Archive for December, 2011
Wake-up: Union to investigate Browns
Every morning, grab a cup of coffee and get your AFC North wake-up call here: NFL Players Association representatives are visiting Cleveland today to gather information on the treatment of Browns quarterback Colt McCoy. There have been increasing questions on how the Browns coaches and medical staff handled McCoy, who was allowed to return to [...]
Voters Not Buying Obama’s Bogus Inequality Talk: Ramesh Ponnuru
President Barack Obama wants to spend the next year talking about economic inequality. Republicans shouldn’t take the bait. In a speech last week in Kansas, the president presented rising economic inequality as the defining issue of our time. As is often true of political speeches, Obama didn’t make anything resembling a tight logical case. Instead [...]
Roof is fixed, but Vikings still need repair
Minnesota Vikings quarterback Joe Webb (14) walks off the field after fumbling on the final play of the game against the Detroit Lions in the fourth quarter of an NFL football game in Detroit, Sunday, Dec. 11, 2011. Detroit won 34-28. Photo: Paul Sancya / AP
Certified Small Business Enterprise Shortchanged
Small Business Expo n DC, May 2011/Courtesy PhotoWASHINGTON, D. C . – In a Dec. 9 hearing chaired by At-Large Councilmember Vincent B. Orange, it was revealed that District agencies did not expend the required $440 million for Fiscal Year 2011 with the certified small business enterprise (CSBE) community as required by D.C .law. City [...]
Beware of buying from door-to-door salespeople
A man going door-to-door trying to sell magazine subscriptions was arrested Friday for soliciting without a permit, according to the Lee County Sheriffs Office. Michael Moorefield was arrested for soliciting without a permit on Shaddellee Lane in south Fort Myers. The sheriffs office report indicates Moorefield told one resident he was in the military and [...]
IPFW professor encourages biz to go lean
IPFW Director of Business Enterprise System and Technology Institute Robert Palevich hopes that his new book The Lean Sustainable Supply Chain: How to Create a Green Infrastructure with Lean Technologies will help make Fort Wayne and IPFW leaders in green industry. The book pulls from Palevichs experience as the global supply chain manager at Do [...]
CommScope Names Kenneally to Lead Global Enterprise Sales
HICKORY, N.C., Nov 21, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) – CommScope, Inc. has named new leadership for two sales regions recently created following the promotion of Anne Marie Kenneally to senior vice president of Global Enterprise Sales, where she will lead all of CommScope’s business enterprise sales activities around the world. She previously served as regional vice [...]
‘Gamers & Lamers’ in Panthers Vs. Falcons Week 14 Game: A Fan’s Analysis
The Carolina Panthers defensive unit continues to be, well, downright offensive as witnessed in Week 14. Carolina built a 23-7 halftime lead at home against NFC South rival Atlanta, only to watch the defense give up 24 unanswered points in the second half. And Olindo Mare shanked another big field goal. Ladies and gentlemen, your [...]
Gold price drop prompts buying, but caution prevails
Tweet Link this Share this By Rujun Shen and Siddesh Mayenkar SINGAPORE/MUMBAI (Reuters) – A sharp drop in bullion prices prompted some buying interest on Asias physical market, but many remained reluctant to purchase large quantities as the year end approaches and the euro… Email Print
‘The Last of Us’ is Naughty Dog’s next chapter
A spore of an idea from the Planet Earth documentary series is growing into a new video game from Naughty Dog, the studio behind the PlayStation 3s flagship Uncharted franchise. The Sony-owned studios recent release, Uncharted 3: Drakes Deception, is nominated for multiple game-of-the-year awards. This new project, The Last of Us, involves a virulent [...]