Posts for July 28, 2010

UTAH BUSINESS ACCEPTING 2010 GREEN BUSINESS AWARD NOMINATIONS

July 28, 2010 – Utah Business

Utah Business is now accepting nominations for the second annual Utah Green Business Awards. Presented by Rocky Mountain Power and sponsored by Big-D Construction, the Utah Green Business Awards will honor the best green practices and efforts in Utah, recognizing companies, communities, innovations and individuals who are making strides in environmental sustainability. A panel of outside experts and editors of Utah Business will review all nominations and select the award recipients.
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SUCCESSFUL SALESPEOPLE UTILIZE THEIR "BUCKET OF OPPORTUNITY"

July 28, 2010 - Timothy B. Huffaker, President, The Business Performance Group

There are lots of buckets; rice bucket, honey bucket, bucket list, ice bucket, backhoe bucket, bucket of crud from the cartoon Beetle Bailey and one that every salesperson should draw from daily, their bucket of opportunity. A salesperson's bucket of opportunity is one of the most important buckets in the world. It contains your future sales, commissions, prosperity and success. And yet, so few salespeople ever draw from it or even know what it is, where to find it and alas, how to use it.
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IMF SAYS CHINA'S CURRENCY POLICY 'SOUND'

July 28, 2010 – Today in Manufacturing.net
International Monetary Fund said yuan is undervalued in a mildly worded assessment of its controversial currency controls and praised Beijing's response to the global crisis ... continue

DURABLE GOODS ORDERS FALL IN JUNE

July 28, 2010 – Today in Manufacturing.net
Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket manufactured goods fell 1 percent in June, the second straight monthly decline and largest drop since August 2009 ... continue