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Community Commentary: Obama's jobs bill deserves a layoff
This is in response to the distortions about President Obama's jobs bill as portrayed in the Independent's Mailbag from a couple in Sunset Beach ("Obama's jobs bill needs support," Oct. 20). I'm sure the couple had good intentions, but they need to do...Tags: Politics, Companies and Corporations, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Barack Obama, Parties and Movements
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Mailbag: Pardon more than two turkeys
While President Obama is pardoning two turkeys for Thanksgiving, every one of us has that same presidential power by choosing a nonviolent Thanksgiving observance that spares a turkey's life. And here are some good reasons: •You are what you eat....Tags: Albert Einstein, Politics, Entertainment Events, Employment Opportunities, Barack Obama
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City working to avoid salary increases
Huntington Beach administrators are negotiating with two employee groups in hopes of bypassing four salary increases scheduled to take effect between now and January. The city's firefighters were scheduled to get a 2% salary increase last year, but due...Tags: Career and Workplace, Budgets and Budgeting, Employees, Layoffs and Downsizing, Wages and Pensions
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Community Commentary: Bank bailouts needs to stop
As thousands of homes are forfeited to banks each year, I continue to receive calls from constituents who cannot understand why financial institutions seem to prefer foreclosures and short sales on homes rather than to work with homeowners on loan...Tags: Career and Workplace, Real Estate Buyers, Business Institutions, Finance, Politics
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Seven challenging incumbents
Editor's note: This changes the third paragraph to include Patrick Tucker's title. Ten candidates for the Fountain Valley City Council are going into the last three weeks of campaigning. Candidates are vying for three opens seats occupied by Mayor Pro...Tags: Unemployment Benefits, Electronics, Vietnam, Boston, Water Restrictions
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District approves $10M in cuts
The Ocean View School District has approved furlough days and other reductions to help make a $10-million cut needed for next year, but officials are unsure where $4.5 million of it will come from. The district's board of trustees, which oversees two...Tags: Career and Workplace, Budgets and Budgeting, Layoffs and Downsizing, Ocean View
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Cuts stop before touching faculty at CCCD
Coast Community College District instructors won't have to take furloughs like other district employees, the Board of Trustees said this week. "We were able to commit to no layoffs for any employees next year," said Trustee Jerry Patterson. "That's...Tags: Career and Workplace, Layoffs and Downsizing, Health and Safety at School, Teachers, Health
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Sparrows Point steel mill will close in June
The owner of the financially ailing Sparrows Point steel plant is idling operations there, warning 1,975 workers Thursday that they would be laid off starting next month.
The news, the latest casting doubt on the future of the Baltimore County facility,...Tags: Unemployment Benefits, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Companies and Corporations, Layoffs and Downsizing, Bankruptcy
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Curt Schilling's gaming company lays off entire staff
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's faltering video game company, which received a $75 million loan guarantee to move to Rhode Island in 2010, laid off its entire staff on Thursday. An email sent by the 38 Studios...
Tags: Gaming Industry, Tax Credits, Politics, Gaming, Entertainment
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Baltimore County Council approves $1.65 billion budget
The Baltimore County Council unanimously approved Thursday the spending plan proposed by County Executive Kevin Kamenetz for the coming fiscal year, a $1.65 billion operating budget that includes no furloughs, layoffs or tax increases. The lean budget,...
Tags: Politics, Employees, Kevin Kamenetz, Layoffs and Downsizing, Todd Huff
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Florida law thwarts jobless benefits, advocates tell feds
Advocates for the unemployed called Thursday for a federal investigation of a Florida law they say systematically tries to prevent laid-off workers from receiving jobless benefits.
State regulations approved last year have made Florida the toughest state...Tags: Unemployment Benefits, Lawyers, Labor Legislation, Florida Legislature, Employment Opportunities
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HP to lay off 27,000 as fiscal 2Q revenue dips
TribLocal - Downers Grove » NewsHewlett Packard Co. outlined a plan on Wednesday to lay off roughly 27,000 employees or about 8 percent of its workforce to jumpstart growth. The …...
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