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 <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> Utilities
<<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> Utilities is considering plans to sell its Norweb electricity supply business, due to the tough price controls in the sector.
<<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> Utilities is to invest £100m over the next 12 months in the creation of a broad-band national network for its Norweb Telecom business, including a new sales and marketing support division in Liverpool.
<<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> Utilities is looking to outsource more activities to reduce the impact of regulatory price cuts on its water and electricity businesses, and is also considering plans to float part of its Vertex call centre division.
http://www.ukbusinesspark.co.uk/uns66656.htm

  
 <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> States of Europe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> States of Europe is a name occasionally given to one version of the possible future unification of Europe as a national and sovereign federation of states similar in formation to the <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> States of America.
The term "<<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> States of Europe" was used by Winston Churchill in a famous speech which he delivered in 1946 at the University of Zürich.
This approach has been supported by both <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> Kingdom and <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> States.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_of_Europe   (1005 words)

  
 News - Releases
Agricore <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> Financial is a strategic venture with the Bank of Nova Scotia whereby the bank provides trade credit directly to the farmer customer and Agricore <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> manages the customer relationship and credit application process in return for an agency fee.
Agricore <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>>'s total net debt declined from $772 million at November 1, 2001 to $475 million at July 31, 2002 and its financial leverage ratio (total net debt to tangible net assets) decreased accordingly from 57% to 48% between these dates.
Agricore <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> extended its revolving variable rate credit facilities of $300 million, with its existing lenders, from the original maturity date of July 31, 2002 to between October 31, 2002 and November 30, 2002, to enable the Company to complete its plans to restructure its mix of short- and long-term debt.
http://www.seedquest.com/News/releases/2002/september/4840.htm   (1005 words)

  
 Europe: Eclipsing the American Dream?
The <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> States grows more conservative (as it deals with the new realities imposed on it by the "age of terror"), while the so-called "Old World" is experimenting with a new way of doing things.one that's arguably better suited to fit into the more globalized world that's emerging in the 21st century.
Standard operating procedure has become "the <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> States does the cooking, and the EU does the dishes." This trend is likely to continue as European nations consider essentially abolishing their armies and American politicians are learning it's hard to get elected without promising to spend more on the military.
Europe's Green Party — which is on the political fringe in the <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> States — is well-represented in local and national European governments.
http://www.ricksteves.com/about/pressroom/activism/eurodream.htm   (5517 words)

  
 bucheli.doc
It was reflected during the times <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> Fruit operated in Magdalena in two ways: first, in the competition for export taxes between the local government and Bogotá; second, in the lack of support the local planters received from the national government when they faced their worst crisis during the 1960s.
<<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> Fruit benefited from that conflict because the national government torpedoed every attempt the Magdalena Assembly made to tax exports.
Once <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> Fruit began its banana exports from the region, many of the Magdalena local politicians saw it as a potential source of tax revenue.
http://cas.uchicago.edu/workshops/cpolit/papers/bucheli.doc   (11523 words)

  
 287-119.txt
The unit employees were deprived of their representational rights throughout the time that the Respondent was liti- gating its position before the Board-a fact that the dissent ignores and one that would not likely have enhanced the Union's standing with the employees ---- 1 <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> Supermarkets, 261 NLRB 1292 (1982).
<<b>bb>>UNITEDb>bb>> SUPERMARKETS 123 would reverse the judge's finding that the Respondent violated the Act by withdrawing recognition from the Union on 6 July 1983 and would dismiss the complaint in its entirety.
<<b>bb>>UNITEDb>bb>> SUPERMARKETS 129 All butchers and wrappers located in the <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> Su- permarkets, Inc., stores in Amarillo, Texas, exclud- ing head meat cutters, all other employees (grocery department employees), office clerical employees, managers, assistant managers, watchmen, and super- visors as defined in the Act.
http://www.nlrb.gov/nlrb/shared_files/decisions/287/287-119.txt   (7026 words)

  
 <<b>bb>>UNITEDb>bb>> KINGDOM
In the <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> Kingdom, the organic market accounts, on average, for about 1 percent of the total food market, although this share varies across sectors (tending to be highest for baby food, then fruit and vegetables and lowest in livestock/meat products).
In the <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> Kingdom, by contrast, organic farmers and growers have had to sell direct to the public (in farm shops and the now rapidly developing and popular farmers markets), or have developed links with a relatively small number of wholesalers and the small number of supermarket chains.
Supermarkets also prefer to purchase from established importers and traders who know their requirements and operating procedures.
http://www.fao.org/docrep/004/y1669e/y1669e0f.htm   (7177 words)

  
 <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> Supermarkets - BBB National Torch Awards
<<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> has long recognized that its relationship with customers is more valuable than any short-term profit.
Founded in 1916, <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> Supermarkets' main priority has always been to give each customer personal service while providing quality products at a fair price.
<<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> is the only company to have earned a Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics from three Better Business Bureaus: Amarillo (2001), Lubbock (1999) and Wichita Falls (1998).
http://www.bbb.org/BizEthics/winners/unitedsuper.asp   (209 words)

  
 <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> Fruit Company-Jacobo Arbenz
This standoff led to worsening diplomatic relations between his country and the <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> States which saw his initiatives as too radical.
The Guatemalan government did its valuation by using the information provided by the tax forms filled by <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> Fruit itself and, according to this information, this was the actual value of the land.
The Guatemalan government refused to pay that amount and continued to expropriate <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> Fruit's lands in October 1953 and February 1954 offering the company a total of $500,000.
http://www.lossless-audio.com/usa/746640461.htm   (2999 words)

  
 Hexapedia - Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart is the most often sued corporate entity in the <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> States and has become a symbol of globalization to anti-globalists.
Categories: NPOV disputes Retail companies of the <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> States Supermarkets in the <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> States Wal-Mart Fortune 500 companies Companies traded on NYSE Multinational corporations Companies with annual revenue exceeding US$1 billion Supermarkets in Canada
For example, Wal-Mart is now the #1 grocery chain in the <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> States, with 14 percent of all grocery sales in the country, with nearly twice the sales of Kroger ($95 billion vs. $51 billion).
http://www.hexafind.com/encyclopedia/Wal-mart   (1660 words)

  
 The C.I.A. In Guatemala
The leaders of the <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> Fruit Company went to a man called Edward Bernays, a master of public relations, and hired him to change the negative opinion that the <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> States was slowly forming toward the enormous <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> Fruit Company due to people like Huey Long.
The <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> Fruit Company began in 1870 when Lorenzo Dow Baker, captain of a cargo ship, took some bananas from Jamaica to the <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> States because he had some extra space.
<<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> Fruit became the largest employer in Guatemala as well as the largest landowner and exporter, and the Company became used to exemption from internal taxation, duty free exportation and guaranteed cheap labor under the jurisdiction of the Guatemalan administration.
http://www.warui.com/stefan/warui/h32/TheCIAinGuatemala.html   (1936 words)

  
 <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> Utilities News - Topix.net
Water companies, including <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> Utilities, which supplies north-west England, have warned customers that they could be facing shortages next year unless there is a very wet winter.
Leading UK business process outsourcer Vertex, part of <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> Utilities PLC, has announced the acquisition of US based debt collection agency First Revenue Assurance (FRA).
<<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> Utilities has won a 1.5bn a year contract, for up to 15 years, to provide water and sewerage services to Dwr Cymru, the not-for-profits Welsh water company.
http://www.topix.net/com/uu   (1936 words)

  
 <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> Utilities "buy" newratings.com
<<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> Utilities’ stock offers the maximum upside in the UK water sector, ING Financial Markets believes.
LONDON, December 1 (newratings.com) - Analysts at ING Financial Markets reiterate their "buy" rating on <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> Utilities (UU-GBX).
<<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> Utilities quote - chart - all headlines - analyst actions
http://www.newratings.com/analyst_news/article_359389.html   (1936 words)

  
 <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> Utilities, Incorporated ( Now Sprint )
Later, in 1964, when Paul H. Henson – a 1995 KBHF Contemporary Honors Award recipient – became president of <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> Utilities, Inc., he almost immediately reorganized the company in accordance with C.L. Brown’s belief that centralizing some of the company’s functions would result in greater efficiency, cost reductions, and growth.
<<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> Telecom was founded in 1899, by C.L. Brown and Jacob Brown, to deploy reliable, reasonably-priced telephone service to the rural area around Abilene.
UT&E was dissolved, and its assets placed under the new company, <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> Utilities, Incorporated.
http://www.scripophily.net/unutin1.html   (1936 words)

  
 The New York Review of Books: Europe vs. America
According to the World Health Organization the <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> States is number one in health spending per capita—and thirty-seventh in the quality of its service.
In the aggregate the <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> States spends much more on education than the nations of Western Europe; and it has by far the best research universities in the world.
The new US secretary of state was widely quoted in 2003 to the effect that the <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> States intends to "forgive Russia, ignore Germany, and punish France." According to the authors of a recent Atlantic Council report, the Bush administration regards Europe as being "on probation," its future standing with Washington dependent on better behavior.
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/17726   (5820 words)

  
 Study: Europe leads <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> States in IT advances
In addition to being more advanced than the <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> States in sectors such as wireless technology, Europeans are also spending more on software and services than on hardware, IDC said Wednesday in a statement.
In the <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> States, hardware accounted for 42 percent of all IT spending last year, IDC said, while in Western Europe hardware spending has fallen to 38 percent, and in the U.K. to under 32 percent.
Hardware has been relegated to sales as a loss leader and is now only a small element of total IT solutions in Europe, which mostly consist of software and services, Stephen Minton, IDC's research manager for the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) IT Markets Center, said in the statement.
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/00/08/24/000824hneurope.html   (713 words)

  
 Chapter 2: Security Strategy for Europe and NATO
Still, Russia is continuing reforms and policies in a wide-range of other areas which the <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> States on balance considers positive.
While the vital interests of the <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> States and its European partners are not directly threatened by conflict in the former Yugoslavia, the partners understand the importance of the issues and the indirect threats to vital areas and interests.
To this end, the <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> States and its allies are pursuing strengthened relations with Russia on a bilateral basis, as well as in various multinational fora.
http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/europe/chapter_2.html   (7655 words)

  
 <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> Grain Growers Limited carrying on business as Agricore <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>>
Employee Participants who are themselves employees of Agricore <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> may elect to have Agricore <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> deduct the amount of the loan periodically by way of payroll deduction.
The trades to be made by Agricore <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> in respect of the Member Participants and the Employee Participants who are not themselves employees of Agricore <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> under the Loan Program may not technically, fall within the available exemptions from the Registration and Prospectus Requirements of the Legislation.
Agricore <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> established the Agricore <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> Member and Employee Loan Program (the "Loan Program") to allow Members and employees of Agricore <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> an opportunity to invest in Agricore <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>>.
http://www.msc.gov.mb.ca/orders/ugg.html   (7655 words)

  
 The <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> Europe Foundation
But the issue is sensitive in Europe, and pressure from the <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> States is not appreciated.
This is one of the findings of a new World Bank study on "Doing Business 2005: Removing obstacles to growth", which benchmarks regulatory performance and reforms in 145 nations.
President Jacques Chirac of France called Friday for a strong Europe to balance U.S. might even as he and other leaders appeared to back away, at a European Union summit meeting here, from proposed reforms to resuscitate Europe's economy.
http://www.unieurope.org   (5068 words)

  
 <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> Packaging
T3's design team saw an opportunity to create packaging for <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> products that would stand out on the shelf, offering an alternative equal to the national brands at a better price.
We recognized that the quality consumers associated with <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> as a supermarket could be extended into packaged goods as well.
In a supermarket, private-label products represent higher-margin opportunities for retailers and good value for customers.
http://www.t-3.com/innovation/case_study_united_pack.aspx   (426 words)

  
 UNIPORK - Privacy
Agricore <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> will have no legal liability for such disclosures.
The information you supply will be used by Agricore <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> to fulfill your order, process and document your business transactions, or respond to your inquiries with information about Agricore <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> and our services.
Your information may be shared with agents or contractors of Agricore <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> in connection with services that these individuals or entities perform for Agricore <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>>.
http://www.unipork.com/unipork/privacy.html   (426 words)

  
 AccessVia
In recognition of its ethical treatment of customers, vendors and employees, <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> Supermarkets was presented the Better Business Bureau National Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics in the fall of 2001.
Since its inception, <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> Supermarkets has been committed to giving its customers a wide selection of competitively-priced grocery offerings, quality meats, fresh produce and perishable items with an emphasis on superior customer service and community involvement.
With AccessVia solutions, the nation's leading retailers transform the information in their product databases and use it in creative ways to communicate with their customers.
http://www.accessvia.com/PressReleases/United_Release.htm   (680 words)

  
 Township (<<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> States) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Towns and townships are considered minor civil divisions of counties by the <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> States Census Bureau for statistical purposes.
A township in the <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> States refers to a small geographic area, ranging in size from 6 to 54 square miles (15.6 km² to 140.4 km²), with 36 square miles (93 km²) being the norm.
The New England states have a similar concept of local government, but combine the municipal and area government forms into a Town.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Township_(United_States)   (970 words)

  
 Hardware Purchase Program - U.S.
To purchase hardware that will be shipped to a location in the <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> States, please order directly from the ADC Hardware Purchase Program Store.
NOTE: You must have ADC Hardware Discount assets on your Manage Assets page in the ADC Member Site or the order will not be processed.
Purchases made outside of the ADC Hardware Purchase Program Store will not be re-booked or credited at developer pricing.
http://developer.apple.com/membership/usa.html   (486 words)

  
 <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> Kingdom corporation tax - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Corporation tax is a tax levied in the <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> Kingdom on the profits made by UK-resident companies and associations.
Initially corporation tax was charged at 40%, a figure that rose to 45% in the 1969 Budget.
Unlike value added tax, which is levied on the sale of goods, corporation tax is levied on the net profits of the company.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_corporation_tax   (5104 words)

  
 <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> Fruit Company - Chronology
The Senate Finance Committee of the <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> States includes bananas in the proposed Underwood-Simmons Tariff.
Although prohibited in the <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> States this pesticide continued being used in the banana-producing countries.
<<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> Brands considers this new tax unfair and confronts the local governments.
http://www.unitedfruit.org/chronology.html   (7934 words)

  
 <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> States of Europe
An idea of revolutionary daring had been launched and was being acclaimed by the Six and the <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> States -- a minerals and metals superstate....
Monnet and his Action Committee were unofficially supervising the negotiations and as soon as obstacles appeared, the <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> States diplomatic machinery was alerted, mostly through Ambassador Bruce...
The most informative account of the role of America's Insider Establishment in organizing the movement for a <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> Europe can be found in a six-part report on the Common Market that appeared in installments in the authoritative H. du <<b>bb>>Bb>bb>>. Reports during 1972 and 1973.
http://www.stoptheftaa.org/artman/publish/article_60.shtml   (5367 words)

  
 <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> Hardware Selects HighJump's Supply Chain Execution Software to Manage Rapid Growth
The SCE suite will be installed in the company's 400,000-square-foot distribution center located in Milbank, S.D. <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> Hardware evaluated the industry's leading solutions providers and selected HighJump's SCE suite because of its unmatched flexibility in meeting changing business requirements and its proven track record in generating immediate, measurable improvements in space utilization, throughput and accuracy.
<<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> Hardware Distributing Co. is a member-owned hardlines distributor serving over 1,300 customers in the Upper Midwest and Pacific Northwest.
Additional solutions for customer and management visibility, as well as supply chain-wide event management, will improve the communication of order status, employee productivity and exception notification, respectively.
http://www.highjumpsoftware.com/news/PR20040630-united-hardware.asp   (824 words)

  
 Lalor, Cyclopaedia of Political Science, V.3, Entry 276, <<b>bb>>UNITEDb>bb>> STATES NOTES.: Library of Economics and Liberty
They were to be issued in payment of the debts of the <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> States to any creditor who would receive them, and were to be receivable in payment of all debts and dues to the government.
The treasury notes would have two advantages over exchequer bills; one, the superior credit of the <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> States; and the other, that they were receivable for taxes and public dues.
A brief sketch in reference to the bills of credit or treasury notes, issued by the government, by the colonies, and of the circulating notes issued by the banks previous to the adoption of the constitution, is given in the article on "Banking in the <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> States," in the first volume of this Cyclopædia.
http://www.econlib.org/library/YPDBooks/Lalor/llCy1046.html   (14795 words)

  
 <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> Branding
When the campaign broke three years ago, customers came up to <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> managers and thanked them for lowering their prices.
So instead of focusing completely on price, we turned the tables and focused on all the added value <<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> provides at no added cost.
<<b>bb>>Unitedb>bb>> Supermarkets has been a family owned and operated grocery chain since 1916.
http://www.t-3.com/innovation/case_study_united.aspx   (529 words)

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