Moving and Storage Business News

The News Review:

- Bloomberg.com: Investment Tools
- Small Business Times to move offices to Milwaukee’s Third Ward
- 10 Energy Executives To Watch
- Nondestructive Evaluation Firm Completes Forensic Engineering…
- Should Amazon Investors Fear the Mechanical Turk?

Bloomberg.com: Investment Tools
Bloomberg – Sep 26, 2007
John has been appointed to the role of Finance Director in succession to James Gibson, who will continue to act as Chief Executive Officer of the Group. John is a Chartered Accountant and former Senior Manager at Deloitte & Touche LLP, where he specialised in the real estate sector and self storage. After leaving Deloitte in 2005, John worked for a subsidiary of the Kajima Corporation involved in the large Silvertown Quays regeneration project. There are no other matters to be disclosed pursuant to Listing Rules 9…
James Gibson, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, said: "We are delighted to welcome John to the Board. He brings first class accountancy experience combined with very current knowledge of the real estate and self storage sectors both of which are valuable assets as he takes the financial reins at Big Yellow. " For further information, please contact: Big Yellow Group PLC 01276 477811 Nicholas Vetch, Chairman James Gibson, Chief Executive Officer Weber Shandwick Financial 020 7067 0700 Louise Robson or John Moriarty This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange END BOAFGGZLMVDGNZM Last Updated: September 26, 2007 06:36 EDT.

Small Business Times to move offices to Milwaukee’s Third Ward
Wisbusiness.com – Sep 26, 2007
The building is managed by Ogden & Company Inc. 1, designed by Herman Esser, was constructed in 1904 as the first home for Hansen Storage Co. Hansen moved out of the building in 1974 and is now located in Wauwatosa. SBT will occupy more than 3,700 square feet, with the opportunity to expand when needed. “This move is another exciting chapter in the ongoing evolution of our company. We really wanted to stay in the City of Milwaukee because Milwaukee is at the heart of business for the region,” said Dan Meyer, publisher of Small Business Times…
“This move is another exciting chapter in the ongoing evolution of our company. We really wanted to stay in the City of Milwaukee because Milwaukee is at the heart of business for the region,” said Dan Meyer, publisher of Small Business Times. “After nearly 13 years, we’re excited to be moving into the Third Ward, which is home to so many vibrant, creative and growing companies. With all of the momentum generated by the new features in our publication and our Web site, in addition to our increasingly popular live events, this move is another opportunity for us to build our brand. More information about Warehouse No. warehousenumberone.

10 Energy Executives To Watch
Forbes – Sep 26, 2007
In the past, his businesses had to deal with the challenges of moving to competitive markets and finding greener fuel sources, such as nuclear power. (Exelon is the country’s largest nuclear producer. ) “The problems of the hour change, but the CEO’s task in coping with them doesn’t change all that much,” he says. But still: The United States energy market is changing at an unprecedented rate. In some places, like Maryland and Illinois, the combination of rising fuel costs and the expiration of rate caps has caused a furor over soaring electricity prices…
, is trying to build the country’s first super-efficient commercial-scale coal gasification plant. The company is also exploring ways to capture carbon for underground storage, and it has proposed a massive 550-mile power line spanning from West Virginia to New Jersey to help alleviate the region’s power needs. However, none of this is going to be cheap. AEP’s gasification plant alone could run more than $2 billion. Opponents of a Congressional plan to mandate a minimum amount of renewable energy for most utility companies say it will increase the cost of power in states where wind power is not prevalent. Exelon’s Rowe estimates that electricity prices will increase by at least 15 cents per kilowatt-hour, due to upward pressure on the need for new capacity, fuel prices and capital and labor costs.

Nondestructive Evaluation Firm Completes Forensic Engineering…
PR Leap – PR Leap (press release) – Sep 26, 2007
Quantity takeoffs were generated automatically from the drawings to aid in cost estimation of any repairs that might be required. About Atkinson-NolandAtkinson-Noland & Associates has provided structural engineering services including nondestructive testing and nondestructive evaluation for federal, state and private organizations since its founding in 1975. The company provides a variety of professional engineering services for building assessment, repair and evaluation. It specializes in nondestructive and in-place testing of masonry structures. With expertise in masonry,.

Should Amazon Investors Fear the Mechanical Turk?
Motley Fool – Sep 26, 2007
Veering from its traditional course of just selling stuff on the Internet, Amazon is beginning to mine the incredible infrastructure that made its empire so vast and scalable. In addition to helping other entrepreneurs make their own businesses more robust, Amazon presciently saw that the millions of dollars it invested into its own technological infrastructure could also be a source of recurring revenue. Broadly labeled as “Web Services,” Amazon’s offerings allow developers and companies to leverage everything from their payment infrastructure to on-demand computing and storage capacity. Instead of having users register at your website when they need to make a purchase, how about letting them log in, pay, and ship based on their existing Amazon profiles? Need more computing horsepower for the holiday season, or a seasonal advertising campaign? Amazon will sell it to you on demand, and you can pay only for what you need and use.