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Our client is a global fund with offices in Europe, North America and Asia. They invest in a range of sectors, with a focus on achieving complex operational improvements to best grow their portfolio companies. A tremendous year of fundraising saw them raise their latest fund, which doubled their AUM, with significant contributions from both retained and new LPs. They have thus far invested c. 50% of this amount.

The firm are now launching a specialist Small-Mid Cap fund, with a hard cap of $1.5bn and targeted at $1bn – it is expected to be completed soon. After bringing into two experienced PE investors at MD level, to run this fund, the team are now looking to increase resources at the Vice-President level.

This fund is to be invested out of London across both North America and Europe, with c.30% dedicated to the European market.  European investments will concentrate on the strongholds of Germany, the UK, and France, with opportunistic investments to be assessed in the Benelux, Spain, Italy and the Nordics.

Our client always takes a controlling stake in its investments in order to allow full operational improvements, and due to the previous sector expertise of the team will be focusing on opportunities within the Industrials, Business Services and related Tech sectors.

The team will target companies with an EBITDA of <$40-50mn and revenues of <$500mn, and will prioritise investments where they feel they are best able to add value through complex operational carve-outs, local business internationalisation, or strategic and operational transformation.

As the VP in this team, you will be expected to become the lynchpin of its operations, by managing 2-3 processes at a time and linking together all aspects of the deals from top to bottom.

You will be increasingly involved in BD and origination as you develop within the firm, with a focus on execution prevalent from day 1. You will also receive the opportunity to stay involved with your portfolio companies throughout the entire life cycle of the deal, in tandem with our clients’s specialist operations team.

This Opportunity will offer you:

  • The chance to become a key cog in an entrepreneurial but humble team within a successful and established firm.
  • High levels of responsibility within a lean team structure.
  • Exposure across the investment life cycle.
  • Broad geographical focus.
  • Strong personal development through working closely with experienced senior individuals.
  • Carry on investments you are involved in.

  • c.2-4 years building up a solid technical skillset within Investment Banking, before spending c.3-6 years as an associate in Private Equity.
  • Previous experience within Industrials/Business Services.
  • Related geographical exposure, with a focus on Europe and North America.
  • Previous lower-mid market experience would be ideal.
  • German language fluency would be advantageous.
  • Able to sponsor candidates which are of exceptional quality and meet the requirements above.

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The library provides resources, instruction, and services supporting the college curriculum and enhancing the intellectual, professional, cultural, and personal growth of the college community. The library encourages discovery, critical thinking and the life of the mind.

Click on the links below to access specific library policies.

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The libraries of the colleges of DCCCD make up a multilibrary system that stretches to the far corners of Dallas County and beyond. Each library serves its own students and staff as well as the local community in its area. Although each has its own unique personality, they all participate in cooperative efforts to improve efficiency and serve their users better.

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New York State’s New Cybersecurity Requirements for Financial Services Companies (Banks, Insurance Companies and Insurance Agencies) (MLC776E)

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The New York State Department of Financial Services has issued new cybersecurity requirements for financial services companies – defined to include New York-chartered banks, Department of Financial Services-authorized branches of out-of-country foreign banks, and New York-licensed insurance companies and insurance agencies. Compliance with some requirements is required by August 28, 2017. Is your company prepared to comply?

This session with attorney Chrys Lemon will help you understand and comply with New York’s new cybersecurity requirements. Under the regulations, covered entities will have to conduct a cybersecurity risk assessment, develop and implement a cybersecurity program, adopt other cybersecurity practices, and ensure third-party service providers have adequate cybersecurity programs in place.

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners is looking to New York State’s cybersecurity regulation as the basis for its development of an insurance data security model law, for adoption by other states. New York’s regulation likely will also guide other states’ banking regulators. Thus, an understanding of New York State’s cybersecurity regulations will help your bank and insurance cybersecurity and compliance officers develop and implement multi-state programs for this important area of security for financial services companies. You will receive checklists, charts and calendars that completely detail all the regulatory requirements in an easy-to-use format.

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Discussion in 'Economics' started by forforex, Oct 8, 2006.

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    Who can explain me this:

    Enterprise value 735 mil
    Gross profit 111 mil
    Diluted EPS 1.07
    Qtrly Earnings grwth 93%
    Qtrly Revenue growth 6.4%??????????? I dont get this
    Return on Assets 2.4% ?????????????? i dont get this
    Return on equity 5.2% ??????????????? I dont get this

    How is that possible with all those statistics 111 mil profit and qtrly earning growth 93% revenue growth only 6.4%
    and they return on assets just 2.4%?????? What am I missing?
  2. v strange indeed and maybe mistake. to get the earnings growth to go up that much with paltry revenue growth i guess they found magical way to cut costs? what company is this?
  3. Which stock is it? It's not clear to me based on the information you provided that there is a problem here. There's nothing unusual in getting a big shift in profits off a 6.4% increase in sales.

    Profits are more volatile than revenue because in many companies a large fraction of costs is fixed. Let's say you make a widget and it costs you $40 for the people on the manufacturing line and $10 for materials. These costs are going to move pretty much in line with how many widgets you make. Let's assume that depreciation of $10, indirect labour (management, sales) of $20, promotions and advertising of $10 and rent of $10 are all fixed, though in reality these may move a little. That widget costs $100 to make. You can sell it for $110, which nets you a profit of $10. Now, if you sell 2 widgets instead of one, the labour and materials cost will double from $50 to $100 but the remaining costs will remain the same: $50. Your total costs are now $150 but your revenue is 2 x $110 = $220 so your profit is now $220- $150 = $70. Your sales doubled but your profit went up 7x. Nice eh? OK, it's an extreme and simplified example but it show the effects of operating leverage.

    It might not be operating leverage that's behind the change in profits, of course (it would help if you told us how much sales and profits increased in absolute terms quarter-on-quarter). For example, profits in the previous quarter might have been depressed by a one-off event like a strike or an extraordinary loss of some kind. Or maybe they got a payout for (e.g.) patents used by another company, or a sale of assets. Plenty of possible reasons.

    Return on assets is a measure of how productive your assets are - how much profit you can squeeze from them. So if you have $10 in net profit from sales of $100 and you use equipment and buildings and other assets that in total cost you $500 then roughly speaking your ROA is going to be $10/$500=2%. That's not great, but it does happen. If you had a clever engineer he might be able to work out how to do the same job using less equipment and buildings so that they cost you only $100. Then your ROA would be 10%. Remember that for a manufacturing company the asset base is usually pretty big because you need lots of things to make other things. Conversely a game software company might have almost no assets - their people are hired on short-term contracts, they lease their computers and they rent an office.

    Like I said, based on the info given, these figures are not so strange.

  4. Qtrly Earnings grwth 93% - company earned lots more money this quarter than same quarter previous year.

    Qtrly Revenue growth 6.4% - company sold more goods and services this quarter than same quarter previous year, maybe a lot more.

    Return on Assets 2.4% - company has $ 111 million / 0.024 = $ 4.625 billion in assets

    Return on equity 5.2% - company has $ 111 million / 0.052 = $ 2.135 billion in equity

    Debt is assets - equity $ 4.625 billion - $ 2.135 billion = $ 2.49 billion.

    The debt might be important. If the company reduced it's debt burden, or replaced high interest debt with lower interest debt then the savings might appear as an increase in earnings with small increase in sales revenue.

    You might examine the earnings of the previous year to learn if they are low.

    I am confused by "enterprise value" = $ 735 million since I calculate equity as $ 2.135 billion, about three times greater. You might examine how enterprise value is defined. Maybe enterprise value is a stock valuation.
  5. zdreg

    please explain why you don't do a search to find a definition of enterprise value?


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Anti-Islam toy guns seized in Dibba

Authorities in Dibba seized nearly 100 Chinese-made toy guns which offend Islam by mocking the wife of the Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him), the Arabic language daily 'Al Bayan' reported on Wednesday.

The guns, sold in shops, were found to be issuing sounds that sneer and insult Aisha, a few days after an Emirati female activist said she found one such gun in a shop in Bani Yas just outside Abu Dhabi city.“We have seized around 100 of those guns and we are now conducting an investigation on how they were brought into the UAE,” the paper said, quoting Khaled Danhani, head of the commercial licences at Dibba Municipality.

In Saudi Arabia, police said last week they had seized nearly 1,500 Chinese-made toy guns at a local market found to be issuing sounds that abuse Aisha, one of the most venerated women in Islam.Members of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice seized the toys during a raid on a shopping centre in the western town of Jeddah.

“The guns were found to be issuing sounds which are considered mocking and offending against the Prophet’s wife,” newspapers said, quoting Commission spokesman in Jeddah, Turki Al Zahrani.

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Codename Revolution has the scoop on Nintendo Power's January issue. Highlights include:

  • Wii Play confirmed for January (North America); bundled with Wiimote
  • The BIGS (2K/Big Castle) will feature online play; not scheduled for release until Q3 2007
  • WarioWare: Smooth Moves to feature 'pass-the-Wiimote' 12-player multiplayer and Mii integration
  • Interview with Castlevania producer Koji Igarashi: "For me, the Wii controller doesn't yet connect with the core gameplay of Castlevania. I definitely don't want to make a game with gimmicky controls where you swing the controller like a whip..."

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Next week's Rock Band Weekly has been revealed through Harmonix's Rock Band "community zine," sent through the intertubes by email. The great thing about the zine is that it gives an idea of what tracks to expect next week. The problem is that it doesn't give prices for tracks or packs. We'd guess standard rates apply, but we can't say for sure right now. We'll update when the "official" announcement is made tomorrow and add prices.

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  • "Hey John, What's Your Name Again?" -- The Devil Wears Prada (160 / $2)
  • "Image of the Invisible" -- Thrice (160 / $2)
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  • "Headknocker" (160 / $2)
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  • "Weapon of Choice" -- Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (160 / $2)
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According to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration, car crashes from impaired driving due to alcohol consumption spike over the holiday period. This shouldn't be much of a surprise, as it's the time of year that people generally go to more parties than normal and enjoy the company of friends and family with good food and drink. However, thanks to our iPhones and some innovative technology from a host of companies, we now have it in our power to know without a doubt if we've had too much to drink before we even get behind the wheel.

The BACtrack Mobile Breathalyzer from BACtrack is the world's first Bluetooth mobile breathalyzer that allows anyone to check their own or a friend's blood alcohol content from an iPhone or Android device. The BACtrack Mobile Breathalyzer itself is no bigger than a pack a cigarettes. The user simply breathes into it and his or her blood alcohol level is calculated, with its results being sent to the companion BACtrack app.

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The iPhone app makes it easy to read your results in numerical format, but it also gives you a written warning, such as "You may be experiencing a loss of shyness and slight euphoria." However, instead of just telling you how inebriated you are, the app also allows you to track it over a period of time -- and, more importantly -- can tell you when your BAC will return to 0.00 percent so you can drive again.

The app also allows you take photos of your drinks and log your drinking habits in a built-in journal. You can share your BAC results with a private list of people, anonymously on the web (contributing to real-time BAC results around the world, which you can view) or via your social networks on Twitter and Facebook. The social integration may seem odd, but it can help notify your friends that you need a ride home when you are too drunk to drive.

BACtrack has been a global leader in breathalyzer technology for more than a decade and the engineering that went into its BACtrack Mobile Breathalyzer shows it. Its mobile breathalyzer uses an industry-leading Xtend ElectroChemical Fuel Cell Sensor, which is a police-grade cell. The company says it is not only appropriate for personal use, but professional use as well, including in military, hospital, clinical, business and school settings. The BACtrack Mobile Breathalyzer displays BAC results to a full three decimal places (0.000 percent). It measures 1.75 x 2.75 x 0.63 inches and weighs just 1.75 ounces (47 grams). It's rechargeable via the included micro-USB charger.

The BACtrack Mobile Breathalyzer isn't a gift for everyone. Indeed, it may offend some people if they receive it. However, it'd be great to see bar and pub owners keeping one of these behind the bar. It also gives those responsible drinkers another option for keeping tabs on their fun and alerting them when it's time to let someone else get behind the wheel.

The BACtrack Mobile Breathalyzer costs US$149.99. The BACtrack app is a free download. It's one of the few iPhone accessories that can actually save a life this holiday season.

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Patch 5.4.7 has brought a lot of intentional changes, and a couple of things that seem unintentional. The level 90 boost appeared briefly with a very high price point between restarts, and now, as the patch goes live for real, it seems that all refer-a-friend mounts have been removed from players' mount panes.

So it seems the mounts will be returning to players as soon as the developers can work out this bug. We've also heard reports that players who logged out while flying on RAF mounts are falling to their deaths.

This appears to apply to the Rocket, the Nightwing and the Zhevra as well as any other rewards received from refer-a-friend. WoW Insider has all their Spectral mounts from the Scroll of Resurrection intact, so the bug with that is clearly not affecting everyone.

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What can follow a verb – Part II

Some verbs do not make complete sense without an expression of place. Examples are: live, get off etc.

She lives in Chicago.
He fell off the ladder.
She got off the bus.

Copular verbs

Some verbs are followed not by an object, but by a subject complement. These are called copular verbs.

He is a genius.
That looks beautiful.
I felt an idiot.

Verb + verb structures

Many verbs can be followed by forms of other verbs. Some verbs can be followed by infinitives (with or without to), some by -ing forms, some by past participles and some by clauses. Many verbs can be followed by two or more of these structures. It is necessary to know which structures are possible after each verb.

I enjoy swimming in the sea. (NOT I enjoy to swim in the sea.)
I hope to see him soon.
You seem to have upset her. (NOT You seem having upset her.)

Common verbs that can be followed by infinitives include the following:
afford, agree, appear, arrange, ask, attempt, beg, begin, care, choose, consent, continue, dare, decide, expect, fail, forget, go on, happen, hate, help, hesitate, hope, intend, learn, like, love, manage, mean, neglect, offer, prefer, prepare, pretend, promise, propose, refuse, regret, remember, seem, start, trouble, try, want, wish

Common verbs that can be followed by an -ing form are:
admit, appreciate, avoid, consider, contemplate, delay, deny, detest, dislike, endure, enjoy, escape, excuse, face, fancy, finish, forgive, imagine, involve, mention, mind, miss, postpone, practise, put off, resent, resist, risk, stand, suggest, understand

Mother suggested consulting a doctor. (NOT Mother suggested to consult a doctor.)
I enjoy singing. (NOT I enjoy to sing.)
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24 I hope to see you in passing as I go dto Spain, and eto be helped on my journey there by you, once I have enjoyed your company for a while.

and perhaps I will stay with you or even spend the winter, so that you may mhelp me on my journey, wherever I go.

11 So vlet no one despise him. wHelp him on his way xin peace, that he may return to me, for I am expecting him with the brothers.

16 I wanted to visit you eon my way to Macedonia, and to come back to you from Macedonia and have you send me on my way to Judea.

13 Do your best to speed Zenas the lawyer and wApollos on their way; see that they lack nothing.

who testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their journey in a manner gworthy of God.

15 dThose who conducted Paul brought him as far as eAthens, and after receiving a command ffor Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they departed.


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With Treasury yields declining, these should be go-go days for interest rate-sensitive preferred stocks and exchange traded funds. The iShares U.S. Preferred Stock ETF (NYSEArca: PFF) and the PowerShares Preferred Portfolio (NYSEArca: PGX), each with trailing 12-month dividend yields in the area of 6%, are among the marquee preferred ETFs.

Preferred stocks are a type of hybrid security that show bond- and equity-esque characteristics. The shares are issued by financial institutions, utilities and telecom companies, among others. Within the securities hierarchy, preferreds are senior to common stocks but junior to corporate bonds. Additionally, preferred stocks issue dividends on a regular basis, but investors are unlikely to enjoy capital appreciation on par with common shares.

PFF is down nearly 7% year-to-date. The iShares preferred ETF and rival preferred funds are being dragged lower by declines in the financial services sector, the group that accounts for the bulk of preferred issuance.

“Most preferreds are issued by financial companies. Preferreds are subordinate to bonds and loans, but ahead of equities, in the capital structure. Bottom line — preferreds are only as secure as the banks that issue them. U.S. banks are much more well-capitalized now than they were doing the financial crisis.  That means U.S. preferreds should do just fine  in the long run and the sell-off could turn out to be a buying opportunity — once it stops,” reports Amey Stone for Barron’s.

While preferred stocks provide investors with an attractive source of yields, potential investors should keep in mind that the assets are vulnerable in a rising interest rate environment. If rates rise, the holdings must decline in price to elevate their yield to attractive levels. Furthermore, most preferred stocks are either perpetual or long-dated, which exposes investors to significant interest-rate risk. [Evaluating Preferred ETFs Ahead of a Rate Hike]

Like bonds, preferreds are sold at par value, or offer a fixed or floating rate of income, so prices fluctuate with interest rates.

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EU lawmakers vote stricter data privacy rules

Servers seen in a data centre. [Reuters]

Lawmakers in the European Parliament’s civil liberties committee voted to strengthen Europe's data protection laws on Monday (21 October), including plans to impose fines of up to €100 million on companies such as Yahoo!, Facebook or Google if they break the rules.

The vote in parliament's civil liberties committee opens the way for further negotiations with EU countries and the European Commission on the plans, the first revision to Europe's data laws since 1995.

In the nearly two decades since then, vast changes have taken place in how data is generated, stored, shared and viewed, leaving lawmakers determined to get ahead of the game and draft rules that they say will better protect individuals.

"The European Parliament has just given its full backing to a strong and uniform European data protection law that will cut costs for business and strengthen the protection of our citizens: one continent, one law," said EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding.

In its legislative proposal unveiled in early 2012, the Commission suggested sanctions of up to 2% of global turnover on companies that violate the rules, and said consumers should have the "right to be forgotten" – that they should be able to remove their entire digital traces from the Internet.

The parliament's civil liberties committee has come up with nearly 4,000 amendments to the original plan, including increasing the fine to 5% of annual worldwide turnover or €100 million, whichever is greater.

The changes also mean the replacement of the "right to be forgotten" with "the right of erasure", seen as a lesser obligation.

Officials said the change in language was necessary as consultations with technology companies had made clear that it would impossible to entirely remove someone's traces from the Internet. Individuals should not be promised something that could not be achieved, the officials said.

The regulation on data in the 28 countries that make up the European Union will establish, when finalised, a single, pan-European law for data protection, replacing the current inconsistent patchwork of national laws. Companies will deal with one law, not 28.

"The benefits are estimated at €2.3 billion per year," the Commission said in a statement.

Parliament, in line with the Commission's proposals, also wants to impose strict rules on how data is shared or transferred to non-EU countries. For example, if the United States wants access to information held by Google or Yahoo! about a European citizen based in Europe, the firm would have to seek authorisation from a European data authority first.

That would establish an extra, EU-controlled gateway that might go some way to assuaging the profound concerns raised in Europe about U.S. data spying activities revealed via the leaks from former U.S. data analyst Edward Snowden.

Facebook, Yahoo!, Google and other Internet-based firms, the vast majority of them American, have lobbied against the Commission's proposal, concerned it will damage their business model by imposing an extra, costly burden on how they handle data, and limit their ability to target goods at consumers.

U.S. authorities are also worried that if Europe establishes strict new data rules, countries in Latin America, the Middle East, Africa and Asia will tend towards the European model, setting a higher global data-protection threshold.

That would leave the United States either having to offer the same protections or lobbying to get countries to adopt its less rigid code of protection, creating an uneven playing field that could dent the competitiveness of U.S. firms.

"Tonight's vote also sends a clear signal: as of today, data protection is made in Europe," Reding said in a statement.

Negotiations with EU member states and the European Commission on the law are to start later this year or early in 2014. EU leaders will discuss the issue at a summit in Brussels on Oct. 24-25 and could give some indication then of how quickly they want to proceed.

The aim is to have the legislation agreed before May, when the assembly breaks up and new European Parliament elections are held. However, EU officials are not convinced this is feasible.

The European Commission published in January 2012 a broad legislative package aimed at safeguarding personal data across the EU.

The package consists of two legislative proposals: a general regulation on data protection (directly applicable in all member states) and a specific directive (to be transposed into national laws) on data protection in the area of police and justice.

The two proposals have been discussed extensively in the European Parliament and the Council and are due to be voted on by the Parliament in the near future.

The new rules propose to include provisions catering for the right to be forgotten, data portability and access to personal data. But deputies are struggling to agree on around 4,000 amendments, some directly copy-pasted from corporate entities into the draft, possibly stalling the orientation vote in the civil liberties committee again.

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Harry and Louise may have switched sides, but that’s no excuse, in our book, for the health insurance industry to resort to misrepresenting polls as it argues against inclusion of a public plan in health care overhaul proposals on Capitol Hill.

Karen Ignani, the head of industry trade group America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), told lawmakers that “77 percent of Americans are satisfied with their existing health insurance coverage,” according to today’s Washington Post. That’s a statistic plucked from a June survey by CBS News and the New York Times. But, as the Post also points out, a look at the responses to other questions in the poll does more to undermine the industry’s argument than support it.

For instance, when asked whether they favored creation of a government-administered health plan to compete with the private insurance industry, 72 percent of respondents said yes, while only 20 percent said no.

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FactCheck Mailbag, Week of Oct. 11-17

This week, readers sent us comments about Herman Cain’s “9-9-9” tax plan and deficit spending in the United States.

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About the “9-9-9” Plan …

Your review of the 9-9-9 plan [“Cain’s ‘Fiscal Hocus Pocus,’ ” Oct. 13] seems to leave out some very important factors.

  1. The plan would greatly increase revenues from foreign visitors who, today, pay no federal taxes.
  2. It would also create new revenues from illegal aliens and others who work off the books. Today, those people would pay neither payroll taxes, nor income taxes, as they could not file for off-the-books income.
  3. It would be harder to cheat on flat taxes or sales taxes.
  4. It would be harder, if not impossible, to avoid taxes by avoiding purchases of most items.

All of these would increase revenues, which was not mentioned in your cited analysis.

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I enjoy reading your site and appreciate the difficult work your organization does to check the facts on statements made by our politicians. I was somewhat surprised that you labeled one statement as untrue by Bachmann [“Recycled Spin at New Hampshire GOP Debate,” Oct. 14], which was clearly correct, according to the evidence you presented.

You labeled Bachmann’s statement that “[w]e are spending 40 percent more than what we take in,” as untrue. You then presented as evidence a calculation that showed the correct percentage to be more precisely 37.4 percent. Forty percent is the same as 37.4 percent except that it has been rounded to one significant figure. Her statement is not incorrect. Similarly, your own statement that the correct percentage is 37 percent is also correct. Neither your rounding, nor Bachmann’s, is incorrect. Further, her rounding of the figure is not even misleading considering that it is unlikely that people would draw a strong distinction between 37 percent and 40 percent. Finally, considering that one month of data is still to be added to this year’s calculation of tax collection and spending, it would even be considered advisable not to present the figures too precisely since there is still a considerable margin of error in what the final figure may be.

Bachmann makes enough outrageously untrue statements that it seems unnecessary to classify additional statements she makes as false when they are not.

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HOW THEY MET: Pauline and Alasdair first met in Austin’s pub in Falkirk about 10 years ago. They have been together ever since.

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Postby merc » Thu Mar 09, 2006 3:22 pm

Uh, DOH!!! How dumb am I.

Thanks chadlincoln for help with the DL roster slot.

I wonder if there is someone who wasn't drafted because of a recent surgery, who will be a valuable starter in a few months once he recovers from his injury. Are there any players who are already on the DL now, and who I could add and hide via my DL roster spot now? Or, do I have to wait till opening day to find the players listed as being on the DL?

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Many do that. They pick up people who start on the DL (although yahoo won't list that until the season begins) and then shift them to the lineup when they are ready. So you could draft someone you know is injured, shift them to DL when the season begins and then fill the empty spot with a real player.
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Ulster Farmers’ Union president, Barclay Bell, says dairy farmers are ‘rightly frustrated and angry’ at the derisory milk price increase delivered by local processors.

He claims they are lagging far behind their counterparts south of the border and in Great Britain, and has warned they cannot take farmer loyalty for granted when that is not being returned.

Mr Bell added: “We have been meeting with processors, making clear that farmers expect a realistic price increase to reflect the weakening of sterling and a general improvement in dairy markets. We believed they had taken this message on board, but what they have delivered is a smack on the teeth for their farmer suppliers. They have lived with 18 months plus of extreme cash flow pressure and had genuine cause now to believe better times had finally arrived.”

He added that the UFU would now take a tougher line with processors. “We have attempted to work with them for the good of the industry – but I think our approach now needs to be more hostile and critical. It is clear the interests of farmers are well down their list of priorities,” said the UFU president.

The UFU says it had been assured by processors that market improvements would be passed on to farmers as soon as possible. It says however this is not happening, citing gains enjoyed by dairy farmers elsewhere. “Dairy cooperatives south of the border are responding more positively to events on global markets – and they are losing out, rather than gaining from the weakness of sterling. Prices are also rising sharply in Great Britain – to the degree that some processors here are buying cheap from local farmers and selling milk on a booming spot market for up to 35 pence a litre. This only adds to a sense that the processors are determined to restore their own profits, with no thought for the farmers they rely on to have a business,” said Mr Bell.

The UFU carries out its own regular calculation of what the milk price should be, based on market returns and currency rates. That index is pointing to a minimum price increase of two pence a litre, when processors and delivering just about half that, with signs they are determined to continue holding back price increases. “This is not equitable or fair – and farmers are rightly angered by how they are being treated,” said Mr Bell.


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“Downsizing Flexibility Champions”—Alternatives to Layoffs Honor Roll (Updated 5/29/09)

On the “Using Workplace Flexibility as Part of a Downsizing Strategy” Flex Options teleconference for the U.S. Department of Labor Women’s Bureau (transcript now available here), I announced that I was going to start a list honoring organizations that used workplace flexibility to manage costs and minimize layoffs.

On the “Using Workplace Flexibility as Part of a Downsizing Strategy” Flex Options teleconference for the U.S. Department of Labor Women’s Bureau (transcript now available here), I announced that I was going to start a list honoring organizations that used workplace flexibility to manage costs and minimize layoffs.

The goal is to inspire other leaders to work with their employees and create innovative strategies to flexibly manage through this crisis beyond the knee-jerk “cut” of mass layoffs.

Here’s a perfect example of how opening the dialogue with employees can result in creative solutions to reduce costs and avoid job cuts.  A colleague sits on the board of a not-for-profit.  During their last meeting, it was decided that the organization needed to make dramatic cost reductions.  Immediately, the director said, “I’m going to have to layoff people, but before I do that let me ask everyone if they have any other ideas.”  To her surprise, seven of the 20 staff members offered to reduce their schedule and pay.  And with that, she was able to avoid the layoffs she feared she was going to have to make.

Whether it’s reducing pay and schedules, telecommuting to save real estate costs, adding unpaid vacation days to the calendar, job sharing, having former employees consult on a project-basis or offering sabbaticals/furloughs, there are many creative applications of flexibility as part of a downsizing strategy.  And it’s not just an “option to consider,” but a matter of global stability.  Not to mention using that same flexibility to achieve the other important resource management, cost-cutting, client service, productivity and innovation goals I’ve written about in previous posts (here, here, and here).

The List – The Downsizing Flexibility Champions (Updated 5/29/09)

The following have been identified from conversations, emails sent to me and articles.  I will continue to add to the list, so please send me your examples:

Union Pacific Corp:Railway keep 1/3 of 5,000 furloughed workers on retainer with full benefits and partial wages to avoid repeating mistake in 2004 when caught unprepared by unexpected recovery.

Continental Airlines:Saves some call center jobs by having agents work remotely, taking leaves of absence, or making a transfer.

Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower: Issues guidelines encouraging employers to use flexible downsizing strategies to minimize layoffs.

KPMG (UK)–Four-day week for 13 weeks and offered voluntary 1 to 3 month sabbatical at 30% pay

Gleneagles/Diagio (UK)–voluntary severance, unpaid leave, reduced working hours

LDV Vans (UK)–workers took 10% pay cut and accepted a three-day week as well as had their bonuses canceled.

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center–under the leadership of CEO, Paul Levy, employees are giving up pay and benefits to avoid layoffs.

Norton Rose–London-based law firm is instituting a four-day workweek at 85% pay and/or a paid sabbatical for four to 12 weeks at 30% pay.

B and W Tailer Hitches–owner, Joe Works, continues to pay employees even though there is less work, but allows them to donate their time making needed repairs in their town.

R.D. Jones–a Baltimore interior design firm instituted a four-day workweek after a two week furlough and and a 20% cut in salaries.

Australia’s Federal Industry Minister–“wants unions to help struggling manufacturers by accepting job-saving deals in which workers work shorter hours or accept other flexible arrangements to reduce labour costs as an alternative to outright sackings.”

Vera Institute of Justice–cut the workweek of 5 of 130 full-time employees to three days a week.

Shinchang Electrics Co., South Korea–reduced wages by 20% in exhange for no layoffs among its 810 workers this year.

A Canadian United Steelworkers union–600 salaried employees agreed to a four-day work week to avoid layoffs.

U.S. Bank – may reduce pay and hours to cut expenses 5%.

Global Tungsten & Powders–1,000 workers taking unpaid furloughs.

The Financial Times—offering staff the chance to work three days a week over the summer.

The Sigma Group, an advertising agency, is offering employees part-time hours and even monthly sabbaticals.

Accenture—”announced a voluntary sabbatical program known as “Flexleave.” Offered to about 1,400 consultants mostly in the United States, the program gives them 20 percent of their salaries and continues benefits over a six- to 12-month period. Stock options remain in place for those who took the offer. The only caveat: while employees may take another job during their leave, they can’t work for a competitor.”

Cisco Systems—”offered the 8,500 employees it laid off in April an unusual deal as well. Instead of a severance package, affected employees can receive a third of their salaries, all benefits, and stock-option awards while working for one year at a not-for-profit group already associated with the company.”

415 Productions—”the company offered either an overall 5 percent pay cut, or a four-day work week reflecting the appropriate decrease in pay.”

Acxiom Corporation—”a 5 percent mandatory pay cut, plus an additional 5 percent volunteer pay cut is tempered with increased stock options.”

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel—may institute a one-week unpaid employee furlough.

Megavolt–agricultural machine re-manufacturer–moved in October to a “shared work program” of three 10-hour days a week as a way to cope with the downturn. While workers keep their jobs, the lost 10 hours each week is nonetheless enough for them to be eligible for state unemployment benefits in Missouri, where Megavolt is located.

Federal Express–announced a permanent 5 percent pay cut for 36,000 salaried, exempt employees nationwide.

Dell–nearing the end of nearly 9,000 job cuts, has asked employees to consider taking up to five days of unpaid vacation, is offering voluntary severance packages and has instituted a global hiring freeze.

Hewlett-Packard Co.–cut salaries by 2.5% to 20% and reduced contributions to employee 401(k) plans. Last year, HP asked employees to take unpaid vacation days and extended a planned holiday shutdown to two weeks.

Corning— maker of glass for flat-panel screens froze hiring and cut discretionary spending. In the fall, it shifted many employees to four-day workweeks and began eliminating 1,400 temporary and contract workers.

Arizona State University—furlough staff 9 to 15 days by end of June, estimated will save $25 million and avoid layoffs of 1,000 administrative personnel.

University of Maryland—20,000 employees 6 days without pay based on their salary, which protects the lowest paid employees.

Port of Seattle—800 nonunion workers for two weeks, estimated savings $2.9 million, and they are in negotiations with unions for more savings.

Ashland, Inc.—two week furlough, first time in history, for nearly all salaried employees in U.S. and Canada.

Clemson University—furloughing all employees for 5 days and set up a relief fund for low-wage employees.

Pella Corp—2,400 employees will have one scheduled furlough week, every four to six weeks with state unemployment brought in to subsidize workers for days not paid.
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