Byline: Jim Skeen Staff Writer PALMDALE - The Pentagon is proposing to speed up retirement of the F-117A stealth fighter and the U-2 reconnaissance aircraft in two programs that employ Lockheed Martin workers in Palmdale. Stating that other aircraft that can handle their missions, Defense
Grounds For Serious Reflection; As African American Museum Site Is Weighed, The Mall Looms Large Byline: Jacqueline Trescott Washington Post Staff Writer Edition: FINAL Section: Style In 1863, Philip Reid, a slave, finished supervising the bronze casting of the statue "Freedom" for the U.S.
Standing in an empty field along a windswept highway in South Dakota, Marvin T. Miller, who is deaf, and his mother-in-law, M.E. Barwacz, who is not, envision the town they want to create here: a place built around American Sign Language, where teachers will sign, the town council will hold its
NSW: Public servants launch campaign against job cuts SYDNEY, Feb 6 AAP - NSW public sector workers say they will refuse to carry out the duties of colleagues whose jobs are cut by the state government. The NSW Public Service Association (PSA) will today launch a new campaign to raise awareness of
Source: AAP General News (Australia)
Posted: 2006-02-08
MORE than 3.3m jobs have been created in service firms since Labour came to power in 1997, new research showed today. The GMB union said the new jobs offset huge cutbacks in manufacturing companies and that just over half of the posts were full-time. It said the regions with the biggest employment
Source: Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
Posted: 2006-02-08
JOAN VERDON, STAFF WRITER The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 02-08-2005 Treading with caution -- Most retailers in North Jersey are holding back on overseas expansionsBy JOAN VERDON, STAFF WRITERDate: 02-08-2005, TuesdaySection: SPECIAL SECTION / BUSINESSEdtion: All EditionsCountries like China and
Source: The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
Posted: 2006-02-08
Byline: Julia Hayley For years Spain had one of the worst jobless rates in Europe, but in 2005 it created almost 900,000 jobs and brought its unemployment below the EU average, at least briefly, for the first time in decades. In the fourth quarter of last year the jobless rate was only 8.7 per
Source: The Birmingham Post (England)
Posted: 2006-02-08
Fed: Graduate jobs on the rise in number and pay: survey (EDS: Embargoed until 0001 AEDT Monday February 6, 2006) By Samantha Baden, Industrial Reporter SYDNEY, Feb 6 AAP - More graduate jobs are on offer in Australia than ever before, and salaries for fresh-out-of-university job seekers are also
Source: AAP General News (Australia)
Posted: 2006-02-08
Byline: Jack Hammill bowling Feb. 5--One of the stations on the cable system constantly runs a little logo that states Characters needed. Well, I have given it a great deal of thought and maybe they should simply borrow a couple from the world of bowling. One thing I know to be certain is that this
Source: The Lima News (Lima, Ohio) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-02-08
For Immediate Release Strong Jobs Report Highlights Enduring Strength of U.S. Economy Contact: Press Office 202-225-8933 February 3, 2006 WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) today reported the employment statistics for January, showing very good news for the American economy and
Source: Capitol Hill Press Releases
Posted: 2006-02-08
BIRMINGHAM and Staffordshire have topped the league in the West Midlands for creating thousands of new jobs to replace those being lost in factories. A total of 66,500 posts have been created in Staffordshire since Tony Blair came to power in 1997, more than offsetting the 18,900 going from
Source: Birmingham Mail (England)
Posted: 2006-02-08
Byline: By John Cranage Business Staff Manufacturing is set to contract more in the West Midlands in the next three months than anywhere else in the country, the CBI says today. Up to 6,000 jobs could go as companies retrench in the teeth of soaring costs and falling orders. The CBI paints a gloomy
Source: The Birmingham Post (England)
Posted: 2006-02-08
BIRMINGHAM and Staffordshire have topped the league in the West Midlands for creating thousands of new jobs to replace those being lost in factories. A total of 66,500 posts have been created in Staffordshire since Tony Blair came to power in 1997, more than offsetting the 18,900 going from
Source: Birmingham Mail (England)
Posted: 2006-02-08
pounds 30 to go on council tax bills ; BUDGETS: Council will spend pounds 12 m extra but some jobs andservices will still be cut Byline: Fiona Scott POLITICAL EDITOR Edition: City_Final Section: Features COUNCIL TAX is expected to go up by 3.5 per cent in Coventry from April - which means about an
MORE than 3.3 million jobs have been created in service firms since Labour came to power in 1997, new research showed today. The GMB union said the new jobs offset huge cutbacks in manufacturing companies and that just over half of the posts were full-time.
JOBS could be saved at RAF Stafford through a link-up with a military medical centre in Birmingham, ministers have been told. David Kidney MP (Lab, Stafford) made the suggestion as he urged the Government to find new uses for the airforce base. It could be used as an administrative headquarters for
Source: Birmingham Mail (England)
Posted: 2006-02-08
CBI predicts 6,000 jobs could be lost Byline: John Cranage Business Staff Edition: FIRST Section: Business Manufacturing is set to contract more in the West Midlands in the next three months than anywhere else in the country, the CBI says today. Up to 6,000 jobs could go as companies retrench in
Byline: Rick Romell Feb. 7--In a move that will cost 124 employees their jobs, Bemis Co. Inc. shut down production lines at its Milprint packaging operation in Denmark, Wis., on Monday and said it would close the plant. The suddenness of the closing of the Brown County facility drew sharp criticism
Source: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-02-08
Football: Boss backs Sam for England job ; FOOTBALL: National round-up and FA Cup replay previews Byline: Ken Gaunt Edition: First Section: Sport BOLTON chairman Phil Gartside believes Sam Allardyce "has a chance" of becoming the next England manager. Former Sky Blues defender Allardyce is the
Australian job vacancies advertised in major newspapers declined to the lowest in almost three years in January, adding to signs of slowing economic growth, a survey by Australia & New Zealand Banking Group said.Jobs advertised in newspapers fell 0.9 percent from December to an average 20,373 a
Source: International Herald Tribune
Posted: 2006-02-08
Byline: Harry Wessel Feb. 7--Orlando-based CuraScript Inc. announced a major expansion Monday that will create 350 high-value jobs and add a second major building to its campus on Lee Vista Boulevard. Lured in part by $1.05 million in local and state incentives, the national pharmaceutical
Source: The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Florida) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-02-08
New jobs for 3 million Edition: First Section: Business MORE than 3.3 million jobs have been created in service firms since Labour came to power in 1997, new research showed today. The GMB union said the new jobs offset huge cutbacks in manufacturing companies and that just over half of the posts
Byline: By Joanna Geary Business Staff Birmingham and the West Midlands is at the forefront of an employment boom in the service industry. The GMB union said more than 3.3 million jobs had been created in the sector since Labour came to power in 1997. Just under a million jobs have been lost in
Source: The Birmingham Post (England)
Posted: 2006-02-08
Loans in Three Counties will Boost Small Businesses, Manufacturing Firms HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Governor Edward G. Rendell today announced the investment of more than $3.9 million that will bring new jobs to Blair, Snyder and Susquehanna counties. The Governor said the funds will
More than 3.3m jobs have been created in service firms since Labour came to power in 1997. The GMB union said the new jobs offset huge cutbacks in manufacturing companies and that just over half of the posts were full-time. It said the regions with the biggest employment growth were the north-west
Source: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
Posted: 2006-02-08
(Sidelines) (U-WIRE) MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- The 14th annual Summer Jobs and Internship Fair is giving Middle Tennessee State University students a chance to get a head start on a summer job. The fair is Feb. 8 from 11a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Tennessee Room of the James Union Building. The event, which