Community banks offer employees flexibility Jun 5, 2008
"We have a very entrepreneurial and flat structure valuing input and inclusion at all levels of the organization. This has helped us attract the more innovative and creative talent.". Carrie York, president of York & Associates, a financial executive search firm based in Newark, has built her business since the early 1980s by working almost exclusively with community banks. (Columbus Business First, OH)
Ask the pilot May 2, 2008
Nearby is the "old" terminal -- a low, flat structure that isn't unlike many of the small terminals you'll find in the American Midwest. It would be the envy of many third-world airports, but in Timbuktu it's not even the nicest. (Salon)
Changing boss subordinate relationship Apr 6, 2008
Hierarchic organizations are looking at relatively flat structure for nimble-footedness and agility. Empowerment is the new mantra as just-in-time and quick decision making become critical for business survival. (India Times)
Gold Can Be Made Magnetic On The Nanoscale Through Oxygenation Mar 6, 2008
They found that applying an electrical field on a surface-supported gold nanocluster changes its structure from a three-dimensional one to a planar flat structure. In another paper, they relate their discovery that gold in this size regime can be made magnetic through oxygenation of gold nanowires. (Science Daily)
Scientists learn adhesive lessons from geckos Feb 11, 2008
To maximize the attraction, the tip of the gecko's toe hair terminates in a flat structure resembling a spatula. That flatness creates a larger potential surface area for the van der Waals forces to come into play. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Nearby Spiral Galaxy Shows Off Warped Disc Nov 12, 2007
While a galaxy's disc is often pictured as a flat structure of gas and stars surrounding the galaxy's centre, a warped disc is a structure that, when viewed sideways, resembles a bent record album left out too long in the burning Sun. Warps are actually not atypical. (Science Daily)
State leaders look at Md. income taxes Jul 19, 2007
Put another way, the state's tax rate and flat structure puts Maryland in the same league as Alabama and Mississippi. But factor in local taxes, and Maryland starts to look more like high-tax states such as Hawaii, Minnesota and Vermont. (SunSpot.net)
Senators want new deficit tack Jul 14, 2007
The group doesn't have a specific plan, but members are considering ideas such as "combined reporting," a change to business tax law that prevents large corporations from using out-of-state subsidiaries to avoid taxes and an idea that has failed in Annapolis before; taxes on inefficient cars or appliances; and a more progressive income tax, rather than the relatively flat structure Maryland has now. "A large percentage, some say half, of the large corporations don't pay any taxes because of the... (SunSpot.net)
