| Holiday resort slashes time for data queries
Holiday resort chain Center Parcs is using business intelligence tools to better understand its customers' behaviour. Center Parcs, which has a collection of 20 holiday villages throughout Europe, has 38 years of historical data at its disposal but until recently the company's business managers weren't able to reap the benefits of this information. Richard Verhoeff, director of ICT services and ecommerce at Center Parcs, said the company's data systems used to be slow and weren't able to handle complex requests. .
Nike ACG Outdoor Apparel Launches With Exclusive Styles Available at ...
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DICK'S Sporting Goods (NYSE: DKS) announced today the launch of Nike ACG, a diverse collection of active and outdoor apparel, with exclusive styles available at DICK'S Sporting Goods and www.DicksSportingGoods.com. Nike ACG utilizes innovative, advanced technology and a unique layering system for progressive protection, maximum comfort, and improved personal performance for active lifestyles. Men's and women's apparel includes jackets, pants, layering tees, and accessories. "Dick's Sporting Goods is thrilled to bring exclusive styles of Nike ACG apparel to the active and outdoor consumer," said Jeffrey R. Hennion, Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer of DICK'S Sporting Goods. "Nike's proprietary technology and performance fabrics reinforce to our customers the authenticity of the experience that we deliver every day.
US Horse Meat is Unsafe for Human Consumption
The other 70,000 to 80,000 will be able to stay in the market. As for the people employed by the slaughter industry: The truck drivers will drive for someone else (I see LOTS of trucks going down the road with “now hiring drivers" signs on them). The plant employees quit these places on a frequent basis anyway (it is a VERY high turnover industry), so they will get jobs wherever they normally would be employed. The plant owners are from Belgium (and rich), so I imagine they will go home or start up another business. The USDA inspectors will still work for the USDA. They will just go on to inspect other animal slaughter facilities. The REASON for slaughter is that people in Europe and Asia like to eat horses. That is it! They are entitled to do what their culture finds acceptable.
Know-It-All Wikipedia Knew Little of COO's Dark Past
Reflecting Wikipedia's own fluid and public nature, founder Jimmy Wales and other board members are now trading bits of information about Carolyn Doran on Wikipedia's own public news board. "I make this promise to you: If the currently underway audit turns up any stolen money, I will personally make a donation out of my own pocket to cover the loss," Wales wrote. Linux with a Lineage: Verio Dedicated Servers deliver SAS70 Certification for critical data security and scalability, a Tier-1 Global IP network and premier data centers, and a dedicated, certified support team. From Verio, an industry leader with more than 500,000 business customers. Make the move. .
Tech Pathfinders to Watch in 2008
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Profit drops at Samsung Electronics
Makers of dynamic random access memory, or DRAM chips, used in personal computers, are betting that spending cutbacks from cash-starved manufacturers and improving demand will eventually salvage the sector this year. But the recovery, when it happens, is likely to be a bumpy one. An expected oversupply is also darkening the outlook for NAND flash memory, used in gadgets such as digital cameras and music players. On the bright side, Samsung's LCD unit had another strong quarter, with margins rising to 21 percent after the third quarter's 17 percent and 10 percent in the year-ago period. LCD makers look set to enjoy a strong year following industry-wide investment cuts in 2007. On Monday, smaller rival LG.Philips LCD reported its highest-ever quarterly profit on solid demand and tight supplies.
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