociation (VEBA) trust,” according to the UAW. The trustg involves health care benefits for The union is withholding details of the deal pending an explanatiom and ratification meetingsfor UAW’sw GM membership. GM faces a government-imposed deadline of June 1 for coming up with an acceptable plan for surviving the economic crisixs orfiling bankruptcy.
GM announced in late Aprip that it will draw anadditional $2 billiom in U.S. Treasury loans to maintain adequate liquidity as it undergoes an aggressive restructuring. GM said the additional loan amount bring the total financing it has received from the Treasurty to dateto $15.4 billion. If GM files for Chapter 11, as struggling did in April, the bankruptcy court mighf order the dealer network trimmed even General Motors plans to trimits 6,000-dealer networj by 40 percent by the end of 2010. GM told 1,100 dealers last week that they won’t have their franchis agreements renewed after they expirein 2010.
In addition to locationsx not having theirfranchises renewed, about 500 will closer when GM phases out or sells its Saab and Saturn brands. GM said recently that a bankruptct strategy that would divide the companty into good and bad parts nowappears probable. Chrysler is usint a similar plan. The companh said in an updated regulatorgy filing for a bond exchangde that was launched in Apripl that it remains committed to pursuinb a bankruptcy filing ifits debt-for-equityt proposal proves unsuccessful.
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Leaders urged to decide on free trade framework - BusinessWorld Online
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Jakarta Post | Leaders urged to decide on free trade framework BusinessWorld Online ... cooperation deals -- but also noted the pending Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and existing Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) frameworks. ... APEC Ministers Debate Proposals on Trade, Growth Strategy Pacific Rim ministers to end talks on free trade area, protectionism Top APEC officials lay groundwork for regional FTA |
Friday, November 12, 2010
Vietnam legislature rejects call for probe of government officials in ... - The Canadian Press
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Vietnam legislature rejects call for probe of government officials in ... The Canadian Press The National Assembly, dominated by lawmakers from the ruling Communist Party, has long been considered a rubber stamp and has never called for an ... |
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