http://supply.web2announcer.com/ Web 2.0 announcer top stories for supply en Sat, 26 May 2007 19:57:59 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2011521 unknown@Netscape.com Food just isn't what it used to be. Sat, 26 May 2007 19:57:59 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2011521geneticallyalteredfooddebatesSciencegeneTamperingsupplyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1855324 unknown@Netscape.com After a year of headlines warning of contaminated spinach, peanut butter, and, most recently, pet food, lawmakers and government officials are trying to plug holes in the nation's food-safety barriers. Fri, 11 May 2007 22:40:07 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1855324foodsupplymonitoringprotectioncontaminationsafetyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1581641 unknown@Netscape.com Nigeria is counting votes today after a presidential poll last week that's been criticized for fraud. Militant attacks in Nigeria, Africa's largest oil producer, have already cut about a quarter of its output. U.S. gasoline demand is climbing twice as fast as last year's and will accelerate when summer travel begins next month. Mon, 23 Apr 2007 19:32:09 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1581641crudeoilrisesnigeriansupplyConcerndemandforgasolineNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1308128 unknown@Netscape.com More than half of the tropical coral reefs in the world where governments collect data on fishing levels are being degraded beyond repair, according to a global survey of reef fisheries. The findings suggest that it would take an additional area of tropical coral four times the size of the Great Barrier Reef - the biggest reef system in the worl Thu, 05 Apr 2007 06:25:47 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1308128lossofcoralmaycausefoodsupplycrisisNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1168238 unknown@Netscape.com Since 2003, one country has been the main supplier of food to Fidel Castro's Cuba: the United States. Mon, 26 Mar 2007 17:24:38 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1168238cubaUnitedstatessupplytradeNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1170345 unknown@Netscape.com Food safety expert Dr. Dennis Maki discusses the recent E. coli outbreak in spinach and whether the U.S. food supply is safe. Mon, 26 Mar 2007 17:03:30 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1170345foodsafetyTechnologyeColiSpinachIrradiationsupplyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/867200 unknown@Netscape.com An Israeli state-owned corporation has won a contract to supply the U.S. Marine Corps with state-of the-art armored vehicles for use in Iraq , the latest in a long line of Israeli defense sales for use in the war. Mon, 05 Mar 2007 18:56:59 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/867200IsraelissupplyvehiclesforiraqwarNews http://web2announcer.com/go/779979 unknown@Netscape.com Iran, the second-largest producer in OPEC, risks further sanctions after ignoring a UN Security Council resolution ordering it to stop uranium enrichment by Feb. 21. Officials agreed yesterday at a London meeting to discuss ``elements'' of new sanctions, said Sean McCormack, a U.S. State Department spokesman. Tue, 27 Feb 2007 19:03:35 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/779979oildropsTraderssayiransanctionsUnlikelyToTrimsupplyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/635519 unknown@Netscape.com Hubbert's Peak is named for M. King Hubbert, a prickly but brilliant Shell geologist who went to a meeting of his colleagues from the petroleum industry in 1956 and told them that they had 15 good years left, at most, before U.S. oil production peaked Sat, 17 Feb 2007 15:01:37 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/635519hubbertspeakmkinghubbertoilsupplypetroleumScienceNews http://web2announcer.com/go/540473 unknown@Netscape.com Second Life has done a good job being transparent with their statistics. Key metrics are available on the home page, and additional information was released last December. Today Linden Labs released detailed information on the Second Life population, demographics, usage time and land supply in an excel spreadsheet. [via TechCrunch] Sat, 10 Feb 2007 22:44:11 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/540473secondlifevirtualrealitycensusdemographicsusagepopulationlandsupplymetricstransparencyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/485081 unknown@Netscape.com According to an international survey, the price of weapons-grade Plutonium surged $200 over the past three weeks to an all-time high of just over $4,000 per gram. And with the start of terrorist season just around the corner, prices are not expected to drop anytime soon. Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:13:36 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/485081PlutoniumsupplyanddemandNews http://web2announcer.com/go/445137 unknown@Netscape.com Even as the U.S. looks to ethanol as a way to wean itself off foreign petroleum supplies, imports of the biofuel are soaring. Sun, 04 Feb 2007 09:49:45 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/445137UnitedstatesethanolimportsproductionsupplydemandbiofuelNews http://web2announcer.com/go/261328 unknown@Netscape.com This is the first annual drop in oil demand in more than 20 years among the OECD countries, which use close to 60% of the 84.4 million barrels of oil used globally each day. Mon, 22 Jan 2007 08:08:56 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/261328oildemanddropweathersupplyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/98780 unknown@Netscape.com The New York region's blood supply has dropped to a five-year low, prompting blood bank officials to warn yesterday of life-threatening shortages if donations do not increase. Wed, 10 Jan 2007 10:49:11 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/98780bloodlowsupplydagnerousnewyorkNews http://web2announcer.com/go/5701 unknown@Netscape.com ProLogis, global provider of distribution facilities and services, released the latest edition of the ProLogis Supply Chain Review dubbed Moving Freight Today-How Shippers are Creating Greater Capacity, Reliability, and Rate Stability. The centers serve as "freight pooling hubs" and can work to increase the efficiency of a company's logistics op Mon, 21 Aug 2006 12:57:52 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/5701Moneysupply chainreportfreightresearchsupplyresearch reporttransportation strategiesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/5703 unknown@Netscape.com According to Supply and Demand Chain Executive, Scenic Technology Corporation, a provider of supply chain execution systems on a service model, is partnering with Optricity Corporation, a developer of supply chain optimization engines, to collaborate on providing enhanced technology solutions for their mutual customers. Mon, 21 Aug 2006 12:44:53 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/5703Moneysupply chainexecutionsupplyTechnologychainscenic technologyprovide enhancedNews http://web2announcer.com/go/5705 unknown@Netscape.com Intelligent Global Pooling Systems (iGPS) has selected Ryder System as its supply chain logistics partner. iGPS is spearheading a shift in the pallet-rental business from wood and other materials to uniform plastic pallets with RFID tracking capabilities. Mon, 21 Aug 2006 12:36:21 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/5705MoneyRFIDlogisticschainsupplysystemsupply chainryder systemsystem supplyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/5708 unknown@Netscape.com National City's Trade Payables Management product suite, which now includes the Trade Payables Financing solution, is designed to enable collaboration through the chain, maximize integration across cash and trade, eliminate working capital inefficiencies and provide greater transparency into the information supply chain, PrimeRevenue said. Mon, 21 Aug 2006 12:27:28 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/5708MoneyFinancesupply chainsupplychainnational citychain financeNews http://web2announcer.com/go/5689 unknown@Netscape.com The rationale behind studying fruit flies instead of studying humans themselves is that fruit flies have much shorter life and this makes study of the changes easier. Mon, 21 Aug 2006 11:59:38 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/5689Moneysupply chainbookRFIDsupplyindustrytemporary advantagecontrol temporaryNews