Gaston Chamber and partners schedule business education events
Calendar notes several sessions this week including Gaston Chamber of Commerce and Gaston County Schools education partnership orientation 8 9 a.m. and noon 1 p.m. in Gastonia and Charlotte info lines. Also listed are seminars by Winners Circle Inc Wake Forest and Johnson Associates plus a First Time Homebuyer seminar at Gaston County Library all with contact numbers and pricing where stated.
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Gaston Chamber of Commerce
Gaston County Schools Business Education Partnership
W. Franklin Blvd
Johnson & Associates
Fifth Third Bank
Gaston County
Cordelia Kates
Mills House
Charleston
S.C
Rena Potts
American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists
Research Triangle Park
Patty Simon
Peter Lowe
Charlotte Coliseum
Charlotte
Zig Ziglar
Robert Bluhm
Steve Beurlein
Tom Hopkins
Debbi Fields
Joe Gibbs
Elizabeth Dole
Jeff Gordon
Dick Vitale
William Bennett
Marriott Executive Park
Relatives Inc
Ford and Goodyear defend Explorer safety record
Ford Motor Co and Goodyear Tire challenge a Washington Post analysis that Explorers with Goodyear tires show higher tire related crash rates than other SUVs. They cite small data bases and misclassification while noting the Explorer’s overall safety remains better than rivals. The Post cites Florida and national fatal crash data and links tire blowouts to higher rollover risk.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Washington Post
Ford Explorer
Ford
The
Post
James Fell
National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration
Goodyear
Jon Harmon
Harmon
Florida
Chuck Sinclair
Sinclair
Ford Explorers
Goodyears
FBI backs cyber ethics education for youth nationwide
FBI and the Information Technology Association of America launched the Cybercitizen Partnership to urge parents and teachers to frame computer crimes as serious offenses. A kickoff seminar at Marymount University highlighted ethics, with educators like Gail Chmura citing piracy and online cheating as theft of work and livelihood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
FBI
Justice Department
Information Technology Association of America
Cybercitizen
Michael Watts
National Infrastructure Protection Center
Watts
Marymount University
Arlington
Gail Chmura
Oakton High School
Vienna
Chmura
Yahoo expands profiles and launches Yahoo by Phone service
Yahoo revises profiles for seamless cross platform use and unveils a new Yahoo by Phone feature via Net2Phone enabling free PC to phone calls with voicemail. Analysts stress need for reliable voice command and low error rates while Tellme secures 125 million in funding from 10 institutions.
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TellMe
Megan Gurley
Yankee Group
Yahoo
Net2Phone
Anurag Mendhekar
Yahoo! Everywhere
Ken Hyers
Cahners-Instat
Hyers
AOL
SmithKline Beecham to buy Black Drug Co in $1.24 billion deal
Britain’s SmithKline Beecham PLC to acquire Black Drug Co, maker of Sensodyne and Poli Grip, for 1.24 billion. The purchase expands its consumer health unit ahead of the Glaxo Wellcome merger, positioning the group among top toothpaste makers and boosting potential for a future spin-off or sale. Block operates in over 100 countries with 2000 fiscal year sales of 864.3 million and net profit of 56.8 million.
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Trenton
N.J
Britain
SmithKline Beecham PLC
Black Drug Co
SmithKline
Glaxo Wellcome PLC
Glaxo SmithKline
Glaxo
SmithKline Beecham Ceq
J.P. Garnier
Block
Garnier
Alexander Block
Yarn continues from Page 10 on spinning tech and trade
The excerpt discusses ongoing yarn industry debates about favorable trade deals government financing and subsidies for raw materials. It emphasizes that spinners must keep investing in new technologies as they emerge.
Uptown business to close with go ing out sale announced
Kester Alexander laments the loss of the uptown business and its Pleasant staff. A going out of business sale runs Friday from noon to midnight to thank patrons and mark the move on.
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Alexander
Kester
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Winner's Circle
S Inc
City Club
Gastonia
Tom McPhaul
Wake Forest University
Babcock Graduate School of Management
Morrocroft Centre
Suite
Morrison Blvd
Wake Forest
North Carolina
Cleveland Community College Small Business Center
CCC
Gaston College
Eastridge Mall
Eastridge Mail
Technical Center
Gaston
Board of Directors
Chamber
Edward Jones
Doug Rogers
Case Management Society of America
Charlotte Hilton
University Place
Charlotte Convention Center
Marsha Richardson
Explorer
Jon Harmon Ford
Defense Department
Amazon.com
eBay
Thomas B. Kakassy, P. A
Ee Nicole Es
Smail
S. South Street
Ara Ist
U.S
Eastwind
Tower Air
Flartrer Ricatteniund- Rpas
Isperia
Jemowe
Ang World Air
A, Trey Ict Fye Uja
Us-Us Airways
SmithKline Beecham
J.P Garnier SmithKline Beecham
Lin
Gastonia City Club
Davin R. Hedges
Barbara Wheeler
Marjorie
Ena
Fairview
Cowards & Sone, Inc
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