Dateline: NEW YORK BellSouth Corp., the dominant local phone provider in nine Southeastern states, said Thursday it is cutting 1,500 management jobs, or 3 percent of its total work force, because of competition from cable providers. The Atlanta-based company said the reductions will take place in
Dateline: HIROSHIMA, Dec. 15 (Kyodo) _ Mazda Motor Corp. said Thursday it will introduce a new system of employing its retirees in April 2006, raising the ceiling on the age until which retirees can work to 65 from the current mandatory retiring age of 60 and expanding the system to make it
Source: Kyodo World News Service
Posted: 2005-12-16
Regarding 'Schroder gets a pipeline job (and criticism (Dec. 10): Am I wrong or did President George W. Bush have Gerhard Schroder pegged right after all? This guy basically quit as head of the German government to go to work for the head of the Russian government. Now the reasons for some of
Source: International Herald Tribune
Posted: 2005-12-16
City honors history-making mayor Patsy Jo Hilliard first black in job Byline: S.A. REID Edition: Home Section: South Metro East Point will say goodbye to two African-American history- makers on Monday as the city prepares to welcome its new mayor and City Council members early next month. City
Source: The Atlanta Journal and Constitution
Posted: 2005-12-16
QMy husband and I are struggling for money at the moment and he is keen that I should get myself a part-time job. My problem is that my two children are very small and the elder one seems to be suffering very badly from jealousy. He was a sweetheart until my daughter was born a year ago but now
Source: Birmingham Mail (England)
Posted: 2005-12-16
UNIDENTIFIED COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE: Over the past decade, via a number of bold moves, Quest Diagnostics has taken a clear leadership position within the clinical lab industry and has developed a strong track record on a number of fronts. Solid albeit modest underlying growth trends for the
LONGUEUIL, QUEBEC, Dec 13, 2005 (CCNMatthews via COMTEX) -- The Jean Coutu Group (PJC), Inc., (TSX:PJC.SV.A) the fourth largest drugstore chain in North America, announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, The Jean Coutu Group (PJC) USA, Inc. ( PJC USA or the Company which operates under the name
Source: Canadian Corporate News
Posted: 2005-12-16
1. Introduction Dimensional integrity is a major quality concern in many discrete-part manufacturing processes. In the automotive and aviation industries, for instance, dimensional problems contribute to about two-thirds of the total quality problems during a new product launch (Shalon et al.,
Byline: John Gallagher Nov. 19--Michigan will suffer a sixth straight year of job losses in 2006, a string unprecedented since World War II, University of Michigan economists predicted Friday. Even as the national economy prospers, U-M economist Joan Crary and her colleagues George Fulton and Saul
Source: Detroit Free Press (Detroit, Michigan) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2005-12-16
Dec. 15--HIROSHIMA -- Mazda Motor Corp. said Thursday it will introduce a new system of employing its retirees in April 2006, raising the ceiling on the age until which retirees can work to 65 from the current mandatory retiring age of 60 and expanding the system to make it available to all
Source: Kyodo News International (Tokyo, Japan) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2005-12-16
Byline: Holly Hollman, The Decatur Daily, Ala. Dec. 15--ATHENS -- Tina Coats stood under an awning at the Limestone County Board of Education office Wednesday night as the sky spit rain, and she stared into a second floor window where seven men were deciding her fate. Would the school board uphold
Source: The Decatur Daily (Decatur, AL) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2005-12-16
Byline: By NEIL COTTER IRISH Ferries set sail again yesterday after the bitter dispute which threatened to sink hundreds of Irish jobs. Workers were celebrating a mammoth victory which will see them keep their jobs without having their wages slashed. And Irish Ferries bosses saved face when it was
Source: The Mirror (London, England)
Posted: 2005-12-16
Byline: Peter Walwyn Peter Walwyn, chairman of the trainersO committee at the British Racing School, says extra funding is urgently required to invest in the training centres AS CHAIRMAN of the trainersO committee at the British Racing School for many years, I was astonished by the letter from
Source: The Racing Post (London, England)
Posted: 2005-12-16