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Caithness power plant $1.49B cost was kept secret
mark.harrington@newsday.comIn four years of public hearings, legislative sessions, courtroom battles and media reports, one element of the Caithness power plant in Yaphank remained secret: its cost. But with disclosure of the $1.49-billion price tag ($1,493,410,934 to be exact)...Tags: Plant Openings, Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning, Long Island, Contracts, Wage Contract Issues
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Summonses issued after construction worker's fatal fall
mitchell.freedman@newsday.com bart.jones@newsday.comFollowing the accidental death of a construction worker in Southampton Village, officials Thursday issued two summonses to the contractor at the scene for a code violation and unsafe working conditions. Facundo Gonzalez, 33, was killed Monday while...Tags: Employees, Metal and Mineral, Police, Building Material, Police Investigations
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Ex-executive of O.C. valve company pleads guilty to bribery charges
A former Orange County valve company executive pleaded guilty today to being involved in payments of approximately $1 million in bribes to numerous foreign government officials, the U.S. attorney's office announced. Mario Covino, 44, entered his plea...Tags: Trials, Employees, Metal and Mineral, Corporate Crime, Wage Contract Issues
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Rell: Deep Cuts Needed To Balance State Budget
The Hartford Courant"These are the worst financial times any of us can ever remember." With those words, Gov. M. Jodi Rell warned legislators Wednesday that the state will be forced to make deep cuts in spending to balance the $18 billion state budget as the nation heads...Tags: Retirement, Civil and Public Service, Employees, State Budgets, Jodi Rell
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Mortgage matters
Sentinel Staff WriterIs it more difficult to borrow money for a mortgage today than it was just three years ago when pretty much anyone with a last name was approved for financing? Yes -- and it should be to avoid the kind of foreclosure crisis we're facing right now. Is it...Tags: Campbell (Osceola, Florida), Homes, Contracts, Property, Wage Contract Issues
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West Hartford Residents Could Face 7 Percent Hike In Taxes
The Hartford CourantIf no programs or personnel are cut and state aid doesn't increase, residents will likely be facing a tax hike of about 7 percent in fiscal year 2009-10. The town council and school board will host a community summit Jan. 28 to begin identifying which...Tags: Trials, Arbitration, George Kennedy, State Budgets, Budgets and Budgeting
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Nursing industry desperate to find new hires
AP Business WriterPlease, please accept a high-paying job with us. In fact, just swing by for an interview and we'll give you a chance to win cash and prizes. Sounds too good to be true, especially in an economy riddled with job cuts in nearly every industry. But...Tags: Iowa, Health Organizations, Medical Services, Wages and Pensions, Hospitals and Clinics
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Case could rewrite corporate law in Wisconsin
Associated Press WriterA case before the Wisconsin Supreme Court could have a major impact on the power of corporations and their relationships with unions, banks and vendors. The court will decide whether owners can make business decisions for their personal benefit at the...Tags: Employees, Colorado, Lancaster (Lancaster, Virginia), Metal and Mineral, Unions
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Many companies scaling back but nursing industry desperate to hire in face of chronic shortage
AP Business WriterMILWAUKEE (AP) — Please, please accept a high-paying job with us. In fact, just swing by for an interview and we'll give you a chance to win cash and prizes. Sounds too good to be true, especially in an economy riddled with job cuts in nearly every...Tags: Iowa, Health Organizations, Medical Services, Wages and Pensions, Hospitals and Clinics
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Court backs ruling that says Kravis Center negotiated in 'bad faith' with stagehands
The Palm Beach PostIn a ruling that could put millions into the pockets of hundreds of stagehands who lost their jobs at the Kravis Center eight years ago, an appeals court last week found that the performing arts hall engaged in unfair labor practices and ordered it to...Tags: Employees, International Relations, Work Relations, Unions, Palm Beach Opera
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One big family union
Idon't like unions, and yet I am a member of two. Despite the fact that 95% of my working time is spent on journalism, and 95% of my time is spent not working, the little Hollywood work I do required that I join both the Writers Guild of America and the...Tags: Government Health Care, Rupert Murdoch, Bob Ross, Employees, Private Health Care
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Value of NIFA as watchdog over Nassau questioned
celeste.hadrick@newsday.comThe door to the Nassau county executive's office was locked. An angry Thomas Gulotta had shut himself inside shortly before midnight eight years ago after learning that his 2001 budget required a larger property tax hike than expected. Midnight was...Tags: Thomas P. DiNapoli, State Budgets, Richard Kessel, Long Island, Budgets and Budgeting
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