ViaLimemint.com India’s continued rise on the global stagedepends on reform and advance in this sector By Nick Schulz What does a retailer in the West know that an Indian does not?” That was the pointed question asked last week by the Bharatiya Janata Party leader Jaswant Singh. The question was triggered by a report in this paper about a new government-sponsored study on the impact of organized retail chains on … Continue reading
ViaMalaysian National News Agency MPOB Wins Excellence In Research Award KUALA LUMPUR,(Bernama) — The Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB)’s Advanced Biotechnology and Breeding Centre (ABBC) has been named as the recipient of the 2007 Frost &Sullivan Asia Pacific Excellence in Research award. Announcing the award at a dinner here tonight, MPOB said the award recognised its research advancement in the application of biotechnology for crop improvement. The award was bestowed … Continue reading
ViaJerusalem Post Noting that Israel falls well below OECD countries in worker productivity, economists at Jerusalem’s Van Leer Institute on Sunday urged the government to increase budgetary allocations to improve the country’s much-maligned education system and public sector institutions. Improving education will raise flagging worker productivity, which a report, issued ahead of tomorrow’s Van Leer Conference on Economics and Society, indicated has grown only 1.1 percent over the past year … Continue reading
ViaLaboratorytalk.com The new GeneMapper ID-X software application provides computerised forensic expertise that streamlines the routine review of data required for DNA analysis, eliminating redundant tasks. Offender sample testing has been driving the need for expert systems. The Washington State Patrol is experiencing a rapid increase of DNA samples to be processed partly because of the success of its initiative to take DNA from weapons, including handguns, rifles and knives, used … Continue reading
Report says China’s Economic Growth Modelis not sustainable: Undervalued renminbi/yuan“very little to do” with trade surplus By Finfacts Team Facing the world’s largest trade surplus, China’s exceptionally high growth is creating serious national and international economic imbalances and is unlikely to be sustained, concludes a report by the US Conference Board, released on Monday. The Conference Board is a private US economic research organisation. The Conference Board issued the report … Continue reading
ViaManufacturingTalk.com Screw feeders improvepowder coatings productivity Latest agitated screw feeders and chutes have increased production and improved containment at a leading manufacturer’s powder coatings plant powder coating manufacturer. Becker Powder Coatings, has installed new agitated screw feeders and chutes. Supplied by solids handling equipment manufacturer, Ajax Equipment, the equipment will increase production and improve containment at Becker’s Liverpool, UK factory. Becker Powder Coatings manufactures thermosetting powders for a wide range … Continue reading
Tackle low productivity of Kuwaitis at work place By Dr Khaled Al-JenfawiKuwait University While many Kuwaiti MPs continue to discuss various solutions to what some of them argue to be an escalating social and financial problem (the need to increase citizens’ salaries), they seem to ignore an important fact about the whole issue: any future solution to this brainteaser must take into consideration that the average Kuwaiti employee’s ‘low productivity’ … Continue reading
ViaThe Times Of India Now, men opt for flexible working hours By Sujata Dutta Sachdeva,TNN NEW DELHI: Employees see it as one of the best perks to come their way. As companies realise the benefits of flexible timings, they are amending their HR policies to offer various options. Interestingly, what began as an HR sop largely for women, is now attracting a lot of men. Many men are now opting … Continue reading
The next APS Coordinators Seminar is scheduled for June 2 through June 6, 2008 in the Pac Rim. It will be held in the Pacific Rim this time as the last session was held in Europe. The specific location will be announced shortly. To date our scheduled speakers are: Dr. Victor Vroom, John Searle Professor of Management at Yale University, who will be doing his special presentation on Decision Making … Continue reading
ViaThe Age, Australia By John Watson IN MY lifetime, the number of Australians has doubled. When last I looked, our population was estimated at 21,150,121 and growing by one every one minute and 44 seconds. A second country has sprung up alongside the one of 10.5 million people recorded at the 1961 census, almost literally so as half of today’s population is either foreign-born or born to a migrant parent. … Continue reading