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A year after bankruptcy, lives unsettled still
The closing of the steel mill at Sparrows Point overwhelmed Bob Jennings. Too young to retire at 59, he faced a gloomy job market for local manufacturing workers and a bureaucracy that couldn't get him timely training help. He felt like a failure. No,...
Tags: Bethlehem Steel, Colleges and Universities, Dundalk, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Employment
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School districts have more freedom to cut teachers
When Superintendent Susan McGinley was asked last spring to explain Easton Area School District's plan for eliminating 49 teachers, she picked up a stack of paper and started reading. Over the next six minutes, McGinley read to the school board word for...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Unemployment, Allentown, Economy, Business and Finance, Job Layoffs
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$1 Million In Lawyers' Bills To Taxpayers For State's Defeat In Court
The Hartford CourantThe U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals on May 31 reversed a lower court ruling, and gave unionized state employees a major victory in a 2003 class action lawsuit against ex-Gov. John G. Rowland and his budget chief, Marc Ryan. The appeals panel of...Tags: Labor Legislation, AFSCME, Politics, George C. Jepsen, Government
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Bulgaria extends deadline but may cancel rail privatization
ReutersSOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's new Socialist-led government may cancel a privatization of the state railway company's cargo unit after the move was deferred for the fourth time in three months. The deadline for offers for the cargo business of the debt-...Tags: Company Privatization, Sofia (Bulgaria), Job Layoffs, Politics, Privatization
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COLUMN-Saudi Arabia must decide response to shale: Kemp
Reuters(John Kemp is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own) By John Kemp LONDON, May 31 (Reuters) - If OPEC is eventually forced to trim its oil exports in response to the shale boom, Saudi Arabia will have to shoulder most of the...Tags: Libya, Saudi Arabia, International Energy, Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), Iraq
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U.S. planned layoffs fall for 3rd month in May-Challenger
ReutersNEW YORK, June 6 (Reuters) - The number of planned layoffs at U.S. firms fell in May for the third month in a row as there was little sign so far that fiscal austerity in Washington was hampering the job market in a significant way, a report on Thursday...Tags: Unemployment, Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc., Labor Markets, Job Layoffs, Career and Workplace
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PBS furloughs 134
Daily American Staff Writer, @damichellegMore than 100 employees were furloughed this morning from PBS Coals. Lori Mason, general counsel and manager-government affairs for the coal company, said the decision to layoff 134 people was difficult, but necessary to keep the company financially...Tags: Unemployment, Job Layoffs, Career and Workplace
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A welcome revenue boost for L.A. County
Local government coffers are beginning to feel the effect of the region's slowly improving economy, led by the significant increase in property tax valuation in Los Angeles County. The total value of taxable parcels in the county is expected to rise...
Tags: Law Enforcement, Local Government, Michael Antonovich , Budgets and Budgeting, FBI
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Predictions for Wednesday's District 11 softball semifinals
Groller's CornerAs we type away before 9 in the morning, the hope is that the fields dry and games are played today. We don't need another round of postponements. We've had enough schedule changes. Once they play, here's how we see the games going: Class 4A Northampton... -
San Onofre nuclear power plant to be closed permanently
Southern California Edison announced Friday it is permanently shutting down the troubled San Onofre nuclear plant, ending the region's four-decade venture into nuclear energy production. The decision caps a 16-month debate about San Onofre's future...
Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Job Layoffs, Nuclear Power, Energy Resources
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Local briefing
Marine Industry Yacht seller adds new dealer Fort Lauderdale-based Denison Yacht Sales was recently named the Florida and California dealer for Greenline Hybrid, the company announced Wednesday. Greenline produces the world's first serial-production...Tags: Personal Service, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Coral Gables, Yoga, Business Enterprises
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COLUMN-Lessons from Bosnia for the aluminium market: Andy Home
ReutersBy Andy Home LONDON, June 7 (Reuters) - "Production under these circumstances no longer makes sense." So said Ivo Bradvica, general manager of Bosnian aluminium producer, Aluminij Mostar, in announcing the full curtailment of activities at the 130,000-...Tags: Politics, Alcoa Incorporated, National Government, Beijing (China), China
Jun 8, 2013
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Jun 10, 2013
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Jun 8, 2013
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May 31, 2013
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Jun 6, 2013
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May 31, 2013
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May 29, 2013
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May 29, 2013
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Jun 7, 2013
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Jun 7, 2013
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Jun 7, 2013
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