State targeting employers that don't play by rules
San Francisco ChronicleDecember 31, 2011
The effort will include a large outreach component to educate people about the law. Penalties vary depending on the severity of the offense and the industry. For instance, unlicensed contractors can be fined up to $15000 and referred to a local ...more »
Shore growth, flooding expected to increase
MyCentralJersey.comDecember 31, 2011
Sustainability: Individuals and organizations are embracing sustainability, say New Jersey's environmental leaders, but we have yet to institutionalize that commitment in law. Agriculture: High land prices and ubiquitous development combine to create a ...more »
Short-term prospects and long-term perspectives
Sunday Times.lkDecember 31, 2011
History has amply demonstrated that peace, political stability and law and order are vital perquisites for development. This is more so today when there is global interdependence and the foreign perception of a country are important for foreign ...more »
Burma developing nuclear capabilities: Is US-Burma thaw connected to it?
Asian TribuneDecember 31, 2011
The diplomat notes there have been reports that North Korea is involved in developing SAMs in Burma, or something else “of a covert or military-industrial nature.” He concludes, “Exactly what, and on what scale, remains to be determined. ...more »
Farmers and others see threat from drilling in a thirsty land
Honolulu Star-AdvertiserDecember 31, 2011
Companies will also have to find a way to dispose of all the toxic wastewater or sludge that each well produces, since the closest landfill or industrial-waste facility that can handle the waste is hundreds of miles away. "Around here, the rain comes ...more »
Scientific Potential Stimulates the Region's Economic Development
Oil and Gas Industry Latest NewsDecember 31, 2011
The boost of hydrocarbon production is due to TNK-Uvat commercial launch of two new fields (Urnenskoye and Ust-Tegusskoye) in 2009. This year, the company continues drilling and settlement works, in parallel developing Tyamkinskoe field, also a part of ...more »
A year of joy and sadness
Wilmington News Journal, OHDecember 31, 2011
The official designation makes the Wilmington site the largest such place in Ohio — big enough to become an industrial park with space for a dozen companies. The tract is the same land where a housing development called Parkside South was planned ...more »
Farmers and Others See Threat From Drilling in a Thirsty Land
Gainesville SunDecember 31, 2011
Mr. Norlen added that the influx of foreign construction workers in these projects could lead to conflicts with local and tribal communities. In one example, he noted, the United States government-financed project in Papua New Guinea to extract and ...more »
New Year honours list: MBEs
The GuardianDecember 31, 2011
For serv the Financial Services Industry and the Debt Management Office. Mrs Jayne Law, UK and Ireland Sales mgr, DOW Building Solutions. For serv the Insulation Industry. Mrs Barbara Lawrence, For voluntary service to the commty in Rhayader. ...more »
Wu Si on Wukan and Civil Rights
China Digital TimesDecember 30, 2011
I. In the turn of events at Wukan, we have seen two modes of thought, and from these two corresponding types of resolution. The first mode of thought is that of class struggle, or a hostile “us-versus-them” type of thinking based on zero-sum conflict. ...more »
Lose 'money order economy' tag, says KCCI chief
Times of IndiaDecember 30, 2011
"All the gains of developing a Kerala model of education and healthcare are washed away by low industrial development and the highest ratios of brain drain," Aswani rued. He pointed out the apparent lack of indigenous forms of income due to the absence ...more »
South Sioux City Major Accomplishments for 2011
KCAUDecember 30, 2011
Industrial development will be aided in the long term, because even with a 500 year flood, no water was even close to our industrial sites; giving assurance to prospects and our existing industries that South Sioux City is an excellent location to ...more »
The best of the rest: Top business stories of 2011
Inside Tucson BusinessDecember 30, 2011
The Tucson-based commercial property owner has filed for bankruptcy reorganization protection on several high-profile properties. Transwest's troubled portfolio includes the Doubletree Hotel Tucson at Reid Park; Gallery Row at Skyline Drive and ...more »
Irvington Waterfront Zoning Re-Drafted: No Parking Structure Mentioned
Patch.comDecember 30, 2011
Under the industrial zoning regulations which currently govern the Waterfront, pretty much anything can be built there. For years, trustees have tried to create a separate zoning law for the waterfront that would allow for more development—within ...more »
EUV Faces Its Most Critical Test
IEEE SpectrumDecember 30, 2011
Because the industry has already invested so much, that would be bad—bad for ASML, bad for the semiconductor industry, bad even, perhaps, for the high-tech sector that has come to take for granted Moore's Law and its biannual bounty of doubled ...more »
