San Diego City Schools Finalize Budget Cuts
San Diego City Schools Finalize Budget Cuts SAN DIEGO — Members of San Diego Unified’s Board of Education made a decision none of them relished Tuesday night. They committed to more than $ 114 million in cuts for the next school year, including more than 700 teacher layoffs. Read more on KPBS San Diego School [...]
NLV mayor reacts to council bashing billboards
NLV mayor reacts to council bashing billboards North Las Vegas, NV (KTNV) – The mayor of North Las Vegas is defending the rights of the Police Officer’s Association to place billboards around town attacking the city council. Read more on KTNV Las Vegas Guv insists controversies played no role in layoffs Guv insists controversies played [...]
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Research In Motion won’t confirm if layoffs have started BlackBerry maker Research In Motion isn’t yet confirming if layoffs have begun at the Canadian tech company. Read more on CTV Toronto San Francisco Superior Court readies for closures, layoffs amid California budget woes Think the wheels of justice move slowly now? Recent state budget proposals [...]
Canadian Markets: Canadian index slips, led by energy stocks
Canadian Markets: Canadian index slips, led by energy stocks Canada’s main stock index closes down as commodity prices move lower on international concerns and a stronger U.S. dollar. Toronto-traded shares retreat across a broad front. Read more on Market Watch QEP Resources initiated with add rating at NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — CapitalOne Southcoast Inc. on [...]
West Ottawa Schools approves teacher, staff layoffs to trim budget
West Ottawa Schools approves teacher, staff layoffs to trim budget West Ottawa could bring back two of the 17 laid-off teachers later this summer. The district has begun advertising for those positions. Read more on The Grand Rapids Press Gannett Slashes 700 More Jobs Gannett, which owns some 82 newspapers in the U.S., announced Tuesday [...]
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Vote to determine if N.Y. Target is its first unionized store | The Glean AFTERNOON EDITION Vote to determine if N.Y. Target is its first unionized store By Brian Lambert | Thursday, June 16, 2011 Friday is voting day in New York for unionizing a Target store — which would be the one and only [...]
‘Drastic’ postal lockout forced feds to take action: Raitt
‘Drastic’ postal lockout forced feds to take action: Raitt Labour Minister Lisa Raitt said “an erosion” at the bargaining table between Canada Post and its union forced the government to serve notice it will table back-to-work legislation if the two sides can’t reach a deal. Read more on CTV Winnipeg Businesses beef up contract litigation [...]
US stocks head for first up day in over a week
US stocks head for first up day in over a week A little bit of good news was all it took to break a weeklong slump in the stock market. Read more on AP via Yahoo! News Stocks poised for early gains U.S. stocks were headed for a modest bounce Thursday, following an unexpected narrowing [...]
Palin Criticizes Media, Praises Obama Speech in E-Mails
Palin Criticizes Media, Praises Obama Speech in E-Mails Sarah Palin calls local media “biased and unfair” and praises an energy speech by then- candidate Barack Obama in some of the thousands of e-mails sent during her first two years as governor of Alaska. Read more on BusinessWeek United Way awards .5 million to social programs [...]
Jackson has mentality of street fighter
Jackson has mentality of street fighter In a blighted urban landscape of broken families living in unsparing poverty, with streets infested with drug dealers and small-time crooks, what were you expecting? Read more on The Buffalo News Stocks mixed on weak retail and jobless reports Weaker than expected sales reports from retailers and another large [...]
