| Outlook roundup: NeuStar, Diebold
STERLING, Va. (AP) -- NeuStar Inc., a provider of clearinghouse services for communications companies, said Wednesday it expects to earn at least $1.29 per share during 2008, short of analyst expectations. NORTH CANTON, Ohio (AP) -- Diebold Inc. will cut 5 percent of its work force as part of a plan to save $100 million, the maker of ATMs and voting machines said Wednesday. NEW YORK (AP) -- Apparel maker Polo Ralph Lauren Corp. on Wednesday raised fiscal 2008 earnings predictions due to a lower tax rate. DALLAS (AP) -- Lennox International Inc., a supplier of heating, ventilation and air conditioning products, maintained its 2008 adjusted earnings outlook Wednesday. HARTSVILLE, S.C. (AP) -- packaging products maker Sonoco Products Co. on Wednesday forecast first-quarter earnings below Wall Street expectations.
The Shrink Rap
Upside: Air-conditioning 24/seven and the fact that the job requires absolutely no thinking or effort.
Downside: No time to sit down and the fact that the job requires absolutely no thinking or effort.
Wages: $6-$10 per hour.
Minimum age: 14 (for baggers), 16 (for everyone else).
How do I get this job? Start nagging your local supermarkets and drug stores … in March.
Hook-up factor: Low. There are two problems: a) Writing your phone number on grocery-store receipts is a bit too cheesy for most to pull off; and b) if you're a bagger, the only people you'd have time to flirt with are the people who are buying lots of groceries, i.e., moms (and dads!) with minivans and toddlers. Job: Busboy, waiter, or hostess at a mid-priced restaurant.
They say you learn how to: Interact with people, read a wine list, serve food.
Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Toolbox Manual
For professionals in the air-conditioning and refrigeration installation and repair trade, this book is an essential toolbox guide. Covers compressors, controls, components, motors, pipe, tube, valves and fittings, whole systems, and ozone-friendly refrigerants. Describes physics of vapor-compression and absorption cycles, and operation and installation of complete systems. Complete coverage of tubing: choosing, bending, and installing. Full description of all popular metering devices and electrical and electronic controls, heavily illustrated. 20 pages of troubleshooting for vapor-compression and ammonia systems, metering devices, oil-control systems, for air- and water-cooled condensers, motors and pumps. Standard ACR procedures include draining and adding oil, system startup and cleanup, detecting leaks, recovering refrigerant, drying, evacuating and charging a system, and periodic maintenance.
NBA: LeBron leads East to All-Star victory
They beat up on us pretty bad last year," James said. "As the East, we didn't want to allow that to happen. We wanted to try to win." Ray Allen was on that Western Conference team that beat up on the East in Las Vegas. Traded to the Boston Celtics last summer, he helped his new All-Star teammates atone. His three 3-pointers in the final three minutes and 12 seconds kept the East ahead after a West rally had wiped out a double- digit lead. "Ray hit some big shots," James said, "some of the biggest shots of the game, and he kept it flowing. We put the finishing touches on it, and it was a dunk." It was a monster dunk authored by James that truly finished things. He powered the ball through and over Dallas Mavericks 7-footer Dirk Nowitzki with 55.5 seconds remaining.
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