share: digg facebook twitter WASHINGTON (AP) — The devastating tornadoes that swept across Alabama and other southern states Wednesday caused widespread power outages, shut down several large manufacturing plants and could disrupt the region's fragile economic recovery. If those parts suppliers are badly damaged, auto production in the region could face a longer disruption. The tornado damage compounds troubles for the auto industry, which is already experiencing parts shortages from factories in Japan that were damaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Managers at the Mercedes-Benz factory in Tuscaloosa County, Ala., decided to stop car and truck production and send workers home Wednesday night so they could help friends and family members deal with the tornado damage, said Felyicia Jerald, spokeswoman for the factory about 30 miles from Tuscaloosa. [...] parts supply companies in the area are without electricity, so the company plans to keep the factory closed until Monday. A Toyota Motor Co. engine plant in Huntsville, Ala., which employs about 800 people, shut down last night and will stay closed through Friday, a company spokesman said. Separately, Alabama's agriculture commissioner said the tornadoes and storms caused multi-million-dollar damage to the poultry industry in north ... Ordinary Yemenis are suffering as food and fuel prices rise – and aid programmes are desperately short of funds Political unrest in Yemen continues. But for ordinary people, life must go on against a backdrop of escalating food and fuel prices, and growing hardship. Jasmeen (not her real name) is a cleaner living in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa. She is desperately worried about the current situation, she says. High food and fuel prices mean Jasmeen and her family often only eat one meal a day; usually either bread or rice. She can no longer afford luxuries such as beans or eggs. She says she has recently heard a rumour that food prices are soon to drop and is clinging to that hope. Otherwise, Jasmeen mournfully tells Oxfam, she is not sure how she and her six children will survive once the small supply of grain, rice, oil, and sugar she has stockpiled runs out. I am worried that Jasmeen's hope of lower prices is misplaced. Rises in the price of most staple goods show no signs of abating under current political and economic pressures. The recent harvest has helped ease things in the short term, and ... There's been a fair amount of talk this session about examining different types of tax exemptions, all of which combine to cost Texas billions in revenue, but there's one type of exemption for which I have not seen any discussion: Tax breaks for agriculture. There's an awful lot of property in Texas that get large [...] Family Dollar names VP of real estate development Pretty much every major city in the UK now has its own 'urban festival' and Leeds is no exception. With some of this year's biggest new names (**James Blake, Anna Calvi, Trophy Wife**), some DiS favourites (**Frightened Rabbit, The Twilight Sad, Pulled Apart by Horses, Futureheads**) and a shit-tonne of local talent (**Bear Mask, Dinosaur Pile-Up, Honour Before Glory**), as well as some brand new acts that DiS is nodding knowingly at their inclusion on the line-up (**Star Slinger, Let's Buy Happiness, Lanterns on the Lake, Still Corners, Catherine A.D.**), this year's Live at Leeds is more than _a bit good_. (Scott) Jean Yarbrough is the esteemed professor of political science at Bowdoin College and the author of _American Virtues: Thomas Jefferson on the Character of a Free People_. She has forwarded an email message from the Flag Ladies of Freeport seeking financial support for their observation of the tenth anniversary of 9/11. JoAnn Miller and Elaine Green -- two of the three Flag Ladies of Freeport -- write: > We the Freeport Flag Ladies need your help! > > This year being the 10th anniversary of the events of 9-11 we are working to put on three days of events to commemorate [it]. We have been working very hard for several months and we find due to the economy and many other circumstances that we need to turn to the general public to raise the funds needed for this event. We need to raise $30,000 and we are turning to each of you to ask for your help. This event is non-political -- it is about remembering our past, honoring our heroes. We will be asking each of you to place a $1.00 bill in an envelope and send it to the: > > The Freeport Flag Ladies 9-11 ... A statement from the Harman family: > Sidney Harman died last night of complications from acute myeloid leukemia at the young age of almost 93. He first learned of his illness one month ago and remained vigorously engaged as Executive Chairman of Newsweek, and Chairman of the Academy for Polymathic Study at the University of Southern California. He died in Washington, D.C., a city he loved and supported in so many ways, surrounded by his wife and children. Funeral arrangements will be private. Celebrations of Sidney's extraordinary life will be held both in Washington and Los Angeles, at dates still to be determined. The Daily Beast: > A little less than a year ago I picked up my phone one day at Newsweek and a man at the other end identified himself as Sidney Harman. He told me that his rich friends all thought he was crazy but he intended to buy the magazine from the Washington Post Company. > > I was intrigued by Sidney's ideas and, like so many who encountered him, soon enough impressed at his charm and astonishing vigor. He strode quickly into a room, tanned and fit, offered a firm mogul handshake ... BREVARD, N.C. (AP) — Three months after Charles O'Shields' son was killed in an argument over a woman, the grieving father found the man charged with his death at a Dollar General store in the North Carolina mountains. Authorities say O'Shields gunned Toby Mathis down among the aisles of cheap merchandise last week and then fled in a getaway car driven by his sister. The local sheriff hopes the surrender ends a feud that has created a body count equal to what the sparsely populated county considers a violent year. [...] to some of O'Shields' friends, it was a case of mountain justice — a man getting his revenge after deciding he had enough sneering about his son's death. The acrimony first turned deadly on a twisty mountain road in December when 20 -year-old Joey O'Shields went to confront his ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend. Mathis had been sending him nasty text messages and taunting him in places where he would hang out, said Kim Lambrecht, the younger O'Shields' mother. Several members of Mathis' family did not return phone calls from The Associated Press and were not home Tuesday when a reporter visited. Evidence leaves no doubt ... Combine the growth in mobile phones with the number of people and businesses crossing borders (company estimates 800 million, 300 million cell users) and the potential of a roaming charge solution becomes apparent. Do memories of your honeymoon conjure up images of romance, sun, and adventure? Or do they leave you longing for the trip you actually wanted to take but… International Game Technology (IGT) will showcase its latest upcoming games and systems at the Indian Gaming 2011 Tradeshow and Convention from April 3 to 6 in Phoenix, Arizona. Family Dollar Stores recently posted second-quarter 2011 results. A positive sentiment is palpable among analysts, following the earnings release. Management now expects a growth of 8% to 10% in net sales, 5% to 7% in comparable-store sales and 19.5% to 23.3% in earnings per share for fiscal 2011. btr1701 points us to a report from Thursday's (_not_ April Fool's Day) Variety, which claims that the movie studios are getting ready to offer _$30 dollar per movie_ Video On Demand (VOD) offerings. This is a classically short-sighted Hollywood-type of solution. Over the past few years, the big movie studios have become even more enamored than ever with the concept of release "windows," in which they offer movies on different platforms/formats at different times. Rather than moving in the other direction, towards so- called "day and date" releases that offer up movies on all platforms at once, they're trying to make the whole thing more frustrating and annoying for customers by spreading things out and offering more windows. This explains the recent efforts to delay various movie rental releases and the whole plan to break your DVR/TV so that you can't actually record certain VOD showings. Now that they have these in place, apparently they think the answer is to offer this new window, between theater showings and when you can rent from Netflix or your video store of choice, in which they somehow think people will be okay _paying $30 per movie_. It kind of ... Goldman ups retailer to $55, maintains neutral rating. This morning, Goldman Sachs raised its price target on shares of Family Dollar (FDO) to $55 as sales [...] This report has been making the rounds: (via) Aside from wondering who will pay more than the cost of a Wall Street Journal subscription in order to subscribe to the New York Times, my biggest question right now is how the NY Times spent a reported $40-50 million writing the code (Bloomberg; other sources are [...] David Sokol, the Berkshire Hathaway executive who quit amid a cloud, is on CNBC this morning. Deal Journal brings you Sokol's interview live as it happens. (CHARTPOPPERS, March 31, 2011 ) Vancouver, BC - Family Dollar Stores (NYSE:FDO) reported a 10 percent net income for its fiscal second quarter today. The company attributed a better flow of customer traffic as well as improvement in the value of the average transaction for the boost in quarterly...
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Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Tornadoes shut Mercedes other southern automakers Yemen's crisis the daily struggle for food | Ashley Clements Agricultural tax breaks Family Dollar names VP of real estate development Mixtape Monday Live at Leeds Festival 2011 ft. James Blake Frightened Rabbit PABH... Support Freeport Flag Ladies! HiFi Pioneer Industrial Rethinker and Media Experimenter Sidney Harman Dies 92... Mountain justice NC dad accused avenging son Polar Wireless How to Save on a Second Honeymoon IGT Displays New Games Analyst Blog Earnings Scorecard Stores RiskReward Balances Movie Studios Add Another Window The $30 Rental Better Sales At Draw Price Target Moves FDO PPG Charity or Purchase David Sokol In His Own Words
