McDonald’s CEO Skinner’s salary up, other pay fell

(AP) — McDonald’s Corp.’s CEO received a pay package worth nearly $9.7 million during fiscal 2010 — 45 percent less than the year before, based on an Associated Press analysis of a recent regulatory filing. The nation’s largest hamburger chain increased CEO Jim Skinner’s salary 3 percent to $1.4 million. The company also raised his [...]

March 6, 2011 • Tags: Pay, Pay Fell • Posted in: Business Tips • No Comments

Can You Define Good Management Technique?

With due respect to some of the great thinkers who have, I don’t understand how anybody even tries to define, teach, or even predict good management technique. Even if it’s just one manager and one person being managed, there are already three huge factors: the manager, the other person, and the situation. Both the people [...]

Is this technology, you know, or prevent you to action?

As small business owners and solo-technology is wonderful tool for us to run our business with little effort (of the house if you want) to automate many tedious tasks and allows to reach thousands of people in our market. However, I often see people slow down because of the technology: • Fear of technology and [...]

March 4, 2011 • Tags: Technology, Technology Know • Posted in: Business Tips • No Comments

Water & Waste – Mexico – BECC to approve US$5mn Baja California sewerage work by June

The US-Mexico Border Environment Cooperation Commission (BECC) expects to submit two sewerage projects to its board of directors for approval in April, a BECC communications official told BNamericas. The two projects, which are located in Baja California’s Tijuana city, will have a total cost of some US$4.85mn and are currently in the public consultation phase. [...]

February 27, 2011 • Tags: Sewerage, Sewerage Work • Posted in: Business Tips • No Comments