The surveys were developed by OfficeTeam, a leading staffing service specializing in the placement of highly skilled administrative professionals. They were conducted by an independent research firm and include responses from 150 senior executives at the nation's 1,000 largest companies and 534 full- or part-time workers 18 years of age or older and employed in office environments.
National Australia Bank has begun showcasing its Britishoperations to industry analysts amidst speculation that the groupis preparing to make an acquisition.
Equity research teams from international and Australianinvestment banks are this week closely scrutinising NAB’sClydesdale and Yorkshire Bank subsidiaries as part of the bank’sefforts to promote the turn-around in the UK division since thesale of its Irish banking businesses two years ago.
Neptune Technology Group is celebrating its 35th year in Tallassee.
The plant milestone will be celebrated with a big cookout for workers in July, and T-shirts will be given out as well, said Joe Breeding, vice president of human resources.
The company also is marking its 115th year as a manufacturer. Neptune is a leading maker of water meters and advanced meter reading technology.
The company manufactured the new drive-by meter reading devices used by the city of Montgomery to read water meters, Breeding said.
Charlotte Russe will open at Eastdale Mall on July 20, something Anna Tadlock has been waiting for a long time.
Tadlock is director of marketing at the mall, and she said the new store, which features a selection of modern clothing and accessories for young women, didn’t just happen to open at the mall.
“This is a retailer that we have been seeking out,” she said. “It is someone our leasing department has been trying to get to enter our market.”
Ted the Wine Guy, a new wine shop, opened recently on Zelda Road in Montgomery. We asked owners Ted Klose and Scotty Scott a few questions about what led them to open the shop and their plans.
Q: What does your business offer? Does it offer something that wasn’t available near this location before? A: Klose: Before we opened, Montgomery did not have a store that specialized only in wine. Through tasting and research, we bring the best Read the rest of this entry »
A 30-year-old Valley man was sentenced to nine years in prison Friday for possession of child pornography, U.S. attorney Leura Canary announced.
Roger Keith Garner also is facing state charges in the attempted sodomy of a 3-year-old girl.
Garner had admitted possessing almost 90 images of children engaged in sexually explicit activities. The pictures were found on his home computer. Some of the images portrayed sadistic or masochistic conduct, according to a news release from Canary’s office.
BIRMINGHAM — Richard Scrushy, the rehabilitation king turned TV preacher, is trading his 92-foot yacht for a jailhouse bunk.
The former HealthSouth Corp. chief executive — cleared in a landmark corporate fraud trial in Birmingham but convicted on unrelated federal bribery charges in Montgomery — was sentenced Thursday night to nearly seven years in prison.
Finding the right prime to work with on a government project is a top priority if you’re a subcontractor. To find subcontract work with primes, you’ll need to know which primes currently hold government contracts and who their contact person is. Doing thorough research on your own will take up a lot of time – so how can you easily locate qualified primes and their contact details?
ALTHOUGH it heads into today’s auction as the only contender to buy Coles, Wesfarmers will “pay for certainty” to win the auction, with a generous offer pushing $17-a-share.
Although it heads into today’s 9am auction deadline as the only contender to buy all of Coles, Wesfarmers will be gunning for the immediate support of the Coles board.
To do so, the diversified company will need to surpass the $16.47-a-share price it paid when grabbing an 11.3 per cent in the retailer earlier this year. Read the rest of this entry »
General insurance giant Aviva has entered into a bancassurance agreement with Russian retail banking group MDM Bank.
Under the terms of the agreement, Aviva will provide insurance coverage for MDM cardholders, as well as life insurance and savings products as an additional service available to bank customers. The offerings will be available to Russian consumers as of September 1, 2007.
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