Home-grown chain gets kudos from customers.(Quebec)(Brief article)
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- Home-grown chain gets kudos from customers.(Quebec)(Brief article)
- PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE The war at home
- Q2 2006 UNICA CORP Earnings Conference Call – Part 2.
- Cheap Brazilian beef imports are ‘subsidised by slave labour’
- Mexicans’ US wages fuel dream
Home-grown chain gets kudos from customers.(Quebec)(Brief article)
Free with registration – Chain Drug Review – AccessMyLibrary.com – May 1, 2006
(Quebec)(Brief article) –> COPYRIGHT 2006 Racher Press, Inc. LONGUEUIL, Quebec — Consumers in Quebec and across Canada continue to have a soft spot in their hearts for the Jean Coutu Group and have shown their affection by continually voting the drug chain as one of the nation’s most respected companies. Last year Leger Marketing, one of Quebec’s.
PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE The war at home
San Francisco Chronicle – May 2, 2006
That’s how we got to these large numbers so quickly. ” It’s easy to see the pro-immigrant demonstrations growing stronger in the months ahead. By contrast, the most potent criticisms against the war in Iraq come from those most directly involved or affected by it — dissident generals or fallen soldiers’ mothers, such as Cindy Sheehan. For now, immigrants are demonstrating the power of a home-grown mass movement. Louis Freedberg is a Chronicle editorial writer.
Q2 2006 UNICA CORP Earnings Conference Call – Part 2.
Free with registration – America's Intelligence Wire – AccessMyLibrary.com – May 2, 2006
RICHARD DAVIS, ANALYST, NEEDHAM & CO. : I have two questions kind of on market and development because I’m pretty clear on what’s going on in the business overall. One is, has there been any replacements of legacy vendors or is this really not a focus yet because you see plenty of white space into what you can sell at this point? Is that something that happens later on or is that something that your doing now? YUCHUN LEE: Most of our business are still replacing home grown legacy systems, and that’s what we’re seeing. Although we are seeing another wave of possible replacement business, but the bulk of our business is replacing home grown systems. RICHARD DAVIS: Got it. And then the–I just wanted to say good job on reporting cash flow because I’m a big believer that cash flow matters and some of this other stuff, let’s just say unique forms of accounting. In terms of–the same question, then a follow-up and then I’ll get back in the queue, but over the past year, which modules have sold better than expected, which ones have sold less than you would have liked? And how do you see that changing over the next 12 months? YUCHUN LEE: Yeah, what we’re seeing here is a general shift towards buying multiple modules and every quarter that goes by, we’re seeing more and more percentage of purchases involving multiple products.
Cheap Brazilian beef imports are ‘subsidised by slave labour’
Telegraph.co.uk – May 1, 2006
About 17,000 tons of frozen beef was imported into Britain last year, despite the foot and mouth restrictions, up from 15,200 tons the year before. Exports took up the slack in the beef market caused by the ban on cattle over 30 months old entering the food chain imposed during the BSE epidemic. The ending of the 30-month rule late last year should mean that some exports are displaced by home-grown cow beef, but Brazilian exporters now have a bridgehead into the British market and exports are expected to rise once the foot and mouth outbreak is over. Brazil’s export figures do not tally altogether with British import figures, suggesting that some of its beef is being sent to Europe and then passed off as indigenous meat. Kim Hayward, the policy officer for the National Beef Association, said that Quality Meat Scotland, for which she worked formerly, had meat from Ireland, Scotland and Wales DNA tested. A proportion contained DNA from Brahmin cattle, known as the Zebu, grown only in the tropics. Duff Burrell, the association’s chairman, said: “There is a fair chance that some of the beef from the areas deforested by slaves will be going to the catering trade.
Mexicans’ US wages fuel dream
Seattle Times – May 2, 2006
Sara Natividad Lustre Martinez says her brother, who manages a garlic warehouse in Huron, Calif. , also wants to come home. Erasmo Alonzo, 60, whose wife inspired the venture, came home to stay in late 2004 and recently became chief inspector of cactus grown for the plant. His wife is chief of sales. But their four children remain in Salinas. “We live in two worlds now,” said son Armando, 23, during a trip home. “A job at the new plant will be fine for those who have never worked up north.