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Fortune.com - Street Life - Miserable Jobs Report, Miserable Market Miserable Jobs Report, Miserable Market Stocks continued their collapse Friday—with the Dow, which lost 147 points, and the Nasdaq, which fell 44, closing at their lows for the year. Plus: much ado about Google. The New York Times > Business > The Overview: In Blow to Bush, Only 32,000 Jobs Created in July: "In Blow to Bush, Only 32,000 Jobs Created in July By DAVID LEONHARDT Published: August 7, 2004 ob growth ground nearly to a halt last month, the Labor Department reported yesterday, raising new concerns about the economy's strength and reshaping the political debate over its performance less than three months before election day. Employers added just 32,000 jobs in July, a small fraction of what forecasters had expected and far below the robust gains in employment earlier this year. The government also announced that job growth in May and June was less than initially estimated." ~ Thursday, August 05, 2004
$3M Grant to Aid Arizona High-Tech Companies, Workers : Arizona Technology News on the Arizona Newsroom arizona technology: high-tech grant Arizona-Related or Interest News & Articles Posted: Thursday, August 05, 2004; azreporter.com > arizona tech • Arizona News • Arizona Weblog • Arizona Events • AZ Things To Do _____Message Boards_____ • Post Your Comments _____EMail Newsletter_____ • Subscribe: Arizona NewsWire $3M Grant to Aid AZ Tech Companies, Workers AZ Workers to Receive Innovation and Technology Training Source: Arizona Manufacturing Extension Partnership Scottsdale, Az • More than 350 top-level engineers, scientists and managers throughout Arizona will receive high-tech innovation and technology training during the next three years thanks to a $3 million U.S. Department of Labor Grant, according to Edgar Allen, technical project director for the Arizona Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP). InfoWorld: Source code stolen from U.S. software company in India: August 05, 2004: By : APPLICATION_DEVELOPMENT : BUSINESS : DATA_MANAGEMENT : PROFESSIONAL_SERVICES : SECURITY Source code stolen from U.S. software company in India Company says insider stole source code and confidential design documents By John Ribeiro, IDG News Service August 05, 2004 Jolly Technologies, a division of U.S. company Jolly Inc., reported Wednesday that an insider stole portions of the source code and confidential design documents relating to one of its key products, at its research and development center in Mumbai, India. The company has as a result halted all development activities at the center. Jolly Technologies is a vendor of labeling and card software for the printing industry. It set up its research and development facility in Mumbai less than three months ago, according to a press release from the parent company. The company said in the release that according to a report obtained from its branch in India, a recently hired software engineer used her Yahoo Inc. e-mail account, which now allows 100MB of free storage space, to upload and ship the copied files out of the research facility. After detecting the theft, the company is trying to prevent the employee from further distributing the source code and other confidential information, the company said. Help Make Blogs More Visible! Note: Html code to copy and paste this meme is here: Help Make Blogs More Visible! Latest CodeNOTE: Be sure you paste live links for the Path List below. There are by some estimates more than a million weblogs. But most of them get no visibility in search engines. Only a few "A-List" blogs get into the top search engine results for a given topic, while the majority of blogs just don't get noticed. The reason is that the smaller blogs don't have enough links pointing to them. But this posting could solve that. Let's help the smaller blogs get more visibility! This posting is GoMeme 4.0. It is part of an experiment to see if we can create a blog posting that helps 1000's of blogs get higher rankings in Google. So far we have tried 3 earlier variations. Our first test, GoMeme 1.0, spread to nearly 740 blogs in 2.5 days. This new version 4.0 is shorter, simpler, and fits more easily into your blog. Why are we doing this? We want to help thousands of blogs get more visibility in Google and other search engines. How does it work? Just follow the instructions below to re-post this meme in your blog and add your URL to the end of the Path List below. As the meme spreads onwards from your blog, so will your URL. Later, when your blog is indexed by search engines, they will see the links pointing to your blog from all the downstream blogs that got this via you, which will cause them to rank your blog higher in search results. Everyone in the Path List below benefits in a similar way as this meme spreads. Try it! Instructions: Just copy this entire post and paste it into your blog. Then add your URL to the end of the path list below, and pass it on! Path List 1. Minding the Planet 2. Wireless LAN 3. Writing Resources 4. BillBoard 5. Stock Quotes Stock Trading Stock Help 6. Christmas All Year 7. Quotes from Famous People 8. Recipes at World Famous Recipes 9. Jobs and Employment 10. (your URL goes here! But first, please copy this line and move it down to the next line for the next person). NOTE: Be sure you paste live links for the Path List or use HTML code. ~ Wednesday, August 04, 2004
UBICS' Subsidiary SquareRadius Becomes UBICS Web Solutions, Complementing and Enhancing UBICS' Range of Professional IT Services < back CANONSBURG, Pa., Aug. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- UBICS, Inc. (OOTC: UBIX), a global professional IT services organization, announced that its subsidiary SquareRadius has changed its name to UBICS Web Solutions. In addition to delivering improved service to its direct clients, the subsidiary now better integrates with parent company UBICS to complement the IT consultancy's capabilities with award-winning creative and technical Web expertise. "We rely on UBICS Web Solutions' skill sets for creative Web technology talent so we can maintain our reputation for delivering top-quality, end-to- end IT solutions," said Bob Harbage, CEO of UBICS. "Our strong focus on Web services and Web-based integration makes it imperative that we leverage creative Web expertise to the greatest extent possible. Our subsidiary strengthens our comprehensive service offerings and reinforces our capabilities as a full-service IT consultancy." The services coming out of UBICS Web Solutions (formerly SquareRadius) will expand to include UBICS' entire worldwide client base. UBICS Web Solutions will be interacting closely and efficiently with the UBICS consulting teams to ensure seamless communication and timely delivery of UBICS' integrated IT solutions. "Collaboration among organizations and their customers, suppliers and employees is becoming the cornerstone of businesses today, and it demands the highest quality Web development," stated Jim Tuchi, president, UBICS Web Solutions. "We look forward to taking a more pivotal role in UBICS' IT services delivery by extending our capabilities throughout UBICS' core offerings. We will also continue to bring jobs to the outlying Phoenix area by servicing clients on the national and global levels out of our Phoenix, Arizona, office." The SquareRadius team remains the same under the UBICS Web Solutions name. In addition to taking a more active role in UBICS' global IT professional services, the team will continue operating a strong local business by helping Phoenix-based companies capitalize on the potential of the Internet. To enable clients to harness the full power of the Web, UBICS Web Solutions provides the following and more: - Front-end Web development and user interface design for maximum technical agility and superior usability - Back-end database engineering, system integration, custom Web application development and other Web technology-based services that automate business functions and improve business performance while improving customer reach - Branding services and comprehensive corporate branding packages that include marketing and business materials to propagate a consistent, cohesive customer-facing image across all media - Custom graphic design and creative consulting services to fill the need for top-quality talent with experience leveraging Web technology and graphics to support and drive business initiatives UBICS Web Solutions intends to perpetuate the SquareRadius reputation for award-winning Web design, development and integration. In 2003, SquareRadius won a Web Marketing Association (WMA) Standard of Excellence WebAward for creating the UBICS Web site ( http://www.ubics.com ). SquareRadius also won the 2002 "Website of the Year Award" sponsored by the Arizona Technology Council (formerly AZSOFT.net). About SquareRadius, Now UBICS Web Solutions UBICS Web Solutions (formerly SquareRadius) provides a complete suite of integrated creative and technical solutions for the Internet. UBICS Web Solutions complements and supports UBICS' global IT professional services and also applies its world-class expertise to clients not requiring a full UBICS solution. Specialties include front-end Web development, back-end database engineering, system integration, network administration and custom application development, as well as corporate branding and graphic design. Offices span the United States, Europe and Asia. For more information, please visit http://www.ubics.com/websolutions . About UBICS UBICS, Inc. (OOTC: UBIX), is a global provider of IT professional services that meet clients' business needs. Focusing on enterprise solutions, co- managed solutions, staff augmentation and business process outsourcing, UBICS combines onsite, offsite and offshore-customized development to rapidly deliver industry-leading business solutions at competitive rates. The company assists mid- to large-sized organizations in the areas of: ERP and CRM package implementations and customizations; e-business/e-commerce/Internet services; infrastructure networking; business process re-engineering; application maintenance programming; database, systems and network administration; and more. Specialties include healthcare and telemedicine solutions, as well as Web services. Leveraging its worldwide satellite offices, UBICS retains a corporate capability of simultaneously deploying more than 500 consultants anywhere on the globe. Consultants are available on a contract, contract-to- hire or permanent placement basis. The Pittsburgh, PA-based organization has a successful 10-year history as an affiliate of the UB Group, a $2 billion multinational group of companies headquartered in India. For additional information, please visit http://www.ubics.com . Safe Harbor Statement Forward-looking statements (statements which are not historical facts) in this release are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. For this purpose, any statements contained in this report that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, words such as 'may,' 'will,' 'to,' 'expect,' 'believe,' 'anticipate,' 'intend,' 'could,' 'would,' 'estimate,' or 'continue' or the negative or other variations thereof or comparable terminology are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Investors are cautioned that all forward- looking statements involve risk and uncertainties. UBICS stockholders are subject to the risks and uncertainties described in UBICS' filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including UBICS' Annual Report on Form 10- K for the year ended December 31, 2001. SOURCE UBICS, Inc. UBICS and SquareRadius are registered trademarks of UBICS, Inc. UBICS Web Solutions is a service mark of UBICS, Inc. All other registered trademarks, trademarks or service marks belong to their respective companies. ~ Tuesday, August 03, 2004
----- Original Message ----- From: I just thought that I would send out a reminder that ASQ Six Sigma exam and application deadlines are drawing near in case any of you are interested in taking the exam. UPCOMING SIX SIGMA EXAM DATES, APPLY DEADLINES, LOCATIONS ======================================================= Exam: 9/15/04, Apply Deadline: 8/17/04, Location: Ft Lauderdale - ASQ's 6 Sigma Forum Exam: 10/3/04, Apply Deadline: 9/3/04, Location: Orlando - Intl Conf on SW Quality Exam: 10/5/04, Apply Deadline: 9/3/04, Location: Minneapolis - Minnesota Quality Conf Exam: 10/16/04, Apply Deadline: 8/20/04, Location: ASQ Local Sections Nationwide REQUIREMENTS ============= 1. SIX SIGMA PROJECT AFFIDAVITS (2 option) - 2 completed projects with signed affidavits OR - 1 completed project with signed affidavit and 3 years work experience in Six Sigma (affidavit PDF form located at http://www.asq.org/cert/pdf/ssbb_affidavit.pdf) Note: Affidavits are not required at time of application but are required prior to exam 2. PROOF OF PROFESSIONALISM (demonstrated in one of 3 ways) - Membership in ASQ or another American Assoc of Eng Societies organization - Registration as a Professional Engineer - Signatures of 2 persons: ASQ members or members of another recognized professional society–verifying that you are a qualified practitioner of the quality sciences I recommend joining ASQ because it takes care of Proof of Professionalism as well as providing you with discounts on the exam and other materials!!! STUDY MATERIALS =============== If you are going to take this exam, I highly recommend the Indiana Quality Council SSBB Primer which covers over 85% of the exam and is structured per ASQ Body of Knowledge which is what the test is based on. Furthermore, I also highly recommend the Indiana Quality Council's practice CD which has 1,000 exam questions. This CD is very flexible in that it allows you to simulate actual ASQ exams with the proper mixture of problems from various chapters and a timing clock (you can even pause the exam if you need to). The CD also allows you to do tests of various lengths and from specified chapters. The cost of the Primer is $75 and the cost of the CD is $70, both very good investments. INTERNET LINKS TO KEY SITES ========================= American Society of Quality http://www.asq.org/cert/types/sixsigma/index.html Indiana Quality Council http://www.qualitycouncil.com/cssbb.asp Not only are these sites useful for ordering research materials and getting application materials, but they also contain extensive background on the Six Sigma Back Belt (SSBB) Body of Knowledge and contain on-line practice exams Good Luck ~ Monday, August 02, 2004
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