Making sense of industrial accidents: the role of job satisfaction.
INTRODUCTION Attribution theory basically suggests that people generally make causal attributions for their own and other peoples' behaviour to facilitate understanding and to shape future behaviour. They do this by assessing the co-variation between the cause and effect variables (1),(2). The importance of causal attributions in both...

Vector Intersect Security Acquisition Corporation Stockholders Approve, and Vector Completes Merger with Cyalume Technologies, Inc.
RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J., Dec. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Vector Intersect Security Acquisition Corporation (BULLETIN BOARD: VTRQ) , a special purpose acquisition company, today announced its stockholders approved the Company's previously announced proposed acquisition of Cyalume Technologies, a private company that is a leading provider of safety, security and training products...

Vector Intersect Security Acquisition Corporation Files Supplements To Proxy Statement.
RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J., Dec. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Vector Intersect Security Acquisition Corporation (BULLETIN BOARD: VTRQ) , a special purpose acquisition company, today announced it has filed two supplements to its definitive proxy materials relating to the previously announced acquisition of Cyalume Light Technologies Inc. with the U.S. Securities Exchange...

Vector Intersect Security Acquisition Corporation Announces Postponement of Its Special Shareholders Meeting Until Completion of Proxy Statement.
RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Vector Intersect Security Acquisition Corporation (BULLETIN BOARD: VTRQ) , a special purpose acquisition company, today announced that its special meeting of shareholders to vote on the proposed merger with Cyalume Light Technologies, among other items, has been postponed until its proxy statement...

Vector Intersect Security Acquisition Corporation Announces Date for Stockholder Vote.
RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J., Dec. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Vector Intersect Security Acquisition Corporation (BULLETIN BOARD: VTRQ) , a special purpose acquisition company, today announced its Board of Directors has scheduled a special meeting of stockholders at which the acquisition of Cyalume Light Technologies Inc, among other matters, will be voted...

Vector Intersect Security Acquisition Corporation Announces New Record Date for Special Meeting.
RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J., Nov. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Vector Intersect Security Acquisition Corporation (BULLETIN BOARD: VTRQ) , a special purpose acquisition company, today announced that its board of directors has re-set the record date to determine Vector stockholders who will be entitled to receive notice of and to vote at...

The Next Catastrophe: Reducing Our Vulnerabilities to Natural, Industrial and Terrorist Disasters.
The Next Catastrophe: Reducing Our Vulnerabilities to Natural, Industrial and Terrorist Disasters By CHARLES PERROW. Princeton: Princeton University Press. 2007. Pp. viii, 377, bibliographical references, index. This is a profound, important and controversial book. Its author, Charles Perrow, is a professor emeritus of sociology at...

Accident compensation for factory workers to see steep rise.
Byline: Niranjan Bharati NEW DELHI: Persons employed in hazardous activities like railways, factories, mines and construction would soon be entitled for a steep hike in their compensation in case of accidents resulting into death or disablement. The government is framing a new compensation package that would make...

Ammonia's future.
[ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] Ammonia has been the refrigerant of choice for industrial systems in many parts of the world for more than 100 years. It is cheap and readily available, provides high efficiency from relatively inexpensive equipment and is easy to use. It is also resistant to sloppy...

The impact of occupational health and safety policy on firm value.
1 Introduction This paper investigates the impact of occupational health and safety (OHS) policy on the share price of listed Australian firms. There has been a considerable resurgence in interest in corporate OHS policy and practises, particularly for institutional investors. (1) For example, OHS policy forms an...