| 7 signs you won't survive the new normal Washington Technology By Bill Scheessele Leaders are confronting significant issues in their business development organizations as they deal with the new normal in the government contracting industry. Many firms will not survive if their leaders ignore warning signs and ... | ||
| Biotechs are looking at a new normal Boston Globe By Robert Weisman WASHINGTON — Confronted with an expanding set of funding, regulatory, and payment challenges, biotechnology companies must focus on being more selective about the drugs they choose to develop and should join forces with other drug ... | ||
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| How to recude personnel expenses in your body shop Search-Autoparts.com As everybody is adjusting to the new normal and becoming more efficient in the collision industry's changing environment, personnel expenses need to be reduced. Eliminating positions in a business is never an easy process, even when it's necessary to ... | ||
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| Daily check up: On Avastin, data vs. emotion Boston Globe (blog) Biotech's new normal: Globe reporter Robert Weisman is at the Biotechnology Industry Organization conference in Washington, where companies talked about how they are dealing with a drop in funding for drug development by being frugal and finding new ... | ||
| Mayor asking for resident input Grand Island Independent The economy has created a "new normal" for the city to work under as it addresses issues such as the Lincoln Park pool, marketing the city Fieldhouse, naming rights for city investments, redistricting of council wards, developing the next economic ... |
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Seven signs you won't survive the New Normal
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Normal is out; New Normal is in
| The 3-D Hurricane and the New Normal FXstreet.com In a sense, debt, deficit, and demographics will reset the world to a “New Normal”—an extended period of lower economic and return expectations for the aging and debt-ridden developed world. In contrast, emerging economies with healthy government and ... | ||
| Hottest summers could become the new normal within decades SmartPlanet.com (blog) By Christina Hernandez | June 28, 2011, 4:00 AM PDT Sweltering heat waves could become thenew normal, according to new research out of Stanford University that estimated the start of permanently hotter summers in parts of the world within two decades. ... | ||
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| A 'new normal' for wild horse management Journal Record (subscription) By Anne Wallace Allen WASHINGTON – The federal Bureau of Land Management says the number of people adopting wild horses has dropped in recent years because of the economy. The poor economy has squelched demand for the nation's wild horses, ... | ||
| Silver Producers Enter Profitable Phase, Part II: Reaping the Dividends SilverSeek.com That is exactly the situation at hand with silver (and gold) producers and, the 'old' share price, perhaps, only retains meaning in terms of a technical chart pattern, but beyond that we'll have to construct a 'new normal' price for shares based on the ... | ||
| The Falling Dollar Makes Investing in Innovation a Dangerous Game Wall St. Cheat Sheet Given a rebound that is far more subdued than previous snapbacks from recession, there exists a belief – albeit controversial – that the economy has reached its limits, or a “new normal” of subpar economic growth. The above argument has gained greater ... | ||
| Swiss corporate demand for quarter-end rumored ForexLive (blog) Like everyone else, Corporate Switzerland seems u willing to buy into the new normal of a super-strong franc. They are therefor under-hedged and have to buy francs at record prices to square their books before the end of the second quarter. tell me ... |
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Boom, Gloom and the New Normal
| ICIS Launches new eBook - Boom, Gloom and the New Normal PR Newswire (press release) The latest chapter of the eBook, called 'Boom, Gloom and the New Normal - How Western Baby Boomers are Changing Global Chemical Demand Patterns', is available for free download athttp://www.icis.com/ | ||
| The 'New Normal' of Talent Management Human Resource Executive Online HR executives -- and their C-suite leadership -- must act now to deal with the "new normal" of talent management. A global recession, a lack in needed skill sets, an aging workforce and disconnected talent strategies are combining to create corporate ... | ||
| A New World For Bond Investors San Francisco Chronicle In just a few short years many basic assumptions that underpinned bond investing have gone up in smoke, leaving investors to figure out what the new normal truly will be. (To get you started on the basics of bonds, check out 5 Basic Things To Know ... | ||
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| Climate change hots up in 2010, the year of extreme weather The Guardian "I don't believe that years like 2010 and 2011 will become the 'new normal' in the coming decade. [But] a warmer planet has more energy to power stronger storms, hotter heat waves, more intense droughts, heavier flooding rains, and record glacier melt ... | ||
| Local child obesity getting worse Dayton Daily News File AP Photo/NYT Josh Haner “If, over a period of 10, 15, 20 years, the adults have gotten bigger, the grandparents have gotten bigger, the kids are getting bigger ... bigger is the new normal,” said Dr. James Ebert, lead physician for Dayton .. |
Monday, June 27, 2011
The American Police State is the New Normal
The American Police State is the 'New Normal' - Yahoo! News COMMENTARY | According to The New York Times, the FBI just raided a data center in Virginia and seized many of its servers, causing websites owned by "tens ... news.yahoo.com/.../8696821_the_american_police_state_is_th... This is the new normal Manteca Bulletin What we are now experiencing is — and will continue to be — the “New Normal.” Until our last days, and those of our grandchildren, “different” will be “ordinary.” Future generations will study the heyday of the 1990s and early 2000s much the same as ... | ||
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The new normal? Albany Times Union But those barriers are now history, and local residents are wondering if this is the new normal. It's not scientifically accurate to call this spring's heavy rains and floods a definitive "sign of global warming," because weather is a short-term bump ... | ||
Barresi, Board of Education approves portions of common education budget Tulsa Today (blog) Saying that after three years of budget discipline tight budgets are “a new normal,” Barresi had asked the Board of Education to back her intention to assure “that teachers' retirement and health benefits are fully funded so school administrators have ... | ||
Munson: Tourists converge on surging Gavins dam DesMoinesRegister.com Maybe we'll see a new normal along the Missouri in terms of flood control. During his years in Yankton, the climate overall, Becker said, has been "dryer, a little more arid" than in Iowa. "You wouldn't know it this year," he added. ... | ||
Officials: Carpedia plan helping hospital adapt The Westerly Sun I call it the new normal," said Jeanne LaChance, hospital executive vice president and chief operating officer. The hospital announced last month that 29 employees would be laid off and 59 others would have their hours reduced. ... | ||
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The abnormal became our New Normal
| Rugby: Quakes can't shake Crusaders' resolve New Zealand Herald The abnormal became our new normal. It's about getting on and accepting that and doing the best you can. "A lot of teams do team-building exercises, putting adversity on their players like going to an army camp. "We haven't had to create that. ... |
| Budget Cuts Slash Stipend For Oklahoma Teachers News On 6 "It's a new normal," she said. "We must work smarter with less. We must be wise stewards of taxpayer money. And we must operate our state's education system in the most efficient way possible." "Meeting our obligation to fully fund retirement and flex ... |
| Giusti: Thoughtful Stewardship of New Canaan's Financial Future Patch.com That is not the kind of principled, robust, forward thinking leadership that produces real gains for both sides by facing up to the realities of our new-normal economy, even here at the Next Station to Heaven. By the way, the present value of the ... |
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Flirting and Infidelity and the New Normal
| Flirting Online and Infidelity: Is This Our New Normal? Huffington Post (blog) Preliminary data shows that not only is flirting online and infidelity very close to becoming our "new normal," it's often tolerated within relationships. The Normal Bar is an interactive survey gathering data from thousands of people on what the norms ... |
| Letters to the President: #886 'The new normal? Hardly' CNN (blog) I've never been a particular fan of this phrase “accepting the new normal.” I hear people toss it around after some kind of cataclysmic event, and I understand what it means - it is all about letting go of how your world was before and accepting how it ... |
| Auto Industry Adjusts To New Normal: Low Sales North Country Public Radio by Sonari Glinton Jun 24, 2011 (Morning Edition) — The US auto market is slowly rebounding. But even as sales rise, they're still off the peaks of 10 years ago, by some 5 million cars a year. Many analysts and dealers say the industry is actually ... |
| Timothy Blumentritt: The implications of the 'new normal' Marietta Daily Journal by Timothy Blumentritt The Kennesaw State University Corporate Partners program recently hosted a session exploring what the term “new normal” means with respect to our economy. In previous conversations, our partners had asked such questions as “Is ... |
| Travelling With Your Kids KVUE There are some blessings to being an “older parent” and this new “normal” of going through security is one of the times I am happy to have self sufficient children. I remember just trying to get my young children on the plane (pre-security days) with ... |
| Durable Goods Says the Economy Was Better in May 2011 Global Economic Intersection This decrease could be seasonal as it did happen last year (we do not have enough new normaldata for seasonal analysis), but it more likely is caused by too much capacity (too many employees). As employment data was terrible in May, employment levels ... |
| Oklahoma Board of Education approves leaner budget NewsOK.com “We're dealing with a new normal here. This is the third year in a row that the state budget has made a cut and it has significantly impacted education.” The budget was approved during a public meeting of the state Board of Education at the state ... |
| English: Nobody works here for free Toronto Star With more journalism programs graduating more students, and the recession-battered media industry continuing to cut costs, unpaid internships have become the new normal, raising valid concerns that only those who can afford to work for free will become ... |
| Auto Industry Adjusts To New Normal: Low Sales : NPR The U.S. auto market is slowly rebounding. But even as sales rise, they're still off the peaks of 10 years ago, by some 5 million cars a year. www.npr.org/.../auto-industry-adjusts-to-new-normal-low-sale... |
| How Do You Create a New Normal? A Three-Part Path to Scale (June ... Social innovators wrestling with the idea of systems change don't get far without being asked, “How will your idea achieve scale?” That's exactly what a ... www.ssireview.org/.../how_do_you_create_a_new_normal_a_... |
Friday, June 24, 2011
New Normal Mindset
| Allianz Life Study Confirms “New Normal” Mindset Prevails Among Boomers Insurance News Net (press release) “Despite a significant rebound in the equity markets since the financial crisis, this new study confirms that a 'new normal' mindset has dug deep roots in the minds of boomers,” said Allianz Life President and CEO Gary C. Bhojwani. ... |
| Imperial Oil Continues Existing Share Repurchase Program Canada NewsWire (press release) CALGARY, June 23, 2011 /CNW/ - Imperial Oil Limited today announced it has received final acceptance from the Toronto Stock Exchange for a new normal course issuer bid to continue its existing share repurchase program facility that will expire on June ... |
| More than 400 attend H&M opening Pacific Coast Business Times The new normal for retail arrived with a roar on the South Coast as trendy discounter H&M opened its doors at noon at the State Street location formerly occupied by bookseller Barnes & Noble. A throng of about 450 shoppers waited and occasionally ... |
| Nearly all 'Peg properties will be flood-protected Winnipeg Sun That's assuming, of course, that high-level floods don't become the new normal. In 2007 a city council tired of paying to sandbag the same properties year after year approved a flood mitigation program that would see the city pay most of the cost of ... |
| Green Investing: Putting Your Money Where Your Values Are Pays Off Forbes (blog) Green is the new normal. Applying ethics and values to investing may just be the new normal and could possibly be more profitable for investors in the long term. Let's explore three myths about this new world of “values” investing. ... |
| OUR OPINION: Flooding needs to be disarmed of key weapon Grand Forks Herald That probably will become the “new normal” in Bismarck and Minot, too. Moreover, the forecasts may have to factor in not only North Dakota snowmelt and rainfall, but also Rocky Mountain snowpack depths and even policy decisions made in Ottawa and ... |
| Tennessee woman missing since mid-April WDAM-TV "There's a… there's a new normal," Clint Bobo, her brother, said. For Clint, life has changed drastically since Apr. 13, the day he saw his sister being walked from their Decatur County home by a man wearing camouflage. "I'm getting by, day by day. ... |
| High unemployment is the new normal | David Freddoso | Beltway ... By David Freddoso Today's initial jobless claims number of 429000 is slightly worse than last week's. But what it really implies is that in the era of Obama, 9 percent unemployment is indeed the new normal: Initial claims have now been above the 400000 ... Examiner RSS |
| Japan's New Normal | Slog Japan had invested billions in building its nuclear power industry, but now, of its 54 nuclear power plants, only 17 remain in operation. No prospect... slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2011/.../japans-new-normal |
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Low Auto Sales: New Normal
| Auto Industry Adjusts To New Normal: Low Sales NPR by Sonari Glinton The US auto market is slowly rebounding. But even as sales increase, they're still not at the peaks hit 10 years ago. In 2000 and 2001, more than 17 million automobiles were sold in America. Last year, just under 12 million were sold. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| The New Normal Benzinga By SurlyTrader Jason Hsu from Research Affiliates released a nice whitepaper on our “3-D Hurricane and the New Normal” which refers to the three D's of debt, deficit and demographics in the developed countries. A nice little synopsis of our current ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Writers on the Range: Monster wildfires have become the new normal Summit Daily News By Roy Keene and Tim Hermach / Writers on the Range The wildfire historian Stephen Pyne calls Arizona's Wallow Fire a “monster.” “Burning along the trajectory that every major fire in the region has followed, it will burn until the rains come,” In 2002 ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Black Swans From New Normal Gold Seek Mohammed El-Erian is given credit for the phrase 'The New Normal' to mean an altered state of perceived instability within the normalcy realm, as in crisis being called normal, like endless crisis. As buddy Jim Mess in Europe says, just like trying to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| A new normal? Disclosure rules, investor pressure and a slow economy held back ... Minneapolis Star Tribune While there are always exceptions, average total pay for Minnesota CEOs has been flat or falling for three years. The highest-paid CEO in the survey is Stephen Hemsley at UnitedHealth Group. Mark Twain may have captured the sentiments of Minnesota CEOs ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Rams well positioned for eventual 2011 NFL salary cap Turf Show Times However, NFL owners and players are sending very positive signs that we might be approaching a return to (a new) normal, complete with a salary cap that will shape how a free agent period with a game show pace will happen. What the St. Louis Rams will ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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New Normal for Congress
| Congress' Approval at New Low: Survey Newsroom America The current low rating appears to be the new normal for Congress; Americans approval of Congress has been below 25 percent since January 2010. The polling firm said its most recent survey was conducted June 9-12, in the midst of the Anthony Weiner ... |
| Monster wildfires have become the new normal High Country News (subscription) The wildfire historian Stephen Pyne calls Arizona's Wallow Fire a "monster." "Burning along the trajectory that every major fire in the region has followed, it will burn until the rains come," he predicts. In 2002, the 500000-acre Biscuit Fire in ... |
| Fun again: Rory remnant of golf's good old days PGA Tour A new normal, if you will. Forget about trying to be like Tiger Woods. Today, it's all about wanting to be like Rory. "He has more talent,'' said Rory's uber-agent Chubby Chandler, "than anyone playing now." He's also got a Q-rating off the charts. ... |
| How I Learned to Love Bartering New York Times (blog) Valuations are still down considerably compared to prerecession levels, credit markets are still tight, buyers are skittish and sellers are still coming to terms with the “new normal.” While things seem to be loosening up at the high end of the ... |
| New Library Study: Demand Up for Technology, Budget Cuts Limit Access PR Newswire (press release) Yet a pervasive "new normal" of increased demand for library technology resources, paired with decreased funding at state and local levels, is impacting service to millions of Americans, according to the report released today by the American Library ... |
| Registration for FEMA Assistance Closes Monday WHNT With emergency efforts wrapping up and rebuilding efforts taking shape, people continue to get familiar with their new normal in north Alabama. FEMA keeps their contributions coming, but their role changes too. The deadline to register for FEMA ... |
| The Joy of Contracting: Many Employers, No Safety Net DailyFinance He thinks the shift is fundamental, calling it "the new normal." But, he notes, "once people try working as an independent consultant, 80% don't want to go back to their old way of working." Case in point: Retired Lt. Gen. ... |
| Province opens chequebook for home repairs CTV.ca ST-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU — The sound of drills and hammers will be replacing the splish splash noise that had become the new normal in flooded areas south of Montreal. On Tuesday the province outlined guidelines for repairs which will see homeowners ... |
| Visualization: When will your city recover? Governing (blog) Although the recession technically ended two years ago, 48 metro areas – including Detroit, Reno and Toledo, among others – won't return to their pre-recession, peak employment levels until 2020 or beyond, giving credence to the idea of a “new normal” ... |
| Minnesota Chamber president's view: Reform must drive the state budget Duluth News Tribune He recently told an audience in Mankato that it's time to accept the “new normal.” “This is not about ideology; this is about chronology,” he said. “We're not going back to the old normal. We're headed toward the new normal. Even though we've recovered ... |
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Al Gore: Games are the New Normal
| Al Gore shares an incontestable truth: 'Games are the new normal' Joystiq "Games are the new 'normal' for hundreds of millions of users every month." Gore went on to speak about his own admittedly short past with gaming, saying that the last game where he felt he "was best in the world, potentially" was Pong. ... |
| The Wealth Of The States Vs. 'New Normal' Stagnation Forbes (blog) A growing number of conservative and populist commentators have created a boomlet critiquing NRO's recent détente with the Progressives' “New Normal Stagnation Narrative.” Stagnation is indefensible, intellectually, politically, and morally. ... |
| The New "New Normal": Are We in a Growth Recession? TIME (blog) For a while following the financial crisis, the phrase the “new normal,” claimed by bond fund manager PIMCO's Mohamed El-Erian, seemed like the strongest contender. It referred to the idea that this economic turnaround would be slower and less ... |
| The “New Normal”: A More Pro-Life America and Falling Obama Approval Ratings National Right to Life News If you look at polling data, not just recently, but over time, the “new normal” for Obama is low approval ratings from a public that simply lacks confidence in him. In early June we wrote a series of posts for www.nationalrighttolifenews.org (which I ... |
| Beijing's Strange Composure in the Face of Crises Wall Street Journal (blog) Right now, the best that those interested in something other than this new normal of Chinese governance is to fight a rearguard action, trying to protect the odd foray forward. Reformists have weighed in on the issue of independent candidates, ... |
| Addressing bullying and relational aggression Auburn Citizen Another report, “The New Normal? What Girls Say About Healthy Living,” indicates that a girl's relationships with her peers are critical components of her health and safety. A report focusing on the Internet, “The Net Effect: Girls and New Media” says ... |
| Respond to What Life Brings You Patch.com Look for Your New Normal. Negative events have a longer lasting impact that alters our lives significantly. Don't try to re-establish every aspect of what your life was before. Think of the setback as a life lesson that can be used to improve your ... |
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