SENATORS LIEBERMAN, FEINGOLD AND OBAMA HOLD A NEWS CONFERENCE ON THE HONEST LEADERSHIP ACT FEBRUARY 1, 2006 SPEAKERS: U.S. SENATOR JOSEPH LIEBERMAN (D-CT) U.S. SENATOR RUSSELL FEINGOLD (D-WI) U.S. SENATOR BARACK OBAMA (D-IL) OBAMA: All right, guys. You know what? Everybody is getting hung up in
Source: Washington Transcript Service
Posted: 2006-02-09
Nearly a year and a half after the US Food and Drug Administration relaxed labeling regulations to allow pharmaceutical manufacturers to test new electronic product codes in an effort to curb counterfeiting, industry has been abuzz with pilots, roll-outs, and questions. By November 2004, three
WASHINGTON, Feb 7, 2006 (U.S. Newswire via COMTEX) -- On the 50th anniversary of the Advanced Placement Program(r) (AP(r the College Board, the not-for-profit membership association that administers the AP Program, has released the second annual Advanced Placement Report to the Nation, showing that
Byline: Marc Benjamin The Fresno Bee Three years ago, Clovis had seven homicides within six months, all related to domestic violence cases. Clovis had no other homicides in 2003 and has had no domestic-violence homicides since. On Monday night, Clovis City Council members voted to start a zoning
Source: The Fresno Bee (Fresno, CA)
Posted: 2006-02-09
Feb. 7--WARREN -- Delphi Packard Electric Systems added 98 union workers Monday to its job bank, where idle workers are paid even though they have no production work. About 500 people are in the job bank, compared with about 340 when Delphi Corp. filed for bankruptcy protection in October.
Source: Vindicator (Youngstown, Ohio) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-02-09
Byline: David Flaum Feb. 2--First Tennessee Bank will cut jobs at its check processing centers, including 10 positions in Memphis, company executives said Wednesday. The move, involving 70 full- and part-time jobs in all, should save the Memphis-based bank about $2 million a year, said Jim
Source: The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tennessee) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-02-09
Byline: Jon Newberry Post staff reporter Wornick Co., a Blue Ash-based food processor that supplies rations to the U.S. military, is closing a Texas plant and shifting about 200 jobs to Greater Cincinnati, officials said. Wornick makes MREs, or meals ready to eat, for the military, and other
Source: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
Posted: 2006-02-09
Byline: George Avalos Feb. 8--More Bay Area businesses are hanging out the help wanted sign than at any other time in the past three years, a new survey found. The hiring outlook is the best ever recorded by the quarterly Business Confidence Index, which began asking employers in October 2002 about
Source: Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, California) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-02-09
THE cousin of Little Britain star Matt Lucas is one of 14 hopefuls battling for a job with Sir Alan Sugar in the second series of The Apprentice. Management consultant Alexa Tilley, 28, will compete with a former Millwall footballer, a cancer survivor and three working mums to win the pounds
Source: The Mirror (London, England)
Posted: 2006-02-09
UP to 150 jobs are set to be created by US medical giant Johnson and Johnson. Their Inverness subsidiary LifeScan Scotland are collaborating in a number of new product developments. And a grant of more than pounds 1.9million from the regional selective assistance fund has been awarded towards the
Source: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
Posted: 2006-02-09
Byline: John Wasiliev Feb 07, 2006 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Members of do-it-yourself superannuation funds in Australia can access their savings while still keeping the fund running. To do this they must satisfy a condition of release . This allows people below the age
Source: Australasian Business Intelligence
Posted: 2006-02-09
Members of the armed forces converged on the Sacramento Job Corps Center last week, giving trainees and staffers demonstrations of their equipment and the chance to express support for their efforts here and abroad. Trainees were particularly impressed by the fly-over and touchdown of a functional
Byline: Karen Mclauchlan Workers at Teesside house builder Yuill Homes have been assured their jobs are safe after a pounds 60m takeover. Northern Ireland-based Taggart Holdings will almost double its turnover from the takeover of the Hartlepool-based company, a 79-year-old family business which
Closings, job cuts at Liz Claiborne -- Sluggish sales prompt moves By ANDRIA CHENG, BLOOMBERG NEWS Date: 02-08-2006, Wednesday Section: BUSINESS Edtion: All Editions NEW YORK Liz Claiborne Inc., maker of Dana Buchman and Juicy Couture clothing, will cut 500 jobs and may close about 20 stores
Source: The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
Posted: 2006-02-09
Byline: Christina Salerno Feb. 7--PUTTING IN A GOOD WORD FOR CALL CENTER WORK: Whether you are dialing for help on a billing statement or receiving a fund-raising call, the voice on the other end of the phone may not be that far away. Despite recent trends of outsourcing customer service jobs to
Source: The Modesto Bee (Modesto, California) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-02-09
DEERFIELD, Ill., Feb. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Walgreens Health Initiatives, the pharmacy benefit management (PBM) subsidiary of Walgreen Co., has added two drugstore chains representing 5,000 pharmacies to its Advantage90(R) network -- Medicine Shoppe and Rite Aid. Of the 56,000 pharmacies in
Byline: By Jon Griffin UNIPART today pierced the jobs gloom surrounding the Midlands - with plans for 350 new hi-tech engineering posts in Warwickshire. The Oxford-based group announced two big new deals with mobile phone giant Vodafone UK which will see a total of 800 workers move into new 300,000
Source: Birmingham Mail (England)
Posted: 2006-02-09
ABBEY National warned today that up to 2,000 jobs will be axed this year as the bank looks to continue its turnaround under Spanish ownership. Abbey chief executive Francisco Gomez-Roldan said between 1,000 and 2,000 jobs will go following the 4,000 cut last year. It came as the bank said its
Source: Birmingham Mail (England)
Posted: 2006-02-09
Dateline: OSAKA, Feb. 8 (Kyodo) _ Noritsu Koki Co. said Wednesday it will cut it domestic workforce by 30 percent, or some 400 jobs, by seeking applications for an early retirement program starting in mid-March. The Japanese photo developing machine maker said it decided to implement the program to
Source: Kyodo World News Service
Posted: 2006-02-09
The second kiln at a Teesside chemical company will close down at the end of March, with the loss of 114 jobs. This was confirmed today by Elementis Chromium following 90 days of consultation with unions and staff after the original closure announcement at the end of October. At that time 120 jobs
Byline: By HOMA KHALEELl ALMOST 1,000 jobs could be created if a pounds 70m development goes ahead in New Brighton. Development company Neptune says the resort has become faded and scruffy and desperately needs a cash injection. At a public inquiry into the project, a lawyer for Neptune said the
Source: Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
Posted: 2006-02-09
Dateline: NEW YORK Apparel maker Liz Claiborne Inc. said Tuesday it will cut about 500 jobs and close about 20 stores as part of a restructuring program. Claiborne is primarily a wholesaler to department stores and other chains of a number of clothing brands such as Ellen Tracy, Dana Buchman and
Dateline: NEW YORK Apparel maker Liz Claiborne Inc. says it will cut about 500 jobs and close about 20 stores as part of a restructuring program. Claiborne is primarily a wholesaler to department stores and other chains of a number of clothing brands such as Ellen Tracy, Dana Buchman and the
Feb. 7--More universities have begun helping alumni find new employment, often through subsidiaries or tie-ups with recruitment agencies. The trend comes as more graduates leave their first postgraduate jobs after just a few years. But the trend also is an indicator of the increasing
Source: The Yomiuri Shimbun (Toyko, Japan) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-02-09
CHICAGO, Feb. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Close to one-in-four accounting/finance workers say they are dissatisfied in their current positions and one-third say they plan to find a new job in 2006, according to a recent CareerBuilder.com survey. Workers cite dissatisfaction with pay, increased workloads and