Daily News For March 19, 2010

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Today's Daily News

Small and Mid-sized Companies See Signs of Recovery
Despite rising energy costs and dim employment data, small and mid-sized manufacturers see signs for optimism, according to a new survey of CFOs. The top supply chain strategy for weathering the recession has been reducing inventory levels. Click to continue

Terex Divesting Atlas Heavy Construction Equipment
Equipment builder agrees to sell crawlers, wheel and rail excavators, knuckle-boom truck loader cranes and material handlers. Click to continue

Manufacturing Production Rebounds Says Industry Group
MAPI says most sectors will improve in 2010 and 2011 Click to continue

Post-Katrina, a Wave of Optimism Floods New Orleans
More than four years after Hurricane Katrina submerged 80% of New Orleans, the Crescent City may be on the precipice of yet another perfect storm. Click to continue

United Natural Foods Adopts Fuel-Cell-Powered Lift Truck Fleet
By June 2010, the retail grocery distributor will begin operating 65 GenDrive fuel-cell-powered lift trucks in its 352,000-square foot Sarasota distribution center. Click to continue

U.S. Consumer Prices Flat in February
Lower fuel prices kept consumer price index unchanged. Click to continue

Israeli Drugmaker Teva Purchases Ratiopharm
The combined entity will hold the leading market position in 10 European markets. Click to continue

Nestle Drops Indonesian Supplier After Greenpeace Demonstration
The company severed ties with Sinar Mas, a palm oil producer. Click to continue

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Toyota And Tiger: Twin Trainwrecks For 2010
"...both Tiger and Toyota committed the cardinal sin of reneging on brand credibility..." Click to continue

Small Business Optimism Drops in February -- Is Washington, D.C. to Blame?
"The persistence of Index readings below 90 is unprecedented since surveys were started in 1986...." Click to continue

The Supernatural Supply Chain -- It's a SCARY Place!
"A few months ago, I blogged about zombies in the supply chain. Now, it turns out, Zombies aren't your only problem. Now you need to worry about ghosts!..." Click to continue

Survey Says: CEOs are Concerned with Reducing Cost and Reducing Risk
"You want to reduce inventory levels for the excess, slow move and no move categories, not the active category..." Click to continue

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Product Spotlight

ICS ELECTRONICS: Ethernet to Digital Interface Board
Today ICS Electronics announced a new Ethernet to Digital Interface Board for controlling digital devices over a company network or over the Internet. Called the Model 8003, this small new Interface Board provides 40 digital IO lines that the user can control from any computer with a NIC interface or from a TCP/IP network. Typical applications for the 8003 are interfacing digital devices, controlling relay matrices or acting as an Ethernet interface for a test chassis or instruments. Click to continue

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