Unemployment & Downsizing

Shop bosses' anger as MetroCentre security staff are axed

Nov 21 2009 by Sara Nichol, Evening Chronicle THEY have busted many an unsuspecting shoplifter and slashed the retail crime rate by 50%. But the plain-clothed Retail Crime Unit at the MetroCentre, Gateshead, has been given the...

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MMU set to axe support staff

Manchester Metropolitan University has this week announced that it will be cutting 127 administrative and support staff roles. The University, which employs over 4,200 staff, will make the cutbacks in employees across three of...

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OECD Warns of 'Jobless Recovery'

The warning came as the latest evidence on the supply of credit to the British economy showed little sign of radical improvements. The Bank of England's Trends In Lending Report confirmed that British consumers were still...

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Maryland joblessness rises to 7.3%

Employers add 1,500 jobs in Oct. but more than 215,000 seeking work Maryland employers created 1,500 jobs last month, but the number of out-of-work residents on the hunt for work grew even faster. Maryland unemployment rose to...

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Government denies frontline job cuts

THE State Government has denied a union claim that it is axing more than 200 National Parks and Wildlife firefighting jobs, insisting it only plans to shed 30 administrative positions. Voluntary redundancy letters were...

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2 Virginia universities raise their tuitions

By ZINIE CHEN SAMPSON Associated Press Writer RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Two public universities in Virginia approved rare midyear tuition increases Friday to help offset drastic state funding cuts. In Fredericksburg, the Mary...

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The 2010 Economic Forecast for Nonprofits and Foundations

also said that continued 2010 reductions are expected. This year has suffered declines in overall consumer demand and our country's highest unemployment figures in a quarter century. It is therefore no surprise that the outlook...

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NYT: New Consensus Sees Stimulus Package as Working

Once I built a railroad, I made it run, made it race against time. Once I built a railroad; now it's done. Brother, can you spare a dime? Once I built a tower, up to the sun, brick, and rivet, and lime; Once I built a tower,...

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House staff pay to be cut

The state House has ordered 5 percent pay cuts for permanent full-time staff next year and salary reductions for session staff in response to the state's budget deficit. Session staff funding levels for House committee chairs...

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City Of Aurora Lays Off More Staff

AURORA, Ill. (Sun-Times Media Wire) ― The City of Aurora handed layoff notices to eight more employees Friday, the second such round of layoffs since September. All eight employees were executives or non-exempt, and not covered...

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