Attorney crafts digital eStand for orchestras
David Sitrick, an attorney and musician, created eStand a self lighting digital music stand that displays scores and stores 20 000 pages. It enables silent messages between conductors and players and costs 3000 to 12000 dollars. Violinist Cindy Chen from Fremont California uses the device at the American Symphony Orchestra League convention in San Francisco on June 18.
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Loyalty programs fall short of customer commitment nationwide
A national poll shows American consumers join many programs yet show low loyalty. Forty percent left a program due to fees or weak rewards, 32 percent quit for reward claims, and 24 percent cite changing rules, signaling value concerns amid a crowded loyalty landscape.
Wheat straw to plastics may boost Kansas farmers profits
Pinnacle Technology led by Donna Johnson poised to inaugurate the world first plastic plant using wheat straw in a South Africa facility later this month. Economic estimates place straw value at 40 to 60 dollars per ton, potentially turning field byproducts into 4000 to 6000 dollar payments per 100 acre farm and reducing burning.
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Staying in stocks pays off in a strong second quarter
Second quarter results show why it pays to stay invested as the S P 500 rose about 15 percent and the year gain neared 114 percent. Analysts note this rebound supports staying with equities despite past peaks and warn money market funds remain near 1 percent yields.
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Small town Kansas merchants find niche to survive Wal-Mart
Francis Duncan operates a farm and home store and Don Koontz runs a downtown hardware store in Hiawatha. They concede Wal-Mart is the main rival and choose not to imitate. instead they focus on unique local offerings like agricultural items such as salt blocks and baling supplies to carve their niche.
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