Motiva says black woman failed to exhaust administrative perquisites before filing discrimination claim
Updated: 2012-09-30 08:45:21
by David Yates Motiva Enterprises is asserting that a Port Arthur woman failed to exhaust her administrative perquisites before filing a suit claiming the company discriminated against her by allowing a white male certain privileges. As previously reported, Carolyn Warwick, a black female, filed a lawsuit July 10 in Jefferson County District Court against Motiva [...]
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Oil giant Shell vows to resume exploratory drilling in the Arctic despite rival’s fears a spill would ruin reputation of firms involved Terry Macalister The Guardian, Friday 28 September 2012 17.05 BST Shell has rejected a plea from its French rival Total that the energy industry should abandon its search for oil in the Arctic [...]
IESE Blog Community About Home BizKnowledge Watch IESE Library Blog Sep 28 2012 0 Motion Pictures Sound Recording Factiva offers a gamma of Industry Snapshots to offer readers a glimpse of the most relevant data about a particular industry and includes a comprehensive one-page summary . Motion Pictures Sound Recording” is a good example where you can find targeted news , reports , charts , analysis and financial . data The full-text of the report is available on the web to members of the IESE . community Written by IESE Library Staff in : Market Industry reports Tags : Factiva Motion Picture Motion Motion pictures distribution Picture and Sound Printing of recorded media Publishing of recorded media Recording Industries Reproduction of recorded media Categories Books and libraries Careers
By Vincent Warren, Special to CNN September 27, 2012 — Updated 1834 GMT (0234 HKT) (CNN) — An argument before the Supreme Court on October 1 in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum will have enormous significance. The case concerns the torture of Ogoni leaders in Nigeria, but at stake is the future of the law under which [...]
Posted on September 27, 2012 at 9:27 am by Jennifer A. Dlouhy Shell has begun anchoring its Kulluk conical drilling unit in the Beaufort Sea as it prepares to begin initial work on an exploratory oil well in the waters north of Alaska. A company spokeswoman confirmed that it had begun connecting the conical drilling [...]
IESE Blog Community About Home BizKnowledge Watch IESE Library Blog Sep 27 2012 0 Building an Innovation System for Knowledge City RAND Corporation has just published the report , An Outline of Strategies for Building an Innovation System for Knowledge City China’s Guangzhou Development District GDD will be the site of the new innovation cluster known as Sino-Singapore Guangzhou Knowledge City . Jointly developed by GDD and Singbridge of Singapore , Knowledge City will be an environmentally and technologically advanced city that hosts innovative industries and their associated knowledge workers . To achieve this goal , GDD must design a strategic plan to pursue three primary goals : to attract high-tech companies and enable their growth , to attract and retain a highly skilled , innovative
IESE Blog Community About Home BizKnowledge Watch IESE Library Blog Sep 26 2012 0 Working Capital : Never Been Better PwC has just released the study Working Capital : Never Been Better . What the top performing companies are doing differently The report shows that the largest European companies have never been better at managing their working capital and UK companies are the most efficient compared to their . neighbors The study analyses the working capital performance of Europe’s largest publicly listed companies and shows that the UK cash-to-cash conversion cycle was an impressive 55 days in 2011, down from 60 days in 2010. Using Days Working Capital DWC as a measure of working capital efficiency , the study shows how many days it takes for companies across Europe to convert their
: IESE Blog Community About Home BizKnowledge Watch IESE Library Blog Sep 25 2012 Getting to par : Spotting the sand traps in Latin America oil and gas Accounting for 20 per cent of the world’s known oil reserves , Latin America is emerging as one of the world’s rapidly growing energy markets and is poised to become a significant player on the world energy . stage However , Latin America faces momentous environmental , economic , and social challenges in leveraging its vast hydrocarbon resources . As a new report by Deloitee notes , on-going business reform will probably be necessary for continued growth in the . region The report identifies six specific areas where oil and gas companies , as well as individual countries within Latin America , will need to focus in order to maintain
IESE Blog Community About Home BizKnowledge Watch IESE Library Blog Sep 13 2012 0 PrivCo on trial The Library has , PrivCo Private Company , Database on trial until September 28, 2012. PrivCo is the premier source for business and financial research on major , non-publicly traded corporations , including family owned , private equity owned , venture backed , and international unlisted . companies PrivCo’s Private Company Reports : include Financials Statistics Annual Revenues Employee Counts , Productivity Charts Excel-ready Detailed Funding and VC Investment Activity with Funding Round breakdowns , deal terms , and analysis Detailed M A deal data with FULL deal reports including multiples , deal advisors , and more Detailed Business Descriptions including key products and services ,
IESE Blog Community About Home BizKnowledge Watch IESE Library Blog Sep 11 2012 0 European recession slowing global economy The OECD has just published its latest Interim Economic Assessment The Assessment says that the global economy is slowing , with key European countries entering a recession that is now having an impact worldwide According to the study the G7 economies are expected to grow at an annualised rate of just 0.3 percent in the third quarter of 2012 and 1.1 percent in the fourth . It warns that the continuing euro area crisis is dampening global confidence , weakening trade and employment and slowing economic growth for OECD and non-OECD countries . alike The OECD projects that the euro area’s three largest economies Germany , France and Italy will shrink at an annualised
IESE Blog Community About Home BizKnowledge Watch IESE Library Blog Sep 10 2012 0 OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2012 The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development OECD have released the report , Agricultural Outlook 2012 The report suggests that in addition to population growth , higher per capita incomes , urban migration , changing diets in developing countries and rising requirements for biofuel feedstocks are underpinning demand pressures in the food . sector At the same time , agricultural output by developed , exporting countries has been slow to respond to higher prices in the last decade . Higher demand will be met increasingly by supplies that come to market at higher cost . With farmland area
IESE Blog Community About Home BizKnowledge Watch IESE Library Blog Sep 07 2012 0 New product : MarketLine Advantage The IESE Library now has subscribed to MarketLine Advantage MarketLine Advantage is an interactive subscription platform offering a comprehensive and unique collection of company , industry , financial , and country information extending across every major marketplace worldwide . MarketLine Advantage gives you access to their new case studies , which offer concise evaluations of the latest innovative company strategies to help you quickly and easily understand what makes them successful . It includes macroeconomic data , strategic company information , highly advanced search functionality and navigational . aids You have access to over 32,000 companies , 3,800 industry
IESE Blog Community About Home BizKnowledge Watch IESE Library Blog Sep 06 2012 0 The Global Competitiveness Report 2012-2013 The World Economic Forum has just launched The Global Competitiveness Report 2012-2013.” Switzerland is once again ranked as the most competitive country worldwide , followed by Singapore in second place and Finland in third , overtaking . Sweden Spain remains in 36 th spot while the United States continues the decline it began four years ago , falling to . seventh Three Asian economies also figure in the top 10, with Hong Kong SAR and Japan joining Singapore , in 9th and 10th place . respectively The report states that China 29th continues to lead the way among the large emerging economies . Despite falling two places since last year , the Asian behemoth still
IESE Blog Community About Home BizKnowledge Watch IESE Library Blog Sep 04 2012 0 The World’s Most Powerful Women 2012 CC World Economic Forum Flickr German Chancellor Angela Merkel heads the latest list of the 100 most powerful women in the world , published by Forbes magazine . The top four is rounded out by U.S Secretary of State Hillary Clinton , the President of Brazil , Dilma Rousseff , and Melinda Gates , co-chair of the Bill Melinda Gates . Foundation The creators of the ranking have divided the 100 most powerful women into the following categories : politics , business , media and lifestyle the latter including women working in entertainment sports and fashion and ranks the world’s 100 most powerful women by dollars , media presence and . impact For more information about the