Fair Disclosure Wire 07-27-2005 OPERATOR: Welcome to the America Service Group second-quarter earnings conference call. During the presentation all participants will be in a listen-only mode. Afterwards we will conduct a question and answer session. (OPERATOR INSTRUCTIONS) As a reminder this
A boat is upended against a tree in Biloxi, Mississippi A boat is upended against a tree in Biloxi, Mississippi. Authorities labored to empty New Orleans of floodwater and the last diehard survivors as a new poll signaled mounting political problems for President George W. Bush over his response to
Source: Agence France Presse English
Posted: 2005-12-13
Byline: Daniel Dunaief Oct. 8--Bank of America plans to cut about 150 city jobs as it trims its overall staff by 4,500, people familiar with the situation said. The cuts at the bank, which already said it would slash 12,500 jobs after its buy of FleetBoston, are coming across all businesses and in
Source: Daily News (New York, New York) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2005-12-13
Byline: John Reid Blackwell Dec. 10--A fiber and yarn company is expanding its factory in Washington County, creating 82 jobs. Universal Fiber Systems LLC, which makes fibers and yarns for carpet, upholstery and industrial and automotive applications, will invest $8 million to expand its fibers
Byline: Thomas Ginsberg PHILADELPHIA _ Merck & Co. Inc. said Monday it will cut 7,000 jobs and close five plants worldwide, the biggest layoff in its history and a sign of deepening retrenchment across the drug industry. The closings and job cuts, amounting to 11 percent of its nearly 63,000
Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service)
Posted: 2005-12-13
Fed: Keelty says NSW Police did a commendable job=2 Mr Keelty said when he saw footage of the riots last night, his immediate reaction was the behaviour was "very un-Australian". "We need to ensure that right throughout the community, wherever it be in Australia, that we recognise it as being
Source: AAP General News (Australia)
Posted: 2005-12-13
To the Editor: The people who are responsible for plowing snow on Interstate 81 in Cortland County, please do a better job. This stretch of I-81 is dangerous to drive when it snows. While driving from Syracuse to Hershey, Pa., to visit family last January, and most recently this Thanksgiving
Source: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
Posted: 2005-12-13
Fed: NSW Police did commendable job at Cronulla: AFP boss CANBERRA, Dec 12 AAP - NSW Police did a commendable job controlling racially motivated mob violence in Sydney, Australian Federal Police (AFP) chief Mick Keelty said today. Mr Keelty agreed with NSW Police Commissioner Ken Moroney in saying
Source: AAP General News (Australia)
Posted: 2005-12-13
Byline: By Steve Pain Deputy Business Editor Seven thousand jobs will be created by the construction of Martineau Galleries - the next phase of the regeneration of Birmingham city centre, it was revealed today. The Birmingham Alliance, the joint venture organisation responsible for the hugely
Source: The Birmingham Post (England)
Posted: 2005-12-13
Byline: By Steve Pain Deputy Business Editor Regional development agency Advantage West Midlands has finalised plans for its flagship pounds 67 million i54 development in Wolverhampton - a scheme which could create up to 6,000 high-paying jobs. The agency has submitted planning applications to
Source: The Birmingham Post (England)
Posted: 2005-12-13
What is the job like? Laboratory technicians work in support of scientists and others responsible for research and analysis. They help scientists to make discoveries and solve problems in almost every aspect of life. They can work in research and development, scientific analysis and investigation,
Source: Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
Posted: 2005-12-13
Byline: Alfred Tella, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES The post-hurricane labor market recovered smartly in November with the preliminary count of payroll jobs showing a solid 215,000 rise for the month and an increase of 2 million over a year ago. Expectations are for continued robust job growth
A POLICEMAN who admits harassing his estranged wife was yesterday waiting to hear whether he would lose his job. Pc Neil Hurn, 32, who works for Norfolk Police, made abusive and threatening calls to wife Lyndsay after the breakdown of their marriage, magistrates in Norwich heard. Sentencing was
UP to 500 lecturers at a Midland college could be sacked and forced to re-apply for their jobs with new inferior contracts before Christmas. The move is part of a restructuring drive at Walsall College of Arts and Technology which could also see the scrapping of A-level provision and possible
SHOP workers are being forced to quit their jobs following a huge rise in physical and verbal abuse, a survey reveals. The number of assaults increased 14 per cent in the last year with cases of staff being shouted at or threatened up 35 per cent. Many bruised and battered employees are leaving,
CROMARTY Firth is to become a world leader in renewable energy with the revival of a disused offshore construction plant. Cromarty Firth Port Authority have been named preferred bidder in negotiations to re-open the oil fabrication yard in Nigg. Around new 1000 jobs are expected, with the new
Source: Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)
Posted: 2005-12-13
Byline: By Ross Smith Road chiefs will be tackled over their use of powers to block developments in the North-East in a House of Commons inquiry next year, it was announced yesterday. The Transport Select Committee is launching a probe into the work of the Highways Agency, which has come under fire
Source: The Journal (Newcastle, England)
Posted: 2005-12-13
Byline: By Ross Smith Frontline council jobs are at risk due to a shortfall in Government funding, town hall bosses warned last night. The North-East received the lowest increase in the country for the next two years in the funding announcement last week. Newcastle City Council was one of the
Source: The Journal (Newcastle, England)
Posted: 2005-12-13
To the Editor: Our son, Pfc. Bryan Rice, and some of the soldiers in his unit were honored recently - both by the U.S. Army and by your newspaper. We wanted to thank you for a job well-done - both the photos and the article, First Action in War Brings Medals to Bravo Troop. Steve and Ellen Rice
Source: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
Posted: 2005-12-13
Dec. 10--Sara Lee Foods has announced that about 100 jobs will be eliminated from its St. Joseph plant next year when a production line is moved to Wisconsin. The company will transfer the production of smoked sausage links for the retail store market to a plant in New London, Wis. Spokesman Matt
Source: The Kansas City Star (Kansas City, Missouri) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2005-12-13
MORE than 30 new jobs are to be created as the century-long project to decommission a former North Wales nuclear power station moves to the next stage. British Nuclear Group will market the posts at a jobs fair at its site in Trawsfynydd in the coming weeks. About to build a safe store for nuclear
Source: Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
Posted: 2005-12-13