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Where are the jobs?
Corporate profits are up. Stock prices are up. So why isn't anyone hiring? Actually, many American companies are - just maybe not in your town. They're hiring overseas, where sales are surging and the pipeline of orders is fat. More than half of the...Tags: Career and Workplace, AOL LLC, Coca-Cola Co., Asia, Coca-Cola
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Caterpillar's 4th-quarter profit plunges
Money & CompanyCaterpillar Inc., the world’s largest construction and mining equipment producer, today issued a cautious forecast for 2010 as it reported its quarterly and yearly earnings. Sales at the Peoria, Ill., company fell 37% in 2009 to $32.4 billion from $51.... -
BP, Caterpillar and ConocoPhillips leave the U.S. Climate Action Partnership
Money & CompanyThree major companies – BP America, Caterpillar Inc. and ConocoPhillips – said Tuesday that they will not renew their membership in the U.S. Climate Action Partnership. The coalition of nearly 30 companies and environmental groups was launched in 2007... -
Land of Linkin' -- health care reform side issues edition
Change of SubjectOn the "Doc Fix": Paul Ryan and the true cost of health-care reform by Ezra Klein, Washington Post: In 1997, Republicans passed the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate into law. The provision created a simple equation meant to hold down Medicare...... -
Sarah Palin's 'Midwest common sense'
The Swampby Mark Silva In Sarah Palin's formulation of "Midwestern common sense,'' some things are good and some things are bad. Eureka College is good. Harvard is bad. Washington, Ill., is comforting. Washngton, D,C., is threatenng. Ronald Reagan was great....Tags: Washington, DC, Nuclear Security Summit (2010), Corruption, Washington (U.S. state), Government
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Yorkville: A river runs through its future
Special to the Chicago TribuneA lot has changed since settlers first arrived in the 1830s in what is now Yorkville. Rattlesnakes, bears and wolves no longer threaten the residents' safety. Early businesses including ice harvesting and making buttons from river shells were replaced...Tags: Travis Miller, Road Transportation, Transportation, Restaurants, Hospitals and Clinics
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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: Lilly Eli & Co, Broadcom Corp., Union Pacific Corporation, Career and Workplace, Apple Inc.
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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: Murder, Career and Workplace, Transportation, Otis Chandler, Politics
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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: Homes, Building Material, Metal and Mineral, Property, Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, California)
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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: Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co., Earnings Forecasts, Old Republic International Corporation, General Growth Properties, Inc., Corn Products International Incorporated
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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: American Express Company, Dell Inc., Google Inc., Bank of New York Company, Aetna Inc.
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