Ciena Solutions Joins SAP(R) PartnerEdge(TM) as an SAP Services

Ciena Solutions, a NetSol Technologies, Inc.
"NetSol" (NASDAQ: NTWK) (DIFX: NTWK) company and provider of enterprise
application solutions and global business services, today announced it has
joined the SAP® PartnerEdge(TM) program as an SAP services partner. The
program gives partners access to resources, services and benefits that will
help Ciena Solutions build and maintain a successful partnership with SAP,
which will help it to optimize business Read the rest of this entry »

Patient care not as good at for-profit nursing homes, analysis shows

For-profit nursing homes are more likely to provide worse care than their nonprofit rivals, according to a USA TODAY analysis of the government’s first ranking of nearly 16,000 nursing homes.
The new Zagat-like rating system, released Thursday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, assigns homes one to five stars for their quality, staffing and health inspections, plus an overall score.
The scores reflect tens of thousands of inspection Read the rest of this entry »

EMS Technologies sees 2009 profit above analysts

EMS Technologies Inc.
on Monday issued a full-year profit forecast above Wall Street expectations, saying it expects improving results across all its businesses.
The Atlanta-based maker of wireless communications technology expects per-share earnings from continuing operations in the range of $1.55 to $1.65 in 2009, based on accounting standards used in 2008 and prior years.
The bottom end of the company's expected profit range is just above Read the rest of this entry »

Arizona may run out of money in February

Arizona could run out of money to pay its bills as early as next month, state Treasurer Dean Martin says.
And unlike last spring, when the treasurer issued a similar alarm, this time there won't be reserves to cover the bills. Martin says the state will be forced to borrow money in the short term - the first time since World War II - and adds that there is little that lawmakers can do to avert it.
"No matter what they do with the budget, we'll Read the rest of this entry »

Walgreen Profit Drops As Chain Cuts Store Opening Plan

Walgreen Co.
said Monday that its
first-quarter profit dropped 10%, hurt by store-opening and other costs. The
company said it's curtailing its store opening plan to free up capital in light
of the current economic conditions.
, or
a share, from
, or
, a year earlier. Sales in the quarter ended
Nov. 30
rose 6.6% to
$14.9
billion
with comparable-store sales increasing 1.7%.
Analysts, on average, estimated the company (WAG) would Read the rest of this entry »

Profit strategies program aids long-term success

Is your dairy positioned for long-term success? Not sure how to answer this question? Understanding the factors that limit profitability in different herd sizes and how shifts in management strategies can improve profitability can help you establish long-term viability in your operation.
"Profit Strategies," a Penn State Dairy Alliance program, will show producers how to select a business model that will position their dairy business to be more Read the rest of this entry »

Callidus Software Recognized With “Positive” Rating From Leading

Callidus Software Inc. (NASDAQ: CALD), the
leader in
(SPM), today announced that it received a "positive" rating
in the latest North American MarketScope for Insurance
(ICM) Applications(1) by Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT), the
world's leading information technology research and advisory company.
Authored by Steven Leigh, Kimberly Harris-Ferrante and Michael Dunne,
Callidus Software was recognized with a "positive" rating in this important
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Strategists See 17% S&P 500 Rise After Saying ‘Buy’

Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) -- The same Wall Street strategists who
told investors to buy stocks in the
since 1937 are
even more bullish than a year ago, predicting the Standard &
Poor’s 500 Index will rise 17 percent.
UBS AG, JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Deutsche Bank AG say the
Federal Reserve’s decision to cut interest rates to as low as
zero percent will help revive the U.S. economy and drive
investors back to equities. Cheaper fuel prices and more Read the rest of this entry »

Muglia on the cloud, Azure and the economy

A long time ago, Bob Muglia worked on a Microsoft project designed to offer a variety of services in the cloud. That effort, known as Hailstorm, didn't exactly go gangbusters, and Muglia's career took a detour.
But both Muglia and Hailstorm are back. On Monday, Microsoft
, a recognition of the success he has enjoyed as head of Microsoft's server software business.
As for Hailstorm, the name is gone, but many of the concepts are back, as part Read the rest of this entry »

How to end a 'decade of neglect' in US-Latin America relations

Has this been a good decade for Latin America?
It started horribly and then improved. It was good after the commodities boom began in 2003 until it ended a few months ago. As with past booms, people thought it would last forever. I gave a speech in Chile in July at which the speaker before me predicted oil would end the year at $250 a barrel. The notion that prices would stay high and prosperity remain unstoppable was silly. What people didn't understand Read the rest of this entry »