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…Business Outl. Businesses of all sizes and kinds are joining the electronic revolution. * V& GEORGE DILA Special to the Jewish News I n the old daYs, when Bart Levich was vice president of merchan- dising for a large retail floorcov- ering chain; getting carpet ordered was often a taxing ordeal. He'd get on the phone to the mill, wait to be connected to the correct mill rep (assuming the rep wasn't at lunch or on another call), verbally g...…
…;*.r.MVOIPIM • Business Outlook ELECTRONIC SAVING from page 21 company if we wanted to," says Levich, "but I still do some things the old way. " Levich also likes having information at his fingertips. "I can get instant management reports, a snapshot of the business, any time I want. Sales, receivables, costs — it's all there." *VkA\ \ ON ' Business Trends INFINITY YACHT CHARTERS Detroit's Premier Yacht on Lake St Clair and the De...…
…No longer is it necessary to have armies of salespeople, massive market- ing efforts and large facilities. Online, small retailers can compete with the big retailers. And in the realm of e- business, small manufacturers and sup- pliers can compete with the largest in reaching both potential customers and vendors. Stern illustrates his point with the Internet-based company Covisent, through which all of the major auto companies connect with ori...…
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…Setting the Record Straight on Middle East History The Detroit Free Press, on March 13, published a full page of so-called his- tory of the Middle East conflict. The page included maps, timelines, biogra- phies of Palestinian Chairman Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and many other "facts." Regrettably this "history" was terribly flawed, inaccurate, and distorted; indeed, it was offensive to Israel, supporters of Israel—...…
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…k. I AM THE INNOVATOR. I AM ISRAEL. Rallying Support Supporters of Israel plan massive D. C. demonstration on Monday. MATTHEW E. BERGER Jewish Telegraphic Agency Amir Gonnen, 28, is a native of Nirit. THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM Amir Gonnen has a vision – to help the blind see better through the development of a portable "seeing-eye" computer. Amir's project, using technology to serve humanity, characterizes the new School of E...…
…News Digest Eight. Killed In Bus Bombing Haifa /JTA — Eight Israelis were killed and 14 wounded in a suicide bus bombing near Haifa on Wednesday morning. The powerful blast demolished the bus, which was crowded with commuters traveling from Haifa to Jerusalem. Police believe the terrorist got on the bus one or two stops before he blew himself up near Yagur junction, southeast of Haifa. A senior police official said security forces were on al...…
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…Insight Torah And Nature Former Detroiter, co-founder of Tel Aviv environmental center, discusses the relationship of Jews and their environment. D SHARON LUCKERMAN Staff Writer 'TN 4/12 2002 36 id you hear about the Jewish mountain climber? Already it sounds like a joke, which empha- sizes the mixed relationship Jews have to their environment. So began Jeremy Benstein, 41, former Detroiter and co- founder of the Abraham Joshua Heschel...…
…Editorials are posted and archived on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.com Dry Bones We Can't Let Up rvialcAis 1,. s American Jews, we need to provide mul- tidimensional — and unconditional — support to Israel, our beloved homeland. We need to give of ourselves — includ- ing time, effort and money — as we stand with Israelis, spiritually if not literally, during these dark days in the war-torn Middle East. Since the Passover Massacre, when...…
…OTHER VIEWS We Can't Let Up elpless. Hopeless. Agony. Despair. These emotions rage through my body as I sit home and watch CNN (Cable News Network), seeing the results of a suicide bomber blowing himself up at a Passover seder in Netanya, Israel. "Why is this night different from all others?" the youngest member of that seder would have asked. Unfortunately, it's not different. Almost every day, there is a terrorist attack killing Israeli ci...…
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