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Fukushima Evacuees to Return to Exclusion Zone to Check Property Story tools print this storyorder a reprintsuggest a storydigg thissave to del.icio.usSept. 16 (Bloomberg) -- About 20,000 families from the exclusion zone around Japan's wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant will be allowed to return to their homes from Sept. 19 to collect belongings and check their properties. They will be permitted to return in their own cars for the first time, said Masato Kino, spokesman at the Emergency...

The 100-year-old inventor of mechanical pencils needs to pen a new plan to make it to 101. Sharp Corp. (6753), Japan’s biggest liquid-crystal display maker, put up its Osaka headquarters and some plants as collateral last week to win bank loans after its credit ratings were cut to junk. The supplier to Apple Inc. (AAPL) is also renegotiating a stock sale to Taiwan’s Foxconn Technology Group as it tries to recover from record losses and a 70 percent slump in shares this year. Within six...

Weekend MFP Industry Notes Newsletter11-28-2010- Okidata reports financial data:o Worldwide hardcopy revenue declined 12% in first half of 2010 to only $675 milliono Operating loss of $34 million for first half of fiscal yearo Printer revenue down 22%...

Tokyo (December 3, 2010) - Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc. (Konica Minolta) and Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (Dai Nippon Printing) are pleased to announce that the "Universal Design High-security MFP*1 with Body Area Network*2 (BAN) Smart...

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co (鴻海精密) is to hold a sales meeting with Sharp Corp at Foxconn’s plant in Shenzhen, China, next Monday in an effort to help boost the sales of the Japanese company’s products worldwide, a top Hon Hai executive said yesterday. “We plan to discuss sales in Taiwan, Southeast Asia, India, China and Hong Kong during the meeting,” Hon Hai vice chairman Dai Cheng-wu (戴正吳) told reporters on the sidelines of a Sharp product demonstration event at one of Hon Hai’s factories...

Weekend MFP Industry Notes Newsletter2-6-2011- Sharp will launch a new series of color laser A3 MFPs (code-named “Aries”) that will have control panels similar to an Apple iPad. Tentative specs:o 10.1” color touchscreen LCD display...

Most Americans pay very little attention to what is going on in the economies of other nations. But they should. The reality is that in today's global economy, what is happening on the other side of the world can have a dramatic impact on the U.S....

College sued over public records feesDecember 14, 2010 | Lance Williams Have you ever gone to pick up some official document and winced when you saw the Xerox bill?When that happened to Terry Francke, lawyer for the Californians Aware good government...

Sharp has reported net profit of JPY4.2 billion (US$37.35 million) for fiscal third-quarter 2016 (ended December 2016), turning profitable from continued quarterly net losses for more than two years. Sharp posted consolidated revenues of JPY571.5 billion for the quarter and net operating profit of JPY18.8 billion, the highest quarterly level since first-quarter 2015. The financial improvement resulted from Sharp president and CEO Dai Cheng-wu's efforts to restructure the company. Dai was...

JERSEY CITY, N.J.--( BUSINESS WIRE )-- Datapipe , a leader in managed cloud services for the enterprise, today announced it was named a leader in The Forrester Wave™: Hosted Private Cloud Services, North America, Q2 2017 report. Vendors included in the report were evaluated on 33 criteria, including current offering, strategy, and market presence. This is the first time the report has been published since 2014. .@datapipe named a leader in @forrester Wave: Hosted #PrivateCloud Services North...

Murphy’s Law: How to Get the Most Out of a Bad Day By Paul Giorgi, Nov 7, 2017 11:00:28 AM Murphy’s law: “What can go wrong will go wrong.” I’m sure we’ve all been subject to this adage. Today I had a Murphy day. What you are about to read is 100% true. None of the names have been changed to disguise anyone. It started in the morning. I was up ready to head to work when I realized that my counterpart, Charles Rodney , had booked me in a 7:00 AM meeting and I had less than 5 minutes to join.

November 29th, 2020 MSP, MSSP and IT Industry Notes Sponsored by Arcoa Group Why partnering with ARCOA makes sense Electronics Recycling is an important and profitable part of the IT asset lifecycle, but it can be overwhelming with all you already do, varying state regulations, and the limited resources at hand. That’s where ARCOA comes in. When you partner with ARCOA, you get all the benefits of a big company without any of the capital investment. We’ve been doing this since 1989 and have...

Cybersecurity Updates CyberSecurity HIPAA & Cybersecurity Updates - Top three actions over next 2 years for Healthcare CIOs regarding security survey: 50% = identify opportunities for performance improvements and cost savings 42% = providing training for staff 39% = developing and hiring the correct skill sets The North Dakota Department of Health and Cavalier County Health notified 35,316 patients that their PHI was exposed after email phishing attack Tri-State Specialists of Iowa,...

The Week in Copiers Ten Years Ago The First Week Week in December 2010 I believe that the last five years allowed us to be complacent about our surroundings and our clients needs. There was no reason for our industry to change even though we were heading towards the end of the track. You know what I'm taking about it's what others called "the race to zero". Konica Minolta and Dai Nippon Printing's Joint Development Art Post (Guest) · 12/6/107:13 PM printer or copier verification. Konica...

The Week in Copiers Five Years Ago Last Week of April 2016 Tough week this week along with a tough month. Being under the weather for a full week does not help, but rather than calling out sick I stuck to the plan. In the end the I was not able to eat the bear this month. However May looks to be stacked! Enjoy these awesome copier threads from 5 years ago this week Why I Am Now a Social Selling Believer Art Post · 4/26/1611:12 PM Why I Am Now a Social SellingBeliever by Print Audit Last week...

NEW YORK , July 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Deloitte, a leader in global security services and incident response services , has expanded its Managed Extended Detection and Response (MXDR) by Deloitte platform to include enhanced cybersecurity industry intelligence, as well as four new modules for dynamic adversary intelligence, digital risk protection, threat hunting and mobile device security. "As the threat landscape continues to change rapidly, we want to offer our existing and future...

Sponsored by July 24th, 2022 Arcoa Group Why partnering with ARCOA makes sense Electronics Recycling is an important and profitable part of the IT asset lifecycle, but it can be overwhelming with all you already do, varying state regulations, and the limited resources at hand. That’s where ARCOA comes in. When you partner with ARCOA, you get all the benefits of a big company without any of the capital investment. We’ve been doing this since 1989 and have the expertise, certifications, and...

Toshiba Corp. accepted a buyout offer from a Japanese consortium, as the iconic conglomerate moved a step closer to ending a troubled chapter in its more-than-140-year history. The Tokyo-based company’s board approved on Thursday a bid of about 2 trillion yen ($15.3 billion) from a group led by domestic private equity firm Japan Industrial Partners Inc., or 4,620 yen per share, it said in a statement. The offer is at about a 9.7% premium to Toshiba’s closing price on Thursday. As the next...

This Week in the Copier Industry 5 Years Ago Last Week of June 2018 Real Copier Sales Today was a sweet day for me because after eight years I finally sealed the deal with a net new client for a $17K order. Eight years! I guess this is a testament about not giving up, not giving up when you don't win the first first and second time. For many reps they may never make that 8 year mark, many may give up after the first loss and not alone the second loss. After 43 years of courting SMB clients...

TOKYO -- Toshiba announced a 2 trillion yen ($14 billion) tender offer on Monday in a move that would take it private, as the scandal-tarnished Japan ese electronics and energy giant seeks to turn itself around. The tender offer led by a buyout fund of major Japanese banks and companies called Japan Industrial Partners starts Tuesday and is priced at 4,620 yen ($32) a share. Chairperson Akihiro Watanabe asked shareholders to back the proposal, saying it is the only option for Toshiba Corp.

The life of sales....., one day, month or quarter you're up and the next day, month or quarter you're sucking wind The life of sales is a rollercoaster ride; one moment you're riding high, and the next, you're struggling to keep up. Currently, I have around thirty opportunities in my pipeline over a span of sixty days, totaling more than $300K. Unfortunately, they're all stalled for various reasons. In my recent podcast/video-cast ( Ask Us Anything ), I discussed the dilemma of a salesperson...