Byline: Christi Parsons and Maura Possley Jan. 25--SPRINGFIELD -- Facing intense criticism and the threat of an adverse legal opinion, Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Tuesday shelved his plan to pay for school construction with a keno lottery game and challenged critics to find the money for his $3.2
Source: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-01-25
Byline: Jim Duplessis Jan. 25--EMPLOYMENT WATCH Kimberly-Clark will add 150 high-paying jobs within the next year at its Aiken County paper mill as it builds another football field-length machine to make Kleenex and Cottonelle tissue. The decision is good news for Aiken County, which has lost
Source: The State (Columbia, South Carolina) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-01-25
Byline: Jim Jordan Jan. 25--Lexmark International announced a restructuring plan yesterday that will eliminate 825 jobs, including up to 200 in Lexington, and freeze its U.S. pension plan in April when enhanced 401(k) retirement account contributions will begin. At the same time, Lexmark reported
More than 200 new jobs will be created and another 100 safeguarded in Bridgend with three companies investing nearly pounds 11m in new facilities, it was announced yesterday. The three companies are: Days Healthcare UK Ltd, which intends to establish its European HQ in Bridgend. Astra Games, a
Source: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
Posted: 2006-01-25
COMPUTER printer firm Lexmark announced yesterday it is to axe 700 jobs with the closure of a manufacturing plant. The factory in Rosyth, Fife, which produces inkjet cartridges, will be shut down by the end of the year. Further posts will be shed in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, which employs around 100
Source: Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
Posted: 2006-01-25
Byline: Daniel J. Chac n, Rocky Mountain News Until she spoke to the homeless, Jana Baker never realized how simple it is to fall into that predicament. A lot of people have lost their jobs, and it only takes maybe one paycheck for someone like me to be in the same situation, she said. On Tuesday,
Byline: By Ed Casey SVEN GORAN ERIKSSON may have had a roller-coaster ride as England manager but last night he insisted the job was worth all the aggravation. And the Swede revealed he would have no hesitation in telling anyone offered his job to grab the fantastic opportunity. Following the
Source: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
Posted: 2006-01-25
Byline: By PAUL ABBANDONATO Western Mail Head of sport Paul Abbandonato on why Mark Hughes, England manager, may not be such a comic thought after all MARK HUGHES as England boss. A Welshman in charge of the old enemy? Impossible, you would say. About as likely as that bloke Mike Bassett landing
Source: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
Posted: 2006-01-25
A welsh non-league football club has come up with a novel way of trying to find new players - it has appointed a recruitment company to help with the task. Conference League South team Newport County AFC has asked Acorn Recruitment to scour the UK for players to help bolster its squad. The
Source: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
Posted: 2006-01-25
Byline: By Ed Casey SVEN GORAN ERIKSSON may have had a roller-coaster ride as England manager but last night he insisted the job was worth all the aggravation. And the Swede revealed he would have no hesitation in telling anyone offered his job to grab the fantastic opportunity. Following the
Source: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
Posted: 2006-01-25
Byline: By Nevill Boyd Maunsell Economics Editor Industry has lost another 25,000 jobs over the past three months, making 106,000 over the year, as manufacturers sought to protect their profit margins from rapidly rising costs and sagging demand in the home market. These bleak conclusions from the
Source: The Birmingham Post (England)
Posted: 2006-01-25
UK manufacturers cut around 25,000 jobs in the last three months as they struggled to pass on rising costs to customers, CBI research shows. Firms hampered by sharp rises in the cost of gas and oil trimmed staff numbers in a bid to relieve squeezed profit margins. The CBI said the total number of
Source: Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
Posted: 2006-01-25
MAYWOOD, N.J., May 26, 2005 (CCNMatthews via COMTEX) The evidence continues to mount about the bad health effects caused by second-hand smoke. According to a special report published in the latest issue of Circulation, the journal of the American Heart Association, the impact of second-hand smoke
Source: Canadian Corporate News
Posted: 2006-01-25
Byline: Naomi R. Patton, Detroit Free Press Dec. 27--For Jeneatre Graham and her four children, the best present came the day after Christmas. During halftime of the 2005 Motor City Bowl on Monday, Graham learned that she was the winner of a free house. The northwest Detroit house once was
Source: Detroit Free Press (Detroit, Michigan) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-01-25
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- A Phoenix, Ariz., small business that makes electronic test products has itself passed a test of sorts by creating new jobs through new exports. The number of employees at UMD Development (UMD) is growing by 25% a year, due in large part to expanded foreign
LONGUEUIL, QUEBEC, Jan 18, 2006 (CCNMatthews via COMTEX) -- The Jean Coutu Group (PJC), Inc. (TSX:PJC.SV.A), the fourth largest drugstore chain in North America, announces 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: 2006-01-25
DENVER, Dec 21, 2005 (CCNMatthews via COMTEX) -- Western Union Financial Services Inc., a worldwide leader in money transfer services, has signed an agreement with The Jean Coutu Group (PJC) Inc., the fourth largest drugstore chain in North America, to provide money transfer services at its Brooks
Source: Canadian Corporate News
Posted: 2006-01-25
Dateline: BERLIN Automaker DaimlerChrysler said Tuesday that it would reduce administrative staff by 20 percent over three years, cutting 6,000 jobs and saving some euro1 billion (US$1.2 billion) a year. The company said in a statement that the cuts would come in such areas as accounting, auditing,
Byline: Alan Plews Work has begun on a plan to bring more than 200 new jobs to the area. A company that specialises in flexible business space for small and growing businesses is building a pounds 3m centre at Darlington. Evans Easyspace, based at Leeds, is building a 36,500sq ft centre totalling
Dieter Zetsche Dieter Zetsche, DaimlerChrysler chief executive, addresses the media in Detroit. The German-US auto giant DaimlerChrysler said it planned to axe up to 6,000 general and administrative jobs over the next three years. The German-US auto giant DaimlerChrysler said it planned to axe up
Source: Agence France Presse English
Posted: 2006-01-25
Dateline: BERLIN The headquarters of the DaimlerChrysler AG in Stuttgart, southwestern Germany, in this Oct. 28, 2005 file photo. Automaker DaimlerChrysler said Tuesday, Jan 24, 2006, that it would reduce administrative staff by 20 percent over three years, cutting 6,000 jobs and saving some 1
Dateline: BERLIN Automaker DaimlerChrysler said Tuesday that it would reduce administrative staff by 20 percent over three years, cutting 6,000 jobs and saving some $1.2 billion a year in a bid to make the company more competitive and profitable. The company said in a statement that the cuts would
PERSPECTIVE: Diagnose the real problem with doctors ; Earlier this month it was reported that just a handful of civil service jobs were coming to our city as part of the Lyons Review. Mike Loftus, manager of Locate in Birmingham, begs to differ Byline: RICHARD McCOMB Edition: FIRST Section: News As
Dateline: BERLIN, Jan. 24 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING INFO) DaimlerChrysler AG said Tuesday it will reduce the number of administrative staff by 20 percent over the next three years, cutting 6,000 jobs. The company said the cuts would all come in the nonmanufacturing sector, including accounting,
Source: Kyodo World News Service
Posted: 2006-01-25
Ford drops St. Louis THE PLANT: Hazelwood facility will be idled in March, to close by 2008 THE WORKERS: 1,445 employees would lose their jobs under move THE COMMUNITY: City looks to be on stable ground despite closure Byline: Gregory Cancelada; ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH Gail Appleson of the Post-
Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted: 2006-01-25
Dateline: BERLIN Automaker DaimlerChrysler said Tuesday that it would cut its administrative staff by 20 percent worldwide over three years, dropping 6,000 jobs in order to save euro1 billion (US$1.2 billion) a year and make the company leaner and more profitable. CEO Dieter Zetsche said the
Dateline: LONDON Printer maker Lexmark International Inc. said Tuesday it will cut 825 jobs worldwide, including 700 in Britain. The company will close an inkjet cartridge plant in Rosythe, Scotland, where the 700 jobs will be lost. It cited high production and maintenance costs at the site and
Dateline: LONDON Computer printer maker Lexmark International Inc. announced plans Tuesday to cut 825 jobs worldwide, including 700 in Britain. The company will close an inkjet cartridge plant in Rosythe, Scotland, where the 700 jobs will be lost. It cited high production and maintenance costs at
Dateline: BERLIN, Jan. 24 (Kyodo) _ DaimlerChrysler AG said Tuesday it will reduce the number of administrative staff by 20 percent over the next three years, cutting 6,000 jobs, the Associated Press reported. According to the report, the cuts would come in such areas as accounting, auditing,
Source: Kyodo World News Service
Posted: 2006-01-25
Byline: David Tortorano Jan. 24--GULFPORT -- A big name in the offshore industry is interested in setting up an operation along the Industrial Seaway that could eventually translate into 400 jobs. Edison Chouest Offshore, of Louisiana, plans an $18 million capital investment in the property and a
Source: The Sun Herald (Biloxi, Mississippi) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-01-25
Ford to Cut 14 Plants And Up to 30,000 Jobs; N. American Auto Division Lost $1.6 Billion in 2005 Byline: Sholnn Freeman and Amy Joyce Washington Post Staff Writers Edition: FINAL Section: A Section Ford Motor Co. yesterday detailed a sweeping restructuring plan that would shut 14 factories and
Job Losses Edition: FINAL Section: A Section Announced cuts in North America in the past year: GM 30,000 Ford Up to 30,000 Delphi 24,000 Keywords: BIZ Copyright 2006, The Washington Post. All Rights Reserved.