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August 12, 2010

Small Business Employment Statistics In 2007 : US census

Filed under: 2007,Business — Tags: , — Winson @ 7:56 AM

On Monday, Statistics of U.S. Businesses (SUSB) released a fact sheet 2007 annual data which included number of firms, number of establishments, employment, annual payroll, and estimated receipts.

The data was tabulated by industry, geographic area and enterprise employment & receipt size.

National and subnational data on the distribution of economic data by enterprise size and industry was given by Statistics of U.S. Businesses (SUSB) is an annual series. This series does not include data on private households, non-employer businesses, agricultural production, railroads, and most government entities.

In different sectors – Small Business employment (Below 500 employers)

  • Forestry, Fishing, Hunting, and Agriculture Support – 1,44,111
  • Mining – 2,82,278
  • Construction -6,190,401
  • Manufacturing -5,91,7710
  • Wholesale Trade– 3,635,834
  • Retail Trade -6,138,628
  • Transportation and Warehousing – 1,618,079
  • Information -8,77,184
  • Finance and Insurance – 2,134, 636
  • Real Estate and Rental and Leasing – 1,50,3479
  • Management of Companies and Enterprises – 3,83, 588
  • Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services – 3,724,173
  • Educational Services – 1,363,682
  • Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services – 4,99,5367
  • Health Care and Social Assistance – 7,989,889
  • Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation – 1,313,243
  • Accommodation and Food Services -6,854,722

August 5, 2010

Different Types of Barcode Labels

Filed under: Business — Tags: , — Winson @ 5:53 AM

Now-a-days, barcodes are found any where, because there are various types of products, as a result many barcodes have to be used. Automate data collection is the main reason to use barcodes. Each barcode has some amount of information about products which is needed, and that information is needed to decode. Different types of device are used to read these barcodes.

There are many types of barcode labels, such as linear symbologies and stacked and matrix symbologies, composite symbologies, etc.

Linear barcode symbologies: They are most familiar and this is the most used barcode format. They have a series of parallel lines and spaces of changing width. More than 100 types of this particular type of barcode are there, 20 of them are accepted world wide. Codabar, code 39, code 128, EAN, Telepen and UPC are some of them.

Matrix symbologies: If there is a need to encode more information into much smaller spaces then it leads to creation of the stacked and matrix barcode symbologies. Aztec code, code 16k, code 49, Maxi code, super code and USS code are examples of matrix symbologies.

Composite symbologies: Composite symbologies are combinations of one dimensional and two dimensional symbologies. Composite code C, GS1 and MicroPDF417 are examples of composite bar code labels.

These are the types of labels, which can be used on different types of products. Every barcode has some information, which can be read by a type of product to know about the product. They are cost effective and as well as useful.

August 2, 2010

21st Generation Fashion Jewelry Trends

Filed under: Business — Tags: — Winson @ 8:28 AM

The main aim behind the fashion jewelry is that it should be fashionable and stylish. Fashion and trends change along with time. Now-a-days, the fashion is changing year by year. Fashion world is witnessing many new trends. For example, Celtic jewelry is the most popular fashion jewelry today.

During the 17th century fake pearls and the glass beads were used mostly and people used to wear according to their clothing. And even during the night times, they preferred diamonds. Firstly the fake pearls were prepared in France and they were used till 200 years are the fashionable accessories. These are fake balls which are made of wax and are coated with the ground fish scales.

Then for the next century Paris made fashionable jewelry of glass or paste gems and they almost look like the gemstones. Many jewelries of the 18th century prevail till date, but the real gemstones and the golden jewelry have disappeared.

Even the fashion of the costume jewelry of gemstones had spread to England in the 18th century. The costume jewelry in England includes the earrings, necklaces, jeweled buttons.

As of 20th century, pearls came into existence. They became popular and they are expensive. The tradition of the pearls was introduced in the Japan in the end of the 19th century and it existed till the 20th century.

Generally, formal jewelry is used in the offices and workplaces. Simple jewelry like beads, metals, stones, simple chains made of gold, different metals are used as the formal jewelry items. It gives a decent, nice look to the individual in case of formal jewelry.

During the 19th century, the fashion jewelry got mixed up with all types of jewelry items like pearls, corals, diamonds and even the gemstones. So, the jewelry of that century is called as the cocktail jewelry.

As of 21st century the fashionable jewelry became famous. The present 21st generation trends are crystals and pearls. The initial golden jewelry was replaced by the Swarovski crystals and they become popular within few years. For the casual wear fashion jewelry has unlimited traditions. So, as of now the silver crystal jewelry is very famous one.

Station jewelry are the present trends and they are followed by the present generation. Even the pearls, diamonds and the gemstones like blue topaz, quartz are mainly used jewelry articles.

July 23, 2010

Impact of Unified Communications on Businesses

Filed under: Science and Technology — Tags: , — Winson @ 6:09 AM

The communication services are necessary for the development of any organization. Different communication services are being evolved to meet the present day’s needs. So, the unified communication is offering different types of real time communication services, which are used by most of the companies. The services which are being offered by the unified communications are instant messaging, presence information, telephony, video conferencing, call control, speech recognition etc.

One can define a Unified Communications (UC) as the grouping of the communication tools into one entity so that they can be used by both the businesses and the individuals. In a single term one can define it as the business process integration application. This is mostly used by the organizations for managing the communications between the clients and the companies. It optimizes the response time, it manages the flow of the data, reduces the dependencies on media and device.

Apart from considering the mediums, one can send a message. For example, if the sender is online during the current time, then the response can be sent via the text chat or a video call.

Instead of using separate device for each and every process an integrated technology will help you in providing the single correct device.

Some of the common services like data services, unified messaging, multimedia series, transactions etc. are being united or integrated. The main aim of implementing the Unified Communications is to decrease the response time delays.

By implementing the Unified communications, the organization will become more productive as the efficiencies like reduction in the cost, better interactivity will occur. So, Unified communications is used for automating and grouping both the manual and the machines communications.

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July 19, 2010

DAT Introduces Newer Drug Testing Products to Better Serve Customers

Filed under: Press — Tags: — Winson @ 7:46 AM

Released by: DrugAlcoholTest.com

Drug Alcohol Test supporting drug testing needs of individuals and organizations introduced newer drug test products to better serve its customers.

Drug Alcohol Test which is a well recognized professionally managed business firm has introduced convenient and reliable newer drug testing products to better serve its customers.

To better serve its customers, DAT introduced a new advanced EZ Test Cup II which is convenient and helps to get accurate results. The EZ Test Cup II with hinged lid has new integrated test variants that offer better quality of results at the same price. The efficient design of the EZ Test Cup II makes testing easier at homes, offices, events etc. As home users apart from organizations and institutions constitute a major portion of customer base of DAT, the EZ Test Cup II with simplified procedures will benefit employees and individuals who feel comfortable in privacy of their homes and offices.

Some of the new drug testing products offered by DAT are CLIA waived tests. As CLIA regulates all laboratory testing systems in US and require extensive documentation, the laboratories have to work in compliance with CLIA. However, these newer drugs testing products from DAT which are CLIA waived does not require extensive documentation and can be performed easily.

Besides these newer products, DAT also offers integrated test kits and a selection of Nicotine test kits, Alcohol test kits, Pregnancy test kits, and Urine adulteration detection test kits which are of high quality, approved by FDA, and adhere to SAMHSA cutoff levels. A wide variety of Breathalyzers are also offered by DAT.

DAT has also expanded its range of oral drug tests and now includes oral drug tests in different test formats. The customers can now have a wide range of selection of oral drug tests which can be easily performed at workplaces, home, schools etc. As oral drug tests are easy to administer, tamper proof, less invasive, and provide quick results, they are most suitable for employee drug testing at workplaces and in schools.

The new drug testing kits are affordable for corporate customers, home users, employees, and schools etc.

For further details, please contact-
Drug Alcohol Test
412 Collingsworth Lane
Greenville, SC 29615
United States
Tel: 1-888-237-3445 (Toll Free)
Website: www.drugalcoholtest.com

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