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Analyst research study, "Escalating Risks and Costs of Managing
Wage and Hour Regulatory Compliance" and find out:
- Why RIFs and lingering job losses are increasing companies'
compliance exposure and costs.
- What you can do to close the gap between HR risk management policies
and practice.
- How workforce management automation can help you address critical
risk areas -- like auditable labor records -- and compliance cost
management challenges.
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A new coalition of U.S. manufacturers is taking on the task of
monitoring compliance by companies hit with antidumping orders. The
Coalition for Enforcement of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders
claims it has evidence that some companies are deliberately evading the
duties, and costing the U.S. Treasury at least $84 million.
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The claim alleges that Toyota and CTS Corp., which manufactured the
parts, 'knew or ought to have known of inherent design defects.'
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The Obama administration proposed a budget of $10 billion for EPA
that includes $1.3 billion for cleanup of Superfund sites, $215 million
for cleanup of brownfields and $27 million for the agency’s new
Healthy Community Initiative.
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Each year approximately 7% of U.S. retail purchases are returned,
according to a joint study conducted by The Retail Equation and the Loss
Prevention Research Council -- adding to what Aberdeen Group research
estimates is $100 billion in supply chain expense.
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Higher sales for every brand and in every product category propelled
the growth.
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"Lots of smart people have been pondering the future of
manufacturing lately, bringing forth big ideas about how to overcome its
weaknesses and restore its dynamism. Generally, this is a good thing.
Human nature needs inspiration, and aspiration. But,..."
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"Last week ended with some cheering economic news: the total U.S.
economy grew by 5.7% in the fourth quarter of 2009 versus the third
quarter. It was the fastest rate of quarterly growth since 2003 , and
indicators show it was largely the effect of inventory..."
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"Officially, the recession of 2008-2009 is over. Stock prices are
rising, as is the overall level of industrial production. But, if the
policymakers in the federal government and the Federal Reserve Bank
think they’ve succeeded they are wrong..."
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Advance Lifts, Inc. of St. Charles, Illinois has developed a
completely new machine tool lift table design for ultra high cycle
material handling applications. When heavy loads need to be moved
quickly and with consistent repeatability and/or a lift is expected to
operate in an application which will exceed millions of cycles, an ultra
high cycle lift is the answer. In the lift structure, sliders replace
wheels for greater contact area, which reduces stress and wear.
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Daily News For February 3, 2010 