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Fed weighed slowing its pace of bond purchases
Several Federal Reserve policymakers this month favored slowing the Fed's efforts to maintain record-low long-term interest rates as early as June — if the economy showed strong and sustained growth. But those officials appeared at odds over what evidence would demonstrate such gains. Minutes of the Fed's April 30-May 1 ...
Analysis: Recent California newspaper editorials
May 20 U-T San Diego: "State government: Where best practices are shunned" Business gurus come and go, trendy theories have their moment in the sun and then fade, but some management wisdom is eternal. Such as: Establish "best practices" — clear guidelines that discourage inefficiency. Don't give people incentives to ...
Bernanke signals Fed to maintain stimulus efforts
Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress Wednesday that the U.S. job market remains weak and that it is too soon for the Federal Reserve to slow its extraordinary stimulus programs. Reducing the Fed's efforts to keep borrowing rates low would "carry a substantial risk of slowing or ending the economic recovery," ...
Fox show brings messy workplaces to television
This time "you're fired" is more than a Donald Trump catchphrase. Fox is turning the firing of real people from real jobs into prime-time entertainment starting this week. The network on Thursday will begin airing "Does Someone Have to Go?" a series where cameras go into small businesses and employees ...
Fox show brings messy workplaces to television
This time "you're fired" is more than a Donald Trump catchphrase. Fox is turning the firing of real people from real jobs into prime-time entertainment starting this week. The network on Thursday will begin airing "Does Someone Have to Go?" a series where cameras go into small businesses and employees ...
Complaint accuses Exxon Mobil of anti-gay bias
One after another, major U.S. corporations have updated anti-discrimination policies to protect gay, lesbian and transgender workers, drawing plaudits from gay-rights groups. There's one prominent exception: Exxon Mobil Corp. In the latest rankings of such corporate policies by the Human Rights Campaign, a national gay-rights group, many of Exxon's Fortune ...
Fox show brings messy workplaces to television
This time "you're fired" is more than a Donald Trump catchphrase. Fox is turning the firing of real people from real jobs into prime-time entertainment starting this week. The network on Thursday will begin airing "Does Someone Have to Go?" a series where cameras go into small businesses and employees ...
N. Ind. ambulance plant with 165 workers closing
A northern Indiana factory where 165 workers build ambulances will be shut down by its new owner in a decision announced a week after the same company said it would close a nearby recreational vehicle plant with about 500 workers. SJC Industries has notified the state Department of Workforce Development ...
Indicted Ohio firefighters suspended without pay
Thirteen Cleveland firefighters indicted in a shift-swapping scandal have been suspended without pay while their cases move through the courts. The mayor's office said the suspensions were imposed after the firefighters waived preliminary disciplinary hearings Wednesday. Last week the firefighters were indicted on charges including illegally paying co-workers to cover ...
Court sides with Miss. in wrongful conviction suit
The state Court of Appeals has upheld a ruling by a Washington County judge who threw out a wrongful conviction lawsuit brought by a man who was imprisoned on drug and gun charges. The attorney general's office had contended that a person must meet certain requirements, one of which is ...
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