Day's predecessor had increased the fixed component of store associate compensation, but there have been signs that Day is moving to diminish the fixed component and bolster incentive pay for store associates, particularly for moving higher-margin products like batteries.
The inspection report on the Electric Drive Vehicle Battery and Component Manufacturing Initiative grant came a day after President Barack Obama lauded U.S. efforts to invest in alternative energy.
"We're here today to wish the international space station some greetings itself because today is the one-thousandth day that the first component of the station has been on orbit , " Culbertson said as he floated in Zarya with Dezhurov and Tyurin.