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- Ellis confirmed as county treasurer Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 3:16AMHe could join the commissioners as early as their meeting next week.
- Ted Wheeler's appointment as state treasurer sets off filing day frenzy Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 9:51PMGov. Ted Kulongoski appointed Multnomah County Chairman Ted Wheeler to succeed Ben Westlund as state treasurer, launching political dominoes that affected 18 candidates.
- Telfer one of four seeking state treasurer's post Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 12:43PMBend state Sen. Chris Telfer files to follow in Ben Westlund's footsteps and be state Treasurer, notes her CPA background; three Democrats plan to run, including Ted Wheeler, appointed by the governor to interim post.
- Guv appoints county commissioner as State Treasurer Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 10:57AMIn a press release, Governor Kulongoski said “Ted Wheeler brings the perfect balance of expertise from both the public and private sectors to this job with an impressive record managing the county’s budget to a working knowledge of the financial industry.”
- Governor Ted Kulongoski names Ted Wheeler as next Oregon treasurer Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 10:36AMMultnomah County Chairman Ted Wheeler has been named the new state treasurer. He also plans to run for the last two years of the term left vacant by the death of Treasurer Ben Westlund.
- Re-elect Motherway to Board of Selectmen Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 1:20AMMany of us are concerned about the hard time our town is having these days. There isn't money available to make changes that are sorely needed and none of us want to pay a penny more in taxes because we're already stretched too thin.
- By Jennee Grace U Rubrico Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 11:56PMMANILA - As the global economy shifts from crisis to recovery, the business processing outsourcing (BPO) industry is sparking new demand and buoying employment and investment in the Philippines, where it is one of the country's most important industries.
- Promodiser Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 3:42PMWhat does a stable job mean? I have not studied economics in depth nor have I read the Labor Code. I do not know how they classify jobs, but I think I know what a stable job looks like.
- Simms Stepping Down as DA to Run for Bibb Judge's Post Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 1:41PMSuperior Court Judge Lamar Sizemore made the announcement in an email sent to members of the Macon Bar Association.
- Despite Flak, Butcher Continues Call for Consolidation Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 12:43PMWales Town Councilman Michael Simon chastised fellow board member Donald Butcher at last week’s Town Board workshop, telling the veteran councilman who has the most seniority of any Wales Town Board member “you are wasting your time” in efforts to have the board abolish the office of receiver of taxes and meld it into Town Clerk Sharon Marfurt’s office.
- Philippines catches recovery wave Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 4:19AMMANILA - As the global economy shifts from crisis to recovery, the business processing outsourcing (BPO) industry is sparking new demand and buoying employment and investment in the Philippines, where it is one of the country's most important industries.
- Fraud prevention in the workplace Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 6:31PMWe have all seen headlines in the newspapers and reports on TV of companies losing millions and in some cases billions of dollars due to the treasurer running off with a ton of the company's money, a trader making unauthorized transactions, tellers crediting customer's deposits to someone else, some hacker breaking into an account and so many other cases of fraud.
- Construction industry at worst since Great Depression Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 10:16AMFor Oak Lawn construction worker Christopher Allaway, installing metal roofs while teetering on 4-inch-wide steel beams is an adrenaline rush."That's when I know I'm alive," says Allaway, a 20-year industry veteran who often worked 12-hour days and seven-day weeks before he was laid off in July.Despite enduring the longest hiatus of his life, he has no plans to switch careers. "I'm just riding ...
- Around the towns... Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 6:16AMReaders of The Telegraph will see a familiar name in the front of the Lyndeborough town report this year: It is dedicated to Jessie Salisbury, the paper’s long-time correspondent.
- Mayor seeks help, again Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 5:34AMDecatur officials are again attempting to fill an employment position created to provide assistance for Mayor Don Stanford, after efforts to fill the post appeared stalled last month.
- Lucerne residents voice frustration, outrage over proposed Cal Water rate hikes Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 4:25AMLUCERNE – Faced with a proposed series of water rate hikes totaling over 68 percent for the coming three years, close to 100 Lucerne residents attended a public hearing on Thursday where they voiced opposition to the plans.
- An endangered species in a commercial world Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 7:12PMOPINION: The Government's threat to freeze Radio NZ's funding has prompted a fresh round of voices calling to protect the state broadcaster's "DNA" and fight against commercialism. Its bosses say less money risks meaning less quality.
- A Nation's Frustration Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 12:33PMWhen Andrew Forrest and other business leaders helped start the Australian Employment Covenant in 2008, they got the full backing of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.
- Bison Range employees at career crossroads Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 12:05PMSix Bison Range employees face four different career choices in anticipation of a March 15 implementation date of the Annual Funding Agreement between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes.
- Bass promotes 20 staffers, boosts their pay on her final day as Assembly speaker Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 12:51AMFormer Assembly Speaker Karen Bass quietly promoted 20 members of her Democratic caucus staff and gave them 10 percent salary increases as she stepped down as Assembly leader.
- Bass promotes, gives raises to 20 staffers on final day as Assembly speaker Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 12:51AMFormer Assembly Speaker Karen Bass quietly promoted 20 members of her Democratic caucus staff and gave them 10 percent salary increases as she stepped down as Assembly leader.
- Business briefs Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 12:29AMThree previously undisclosed General Motors Co . marketing executives lost their jobs this week in a sweeping shake-up of North American operations, according to a source familiar with the moves.
- The Raza Rabbani court Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 9:18PMThe Rabbani committee may actually have set up a rather workable framework for judicial appointments. –Photo by APP Let’s walk through the process for appointing superior court judges devised by Raza Rabbani’s Parliamentary Committee on Constitutional Reforms (PCCR). A vacancy on the Supreme Court (SC) arises following the retirement of one of its 17 permanent justices.
- Time to dump the housing tax credit? Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 11:52AMGovernment support that artificially props up home values is forestalling a real recovery for the housing market.
- Swamp Things: Eerie Memories of '06 Haunt Democrats in '10 Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 8:01AMThe swamp, it turns out, is still wet. And it's muddy enough to create a muddle. United States - Holidays - Politics - Parties - Democratic
- Granholm won't be short of job options Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 12:13AMWashington -- Unlike the nearly three-quarter million Michiganians struggling to find a job, Gov. Jennifer Granholm can expect to be bombarded by juicy offers when she leaves the governorship at the end of the year.
- Former White House Counsel Craig Debriefs on Sotomayor Nomination Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 10:16PMAfter the U.S. Senate confirmed Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor in August, a debate began over how much influence the National Rifle Association had over the final tally of 68-31. Former White House Counsel Gregory Craig said in a speech this week that the NRA opposition certainly hurt. He spoke at length about Sotomayor's nomination, and also touched on other aspects of his yearlong time ...
- Fimian kicks off campaign with fiscally conservative message Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 2:05PMFimian kicks off campaign with fiscally conservative message
- Richard Blumenthal Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 12:47PMRichard Blumenthal, a popular member of the Democratic political scene, was elected Attorney General in 1990 and has since served five terms. Blumenthal graduated from Harvard College magna cum laude and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and editorial chairman of The Harvard Crimson.
- Retirement pitch throws curve into Memphis school boss search Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 9:52AMThe search is on for a new superintendent for the Memphis Community Schools district, but a retirement reform proposal for state and public school employees endorsed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm could greatly influence the eventual outcome.
- Big Real Estate Switches Keys Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 8:02AMAt a real estate lunch at the New York Bar Association last week, Bob Knakal, chairman of brokerage Massey Knakal, stood up and asked attendees to sign a petition to help find money to build a new $800 million station along the No. 7 line on Manhattan's far West Side—one of many a real estate broker unleashed to amass signatures. The real estate industry has pushed the station, cut from a 1.5 ...
- Kitsap Housing Authority Resisting Move to Norm Dicks Center Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 2:01AMBREMERTON —The board of the Kitsap County Consolidated Housing Authority wants the agency to move into office space in downtown Bremerton it owns and is paying for.But the financially troubled agency doesn’t want to.On his second day on the job, Tony Caldwell, KCCHA executive director, told housing authority board members on Tuesday he did not recommend going forward with aplanned move into the ...
- The Other India Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 11:40PMSoon after getting a diploma in electrical engineering some two decades ago, Surekha Yadav embarked on a similar mission like other fresh graduates: job hunting.
- Wall St. Bailout Eases New York’s Downturn Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 5:15PMIn fall 2008, after Lehman Brothers collapsed and other Wall Street firms seemed ready to topple, New York appeared to be headed for a brutal recession, one that would rival the worst downturns in the city’s history.
- Wall Street Bailout May Moderate City’s Downturn Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 3:53PMEconomists are revising their employment forecasts, saying the decline will be about 200,000 jobs.
- Milder Recession Expected in City, Thanks to Wall Street Bailout Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 11:23AMCity officials and private economists are revising their employment forecasts, saying the decline will be about 200,000 jobs.
- 'What the heck, I'll give it a shot': Former County Board member Jay Schaefer wants to be GOP candidate for county clerk Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 10:40AMRoyal "Jay" Schaefer of Quincy has expressed an interest in becoming the Republican Party's candidate for Adams County clerk.
- Queen’s Bankers to Rich Enlist Taxpayers Through RBS (Update1) Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 4:45AMMarch 2 (Bloomberg) -- On a gray January afternoon in London, John Baines had a blunt message for prospective buyers of Coutts, the 318-year-old British private bank.
- Queen’s Bankers to Rich Enlist Taxpayers Courtesy of RBS Coutts Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 2:26AMOn a gray January afternoon in London, John Baines had a blunt message for prospective buyers of Coutts, the 318-year-old British private bank. Coutts & Co., the U.K.’s second-largest wealth manager, and its Zurich-based international arm, RBS Coutts Bank AG, were not on the market.
- Caflisch To Become Clerk Later This Month Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 11:07PMFRENCH CREEK - James Caflisch, R-French Creek confirmed Friday that he will step down from his position as legislator in District 21 to become the clerk of the County Legislature. When the new Republican majority takes control of the legislature later this month, the party's caucus will appoint Caflisch to his new positio.
- Nathan Deal resigning from Congress Special election likely on April 13 to fill House vacancy Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 11:45AMU.S. Rep. Nathan Deal announced this morning that he will leave Congress to concentrate on his bid to be Georgia's next governor.
- Nigeria : Day Oshiomhole's Men Ambushed Anenih's Boys Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 6:16AMBenin City — THE battle for the political soul of Edo State between Governor Comrade Adams Oshiomhole and Chief Tony Anenih moved to the State House Assembly last Monday and as at the time of writing this report, Oshiomhole's troops seemed to have won and taken the spoils of war- the position of the Speaker of the State House Assembly.
- Morning business news - March 1 Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 3:46AMKingspan's chief executive Gene Murtagh said last year the firm experienced a set of global challenges never encountered before, but that there is tangible evidence of stability emerging.
- Apartment developer AvalonBay focuses on renters in their 20s Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ 11:00PMFor the first time in about a year, Alexandria-based AvalonBay Communities is building two new apartment complexes -- one in New Jersey and the other in Massachusetts -- to take advantage of lower construction costs and the possibility that an improved job market will push 20-somethings out of their...
- O Cuív plays down reshuffle threat Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ 7:49PMONE of the most heavily criticised ministers in Brian Cowen’s Cabinet has downplayed suggestions that he will be axed by the Taoiseach in the forthcoming reshuffle.
- Profs, judges, troopers are top NH earners Saturday, February 27, 2010 @ 11:19PMA state trooper who drives and guards Gov. John Lynch made more money in 2009 than Lynch did as the state's chief executive.
- Two of Aegon's big hitters, including the man behind the Lawn Tennis Association sponsorship coup, have been ... Saturday, February 27, 2010 @ 6:11PMAS THEY took the short walk along the second floor offices of Aegon UK's headquarters on the outskirts of Edinburgh, Feilim Mackle and Steve Clode had little idea that it
- Wiggins outburst sparks new questions, concerns Saturday, February 27, 2010 @ 5:06AMBy DEREK MOORE THE PRESS DEMOCRAT Supporters, critics at odds over whether state senator's behavior affects her ability to serve. The fallout is spilling into the race to replace Wiggins.
- Bernanke pushes to keep regulation power, Senators waver Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 5:39PMFederal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke renewed his push to keep bank-supervision authority as some senators expressed support and others wavered.
- Committee seeks Castle Hills city manager candidates Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 4:25PMCity Council voted Tuesday to form a search committee to help find the next permanent city manager. But some residents say the city has lacked foresight, speed and transparency in addressing the overall issue.
