Category: News and Views
Ford Focus Electric to Offer $39,995 MSRP, Minus Government Incentives | GreenCar.com
Ford’s high-profile answer to the unfolding electric vehicle market is its electrified version of the popular Focus five-door hatchback. The Focus is a logical extension of the automaker’s current Transit Connect Electric offering that’s aimed primarily at fleets.
Undies from Upcycled Cashmere Sweaters | GreenPacks
Prepare with luxury for the upcoming winter in the Great White North. Sartoria has pretty cool and comfy undergarments to offer. Each pair of these wooly undies is handmade, from upcycled merino-wool and cashmere sweaters.
The View from Long Beach’s New Parklet | Streetsblog Los Angeles
The way parklets work is that a curb parking space is replaced by a platform that serves as a mini-park. It’s a bit like a Park(ing) Day temporary park becoming a longer term mini-park. Parkets are fairly common in San Francisco, and now spreading all over, including, soon hopefully, Downtown Los Angeles.
America’s Losing War Against Obesity|GreenPacks.org
It’s no secret that Americans are getting fatter by the year. Much of the fault can be found on their plates. Portion sizes have been growing out of control and it’s rare that anyone even knows how much a real “portion” is anymore.
‘Give to Get Jobs’ – For-Profit Jobs With Positive Impact | trendhunter.com
If you’ve been searching for a way to make a living while also giving back, Give to Get Jobs would be a great place to start. The job board has listings for for-profit jobs with social and/or environmental missions.
Weekly Economic Update | LAEDC
THIS WEEK’S HEADLINES:
- LAEDC Annual Forecast: Emerging Opportunities and New Challenges in 2012 and Beyond
- GDP Growth Striving to Pick Up Steam
- International Economy – IMF & China
- California Home Sales & Prices in December
- California New Home Construction in December
- A Year-end Assessment of Nonresidential Construction in California
- Leading Economic Indicator Report for January
- Events of Interest
- February 15: LAEDC Economic Forecast and Industry Outlook
- February 17: Business Without Borders Presents: 2012 Global Economic Outlook
Do you bank smart? | USFST.com
With financial institutions throughout the country striving to cater for the broadest base of consumers possible, mobile banking is an increasingly competitive industry. But how can FIs grow their mobile banking operations in a way that best suits them and their customers?
Does the Internet show the true colors of your business? | search engine guide.com
For big companies going online in the ’90s, the Internet was a shocker, laying bare all the silos within their organizations, as those units communicated directly to customers, with no homogenizing layer of customer service in between. So, if each of your business units had a different system for processing returns, it was no longer the poor telephone rep who had to deal with the crazy systems, now it was your customers.
Minority Report Is Coming | Cryptome
The two-year, $9 million project will create a suite of algorithms that can detect multiple types of insider threats by analyzing massive amounts of data — including email, text messages and file transfers — for unusual activity.
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