Tweet (Best Syndication News) – Researchers found that students who got financial help from their parents when attending college were more likely to graduate, but with lower grade point averages (GPAs). The study results will be published in the February issue of the American Sociological Review. Laura T. Hamilton, a sociology professor at the University [...]
January 18, 2013 | Posted in
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Tweet (Best Syndication News) – As the economy continues to recover, more jobs will become available, according to research published by nation’s largest employment website. CareerBuilder released their 2013 U.S. annual hiring forecast and they detail where the jobs will be this year. They expect hiring manages to employ slightly more full-time permanent employees in [...]
January 3, 2013 | Posted in
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Tweet (Best Syndication News) – Having bundles of friends on Facebook may sound cool, but a new report suggests that the more social the person is online the more stressful social media becomes. The report from the University of Edinburgh Business School found that adding employers, parents, and more groups of people into their Facebook [...]
November 27, 2012 | Posted in
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Tweet (Best Syndication News) – Hostess Brands Inc. announced today that they would be closing three bakery locations permanently because of the strike that started on November 9, 2012. The Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers, and Grain Millers International Union (Bakers Union) initiated the nationwide strike. Hostess was unable to make and deliver their products at [...]
November 13, 2012 | Posted in
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Tweet (Best Syndication News) – EBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) announced layoffs of 325 employees from their PayPal business. This is part of eBay’s planned fourth quarter pretax restructuring. Paypal will also be ending around 120 contracts globally. The 325 employees were notified today of the elimination of their jobs, the majority of which were in [...]
November 7, 2012 | Posted in
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Tweet (Best Syndication News) – Small and medium sized businesses may not have the ability to provide for an in-house IT person to deal with technology maintenance and support issues. Verizon created the IT Help Desk to solve this problem. They have signed on Best Buy’s Geek Squad to provide the services to these companies. [...]
July 19, 2012 | Posted in
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Tweet (Best Syndication News) – Starbucks Coffee Company (NASDAQ: SBUX) held a groundbreaking ceremony on July 13 to begin construction on their first company-owned manufacturing plant in Augusta, Georgia. The plant is expected to cost $172 million to build, and the company will create 140 jobs once the facility is up and running. The new [...]
July 15, 2012 | Posted in
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Tweet (Best Syndication News) – Airbus announced today that they would be creating a manufacturing plant in Mobile, Alabama at the Brookley Aeroplex. This is the first production facility that Airbus is establishing in the United States. The plant will be assembling the A319, A320, and A321 airplanes. The construction of the assembly plant is [...]
July 3, 2012 | Posted in
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Tweet (Best Syndication News) – The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced the availability of $95 million in funds for two grant programs aimed at helping people who receive HUD rental assistance. One grant helps finance job training and education to help them get better paying jobs. The other grant program is [...]
February 21, 2012 | Posted in
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Tweet (Best Syndication News) – Lowes Companies, Inc. (NYSE:LOW) announced today the closure of 20 stores in 15 states. These stores were under-performing. Ten of the stores are already closed at the end this Sunday, October 16, 2011. The remaining stores will be closed in around the next month. The store closures will cause 1,950 [...]
October 17, 2011 | Posted in
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