| CCH Outlines 10 Steps to Keeping the Workplace Healthy in the Height ...
RIVERWOODS, Ill., Feb. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- With a persistent new strain of flu affecting workers nationwide, employers may need to be more assertive to help keep the workplace healthy at the height of flu season, according to CCH, a leading provider of human resources and employment law information and services and a part of Wolters Kluwer Law & Business (http://hr.cch.com). Based on a CCH Survey, about half of employers (54 percent) send workers back home if they show up for work sick. Other common approaches for discouraging sick workers on the job, according to the survey, include: "With 87 percent of employers reporting that sick employees who show up for work are suffering from colds, the flu or other short-term illnesses that may be easily spread, it's apparent that companies have to get tough when it comes to telling employees to stay away," said CCH Employment Law Analyst Brett Gorovsky, JD.
Startup CEOs reveal success secrets
It was a panel of misfits: four guys who couldn't stand working for someone else and were arrogant enough to think they knew a better way to build both a business and a workplace. But here's the rub: The four Florida businessmen who spoke Wednesday to a sold-out audience of 140 people at the University of Tampa were right. Their companies' revenues have grown from 900 to more than 2,600 percent over the past three years, earning them a place on Inc. magazine's 2007 list of the nation's fastest-growing businesses. Marcus Adolfsson, 26, is president and founder of Smartphone Experts, the company ringing up the highest growth rate of the group. He started the business in his dorm room at the University of Florida in 2002, selling Treos and accessories online. The self-described gadget freak now runs a $20-million retail business based in Inverness.
Video: German Technische Universitat Darmstadt Wins DOE's 2007 Solar ...
While congratulating the teams at the Closing Awards Ceremony today, Energy Secretary Samuel W. Bodman announced over $44 million to support the commercialization and promotion of advanced solar and other clean energy technologies. "I want to congratulate this year's Solar Decathlon champion Technische Universitat Darmstadt and the 19 other teams for their innovative designs and application of solar technologies. The Solar Decathlon is a great demonstration of the ways in which technology, science and design can be blended in the production of net-zero-energy homes," Secretary Bodman said. "Promoting the early commercialization of solar and other energy efficient technologies will help secure America's clean energy future." The four Building America contractor teams include the Building Science Corporation; IBACOS; Consortium of Advanced Residential Buildings; and Building Industry Research Alliance; these teams, consortium of academic and building industry leaders, will receive $40 million over the next five years (FY2008-FY2012, subject to annual appropriations) to develop net-zero-energy homes.
1958: Blecha says athletes forfeit right to be one of crowd
Only a half dozen individuals attend public hearing where a proposed countywide smoking ban was discussed. The hearing was sponsored by the Dunn County Health and Human Services Board, and because of the meager attendance, another hearing may be scheduled... Teresa Obinger, daughter of Wally and Cindy Obinger of Hastings, Minn., and Matthew Dye, son of Raymond and Roxane Dye of Menomonie, announce their engagement... Coach Joe Doucette's Colfax High girls' basketball team defeats Elk Mound, 49 to 24, to finish regular season play with a 20-0 overall record and an 18-0 Dunn-St. Croix Conference mark... Ruby M. Owen, age 89, of Falls City, who worked at Don's Super Valu for 12 years and at UW-Stout for 18 years, died Feb. 16 at the Dunn County Health Care Center...Colfax FFA alumni will sponsor their 20th annual farm toy and craft show that will be held Feb.
Telecommunications 1991-2000
Delta Telecom, Russia's first cellular communications company, began operations in St. Petersburg in September. The joint venture of the American company USWest and the Leningrad City Telephone Network (Leningradskaya gorodskaya telefonnaya set) started selling mobile phones that weighed 5 kg and cost $1995; it also cost just as much to connect them. In spite of $60 rental fees and call rates of $0.60 per minute, which were outrageous service costs at the time, Delta Telecom connected at least one new customer every day.
Cellular communications appeared in Moscow in December, when USWest and the Moscow City Telephone Network (MGTS) set up the Moscow Cellular Communications (Moskovskaya sotovaya svyaz) joint venture.
1992
In September, Russian scientist Dmitry Zimin founded the Vympelkom company, with the participation of the Impulse Design Office (KB Impuls), the Mints Institute of Radio Engineering, and a number of other companies.
Clinton addresses students
The question is, and has always been, what will Ron Burkle get in return for his generosity to the Clintons? Especially if Hillary wins the presidency. Now Obama, for his part, was slammed for ties to indicted political fundraiser Antoin �Tony� Rezko, or as Hillary called him, �a slumlord.� (By the way, a photo surfaced recently that suggests Hillary may have her own Rezko scandal to worry about. Check it out here.) So the Clintons reap millions as a result of partnering with a foreign government These are troubling times for those of us concerned about pubic corruption. Flag Abuse .
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