China's Leading Online Discount Department Store dazhe.cn Expands Sales in Face of Financial Crisis.
SHANGHAI, China, Jan. 5 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- China's leading online discount department store http://www.dazhe.cn/, founded by Shanghai China Best Information Technologies Co. Ltd., announced that its turnover in Q4, 2008 increased sharply by 300%. Just as the "lipstick phenomenon" shows that lipstick sales tend to surge following depression,...

View from Main Street.
Byline: The Register-Guard Ordinary people don't generally put much stock in macroeconomics - the big-picture measurements such as gross domestic product, durable goods sales or the trade deficit. Main Street differs markedly from Wall Street in this respect. Middle-class wage earners in Lane County get...

Temp outlook seen as stable; No big changes in local demand.
Byline: Martin Luttrell WORCESTER - Central Massachusetts employers, already a year into a recession by some accounts, plan to hire at a modest pace during the first three months of next year, according to a Manpower Employment Outlook Survey conducted quarterly by Manpower Inc. From...

Investment Outlook - August 2008.
World Markets Remaining Volatile The extreme investor pessimism recorded in the two most recent Merrill Lynch surveys of fund managers and the historically high levels of liquidity finally triggered a powerful, if short-lived, relief rally in global financials when recent results of some US banks beat depressed...

Pearson Packaging Systems Acquires Chicago-Area Goodman Packaging Equipment.
SPOKANE, Wash., Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Pearson Packaging Systems, a leading manufacturer of secondary packaging equipment announced today, it has signed an agreement finalizing the acquisition of Goodman Packaging Equipment, a Chicago-area based producer of top loading case packers. The newly formed company will be led by Michael A....

Interprise Software Solutions Shows Signs of Rapid Growth Despite Down Economy.
Additional employees, larger office space, and direct mail integration strengthens robust business software NORTH MANKATO, Minn., Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Interprise Software Solutions, Inc., a leading developer of scalable software solutions for businesses, reports rapid expansion in its reseller channel as well as new customers and partnerships....

SunPower BioDiesel Taps Greenline Biodiesel Platform.
ENERGY RESOURCE-2 December 2008-SunPower BioDiesel Taps Greenline Biodiesel Platform(C)2008 JeraOne - http://www.jeraone.com Greenline Industries today announced that SunPower BioDiesel of Cumberland, Wis., has chosen its waterless biodiesel platform. Greenline's platform will allow SunPower to produce biodiesel on a smaller scale, supplying local distributors in a...

SunPower BioDiesel Chooses Greenline's Waterless Biodiesel Platform to Produce Renewable Fuel.
Serving the local community by providing jobs, creating a market for oil seed crops and supplying renewable, sustainable fuel are benefits of SunPower's decision LARKSPUR, Calif., Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Greenline Industries, provider of clean-tech energy platforms, announced today that SunPower BioDiesel of Cumberland, Wis. has chosen...

County jobless rate soars.
Byline: Sherri Buri McDonald The Register-Guard The grim employment picture continued in November, with Lane County's jobless rate climbing to 8.4 percent, up from 5 percent in November 2007, the state Employment Department announced on Monday. It was Lane County's highest rate for November since...

Autodesk University Again Features INCAT Industry Experts.
iCHECK(TM) for Autodesk Inventor also Highlighted: Higher Quality, More Productivity DETROIT, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- INCAT, a global leader in Engineering Services Outsourcing (ESO) and Enterprise IT Services, and a leading international provider of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, announced today that two members of its staff,...