Byline: David Wichner Feb. 2--The retired head of research at the University of Arizona has joined the Tucson-based Critical Path Institute, a UA- and FDA-affiliated drug research institute, as head of its affiliations with research universities. Richard C. Powell, who retired as UA vice president
Source: The Arizona Daily Star (Tucson, Arizona) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-02-25
Andrew, Genevieve Gladys LIVINGSTON - Genevieve Gen Gladys (Trankle) Andrew, age 78, passed away peacefully in the arms of her family, at her home on Feb. 1, 2006, from end-stage congestive heart failure. Gen was born on Feb. 23, 1927, in Cobb, to William and Vera (Lindauer) Trankle. She grew up on
Source: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
Posted: 2006-02-25
Byline: Emma Thompson What does a career in bar work involve? Bar staff, also known as bartenders, work in public houses (pubs), clubs, wine bars, cafe bars and hotels. Their main duties are serving customers with drinks, snacks such as crisps and nuts and hot and cold food. The bar area needs to
Source: Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
Posted: 2006-02-25
Byline: Carol Gentry Feb. 23--TAMPA -- A Florida-led protest group for independent druggists says they are being crippled by slow cash flow under the new Medicare drug plan. In a release issued Wednesday, the group, GrassRootsRx.org , accused drug plans of stalling claims payments to retail
Source: Tampa Tribune (Tampa, Florida) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-02-25
Byline: Phil Galewitz Feb. 11--Since the Medicare prescription drug benefit began last month, the federal government has stepped up efforts to block Americans from buying cheaper medicines from Canada by seizing drugs at international mail-processing centers in the U.S., including Miami, according
Source: The Palm Beach Post (West Palm Beach, Florida) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-02-25
Byline: Michael Sainsbury Feb 23, 2006 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Telstra appears to be engaging in dubious human capital policies. The Australian telco has reportedly informed employees in its consumer and small business marketing divisions that they will have to reapply for their jobs.
Source: Australasian Business Intelligence
Posted: 2006-02-25
0521840023 Employment policy and the regulation of part-time work in the European Union; a comparative analysis. Ed. by Silvana Sciarra et al. Cambridge U. Pr. 2004 368 pages $95.00 Hardcover HD5110 Suggesting that new discourses in labor law are emerging from a European normative process in which
Source: Reference & Research Book News
Posted: 2006-02-25
Sanzari loses parkway snow removal job By TOM DAVIS, STAFF WRITER Date: 02-24-2006, Friday Section: NEWS Edtion: All Editions The Turnpike Authority fired one of its biggest contractors this week from one of its smaller jobs: snow removal on the Garden State Parkway in North Jersey. At its
Source: The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
Posted: 2006-02-25
Byline: By Nigel Stirling. The Journal Workers at a packaging and print company are bracing themselves for job cuts after key customers shifted their production overseas. BLP (Northern) Ltd has told workers that job losses were inevitable after customer US car part producers Federal Mogul announced
Source: The Journal (Newcastle, England)
Posted: 2006-02-25
Byline: Kelli Gavant Medill News Service Business profile Name: Career Concepts USA Inc. Business: job fairs Location: Cary Owner, president: Bob Cramer Employees: 26 2005 revenue: $4 million Web site: www.careerconceptsusa.com The Internet revolutionized the job search and hiring process, giving
Source: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
Posted: 2006-02-25
Feb 24, 2006 (Human Resources - ABIX via COMTEX) -- People need to plan when they want to change jobs. It is important to be realistic. Malcolm Higgs, professor of HR management and organisational behaviour at Henley Management College, advises asking oneself such questions as What were my
Source: Australasian Business Intelligence
Posted: 2006-02-25
A TOTAL of 250 jobs have been saved at a Coventry factory which was due to close in the summer. Car parts firm Stadco -based in Holbrooks Lane, Holbrooks - announced last May that it was closing down. The firm, which originally employed 450 people, was rocked by the collapse of MG Rover, one of its
Byline: Margarita Bauza Feb. 24--Who: Steve Tomes, 25, of Fraser. Job: Tomes is a siding and trim installer and builder with his family business, Nor-East Construction Inc., based in Fraser. He has held this job for seven years. What does he do? He installs trim, siding and roofing. Jobs vary in
Source: Detroit Free Press (Detroit, Michigan) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-02-25
Fears are growing that 250 jobs could be about to go at a North East furniture factory. Administrators Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PWC) were today meeting with staff about possible redundancies at the Stag furniture plant in Southwick, Sunderland. Reports suggest almost half the 560 workers at the
Byline: By Alan Harris MORE than 40 police officers in Coventry have second jobs, the Evening Telegraph can reveal. Frontline staff, including inspectors and sergeants, are supplementing their incomes by working in areas such as sport and leisure, retail, driving and education. And there are
Mills to Cut 77 Jobs as It Restructures Byline: Cecilia Kang Washington Post Staff Writer Edition: FINAL Section: Financial Retail developer Mills Corp. said yesterday it will cut 77 jobs in a restructuring plan as it attempts to right itself after two accounting restatements. The Arlington-based