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Caterpillar announces layoffs
LAFAYETTE, IN - To bring production levels in line with current demand, Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) today notified 439 employees at its Lafayette, Indiana, Large Engine Center of layoffs expected to last at least six months. This decision impacts 405...Tags: Career and Workplace, NYSE Euronext, Inc., Employees, Indiana, Unemployment
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Global leaders rack up growth
Tribune staff reporterSearch company name or ticker symbol Just when things were going along swimmingly for the stock market, investors were hit by the inflation shudders. Fears that sky-high prices for oil, copper, gold and other commodities would spread to the rest of...Tags: CME Group Inc., Tellabs Incorporated, Investments, Auto Trends, Metal and Mineral
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Will work for less
Tribune staff reporterWhenever Robert Johnson puts in 12-hour shifts, which is often because he needs the money, he knows he should grab a bite in the factory lunchroom because he's a diabetic. But he rarely does because a slice of pizza at the Caterpillar plant costs...Tags: Delphi Corp, Sports, Unions, Bankruptcy, Nuclear Power
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Obama: Job losses demand stimulus
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama sees in the newest report of unemployment today - 3.6 million jobs lost since the start of the recession a little over a year ago - another signal that Congress cannot afford to wait......Tags: Paul Volcker, Education, Politics, Berkeley (Alameda, California), Job Layoffs
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Obama taps right, left for econ advice
The Swampby Christi Parsons President Barack Obama plans to name conservative economist Martin Feldstein, a recent critic of his stimulus plan, to serve on a special panel advising him on economic policy. Feldstein will join an array of prominent CEOs and......Tags: Unions, Paul Volcker, Jimmy Carter, Politics, Career and Workplace
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Obama's Caterpillar case uncertain
The Swampby Christi Parsons and Peter Wallsten Even before the deal was completed in Congress, President Barack Obama on Wednesday said evidence had already turned up that his economic rescue plan would improve the lives of American workers. Three times during.......Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, White House, Career and Workplace, Illinois
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Flight limits over Obama's Chicago home
The Swampby John McCormick and Sara Olkon When Air Force One touches down Friday evening in Chicago, there will once again be a chance to see heavily armed motorcades and be surprised by unexpected appearances by the most famous and powerful......Tags: Dining and Drinking, Celebrities and Bad Behavior, Metal and Mineral, Restaurants, Economy, Business and Finance
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Options no guarantee of success
Tribune staff reporterIn a recent speech to corporate directors in Chicago, former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker asked: "How did we get compensation to the truly grotesque levels to which I think it has risen?" He answered: "What was going on was our good friend,...Tags: Unitrin Incorporated, Work Relations, Education, Tellabs Incorporated, CDW Computer Centers Incorporated
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Global economy strains loyalty in company town
Tribune staff reporterThis company town, an hour south of Indianapolis, has never shied from the future. At its heart, a rectangular bell tower rises high above the grid of tidy streets as if to remind the surrounding corn country that progress is just as important as...Tags: Politics, History, Retirement, Globalization, Benedict Arnold
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From Indiana to India: Why 1 firm leapt
Tribune staff reporterWhen Cummins Inc., the diesel enginemaker based in Columbus, Ind., opened a product research center here recently, a Hindu priest set up a small shrine next to a new office cubicle and led employees in prayer. He lit sticks of incense and dipped...Tags: Society, Corporate Officers, Automotive Equipment, Motorola, Inc., Vehicles
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