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- Third real estate summit looks at issues Saturday, March 13, 2010 @ 8:11AMMOBILE, Ala. — Real estate professionals from southwest Alabama and other areas gathered March 10 to discuss current market conditions and exchange ideas about how best to jump-start sales and leasing opportunities. The Gulf Coast Commercial Real Estate Summit III and Market Review, presented by the University of South Alabama Mitchell College of Business Center for Real Estate Studies, focused ...
- Should Catholic priests be celibate? Saturday, March 13, 2010 @ 2:01AMThe Pope has said celibacy among priests is a sign of "full devotion" to the Catholic Church. Do you agree?
- Macon County chairman tells officeholders to prepare budget cuts of 5 percent to 10 percent Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 11:55PMDECATUR - Macon County elected officeholders and departmentheads were asked Friday to begin planning for budgetreductions.
- Market Commentary and Intraday News Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 5:09PMWASHINGTON (AP) _ Retail sales posted a surprising increase in February as consumers refused to let snowstorms stop them from stepping up purchases for everything from clothes to appliances. The improvement provided hope that the recovery from the Great Recession is gaining momentum.
- Court: State officials keep jobs until successors sworn in Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 4:27PMAppointed government officials in North Carolina keep their authority to carry out their job until their successors take the oath of office, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday, restoring a workers' compensation claim award approved by an outgoing state official.
- Kasprzak and Crook Vying for Post of Mayor - Candidate Profiles Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 12:06PMCurrent Village Trustee Allan Kasprzak and incumbent Clark Crook each seek the office of mayor of East Aurora in Tuesday's village election. Below are the candidates answers to the Advertiser's questions about their thoughts on the village and its future. [Editor's note: Due to a software error, the printed version of the March 11 Advertiser included mangled versions of Kasprzak's answers. The ...
- Public sector job cuts hit women first Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 10:05AMPolitical "common sense" says that we need swingeing public-sector cuts . But what we are not told by their advocates is that they would quickly lead to significant job losses for women.
- Australians Working Longer May Prompt Higher Rates (Update1) Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 7:28PMMarch 12 (Bloomberg) -- The biggest expansion of Australian working hours since 1998 may cause job gains to reaccelerate in coming months, forcing the central bank to raise interest rates higher than what Governor Glenn Stevens calls a neutral level.
- Social services budget erases five positions Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 2:31PMRegional – Regional – Hastings Quinte joint social services will spend more but pay less this year – and eliminate five positions at the same time. The committee approved a $31.5 million budget Wednesday that's higher than the $26.[...]
- UPDATED: Farber to head highways group Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 1:44PMNeosho businessman Rudy Farber has taken over as the chairman of the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission for a one-year term that began Wednesday.
- Ceremonial Groundbreaking for Barclays Center at Atlantic Yards in Brooklyn Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 1:07PMBROOKLYN, N.Y.----Governor David Paterson, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz today joined Forest City Ratner Companies Chairman and CEO Bruce Ratner, Barclays PLC President Robert E.
- Economy, Shortages Impact European Job Outlook Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 4:48AMDespite the painful recession, the job market for electrical and electronics engineers in Europe presents a decidedly mixed picture, as job losses are more than offset by the aging of the technical workforce and a shortage of qualified engineers.
- Saugerties residents vote next week on police consolidation Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 2:07AMSAUGERTIES — Village voters will decide Tuesday whether a decision by trustees to abolish the village police department will stand.
- Sick time abuse eyed Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 1:51AMA memo from the Saskatoon Health Region's CEO to employees discussing some workers' abuse of sick time has upset and offended health-care workers.
- Britain's capacity to administer international aid hampered by Whitehall budget cuts, report warns Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 1:42AMBudget cuts in Whitehall to restore the Government's finances could hamper Britain's plans to help fragile nations emerging from war and conflict, a report warned today.
- Bondi highlights distrust of government Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 1:32AMCARMEL — Toward the end of his State of the County address Wednesday night, Putnam County Executive Robert Bondi asked residents if they thought they even needed county government.
- Migrants cash in on labor shortage Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 5:09PMAs a labor shortage grips China, companies must pay up or risk shutting down. Qiu Quanlin in Guangdong and Gao Changxin in Shanghai report.
- Syracuse budget shortfall could doom stimulus money for new police officers Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 2:36PMChief Frank Fowler Syracuse, NY -- A plan to hire 14 new Syracuse police officers this year with $3 million in federal stimulus money has been put on hold until the city and the department hammer out a budget for the coming year, Chief Frank Fowler said Wednesday.
- Policy revisions approved to allow transfer benefit for same-sex teacher couples Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 10:55AMSASEBO NAVAL BASE, Japan — Same-sex teaching couples are eligible after all for joint job transfers this year at Department of Defense schools, officials said Wednesday.
- Yearly rise in Manx unemployed Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 10:18AMAn economic report to the Council of Ministers shows that the Isle of Man's unemployment was at 2.1% in December 2009.
- Korea recruits Kiwi teachers Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 9:45AMSouth Korea is employing Kiwi graduates to teach English back home in a bid to stop parents from sending their very young children abroad to study.
- Jobs Picture Turns Brighter Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 9:08AMThe economy generated jobs at a noticeably faster pace in January, the government said Tuesday in a further sign that the labor market may be turning the corner.
- County eyes budget Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 9:05AMA public hearing on the county budget is set for Thursday at 5:30 p.m. The biggies in the county budget this year are potentially drastic reductions, due to state funding cuts, to schools, Constitutional Offices and the Southwest Virginia Regional Jail Authority.
- Job openings rise the most since March 2007 Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 10:31PMThe economy generated jobs at a noticeably faster pace in January, the government said Tuesday.
- Australian Home-Loan Approvals Fall Most in Decade (Update2) Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 7:58PMMarch 10 (Bloomberg) -- Australian home-loan approvals unexpectedly fell in January by the most in almost a decade after central bank Governor Glenn Stevens raised borrowing costs and the government cut assistance to first-time buyers.
- Australian Home-Loan Approvals Unexpectedly Fall 7.9% (Update1) Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 7:43PMMarch 10 (Bloomberg) -- Australian home-loan approvals unexpectedly fell in January for a fourth straight month after central bank Governor Glenn Stevens raised borrowing costs and the government cut grants to first-time buyers.
- Australian Economy to Expand Faster, RBA’s Lowe Says (Update1) Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 6:48PMMarch 10 (Bloomberg) -- Australia’s economy is likely to expand at or above its average pace over the next few years, stoking inflation pressures and house prices, central bank official Philip Lowe said.
- No fireworks at DoJ, says acting Justice secretary Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 5:47PMHe is not going to rock the boat, that’s for sure. Newly appointed Acting Justice Secretary Alberto Agra formally assumed the post Tuesday, saying he intended to just continue the work left behind by his predecessor Agnes Devanadera.
- One More Hat In 5th District GOP Ring Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 4:31PMJim McKelvey brought the campaign bus to Greene County Tuesday. This is his first time running for office.
- Dollar Falls as Stock Gains Encourage Demand for Riskier Assets Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 3:34PMMarch 9 (Bloomberg) -- The dollar fell against the currencies of commodity-exporting nations including Brazil and Canada as advancing stocks encouraged demand for assets that historically benefit as global growth rebounds.
- Dollar Falls as Stock Gains Encourage Demand for Riskier Assets Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 2:59PMMarch 9 (Bloomberg) -- The dollar fell against the currencies of commodity-exporting nations including Australia and Brazil as stocks advanced, encouraging demand for assets that historically benefit as global growth rebounds.
- Not enough infant care teachers Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 7:09PMEven as parents frantically search for infant day-care centres for their children, such centres are frantically looking for teachers. Hiring - and retaining - good teachers is not easy.
- Australia Job Advertisements Jumped 19.1% in February (Update1) Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 6:58PMMarch 9 (Bloomberg) -- Australian advertisements for job vacancies jumped in February by the most in more than a decade as increasing Asian demand for raw materials stokes demand for skilled workers.
- Councils put foreign workers on standby Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 5:06PMLocal government has "pre-interviewed" hundreds of foreign workers who could move to Perth to fill any vacancies in the accelerating mining boom.
- Canada needs more jobs data, but has no budget Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 4:39PMCanada’s chief statistician said on Monday he wants to produce more and better data to help policymakers better understand the post-recession labor market, but a budget freeze makes that look ...
- Fatal stampede for Indian jobs Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 3:20PMA man died when 30,000 people rushed to lodge application forms at a police recruitment centre in Mumbai.
- Labour and Employment Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 5:30AMThe Agency Workers Regulations (the Regulations) were published by the Government on 21 January 2010. The intention is that they will come into force on 1 October 2011. The Regulations provide all agency workers with the right to equal treatment with their directly recruited colleagues after 12 weeks in a given job.
- Low test scores mean Totem Middle School principal likely leaving Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 2:15AMMARYSVILLE — A longtime principal is expected to be ousted Monday as the Marysville School Board grapples with new federal regulations that provide extra money but demand overhauls at schools with low test scores.
- Skilled workforce to meet challenges Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 12:58AMGIATMARA, a non-profit community-based technical institution, is committed to building and improving human capital in Sarawak, particularly among the rural and remote communities.
- Unpaid internships 'breaking minimum wage law' Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 12:27AMThe recruitment of job-seeking graduates to unpaid internships has prompted accusations of exploitation and claims that some such posts breach minimum wage laws.
- Exploitation? Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 12:20AMInternships for graduates 'may breach wage laws'
- Drop in unemployment benefit for February Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 11:47PMThe number of people receiving the Unemployment Benefit dropped by 4224 in February.
- Dhumal should acknowledge central assistance to HP:Kaul Singh Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 1:49AMShimla, Mar 6 : Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee president Kaul Singh Thakur has stated that the Dhumal government should be grateful to the Centre for having extended major development schemes to the state.
- Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [114] -- When Will Rahm Go? Place Your Bets! Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 8:11PMBefore we get to the main course here, we've simply got to serve up a steaming hot dish of irony as an appetizer, first. And...
- Dept bringing along bosses to hire homeless job seekers Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 8:08PMPETALING JAYA: The Labour Department will be bringing employers to recruit homeless job seekers who are now living in the streets of Kuala Lumpur. Its director-general, Datuk Sheikh Yahya Sheikh Moham...
- Eastday-January sees 32,500 jobs created in California Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 7:28PMThe January nonfarm labor market in California saw a slight improvement over the previous month, with 32,500 job vacancies were occupied in many sectors, the Employment Development Department said Friday.
- Unemployment rate stays at 9.7% despite challenges last month Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 10:39AMThe nation's payrolls fell by only 36,000 in February. It could have been much worse because of last month's paralyzing snowstorms, economists say. In a pinch of bright news for the economy, the snowstorms that paralyzed transportation and shut down thousands of businesses on the East Coast last month did far less damage than expected to the nation's labor market, enabling the unemployment rate ...
- Employment outlook brightens in U.S., state Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 8:15AMCalifornia payrolls grow by 32,500 in January, but the jobless rate rises as more seek work. February losses fall far short of forecasts nationally. Encouraging reports on both national and state employment released Friday indicate that the long-awaited economic recovery may be gaining a bit of traction.
- Briefly: March 5 Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 5:26AMSee what's happening in and around Halifax.
- When looking for employment, never settle Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 1:33AMI would like to claim that I attended the career fair this week on a motive other than extra credit, but I'd be lying. The irony of someone like me, whose visa to stay here is steadily ticking away, looking for jobs isn't lost on me. More than that, in the current climate, the irony of actually finding jobs isn't lost on me either.
