Moving and Storage Business News

The News Review:

- Beware Of Movers Who Take You For a Ride
- Cool gadgets for a home.
- Not true, Mr Maxwell
- Work in Progress.

Beware Of Movers Who Take You For a Ride
Washington Post – May 27, 2007
“The really serious complaints are rogue movers or scam movers,” says David Sparkman, vice president of communications for the American Moving and Storage Association, which represents the interstate movers. “These people are thieves who are pretending to be movers. “In the most classic and prevalent scam, a moving company will give a low estimate to pack up someone only to substantially hike the quoted price once the items are loaded on the trucks. If the consumer doesn’t pay the new price, the belongings are held hostage. Last year about 15 percent of consumer complaints filed against movers involved hostage goods. In one case, a Massachusetts woman said a mover loaded her goods on a truck and demanded $16,000 afterward. That was more than four times the company’s estimate of $3,600…
But rogue companies “aren’t afraid to drive away with everything you own unless you pay them whatever they decide they want to charge you for your move,” Walker said. Walker, whose Web site is a must-see before you hire a moving company, says his biggest tip for consumers is to be wary of hiring companies from the Internet. The American Moving and Storage Association also has issued warnings about shopping for a mover online. Use the Internet for research. For example, go to.

Cool gadgets for a home.
Free with registration – Philadelphia Inquirer – AccessMyLibrary.com – May 27, 2007
com), which allows consumers to see how much of what they produce they’re using. Because the meter is wireless, company spokeswoman Kristin Schwartz said, it can be located anywhere in the house, which lets you, at the push of a button, monitor the data anytime you wish. The meter will be just one of this year’s designated “cool products”.

Not true, Mr Maxwell
Jamaica Observer – May 27, 2007
Here the mud lakes straddle a groundwater divide with drainage to both the north and the south. The drainage from the lakes has contaminated the Alpart well field around the plant at Nain with the result that in 1972 the plant’s domestic wells were relocated northwards to Pepper. The industrial wells around the plant were used as scavengers to prevent the contaminant plume from moving northwards. The contaminant has not moved far from the plant site to the south where there are no wells to be affected. The New Forest wells to the south show high sodium concentration, but this is due to their proximity to the coast and the over pumping of the wells, which has resulted in saltwater upconing (intrusion) in the wells. The JBI and the WRA have stopped Alpart from disposing of red mud in the north lake and it is to be closed within a five-year period…
The collaboration between the Water Resources Authority, the Jamaica Bauxite Institute, the National Environment and Planning Agency, and the Mines and Geology Division has resulted in increased monitoring of the industry, the participation in decisions to improve disposal systems and the recognition of the need for improved environmental performance by the companies themselves. The partnerships created a trust where the government agencies are no longer viewed as “outsiders” but as genuine partners in improving the environmental performance of the industry. There is legislation that can be used to force the companies to take the necessary action to improve environmental performance. However, the big stick approach, as was used in the 1970s, has produced little success. The development of partnerships, where there is mutual trust by either partner, has been the route to making significant achievements in improving water resources quality. Further improvements are possible and these will come as the partnership continues. I hope that the above information will make clear to the public the work done and success achieved by the government agencies.

Work in Progress.
Free with registration – Messenger-Inquirer – AccessMyLibrary.com – May 27, 2007
–> COPYRIGHT 2007 Messenger-Inquirer Byline: Keith Lawrence May 27–Ankur Nath Gopal is “a picture postcard of the kind of young entrepreneur we are looking to attract,” says Nick Brake, president and chief executive officer of the Greater Owensboro Economic Development Corp. Gopal, a 1992 Owensboro Catholic High School graduate, is: –Vice president of marketing and sales for Revasyst, a New Jersey-based health care revenue-cycle management company that is planning an operations center in Owensboro. –A partner in Concepto LLC, a company that’s working to market disposable operating room equipment and orthopedic devices. –A partner in ASAP Manufacturing, a company with a factory in Gurgaon, India, which specializes in “low-cost, high-quality” products for companies that include IKEA and Target. –A founder of Genesis Merchant Solutions, a “low-cost credit card processing company,” that says it has saved merchants up to $800 a month in credit card fees. –Founder of OwensboroMix. com, a Web site that hopes to be a “one-stop shopping” location for local entertainment and social life.