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Final bell tolling for Hollywood water tower clocks?
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsLooks like the city of Hollywood has finally given up on its jinxed water tower clocks, which never worked right and stood as a fitting symbol of the city's mismanagement and fiscal woes. A reader alerted me to workers taking......Tags: Career and Workplace, Layoffs and Downsizing, Water Supply, Unemployment
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Are more Broward teacher layoffs coming?
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsIn Broward, it's become an unpleasant annual tradition as the school year winds down: Pink slips for teachers. Will the trend continue this year under new Superintendent Robert Runcie? Runcie has said it's his goal to avoid classroom teacher layoffs,........Tags: Career and Workplace, Punishment, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Layoffs and Downsizing, Teaching and Learning
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Palm Beach County budget meeting fails to solve shortfall
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsMonday night???s kick-off to Palm Beach County???s summer-long budget fight failed to produce any solutions to the looming $45 million shortfall. County commissioners at their first budget public hearing balked at some of the proposed cuts, such as laying...Tags: Ric Bradshaw, Rape, Career and Workplace, Budgets and Budgeting, Layoffs and Downsizing
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Palm Beach County government layoffs could be cut in half
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsPalm Beach County may avoid nearly half of the 70 layoffs once proposed in a budget-cutting plan to head off a $40 million shortfall. The county???s budget plan previously called for laying off 70 people. All of those employees have......Tags: Employees, Career and Workplace, Budgets and Budgeting, Layoffs and Downsizing, Unemployment
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Palm Beach County clerk identifies $820,000 owed to county amid budget crunch
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsFinding $820,000 doesn???t hurt while trying to prove your financial worth to budget-cutting Florida lawmakers. Palm Beach County Clerk and Comptroller Sharon Bock on Thursday announced that her auditors identified more than $820,000 in assessments and...Tags: Palm Beach County, Crime, Law and Justice, Real Estate, Florida, Career and Workplace
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Broward teachers brace for layoffs (again)
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsAs National Teacher Appreciation Week came to a close last Friday, rumors swirled through Broward schools that all first and second year teachers would soon be laid off. Turned out to be a premature alarm, but not necessarily a false......Tags: Interior Policy, Education, Politics, Career and Workplace, School Examinations
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Economy's job losses meet expectations
The Swampby Frank James It was a bad news, good news morning for economy watchers. The bad news was that the economy shed 62,000 jobs in June, the sixth straight month in which employers cut their payrolls. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate......Tags: George W. Bush, Economy, Politics, Natural Resources, Wildlife
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House approves bailout: $700-billion-plus
The Swampby Mark Silva With the House's second and successful vote on a $700-billion federal rescue of the nation's financial markets today, the economic challenge facing the next Congress and president is only starting to reveal its dimensions on Capitol Hill.......Tags: George W. Bush, Politics, Economy, Business and Finance, Georgia, White House
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Job losses highest in five years
The Swampby Frank James The economy continued to lose jobs in September, with 159,000 jobs evaporating during the month, producing the highest number of job losses in five years though the unemployment rate held steady at 6.1 percent. The job losses......Tags: Wages and Pensions, Economy, Business and Finance, Career and Workplace, Metal and Mineral, Employment
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$3 Gas Could Return This Fall
KickingTiresWhile the stock market plummets and job losses are at record highs, a lot of people may have missed the drastic drop in gas prices. The national average price of gas today is $3.50, according to AAA. That???s down from......Tags: AAA, Stock Broking, Automotive Equipment, Hurricane Ike (2008), Services and Shopping
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Electoral math: Unemployment = Obama?
Spin CycleFrom Bloomberg: Michigan and Georgia lost the most jobs in September, led by a slump in employment at government agencies and manufacturers as the slowdown spread through the U.S. economy. "The count in Michigan dropped by 28,300 employees last month........Tags: George W. Bush, Michigan, California, Pennsylvania, Economy, Business and Finance
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Job losses in November: 533,000
The Swampby Frank James The economy lost 533,000 jobs in November, the most since 1974 when the nation was trapped in a worsening spiral of inflation and recession. Meanwhile the unemployment rate rising two-tenths of a percent to 6.7 percent.......Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Employment, Economic Policy
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