Byline: Damian J. Troise Jan. 24--Connecticut lost 400 jobs in December, cutting slightly into gains made during November, but the state is still up 10,700 jobs over the past year. Figures released by the state Department of Labor Monday show that 1.68 million people were employed in December, a
Source: New Haven Register (New Haven, CT) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service)
Posted: 2006-01-24
M2 PRESSWIRE-24 January 2006-ILO-London: ILO annual jobs report says global unemployment continues to grow, youth now make up almost half those out of work(C)1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:24012006 The number of people unemployed worldwide climbed to new heights in 2005, as robust economic
Byline: JAYA NARAIN IN the past, the victims of sex discrimination at work have been overwhelmingly women. But a controversial study has revealed that the trend may be starting to change. Research has found that in certain professions male job applicants are much more likely to be discriminated
Source: The Daily Mail (London, England)
Posted: 2006-01-24
WASHINGTON, Jan 23, 2006 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Ford Motor Co. said on Monday that it will cut 25,000 to 30,000 jobs and idle 14 facilities by 2012 as part of a restructuring designed to reverse a heavy loss last year in its North American operations. Ford, the second-largest automaker in the
Byline: David Wethe Jan. 18--For a city so dependent on tourism, New Orleans is leaning even more heavily this year on Mardi Gras as one of its most important economic-development tools. Airlines, hotels, restaurants and tourism groups are ramping up for better-than-expected crowds during the
Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, Texas) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-01-24
CENTRALIZING Central New York Byline: Rosenberg, Jim Volume: 139 Number: 1 ISSN: 0013094X Publication Date: 01-01-2006 Page: 49 Section: E&P TECHNICAL Type: Periodical Language: English Three Gannett dailies consolidate production HAVING ENCLOSED AND BEGUN EQUIPPING A NEWLY constructed plant
Dateline: DETROIT Ford Motor Co., hurt by falling sales of sport utility vehicles, is expected to close plants and cut thousands of jobs in North America as part of a restructuring program to be announced Monday. Ford has refused to release details of the plan, dubbed the "Way Forward," which also
Dateline: DEARBORN, Michigan Ford Motor Co., the second-largest U.S. automaker, said Monday that it will cut 25,000 to 30,000 jobs and idle 14 facilities by 2012 as part of a restructuring designed to reverse billion-dollar losses in North America. Copyright 2006, AP News All Rights Reserved
Dateline: DEARBORN, Michigan Ford Motor Co., the second-largest U.S. automaker, said Monday that it will cut 25,000 to 30,000 jobs and idle 14 facilities by 2012 as part of a restructuring designed to reverse a $1.6 billion loss last year in its North American operations. The cuts represent 20
(The Lantern) (U-WIRE) COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State University offers more than 170 undergraduate majors to any student willing and able to travel to campus on a daily or weekly basis. Students who are incapable of attending on-campus classes on a regular basis, however, may be disappointed to
The demand for more exacting test results-fast!-reformulates HOSPITAL LABS Byline: Haugh, Richard Volume: 80 Number: 1 ISSN: 10688838 Publication Date: 01-01-2006 Page: 46 Section: CLINICAL MANAGEMENT Type: Periodical Language: English Major strides in technology intensify process, payment and
Source: Hospitals & Health Networks
Posted: 2006-01-24
Byline: JEFF CONNOR SEAN LINEEN and Iain Paxton may still be the best of pals after forging one of the most successful coaching partnerships in the Scottish club game, but the former Boroughmuir dream team may soon find themselves in opposite corners in the fight for the top job at Edinburgh
Source: The Daily Mail (London, England)
Posted: 2006-01-24
Byline: Dave Janoski Dec. 4--HANOVER TWP. -- Thousands of brown, plastic prescription bottles glide along narrow conveyor belts through the Caremark Rx Inc. pharmacy, passing through a gauntlet of cameras, scanners, robots and automatic pill dispensers. Filling and shipping 100,000 prescriptions
Source: The Times Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-01-24
Recruitment Has Begun for Management and Customer Service Positions NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Caremark Rx, Inc., a leading pharmacy benefits manager, today announced plans to open a state-of-the-art customer care center in Nashville, Tenn., to serve the growth of its business. The customer care center
Work begins to create 350 jobs at technology park Edition: FIRST Section: Business Construction work has begun at a 23-acre site which is expected to create 350 new jobs in a planned "high-tech corridor" for the region. John Edwards, chief executive at Advantage West Midlands, and Jill Dyer, chair
Dateline: NEW YORK, Jan. 23 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING MORE INFO) Ford Motor Co. said Monday it plans to cut up to 30,000 manufacturing jobs and shut down 14 plants in North America by 2012 as part of efforts to restore profitability in its North American auto operations by 2008. The job cutback
Source: Kyodo World News Service
Posted: 2006-01-24
Byline: By CLINTON MANNING, Business Editor SECRET plans to ship up to 20,000 Government jobs overseas are being worked on by ministers. A leaked memo reveals they are in advanced negotiations with firms who want to take over some of functions of the Department for Work and Pensions. Unions say the
Source: The Mirror (London, England)
Posted: 2006-01-24
Logo for the Ford Motor Company Logo for the Ford Motor Company. Ford Motor Co. workers face a "Black Monday" when the auto giant announces huge job cuts and plant closures in a new bid to counter the loss in market share to Asian rivals. Ford Motor Co. workers face bleak prospects when the auto
Source: Agence France Presse English
Posted: 2006-01-24
AN automotive firm with a site in Woodgate Valley is to halve its workforce after being taken over. About 70 jobs are due to be lost at Lander Carlisle, which has a second site in Cradley Heath, after it was bought by Accrington-based AAT for an undisclosed sum. Lander, which makes plastic interior
Source: Birmingham Mail (England)
Posted: 2006-01-24
Hundreds of new jobs could be brought to a Northumberland town with the help of a pounds 3m office development. The scheme, unveiled by Northumberland county and Berwick borough councils, will bring a 35-office complex to the centre of Berwick. The building, on a 1,530-acre site between Marygate
Byline: Dr. Marty Becker We have a lot in common with our pets, from enjoying walks in the outdoors to liking to lounge around on the couch. But using Viagra? How would Viagra be useful for a dog? Read on; you might be surprised. Many pet owners may be interested to learn that another thing that we
Byline: WENDY TOTH, DARLA MERCADO, DAN ALAIMO 2005 was a year of looking for, and acting on, new opportunities for selling nonfood in supermarkets. The Multicultural Marketing study released this year by the General Merchandise Distributors Council Educational Foundation demonstrated just how
Sept. 9, 2005 ROUND-UPS Impact of Hurricane Katrina (continued, 16 experts) Combating Obesity (continued, 10 experts) Bird Flu (continued, 1 expert) LEADS 1. Health: Backpack Shopping a Pain in the Back for Many 2. Health: Is Your Doctor Legally Drunk? 3. Veterinary: Advanced Technology Bridges
By Greg Junek, Tyler Morning Telegraph, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 7--Dr. Carol E. Black said she fielded many calls from people who could not bring their pets to a clinic, so she decided to take the clinic to them. The licensed veterinarian started MyVet of Tyler, a mobile
Source: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Posted: 2006-01-24
This report provided by The Peterson School. Looking for the training that will help you enter a long-lasting career? Get the cutting-edge skills by learning with state-of-the-art hands-on labs at The Peterson School. The school will offer HVACR, oil/gas heat, basic electricity, motors and
Byline: M. William Salganik Dec. 21--Baltimore City Health Department will announce today that it will set up a 24-hour system to ensure that thousands of low-income elderly and disabled will get needed medicines as they are switched from state-run programs to the new Medicare drug plan Jan. 1. The
Source: The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, Maryland) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-01-24
Dateline: KANSAS CITY, Mo. Pharmacy students Emily Adams, front, and Beth Ohnsat fill orders at Orchards Drugs in Lawrence, Kan., Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2005. Adams and Ohnsat are students at the University of Kansas School of Pharmacy. The nationwide shortage of pharmacists is not good for others in
Dateline: DEARBORN, Michigan Ford Motor Co., the second-largest U.S. automaker, said Monday that it will cut 25,000 to 30,000 jobs and close 14 facilities by 2012 as part of a restructuring designed to reverse a $1.6 billion (euro1.3 billion) loss last year in its North American operations. The
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Construction work has begun at a 23-acre site which is expected to create 350 new jobs in a planned high-tech corridor for the region. John Edwards, chief executive at Advantage West Midlands, and Jill Dyer, chair at Bromsgrove District Council, led a groundbreaking ceremony at Bromsgrove
Source: The Birmingham Post (England)
Posted: 2006-01-24
Byline: By Chloe Griffiths Union leaders last night called for crisis talks with the Government after a leaked internal document suggested it was drawing up plans to move work ( possibly including thousands of North jobs ( overseas. The report suggests the idea is being considered by the Department
Source: The Journal (Newcastle, England)
Posted: 2006-01-24
Dateline: NEW YORK, Jan. 23 (Kyodo) _ Ford Motor Co. said Monday it plans to cut up to 30,000 manufacturing jobs and shut down 14 plants in North American in the next seven years as part of efforts to restore profitability in its North American auto operations by 2008. Copyright 2006, Kyodo World
Source: Kyodo World News Service
Posted: 2006-01-24
KNOWSLEY Council has announced a drive to get a further 8,200 people from the borough into jobs. The Employment and Skills Strategy, a first for Knowsley and the country, will target priority groups of people and places to raise employment levels to 70% in Knowsley by the end of 2010. Five groups
Source: Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
Posted: 2006-01-24
Dateline: DETROIT Ford Ranger trucks sit sit at the Ford Twin Cities Assembly Plant in St. Paul, Minn., Saturday, Jan. 21, 2006. The plant, which makes the Ranger trucks, is one of several rumored to be in danger of closing. Ford was set to announce details of its restructuring plan Monday morning
Byline: By Dale Williams WEST Midland universities are joining forces to lobby Defence Secretary John Reid to bring a training superbase to RAF Cosford. A lucrative Ministry of Defence contract for the airbase near Wolverhampton could bring billions of pounds of investment to the region.
Source: Birmingham Mail (England)
Posted: 2006-01-24
Byline: By Dale Williams WEST Midland universities are joining forces to lobby Defence Secretary John Reid to bring a training super-base to RAF Cosford. A lucrative Ministry of Defence contract for the airbase near Wolverhampton could bring billions of pounds of investment to the region.
Source: Birmingham Mail (England)
Posted: 2006-01-24
MINISTERS are working on secret plans to ship up to 20,000 Government jobs overseas. Aleaked memo reveals they are already in advanced negotiations with private companies keen to take over some Department for Work and Pensions functions. The Public & Commercial Services Union called it a mad
Source: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
Posted: 2006-01-24
A software firm are to create 55 jobs after scooping a pounds 250,000 grant. VeriSIM, of Rosyth, Fife, plan to expand after being granted the cash by the Executive.
Source: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
Posted: 2006-01-24
Ford to close plants, cut jobs -- Will announce restructuring today By DEE-ANN DURBIN, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Date: 01-23-2006, Monday Section: NEWS Edtion: All Editions DETROIT - Ford Motor Co., hurt by falling sales of sport utility vehicles, is expected to close plants and cut thousands of jobs in
Source: The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
Posted: 2006-01-24
Byline: Mark Davis Jan. 23--Ford Motor Co. will close seven assembly plants, including one in St. Louis, and cut 25,000 to 30,000 assembly related jobs in six years as it reduces production 26 percent. Ford shares jumped 66 cents, or 8.35 percent, to $8.56 on the news. Shares have traded on the New
Source: The Kansas City Star (Kansas City, Missouri) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-01-24
Dateline: NEW YORK, Jan. 23 (Kyodo) _ Ford Motor Co. said Monday it plans to cut up to 30,000 manufacturing jobs and shut down 14 plants in North America in the next seven years as part of efforts to restore profitability in its North American auto operations by 2008. The company, which suffered a
Source: Kyodo World News Service
Posted: 2006-01-24
Byline: Pete Bach Jan. 23--VINLAND -- Gov. Jim Doyle Friday unveiled a $250,000 tax credit package that will help J.J. Keller & Associates with its creation of 71 new positions. The jobs are related to a new Web-based product introduced by the large technical publishing firm, said Robert Keller,
Source: The Post-Crescent (Appleton, Wisconsin) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-01-24
Byline: Jim Mateja and Rick Popely Jan. 23--The ailing Ford Motor Co. will announce a massive restructuring Monday, closing anywhere from four to 10 assembly plants and slashing nearly 30,000 jobs in a bid to return to profitability in North America. Stung by a double whammy of soft sales and
Source: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-01-24
A Ford F-150 car is put together at an assembly line in Dearborn, Michigan A Ford F-150 car is put together at an assembly line in Dearborn, Michigan. Ford workers face bleak prospects as the US auto giant is to announce huge job cuts and plant closures in a bid to counter its loss of market share
Source: Agence France Presse English
Posted: 2006-01-24
Dateline: DEARBORN, Michigan Ford Motor Co., the second-largest U.S. automaker, said Monday that it will cut 25,000 to 30,000 jobs and idle 14 facilities by 2012 as part of a restructuring designed to reverse a $1.6 billion (euro1.3 billion) loss last year in its North American operations. The cuts
A RANGE of help and advice for students set to leave school this summer will be available at a major careers event this weekend. An open day will be held at the Leofric Hotel on Saturday (January 29) highlighting the wide range of opportunities 16-year olds have in front of them. It has been