The world laments the way its population is treating the environment. Energy may be a hot topic at the moment, but it is a relatively new issue in the public’s mind. Consumer-based waste products have been around for more than a few decades; just think of the “reduce-reuse-recycle” mantra. In today’s marketplace, there is finally some technology available to cope with part of this waste issue. Doing something in the plastics “reuse” category has always been a cost issue, with most possible answers being too expensive for manufacturers. Today, however, there may actually be a practical and profitable solution in this one area that will certainly put a dent in virgin plastic use.

Cereplast Inc., a bio-plastics manufacturer, works to offer plastic resins manufactured with 100-percent recyclable plastic materials and 50-percent recyclable plastic materials. The company has had solid responses from companies testing its resin products - resulting in many buying

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Known to skip monthly management team meetings for her daughter’s birthday and to reschedule a board meeting so she could attend her daughter’s 4th grade play, Angela Braly at 46 is one of the youngest women CEOs, as well as the only one running a Fortune 50 company. With three children, Angela managed the family life balance through a suggestion by her husband that he become a stay at home dad.

Rather than ‘coming from nowhere’ to take the CEO position, Angela has a long history of health care involvement, first working passionately for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Missouri, then setting up a foundation for uninsured Missourians, becoming General Council for RightChoice, the parent company for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Missouri. RightChoice was acquired by Wellpoint, and Angela became CEO of Wellpoint’s Missouri operation. In 2005 Angela became General Counsel of Wellpoint in

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Over the last year, Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE:S) has become the equivalent of Stephen King’s Carrie. The redheaded step-child of the top 4 wireless companies - In the 4th quarter, Sprint posted a $29.5 billion loss (one of the largest in corporate history) . So can Sprint stop the bleeding or will the blood flow? Sprint's loss was largely due to a write-down of the value of Nextel, which has suffered from poor network quality and ...