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Lakes Neighbors: Under their skin
Pat Blake and Holly Ihloff sell their new organic skin care products for people of all ages and for pets at the Friends Corner Craft Show in Gorham last week. The two started their business because they were horrified by components in some of what was on the market. .
Report says Michigan lags in creating high-wage jobs
Our best guess is that unless we substantially increase the proportion of college-educated adults, particularly in our biggest metropolitan areas, Michigan will continue to trend downward in the per capita income rankings," the study said. The one bit of good news in the report is that Michigan gained 47,000 high-education, high-wage jobs in health care and education between 2000 and 2006. About 40,000 of those jobs were added in Grand Rapids and Detroit. Traditional economic development efforts are centered on using government financial incentives or cutting taxes to attract businesses and industries that will provide jobs for current residents. But Glazer said governments can't accurately predict which industries will produce future job growth.
Sucampo Pharma, Ltd., a Subsidiary of Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc ...
His achievements include serving as global project leader for the successful international launch of one of Astellas' flagship products, Protopic(R) (tacrolimus) ointment, into Japan, Europe and the United States. "Mr. Soneoka's vast knowledge of international pharmaceutical development makes him the ideal candidate to head our SPL subsidiary as we plan for the expansion of our products to overseas markets," said Ryuji Ueno, M.D., Ph.D., Ph.D, Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sucampo Pharmaceuticals. "His expertise will be invaluable as we execute our international business strategy." Said Mr. Soneoka, "I believe my knowledge and experience will enable SPL to develop AMITIZA efficiently in Japan and the other Asian countries and will help to foster strategic alliances for our products throughout the Asia-Pacific region.
Innovative Constellation NewEnergy Risk Management Program Helps ...
BALTIMORE, Nov. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Constellation Energy (NYSE: CEG) today announced that its subsidiary, Constellation NewEnergy (CNE), has completed a successful trial of an innovative risk management program for large industrial users that helped two participating companies meet their energy spending budgets during an extended period of commodity price volatility. Since 2005, industry leaders CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) and Solo Cup Company have participated in CNE's i2i(SM) program, which emphasizes a long-term approach to energy procurement to mitigate price risk and achieve budget goals. Staying within the annual energy budget is a significant achievement for CBRE and Solo Cup given the extreme volatility in energy markets the past two years. "We're thrilled with the results achieved through our participation in Constellation NewEnergy's i2i program, and our benchmarking shows we performed well on energy spending when compared to our peers," said Doug Bushing, global director of Sustainability and Energy Services at CBRE.
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