Business

Heinrich: Strengthen Worker Overtime Protections

February 1, 2015 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich

U.S. SENATE News:

“Too many Americans are working longer and harder without anything to show for their efforts in their paychecks.” —U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich

WASHINGTON, D.C.— U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., joined a group of 26 senators in supporting updating overtime rules to ensure more middle-class workers are paid fairly for overtime hours.

In a letter to President Obama, the senators urged the administration to increase the income threshold to $56,680 per year to strengthen overtime protections for millions more middle-class workers.

White House: 15 Solar Market Pathways Projects

January 31, 2015 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

WHITE HOUSE News:

Empowering Communities To Deploy Solar

WASHINGTON D.C.— The White House has announced 15 Solar Market Pathways projects to pursue various approaches to developing actionable solar deployment plans and strategies to promote deployment at residential, community, and commercial scales—from expanding shared or community solar programs and local financing mechanisms to integrating solar energy generation into communities’ emergency response plans.

Aimed at cutting the non-hardware “soft costs” of solar – such as permitting, financing, and connecting to Read More

NMSBA Leveraged Projects: Call For Proposals

January 29, 2015 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

NMSBA News:

The New Mexico Small Business Assistance (NMSBA) program is accepting proposals for 2015 leveraged projects.

NMSBA leveraged projects allow multiple small businesses that share technical challenges to request assistance collectively for a project funded in the range of $20,000 to $100,000 (the sum of the assistance for which each participating company is eligible). Leveraged projects must be completed by the end of calendar year 2015.

Interested small businesses may submit proposals for 2015 leveraged projects by midnight, Feb. 3. Successful applicants will explain the Read More

Rose Chocolatier Art Show Reception Friday

January 29, 2015 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

Tahini truffles from Rose Chocolatier. Courtesy photo

ART News:

Rose Chocolatier at 991 Central Ave. is hosting an Art Show and Reception 5-7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 30.

This new show features work by Ward Zaelke, which will be on display through February on an art wall at the chocolate shop.

Rose Chocolatier also is starting to gather books from local authors to feature in its Book Corner. This section will display resident authors’ books.

“We are excited to showcase these authors and highlight some of the many talented people living here in Los Alamos,” owner Marguerite Read More

IRS Commissioner: Bad Bet Hiding Money Offshore

January 28, 2015 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

IRS Commissioner John Koskinen

IRS News:

PHOENIX – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) today said avoiding taxes by hiding money or assets in unreported offshore accounts remains on its annual list of tax scams known as the “Dirty Dozen” for the 2015 filing season.

“The recent string of successful enforcement actions against offshore tax cheats and the financial organizations that help them shows that it’s a bad bet to hide money and income offshore,” IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said. “Taxpayers are best served by coming in voluntarily and getting their taxes and filing requirements Read More

A-Maes-Ing Carpet Cleaning Returns To Los Alamos

January 27, 2015 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

A-Maes-Ing Carpet Cleaning is returning Feb. 4 to Los Alamos . Courtesy photo

BUSINESS News:

After a brief hiatus, Nathan King, owner of A-Maes-Ing Carpet Cleaning, is returning his carpet, tile and upholstery cleaning service to Los Alamos.

A-Maesing-Carpet Cleaning is a locally-owned and operated business with a history of strong commitment to the community and customers of Los Alamos.

A-Maesing-Carpet will retain its former local phone number, 505.662.0844, which will be operational Feb. 4. Customers desiring appointment scheduling before Feb. 4, may call 505.695.5580.

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Los Alamos High School Graduate Appointed President And Chief Operating Officer Of Starbucks

January 26, 2015 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

LAHS graduate Kevin Johnson is new president of Starbucks. Courtesy/Starbucks

By CAROL A. CLARK

Los Alamos Daily Post

Los Alamos High School graduate Kevin Johnson has been appointed president and chief operating officer of Starbucks Corporation.

Starbucks made the announcement Thursday with Starbucks Chairman Howard Schultz saying that as a member of the board of directors, Johnson has worked closely with him for the past six years as a sounding board and collaborator on many of the strategies the organization is now pursuing.

“Kevin’s deep management experience and technology Read More

Heinrich Applauds Approval Of SunZia Southwest

January 26, 2015 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich

STATE News:

ALBUQUERQUE – U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., joined U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment Katherine Hammack, U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján, and senior Bureau of Land Management officials Saturday to announce the approval of the SunZia Southwest Transmission Line in New Mexico.

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell

The $2 billion infrastructure project will connect and deliver electricity generated in New Mexico and Arizona to population centers across the Read More

Yang: Scapegoat and Messiah

January 26, 2015 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

Scapegoat and Messiah

By ELENA YANG

Los Alamos

A friend of mine once said, “My goal is to make my position irrelevant.” She was at the time a semi-reluctant VP in a 15,000-employee organization, and she thought all the functions of her cohort were trite.

Further, she has always believed that a good manager would ultimately render his/her position unnecessary. I sympathized with her philosophy, akin to Lao Zi’s Zen teaching, but always teased her that she was born in the wrong era, though I wouldn’t know what the right era would be.

One of my favorite quotes from Lao Zi (perhaps better Read More

First Canned Beer Makes Debut In 1935

January 25, 2015 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

Canned beer debuts Jan. 24, 1935. Courtesy/history.com

BUSINESS News:

Canned beer made its debut Jan. 24, 1935. In partnership with the American Can Company, the Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company delivered 2,000 cans of Krueger’s Finest Beer and Krueger’s Cream Ale to faithful Krueger drinkers in Richmond, Va.

Ninety-one percent of the drinkers approved of the canned beer, driving Krueger to give the green light to further production. By the late 19th century, cans were instrumental in the mass distribution of foodstuffs, but it wasn’t until 1909 that the American Read More