Byline: ARENA STALLS HANDLER An Arena stalls handler leaps to defend his himself and his team in light of criticism from trainer Steve Gollings IN REPLY to the views of Steve Gollings (January 19) and the withdrawal of The Fisio at Ling-field, I find it very annoying that we, the stalls handlers,
Source: The Racing Post (London, England)
Posted: 2006-01-26
Byline: Julie Hubbard Jan. 25--A former Bibb County school custodian testified in federal court Tuesday that school officials wrongly fired him in 2002 after he alleged that a male principal had sexually harassed him. John B. Finney, 39, a former head custodian at the Bibb County alternative
Source: The Macon Telegraph (Macon, Georgia) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-01-26
If you believe most statistics, the U.S. economy is doing quite well. Corporate profit is soaring. Consumer spending and business investment have been growing at a healthy clip. In the third quarter of last year, output expanded at an annual pace of about 4.1 percent. Private-sector economists are
Source: International Herald Tribune
Posted: 2006-01-26
Dateline: SAN JOSE, Calif. Pixar Animation Studios Inc. CEO Steve Jobs, right, smiles next to Ed Catmull, left, president of Pixar at Pixar headquarters in Emeryville, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2006 after Walt Disney Co. announced it is buying longtime partner Pixar. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma) As the
NAVITUS GROWING ; AFTER THE STATE HIRED NAVITUS, ITS DRUG COSTS FELL BY 6% Byline: JUDY NEWMAN jdnewman@madison.com 608-252-6156 Edition: ALL Section: BUSINESS When the state of Wisconsin signed on with Navitus to manage the pharmacy benefits of public employees as of January 2004, the goal was to
Source: Wisconsin State Journal
Posted: 2006-01-26
Byline: Mary Jo Feldstein Jan. 20--Schnuck Markets Inc. moved under the leadership of a different Schnuck Thursday. Scott C. Schnuck replaced his brother Craig D. Schnuck, who spent 17 years in the job, the company announced. Todd R. Schnuck, 47, formerly chief financial officer, is now executive
Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, Missouri) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-01-26
SENATE DEMOCRATS HOLD A NEWS CONFERENCE ON THE MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG PLAN JANUARY 19, 2006 SPEAKERS: U.S. SENATOR CHARLES SCHUMER (D-NY) U.S. SENATOR FRANK LAUTENBERG (D-NJ) U.S. SENATOR JOHN ROCKEFELLER (D-WV) U.S. SENATOR DEBBIE STABENOW (D-MI) U.S. SENATOR HILLARY CLINTON (D-NY)
Source: Washington Transcript Service
Posted: 2006-01-26
Homeless not so different Survey says No.1 cause of homelessness is losing job 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
Jobs axed to save profits Byline: Nevill Boyd Maunsell Economics Editor Edition: FIRST Section: Business 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
Dateline: SAN JOSE, California, EE.UU. Como cofundador y director tanto de Apple Computer Inc. como de los estudios de animacin Pixar, Steve Jobs ha servido muchas veces de puente sobre la amplia brecha entre Hollywood y las compaas de alta tecnologa. Bajo el trato anunciado el martes, por el cual
Lexmark International, a U.S. printer maker, announced plans on Tuesday to cut 825 jobs after price cuts reduced fourth-quarter profit by 47 percent. The stock gained the most in more than three years.Net income fell to $82.3 million, or 71 cents a share, from $155 million, or $1.18, a year
Source: International Herald Tribune
Posted: 2006-01-26
El grupo Disney hizo un doble buen negocio al comprar Pixar, ya que integra uno de los estudios de vanguardia en el dibujo animado y de paso incorpora a Steve Jobs, un factor de peso en el boom de los medios digitales. "Parece haber pocas fusiones en los medios que terminen marchando bien. Esta
Source: Agence France Presse Spanish
Posted: 2006-01-26
Byline: NICK GOODWAY JOHN Caudwell, who put his [pounds sterling]1 billion mobile phone empire up for sale two months ago, has upped the ante after his group posted a much better-than-expected financial performance in 2005. The 53-year-old self-made multimillionaire plans to sail around the world
Source: The Evening Standard (London, England)
Posted: 2006-01-26
Byline: Graeme Evans January Administrators were appointed to department store chain Allders after the 143-year-old business fell victim to tough trading conditions and the failure of its owners to find a buyer. The group continued to trade as normal but the news cast a shadow over more than 5,000
Source: The Birmingham Post (England)
Posted: 2006-01-26
Byline: BY CHARLOTTE HAIGH 1Get flossing FLOSSING daily will prevent gum disease, which is linked with serious illnesses including heart disease and diabetes. Dentist Carla Tarazi says: If your gums bleed, keep going - bleeding is a sign bacteria has already led to inflammation. Find it fiddly? Try
Source: The Mirror (London, England)
Posted: 2006-01-26