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NIST: Re-shoring a New Perspective

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Courtesy/NIST
 
NIST News:
 
Re-shoring a New Perspective
By Samm Bowman and Ben Vickery

Re-shoring sure has been in the news a lot lately. Perhaps you’ve been reading about the trend of re-shoring, as an increasing number of American firms are moving their manufacturing back to the U.S.

You may have read about Caterpillar making the choice to move their manufacturing operations from Japan to Georgia to produce small bulldozers and excavators, or how Chesapeake Candle realized that the advantage of doing business in China had disappeared and decided to move operations back to Maryland. Read More

YANG: Opposites Attract? Or, We Prefer To Hang Out With Like-Minded? Handling Differences/Conflicts – Part II

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Opposites Attract? Or, We Prefer To Hang Out With Like-Minded? Handling Differences/Conflicts – part II
Column by ELENA YANG

Just as differences do not automatically lead to conflicts, they don’t inevitably cause mistakes either. 

However, pushing ideas into feasible plans and on to development involves risks; that’s where potential mistakes occur. 

If most people already feel uncomfortable with voicing different opinions, proposals, or ideas, the discomfort increases with the higher risks that come with realizing such ideas or plans.

Consider this colossal mistake: Read More

Column: Six Factors Affecting Auto Insurance Premiums

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Six Factors Affecting Auto Insurance Premiums
Column by ABE DISPENNETTE

There are a number of key factors most insurance companies use to calculate how much you’ll end up paying for your auto insurance.

What’s important to remember is that you can control many of these factors.

Your location, age and driving habits all play a major role, as do the types of vehicles you drive and your record of accidents.

In many cases, the choices you make about the coverage you want determine the cost of your premium.

Below is a more detailed look at six key factors that affect your auto insurance premiums, as well Read More

GAO Report Finds ATM Fees on the Rise

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U.S. SENATE News:

  • Large banks shown to have higher and more prevalent fees; Surcharges at non-bank ATMs higher and more frequent
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. – American consumers have paid higher automated teller machine (ATM) fees over the past five years according to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) investigation released Friday.
 
Senators Tom Harkin (D-IA), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Charles Schumer (D-NY), Tom Udall (D-NM), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) released the GAO investigation.
 
The lawmakers requested the report to assess increased ATM use by Americans in recent
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2013: Equal Pay Remains Unequal

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Staff report

Today is Equal Pay Day – a day held annually in April to signify the point into a year that a woman must work to earn what a man made the previous year.

Census statistics released in September, 2010 show that women still earn 77 percent of what men earn, based on the median earnings of full-time, year-round workers in 2009.

An alternative to the wage gap, which is measuring the ratio between women’s and men’s median weekly earnings for full-time workers was 80.2 percent in 2009, which is flat since the historical high of 81.0 percent in 2005.

Median earnings for most women of color Read More

Column: From Differences To Mistakes – Part I

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Opposites Attract? Or, Hang Out With Like-Minded?
From Differences To Mistakes – Part I
Column by ELENA YANG

So, which is true? I am inclined to go with the like-mindedness.

Even when opposites attract, the opposites are usually manifested in the area of temperament, rather than how people think and what they value.  

We seek out those whose opinions are similar to ours; we read or listen to news outlets that closely reflect what we believe (if not exclusively, certainly most of the time), and our friends are by and large similar to us. 

Depending on your perspective, Margaret Heffernan Read More

June English Beautifies Los Alamos

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June English of Professional Skin Care Choices shows her line of  Physician’s Care Alliance skin care products. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post

June English of Professional Skin Care Choices has been providing skin care services in Los Alamos for nine years.

She serves a loyal clientele Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from her office at 127 East Gate Drive, Suite 212-D.

English is a trained medical aesthetician and worked for several Phoenix plastic surgeons before moving to Los Alamos.

“I help women Read More