Moving and Storage Business News

The News Review:

- Public Storage completes deal for Seattle’s Shurgard Storage
- VisionGATEWAY To Enter Japanese Market Through Major Distribution…
- Q2 2006 BENQ CORP Earnings Conference Call – Final.
- Has iPod’s hit parade stalled?

Public Storage completes deal for Seattle’s Shurgard Storage
Seattle Post Intelligencer – Aug 24, 2006
Wednesday after three months of bargaining on a two-year contract. “We got very little in return for all the ‘goodwill’ extended to the company by the Guild over the past six years,” wrote Times desk editor Paul Morgan in a blog tracking the talks. “Management simply wasn’t moving. ”
Under the proposed contract, wages are frozen for workers at or above top union scale, said Guild President Yoko Kuramoto-Eidsmoe, a Times copy editor. Management declined to give workers their birthdays off as compensation for the freeze, she said. A vote by the Times’ roughly 600 Guild members — in the editorial, advertising, marketing and circulation departments — could be held the week after Labor Day. Air Force to dock Boeing for cost overruns on GPS contract
The Boeing Co… A vote by the Times’ roughly 600 Guild members — in the editorial, advertising, marketing and circulation departments — could be held the week after Labor Day. Air Force to dock Boeing for cost overruns on GPS contract
The Boeing Co. will be docked an undetermined amount in performance-based fees by the U. Air Force for cost overruns of at least $266 million and three years of delays on a Global Positioning System satellite contract, according to the program manager. Boeing has exceeded its original $215. 8 million development contract by about $80 million, or 37 percent, and its $195 million initial production contract by $186 million, or about 95 percent, Col.

VisionGATEWAY To Enter Japanese Market Through Major Distribution…
Free with registration – M2 Presswire – AccessMyLibrary.com – Aug 24, 2006
M2 PRESSWIRE-24 August 2006-visionGATEWAY Inc: VisionGATEWAY To Enter Japanese Market Through Major Distribution Agreement With Wax Info Japan(C)1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:24082006 San Diego, USA – visionGATEWAY Inc. (OTCBB:VGWA), developers and distributors of the industry leading application for complete Internet Resource Management, INTERScepter(tm), is to make its products available to the advanced Japanese market through a major distribution and representation arrangement with local company Wax info Japan. The arrangement will see Wax info representing visionGATEWAY throughout Japan and other selected markets in Asia, where Wax info already offers its complementary ActiveLibrary network application, which is used by PC users for the secure publication, storage, search, and retrieval of information. Scott Hitchman, the CEO of Wax info, said “visionGATEWAY has my wholehearted support, not only for the company’s entry into the Japanese market but also for its development into other global markets. In addition, Wax info Japan has committed to an investment in the Japanese translation of visionGATEWAY products and materials, and to a significant role in the marketing necessary to successfully build the market for the visionGATEWAY products in the region. “Wax info has already made impressive strides into Japan with ActiveLibrary, and INTERScepter is a perfect.

Q2 2006 BENQ CORP Earnings Conference Call – Final.
Free with registration – Fair Disclosure Wire – AccessMyLibrary.com – Aug 24, 2006
Projector Shipment hit a record high, sales were very strong in Europe and Asia Pacific Regions. Computing Products however were down quarter-on-quarter due to lowered second quarter demand. I will skip over the products slide page and moving on to BenQ Mobile Integration Briefing. Reporting on BenQ Mobile we sold 7. 25m units due to issues relating to delayed operator approval and product roll-out. ASP remains weak as ramp-up of new handsets was delayed and clearance of low margin products continued. In terms of the steps forward we are stepping up cost reduction efforts and addition the Company appointed David Wang as BenQ Mobile’s CFO who has — is very experienced in turning around companies and has lived in Europe for over 14 years… 25m units due to issues relating to delayed operator approval and product roll-out. ASP remains weak as ramp-up of new handsets was delayed and clearance of low margin products continued. In terms of the steps forward we are stepping up cost reduction efforts and addition the Company appointed David Wang as BenQ Mobile’s CFO who has — is very experienced in turning around companies and has lived in Europe for over 14 years. Customer commitment remains solid and again, we are accelerating development cycles and cost-cutting efforts. We will be rolling out competitive products for the holiday season with 70% under BenQ-Siemens brand. Looking at our guidance overall, quarter-on-quarter growth will be flat on reduced ODD shipment following disposal of our ODD unit and — but seasonal demand should begin to pick up for IT products. LCD Monitors, I think we are seeing performance strengthening in China where we are in the top three and in Russia, Germany, Italy, Spain, Australia and Taiwan where we are in the top five.

Has iPod’s hit parade stalled?
Cnet Asia – Aug 24, 2006
“It’s possible that we’re at a point where the path to taking the next step is less clear and less straightforward, even for a company with the technology expertise and creativity of Apple,” said IDC analyst Susan Kevorkian. Other reasons could explain the radio silence out of Cupertino, Calif. , Kevorkian said, including the fact that Apple has decided to phase out the PortalPlayer processor from its next-generation nano and reports that the company has faced design challenges with the successor to its video iPod. Whatever the reasons, the competition is moving forward… Other reasons could explain the radio silence out of Cupertino, Calif. , Kevorkian said, including the fact that Apple has decided to phase out the PortalPlayer processor from its next-generation nano and reports that the company has faced design challenges with the successor to its video iPod. Whatever the reasons, the competition is moving forward. Microsoft has said it will have.