Preservatives are gradually becoming a part of most processed foods and personal care products. In recent times, the increasing lag between production and consumption of perishable commodities has led to a rise in the demand for more efficient and lasting methods of preservation. This is essential in order to ensure freshness and consistent quality.
Confronted with rising fuel prices; automotive consumers in the United States are increasingly opting for alternative means to reduce their overall fuel expenditure. Being almost twice as fuel efficient and half as polluting as the conventional gasoline vehicle, hybrid vehicles are drawing considerable interest and even have huge waitlists for their delivery. This growing demand for hybrid vehicles promises excellent opportunities for the U.S. motor manufacturers, provided they work closely from a very early stage, with cross-functional product teams within the automotive industry to deliver a quality product that adheres to the expectations of the automotive industry.
The Mexican Telecom Industry Is Developing Rapidly and Has Enormous Growth Potential, Making It One of the Most Interesting Telecom Markets in the World - according Research and Markets.
A recent survey conducted by CyberShift regarding priorities in the deployment of employees revealed significant workforce and expense management trends in North America. To gain visibility into both the U.S. and Canadian markets, CyberShift, provider of workforce and expense management software and services, administered the survey at the American Payroll Association's 24th Annual Congress as well as the Canadian Payroll Association's 24th Annual Conference and Trade Show. In both instances, more than 25 percent of survey respondents ranked labor cost reduction as their primary workforce concern, followed by increasing customer satisfaction and improving employee productivity.
As the economy strengthens and baby boomers retire, corporate competition over the recruitment and retention of leaders will intensify. To prepare for this change in the market, top companies are thinking about not only how to develop leaders from within, but also how to compensate, train and rotate leaders so that their experience is most valuable within the company where the development originated.
Rapidly slowing appreciation and declining affordability contributed to a marked increase in the risk of home price declines in cities across the country, PMI Mortgage Insurance Co., the U.S. subsidiary of The PMI Group, Inc. reported today, but strong economic fundamentals continue to underpin many areas.
Bioinformatics will increasingly become a necessity for a wide spectrum of life sciences, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. As the number of market participants increases, purchasers will have an edge as the range of available tools expands. To succeed, market participants will need to offer cost-effective, easy-to-use and more widely applicable solutions. Outsourcing is expected to emerge as a definitive trend in the bioinformatics industry.
OMX (STO:OMX) and Eignarhaldsfelagid Verdbrefathing hf (EV), the owner of Iceland Stock Exchange (ICEX) and Icelandic Securities Depository (ISD) have signed a Letter of Intent regarding an acquisition of EV. The transaction is the next step in realizing the vision of an integrated Nordic and Baltic securities market and establishing the OMX Nordic Exchange as a leading European marketplace.
