Friday, August 03, 2001
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Today's number: $1,921
Average per-capita taxes collected by all states in 2000, with Connecticut the highest at $2,987 and South Dakota the lowest at $1,228.
— The Associated Press
Today's money tip
Buying life insurance? Here's a tip from AccuQuote.com, a life insurance quoting and brokerage service, to keep premiums down: Match policy length to need. You might choose a 20-year term policy to last until your child finishes school. Or choose a 30-year policy to cover you until retirement.
— Gannett News Service
Today's Mover
Rebecca L. Farrell has joined Global Lead Management Consulting as associate project manager focusing on client support, human resource development, gender issues, and training and development. Ms. Farrell was a training coordinator with Kendle International.She received a bachelor's degree from Ohio University.
— Shirley Dees
Today's career advice
To achieve a goal means tolerating inconveniences, advises Terry Cole-Whittaker in her book Every Saint Has a Past, Every Sinner a Future: Seven Steps to the Spiritual and Material Riches of Life.
“Because all acts occur first in the mind as thoughts, unless we change our mind, thoughts about inconvenience or impediments will take form,” she said.
“"Giving up' are not words in the vocabulary of those who are determined to reach their most precious destination or accomplish a meaningful act.”
— John Eckberg
Today's Company: Lesaint Logistics
Streamlining Specialist: Headquartered in Fairfield, LeSaint Logistics operates a 240,000-square-foot facility in Trenton. Its main function is to provide a “just in time” delivery service to Miller Brewery's four can lines and four bottle lines. In accordance with Miller's production schedule, LeSaint loads the cans or bottles onto roller-bed trailers, which are unloaded directly onto Miller's roller system.
Beer Buddies: LeSaint's partners in the Trenton operation are Ball Metal, which manufactures the cans, and Owens Brockway, maker of the beer bottles. Both types of containers are stored at LeSaint until needed at the brewery.
Truckin': The company drives about 200 trucks a day in and out of the Miller plant to support the brewery's production schedule.
Here And There: LeSaint's warehouse, load and distributing services are provided through facilities in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida and California.
— Jenny Callison
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