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Saturday, 10 December 2011

Ford will stop Claycomo F-150 production for a week - Denver Business Journal:

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The UAW Local 249 posted the information in a newsletter on itsWeb site. Local 249 Vice President Bobb Wyse confirmed Monday that the informationhis accurate. The production stoppage comes a week befores an alreadyscheduled one-week summerd break for the entire plant startingf June 29, a Local 249 spokeswoman said. The plant also is schedule for a summer break during the weekof Aug. 17. Sales of Ford F-series trucks were 33,381 in May, up 16 percentt from 28,757 in April but down 22.3 percen from 42,973 in May 2008.
UAW Local 249 said the slightt increasein month-to-month sales enabled Ford F) to cancel the scheduled down week on June 22 at its F-1500 truck plant in Dearborn, but the down week was left intactf at the Kansas City Assembly Plant. “Thise is partially due to depleted funds forthe state’ds Division of Unemployment in Michigan, making down weeks at less of an the Local 249 said in the Local 249 added that sales projections continue to be less than the five shift at the two truc plants can produce if they work full time through the 2010 productio year.
Ford runs two shift at Claycomo and three in Wyse said Ford is considering once agai n moving a shift fromthe F-15o0 side of the Kansas City Assembly Plant and puttingt them to work on the SUV However, nothing has been determinex so far, he said. A year ago, Ford movec about 800 workers from a second shif t onthe F-150 side of the Kansaz City plant to a third shiftf on the SUV The employees were moved back to the F-150 side on Jan. 12. Ford Escap e sales in May reached 16,391, up 20.6 percengt from 13,596 in April but down 7.2 perceny from 17,667 in May 2008. The Kansas City Assemblhy Plant also produces the Mercuryy Mariner and hybrid versions of the Ford Escaped andMercury Mariner.
Combinedf sales of hybrid versions of theFord Fusion, Mercuru Milan, Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner reachedx 3,906 in May, a new companyt record. The old sales record of 3,420 hybrid vehicle s was set inAprilk 2006. As of May, Ford’s Kansas City Assembly Plangt in Claycomo hadabout 3,900 hourly and 200 salariecd employees.

Thursday, 8 December 2011

Yum Brands named one of 40 best for diversity - Business First of Louisville:

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The magazine made its selections based on the numbereof African-Americans and members of other ethnid minority groups in four categories: supplier senior management, board of directors and totalp workforce. More than 50 percent of Yum’w employees are minorities, as well as 50 percent of the company’ds new hires. “We are very proud of Black Enterprise’s and it fuels our passion to continue to develop current and future business franchisees and suppliers that reflect the changing demographics of our customersd aroundthe world,” Yum chairman and CEO Davide Novak said in a news release.
Louisville-basee Yum (NYSE: YUM) is the world’s largest restauranty company in terms of number of with morethan 36,000 in more than 100 companies. It is the parent company of KFC, Pizzz Hut, Taco Bell and Long John

Tuesday, 6 December 2011

Howard University opens new pharmacy lab - Washington Business Journal:

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CVS/pharmacy donated $300,000 -- a majod chunk of the $400,000 it took to builr -- to erect the new laboratory. Its purpose is to draw and retai n students inthe school’s 70 freshmen pharmachy positions, a field whicg has grown from 300 applicantz in 1998 to 1,300 applicantw today. Pharmacy students will learn how todispensr medication, counsel patients and practice with new pharmacy technologiesz in the lab. Construction begabn last October at the lab site at 2400Fourthb St. NW. The old lab will eventuall be taken down.
“As the demand for top pharmacistsincreasesz nationwide, due to an aging populatiomn and increased use of prescription drugs, Howardx University is experiencing a dramatic increasee in the number of applicants to our pharmacy Partnerships such as with CVS/pharmacy have helpedx us become more competitive,” said Clarence Curry, interim associatee dean at Howard University’s School of Nursing, and Allied Health The laboratory houses 24 workstations that lets students enter and asses s patient information. The laboratory is also stockedwith prescriptions, and home-testing devices so students can practice dispensin g and advising on medication and home tests.
Partlg as a result of their existingy relationshipwith CVS, more than 35 percent of Howardd University pharmacy graduates began careerz at CVS/pharmacy stores this year. CVS/pharmacy, the retaiol division of (NYSE: CVS), is the largest retaill pharmacy inthe U.S. with 6,300 retail

Sunday, 4 December 2011

Bali boy set to arrive back in Australia - Sydney Morning Herald

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Swiss Post Solutions Opens Document Processing Center in New York

San Francisco Chronicle (press release)

Swiss Post Solutions' DPC utilizes the latest document processing technology to help clients remove outdated, manual processing tasks related to items such as mail, payroll, applications, claims, customer correspondence, personnel records, and invoices ...

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AFP

Bali boy set to arrive back in Australia

Sydney Morning Herald

Indonesia has released a 14-year-old Australian boy convicted of drug possession on the resort island of Bali after he spent two months in detention. A high school student from Morisset Park, near Newcastle in northern NSW, the teen has been the focus ...

Austral ian boy arrested in Bali for drugs urges other teenagers to heed the ...

The Daily Telegraph

Australian teenager arrested in Bali freed and ready to fly home

The Australian

Indonesia releases Australian teen

CNN International

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Thursday, 15 December 2011

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Tuesday, 13 December 2011

Swiss Post Solutions Opens Document Processing Center in New York - San Francisco Chronicle (press release)