| Hot Topic Licenses Lawson Business Intelligence
ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Lawson Software (Nasdaq:LWSN - News) today announced that Hot Topic Inc. licensed Lawson Business Intelligence, part of the Lawson S3 Enterprise Performance Management Suite. Lawson Business Intelligence will help enhance organization-wide reporting and analysis by giving decision-makers at Hot Topic access to information and decision support to help them quickly capitalize on business opportunities. Hot Topic signed the contract in Lawson's fourth quarter of fiscal 2007, which ended May 31, 2007. .
(AFX UK Focus) 2007-08-14 08:35 GMT: EADS plans to hold extraordinary shareholders meeting on Oct 22 - report
FRANKFURT (Thomson Financial) - EADS shareholders are to vote on the group's reorganisation of its management at an extraordinary shareholders meeting in Amsterdam on Oct 22, Financial Times Deutschland reported citing market sources. The report said an EADS spokesman declined to confirm the date and reiterated that a shareholders meeting is to be held in the fourth quarter of this year. EADS announced in July that Louis Gallois is to become sole CEO of EADS and his current co-CEO Thomas Enders is to head the aerospace giant's Airbus unit. Also as part of the reshuffle, Ruediger Grube is to become EADS' sole chairman. Separately, Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported, citing company sources, that EADS plans to sell its production sites in Nordenham, Varel and Augsburg to a sole investor.
New guidelines to monitor head injuries released
The NFL's new guidelines on concussion management include a telephone hotline that will make it easier to report to the league when a player with a head injury is being forced to practice or play against medical advice. The league's new concussion guidelines, many of which stemmed from a conference in June involving team trainers and doctors, were formalized Tuesday and will be sent to all players and other team personnel. They include whistle-blower provisions for individuals to report concussions with the telephone hotline and a booklet that will allow players and their families to identify symptoms. Concussions have become an increasingly high priority for Goodell and team officials in the past year. Last spring, the commissioner announced that all players would be given baseline tests during their training camp physicals that can be used to diagnose when they have concussions.
Gaming N ews
DETROIT, Michigan -- As reported by the Crain's Detroit Business: "A meeting of the leaders of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians last week brought a shake-up in the management of the Greektown Casino in Detroit. "Aaron Payment, who has been chairman of the Greektown Casino Board of Directors since 2004, has been replaced by Fred Paquin, a member of the tribal board of directors and Sault Tribal Police Chief. "...Payment, however, claims the vote was improperly held and intends to challenge it tonight at a meeting of the tribal board. "He said the vote was cast by the board that oversees the Greektown Casino on Thursday, not the tribal board itself. Though the casino board is made up of the 13 members of the tribal board and Beatty, Payment said three tribal board members were not present to vote at the Greektown board meeting.
Central Florida Taco Bell employees to get training after worker settles harassment suit
A male employee of a Taco Bell in Polk County, who said he was sexually harassed by a female manager, will be paid $76,050 to settle his suit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has announced.
The employee of a Taco Bell in Mulberry said he had been subjected to repeated physical and verbal sexual harassment, and that he quit after management had dismissed his complaints with jokes.
The three-year consent decree settling the suit also requires Taco Bell to train all of its employees in Central Florida on its sexual harassment policies and to make semi-annual reports to the EEOC on any harassment complaints it receives. .
New Research Analyzes Pharmaceutical Sales Departments' Spending, Structures and Strategies for 2008
Pharmaceutical business intelligence leader Cutting Edge Information announces the launch of its new 185-page benchmarking report, "Pharmaceutical Sales Management 2008," available for immediate download at: www.PharmaSalesManagement.com. The report examines pharmaceutical companies' sales investment, structure, strategies, and field tactics. Compiled from interviews and surveys with sales leaders at top performing pharmaceutical companies, the report allows drug companies to compare and improve their own sales strategies. The 185-page report makes its case with 250+ metrics and numerous techniques for managing these three aspects of the current sales landscape: .
Mental patient escapes have almost doubled, says report
The number of sectioned patients absconding from mental health services has almost doubled in the last year. St George's Mental Health Trust was unaware of the location of a detained patient 101 times, according to the trust's annual risk management report. The figure is a dramatic rise from the previous year, when 51 absconders were reported by the trust, which runs Springfield Hospital. .
NFL's new concussion rules include hotline to report abuses
NEW YORK -- The NFL's new guidelines on concussion management include a telephone hotline that will make it easier to report to the league when a player with a head injury is being forced to practice or play against medical advice. The league's new concussion guidelines, many of which stemmed from a conference in June involving team trainers and doctors, were formalized Tuesday and will be sent to all players and other team personnel. They include whistleblower provisions for individuals to report concussions with the telephone hotline and a booklet that will allow players and their families to identify symptoms. "We want to make sure all NFL players, coaches and staff members are fully informed and take advantage of the most up-to-date information and resources as we continue to study the long-term impact of concussions," commissioner Roger Goodell said in a statement issued by the league.
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