Pinellas Park/Gateway Chamber of Commerce fills program position

, Times Staff Writer
In Print: Wednesday, February 18, 2009
PINELLAS PARK — The business assistance program is facing the chopping block, but the Pinellas Park/Gateway Chamber of Commerce has gone ahead and hired a new person to run it anyway.
The new business assistance program specialist, or BAPS, is Jeanne W. Creech, who will move from the Clearwater Regional Chamber of Commerce, where she held the same position.
The BAPS program Read the rest of this entry »

Pinellas Park/Gateway Chamber of Commerce fills program position

, Times Staff Writer
In Print: Wednesday, February 18, 2009
PINELLAS PARK — The business assistance program is facing the chopping block, but the Pinellas Park/Gateway Chamber of Commerce has gone ahead and hired a new person to run it anyway.
The new business assistance program specialist, or BAPS, is Jeanne W. Creech, who will move from the Clearwater Regional Chamber of Commerce, where she held the same position.
The BAPS program Read the rest of this entry »

Embarq: Sale would improve its market position

was its desire to better position itself in a consolidating, shrinking local phone industry.
In a Friday filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Overland Park, Kan.-based Embarq (NYSE: EQ) provided additional details about its decision to combine with CenturyTel (NYSE: CTL) in an $11.6 billion all-stock deal that includes assumption of about $5.8 billion in Embarq debt. Embarq released the information to help settle a shareholder lawsuit Read the rest of this entry »

CMAI Outlines Borealis' Strategic Business Position

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Jan. 14
/PRNewswire/ -- Chemical Market Associates, Inc. (CMAI) recently completed the Chemical Company Analysis (CCA) on
, the fifth report to the 2008 Edition. The report includes strategic direction, financial overviews, global chemical business operations/positions, chemical manufacturing site descriptions and chemical product material balances for Borealis.
euro 7.1 billion
) in estimated sales for 2008. Borealis product range extends Read the rest of this entry »

CMAI Outlines Mitsubishi Chemical Strategic Business Position

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Feb. 12
/PRNewswire/ -- Chemical Market Associates, Inc. (CMAI) recently completed the Chemical Company Analysis (CCA) on
, the sixth company report of the 2008 Edition. The report includes strategic direction, financial overviews, global chemical business operations/positions, chemical manufacturing site descriptions and chemical product material balances for the chemical businesses of Mitsubishi Chemical.
is a diversified chemical and Read the rest of this entry »

Golf: Wilkinson consolidates money list position

Sunday Oct 19, 2008
New Zealand's Tim Wilkinson hit a 65 and is sitting pretty with his PGA Tour card safe. Former Major winner Rich Beem also hit a 65 - but is hopeful he does not slide out of golf's top tier.
At the end of the season, the usual crush occurs to find the top 125 money winners who stay automatically on the Tour.
Wilkinson's place was safe after his career-best second finish in the Texas Open last week but former PGA champion Read the rest of this entry »

On the Job: Working in lower position hones management skills

A few years ago, you might have turned up your nose at ever taking a job with a title or pay-grade below your current level. You might have believed it was a stupid career move, and no way were you going to accept anything less than what you have now.
Then, you lost your job.
Now it doesn't seem like a stupid career move or beneath you to take a job that will provide a paycheck. In fact, Paul Facella says taking that a lesser position may just Read the rest of this entry »

Corning Retains Strong Balance Sheet & Market Position Despite

There are many times, particularly in bear markets like this one, when I look at a company and am quite baffled as to how investors can let a stock drift so low. Then I remind myself that Wall Street is short-term oriented and only cares about today, this week, and maybe this month. What the reality will be a year or two from now is ignored, which creates the very investment opportunities that long term, value-oriented investors like myself focus Read the rest of this entry »

Frieder Knüpling Promoted to SCOR Deputy Chief Risk Officer Position

Frieder Knuepling, Chief Corporate Actuary, will become Deputy
Chief Risk Officer of the SCOR Group and will lead the Risk
Management team in Cologne. An actuary with a PhD in Economics,
Frieder Knuepling has ten years of experience in the field of risk
management, having headed a number of different actuarial projects
and teams.
Frieder Knuepling, 39, German, holds degrees in Mathematics and
Physics from the Universities of Goettingen and Freiburg. Read the rest of this entry »

Alpha Trading Systems Secures Market Position With TNS

Alpha Trading Systems (Alpha), the latest ATS to launch in Canada is
already laying strong foundations and targeting growth in a competitive
marketplace, after establishing a connection to Transaction Network
Services’ (NYSE:TNS) extranet.
Alpha has entered into a relationship with TNS to provide essential
connectivity services to support order flow and market data between
Alpha and its trading partners, including other Canadian marketplaces,
thus Read the rest of this entry »