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ESPN to lay off hundreds of employees
VarietyESPN is laying off nearly 400 employees as it seeks to improve profitability, the company confirmed. In a statement, ESPN said, "We are implementing changes across the company to enhance our continued growth while smartly managing costs. While difficult,...Tags: The Walt Disney Co., Bristol (Hartford, Connecticut), Television Industry, Career and Workplace, Rentals
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Disney-owned ESPN cutting hundreds of jobs - source
ReutersBy Liana B. Baker May 21 (Reuters) - ESPN, the sports channel that is Walt Disney Co's most profitable unit, is cutting 300 to 400 jobs across the company and closing a small Denver office, a person with knowledge of the cuts said. The job cuts,...Tags: Time Warner Cable Inc., Lucasfilm Ltd., College Sports, Layoffs and Downsizing, Southeastern Conference
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Utility Training Leads To Delivery Job In Health Field
The Hartford CourantThe month after the Lehman Brothers collapse in the fall of 2008, Peter Collins was downsized with a half dozen other people from at a Bloomfield commercial printer. Collins, 51, who had spent his whole career as a printer and had been with Finlay...Tags: Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Unemployment Benefits, Career and Workplace, Dentistry and Dental Health, Northeast Utilities
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State to finally replace ancient jobless-claims computer
In good news for the jobless and employers alike, the state's 1970s-era computer that processes unemployment claims is finally getting replaced. The new system is coming this fall, five years after the computer almost ground to a halt. The $63 million...
Tags: Employment, Employment Opportunities, Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, U.S. Congress
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ESPN Laying Off Employees; Reports Say At Least 100 In Bristol
The Hartford CourantESPN is laying off employees in Bristol and elsewhere in a cost-saving move that is eliminate hundreds of jobs, according to multiple sources, although the company did not report the size of the cutback. Layoffs mostly happened Tuesday but were...Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Labor Markets, Bristol (Hartford, Connecticut), The Walt Disney Co., Job Layoffs
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Fed could end bond buys in autumn if jobs outlook sure: Evans
ReutersCHICAGO (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve could continue full-speed ahead on its bond-buying program through the summer, but end it abruptly in the autumn if by then it is confident that the improvement in the jobs outlook is here to stay, a top Fed...Tags: Federal Reserve, Productivity, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Money and Monetary Policy, Central Bank
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Ireland rejects blame for Apple's low tax rate
ReutersCORK/DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland said on Tuesday it was not to blame for Apple Inc's low global tax payments and had no special rate deal with the company after the U.S. Senate said it paid little or no tax on tens of billions of dollars in profits stashed...Tags: Starbucks Corp., Google Inc., Enda Kenny, European Union, U.S. Senate
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KidsPeace files for bankruptcy
Carrying $240 million in debt, Orefield-based KidsPeace filed for bankruptcy Tuesday. The move comes after years of struggles in which the organization that gives treatment to troubled and autistic children laid off workers and missed debt payments....
Tags: Interior Policy, Autism, New York City, Bethlehem Steel, Financially Distressed Companies
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Healthcare workers strike at five California public hospitals
ReutersSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Thousands of healthcare workers walked off the job at the University of California's five medical centers on Tuesday, delaying emergency care, surgeries, diagnostic procedures and other medical treatment throughout the state....Tags: Healthcare Contract Issues, Strikes, Colleges and Universities, Nursing, Yeast Infection
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Council Cuts $8.6 Million From Segarra's Proposed Budget
The Hartford Courant— After hours of backroom deliberations and deal making, the city council on Monday voted to cut $8.6 million from Mayor Pedro Segarra's $543.9 million budget proposal. The cuts include reductions of $2 million to the police department; $1...Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Pedro E. Segarra, Finance, Career and Workplace, Larry Deutsch
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Caterpillar, Milwaukee workers union to resume contract talks
ReutersCHICAGO, May 20 (Reuters) - Caterpillar Inc said late on Monday that it would resume contract talks with the union representing about 800 Milwaukee workers who make specialized mining machinery. The company said the two sides would reconvene on Thursday,...Tags: Wage Contract Issues, Metal and Mineral, Layoffs and Downsizing, Heavy Engineering, Collective Contract
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Program cuts, activity fees top Boone board's agenda
Reading Eagle, Pa.The Daniel Boone School Board got a taste in December of just how sour the 2013-14 budget process would be. Five months later, the board must decide what options to pursue in balancing the district's $52.45 million budget. At a meeting tonight, the...Tags: Career and Workplace, Budgets and Budgeting
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