FAC1932

The venue for our Annual Meeting 2010 was the Hotel Helka in Helsinki. The foundation for improving the activities of the Club were laid down.  A new board of directors got elected: Chairman Mr. Markku Keinonen, Vice-Chairman Mr. Antti Erävaara, and other members of the board: Mr. Nicholas Kuchova from the US Embassy, Mr. Timo Vilmunen, Mr. Ville Ilves, Ms. Eeva Pinomaa, and Ms. Carita Toikka.

The annual fee was set at only 50,- Euros!

We had a very nice dinner with a presentation about content production and IPR issues by Mr. Myhrberg from Lexia. Thank you a lot! We are going to publish the presentation on these pages soon.

Please, stay tuned and join our high class and low cost events!

Best regards,

Vesa Vihavainen, Past Chairman

You are cordially invited to

Finlandia Foundation NY Metropolitan Chapter’s

Annual Awards Dinner Dance

Honoring President Martti Ahtisaari
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

Friday, March 12th, 2010

Helmsley Park Lane Hotel, Ball room
36 Central Park South
New York City, NY 10019

Cocktail Reception at Six O’Clock

Dinner, Dancing and Entertainment at Seven O’Clock

Presentation
Arts and Letters Award

President Martti Ahtisaari will be present to accept the award

Special Entertainment from Finland

Soprano Sirkka Lampimäki
accompanied by renowned Pianist Juho Pohjonen

Raffle

Dance Music Provided by Kenny i Orchestra

Black tie

Tervetuloa aamukahville kuulemaan alustusta aiheesta “Kööpenhaminan kokouksen vaikutukset yrityksiin” maanantaina 15.2. klo 9.00 lähtien. Tilaisuus järjestetään Radisson SAS -hotellissa (Runeberginkatu 2, Helsinki).

KÖÖPENHAMINAN KOKOUKSEN VAIKUTUKSET YRITYKSIIN

9.00 Ilmoittautuminen ja aamukahvi

9.30 Tilaisuuden avaus, Projektijohtaja Taru Halla, ECOBIO

9.45 Alustus: Kööpenhaminan kokouksen vaikutukset yrityksiin, Kansanedustaja, tekniikan tohtori Sanna Perkiö,

10.15 Keskustelua

10.45 Tilaisuuden päättäminen

Ilmoittautumiset 5.2. mennessä: taru.halla@ecobio.fi, puh 0207569450. Tilaisuus on maksuton.

Tervetuloa!

Insinööritoimisto ECOBIO Oy

Taru Halla

Projektijohtaja

Our annual Thanksgiving Dinner takes place on November 30th at 18:00 hours at Restaurant Loft in Helsinki! Come to hear a beautiful song performed by Mrs. Janna Ilen, greeting of HE Mr. Oreck and the speech by Mr. Timo Ritakallio (CEO with Ilmarinen) about “the Era after Lehman Brothers”.  Please, send your registration to vavihavainen@gmail.com until November 10th and pay 75,- € per person to FAC1932 at Sampo Bank account # 800011-103143. More details will follow soon.

Join FACC and AmCham Finland as we welcome our new U.S. Ambassador to Finland, H.E., Bruce J. Oreck. Ambassador Oreck will be sharing his views on ‘How the Shifting Business Paradigm Can Ramp Up Cooperation Between Finland and the United States,’ and will then join us for a delicious buffet lunch.

Best regards,
The AmCham and FACC teams

Please, note your calendar for the main event of the year – Thanksgiving dinner will take place on November 30th at 18:00 hours at restaurant Loft in Helsinki. H.E. Mr. Bruce Oreck and Deputy Mr. Michael Butler will be present. More details will get supplied asap. Please, stay tuned!

Tatum’s survey is unique in the ability to capture opinions of CFOs, Controllers and CIOs in a broad base of industries across the country, offering a read on the pulse of the US economy. The results from recent months consistently show that Tatum’s nearly 1,000 executives across the nation see the recovery as underway, but moving at a slow pace.

A major indicator from the survey, Tatum’s Index of Business Conditions, combines elements of the past 30 days and the next 60 days into one number, summarizing our view of the current overall trend. The October 1 Index moved downward as the effect of the cautious outlook exceeded the effect of the positive past 30 days. This may prove to be just a temporary blip in an otherwise positive trend, as occurred in July. Further, despite the drop, the Index remains at the second highest level in the past two years.

A look back at the past 30 days suggests some continued progress in the recovery, while the look ahead for the next 60 days indicates a cloud of caution. The good news this month is in the outlook for employment (fewer reductions) and capital expenditures (higher commitments). The bad news is in the outlook for backlogs (lower) and financial capital markets (more challenging).

More on Tatum’s web page.