Feb 04

A scrap of history: 'Something about the oldest inhabitant of Hannibal'
Hannibal.net
Mr. Bates was then running a keel boat on the lower Mississippi and he brought his young slave to Shippings Port, now Louisville, Kentucky, where he was also engaged in the carpenter's business and worked a large number of hands.

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Feb 04

Money Marketing

NAPF: Savers face £1bn hit from 'unfair and opaque' annuity system
Money Marketing
The joint report by the National Association of Pension Funds and the Cass Business School calls for a range of fundamental reforms to the way people shop around for a retirement income. These include building a shopping around process into all pension ...

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Feb 03

Globe and Mail

CEO made mental-health work his business
Globe and Mail
The Roberts Bank export coal port, the biggest in Canada, opened in 1970 and is now part of the Jim Pattison Group. Kaiser became a fixture in BC business coverage, sporting large glasses and gaining a reputation for driven work habits and some ...

Feb 03

Harrow: Can someone please help me?
Austin American-Statesman
Ponder that while hearing "Your business is important to us" during a half-hour hold. By the 1990s, companies were shipping customer service overseas to cut costs. Call centers from Ireland to India began helping Americans book flights, ...

Feb 03

PRINCETON: Ferris Olin, fully engaged, even when 'off duty'
Packet Online
On a random week last fall, Dr. Olin had attended 15 meetings after returning from London, Paris and Venice, and has been busy working with colleague Judith Brodsky, planning Fertile Crescent: Contemporary Women Artists of the Middle East Diaspora, ...