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Gov. releases economic recovery ‘blueprint’ Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 1:11AMDENVER — The bottom-up economic development plan Gov. John Hickenlooper campaigned on and prominently mentioned in his inauguration speech doesn’t reinvent the wheel, but seeks to better market it.
Collin College developing new energy certification course Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 1:11AMDuring summer months when students are soaking up the sun and using old textbooks as drink coasters, professors and faculty at Collin College are busy developing a new program.
Locals lament loss of bookstore, cafe Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 1:08AMBorders is much more than a bookstore. It's a place where folks hang out, drink coffee and play chess. It's a literary destination, where local and national authors read from and sign their books. But not much longer.
Editorial: Save a computer, read a book Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 1:03AMThe digital media age hasn’t been kind to some industries, bookstores being one of them. Just this week, Borders Group, Inc., the nation’s second-largest bookstore chain, announced it would be liquidated, signaling an end to a company that began 40 years ago. One has to wonder, in this new age of digital readers, how long actual, tactile books will be around.
SunRail Showdown Expected at Six Hearings Today Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 12:53AMACI's Rendering of The Longwood Sunrail Stop June 28, 2011 | WMFE - Florida Transportation Secretary Ananth Prasad is barreling through Central Florida today, holding six public meetings in cities along the route of the proposed SunRail commuter train. Governor Rick Scott is expected to decide by Friday whether to approve the project. Communities along the rail line are holding their breath ...
Pay raises for city unions? Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 12:47AMFernandina Beach Commissioners tentatively agreed last week to hold down other payroll costs rather than eliminating jobs or cost of living raises for union employees.
EAST WINDSOR: Teens fill summer jobs Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 12:44AMEAST WINDSOR — Teenagers are often told that idle time is the devil’s playground. This summer, many teens within Hightstown are taking that free time and turning it into something slightly more productive: money.
Walker opens visitor center Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 12:41AMGov. Scott Walker was among a throng of local and state dignitaries who celebrated the formal reopening of a staffed Interstate 90 Wisconsin tourism information center Monday in searing heat and in the face of dozens of boisterous protesters.
Jobs in cold temperatures provide relief Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 9:17PMSteve Gill's got a job that keeps him cool when the temperatures soar. He owns DC Meats, and with more than twenty cooling units, everyone stays happy. "It's pretty nice when you get a big smile on the
Kauffman Foundation Unveils 'Startup Act' Proposal Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 9:14PMHouse Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) and Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) Offer Remarks About Growing U...
Financial industry reports shortage of talent Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 8:38PMThe Lujiazui financial district in Shanghai. The difficulty in hiring and retaining high-caliber professionals has become the biggest business challenge for companies in the Chinese financial hub.
Customers sad company closing book on Borders Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 8:16PMEDWARDSVILLE — The Borders store in Edwardsville is closing as early as Friday amid the nationwide chain’s problems, but the local store looked like anything but a failure Tuesday.
Brighten the Corner Where You Are. Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 8:06PMThere is an old hymn that has been sung in many small churches across the country called; "Brighten The Corner Where You Are." As I think about it, I can hear Tennessee Ernie Ford singing the chorus with great enthusiasm in my head.
Penn to talk LERTA with Legacy Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 8:03PMA Hanover-area business hoping to get the same chance at a tax break offered to an international brake company will have its day in front of the Penn Township commissioners next month.
Reviews: Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 7:51PMGetting started: the Mac App Store and the boot drive question It's very clear from the outset that Lion is a sharp break from any mainstream desktop OS just by how you get it on your system: if you haven't bought a Mac preloaded with the new OS from the start, you have to visit the Mac App Store. That's a mixed bag to us. For anyone already using Snow Leopard, it's ......
Will Cisco's Cuts Make a Difference? Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 7:46PMCisco is trimming its fat. Now what?
Voc-tech school athletics still on chopping block Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 7:45PM HARTFORD, Conn. — Dozens of helmets, shoulder pads and freshly purchased uniforms await the brand-new football team at Emmett O’Brien Technical High School, which kicks off its existence this fall.
ManpowerGroup Recommends Strategies to Address U.S. Worker Supply and Demand Challenges in the Human Age Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 12:56PMManpowerGroup , the world leader in innovative workforce solutions, today addressed the challenges facing both businesses and individuals in a chaotic and complex work environment at The Atlantic's New Work Era Summit in Washington D.C., which brought together government and business leaders to discuss the issues facing American workers today and how to best prepare for workforce trends in the ...
West Shore youth employment service faces shutdown Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 12:42PMA West Shore youth employment agency is celebrating a bittersweet 10-year anniversary amid fears it will shut down at the end of the week if federal funding doesn’t come through.
Mountain officials oppose community college merger Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 12:24PMA proposal to merge community colleges could affect at least five mountain institutions: Blue Ridge Community College, East Flat Rock. Haywood Community College, Clyde.
Years Past: This date in history from The Bay City Times Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 12:21PMJuly 19, 1984 27 years ago The Saginaw-Midland-Bay Job Training Consortium will receive a $416,470 federal grant to retrain 310 workers victimizes by plant closings and layoffs in the tri-counties area.
Aspen, Pitkin County grapple over funding issue Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 12:15PMASPEN — Aspen and Pitkin County officials are grappling with the possibility that the city will reduce or eliminate its funding for local agencies that fall under the county's health and human services umbrella — a move that could force the county to pick up the slack.
Nature's Fuel proposal gets warm reception in Constantine Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 12:06PMThe company would fill the space vacated by Rexam Plastic Packaging, which closed in December.
Food Trucks Get Blessing From City Council Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 11:47AMBig changes were passed by Seattle City Council in regards to our street food scene allowing trucks to park on public streets. What does this mean exactly? We've deciphered the code and talked to a few established trucks about how this affects their business. [ more › ]
Should CIOs have a foreign policy? Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 8:08PMIn July 2005, a series of suicide bomb attacks in London's transit system killed 56 people and threw the city into a state of confusion. The U.S.-based CEO of a multinational financial company with offices in London posed what to him seemed a simple and essential question: "Are all our people OK?"
Cisco Whacks 16% Of Workforce, Sells Factory Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 8:06PMNetworking giant Cisco took at whack at its labor costs Monday, announcing that it will cut 11,500 j
Millions invested to align degrees, jobs Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 8:01PMWright State University will lead an $11.4 million statewide push to align degree programs and curriculum at Ohio’s public colleges with the needs of the aerospace and defense industry.The university will also embark on a ground breaking partnership with Mound Laser and Photonics Center in Miamisburg to bring new technologies to the commercial market.
P.G. businesses gain an edge with contracting bill Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 7:23PMBen Giles Examiner Staff Writer Follow Him @ben_giles The Prince George's County Council is considering legislation that would heavily favor local businesses when county agencies determine how and where to spend their budgets. The "Jobs First" act, proposed by Councilman Mel Franklin, D-Accokeek, and Councilwoman Andrea Harrison, D-Bladensburg, sets ambitious goals for county ...
Trinity-on-Main seeks volunteers Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 7:13PMNEW BRITAIN — Looking for fun in the city while making a meaningful contribution to the local arts scene?
John Hood: Biggest number in NC politics is 300,000 lost jobs Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 7:06PMRALEIGH — What’s the most important number in North Carolina politics right now?
Cities sue state over redevelopment Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 7:00PMLocal redevelopment agencies have until Sept. 1 to decide whether to disband or pay the state what is requested. At stake statewide is $1.7 billion this year and $400 million per year thereafter.
NV men stage 1,300-km protest Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 6:58PMNorth Vancouver’s Frank Wolf (left) and Todd McGowan take a break during the roughly 1,300-km self-propelled journey they have undertaken to raise awareness about the proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline, which will transport bitumen across B.C.’s wilderness.
Easy ways to boost an expat income Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 3:17AMTop tips on how expats can make the most of their money.
Latest Jobs Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 2:43AMA draft Cardiff housing land availability study, published by the council last month, shows that there is enough land in the city to support demand for new housing for 2.2 years.
CHAMBER VIEWS: We aren’t becoming Greece, Greece is becoming us Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 2:09AMMike Nicastro Every time I hear one of the talking heads on TV or radio make comments about the U.S. becoming “like Greece” or some other European country I cringe. They’ve got it backward. In reality these countries are becoming just like us. They are simply smaller reflections of what we have allowed ourselves to become.
More health care with fewer doctors Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 6:49PMLocal nurse practitioner has formed a new association to push for more provincial cash, jobs for his profession.
THE DISTILLERY: Debt disarray Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 4:27PMJotters can't help but ponder the implications of a US debt default, so what does China make of it all? 18 Jul 2011 7:21 AM
Jerusalem tries to get its cultural groove on Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 3:08PMA growing number of independent art spaces in Jerusalem is breathing fresh cultural energy -- and even a hipster edge -- into the city.
GDP = C + I + G + Net Exports Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 2:37PMBut either raising taxes or cutting spending has side effects that cannot be ignored. Either one or both will make it more difficult for the economy to grow. Let’s quickly look at a few basic economic equations.
Cary motorcycle police officer injured in crash Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 2:12PMCARY, N.C. (AP) — A Cary police officer was injured after authorities say his department-issued motorcycle collided with a pickup truck.
Italian graduates struggle as crisis bites Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 1:25PMAs the Italian government struggles to stave off a biting debt crisis, thousands of university graduates are scraping the barrel for any job going or abandoning Italy altogether to try their luck abroad.
Brunk branching out Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 12:04PMGOSHEN — Brunk Corp. has built its reputation and success on distributing plastic products by rail and truck and moving other freight. Now the company has added a new division to provide environmental-friendly products to melt ice and snow and suppress dust.
July 17: Lew, DeMint, Durbin, roundtable Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 11:40AMTranscript of the July 17 broadcast featuring Jack Lew, Jim DeMint, Dick Durbin, John Kasich, David Cote, Marc Morial, Diane Swonk and David Faber.
VIRGIN LABFEST 7: Freedom, escape--exciting theater Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 10:23AMPhilippine Daily Inquirer, 07.18.2011 10 new plays preoccupied themselves with that central motif in ways that summoned verve, ambition and style, if not always insight HOW MANY TIMES can one spin variations on the theme of entrapment and escape, the need to flee what has become a destructively unsettled--or its flip side, becalmed--state? At the recent Virgin Labfest 7, which closed a couple of ...
New county manager ready for challenges Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 10:21AMBEN HOGWOOD BEAUFORT — Russell Overman, the new county manager, almost didn’t go into the field of local government.
Emerging markets diverge as rate-hike cycle tails off Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 10:08AMLONDON—Growing uncertainty over the course of interest-rates is sharpening the divergence within emerging markets, displacing early year fears the sector was set for a long inflation battle.
Rodeo roots: Hedrick, Knight carry on family tradition Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 7:40AMThey blazed decidedly different trails to get to the National High School Finals Rodeo, but Tyler Hedrick and Abby Knight have something special in common. They're living legacies.
Dental-discount website claims to track deals Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 6:50AMHere's something to sink your teeth into: discounted rates for dental work. That's the promise of Brighter.com, an online company based in Santa Monica, Calif. that offers discounts of up to 60 percent off everything from root canals to teeth whitening to braces. Launched in May, it aims to give consumers more educated choices when choosing, and paying for, dental care. Brighter.com ...
Heineman: City can survive cuts Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 6:33AMThe North Platte Telegraph A legislative decision to cut state aid to Nebraska cities, counties and natural resource districts amounts to the elimination of an "asterisk" in those local budgets, Governor Dave Heineman said on Tuesday.
LINCOLN PARK: City Council incumbents, new comers speak to residents about their run for a seat Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 1:28PMLINCOLN PARK — City Council hopefuls had an opportunity to state their cases during a “Meet the Candidates” night Wednesday at the city library.