Retail Hiring Study Shows Signs of Growing Confidence in U.S. Recovery Sep 9, 2009
Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. discount, grocery and restaurant chains are hiring a larger percentage of job applicants than seven months ago, signaling confidence the economy may be improving, software maker Kronos Inc. said. Kronos analyzed the 8 ... We are seeing a turnaround that reflects an increase in confidence by individual managers, Robert Yerex, Kronoss chief economist, said Sept. 4 by telephone from Beaverton, Oregon. (Bloomberg)
An experiment sealed by a stroke of serendipity Sep 8, 2009
We tried so many things and thought of using different dancers, but Paul responded to the ideas with an amazing focus and a lack of inhibition We played music by the Kronos Quartet and medieval music and he [White] did this dance based on earthquakes. . (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Worker survey: Morale down, workloads up Aug 29, 2009
The Productivity Drain survey was conducted over the phone by Harris Interactive on behalf of the Workforce Institute at Kronos between Aug. 13 and Aug. 16 ... In the midst of a downturn like the one we are experiencing, the time is right for employers to re-examine existing practices: from how work is distributed among the organization; to whether or not new hires need to be made; to what kinds of technology might enable the work force to become more productive, said Joyce Maroney, director of... (Philadelphia Business Journal, PA)
Chelmsford company honored for environmental efforts Aug 27, 2009
Kronos Inc., a capital management software and services company, has received the Gold Seal of Approval from the Greener Chelmsford Initiative ... Kronos took measures such as switching to energy efficient light bulbs, reducing temperatures in its buildings, building a recycling program, and undergoing an energy audit ... Kronos officials were pleased to find that their employees were enthusiastic about making the necessary changes. (Chelmsford Independent, MA)
Performing Monday Aug 14, 2009
Kronos Quartet - Sunday, Aug. 16; Rancho Nicasio - Nicasio; (415) 662-2219. The Cheeseballs - Friday, Aug. 14; Last Day Saloon - Santa Rosa; 545-2343. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
Kronos Worldwide Reports Second Quarter Results Aug 5, 2009
DALLAS, Aug. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Kronos Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: ) today reported a net loss for the second quarter of 2009 of $21 ... For the first six months of 2009, Kronos reported a net loss of $48 ... Kronos Worldwide, Inc. is a major international producer of titanium dioxide pigments. (PR Newswire)
Merce Cunningham: Bay Area memories Jul 30, 2009
"Merce Cunningham set the highest standard of artistry, and his vitality has always been so inspiring to Kronos. We had the opportunity to share the stage with his company several times, and we will never forget those performances. The effect of Merce's profound creativity will remain as a beacon throughout all of the arts. He was a warm and kind collaborator with a special appreciation for music and musicians. He was constantly working on new ideas and gave so many people the courage to... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Keep workers happy on the cheap Jul 26, 2009
Charlie Dickson, chief administrative officer of Kronos, climbed out of the dunk tank at the company s employee barbecue ... Earlier this week, Kronos hosted an employee appreciation barbecue at its Chelmsford headquarters, complete with dunk tanks, a DJ, and senior executives serving up food ... And Kronos is also giving all workers an appreciation day off this summer. (Boston Globe)
Empire of spirits Jul 24, 2009
Kronos, Lord of the Titans, is beginning his attack on New York City where Mount Olympus stands unguarded, and the dreaded monster Typhon will destroy all who stand in his way. The long-awaited prophecy that could change the world unfolds, but Percy, son of Poseidon, faces a terrifying suspicion that he may be fighting against his own fate. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
School OKs budget; State cuts $1.1 million Jul 22, 2009
Approved sole source providers for National Network of Digital Schools, Winsor Management-Infinite Vision, Kronos, NSC Pearson, Inc., National College Board, Cochise County Solid Waste Management-Douglas, The Grow network/McGraw Hill, IGNITE for schools, Auto Desk Design Academy, Southwest Gas Corporation, City of Douglas Water Company, and Arizona Public Service. Approved Strategic Long Range Plan for 2009-2010. (Douglas Daily Dispatch, AZ)
5 Can Enterprise Software Aid IT Management? Jul 17, 2009
Kronos focuses on the accurate measurement of and accounting for the hours worked by employees. Oracle spokespeople did not return a request for comment by press time. (Datamation)
Dozens of S.F. arts groups win stimulus grants Jul 12, 2009
Organizations receiving grants of either $25,000 or $50,000 include: Alonzo King's Lines Ballet, American Conservatory Theater Foundation, Architecture for Humanity, Asian Art Museum Foundation of San Francisco, Aunt Lute Foundation, Bay Area Video Coalition, California Lawyers for the Arts, Chinese Culture Foundation of San Francisco, Circuit Network, Contemporary Jewish Museum, CounterPulse, Cypress Performing Arts Association, Eth-Noh-Tec Creations, Exit Theater, FoolsFURY Theater Company,... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Recycled Records Live to Rock Anoth... Jul 9, 2009
We've also made holiday gifts for The Kronos Quartet, Neil Young, Frankie Valli, and Paul McCartney. Custom Orders to Turn Old Favorite Records into New Gifts. (Suite101.com)
Draft of state audit focuses on city Comptrollers Office Jun 24, 2009
Cerminaro also said that payroll problems would have been fixed if the Kronos time clock system were properly instituted, but the installation of Kronos has not happened because of resistance from the city administration and civil service union. Mayor David Roefaro said he s not opposed to the Kronos system, but would rather not expend the money to implement it until the union s objections have been dealt with. (Utica NY Obserer, NY)
Audit: Uticas payroll system led to overpayments Jun 2, 2009
He said the city has instituted a Kronos time clock system already working in the parks and public works departments and installed at City Hall and, under his watch, began a human resources department that has centralized the administration of personnel issues. But he acknowledged that instituting Kronos has stalled at the police and fire departments, largely because of disagreements with the city s legal department ... Roefaro, however, said plans are proceeding for Kronos and it would be in... (Utica NY Obserer, NY)
Hard luck hotel May 29, 2009
Portfolio-Louisville and other similar entities were assembled by Atlanta-based businessman Charles Morais, who is a partner in Atlanta-based Kronos Hotels LLC.. Portfolio-Louisville s address is the same as Kronos headquarters 2060 Mount Paran Road N.W. in Atlanta according to court records ... Telephone service to the Kronos offices in Atlanta has been disconnected, and the company s Web site has been taken down. (Louisville Business First, KY)
* [EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT] May 29, 2009
The program will include Maurice Ohanas Etude dInterpretation XII , Hugues Duforts An Schwager Kronos and Chao Ching-wens () SoundStates (), among other works. Wednesday at 7:30pm. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Kronos Worldwide, Inc. Announces a Price Increase for All Titanium Dioxide Products Sold Outside of North America and Europe May 27, 2009
CRANBURY, N.J., May 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Kronos Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: ) today announced a price increase for all titanium dioxide grades sold outside of North America and Europe including among other areas, Asia Pacific, Latin America, Middle East, Africa and Asia. Effective July 1, 2009, prices for all Kronos titanium dioxide grades sold outside North America and Europe will be increased by a minimum of US$ 100 per metric ton ... Kronos Worldwide, Inc. is a major international producer... (PR Newswire)
Abandonment & Infanticide in Ancien... May 21, 2009
Those societies that worshiped Baal or the many Baal variations such as Kronos in Carthage, engaged in the sacrifice of children. It was the Romans, however, that established a series of laws regarding abandonment. (Suite101.com)
Karen Jo (Pelkey) Hillegas May 21, 2009
Karen Jo was born on Feb. 9, 1960, to Richard and Joan (Kronos) Pelkey in Benton Harbor. She was legal secretary for many years. (The Herald-Palladium)
Ramada Plaza to Get New Owner May 20, 2009
On June 2, the bank will take the hotel back from the current owners, Kronos Hotels, and eventually 00002CB5 seek a new owner. The hotel was known as the Crown Plaza until 2007, and has had several other names in the past 40 years. (13WMAZ.com, GA)
Boston Musica Viva marks close of 40th season May 1, 2009
He contrasts his approach with groups like the Kronos Quartet, which "tend to have very strong stylistic preferences, and a lot of the music they do is in a very similar vein.". Above all, he says, "I don't want to do something that's going to bore somebody. That doesn't mean that I don't do very serious music a lot of the time, it isn't that everything has to be accessible." Indeed, he's dismayed by the oft-repeated criticism that 12-tone music represents a musical dead end. (Boston Globe)
From world premieres to theatre of snow Apr 29, 2009
A highlight for those familiar with her artistry is likely to be amazing Nunavut throat singer Tanya Tagaq's appearance with the Grammy-Award-winning Kronos Quartet. The concert will feature Tundra Songs, a piece by Canadian composer Derek Charke that is described by the Olympiad as painting a mesmerizing Arctic soundscape. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
S.F. Performances announces 2009-2010 season Apr 29, 2009
Tuesday, April 28, 2009. The 2009-10 season of San Francisco Performances, announced this week by president and founder Ruth Felt, will include vocal recitals by mezzo-sopranos Joyce DiDonato and Alice Coote, the return of pianists Marino Formenti and Thomas Ads, and dance performances by DV8 Physical Theater and Shantala Shivalingappa. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Cultural Olympiad 2010 lineup Apr 29, 2009
Nunavut: Performed by the Kronos Quartet and featuring Inuit vocalist Tanya Tagaq. Featuring a new work by Canadian composer Derek Charke. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Stanford Lively Arts season lineup Apr 28, 2009
The 2009-10 season of Stanford Lively Arts will include the premiere of a commissioned collaboration between the jazz trumpeter and composer Dave Douglas and the filmmaker Bill Morrison, as well as new works by Steve Reich and Laurie Anderson and a staged work by Kronos Quartet violinist David Harrington and pipa virtuoso Wu Man ... Jan. 16 (MA) - Kronos Quartet with Wu Man, pipa; "Yin Yu Tang: A Chinese Home," directed by Chen Shi-Zheng. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Stanford Lively Arts unveils new season Apr 28, 2009
On Jan. 16, the Kronos Quartet will give the first West Coast performance of "Yin Yu Tang: A Chinese Home." The staged work with video also features Wu Man playing the pipa (a plucked Chinese instrument) and is inspired by a Chinese home that was rebuilt in Massachusetts -- and the eight generations of the family it housed. A central project in the season is a yearlong residency with jazz trumpeter Dave Douglas and filmmaker Bill Morrison. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
For clarinetist David Krakauer, the best of both worlds Apr 17, 2009
He cites as an example his 1996 recording with the Kronos Quartet of Golijov's "The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind" - a complex piece and one in which the klezmer influence is especially pronounced. The quartet was looking for someone who could master not just the klezmer aspect but who had "the reflexes and skills of a chamber musician. And I could fit into both worlds.". (Boston Globe)
Sony Masterworks Re-Releases Terry Riley's Pioneering In C Apr 15, 2009
The performance joins together Terry Riley, four original In C performers, the Kronos Quartet, composers Philip Glass and Osvaldo Golijov, and a roster of players from Hindustani singer Ustad Mashkoor Ali Khan to Saturday Night Live bandleader Lenny Pickett. About the Composer. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Managing the workforce Apr 11, 2009
Employee management Work force management means managing an employee effectively by putting him/her at the right work in right place, at right time and getting the right output, says James Thomas, country manager, Kronos India. An employee is the most important asset of an organisation and managing the asset effectively reduces the operational costs of a firm automatically. (India Times)
Exxaro keeps its head stuck in sands Apr 6, 2009
In turn, five pigment producers turn out close to 70 percent of all pigment: Du Pont, Crystal, Huntsman, Kronos and Tronox. Exxaro has a joint venture with Tronox in Australia. (Business Report, South Africa)
Sebelius Headed For Senate Confirmation Apr 3, 2009
They are the Fidelity Advisor Energy Fund, Westar Energy Inc., Kronos Worldwide Inc. and NL Industries Inc.. The latter two companies manufacture titanium dioxide, an ingredient in cosmetics and milk, both of which are regulated by the Food and Drug Administration, which is part of HHS.. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Drama of the Greek gods Apr 1, 2009
A general view of Ancient Olympia stadium as the burned hill of Kronos, is seen in the background, southern Greece. AP file Photo. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Greek ruins tell stories, from Acropolis to Jesus Mar 27, 2009
Ancient Olympia stadium is pictured with the burned hill of Kronos in the background. . (MSNBC -- Travel)
Music: Shostakovich meets Radiohead at the keyboard Mar 24, 2009
Ensembles like the Kronos Quartet and Alarm Will Sound have arranged pop and electronica. But nowadays performing personalized arrangements like improvising, another staple of virtuosos in centuries past is relatively rare among classical soloists. (International Herald Tribune)
Opera presents the light and dark sides of Spanish art Mar 22, 2009
He has performed and recorded with the late tango genius Astor Piazzolla, who took the sensual dance into new universes of jazz clubs, opera houses and experimental forums like the Kronos String Quartet. After his Anchorage performance, he'll be accompanying tenor Placido Domingo in a fundraiser for the Washington, D.C., opera company; they'll be doing tangos. (Anchorage Daily News)
A History of ACT commissions Mar 22, 2009
The Difficulty of Crossing a Field by Mac Wellman, with music by David Lang, performed by Kronos Quartet, ACT commission, 2002. Frank Loesser's Hans Christian Andersen adapted by Sebastian Barry and directed and choreographed by Martha Clarke, world premiere, 2000. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Dark was the night Mar 21, 2009
There's plenty more too, from the Kronos Quartet's eerie deconstruction of Blind Willie Johnson's title track to the beautiful epic minimalism of Riceboy Sleeps' Happiness, from the tense Buck 65 remix of Blood Pt 2 to the homespun prettiness of Vashti Bunyan's Train Song, done here by Feist and Ben Gibbard of Death Cab For Cutie. While we are on a bit of a roll with good compilations, you will want to have Spunk Singles Club for future reference (some of these bands are going to be special) and... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Kronos Worldwide Q4 income grows Mar 13, 2009
Kronos pulled in $246 ... For the entire 2008 fiscal year, Kronos (NYSE: KRO) reported income of $9 million, or 18 cents per share, up from a net loss of $66. (Dallas Business Journal, TX)
NL Reports Fourth Quarter Results Mar 12, 2009
Kronos' net sales of $246 ... Kronos' net sales decreased in the fourth quarter of 2008 primarily due to lower sales volumes and to the unfavorable effect of fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, which decreased sales by approximately $16 million, partially offset by higher average TiO2 selling prices ... Kronos' average selling prices were 9% higher in the fourth quarter of 2008 compared to the fourth quarter of 2007, and prices were 2% higher for the year. (PR Newswire)
From rock band to concert grand Mar 11, 2009
Mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter made a CD with Elvis Costello a few years ago, the Kronos String Quartet plays the occasional Jimi Hendrix cover as an encore, and the Vitamin Records label has produced literally hundreds of string-quartet tributes to bands such as Led Zeppelin, Arcade Fire, Limp Bizkit and (their most recent issue) AC/DC.. Your response to these efforts probably depends on how well you know the original material, and how open you are to radical departures in sound and... (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Out of Africa, but music is all her own Mar 9, 2009
Since then she has recorded with the Kronos Quartet and written and performed a multimedia work about Mozart, and now she has all but dispensed with the traditional instrumentation in her band, opting for bass and drums, and swapping her acoustic guitar for an electric model. But this has only changed the music's surface: underneath it was always her songs and her extraordinary voice. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Somebeach Gets Harness Horse of the... Mar 4, 2009
3YO Filly Trotter -- Lantern Kronos; Falkbolagen AB; Jimmy Takter. 3YO Colt Pacer -- SBSW. (Suite101.com)
Testing Testing Mar 3, 2009
(Scarborough also works for Kronos, a company that sells job testing products. They argue that the testswhile perhaps biasedmay nevertheless serve as a check on the judgment and prejudices of all-too-human interviewers. (Slate)
Valley scientist's life was hunt for answers Feb 22, 2009
He'd worked long hours as president of the Kronos Science Laboratory in Phoenix, delving deep into endocrinology research, hormone-replacement therapy and solutions to diseases ... " But he was a wonderful friend, said Mitch Harman, president and director of the Kronos Longevity Research Institute, the not-for-profit arm of the organization. The lab is the for-profit arm. "He could be a great friend and would always do what he could for you ... " The two soon merged their lives, and they had... (AZCentral -- News)
Gubaidulina's "The Light of the End." Feb 21, 2009
Gubaidulina's soulful, dark-hued music, though increasingly in evidence around the world and on disc, has been surprisingly absent from the Bay Area (although the Kronos Quartet has been a frequent champion). Wednesday's performance in Davies Symphony Hall, led with vigor and commitment by guest conductor Kurt Masur, was a welcome corrective. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
An old guitar, a new muse for Rokia Traore Feb 13, 2009
Even then, Traore was stretching beyond traditional West African instrumentation, collaborating with new music pioneers Kronos Quartet on several tracks. "She's one of my favorite singers," Kronos violinist David Harrington said from the quartet's San Francisco studio. (Boston Globe)
Save your employer money call in sick Feb 11, 2009
The most significant action they can take is to offer subsidized flu shots, says Joyce Maroney, director of the Workforce Institute at Kronos, a provider of workforce management software. Also, it might seem corny, she says, but it's good to have signs up in public places about hygiene and safety information. (MSNBC -- Business)
