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  • Coal Makes a Comeback
    The United States is returning to coal to generate electricity. Long-dormant mines are being reopened to gather coal, which generates most of the electricity in the country. Why is coal once again such an important resource?
  • A New Beginning for Coal
    Because after years of mine shutdowns and declining prices, the coal industry is making a prosperous return.
  • Mines Reopen as Coal Takes Lead in Energy
    In the mid-1990s, coal was not king, but today, it may be taking back its throne. Back then, natural gas was at center stage as the preferred energy source of environmentally conscious Americans everywhere.
  • Coal Reduces Reliance On Foreign Oil
    Recently, the price of a barrel of oil rose to $40, the most expensive price in American history. With the rise in oil prices and constant instability in the Middle East, the United States seems headed for an energy crisis.
  • Being Competitive in a GM
    The challenges of today's global marketplace are forcing companies to look at doing things differently in order to get that extra edge over their competition.
  • Tips to Improve Your Customer Loyalty
    Statistics show that, on average, U.S. companies lose half of their customers every five years.
  • Maintaining Jobs and Work Through Machine Automation
    One of the great misleading myths of modern manufacturing is that North America cannot compete in a global manufacturing marketplace and is losing jobs due to lower foreign labor costs.
  • E-Government in China Soon to Be a Reality
    Without question, the world is a big place. However, with the constant development of information technology, the world seems to get smaller all the time.
  • Improving Manufacturing Cycle Times Through Machine Tooling
    Machining center manufacturers are all looking for and touting the ability to reduce part cycle times by offering faster and more efficient machines. That is what the job shop and part production customers of these products demand, because their end-product customers are driving a purchasing philosophy of lower costs per part.
  • Five Ways to Make Your Organization Innovative
    Creative ideas are what turn ordinary companies into market leaders. These companies see the end result first and then build a path to achieve those results.
  • Five Money-Saving Travel Tips for Small Businesses
    Small businesses often need every break and discount they can get, and traveling can be one of the most costly areas for small businesses. Unfortunately, many of the best travel advantages only go to big businesses.
  • Coal Helps America Through Power and Jobs
    You may not realize it, but the coal industry plays a large part in the U.S. economy.
  • Tips to Know Before Buying an Annuity Policy
    Annuities may be a useful tool for those who want a steady stream of income throughout their lives. While most annuities include a death benefit, an annuity is almost the opposite of a life insurance policy - annuities offer financial protection against outliving your income.
  • Micromanufacturing Opportunities Grow
    The demand and application of micron and sub-micron manufacturing requirements is growing, which offers unique challenges and immense opportunities to a wide group of tool shops and production parts manufacturers in the United States. The term micromachining loosely refers to part details and holes smaller than the human hair that are measured only in microns-or one thousandth of a millimeter.
  • Selling Items Online? How To Ensure They Arrive Safely
    When the Internet first gained notoriety, who would have thought that someone in Tokyo could buy a chandelier from someone in Des Moines online?
  • Four Steps to Being 'King of the Economic Jungle'
    To compete in today's economic jungle, you need to embrace change and respond to it better than your competitors. Those leaders who do so recognize the opportunity such an approach can bring.
  • Rapid Prototyping Revolution
    In the past, any new consumer or industrial product part brought to market had to first have a prototype built to ensure that the design could be properly applied and used by the manufacturer. Years ago, these were often wooden miniatures and clay models. More recently, laser-sintering technology has allowed plastic samples to be built from CAD/CAM electronic drawings and powdered resin.
  • 'Shifts' to Help You in Times Good or Bad
    Six months ago, the economy was roaring. Stock prices were going up, interest rates were staying low, unemployment was down. A few months later, those indicators all were going in opposite directions. Now, it's hard to tell from day to day where we stand.
  • Medical Innovations Via Modern Machine Tool Technology
    Massive advancements have been made in the cost and the quality of orthopedic devices, implant devices and many other medical components. These advancements have been supported, and in many cases made possible, by the modernization of equipment and manufacturing investments in the medical products industry.
  • Fourth Quarter Machine Tool Depreciation
    Accelerated depreciation in the fourth quarter of 2004 can provide significant tax shelter to many parts production job shops or tool and die shops, according to capitol equipment financing specialists at Makino, a global provider of advanced machining technology.
  • Chairman Believes God Belongs in the Boardroom
    Howard Jonas, founder and chairman of IDT Corp., was 14 years old when he started selling hot dogs on a street corner in the Bronx. Today, he runs a multibillion dollar telecommunications company that is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. What is the secret of his success?
  • Building Confidence in Your Retirement Future
    In the next 10 years, the first wave of America's 76 million baby boomers will be retiring. Since today's retirees are generally healthier and more active than their parents, they are looking forward to living longer and spending more time playing with grandchildren, pursuing hobbies or even trying new careers.
  • Company CEO Holds Drawing for His Salary
    RX Processing Corp.'s CEO Peter Fiorillo is serious about supporting the passage of the Dorgan-Snowe bill that is currently trying to make its way through Congress. He is so serious that he has implemented a campaign that allows citizens to enter into a lottery to win his first year's salary: 500,000 shares of company stock.
  • 'Stop the Stupid Stuff' In Your Business
    We are living in a world of change. Shift happens! Competition comes from all over the world, which means that many American businesses are in trouble.
  • Cost-Reducing Tips for the Small-Business Owner
    One of the keys to running a successful small business or home office is learning to control costs. Even the smallest expenses can quickly add up and cut into profits, leaving you with a business that won't move forward.
  • What You Should Know First, Before Buying Annuities
    Americans hear a lot about the shaky outlook for Social Security. In the future, the federal program likely will play a smaller overall role in Americans' retirement plans.
  • Web Sites Level Playing Field In Business
    For many years, only the largest companies had the resources to attract and serve customers all over the world. Now, thanks to technological innovations and the Internet, small businesses are able to offer the same high-quality services and compete on a global scale.
  • Maximize Your After-Tax Returns
    If you want to minimize receiving taxable distributions from mutual fund investments, tax-efficient funds should be considered for your investment portfolio.
  • Public Companies to Provide New Disclosures to Investors
    Investors in the nation's publicly traded companies will soon have access to an unprecedented level of corporate information when companies issue their annual reports, which, for the first time ever, will include details about their internal control over financial reporting and provide a greater degree of transparency.
  • Award-Winning Web Sites Place Visitors First
    What does it take to have an award-winning Web site? According to the Web Marketing Association, it takes a combination of qualities.

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