| PPG VP Victoria Holt resigns |
| Victoria M. Holt, PPG Industries' senior vice president of the glass and fiber glass unit, resigned effective immediately, the company said in a written statement. (PPG) |
| Source: Wichita Business Journal |
| Published on 08 Sep 2010 21:33:48 |
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| Belinda Gates to leave Luckett & Farley |
| Belinda Gates will retire from Luckett & Farley Architects, Engineers and Construction Managers Inc., effective Friday. |
| Source: Pittsburgh Business Times |
| Published on 08 Sep 2010 21:04:52 |
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| BAE Systems to cut 300 more jobs |
| BAE Systems continues to whittle its work force, this time cutting 300 positions at its operations in West Chester Township. |
| Source: Kansas City Business Journal |
| Published on 08 Sep 2010 19:52:20 |
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| Oracle contract worth millions for Mark Hurd |
| Mark Hurd could get up to $11 million in salary and bonus as president and director of Oracle Corp., according to his offer letter filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. (HPQ) (TDC) (NCR) |
| Source: Business Courier of Cincinnati |
| Published on 08 Sep 2010 18:56:50 |
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| Compton fires city manager |
| The Compton City Council early Wednesday morning voted to terminate City Manager Charles Evans, according to a report in the Los Angeles Times. |
| Source: Dayton Business Journal |
| Published on 08 Sep 2010 18:27:22 |
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| Seasons 52 hiring for Biltmore restaurant |
| The soon-to-open Seasons 52 restaurant at Biltmore Fashion Park in Phoenix is looking to hire at least 100 employees. |
| Source: Nashville Business Journal |
| Published on 08 Sep 2010 17:03:06 |
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| Survey: More are willing to change jobs as economy improves |
| If you’re just itching to jump ship at your current employer, you’re not alone. A new survey finds that one in five employed Americans are willing to change jobs if given the opportunity. |
| Source: Phoenix Business Journal |
| Published on 08 Sep 2010 16:49:53 |
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| PNC cutting 83 jobs in Chicago |
| PNC Financial Services Group Inc. is eliminating 83 positions in Chicago over the next several months, PNC (NYSE:PNC) spokesman Fred Solomon confirmed Wednesday. (PNC) |
| Source: South Florida Business Journal |
| Published on 08 Sep 2010 15:25:53 |
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| AmWINS expands into South Korea |
| AmWINS Group Inc. of Charlotte has expanded into South Korea through the acquisition of a brokerage in Seoul. |
| Source: Pittsburgh Business Times |
| Published on 08 Sep 2010 15:18:42 |
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| Hurd could get millions at Oracle |
| Mark Hurd's employment agreement at Oracle Corp. could be worth millions of dollars, according to a job offer filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
| Source: Charlotte Business Journal |
| Published on 08 Sep 2010 15:17:29 |
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| Mark Hurd's Oracle bonus up to $10M |
| Oracle Corp. will pay new co-president Mark Hurd a salary of $950,000 a year plus bonuses of up to $10 million, as well as grant him the right to buy tens of millions of stock options, according to a job offer letter the company filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. |
| Source: Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal |
| Published on 08 Sep 2010 14:48:57 |
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| Adrian Fenty, Vincent Gray on the budget |
| The age of revenue surpluses for the District has been replaced by budget shortfalls in the hundreds of millions of dollars. The mayor proposes the District's annual budget — the council chops and adopts it. Where are the candidates' spending priorities? And how will they keep expenses under control? |
| Source: San Antonio Business Journal |
| Published on 08 Sep 2010 04:01:02 |
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| Kersting heads Leukemia & Lymphoma chapter |
| Deborah Kersting was named executive director of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Gateway Chapter. |
| Source: Washington Business Journal |
| Published on 08 Sep 2010 03:08:06 |
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| Ellison says HP is torpedoing partnership |
| Responding to Hewlett-Packard Co.'s lawsuit seeking to block former CEO Mark Hurd from taking a job as co-president of Oracle Corp., Oracle CEO Larry Ellison says HP is being "vindictive" and torpedoing a partnership between the two companies. |
| Source: St. Louis Business Journal |
| Published on 07 Sep 2010 23:55:02 |
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| KNME’s Anderson to chair NETA |
| Polly Anderson, general manager of public television station KNME-TV, Channel 5, will chair the National Educational Television Association. |
| Source: Phoenix Business Journal |
| Published on 07 Sep 2010 20:14:43 |
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| Kauffman study: Startup formation follows consistent patterns |
| Startups for decades have accounted for most net job creation in the nation — a situation caused by the fairly steady patterns by which they’re set up and by which they survive, a new survey found. |
| Source: Kansas City Business Journal |
| Published on 07 Sep 2010 19:42:20 |
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| UTA Prof: Recession is bad, but no double dip |
| Half of middle-class Americans say a double-dip recession has arrived, but a professor at the University of Texas at Arlington says it only feels that way because economic growth has been slow. |
| Source: San Francisco Business Times |
| Published on 07 Sep 2010 18:40:02 |
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| Mortgage company hiring for 40 new Triangle jobs |
| Mortgage lending company Foundation Financial Group is in heavy hiring mode, seeking applications for 40 new job openings over the next six months at its Raleigh office. |
| Source: Dallas Business Journal |
| Published on 07 Sep 2010 18:26:18 |
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| Manpower: Sacramento employers more upbeat |
| Sacramento-area companies are a bit more upbeat about the economy — and hiring — than a year ago, but far from the more positive national outlook, according to a report released Tuesday. |
| Source: Triangle Business Journal |
| Published on 07 Sep 2010 17:52:47 |
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| Birmingham has 3rd highest hiring outlook |
| The Birmingham area had the third strongest hiring outlook in the nation for the upcoming fourth quarter, according to a Manpower survey. |
| Source: Tampa Bay Business Journal |
| Published on 07 Sep 2010 16:02:45 |
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| Human capital: people on the move, Sept. 7 |
| HarborOne Credit Union of Brockton has named Adam Cupples its new digital marketing and communications manager. Cupples has more than seven years of experience in the field of online marketing. Prior to HarborOne, he held the position of executive vice president, operations for Strategis Advertising in Stoughton. |
| Source: Birmingham Business Journal |
| Published on 07 Sep 2010 15:07:59 |
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| Franklin Fueling buys U.K. supplier |
| Franklin Fueling Systems, a Madison manufacturer and supplier of petroleum equipment, said Tuesday that it has completed the acquisition of PetroTechnik Ltd. in a cash transaction. (FELE) |
| Source: Boston Business Journal |
| Published on 07 Sep 2010 15:04:53 |
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| Survey: Mass. cos. plan to add jobs |
| Massachusetts firms expect to hire new staffers at a moderate pace during the fourth quarter of this year, according to Manpower’s latest Employment Outlook Survey. |
| Source: The Business Journal of Milwaukee |
| Published on 07 Sep 2010 14:37:19 |
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| Queen City ranks high for stress |
| The Queen City ranks 18th among the 50 most-stressful places to live and work in the United States, according to the 2010 Stress Rankings for Metro Areas. |
| Source: Boston Business Journal |
| Published on 07 Sep 2010 14:31:38 |
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| A million hours worked at oDesk in August |
| Contractors worked more than a million hours in August through oDesk, the company said Tuesday. |
| Source: Charlotte Business Journal |
| Published on 07 Sep 2010 14:12:12 |
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| Job prospects better in state than metro |
| Future job prospects in Atlanta remain weak while prospects across Georgia are much better. |
| Source: San Francisco Business Times |
| Published on 07 Sep 2010 13:52:29 |
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| Google balls logo puzzles Web surfers |
| One of the biggest trending topics on the Internet after the long weekend is a version of the Google logo made up of colored balls that constantly jiggle and scramble. |
| Source: Atlanta Business Chronicle |
| Published on 07 Sep 2010 13:44:46 |
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| Milwaukee job market among best in U.S. |
| Employers nationwide have a slightly rosier outlook on hiring heading into the fourth quarter, while the Milwaukee-area job market is expected to be among the strongest in the country, according to the latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey. |
| Source: Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal |
| Published on 07 Sep 2010 13:44:06 |
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| Survey: Columbus' 4Q hiring outlook bleak |
| A new survey shows the Columbus area’s hiring outlook is taking a turn for the worse for the fourth quarter, resulting in one of the bleakest employment forecasts in the U.S. (MAN) |
| Source: The Business Journal of Milwaukee |
| Published on 07 Sep 2010 13:34:15 |
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| Ex-HP CEO Hurd to be co-president at Oracle; HP suing |
| Former Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO Mark Hurd has been hired by software maker Oracle Corp. as its co-president and a member of its board in a move that could signal stepped-up competition between the two companies. (ORCL) (HPQ) (MSFT) |
| Source: Business First of Columbus |
| Published on 07 Sep 2010 13:21:59 |
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| Family Dollar names VP of human resources |
| Family Dollar Stores Inc. has named Jacob Modla to the newly created position of vice president of human resources. He most recently was the company’s vice president and deputy general counsel. (FDO) |
| Source: Kansas City Business Journal |
| Published on 07 Sep 2010 12:26:07 |
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| Denver employers less hopeful about hiring, Manpower survey shows |
| Three out of four Denver-area employers plan to keep their staffing level where it is in the fourth quarter, according to the latest regional employment survey released Tuesday by Manpower Inc. (MAN) |
| Source: Houston Business Journal |
| Published on 07 Sep 2010 04:00:07 |
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| Unions set sights on future |
| More than a century after Labor Day first trumpeted the contribution of the American worker, organized labor in Ohio is fighting to regain relevance. (HMC) (F) (GE) (CAT) (AKS) (UPS) (KR) (T) |
| Source: Denver Business Journal |
| Published on 06 Sep 2010 09:00:11 |
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| Labor Day facts and figures |
| As the nation celebrates Labor Day today, the U.S. Census Bureau counts 154 million people 16 years of age and older in the U.S. work force. Arizona reports a civilian labor force of 3.18 million, however, 10 percent of those people are currently unemployed as the recession’s effects linger. |
| Source: Dayton Business Journal |
| Published on 06 Sep 2010 09:00:04 |
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| Two-thirds of Americans label their job markets as bad |
| Two-thirds of Americans consider the job markets in their regions as bad — and the Midwest is one of the most pessimistic areas, a recent survey found. |
| Source: Phoenix Business Journal |
| Published on 06 Sep 2010 06:00:07 |
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| Congress has decision to make regarding estate tax future |
| When Congress returns in September, it will have four months to do what it failed to do over the past nine years: fix the absurd situation it created for the estate tax. |
| Source: Birmingham Business Journal |
| Published on 06 Sep 2010 04:00:00 |
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| Economy leaves a surplus of H-1B visas |
| When the economy was booming a few years ago, the federal government’s annual allotment of H-1B visas for highly skilled foreigners was snapped up in a day. |
| Source: Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal |
| Published on 06 Sep 2010 04:00:00 |
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| Overseas deal flow can have unexpected legal ripples |
| Silicon Valley corporate lawyer Diane Frankle was working on a buyout in India last fall when she got an e-mail with some unexpected news: The deal needed approval from that country’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India. |
| Source: The Business Journal of Milwaukee |
| Published on 06 Sep 2010 04:00:00 |
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| Wisconsin offers Harley incentives package |
| With a crucial decision about the future of Harley-Davidson Inc.’s manufacturing operations in Wisconsin looming, state officials have stepped up and offered the motorcycle company various financial incentives to help preserve as many as 1,700 jobs, including 1,300 in the Milwaukee area. |
| Source: Business First of Louisville |
| Published on 06 Sep 2010 04:00:00 |
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| Executive compensation shows wide swings amid recession |
| For many wage earners, 2009 was a miserable year of layoffs and job searches. That wasn’t the case with the area’s highest paid executives of publicly traded companies, who, for the most part, did pretty well. |
| Source: Business Courier of Cincinnati |
| Published on 06 Sep 2010 04:00:00 |
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| Kaiser workers prepare for historic union vote |
| The stakes are high on all sides as 44,000 Kaiser Permanente workers — including 4,000 service and technical workers in the Sacramento region — prepare for the largest-ever private-sector union election in California. |
| Source: Kansas City Business Journal |
| Published on 06 Sep 2010 04:00:00 |
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| Obesity looms as weighty employment issue |
| Rapid rises in the nation’s obesity rate and health insurance premiums could take hiring decisions based on a candidate’s weight from anecdote to policy. |
| Source: Sacramento Business Journal |
| Published on 06 Sep 2010 04:00:00 |
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| Lyon moves fast to stem scandal |
| As Michael Lyon stepped aside Tuesday, the real estate company that bears his name moved quickly to mitigate damage from the scandal. |
| Source: Pittsburgh Business Times |
| Published on 06 Sep 2010 04:00:00 |
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| NASA contractors learn to diversify in wake of program cuts |
| For Randy Parker, the recent decision by the federal government to end the shuttle program at NASA is having more than just a ripple effect. It’s changing the way his company does business. |
| Source: The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area |
| Published on 06 Sep 2010 04:00:00 |
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| Worker classification: Would you pass the test? |
| It’s stressful enough to face a test with thousands of dollars at stake. But imagine if your grade depended on answers that weren’t clear-cut? |
| Source: The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area |
| Published on 06 Sep 2010 04:00:00 |
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| Local firms build habitats, raise funds for zoo animals |
| Armour Steel Co. and Iron Mechanical of Sacramento has spent years designing and installing mechanical systems for hotels, hospitals, office buildings, apartments and retail stores. |
| Source: Portland Business Journal |
| Published on 06 Sep 2010 04:00:00 |
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| Dodd-Frank bill will force greater scrutiny of CEO salaries |
| While much of the newly enacted 2,300-page Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act is devoted to the reform of financial institutions and consumer protection, it also contains significant provisions that will affect public companies on national securities exchanges, regardless of industry sector. |
| Source: Sacramento Business Journal |
| Published on 06 Sep 2010 04:00:00 |
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| Newsmaker | Rosie Eder-Carvajal |
| Editor’s note: Rose Eder-Carvajal was interviewed and this profile filed before Lyon Real Estate president Mike Lyon took a leave of absence starting Tuesday during a criminal investigation connected to allegations of him videotaping guests in his Sacramento home. See story, page 1. — Ron Trujillo |
| Source: Portland Business Journal |
| Published on 06 Sep 2010 04:00:00 |
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| World Vision religion ruling jolts |
| A recent federal court ruling allowing the largest nonprofit in the state to hire or dismiss employees based on their religious affiliation could set a major precedent for the $100 billion, faith-based fundraising industry. |
| Source: St. Louis Business Journal |
| Published on 06 Sep 2010 04:00:00 |
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| IT companies scrambling to fill openings |
| Technology headhunting and consulting firm NetEffects Inc. of Chesterfield is sponsoring a job fair later this month to fill 170 information technology positions paying from $35,000 to more than $100,000. High-tech firm Savvis Inc., which went on a hiring spree last year, is planning a job fair in October to fill its pipeline with IT people. |
| Source: Tampa Bay Business Journal |
| Published on 06 Sep 2010 04:00:00 |
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| Properly managed internships a benefit to all |
| Interns are energetic, eager to learn and often willing to work for free. But a company using unpaid interns must do its part to create an educational environment and provide guidance. The law requires it. |
| Source: Philadelphia Business Journal |
| Published on 06 Sep 2010 04:00:00 |
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| Tip of the Arrow aims to expand job services for soldiers |
| Tip of the Arrow Foundation, a nonprofit that assists veterans in the transition into the civilian work force, is in the midst of expanding efforts, said Bob Deissig, who co-founded the nonprofit with Carl Blum in November 2008. |
| Source: Philadelphia Business Journal |
| Published on 06 Sep 2010 04:00:00 |
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| Employers on the hook for 401(k) fees |
| In a batch of class-action lawsuits, employees are holding their employers liable for high fees and poor disclosure in 401(k) plans. |
| Source: Triangle Business Journal |
| Published on 06 Sep 2010 04:00:00 |
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| In jobs, Charlotte is biggest loser in N.C. |
| RALEIGH – No one more than Charlotte is facing the wrath of North Carolina’s paralyzing recession as the Queen City has lost more jobs since the beginning of 2008 than the combined areas of the Triangle, Triad and Wilmington. |
| Source: The Business Review (Albany) |
| Published on 06 Sep 2010 04:00:00 |
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