| Drivers Wanted: Transportation Summit Focuses on Moving Mid-Maryland
The clock is ticking for business leaders, elected officials and other policy makers who face tough choices and unavoidable obligations in planning central Maryland's future transportation needs. That's the message presented by the panelists and guest speakers at last month's Baltimore-Washington Corridor Transportation Summit, convened by the Corridor Transportation Corp. (CTC).
Rising home costs, inflation, competing priorities, unprecedented job growth tied to the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) process, political expedience, unreliable program funding and human behavior represent only a handful of the variables that influence how people move into, out of, through and within Maryland's central region.
"It's a situation that requires a concerted effort between all jurisdictions to join forces and a need to look at the region in a macro, not a micro, environment," said Stuart Title, president of CTC and the summit's moderator.
In Connecticut, New York Giants and New England Patriots fans mix like ...
They will watch the Super Bowl together at home in Stafford Springs, with $10 on the line. "I give it to him every day," the 16-year-old Harris said. "I tell him the Giants are going to win. He gives it right back." The mix of Giants and Patriots fans in Connecticut is good news for the state's sports bars and retailers. Tim Howley, a co-owner of Rookies Sports Bar & Grille in Cromwell (110 miles from Foxborough, 109 miles from the Meadowlands) is moving out six pool tables to make room for the crowd of about 900 customers he expects on Super Bowl Sunday. .
Woolies makes top 25 global retailer list
THE nation's number one retailer, Woolworths, is the first Australian company to break into the top 25 global retailers list, according to a report. The Deloitte 2008 Global Powers of Retailing report, which identified the 250 largest retailers globally for 2006/07, noted Woolworths jumped from 29th place to 25th place in the year, while its competitor, Coles Group, slipped one spot to 31st place. Both Australian retail giants remained in third and fourth places, respectively, in the Asia-Pacific top 10, the report showed. Woolworths had compound annual sales rates for the past five years at 11.8 per cent while Coles Group, which has just been bought by Wesfarmers, was at 7.5 per cent. Deloitte Australia's consumer business leader Andrew Griffiths said both retailers were punching above their weight given the size of the Australian market.
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