Phenix City (Alabama)

Orwin Smith Makes His Decision

Orwin Smith, the highly rated running back from Central High School in Phenix City, Alabama had a big announcement for the fans of one school tonight. Orwin was down to Georgia Tech, Vanderbilt, and Southern Miss. Which one of...

Spending Stalls and Businesses Slash US Jobs

by: Louis Uchitelle, The New York Times Jason DiMatteo (right) uses a free phone at the Marin Employment Connection office in San Rafael, California. In just the last two weeks, the list of companies announcing their intention...

U.S. WORKERS LOSING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF JOBS

As the financial crisis crimps demand for American goods and services, the workers who produce them are losing their jobs by the tens of thousands. Layoffs have arrived in force, like a wrenching second act in the unfolding...

Just the start of layoff wave? Some think unemployment could hit 8 percent

Some economists think unemployment rate could hit 8 percent over next year LOUIS UCHITELLE; The New York Times As the financial crisis crimps demand for U.S. goods and services, the workers who produce them are losing their...

Crisis, Chapter 2: Tens of thousands lose jobs

Companies cut back as consumers trim spending. By Louis Uchitelle The New York Times Rochelle and Dwight Stokes, shown at home in Phenix City, Ala., both lost their jobs. (David Walter Banks, The New York Times ) As the...

Crisis, Chapter 2: Tens of thousands lose jobs

Companies cut back as consumers trim spending. By Louis Uchitelle The New York Times Rochelle and Dwight Stokes, shown at home in Phenix City, Ala., both lost their jobs. (David Walter Banks, The New York Times ) As the...

3. Spending stalls and businesses slash U.S. jobs

Rochelle and Dwight Stokes of Phenix City, Alabama, have both lost their jobs recently. In just the last two weeks, the list of companies announcing their intention to cut workers has read like a Who's Who of corporate America:...