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Reconstruction in Afghanistan 

It's Not 2002 Anymore NATO'S new Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, sent a clear message on Afghanistan during his inaugural visit to...

Maximum car wash marketing: giving customers more value for their buck can keep the car wash an important profit center.(CARWASH) 

WHEN GASOLINE PRICES SPIKED LAST summer, many fuel marketers took a double hit as credit card fees increased and consumers cut back purchases....

PCI compliance: will your operation be ready when the deadlines arrive?(RETAIL OPERATIONS) 

NOW THAT CREDIT AND DEBIT TRANSACtions account for more than 80 percent of retail fuel sales, petroleum marketers have no choice but to comply...

Car wash chemicals: the fundamentals of the car washing business.(PROFIT CENTERS) 

MANY DECISIONS PLAY A PART IN THE profitability of a car wash: Touch-free or friction? In-bay or automatic? Rollover or mini-tunnel? Attended or...

An instrument to assess the obesogenic environment of child care centers 

Objectives: To describe protocol and interobserver agreements of an instrument to evaluate nutrition and physical activity environments at child...

Cutting costs: payment processors offer money-saving tips.(RETAIL OPERATIONS) 

CREDIT CARD FEES "USED TO BE THE fourth or fifth cost component" for gasoline, said Dan Fisher, director of national petroleum and convenience...

Outcomes and adherence in Syria's first smoking cessation trial 

Objective: To determine the feasibility of implementing cessation interventions in Syria. Methods: We randomized 50 smokers to either a brief or...

Product analysis: tank gauges; The latest in ATG technology.(RETAIL OPERATIONS)(automatic tank gauge) 

SINCE THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT emerged in the 1970s, federal and state authorities have continually tweaked and tightened their regulations....

PRODUCT ANALYSIS: TANK GAUGES 

Inventory management systems: a closer look at SIR technology.(RETAIL OPERATIONS)(subsurface interface radar ) 

THE HIGH PRICE OF FUEL BOOSTS THE incentive to conserve--and to steal. "With theft on the rise," said Joe Stallings, fuel inventory manager for...