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Published 02/08/2010 - 10:05 a.m. CT
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| Photo: iStockphoto.com/Nick M. Do |
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WASHINGTON — A coalition of U.S. manufacturers has compiled evidence that certain foreign companies subject to antidumping orders, including wire hanger manufacturers, are costing the U.S. Treasury at least $84 million annually by deliberately evading import duties.
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Published 02/05/2010 - 10:16 a.m. CT
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| Photo: iStockphoto.com/Betsy Dupuis |
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Tanning — the process in which animal skins become leather and are no longer subject to rotting — is not a new process. Tanned skins were likely the first clothing worn by early humans, and even clothe Adam and Eve in the Bible’s creation stories.
After learning to hunt, prehistoric man devised ways to soften and preserve animals’ skins. At first, they dried the skins in the sun. Then, they soaked the skins in water and dried them over a fire; the smoke emitted by burning leaves and green twigs contains elements called aldehydes that help preserve hides.
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Published 02/04/2010 - 9:39 a.m. CT
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| Photo: iStockphoto.com/C. Diane O'Keefe |
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Every day, you make decisions about your business. The most frequent are decisions related to employee scheduling. Next comes processing; after that might be how to spend your time.
These decisions are nearly automatic. You’ve made them so often that now, you know the right answers intuitively. You don’t spend time calculating store hours, sales volume or the number of customers per day. You know how to staff a store effectively to hit your sales goals, give customers good service and make a profit, because you have done these calculations countless times.
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Published 02/02/2010 - 9:43 a.m. CT
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| Photo: iStockphoto.com/Andreea Manciu |
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CHICAGO — The Regional Water Supply Planning Group, a task force funded by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources to study the Chicago area’s long-term water needs, has issued hundreds of recommendations for businesses and residents to start conserving water to prevent future shortages.
The task force issued a report last week directed at state, regional, county, municipal and other public agencies urging the implementation of high-efficiency washing machines, increased metering of water use, and greater recycling of water to meet the demands of the growing population.
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Published 02/01/2010 - 10:58 a.m. CT
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| DLI’s Mary Scalco and Charlie Smith, MAC’s Richard Ehrenreich and Dale Cho, and KDA-DC’s President Hak Park and delegation with DC Councilperson Mary Chen in the District Building. (Photo courtesy MAC) |
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WASHINGTON — Representatives of the Drycleaning & Laundry Institute (DLI), MidAtlantic Association of Cleaners (MAC) and Korean Drycleaners Association (KDA) recently appeared at a hearing of the District of Columbia’s Committee on Government Operations and the Environment to defend perchloroethylene against a proposed ban. The Human & Environmental Health Protection Amendment Act of 2009 would ban the use of several chemicals in the District of Columbia, including perc.
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