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The week ahead
Chicago TribuneMonday: -- Earnings: Commerce Bancorp Inc.; Eaton Corp.; W.W. Grainger Inc.; Marshall & Ilsley Corp.; Mattel Inc.; Pharmaceutical Product Development Inc.; Sonic Corp.; Wachovia Corp. Tuesday: -- September producer price index -- September industrial...Tags: Abbott Laboratories, 3M Co., Career and Workplace, Sovereign Bancorp Incorporated, Wells Fargo & Co.
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Caterpillar To Halve Hours For 985 In Lafayette
Fox59.comCaterpillar Inc. says it will cut hours at least in half for nearly 1,000 workers at its Lafayette engine plant in its second work reduction announced this month and third in two months. The company filed a notice Friday with the Indiana Department of...Tags: Indiana
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Strike while the iron's hot!
As the Writers Guild of America strike shakes up the movie and television industry, some are wondering what they'll do without Jay Leno, others are asking why there's no more Heroes in this land, and still others want to know what the famously union-...Tags: Heads of State, Antonio Villaraigosa, Labor Disputes, Music Industry, Companies and Corporations
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Nowhere to go but up
Special to The TimesBy Jane Hulse, Special to The Times Santa Barbara -- BUILDING a luxury home on a gritty back-alley patch measuring only 20 feet by 20 feet seemed preposterous on its face. But Neil Ablitt and his wife, Sue, just moved into their pint-sized palace, a...Tags: Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, California), Tour Operations Industry, Homes, Building Material, Dr. Seuss
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Local stocks rise above tumult
Tribune staff reporterAmid rising investor nervousness, volatility and turmoil in debt markets stemming from defaults on subprime mortgages, Chicago-area stocks managed to largely hold their own over the last three months. Perhaps surprisingly, there were only a dozen...Tags: Stericycle Incorporated, Archer Daniels Midland Incorporated, Illinois, Hewitt Associates, Walgreen Co.
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Resort Offers Stay In Exchange For Slumping Stocks
NEW YORK - If you're thinking about skipping that vacation this year, you many want to reconsider. One company is urging people to trade in their struggling stocks for some fun in the sun. It's all part of Elite Island Resorts latest promotion "Roll...Tags: Aetna Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Citigroup Incorporated, Tyco International Limited, Boeing Co.
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Caterpillar announces layoffs
LAFAYETTE, IN - To bring production levels in line with current demand, Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) today notified 439 employees at its Lafayette, Indiana, Large Engine Center of layoffs expected to last at least six months. This decision impacts 405...Tags: Unemployment, Layoffs and Downsizing, NYSE Euronext, Inc., Career and Workplace, Labor Markets
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Global leaders rack up growth
Tribune staff reporterSearch company name or ticker symbol Just when things were going along swimmingly for the stock market, investors were hit by the inflation shudders. Fears that sky-high prices for oil, copper, gold and other commodities would spread to the rest of...Tags: Ethanol, Archer Daniels Midland Incorporated, Illinois, Energy, Commodity Markets
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Will work for less
Tribune staff reporterWhenever Robert Johnson puts in 12-hour shifts, which is often because he needs the money, he knows he should grab a bite in the factory lunchroom because he's a diabetic. But he rarely does because a slice of pizza at the Caterpillar plant costs...Tags: Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Company, Vehicles, Delphi Corp, Public Employees, Medical Services
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Obama: Job losses demand stimulus
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama sees in the newest report of unemployment today - 3.6 million jobs lost since the start of the recession a little over a year ago - another signal that Congress cannot afford to wait......Tags: White House, Corporate Officers, Yale University, Disasters and Accidents, Colleges and Universities
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Obama taps right, left for econ advice
The Swampby Christi Parsons President Barack Obama plans to name conservative economist Martin Feldstein, a recent critic of his stimulus plan, to serve on a special panel advising him on economic policy. Feldstein will join an array of prominent CEOs and......Tags: White House, Jimmy Carter, Barack Obama, National Government, University of Chicago
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Obama's Caterpillar case uncertain
The Swampby Christi Parsons and Peter Wallsten Even before the deal was completed in Congress, President Barack Obama on Wednesday said evidence had already turned up that his economic rescue plan would improve the lives of American workers. Three times during.......Tags: White House, Illinois, Unemployment, Corporate Officers, Government
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