It's every carpenter's favorite aphorism: measure twice, cut once. In the corporate world, that advice applies to workers, not wood. Better to execute layoffs quickly and decisively, experts say, and let the workers who remain get back to business. The alternative--the drip-drip-drip of repeated downsizings--is a Chinese water torture that...
You can count on three certainties in life: death, taxes, and that the infinitesimal drip, drip, drip left unchecked can turn into a problem of Niagara Falls proportions. Bob Jackson can't do a lot about the first two, but he can definitely do something about the third.Jackson owns ABC Plumbing...
This article points out the necessity to specify, install, and insist on adequate metal drip edge to give residential clients the most value for a relatively low-cost item. It is ironic that contractors who leave out the metal drip edge in an effort to save money lessen the long-term value...
M2 PRESSWIRE-17 February 1999-TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY: Drip irrigation systems require careful planning C1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:160299 HEREFORD -- Drip-irrigation systems are perhaps the most water-efficient way to irrigate vegetable crops, but producers need to plan carefully and do some...
BACKGROUND Most of the literature related to drip on field crops and vegetables has dealt with Subsurface Drip Irrigation SDI. However, over the last 3 years, California growers of lettuce, broccoli, celery, and cauliflower have generally shifted from SDI to surface retrievable tape....
Bad news about the fall TV season: It's too good. The critics gathered here for the Television Critics Association annual summer press tour have found rare consensus: The TV mug this fall will be filled to overflowing with sweet shows. There's no buzz at this press tour, just...
Hereditarianism is on the march. Nature is clobbering nurture. A steady drip, drip, drip of scientific studies is cumulatively telling us that more and more human traits are genetically influenced. Some of the findings are based on studies of twins and adoptions; others have been generated by research in molecular...
By William Sluis, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--THE INDEX OF LEADING ECONOMIC indicators has been pointing to weaker growth for months, but hardly to a catastrophe or downward spiral. Economists instead perceive a steady drip-drip-drip, casting a wet blanket over...
A DRIP is a program, run by a public corporation that allows individuals to make cash purchases of stock and/or to reinvest dividends directly from the company. DRIP plans offer investors the option of reinvesting their cash dividends by purchasing additional shares or fractional shares. DRIPs are an excellent option...
Perhaps you knew the venerable Mountain Valley Spring Water Co. in Hot Springs was for sale. Sammons Enterprises Inc. of Dallas, which has owned the historic business since 1987, began entertaining offers in October. The buzz is growing that the Garland County concern will pass once more into...
The X65 series of ISO 16028 flush-face hydraulic couplings incorporate non-drip technology. * Designed for easy connection with minimal air inclusion * Environmentally friendly with drip-free performance * Safety lock sleeve...
CHICAGO -- Charles Carlson, editor of the DRIP Investor newsletter, says the good news for DRIP investors is that many quality multinationals offer direct-purchase plans. Read about Nike (NYSE:NKE). Click here for the full story exclusively on Zacks.com: http://at.zacks.com/?id=84
LEADING ARTICLE MPs' EXPENSES The scandal surrounding MPs' perks, in which Derek Conway emerged as the central villain in the pantomine, is not going away. On the contrary, there has been the drip-drip of unedifying disclosures about the way MPs abuse public money and their...
AFTER THE steady drip-drip of revelations about the parlous state of America's domestic security over the past month, along comes a new nightmare: the startlingly simple recipe for detonating a "dirty bomb". As we learnt yesterday, all it takes is a small quantity, not necessarily more than a teacup, of...
By William Sluis, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 14--Thanks to a boom that has generated millions of new homes since 2000, the construction industry has created a solid roof over an economy that has otherwise seemed a bit shaky. ...
DRIP companies let investors reinvest their dividends directly into more shares in the company. You can do this without incurring any commission. In most cases, the company will let you buy more shares. Many companies offer discounts of about 5% when you buy shares through the DRIPs plan. Always check...
Patent Office eases the application maze "Slow and tedious" is how Alray Sumpter Sr., president and CEO of Selma, Alabama-based Sierra International Group Inc., remembers the two-year process of patenting his Oil Drip Collector. The Collector fits under a vehicle and collects oil and other solvents that would otherwise...
PARIS AFP — Just weeks after being forced to give way to massive popular protests against its youth jobs reform, the French government is mired in another crisis that has once again cast an odour of decline over President Jacques Chirac's last year in office. For more than two...
KANCHALAN, Russia AFP — It is summer in this reindeer-herding village in northern Russia and with not an iceberg in sight, residents are acquiring a taste for bathing in the local river. "We used to have ice on the river all year round. The warming process is speeding up,"...
As the newspaper circulation scandal continues to drip and drip, last Monday Belo Corp. made a $23 million reimbursement offer to its advertisers, while on Wednesday the new publisher of Newsday met with his circulation staff and found their descriptions of the paper's circulation practices "disturbing."...
