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Whitney to lay off 350 salaried employees; Connecticut operations hit hard
EAST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ Jet engine maker Pratt & Whitney laid off about 350 salaried employees across the country on Wednesday in response to a slowing global economy, with most of the cuts coming in Connecticut. The job cuts will impact less than...Tags: Connecticut, Texas, United Air Lines, Aerospace Manufacturing, Delta Air Lines
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UAW says it will modify jobs bank, delay trust payments by automakers, renegotiate labor terms
AP Auto WriterDETROIT (AP) _ United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger said Wednesday that the union is willing to change its contract and will delay billions of dollars in payments to a union-run health care trust in an effort to help the struggling Detroit Three...Tags: National Government, Chrysler LLC, Ford Motor Co., Vehicles, General Motors Corp.
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Republic Windows & Doors to shut down
Tribune staff reporterRepublic Windows & Doors will shut its doors Friday, causing approximately 300 workers to lose their jobs at the north side manufacturer. The company, which has been in business since 1965, told employees Wednesday that its main lender, Bank of America,...Tags: Bank of America Corp., Sales, Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co., House Building
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Brazilian miner Vale cuts 1,300 jobs on falling iron ore demand
AP Business WriterSAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) _ Vale, the world's largest iron ore producer, has cut 2.1 percent of its work force because of slumping global demand for the raw ingredient used to make steel, the company confirmed Tuesday. Companhia Vale Rio Doce SA said the...Tags: Labor Legislation, Layoffs and Downsizing
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Police: 2 armed men tie workers, rob Philly store
The Associated PressPolice are looking for two men who bound employees of a Northeast Philadelphia department store and made off with thousands in cash. Police say the bandits entered a Foreman Mills store at 3 a.m. Wednesday as an employee was exiting. Normally, Foreman...Tags: Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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UAW to renegotiate labor terms, modify jobs bank
AP Auto WriterUnited Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger said Wednesday that the union is willing to change its contract and will delay billions of dollars in payments to a union-run health care trust in an effort to help the struggling Detroit Three automakers....Tags: National Government, Chrysler LLC, Ford Motor Co., Maine, Vehicles
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Mark your calendar! Alabama county gives government workers a day off for 'Barack Obama Day'
MARION, Ala. (AP) _ In central Alabama's Perry County, government workers already get a day off for President's Day, Martin Luther King Day, and Veteran's Day. In 2009, they'll get one more: "Barack Obama Day." The rural county, which overwhelmingly...Tags: National Government, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Heads of State, Barack Obama, Alabama
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Soldiers sue KBR over exposure to chemical in Iraq
Associated Press WriterSixteen Indiana National Guard soldiers filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against a defense contractor they say knowingly allowed them to be exposed to a toxic chemical in Iraq. The suit filed against KBR Inc. in U.S. District Court in Indianapolis...Tags: Indianapolis, Metal, Cancer, Trials, Health and Safety at Work
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Facing economic pressure, Russian companies skirt law, force employees to resign
Associated Press WritersMOSCOW (AP) _ Cowed by what she called a growing campaign of intimidation, equity analyst Yekaterina Krylova finally quit her job. In submitting her "voluntary" resignation, she waived her right to any compensation — and that saved her employer a...Tags: Vladimir Putin, Labor Legislation, Employers, Employment
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Productivity growth, wage pressures better than expected; unlikely to fan inflation fears
AP Economics WriterWASHINGTON (AP) _ Worker productivity slowed in the summer while wage pressures increased, but both developments were better than expected and are unlikely to raise inflation alarms at the Federal Reserve. Meanwhile, the U.S. service sector, which...Tags: Job Layoffs, Money and Monetary Policy, Layoffs and Downsizing, Energy, Unemployment
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Supreme Court reviews $79.5M award to smoker's widow in third round of Philip Morris case
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) _ A cigarette maker and a smoker's widow squared off for the third time at the Supreme Court on Wednesday over a $79.5 million punitive damages award, but the real battle was between the justices and their counterparts on Oregon's high...Tags: Constitutional Issues, Altria Group, Trials, Tobacco Products, Local Authority
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It's official: GOP holds onto key Senate seat in Georgia
Chicago TribuneThe Democrats' dream of an overpowering, filibuster-proof majority in the U.S. Senate is officially on ice. Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss Tuesday held on to his Georgia Senate seat, fending off a challenge from Democrat Jim Martin that went into...Tags: Bill Clinton, Government, Republican Party, Parliament, Gun Control
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