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Fisher-Price moving, eliminating about 100 NY jobs
Wall Street Journal
EAST AURORA, N.Y. — Toy maker Fisher-Price said Wednesday it's moving or eliminating roughly 100 jobs from its operations in the state as part of restructuring by parent company Mattel Inc. The majority of jobs will be reassigned to Mattel's El ...
Fisher Price moves 100 jobs from WNYWIVB
Fisher-Price cutting 100 jobs in East AuroraBuffalo News
100 Fisher Price Jobs to be Relocated from East Aurora to CaliforniaWKBW-TV

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McNerney: Boeing will squeeze suppliers and cut jobs
The Seattle Times
Boeing Chief Executive Jim McNerney, acknowledging that “I'm sounding like Darth Vader here,” touted plans Wednesday to reduce costs by squeezing suppliers hard and cutting jobs across the company. By Dominic Gates. Seattle Times aerospace reporter ...

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Most unionized UC hospital workers go to jobs despite strike
Los Angeles Times
As University of California patient care workers returned to the picket lines Wednesday, hospital administrators said they were gratified that so many others chose to come to work. More than three-quarters of union members who had been scheduled to ...

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The Atlantic
Big in Japan: Steve Jobs
The Atlantic
A year and a half after Steve Jobs died, his Japanese fans remain singularly devoted to his memory. We're not talking everyday Apple fandom, though Japan has that, too: Apple stores in Ginza and Osaka were wreathed with flowers after Jobs's passing ...

The Atlantic
Death of the Salesmen: Technology's Threat to Retail Jobs
The Atlantic
James Cash Penney had a dubious name for a department-store entrepreneur, sounding more like a fictional character from a capitalist comic book. For decades, the eponymous company he founded in 1902 lived up to the superheroic promise of his handle, ...

BRW (subscription)
Ford to Close Australia Plants, Cut 1200 Jobs
Businessweek
Ford Motor Co. (F) will stop making cars in Australia, nine decades after founder Henry Ford first began building Model Ts in the country, after a surge in the currency destroyed the local industry's ability to compete with imports. Ford Australia ...
Ford to end Australian car manufacturing, cut 1200 jobsBRW (subscription)
1200 jobs to go as Ford pulls out of car-making in AustraliaThe Australian
Ford Australia to close Broadmeadows and Geelong plants, 1200 jobs to goRadio Australia

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Volatile Trading Day Keeps Focus on Fed, Jobs Data
CNBC.com (blog)
Volatile trading in stocks and bonds could continue as investors sort out what's going on with the Fed and whether markets have come to some sort of inflection point. That makes every bit of economic data even more important, since the Fed has made ...

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Dollar Index Touches Almost 3-Year High Before Jobs, Home Data
Bloomberg
The Dollar Index touched an almost three-year high before U.S. data forecast to show jobless claims decreased and home sales rose, adding to the case for the Federal Reserve to reduce monetary stimulus. The greenback strengthened against all major ...
Volatile Trading Day Keeps Focus on Fed, Jobs DataCNBC.com (blog)

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NBC4 Washington
Amazon to create 500 tech-related jobs in Fairfax County
Washington Post
Amazon.com plans to add 500 employees to its Fairfax County Web Services business, further cementing the Dulles Corridor as a major center for information technology and big data storage. Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell (R) made the announcement, ...
Amazon Creating 500 New Jobs in Fairfax CountyNBC4 Washington
Amazon Unit to Expand in Fairfax Co., Add 500 jobsCBS Local
Amazon Web Services to add 500 jobs in FairfaxWashington Business Journal (blog)
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Salon
What economists get wrong about the jobs crisis
Salon
What economists get wrong about the jobs crisis In this Tuesday, April 27, 2010, photo, Job-seekers, including Sophonias Gizaw, center, of Seattle, wait in line to attend a job fair, in Tacoma, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) (Credit: AP Photo/Ted S ...

Saginaw County's Nexteer Automotive gets state tax credit extension for new jobs
MLive.com
JNS.Nexteer02.JPG View full sizeBecky Little, of Buena Vista Township, assembles a steering column at a Nexteer Automotive steering column assembly facility in Saginaw County. Jeff Schrier | MLive.com. BUENA VISTA TOWNSHIP, MI — The Michigan ...

Garcetti elected LA mayor after promising jobs
The Seattle Times
City Councilman Eric Garcetti defeated Controller Wendy Greuel to become the next mayor of Los Angeles after a caustic campaign in which he depicted his fellow Democrat as a pawn of powerful labor bosses. By MICHAEL R. BLOOD. AP Political Writer ...

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The Atlantic
The Steve Jobs Emails That Show How to Win a Hard-Nosed Negotiation
The Atlantic
Court documents reveal how the late Apple CEO won over News Corp. on eBook pricing. Zachary M. Seward May 22 2013, 3:19 PM ET. Tweet. More. Email. Print · steve jobs jerk 615.jpg. (Reuters). The US government's price-fixing lawsuit against Apple goes ...

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Germans, French Eye Plan to Create Jobs for Young
ABC News
Germany and France are preparing to launch a drive to combat the problem of high European youth unemployment, which officials in Berlin say will center on trying to get business involved and make better use of already-pledged public money. Germany's ...

Tech Company Looking To Fill Open Jobs With Adults With Autism
CBS Local
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. (CBS) — SAP, the software giant with a North American headquarters in Newtown Square, is looking for people with autism to fill hundreds of tech jobs. The benefits of such a recruitment push go both ways, says SAP spokesman ...

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Tech Company Looking To Fill Open Jobs With Adults With Autism
CBS Local
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. (CBS) — SAP, the software giant with a North American headquarters in Newtown Square, is looking for people with autism to fill hundreds of tech jobs. The benefits of such a recruitment push go both ways, says SAP spokesman ...

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CBS News
Germans, French eye plan to create jobs for young
CBS News
BERLIN Germany and France are preparing to launch a drive to combat the problem of high European youth unemployment, which officials in Berlin say will center on trying to get business involved and make better use of already-pledged public money.
Germany takes bilateral paths to tackle EU jobs crisisReuters UK

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Thanks for listening The Steve Jobs emails that show how to win a hard-nosed ...
Quartz
The US government's price-fixing lawsuit against Apple goes to trial next month in New York. Ahead of its court date, the US released emails that purport to show Apple was the “ringleader” in a scheme to set artificially high ebook prices with some of ...

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Ford Is Adding Jobs And Skipping Vacations To Keep Up With Surging Demand
Forbes
There's a tradition among U.S. automakers to shut down factories for two weeks in early July for what's called the model-year changeover — that's when routine maintenance is performed as production of current vehicles ends and next year's models begin.

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces Investments to Promote Business ...
USDA.gov (press release)
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces Investments to Promote Business Development, Create Jobs in 11 States | USDA Newsroom ...

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