BANKING giants HSBC yesterday announced a jobs boost for Scotland. They are to create 257 fund management posts at their Edinburgh base. The jobs are among more than 600 created by four firms thanks to cash from the Executive. Telecommunications firm Gemfire are to create up to 346 posts at their
Source: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
Posted: 2006-02-14
Byline: Martin Burkey Feb. 14--HUNTSVILLE -- U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby told business leaders here Monday that he will meet with military officials this week and try to rescue 415 missile defense jobs proposed to leave Huntsville. He will meet with Missile Defense Agency Director Lt. Gen. Henry A.
Source: The Decatur Daily (Decatur, AL) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-02-14
Byline: MATTHEW HICKLEY;JAMES SLACK WHAT do a funeral director, a tattooist and an Indian head masseur have in common? And what links a freefall parachute cameraman, a TV extra and an owl handler? Bizarrely, they all hold down day jobs as police officers. A survey of police forces in England and
Source: The Daily Mail (London, England)
Posted: 2006-02-14
Byline: Norm Heikens Feb. 11--Muncie is getting more than 500 new jobs, a state economic development official said Friday. Indiana Economic Development Corp. spokesman Weston Sedgwick declined to name the company but said the 500 jobs would not be in manufacturing or warehousing. He said the jobs
Source: The Indianapolis Star (Indianapolis, Indiana) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-02-14
WOONSOCKET, R.I. -- With close to 5,400 drug stores in 37 states and the District of Columbia, CVS Corp. works hard to make its stores destinations for shoppers. As it strives to stay a step ahead of the competition the drug chain is constantly upgrading its operations and making certain that its
Byline: Brian Spannagel Feb. 9--WAVERLY -- CUNA Mutual Life Insurance will eliminate 35 more jobs less than three months after announcing plans to cut other positions. The reductions are part of company efforts to improve efficiency over a three-year period, spokesman Rick Uhlmann said. The changes
SEVENTY jobs are to go at an electronics firm in Dunfermline just a month after 700 computer jobs were lost in the area. Simclar are making the cuts at their Dunfermline plant where 400 people work. The company, who have 1200 employees in Scotland, said they had come under pressure to shift
Source: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
Posted: 2006-02-14
Byline: Stephen Franklin Feb. 12--FLINT, Mich. -- All day, Judy Rowe sits in a room at a large, old Delphi Corp. auto parts plant here, reading, sewing or staring into space. For this she earns $31.80 an hour. There are 70 people in this room, all employed by Michigan-based Delphi and protected by
Source: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-02-14
Byline: George Megalogenis Feb 12, 2006 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Australian workers need to improve their skills to retain their jobs. A report prepared for the Council of Australian Governments meeting warned that many workers do not have basic qualifications. The report said that at
Source: Australasian Business Intelligence
Posted: 2006-02-14
Byline: Stephen Franklin Feb. 12--FLINT, Mich. -- All day, Judy Rowe sits in a room at a large, old Delphi Corp. auto parts plant here, reading, sewing or staring into space. For this she earns $31.80 an hour. There are 70 people in this room, all employed by Michigan-based Delphi and protected by
Source: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-02-14
Byline: By LIAM HORAN NEARLY 300 workers at a fire-ravaged pet food factory were told yesterday their jobs are gone. A total of 287 staff members will not return to the C&D Foods plant following a blaze which gutted the building last month. But there was good news for 60 workers at the company.
Source: The Mirror (London, England)
Posted: 2006-02-14
Byline: Mike Gruss Feb. 11--CHESAPEAKE -- In a best-case scenario, Hampton Roads would lose 2,400 jobs because of base closings, and the federal government would slowly increase defense spending by 2011. In a worst-case scenario, the region would lose the 2,400 jobs , two aircraft carriers would
Source: The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, Virginia) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-02-14
Byline: J.N. Sbranti Feb. 10--A new northwest Modesto business park potentially could generate 1,600 permanent jobs and provide high-end commercial space near Highway 99, according to its developers. The Bridges Business Park recently won final city approval to build on 24 acres near Dale Road and
Source: The Modesto Bee (Modesto, California) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-02-14
Byline: GRAHAM GRANT THEY spend up to a third of their working lives paying off loans and many have to take part- time jobs to survive. Soaring debt levels have sparked concern that students who work as waiters and behind bars are risking their degrees by spending too little time studying. But a
Source: The Daily Mail (London, England)
Posted: 2006-02-14
Byline: Greg Junek Feb. 5--Trane, a business of American Standard Cos., could add about 125 jobs to its Tyler payroll if it decides to build an 800,000-square-foot warehouse on the south side of its existing campus. But the expansion is not a sure thing, economic development officials said. To
Jobs & New Directions: Nextstep put Brendan on the path tosuccess ; AS the government proposes an overhaul of incapacity benefits with2.67 million people people claiming in the UK, CAROLINE PRICHARD of theLearning and Skills Council (LSC) Coventry and Warwickshire looks at oneformer claimant
Commissioners Juggle Jobs, Races Byline: MARK HOLAN Edition: FINAL Section: METRO Monday January 30, 2006 Section METRO Page 1 Commissioners Juggle Jobs, Races 5 OF 7 ARE RUNNING FOR AN OFFICE By MARK HOLAN mholan@tampatrib.com TAMPA - Separating the candidate from the commissioner can be difficult
70 jobs to go at Walsgrave ; HEALTH: Medical records work to move outside city Byline: Stephen Hallmark Edition: City_Final Section: Features MORE than 70 posts in the medical records department at Walsgrave Hospital in Coventry are to go - but staff will be offered alternative jobs. The University
THE juxtaposition is jarring. In the shadows of the skyscrapers and pricey lofts and condominiums of downtown Los Angeles, roughly 11,000 homeless men and women camp on Skid Row. The official policy of the Community Redevelopment Agency, whose goal is a downtown renaissance, is one of containment,
Source: Los Angeles Business Journal
Posted: 2006-02-14