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HSMAI Names 2008 Sales & Marketing Top 25 (Hospitality Net)
The Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI) has selected the ?Top 25 Most Extraordinary Minds in Sales and Marketing? for 2008. The sixth annual list recognizes the ?best of the best? minds in the hospitality, travel and tourism industries. The recipients will be honored at HSMAI?s annual Adrian Awards Gala on Jan. 26, 2009, at the New York Marriott Marquis.
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Weaker Economy Has Grounded Higher-cost Meat Sales (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
By DEVRA FIRST Call it the meat index. If you want to know whether times are tough, ask your butcher. "We are selling so much more hamburger," says Charles Silva, owner of New England Meat Market. "We used to sell 250 to 300 pounds a day. Now it?s over 500." At his Peabody, Mass., business, the ground beef costs $2.59 to $2.69 per pound, and less when it?s on sale. An $8.99-per-pound steak
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Township Chair: Technology Changing Politics (The Woodlands Villager)
Nelda Blair, chairwoman of The Woodlands Township, discussed the shifting map of today?s politics in a post-election panel discussion organized by the Greater Houston Partnership Wednesday.
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Sen. Edward Kennedy Plans To Introduce Universal Health Care Bill (Medical News Today)
Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chair Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) on Monday returned to the Senate for the first time since July and reaffirmed his intentions to introduce universal health care legislation next year, the New York Times' "The Caucus" reports. Kennedy was diagnosed with brain cancer in May (Hulse/Stout, "The Caucus," New York Times, 11/18).
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Autonet Re-launch Opens Doors To Make Car Shopping Easy (Calgary Sun)
Brought to you by the Calgary Sun, the new and improved site allows you to search a large, local inventory of new and used cars from the comfort of your computer chair.
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Soybeans Bottom On Costs, Slow Farmer Sales, U.S. Growers Says (Bloomberg)
Nov. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Soybeans, down 45 percent from a record, have bottomed as farmers will withhold sales until prices improve because of increased costs, according to a growers group in the U.S., the world's largest producer.
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New Washington County Commissioner Sworn In, Could Tip Balance On Sales Tax (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
Lisa Weik, 50, of Woodbury, replaces Dick Stafford. Incumbents Hegberg and Kriesel are back for four more years on the board.
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In Late Vote Count, BART Sales Tax Now Appears Headed For Passage (San Jose Mercury News)
The Measure B sales tax to bring BART to downtown San Jose could be headed for victory, reaching the two-thirds mark Monday with about 9,800 provisional ballots left to be counted.
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It's Gonna Get Ugly: Q&A With TouchCommerce Chair Jeff Stiefler (E-Commerce Times)
Jeff Stiefler, Chairman of TouchCommerce, is a former president of American Express and CEO of IDS Financial Services. He also was the CEO of banking outsourcer Digital Insight, now part of Intuit. Stiefler spoke recently with ECT News Network interviewer Blake Glenn about technology and the economy.
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St. Mary Approves Sales Of Franklin Hospital (The Daily Iberian)
FRANKLIN ? The St. Mary Parish Council stamped the final approval needed Wednesday to sell the former Franklin Foundation Hospital for $226,000.
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