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...completely redesigning all his products' packaging, which has transformed the household-cleaning line from something you'd expect to find at Grandma's to something many young hipsters (a market Barnett knows he must attract) would be proud to show on their shelves. Barnett had his San Francisco design firm's team discard two completed designs before deciding on a third, one he felt was the perfect science-meets-nature theme for every Shaklee line. The new dishwasher-powder label shows a stack of plates lined up next to leaf fronds; a tub of scouring paste depicts green leaves rising...
...only those who tuned in for the second half of the show led by audience-members—and not journalists—were treated to a worthwhile debate. The event kicked off with the usual Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.)-bashing focused on her lack of firm positions. Unfortunately, the question CNN anchor Campbell Brown asked to foster discussion on the topic was so politically charged that all we saw was a brawl between Sen. Clinton and Sen. Obama (D-Ill.) on healthcare plans. Brown tackled her not on her position, but went immediately into the mudslinging...
...This is moviemaking for people who don't much like movies unless they are - you know - "serious." It is visually inert. It appears to be taking up small-scaled, yet emotionally resonant issues, but does not actually define them sharply or bring them to firm conclusions. It has a certain incidental inventiveness when it comes to narrative development, none of which feels organic to the story. There is for example, a rotting tree in the yard, which Margot climbs and gets stuck in (cue the fire department) and which we know, from the first time...
...overcome those fears and win out is to figure out how its talents best fit into the global supply chain, says Eduardo Tugendhat, president and CEO of Carana Corporation, a company which designs economic development programs. In Macedonia, a land-locked country with a small domestic market, Tuhendhat's firm suggested harnessing the nation's long tradition of metal working and pushing into the machining and automotive parts sectors in order to take advantage of the growing auto industry in neighboring Slovakia and Romania - two countries that have become a hot spot because of their inexpensive labor and access...
...today's economy, a big part of that everything is being able to produce a desirable workforce. "If we're hearing a mantra today, it's workforce - finding the qualified people," says Rob DeRocker, executive vice president of Development Counsellors International, a firm that helps regions position themselves. The global chase for talent is just as true for manufacturing workers - you have to find skilled labor if all your machines are computer-controlled - as it is for PhD scientists...