[In an all-too-common scenario, Gtess was making do with manual intervention between silos of automation.] People were checking batches and moving things into the next step in the process, ... With BPM, we've added intelligence and automation from beginning to end, so instead of monitoring and moving work around all the way through the process, our analysts are now just managing the queues. |
A drug addict in Detroit knocked on my door one night because he knew I collected records, and he sold me a two-piece Presto cutter from the ?50s. At 4 a.m. |
Candy's views on matters of public policy are something that I never try to influence, ... The notion that her decisions could be influenced by matters that affect my law firm is off the charts. |
Even in Lansing, there were gigs happening almost every night. |
I'm a little concerned -- I'm in favor of a strong regulatory regime, but I'm not sure we've got it quite right structurally yet, |
I'm a little concerned -- I'm in favor of a strong regulatory regime, but I'm not sure we've got it quite right structurally yet. |
I've seen some of those cases tried from time to time, and they take many months -- often years -- to investigate. |
It feels like the only things left in south Louisiana are snakes and alligators. Houston is positioned for a boom. |
It would be nice to give it more thought, ... but I understand the need to get cracking and not let the perfect be the enemy of the possible. |
It's basically silly season up there. In essence, as long as the United States is such a tremendously energy-intensive country, as long as China, India and the like are clawing their way up the consumption curve, we're going to have tight markets. |
Looking at a number of forecasters out there in the gas marketing community, the price of gas is expected to drop...to about $4.80 by August and then recover to about the $8 area by January. |
My whole business has been subjected to a meltdown, |
Rather, at the time, it seemed that all Merchant Energy companies were sucked down by the Enron undertow. |
The board cannot be expected to surrender its authority to another branch of government; there is a fundamental issue of separation of powers here. |
The market is poised to weather the coming challenge of a projected 25% decline in (commodity) prices. How much the market discounts into the future remains to be seen. I'm telling you in the next five months gas prices might fall as much as 25%, according to some seasoned industry observers...and then recover smartly. The stock market is fickle. It probably is heading into a little heavier weather in April and May before it begins to look at the coming heating season and look at the coming (commodity) price recovery instead of the price decline. |