Byline: Tom Groening, Bangor Daily News, Maine Jan. 2--CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Bank of America completed its purchase Sunday of MBNA Corp., creating the largest credit card issuer in the U.S. as measured by balances. With the $35 billion acquisition of MBNA, which had been the second-largest credit card
Byline: Michael Weir Jan 02, 2006 (The West Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Western Australian (WA) employers are increasingly importing skilled staff from overseas. The boom conditions especially in the resources and construction sectors, but also extending to other professions such as health
Source: Australasian Business Intelligence
Posted: 2006-01-03
CoStar Photo Express(TM) Offers Additional Flexibility to Market Listings BETHESDA, Md., Dec. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CoStar Group, Inc. , the leading provider of information services to the commercial real estate industry, today announced the launch of a new service that will enable its
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The University Council for Educational Administration has published a Job Search Handbook, a one-stop shopping resource for those with doctoral degrees in educational leadership who seek positions in higher education. The handbook is available at www.ucea.org. The handbook includes a variety of
CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind. -- After nearly a quarter of a century behind the counter, Rhonda McDonald has lost none of her passion for community pharmacy. Even though it has changed so much over the years, I still enjoy this profession, the 49-year-old Terre Haute, Ind., native says. I really enjoy
Byline: Brandee Hayhurst, Times-News, Burlington, N.C. Dec. 31--How much the company will shrink is unclear, but Alexander Fabrics has confirmed recent cuts in its workforce. The Burlington textile-apparel company had about 125 employees when it announced layoffs of 19 employees in March. But in
Source: Times-News (Burlington, North Carolina) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-01-03
PHILADELPHIA -- After 22 years on the job Allen Friedman is as dedicated to being a pharmacist as ever. That was evident this summer and fall when he missed 10 weeks of work because of a bicycling accident. Three broken ribs and a broken arm, nose and eye socket notwithstanding, he came into his
DAYTON, Ohio -- For CVS pharmacist Dermis Fisher community pharmacy is truly about the community. A former hospital pharmacist, the 54-year-old Fisher has developed a number of programs with local organizations to deliver pharmacy care to a wide range of patients from his store in the heart of this
Danger for drugstores ; With the rise of prescription painkiller abuse, pharmacies in Maine see the need to prepare for armed robberies. Byline: KEVIN WACK Staff Writer Edition: Final Section: FRONT Memo: READER COMMENTS WILL THESE measures make pharmacies safer? Tell us and read what others have
Licensed Canadian mail-order pharmacies like The Canadian Pharmacy (www.thecanadianpharmacy.com) are not only open for business but actively counseling U.S. seniors on Canadian drug savings vs. Medicare D plans. Personal prescription evaluations yield the best strategy to help seniors make a smart,
Slashing jobs at factories is threatening a way of life Byline: Kathy Barks Hoffman; THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Associated Press Writer Vicki Smith in Morgantown, W.Va., contributed to this story. Edition: Third Edition Section: News LANSING, MICH. -- Thirty years ago, Dan Fairbanks looked at the jobs he
Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted: 2006-01-03
Dateline: LANSING, Michigan Thirty years ago, Dan Fairbanks looked at the jobs he could get with his college degree and what he could make working the line at General Motors Corp., and decided the GM job looked better. He still thinks he made the right choice. But with GM planning to end production
President Jacques Chirac of France said he would introduce tax incentives to dissuade companies like Hewlett-Packard from cutting jobs in France or moving production to countries with laxer labor laws. 'Our system of corporate taxes must favor companies which employ in France Chirac said in his
Source: International Herald Tribune
Posted: 2006-01-03
AROUND 60 jobs are set to be created in Fife thanks to a pounds 5million order for giant wind turbines. Support structures for the machines are to be built by Burntisland Fabrications Ltd. The turbines will be sited in the Moray Firth and will stand more than 250ft above sea level. The project is
Source: Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)
Posted: 2006-01-03
Byline: Mike Rasor, The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio Jan. 1--ROY MOLES walked out of the North Canton Hoover Co. plant, possibly for the last time. He saw co-workers crying. Moles and 287 others were laid off two days before Christmas. Most had been laid off before. But this time was different. This
Byline: Tim Webb Manufacturers are warning they will lay off more workers this year if, as forecast, the winter is colder than average and fuel costs are driven up as a result. British Glass, which represents glass manufacturers, said that 1,000 jobs were lost in the last three months of 2005 alone
Source: The Independent Sunday (London, England)
Posted: 2006-01-03
Byline: Lucie R. Willsie, Sun Journal, New Bern, N.C. Jan. 1--Barbara Clifton is, to say the least, a tad fed up. When she first moved into her home in Craven County, the ditches drained just fine, Clifton said. After a few more houses went up, however, not only are the ditches always plugged up,
Source: Sun Journal (New Bern, NC) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-01-03
Byline: By GRAEME LENNOX STUNNING Margaret Maclean is set to become the face of 2006. The 19-year-old model is just one of many Scots tipped for great things this year. Others set to shine are footballer Steven Naismith, singer Scott Rinning and Mike Kinsella, creator of net craze WeeMees.
Source: Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)
Posted: 2006-01-03