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Posted by geri
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Wednesday, 17 February 2010 |
 A CEO this week gave his entire company to the workers who've made his natural food company the success that generates revenues exceeding $20 million a year.
Founder of Bob's Red Mill Natural Foods, Bob Moore, turned 81 on Monday, Feb. 15 and announced the news to his employees in Milwaukie, Oregon.
With everyone at his birthday celebration and on behalf of his partners in the business, Bob announced that through the creation of an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), Bob’s Red Mill is now an employee-owned company.
"We believe our employees are the finest people in the natural foods business, and by offering our current and future employees an ownership in the company we will continue to retain and attract the best."
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Read more... [CEO Gives 20 Million Dollar Company to Employees]
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Posted by geri
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Tuesday, 16 February 2010 |
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 An old battleground of California's water wars could turn into one
of the largest solar farms in the world, with thousands of shiny black
and blue panels mounted across the desiccated, salty white crust of
Owens Lake.
That's the plan by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, the largest public utility in the U.S.
The
project may eventually generate three to five gigawatts of power --
enough for 10 per cent of California's power supply -- and include
other utilities like PG&E and Southern California Edison and
independent power producers.
(Continue reading in the Edmonton Journal)
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Posted by geri
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Monday, 15 February 2010 |
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 Who knew the same delicious brown bean that creates chocolate can also generate clean green power? Cocoa bean shells left over after the chocolate processing are now being used as biofuel. You might wonder where this is happening. West Africa? Brazil?
Actually, it's in New Hampshire, which is the home of chocolatier Lindt USA. Lindt recently announced a partnership with Public Service of New Hampshire (PSNH) for the burning of cocoa bean shells to produce electricity from one of the three 50MW boilers at PSNH’s Schiller Station power plant in Portsmouth, near the Lindt factory.
(Continue reading at the Triple Pundit)
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Posted by geri
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Monday, 15 February 2010 |
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 In a rare bit of good news for a beleaguered industry, U.S. airlines posted in 2009 their best on-time performance since 2003.
The numbers released Friday by the
Bureau of Transportation Statistics state, "The nation's 19 largest
airlines said 79.5% of their flights arrived on time in 2009, compared
to 76% in 2008 and 82% in 2003."
United was tops among the legacy carriers with a 77.3% on-time rate, topping Delta's 76%.
(Continue reading in the USA Today)
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Posted by geri
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Friday, 12 February 2010 |
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 In search of fulfillment, many workers are now ditching corporate jobs and turning to so-called “encore” careers in non-profit, education or health sectors, each motivated by a similar urge: to give something back.
“When I look at the personal rewards I get, that’s more important to me
than money,” said Barbara Higbee, 57, who was a district manager for a Texas merchandising company and often put in 80-hour weeks.
(Continue reading the feature article at MSNBC)
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