Brenda Bouw, The Associated Press May 30, 2008 - 10:01 p.m. VANCOUVER - Teck Cominco Ltd. (TSX:TCK.B) said Friday that tests downstream from its smelter in Trail, B.C., found lead levels did not be the greater provincial standards after an accident that spilled 950 kilograms of lead in solution into the Columbia River this week. "While the lead levels increased during the spill, they subsequently returned to pre-incident levels," Teck Cominco said in a statement. The body said more ...
Outsourcing: A nutty idea
May 31 2008
Outsourcing: A nutty idea <!-- Outsourcing: A nutty idea Andrew Wahl Custom software, Outsourcing, R&D, Innovation, technology 20080530 Macadamian's competitive edge in software. /columnists/andrew_wahl/ --> People in the Canadian software industry must get nasty cricks in their necks. With smart, low-cost competitors from places such as India, China, and eastern Europe working hard to disrupt their key customer markets, it’s only natural they’re constantly checking over their shoulders. The world is downright tiny for virtual products, and ...
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Former Credit Suisse investment banker gets 10-year sentence
May 31 2008
Larry Neumeister, The Associated Press May 30, 2008 - 8:27 p.m. NEW YORK - A former Credit Suisse investment banker convicted of insider trading was sentenced to 10 years in prison Friday by a judge who said Wall Street professionals were slip to see through that it was a serious transgression to cheat in the markets. "It's going on too much and people have to effectuate that if they do get caught, they're going to pay," U.S. District Judge ...
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Livent trial: Act I
May 31 2008
Livent trial: Act I <!-- Livent trial: Act I John Gray Livent, Corporate accountability, Garth Drabinsky, corporate fraud, john gray 20080616 The prosecution presents its protect in the Livent courtroom drama. /managing/strategy/ --> It seems fitting that the testimony of Peter Kofman — the first witness in the long-awaited Livent criminal fraud trial — contained not alone startling allegations of wrongdoing that stretched back to the theatre company’s earliest days, but also an almost overwhelming sense of pathos. ...
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Ford Motor Co. executive says no plan to close more plants
May 31 2008
The Associated Press May 30, 2008 - 8:29 p.m. WAYNE, Mich. - Ford Motor Co. has no plans at near for further U.S. plant closures despite a dramatic drop in demand for pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles, a top meeting of friends executive said Friday. But Joe Hinrichs, group vice-president of global manufacturing, also told reporters Friday in Wayne, Mich., that it makes none sense to have five factories making trucks and recreation utility vehicles on unit shift ...
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