The Global Economy and Business

The modern nature and ecology are affected quite a lot from present day way of living so it can be needed to take care of our planet with the help of various measures. Such arrangements as BOD analyses and COD analyses are truly those measures that might be unquestionably valuable for the practice of paying attention to our planet.

BOD meaning is increasing with the time until it obtains the top meaning, and moreover pollutants of various nature are able to grow (decrease) BOD value.

Taking into account actual state of the surroundings, accomplishing of BOD test is truly significant action of the merit inspection of the water. Now, there prevails peculiar contemporary appliance, such as special BOD bottles and BOD reagents which will help you to accomplish BOD analysis of water probe from practically any kind of pond. If people navigate this kind of water exploration they can feel certain about the quality of the water they are going to apply either for their quotidian needs or for complex technical goals. The figures displayed by such sort of investigation are quite accurate and unprejudiced. It is also possible to carry out COD testing with the help of special COD Vials and COD Reactors.

One of my favourite suppliers in environments products and equipment introduced new lines for pH and Ion analysis.

Here are just some links that may become useful for those who work in the sphere or just curious about new ideas and technologies.

Thermo orion equipment line:

• Benchtop Meters and Kits
• Portable Field Meters and Kits
• Buffers and Electrode Solutions

Ph meter probes and other Thermo Scientific Orion products

• ROSS Ultra
• ROSS Sure-Flow
• AquaPro Professional
• Green pH
• Economy pH Probes
• Ion Selective Electrodes
• Dissolved Oxygen
• Conductivity

Just a few personal words about new iPhone Application:

“Like all pregnant women I began to think over some exercises and forms of physical activity which could be useful mainly for the health of pregnant women. I know that swimming is useful, I attend swimming pool once a week, but it is too boring for me. One day I’ve read in the internet about the new iphone Yoga application provided by Viaden Mobile which provides me with the opportunity to do regular workouts at home, without attending the gym and spending my money on training. Yoga is useful for the pregnant women because it helps to relax, to avoid stress and overload, to freshen the mind. I feel much better now after 2 weeks of regular yoga workouts. “

At that times the prices for a condo home in North Miami Beach were attractive and many people bought them, but just some years later the crisis happened and the taxes increased, the loan payments doubled and this made some families suffer a lot while looking for some cash to pay off. The only way out is to foreclosure the property.

The whole area is in pain as the condo prices have fallen sharply. The prices are the lowest during the decade. The condo construction is almost dead. Even if you don’t have a condo you can feel the problem as the there are many unemployed construction workers. But many experts say the t condo market is likely to recover as many see a condo as the possible way to get a property for the family which can be cheap and suitable to live. That’s why they say the condo market has its own lie in North Miami Beach area and it can be a cure during the real estate market slowdown.

Every single person who beautifies himself to the minority that could think a little is going to make a hard decision. I mean they should decide what smartphone is best: iPhone 3GS or HTC HD2. Of course there’s Google Nexus One…

Anyway the choice is too difficult.
I’ll try to compare the first two favs here.

So, HD2 is better because:
1. It has better screen and hardware
2. It performs multiple tasks (shame on iPhone!)
3. You have full access to the most folders of the device (not to iTunes only…)
4. It’s very easy to change the battery (HTC doesn’t consider that their buyers are idiots and should change the device because the battery is dying slowly)

On the other hand iPhone is still better because of:
1. Windows Mobile (that rigged OS is not considered to be used without stylus)
2. it has better Multitouch
3. it’s soooo cute and stylish
4. iTunes store has 120000 iPhone applications that cover every need and want you may have
So you should decide what to choose…

In the first quarter of 2009 the volumes of trade of robots for the industry have failed on 59 % in Japan. The reason of curtailment of production of robots became their lack of need in the Japanese industry which experiences the heaviest recession in the post-war history.

At Yaskawa factory where robots are made by other robots, only one mechanized employee is still working while its “colleagues” are set aside. According to the president of Yaskawa Koji Toshima, because of absence of orders the profit of the company has failed on two third — up to 72 million dollars. It is necessary to note that this company is the largest manufacturer of robotics in Japan.
Japan is the leader in the manufacture and use of robotics in the world.

In 2005 370 thousand of robots worked in the country— 40 % from total sum all over the world. On each thousand factory employees-people there were 32 robots.

In conditions of crisis when the Japanese industry reduced on 40 % in the first quarter of 2009, robots became the first victims of unemployment as, unlike employees-people they do not protest against dismissals and don’t demand the severance pay.

The need for robots has fallen not only in the industry, but also in life. In particular, the robots which help disabled people in everyday life and electromechanical assistants of the Japanese housewives began to have smaller demand too.

Week of Haute couture has opened in Paris. In the first day of Haute couture week participants discussed clothes of a season shown on a podium “spring-summer of 2010″ less often, then they discussed who from known designers would fall as a victim of a global economic crisis. Most likely, the French design house Cristian Lacroix, which recently declared bankruptcy and feverishly searches for the buyer, woun’t be able to go through the present financial shock.

“Collections of 1990 and 2000th years which differed refinement, individuality and staginess, have ended, - Quotes fashion designer Stefana Rolanda Reuters, - I am afraid, that now haute couture for designers is, first of all commercial success and quickly making profit clothes “.

Unequivocally, that crisis and the fallen lack of money forces fashion designers to create more often not truly exclusive and extravagant things, but clothes which will be in demand at potential buyers.
Already during display of Christian Dior’s collection many experts have paid attention that designer John Galjano use inexpensive and accessible materials, and there were no any revolutionary ideas.
Instead of extravagant dresses he has presented a mix from clothes and underwear. Silk blouses with shorts and stockings and magnificent skirts with leather belts and gloves - such haute couture is in this season from Christian. As a matter of fact, all clothes from a podium will not shock, if it appears in the street of a real city.

The general director of the House Sydni Toledano has declared to journalists:
The key element of a survival in present uneasy economic conditions is accurate and constant interaction between designers and managers of sales.

Toledano also has expressed hope, that despite the numerous difficulties, the conducting houses of haute couture will successfully go through crisis and remain in business.

According to experts, such weeks of a fashion are first of all excellent advertising for leading design brands. Not a secret, that the basic profit of company Dior and Giorgio Armani receive not from designers clothing collections, but from perfume and various accessories. In this connection some designers have already declared end of an era of creativity.

“In this sense it is possible to say, that there is no more any place to the art couturier. Now haute couture overall objective is to sell perfume, cosmetics, footwear and bags“, - the designer Franc Sorbier speaks Regretfully.

As to company Cristian Lacroix which has extremely strongly suffered from sharp decrease in sales from the beginning of June it is under six-monthly protection against creditors.
Whether the known French brand remain or not it will be clear by the end of July when term for giving of demands for acquisition of the fashionable house expires.

Two large power companies have been fined for the sum exceeding billion euro : the Eurocommission has submitted an invoice to German power company E.ON and French GDF at a rate of 553 million euro each one. Both companies are contesting this decision.

The European competition authorities found out that in 1975 these companies agreed not to compete with each other in the national markets that is an infringement of the antimonopoly law of the European Union.

The competition commissioner of EU Neelie Kroes has explained: “the transaction of giants has struck first of all on consumers, we do not have other alternative than to impose high fines”.
This fine becomes the largest for all history of similar sanctions.

The Eurocommission has begun investigation above the German and French gas companies in 2007. They were accused of agreement about division national gas markets when they jointly built a pipeline to import Russian gas: in particular that E.ON will not sell gas in France, and GDF – in Germany. This is an infringement of the law of EU about fair competition.

The general director of Irish airline Ryanair Michael O’Leary has developed a new scheme which will allow to make flights cheaper.

Ryanair has already hold negotiations with the American aviamanufacturer Boeing for creation of a new plane with standing interior. Now Ryanair negotiates with the Irish administration of air transport about an opportunity of installation this standing places on planes. If the permit will be received, the Irish air carrier is planning to place an order for purchase of liners with standing places, tickets on which will cost cheaper, than on usual sitting places. For standing passengers Ryanair is going to provide seat belts clasped around waist.

The idea of standing places O’Leary has borrowed from Chinese air carrier Spring Airlines, which first-ever has decided to transport passengers standing. Due to installing of standing places on flights Spring Airlines hopes to increase spaciousness of liners on 50 percent and to lower cost of flight on 20 percent.

It is necessary to note, that in the majority of countries there are no legislative restrictions on installation of standing places in planes. For example rules of carriage of passengers of the USA stipulate only, that the passenger should be fasten with a seat belt during rise and landing.
Based in 1985 Ryanair is a type of original “fashion-maker” among low-budget airlines, projecting innovations directed on optimization of charges and maintenance on a low level the tariffs of tickets. The airline has already entered a separate payment for registration of passengers at the airport, tallage for bags and suitcases send into luggage, and not so long ago even proposed to enter a symbolical payment for the use of toilets onboard planes.

Now Ryanair has park from more than 180 planes and carries out flights in 143 cities of the Europe. The main bases of airline are the airport of Dublin and London . In 2008 the airline has transported 57,7 million passengers.

The world economic crisis systematically beats on all manufacture. But one of the most suffering branches has become a car industry: American, European, Russian. The confident development in present conditions is shown only by the Indian and Chinese concerns.

With the help of accessible credits machines have transformed from means of transportation into a type of hobby: it’s a usual fact to have more than one car in a family from two adults now. People were getting a new model when they haven’t already paid the previous credit. To this they were also pushed by the increase in number of modifications of popular models.

The collapse of bank system has made difficult to get a consumer credit. But not everyone is ready to pay off own money for the car now: people are not assured of tomorrow when everybody can be dismissed.

And the situation at autoconcerns becomes only more complicated from this. Warehouses have accumulated a lot of finished goods which the dealers, who don’t know how to sell their own stocks, refuse to take.

Now leading world concerns speak about 25-35% decrease in sales volumes in comparison with the similar period of 2008. For example sales of vehicles of GM in June were on 33 % below, than one year ago, Chrysler Group - on 42 % (68 297 machines), Toyota - on 32 % (131 654). Experts suppose, that in the Russian market the decrease of sales can reach 50 % or 1,3 million cars for current year.

In these conditions a unique variant of rescue for most of car factories became an appeal to the government for the national assistance.