| Outlook roundup: NeuStar, Diebold
STERLING, Va. (AP) -- NeuStar Inc., a provider of clearinghouse services for communications companies, said Wednesday it expects to earn at least $1.29 per share during 2008, short of analyst expectations. NORTH CANTON, Ohio (AP) -- Diebold Inc. will cut 5 percent of its work force as part of a plan to save $100 million, the maker of ATMs and voting machines said Wednesday. NEW YORK (AP) -- Apparel maker Polo Ralph Lauren Corp. on Wednesday raised fiscal 2008 earnings predictions due to a lower tax rate. DALLAS (AP) -- Lennox International Inc., a supplier of heating, ventilation and air conditioning products, maintained its 2008 adjusted earnings outlook Wednesday. HARTSVILLE, S.C. (AP) -- packaging products maker Sonoco Products Co. on Wednesday forecast first-quarter earnings below Wall Street expectations.
Video: As Neiman Marcus Celebrates 100 Years the Luxury Retailer ...
DALLAS, Oct. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Neiman Marcus will mark its 100th anniversary this year celebrating a century of exceptional customer service and unique specialty offerings. What better way to kick off this milestone celebration than with the launch of the 81st edition of the Christmas Book, which was unveiled today at a press event in Dallas held at the Frontiers of Flight Museum. To view the Multimedia News Release, go to: http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/neimanmarcus/28715/ For millions, the annual launch of the Christmas Book has become the official start of the holiday season. This year is no exception with a new collection of remarkable, fantasy gifts including a His and Hers Chocolate Portrait by Vik Muniz, a 100-foot-long Dragon Topiary, a Conversational Robot and a Rocket Racing(TM) Team League, among others.
Copper drawing sinners to local churches
ANDERSON COUNTY Copper thieves have left no doubt that security is needed at institutions that open their doors open to sinners. In about two months, thieves have targeted three Anderson County churches, causing about $20,000 in damage from the theft of copper. Between 8 p.m. Sunday and 7 p.m. Thursday, thieves stripped copper from two central air conditioning and heating units behind the Seventh Day Adventist Church on Osborne Avenue in Anderson. The loss is estimated at $12,000, according to the Anderson City Police incident report. About Jan. 19, thieves coordinated their arrival with that of a wintry mix to steal copper from a heating and cooling system at Thompson United Methodist Church on West Market Street, according to the Anderson police. The Lennox system is valued at $3,600, according to the incident report.
Chinese cars attractive at Cairo Int'l Motor Show
Shining shape, fine quality, good price and satisfactory performance of Chinese cars attracted many visitors at the 15th Cairo International Motor Show yesterday, the first day open to the public. At the entrance of Hall 4 of the Motor show held at the Cairo International Convention & Exhibition Center, a large brand of "Geely" and its auto model picture drew the attention of the visitors. "We trust Geely, not only its price but also the quality and performance, that's why we chose to be an Egyptian agent of the car," Ali El Dosoky, sales manager of an Egyptian Motors company, told Xinhua. Dosoky said although his company has recently begun marketing the Geely cars, which entered the Egyptian market three years ago,he has confidence on the prospect of Geely cars' sale. Also on display is another model of Chinese car with the brand of UFO and the Egyptian name "Grand XPlosion." After test-driving inside a "Grand XPlosion", Zena, a Lebanese lady who is working at an accounting company in Cairo, told Xinhua that she has been thinking of buying a Chinese car.
January 2006 Archives
It's official: Sienna Miller and Hayden Christensen are snogging. View the evidence. Update: Wrong, wrong, wrong. Although some people would like to think that See-See has moved on from Jude, it's simply not true. The photos on Egotastic.com were in fact of Hayden and his longtime Lola Skye. They were not of Hayden and Sienna. Read the correction. .
TheStar.com | Business | Halal flexes its marketing muscle
Several Canadian delegations and government officials attended the forum, at which Maple Lodge Farms was awarded "most creative marketing campaign" by Malaysia's king and prime minister. Forum organizers estimate the industry's global market is 1.6 billion people and worth at least $580 billion per year. Canadian purchasing power lies in a population of 850,000 Muslims, according to statistician Daood Hamdani. Half live in Ontario, and half of those reside in the GTA. Islam is the fastest growing religion in the country. But numbers don't tell the whole story. Money makes the industry chirp, but adherence to its religious principles makes it sing. And while the food market is growing like gangbusters, the potential for others – like the Muslim women's market, including makeup and toiletries – is just waiting to be tested.
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