ACROSS THE BOARD : THE WEEK AHEAD.MONDAY: National Association of Realtors The National Association of Realtors (NAR) is made up of residential and commercial realtors who are brokers, salespeople, property managers, appraisers, and counselors, and others working in the real estate industry. releases existing home sales Existing Home Sales An economic indicator of both the number and prices of existing single family houses, condos and co-op sales over a one-month period. Released monthly by the U.S. for June Treasury holds T-bill auction. Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman addresses opening of a two-day national summit on agriculture transportation in Kansas City, Mo. ALSO TUESDAY: The Conference Board releases results of its monthly survey on consumer confidence Ohio state agency holds hearing to determine whether laid-off General Motors workers are entitled to unemployment benefits WEDNESDAY: Commerce Department releases durable goods report for March THURSDAY: Labor Department releases employment cost index for second quarter and weekly jobless claims Commerce releases new home sales New Home Sales An economic indicator that measures sales of newly built homes. Released by the U.S. Department of Commerce's Census Bureau, it includes both quantity and price statistics. for June Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan testifies before the Senate Agriculture Committee. Teamsters Teamsters large, powerful union of U. S. truckers. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 2703] See : Labor expected to vote on a potential strike at Anheuser-Busch breweries. FRIDAY: Commerce Department releases gross domestic product for second quarter. BIZ BYTES Y2K See Y2K problem and Y2K compliant. Y2K - Year 2000 TOO: Another Year 2000 problem Year 2000 problem, Y2K problem, or millennium bug, in computer science, a design flaw in the hardware or software of a computer that caused erroneous results when working with dates beyond Dec. 31, 1999. is vexing businesses around America, and calling even the brightest computer guru would be a waste of time. From 20th Century Fox to the 20th Century Beauty Salon in Nashville, Tenn., executives are worried about appearing behind the times. Not at Gateway - the personal computer retailer previously known as Gateway 2000. It dropped 2000 in April when it became clear that the company would outlast its moniker (1) A name, title or alias. See alias. (2) A COM object that is used to create instances of other objects. Monikers save programmers time when coding various types of COM-based functions such as linking one document to another (OLE). See COM and OLE. . Plenty of businesspeople think there's no need to change a name that's worked just fine in the past. The magazine 20th Century Guitars won't change its title because, well, it's all about 20th-century guitars. - Associated Press SITE OF THE WEEK FOOD IS GOOD: One of the great but largely unnoticed crimes of modern society is the massive amount of food wasted each year by restaurants, hotels, supermarkets and others (96 billion pounds), while thousands of Americans go underfed. Los Angeles-based surplusfoods.com is trying to bridge the gap. The group has created a Web site that functions as a surplus inventory management system, allowing companies with too much food on stock to sell, swap or donate the food to others. Food banks are encouraged to use the site to find materiel ma·te·ri·el or ma·té·ri·el n. The equipment, apparatus, and supplies of a military force or other organization. See Synonyms at equipment. , as are groceries, restaurants and distributors who want to donate. The site can be found at www.surplusfood.com. - Daily News |
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