Burley gears up to streamline its manufacturing work force.
Byline: Sherri Buri McDonald The Register-Guard Local businessman Michael Coughlin bought Burley Design on Friday, and on Monday, a flurry of changes were already under way to try to revive the financially ailing bike manufacturer. The sale brought a measure of relief, but 39 employees...

PSE engages JP Morgan for its 20% stake divestment.
Byline: JAMES A.LOYOLA The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) has tapped JP Morgan to be its financial adviser and underwriter to prepare a way to sell the bourse's shares to comply with the 20 percent industry limit required under the Securities Regulation Code. The SRC imposes...

Good practices in labor-management cooperation in unionized establishments.
Byline: Dean JORGE V. SIBAL, UP School of Labor and Industrial Relations SOCIAL partnership in industrial relations (IR) is practiced through various mechanisms and approaches designed for workplace productivity and decent work. In unionized workplaces in the Philippines, the most widely used is the labor-management cooperation (LMC)...

P/$ rate stands at P42.85/$1.
The peso exchange rate closed at P42.85 to the US dollar last Friday at the Philippine Dealing & Exchange Corp., (PDEx). The weighted average rate stands at P43.057. SEC exempts Shell's ESOP The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has granted an exemptive relief to giant...

Company OKs stock options for employees; Arrhythmia offers 200K more.
Byline: Martin Luttrell STERLING - As it seeks to diversify and make acquisitions, Arrhythmia Research Technology Inc. will now have 200,000 more shares of common stock to use for employee stock options, after shareholders approved an amendment to the company's 2001 stock option plan. The...

PRINTING FIRM MAKES A MARK.
Byline: Sherri Buri McDonald The Register-Guard Five years into employee ownership, Shelton Turnbull Printers has claimed a niche in a highly competitive, fast-changing industry. Its 16 presses are busy churning out brochures, direct mail, posters, business forms, letterhead, envelopes and labels for wine and other...

ERISA litigation, 2d ed.
9781570185083 ERISA litigation, 2d ed. Zanglein, Jayne E. and Susan J. Stabile. BNA Books 2005 1386 pages $345.00 Hardcover KF3512 Zanglein (law and mediation, Western Carolina U. and The College of...

PSE seeks 20% ownership cap leeway.
Byline: JAMES A. LOYOLA The Philippine Stock Exchange is asking the Securities and Exchange Commission to exempt it from the complying with the 20 percent industry ownership cap pending the resolution of what it calls loopholes in the law. The PSE has asked SEC for...

R/$ rate closed at R54.20 to $1.
The peso rate closed at P54.20 to the US dollar last Friday at the Philippine Dealing System of the Bankers Association of the Philippines. The weighted average rate stands at P54.263. MPC reactivates ESOP Metro Pacific Corp., the Philippine unit of Hong Kongs First Pacific...

World's best airports.
LAST April 25, 2005, Forbes Magazine released a survey conducted by Skytrax (an airline and airport passenger research firm based in London) that rates and ranks the world's best airports. The survey, widely regarded as the benchmarking tool for Passengers Satisfaction levels at airports throughout the world was conducted...