(The Conference Board: New York) -- The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index, which had improved slightly in July 2011, plummeted in August. The index now stands at 44.5 (1,985 = 100), down from 59.2 in July. The Present Situation Index decreased to 33.3 from 35.7.
It’s not often that someone can claim that going from a positive to a negative is a step forward, but that’s the case for a team of scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and private industry.
To avoid confusion, the term “headhunter” in this article does not refer to those who take the severed head of others as some sort of trophy (that practice, as far as I know, is defunct); nor does it refer to finding, at a price, qualified candidates for employment.
This month we’re challenging readers to create quality poems in the three-line haiku format. The first line should be five syllables, the second line seven syllables, and the third line five syllables for a total of 17:
The human mind is currently the most intelligent device you will ever own. However, have you ever noticed how it has a filtering system? For example, do you remember the uneventful drive to the office this morning?
(Alliance Scale: Canton, MA) -- Alliance Scale Inc.
Industry-leading manufacturers will be presenting best practices for using statistical process control (SPC) software at InfinityQS’ fifth annual user conference at the JW Marriott San Francisco Union Square, Oct. 16–19, 2011.
(ISO: Geneva) -- Any of us can find some packages or packaged products tricky to open. Such difficulties can be worse for the elderly, or people with disabilities.
(AIA: Ann Arbor, MI) -- Machine vision sales grew 16 percent in North America during the second quarter of 2011 compared to the same quarter one year earlier, according to the Quarterly Machine Vision Sales Tracking Report of the Automated Imaging Association (AIA), the world's largest global
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