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'Business as usual' expected

A Mobile Gas Corp. spokesman said Monday that it should be "business as usual" for the local gas distribution company, even when its parent, EnergySouth, is sold to San Diego-based Sempra Energy.

"Billing, service, personnel — customers will see Mobile Gas in the community," said spokesman Wes Phillips. "We still expect to have a strong presence here and a good employee base."

The Mobile Gas headquarters on Dauphin Street near Interstate 65 will remain, he said, though some personnel changes could occur.

Mobile Gas is by far EnergySouth's most employee-laden operation with 277 employees. EnergySouth's natural gas storage and trading arm, EnergySouth Midstream, has 33 employees.

The Midstream operation has been based in Houston since July 2007. more

Small-Business Optimism Up

After falling to record lows, economic confidence among the nation's small-business owners picked up in July, as fewer owners struggled with cash-flow issues, Discover reported this week.

In a survey of 1,000 small-business owners nationwide, only 33 percent said they've faced cash-flow problems over the past three months, down from 42 percent last month. More owners also said the economy was improving, prompting many to boost spending plans for the months ahead, the survey found.

"Cash flow is one of the key indicators that affects small-business owners' confidence in the economy," Ryan Scully, director of Discover's business credit card, said in a statement. "Given the substantial decrease in cash flow concerns that were reported this month, it's not surprising that economic confidence also rebounded."

Last week, Opinion Research reported a similar upturn in small-business confidence. more

Jaspersoft and ALaS Consulting Partnering to Serve Business

ALaS was selected because of its expertise in Jaspersoft's business intelligence products and the extensive experience its professional engagement teams have in providing clients with system integration services for implementation, customization and deployment. The companies also announced that Alas is embedding Jaspersoft's BI and ETL products into its financial services control platform for front, middle, and back-office. This integration will provide ALaS software users with a fast and effective window on their data, as well as reducing implementation costs from an ETL perspective.

"Our clients want consulting services to help them customize their Jaspersoft implementations and it is critical to have partners like ALaS to deliver them," said Nick Halsey, Jaspersoft's vice president of marketing. more

HK's Q3 business expected to surge

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's volume of business and output in all sectors is expected to surge in the third quarter, according to Hong Kong Census Statistics Department's quarterly business tendency survey released on Thursday.

All surveyed sectors expect their business situation to improve, with significantly more respondents in the manufacturing sector anticipating a brighter outlook.

Respondents in all surveyed sectors - in particular the real estate, and the banks, financing and insurance sectors - expect employment to increase, the survey said.

Respondents in all surveyed sectors expect selling prices and service charges to rise, except the communications sector. Significantly more respondents in the wholesale and retail sector expect their selling price to increase, according to the survey. more

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