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Jobless claims decline as Sandy impact wanes
The number of people filing for unemployment benefits for the first time declined last week, a sign that the impact of Hurricane Sandy on jobs is starting to wane. The Labor Department reported that 393,000 filed for initial jobless claims during the...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Deutsche Bank AG, Economic Indicator, Bankruptcy, Job Layoffs
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Homemade Twinkies: Sweets that satisfy
So many cookies to bake, so little time! Today at OrlandoSentinel.com/thedish check out new twists on holiday treats. But before I retreat to the test kitchen to spend my morning dashing through the dough, grab a cup of coffee and let's dish: Twinkies...
Tags: Orlando Restaurants, Restaurants, Maytag Corp., Elections, Campbell Soup Company
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How About A Federal Bailout For Twinkies?
The Hartford CourantI had the same thought as George Will the other day. Yeah, I know, it shook me up pretty badly, too. The thought was this: If the Federal government can save the big car companies from bankruptcy, why can't it do the same for Twinkies? Good question,...Tags: Roy Rogers, Elections, Barack Obama, Democratic Party, Politics
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Commentary: Ding-dong, the Ding Dong is dead
Like a lot of people, I met the news of Hostess Brands closing with something between melancholic shock and shoulder-shrugging resignation. Never a huge fan of Twinkies, I was relieved that I finally got to eat a deep-fried one at the L.A. County Fair...Tags: Los Angeles Times, Safeway Inc.
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Mail Call - Nov. 28
“Why doesn’t the federal government bail out Hostess, so that we can have our Twinkies and our cupcakes? They bailed out the auto makers.” — Hagerstown “I got our bill the other day, on recycling, so I said I wanted to...Tags: Hunting, Halloween, Lifestyle and Leisure, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Festive Events
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What Twinkies teach us about labor relations
The Great American Twinkie Crisis illuminates what is wrong with the relationship between management and labor in this country. Hostess, the company that, since the 1930s, has provided our nation with snacks that are nearly indestructible, now threatens...
Tags: Employees, Career and Workplace, Entertainment Events, Work Relations, Bankruptcy
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Digesting the Twinkies' lessons
"All Gods were immortal." -- Stanislaw Lec WASHINGTON -- And also brands, the gods of the marketplace. Earthquakes may strike, dynasties may fall and locusts may devour the crops, but Oldsmobile and Pan Am are forever. Never mind. But about the...
Tags: Business Institutions, Roy Rogers, Career and Workplace, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Breads
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Twinkies survive a lot, but not union
There's an old wives' tale that Hostess Twinkies could survive a nuclear war. They couldn't, of course, and neither could they survive a vote to kill the company by the Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union. That'...Tags: Career and Workplace, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Consumers, Unions, Fox News Channel (tv network)
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Small Wonders: Ding-dong, the Ding Dong is dead
Like a lot of people, I met the news of Hostess Brands closing with something between melancholic shock and shoulder-shrugging resignation. Never a huge fan of Twinkies, I was relieved that I finally got to eat a deep-fried one at the L.A. County Fair...Tags: Kentucky Fried Chicken, Safeway Inc.
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Unions, Boomers Digesting Twinkies' Lesson
The Hartford Courant"All Gods were immortal." — Stanislaw Lec And also brands, the gods of the marketplace. Earthquakes may strike, dynasties may fall and locusts may devour the crops, but Oldsmobile and Pan Am are forever. Never mind. But about the death of...Tags: Business Institutions, Career and Workplace, Roy Rogers, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Breads
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Good riddance, Twinkies
I watched the TV news in astonishment as people were loading their cars in Glen Burnie with Hostess Twinkies upon word that the company is folding. Truth be told, it appears some of those people really didn't need to enhance their diets with the sugar-...Tags: Nottingham, Glen Burnie
Nov 29, 2012
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Nov 26, 2012
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Nov 26, 2012
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Nov 25, 2012
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Nov 23, 2012
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Nov 23, 2012
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Nov 22, 2012
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