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HealthMarkets to cut 130 jobs
Post Date: 2010-02-18 17:46:59 by Nebuchadnezzar
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HealthMarkets cuts 130 jobs in North Richland Hills Posted Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010 Comments (0) Recommend (13) Print Share Share By DIANNA HUNT dhunt@star-telegram.com HealthMarkets — the beleaguered North Richland Hills insurance company that has been hit with deceptive trade allegations and fines for noncompliance in recent years -- announced today that it is laying off about 130 people. The job reductions will leave about 960 employees at the North Richland Hills facility at 9151 Boulevard 26, the company said in a written statement. Employees who lost their jobs were offered severance packages. "As an industry, the effect of the challenging economy has led to a shrinking ...
After century of business, former Stinson seafood plant closing (128 jobs lost)
Post Date: 2010-02-18 17:37:38 by Nebuchadnezzar
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After century of business, former Stinson seafood plant closing [Maine sardines] bangorDailyNews ^ | 2/17/10 | Bill Trotter GOULDSBORO, Maine — Workers were shocked Wednesday when they were told that the last remaining sardine cannery in the United States would close down for good on April 18, ending more than 100 years of local history. Bumble Bee Foods, which acquired the former Stinson Seafood plant in 2004, made the announcement Wednesday afternoon to employees at the facility in the village of Prospect Harbor. With the closure, 128 people are expected to lose their jobs. “It’s devastating, for lack of a better term,” Dana Rice, the town’s first selectman, ...
Harry Reid defends stimulus, says ‘lots of jobs’ created (good for a laugh)
Post Date: 2010-02-18 17:34:28 by Nebuchadnezzar
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Harry Reid defends stimulus, says ‘lots of jobs’ created Las Vegas Sun ^ | Feb. 18, 2010 | Kyle Hansen Sen. Harry Reid defended the Democratic Party’s agenda and President Obama at two events this morning hours before Obama’s arrival in Las Vegas. Reid spoke to more than 150 people at a Latino Summit held at UNLV and then rushed to North Las Vegas to speak at a campaign rally at Southern Nevada Paving. At both events, Reid focused on the major issues he hopes to address in the Senate: heath care reform, job creation and economic recovery. He said Hispanics are more likely to be uninsured than other groups and even those who are insured are sometimes out to dry by ...
Sony to close Dothan Plant (320 jobs lost)
Post Date: 2010-02-18 17:32:30 by Nebuchadnezzar
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Dothan's Sony plant set to close [Dothan Eagle, Ala.] (Dothan Eagle (AL) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Feb. 17--Sony is closing its Dothan operations after 33 years in business. The company's 320 full-time employees were informed just after lunch Wednesday that the plant will shut down in six months. The company is relocating its magnetic tape production and print media product line to existing manufacturing facilities in Japan.
Gunite to close in Elkhart (225 jobs lost)
Post Date: 2010-02-18 17:31:03 by Nebuchadnezzar
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Gunite to Close in Elkhart InsideINdianaBusiness.com Report A longtime Elkhart employer is closing, leaving 225 people out of work. Gunite Corp., which is owned by Evansville-based Accuride Corp., says it is planning to close the Elkhart operations May 1. Gunite manufactures items for the commercial truck industry. Our partners at Fox 28 in South Bend report the production is being moved to facilities in Illinois and Wisconsin.
130 to get layoff notices from PVUSD (130 job losses)
Post Date: 2010-02-18 17:29:37 by Nebuchadnezzar
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130 to get layoff notices from PVUSD By DONNA JONES Posted: 02/18/2010 01:30:39 AM PST WATSONVILLE -- Layoff notices will go out to about 130 Pajaro Valley teachers, assistant principals and counselors in March. The Pajaro Valley Unified School District board of trustees approved the notices of potential layoffs Wednesday in a 4-2 vote. The job cuts, which, if finalized, would be effective June 30, are the result of $8.5 million in spending reductions for next year and the loss of grants and other special funding. The layoffs could be rescinded before the end of the school year if circumstances change, but the district is moving forward now to meet a state mandated deadline of March 15 ...
Charlotte Middle School faces almost 900 job losses
Post Date: 2010-02-18 17:27:56 by Nebuchadnezzar
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CMS prepares for potential layoffs by MARK BOONE / NewsChannel 36 E-mail Mark: MBoone@WCNC.COM Posted on February 17, 2010 at 11:37 PM Updated today at 2:48 PM ****** Related: * Contact CMS board members CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A potential $82.5 million shortfall could mean hundreds of layoffs, shuttered schools, and the end of bus service for some students, according to information presented Wednesday to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School Board. Superintendent Peter Gorman said the details were meant to prepare school leaders for possible funding scenarios over the next few months. The district will not know its full financial picture until Mecklenburg leaders and state lawmakers finalize ...
Troubled NYC hospital begins layoffs (300 jobs lost)
Post Date: 2010-02-18 17:25:20 by Nebuchadnezzar
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Troubled NYC hospital begins layoffs Associated Press - February 13, 2010 10:35 AM ET NEW YORK (AP) - New York City's last Catholic general hospital has begun laying off more than 300 workers in a last ditch effort to keep its doors open. St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan has been a West Village institution for 160 years, but is now in desperate financial straights. The hospital is $700 million in debt. Recently it has needed state loans to meet payroll. The people losing their jobs include housekeepers, orderlies, dietitians, managers and medical residents. It also asked its remaining staff Friday to take pay cuts of up to 25 percent. Unions representing nurses and other ...
Hartselle Plant to lose 320 jobs
Post Date: 2010-02-18 17:24:00 by Nebuchadnezzar
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Hartselle plant to cut 320 jobs By Deangelo McDaniel Staff Writer HARTSELLE — Emerson Climate Technologies will lay off 300 full-time and 20 temporary employees at its Hartselle plant, CR Compressors LLC, over the next 18 months. The plant was formerly known as Copeland Corp. “The layoffs are permanent,” Emerson spokesman David Baldridge said. The plant will have 40 employees after the layoffs. Those employees will handle the machine operation, Baldridge said. The company, which makes components for air conditioning systems, blamed the layoffs on the economic decline, stagnant housing and construction markets, as well as the government-regulated phase-out of R-22 ...
Long Beach School District will lay off about 750 teachers
Post Date: 2010-02-18 17:22:31 by Nebuchadnezzar
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Long Beach School District will lay off about 750 teachers By Kevin Butler, Staff writer Posted: 02/12/2010 11:35:43 AM PST LONG BEACH, Calif. -- The Long Beach Unified School District intends to lay off about 754 teachers, counselors and social workers at end of this school year to balance its budget, district officials said Friday. The Long Beach Board of Education over the last few weeks has approved about $39 million in cuts, including raising class sizes in kindergarten through third grades. District officials at the Feb. 9 school board meeting shared statistics on some of the layoffs that would result from the $39 million package. But officials said a more comprehensive and exact ...
Anheuser-Busch to cut 450 jobs in attempt to boost sales
Post Date: 2010-02-18 17:20:24 by Nebuchadnezzar
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Shift in works to boost sales at Anheuser-Busch By Todd C. Frankel ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH 02/17/2010 ST. LOUIS — The whispers went on for months in hallways and phone calls among Anheuser-Busch's vaunted U.S. sales and marketing force. A major reorganization was coming. It even had a code name: Kashi, as in the cereal with the slogan, "Go Lean." Employees considered that a worrisome, telling detail. On Tuesday, A-B unveiled "Kashi" — a plan to reshape the way the nation's dominant brewer sells its beer. A greater focus will be placed on core brands like Budweiser and Bud Light; sales regions will be smaller but greater in number to make them more ...
Phoenix eyes closing 5 community centers, cutting 300 jobs
Post Date: 2010-02-18 17:18:42 by Nebuchadnezzar
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Phoenix eyes closing 5 community centers, cutting 300 jobs Reported by: Rebecca Thomas Email: rebecca.thomas@abc15.com * Governor calls lawmakers for special budget session today * 6 Phoenix libraries, 75 jobs in jeopardy amid budget cuts PHOENIX – A series of public hearings are underway this week as the city of Phoenix prepares its 2010-2011 budget to include reductions to city programs and services of about $140 million The city is calling on its departments to tighten the reigns on their spending. The Parks and Recreation Department has responded by slashing it's budget by $18 million. Among the casualties are 300 jobs and five large community centers. The sites slated ...
PepsiCo closing Gatorade Plant (200 jobs affected)
Post Date: 2010-02-18 17:17:00 by Nebuchadnezzar
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PepsiCo closing Pryor Gatorade plant Last Update: 12:16 pm Related Links * Gatorade layoffs * Pryor plant will close, leaving 485 employees searching for jobs * Gatorade announces cuts at Pryor plant * Gatorade plant closed * More jobs than people to fill them in Pryor Citing tough economic times and "current market demands," PepsiCo announced Thursday that it has shut down the Gatorade plant in Pryor. In a statement released via email by PepsiCo Regional Spokesman Pat Burke, the company said that it was forced to make a "difficult business decision" in order to keep "Gatorade's overall manufacturing capacity in line with current market demands." ...
Florida A&M University: Lay-offs unavoidable (247 to be cut)
Post Date: 2010-02-18 17:14:48 by Nebuchadnezzar
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Florida A&M University President James Ammons and Chief Financial Officer Teresa Hardee on Wednesday braced trustees for layoffs in the wake of an anticipated reduction in state aid. "We're at a point now that we are endangering our significant programs," Ammons said. "I think letting people go will be unavoidable. This is the most difficult fiscal situation we face." Ammons has charged university vice presidents with trying to determine what areas can and should be cut in order for the university to run "effectively and efficiently" with "fewer resources." FAMU is anticipating a budget cut of $9 million to $13 million for the coming school ...
Humana to cut 5% of work force (1,400 jobs to be cut)
Post Date: 2010-02-18 17:12:40 by Nebuchadnezzar
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Humana to cut 5% of work force Business Courier of Cincinnati * Humana's job cuts to affect Texas * Report: Health insurers' 2009 profits healthy * Greater Louisville Health Enterprises Network to discuss health care reform at event * Snow again disrupts GE, Humana, Yum, Louisville-area schools * Humana layoff to impact 1,400 nationally, AZ number unknown Humana Inc. said Wednesday it will cut its work force by about 5 percent, or 1,400 positions, during the course of 2010. The health benefits company said in a news release that it will eliminate 2,500 positions, while adding 1,100 in areas like medical cost containment, pharmacy management and specialty products. It plans to ...
Ford lays off 900 workers at Mustang plant
Post Date: 2010-02-18 17:11:31 by Nebuchadnezzar
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Ford lays off 900 workers at Mustang plant By Dee-Ann Durbin DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. said Tuesday that it plans to cut 900 workers at the Michigan plant that makes the Mustang, after slow sales last year due to the tough economy and competition from the new Chevrolet Camaro. Ford will reduce shifts from two to one in July at the AutoAlliance International plant in Flat Rock, Mich. The plant, which is jointly owned with Mazda Motor Corp., also makes the Mazda6 midsize sedan. The plant employs nearly 2,300 people. Most of the layoffs will be hourly manufacturing workers, but some salaried staff also will be cut, Ford spokeswoman Marcey Evans said. Evans said there was significant ...
Suit: Pa. School Spied On Students Via Laptops
Post Date: 2010-02-18 15:48:07 by Brian S
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(02-18) 12:28 PST PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A suburban Philadelphia school district used school-issued laptop webcams to spy on students at home, potentially catching them and their families in compromising situations, a family claims in a federal lawsuit. Lower Merion School District officials can activate the webcams without students' knowledge or permission, the suit said. Plaintiffs Michael and Holly Robbins suspect the cameras captured students and family members as they undressed and in other embarrassing situations, according to the suit. Tom Halperin, a 15-year-old sophomore from Wynnewood, said students are "pretty disgusted" and have started putting masking tape over ...
PPI Skryockets at anualized rate of 16.8% in January!!!!!
Post Date: 2010-02-18 14:22:04 by Nebuchadnezzar
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Producer prices soar 1.4% on energy costs By Rex Nutting, MarketWatch WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- U.S. wholesale prices rose a seasonally adjusted 1.4% in January on double-digit increases in gasoline and home heating oil, the Labor Department estimated Thursday. Core prices of finished goods -- which exclude food and energy goods -- rose 0.3% in January, led by higher prices for light trucks, airplanes and other capital goods. Drug prices jumped 1.3%. The 1.4% increase in the producer price index was higher than the 0.9% gain expected by economists surveyed by MarketWatch. The core rate of 0.3% was also higher than the 0.1% gain expected. Read our complete economic calendar and ...
US Jobless Claims Rise Dramatically by 31,000
Post Date: 2010-02-18 14:19:35 by Nebuchadnezzar
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New Jobless Claims Increase By LUCA DI LEO U.S. jobless claims rose last week in another reminder of the sluggish pace of the labor market's recovery, but some analysts dismissed the increase as a fluke likely caused by snowstorms that shut down government offices. The number of workers filing new claims for jobless benefits jumped by 31,000 to 473,000 in the week ended Feb. 13, the Labor Department said Thursday. Bad weather can make it harder to calculate jobless claims, among other things making it more difficult for state agencies that collect and process the numbers to adjust for seasonality and forcing some states to simply estimate claim levels. To be sure, some analysts ...
Hotel RevPAR Off 6.9%
Post Date: 2010-02-18 14:07:31 by Nebuchadnezzar
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Hotel RevPAR Off 6.9% by CalculatedRisk on 2/18/2010 01:53:00 PM From HotelNewsNow.com: DC leads ADR, RevPAR decreases in weekly numbers Overall, the U.S. hotel industry’s occupancy ended the week with a 2.3-percent decrease to 53.7 percent, ADR dropped 4.7 percent to US$97.12, and RevPAR fell 6.9 percent to US$52.19. The following graph shows the occupancy rate by week since 2000, and the rolling 52 week average occupancy rate. It is possible the occupancy rate is near the bottom, but at a very low level. Hotel Occupancy RateClick on graph for larger image in new window. Note: the scale doesn't start at zero to better show the change. The graph shows the distinct seasonal ...
Study: States Must Fill $1 Trillion Pension Gap
Post Date: 2010-02-18 12:09:07 by Brian S
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(02-18) 06:16 PST Harrisburg, Pa. (AP) -- States may be forced to reduce benefits, raise taxes or slash government services to address a $1 trillion funding shortfall in public sector retirement benefits, according to a new study that warns of even more debilitating costs if immediate action isn't taken. The Pew Center on the States released a survey Thursday of state-administered pension plans, retiree health care and other post-employment benefits in all 50 states that blamed a decade's worth of policy decisions for leaving them shortchanged. The result for some states will be "high annual costs that come with significant unfunded liabilities, lower bond ratings, less ...
Small Plane Crashes Into Building In Austin, Texas [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2010-02-18 11:56:06 by Brian S
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(02-18) 08:53 PST Austin, Texas (AP) -- Authorities say a small private plane has crashed into a seven-story office building in Austin, Texas. Black smoke was coming from the second and third stories of the the building Thursday morning as fire crews using ladder trucks and hoses battled the fire. People had evacuated the building and were standing in the parking lot. Dawn Clopton, a division chief with the Austin Fire Department, says two people from the building are unaccounted for. She says it was a small private plane that crashed. The building is located on a major highway in the city. No other information was immediately available.
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Duke lacrosse accuser charged with attempted murder, arson
Post Date: 2010-02-18 10:29:44 by Badeye
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Duke lacrosse accuser charged with attempted murder, arson Posted: Today at 5:39 a.m. Updated: 4 minutes ago Durham, N.C. — Durham police arrested Duke lacrosse accuser Crystal Gale Mangum, 33, late Wednesday after she allegedly assaulted her boyfriend, set his clothes on fire in a bathtub and threatened to stab him. Authorities charged her with attempted first-degree murder, five counts of arson, assault and battery, communicating threats, three counts of misdemeanor child abuse, injury to personal property, identity theft and resisting a public officer. WATCH VIDEO Crystal Mangum charged with attempted murder Shortly after 11:30 p.m., police received a 911 call about a domestic ...
Gallup Consumer Spending Data Refutes Commerce Department January Retail Sales Announcement (Obama Regime is Just Making Things Up)
Post Date: 2010-02-18 10:02:12 by dont eat that
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As if anyone needed more reasons to doubt the data coming out of our government. Earlier today the Commerce Department reported that January retail sales data came at a nice and bubbly 0.5% sequential increase, and an even nicer and bubblier 4.7% YoY. This presumably beat expectations which were looking for a sequential beat of 0.3%. Yet here comes the much more reliable Gallup data to throw some salt in yet another economic data fabrication. According to daily Gallup consumer polling, which due to its lack of proximity to the government propaganda complex is vastly more reliable, the January average data showed a decline of 5.8% over January 2009 and a whopping 16.3% decline over December. ...
Police Test So Easy, It's a Joke (Negros are too stupid to pass it otherwise)
Post Date: 2010-02-18 09:11:08 by dont eat that
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Nearly 40 percent of the Memphis Police force is preparing for a test on Friday that could change their career, but many officers are saying the test is so easy, it's become a joke. Fox13 obtained some practice materials and could not believe the questions. "Our standards are the highest. Our officers are the finest." That's the motto of the Memphis Police Academy. This is one of the questions pulled from practice materials used in the sergeant's promotional process: A search warrant is a document that gives permission to conduct a search: A) With consent B) Without consent C) Of an arrested individual D) Of an abandoned vehicle Memphis Police Officers who did ...
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