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A priceless Mother's Day gift
The first time my mother made leg of lamb, she never connected the two events. The second time, she thought it was a coincidence. The third time, she knew it was a curse. Every time she prepared leg of lamb, my father was laid off a few days later. The...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Unemployment, Mother's Day, Job Layoffs
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Molycorp rises after smaller than expected loss
Reuters(Reuters) - Shares of Molycorp Inc soared more than 30 percent on Friday, a day after the rare earths producer reported a narrower-than-expected loss for the first quarter. Byron Capital Markets analyst Jon Hykawy said he believes the market reaction was...Tags: Metal, Landforms, Thomson Corporation, Stock Market, NYSE Euronext, Inc.
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Leesburg tower won't close, thanks to funding fix
LEESBURG — The control tower at Leesburg International Airport won't close next month after all now that the Federal Aviation Administration has funding approval, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced today. The Leesburg tower was one of...
Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Budget Control Act of 2011, Federal Aviation Administration, Air Transportation Delays, Ray LaHood
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Chicago museums reeling after building sprees
The turn of the millennium was a heady time for many Chicago cultural institutions. Cheap loans, high investment returns and swelling endowments spawned a slew of new attractions along the lakefront and around downtown. The Art Institute built its Modern...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Museum of Science and Industry, Political Fundraising, Michigan Avenue
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Pratt Employees Warned Of Layoffs In Buyout Offer
The Hartford CourantThe likelihood of layoffs at Pratt & Whitney is high, according to a company email sent Friday to inform salaried workers of a new round of buyouts. In the email, obtained by The Courant, Pratt & Whitney President David P. Hess said that the buyouts...Tags: Sales, Career and Workplace, Business, East Hartford, United Technologies Corporation
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Regional airport towers to stay open
Federal aviation regulators will keep 149 contractor-staffed airport towers open at least through Sept. 30 after Congress authorized budget transfers to stave off planned closings. The move affects several Illinois airports whose towers were set to...
Tags: Barack Obama, U.S. Congress, Air Transportation Industry, Budget Control Act of 2011, Crime, Law and Justice
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Sparrows Point called lifesaver for ailing mill
Sun reporterEach day, rail cars carrying steel slabs minted some 300 miles east at Baltimore County's Sparrows Point mill arrive at Esmark Inc.'s Wheeling-Pittsburgh plant here. Huge trucks with claws in their underbellies grab the slabs and haul them to Wheeling-...Tags: Defense, Mittal Steel Company NV, Antitrust Issues, Career and Workplace, Super Bowl
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Militant S.Africa union vows fight as Amplats job plan looms
Reuters* Tensions high in platinum belt after violence last year * Amplats needs cuts to restore profits By Helen Nyambura-Mwaura and Tiisetso Motsoeneng RUSTENBURG, South Africa, May 10 (Reuters) - South African labour activists promised on Friday to fight...Tags: Government, Strikes, Career and Workplace, South Africa, Politics
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SD man pleads not guilty to escaping jail
FORT THOMPSON, S.D. (AP) — A Fort Thompson man has pleaded not guilty to escaping from jail. The Mitchell Daily Republic reports (http://bit.ly/175c8EY) that 27-year-old Curtis Miller reportedly failed to return to custody in October after...Tags: Prisons
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'Make history' with first female mayor, says ad for Wendy Greuel
A new union-sponsored television ad urges Los Angeles voters to "make history" by electing Wendy Greuel the city's first female mayor. Service Employees Local 721, sponsor of the ad, said it will begin airing Thursday and be broadcast for 10 days,...
Tags: Wendy Greuel, Bill Clinton, Career and Workplace, Employees, Politics
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'Employee reductions' at Zimmer plant
WSBT-TV Reporter"Walking on eggshells." That's how one person in Warsaw who has friends and family working at the Zimmer Corporation described the feeling after hearing the company let dozens of workers go. On Monday 50 employees got a tap on the shoulder and told...Tags: Warsaw (Poland), New Products, Job Layoffs
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Federer suffers shock Madrid exit to Nishikori
ReutersMADRID (Reuters) - Roger Federer's hopes of claiming a second straight Madrid Open title were dashed when the world number two suffered a surprise 6-4 1-6 6-2 third-round defeat to Japanese young gun Kei Nishikori on Thursday. Playing his first...Tags: Mikhail Youzhny, David Ferrer, Novak Djokovic, Stanislas Wawrinka, Roger Federer
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