Byline: Charles E Wilson AT THE end of December, an era comes to a close when Cliff Harvison retires as president of National Tank Truck Carriers Inc, the trade association that represents the for-hire tank truck community. Harvison spent more than 40 years with the association, which is an
Jan. 4--EAST GREENBUSH -- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. is gradually reducing the work force at facilities in East Greenbush and Tarrytown as it moves ahead with a job-reduction plan, a spokesman said Tuesday. The company in September announced the elimination of 165 jobs -- almost one-quarter of
Source: Times Union (Albany, New York) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-01-06
RICHMOND -- the virginian-pilot RICHMOND - The press secretary to Gov. Mark R. Warner will stay on the job for four more years, Gov.-elect Timothy M. Kaine announced Tuesday. Kevin Hall, 43, is a Richmond native and a graduate of the College of William and Mary. Before Warner hired him, Hall was a
Larson, Violet Mary 85, of Bloomington, formerly of Mpls, passed away peacefully on Dec 9. Preceded in death by her husband, LeRoy Lawrence Larson and parents, Alex and Leona Bublitz. Survived by 3 children, Gary (Nancy), Susan (Robert) Abbott and Kay (Gary) Hedenland; 4 grandchildren, Christine
Source: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
Posted: 2006-01-06
Byline: Aimee Blanchette; Staff Writer UNPUBLISHED CORRECTION OF 12/02/05: The byline was misspelled in the original version of this article; this version contains the correct spelling. Job: Supply-chain executive-in-training at Target Corp. in the global trade brokerage division; part-time
Source: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
Posted: 2006-01-06
POLK COUNTY NOTICES POLK COUNTY BILLS TO BE PAID LIST FOR PAYMENTS SCHEDULED BETWEEN 11/29/2005 AND 12/4/2005 AAA MIDWEST EQUIP R & M - BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 140.00 ACKERMAN, TOM RENT ONLY 351.00 ACKERMAN, TOM RENT ONLY 283.00 ACTION SERVICES, INC OTH MISC LSE AND/OR MAINT AGRM 90.00 ADAIR, CHERYL
Source: Business Record (Des Moines)
Posted: 2006-01-06
Byline: Mike Urban Jan. 5--Underground coal mining is much safer than it was decades ago, but the deaths of 12 West Virginia miners show the job is still a hazardous one, according to Pennsylvania mining officials. Mine explosions were common when anthracite mining was in its heyday in eastern
UP to 100 jobs will be created on a new pounds 4.7m business park to be developed on the site of a former aluminium die-casting factory in Llanidloes. The park, to be called Great Oak Business Park/Parc Busnes Derwen Fawr, is being built by the Welsh Development Agency and Welsh Assembly Government
Source: Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
Posted: 2006-01-06
Byline: Justin Vick Jan. 5--First-year Syracuse University student Landon Sears is starting early in professional sports broadcasting. The Kannapolis Intimidators have hired the 18-year-old broadcast journalism major as their director of broadcasting and media relations. So while his classmates
Source: The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, North Carolina ) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-01-06
Jan. 5--NEW DELHI -- Giving a virtual thumbs down to the heady mix of vote-bank politics and reservation, the Supreme Court on Wednesday stalled the controversial Andhra law ensuring 5 percent quota for Muslims in jobs and admission to schools and colleges. As an interim measure, the apex court
Source: The Times of India (New Delhi, India) (via Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-01-06
Thirteen jobs have been created with the expansion of a care services business. Employee-owned Care and Share Associates (Casa) has opened a unit in Newcastle, offering assistance and support to people across the city. The Casa scheme, which has initially recruited 13 workers, is based on
Source: The Journal (Newcastle, England)
Posted: 2006-01-06
Kroll, the administrators to the DVD and CD retailer MVC Entertainment said yesterday it had completed the sale of 41 stores to the music retailer Music Zone for an undisclosed amount and had secured 437 jobs for MVC employees with Music Zone. Andrew Pepper, one of the administrators, commented:
Source: The Independent (London, England)
Posted: 2006-01-06
Byline: Keich Whicker Jan. 5--Two Milledgeville legislators said Wednesday that about 400 jobs at Central State Hospital may have been saved. State Sen. Johnny Grant and Rep. Bobby Parham said some of the $17 million in cuts the Department of Human Resources recommended in its 2007 budget proposal
Source: The Macon Telegraph (Macon, Georgia) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-01-06
Byline: Brook Stockberger Jan. 4--Total state employment should rise about 212 percent this year, according to the director of the University of New Mexico Bureau of Business and Economic Research. Here in Las Cruces, companies are indeed looking at moving into the area or hiring workers. In fact,
Source: Las Cruces Sun-News (Las Cruces, New Mexico) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-01-06
Byline: Miguel Gonzalez Jan. 4--VICTORVILLE -- As priorities go, Victorville has many for 2006. With 91,000 people calling Victorville home, the largest city in the Victor Valley expects to grow by about 10 percent, reaching 100,000 residents by the end of the year. Last year, the city issued 2,263
The most talked-about topic in Syracuse seems to Destiny USA and the effects that it will have on the community. It is clear that Destiny will be a prosperous and financially booming attraction. Destiny USA will also be great for the CNY community because it will give us new jobs and it will
Source: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
Posted: 2006-01-06
To the Editor: The latest move by the city to try to foreclose on Carousel Center is an example of how out of touch with reality they are. They are jeopardizing thousands of jobs and millions in sales tax revenue with their actions. Even with the type of financing they want to use, the city and
Source: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
Posted: 2006-01-06
NEW YORK, Jan. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Dice Inc., the leading online career site that helps businesses source technology and engineering professionals, and Targeted Job Fairs, a leading provider of career fairs for technology and engineering candidates nationwide and a Dice company, will host a
Byline: Richard Hinton Jan. 4--Five employees of the North Dakota Game and Fish Department have applied to be the new chief of the fisheries division. The five are: Jeff Hendrickson, north-central fisheries district supervisor inRiverdale; Bruce Kreft, a former fisheries biologist in Riverdale who
Source: The Bismarck Tribune (Bismarck, North Dakota) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-01-06