Poultry in motion: Trade finance in the frozen-food industry

Rocco Pendola submits:The other day I wrote an article chiding myself for purchasing 18 Research In Motion (RIMM) January 2012 $15 put options. I resigned myself to the loss of $600 just to show readers exactly what not to do with regard to a trade.

Guest blog post by Emily Sheketoff, Executive Director, American Library Association Washington OfficeResearch confirms that digital opportunity depends not only on access to computers and broadband, but the competencies necessary to successfully navigate the online world and be more competitive in the 21st century. America’s libraries are on the forefront of connecting learners of all ages with formal and informal digital literacy skills training, as well as access to a wide range of technology resources. For these reasons, the American Library Association is pleased to collaborate with the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration to support DigitalLiteracy.gov. This new portal is an important first step in collecting and sharing class materials, research, and online learning tools. We look forward to greatly expanding the content available as librarians, educators and other practitioners engage with the website. From their inception, libraries of all kinds have had the development, promotion, and advancement of literacy at the core of their mission.  Now libraries combine trained staff, technology infrastructure and robust electronic collections to meet diverse needs that continue to change and grow. School librarians teach the skills necessary to find and evaluate web resources, and they support use of online collaborative tools that help ensure our students leave school ready for higher education and the 21st century workforce. Information literacy is now considered by several accreditation associations as a key outcome for college students.

The Department of Commerce today issued a report detailing initial policy recommendations aimed at promoting

Article written by Prieur du Plessis, editor of the Investment Postcards from Cape Town blog.The February edition of Donald Coxe’s Basic Points research report (subtitled “The metals take centre stage”) has just been published. His investment recommendations, as summarized in this document, are listed in the paragraphs below, but I do recommend you also read the full report at the bottom of the post.

Jonathan Eaton, Sam Kortum, Brent Neiman, John Romalis report:

On May 10, 2010, the Office of Advocacy (Advocacy) filed comments with the Food and Safety Inspection Services (FSIS) providing the agency with various meat and poultry processors’ concerns with the guidance document issued to industry on Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HAACP) system validation.