By DANIEL LOVERING, AP Manufacturing Writer
Farm equipment maker Deere & Co. said Wednesday it will recall most of the workers it laid off from an Iowa plant earlier this year to start production of the company’s 2010 models.
Deere, based in Moline, Ill., said the 452 manufacturing employees will be recalled to [...]
By JAMES PRICHARD, Associated Press Writer James Prichard, Associated Press Writer
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Wal-Mart and two other top retailers said Friday they are suspending business with a large southwestern Michigan blueberry grower after investigators found children as young as 6 working in the grower’s fields.
Wal-Mart, Kroger and Meijer said pending further information, they [...]
White House Ties Stimulus, Tax Cuts To 1 Million Jobs
by The Associated Press
October 30, 2009
New job numbers from businesses, contractors, state and local governments, nonprofit groups and universities were not scheduled to be released publicly until Friday afternoon. But White House economic adviser Jared Bernstein says officials have been told the [...]
By MIRIAM JORDAN
A coveted visa program that feeds skilled workers to top-tier U.S. technology companies and universities is on track to leave thousands of spots unfilled for the first time since 2003, a sign of how the weak economy has eroded employment even among highly trained professionals.
The program, known as H-1B, has been a [...]
W. Michael Brown has scaled back hiring plans in his Virginia auto-parts stores. Carl Redman halted an expansion project at his Oregon contracting business. Bill Hammack is preparing layoffs at his road-construction company in Georgia.
The economy remains unsteady 22 months after the recession began, with banks restricting credit and consumers hunkering down. For these [...]
Going overseas to work can be a great way to jump-start your career, especially given the slow U.S. job market.
The economic rebound might feel good if you’re in the Goldman Sachs bonus pool, but for everyone else? Not so much. In fact, if you’re a fresh-from-B-school MBA, a frustrated manager, or a newly minted [...]
Rachel Beck, AP Business Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — A theme is emerging from the flood of recent corporate earnings reports: Cost cuts are boosting profits.
Investors are cheering, but they shouldn’t. Even in these tough times, more CEOs should be talking about how they are seeking out investments, developing new technologies and making acquisitions.
That’s what [...]
By Vivek Wadhwa
The list of challengers to U.S. tech supremacy may be getting longer. Many pundits say the greatest threats to the nation’s status as a tech superpower are China and India. Those people would do well to look south.
Aside from notable exceptions such as Venezuela, South America is a growth dynamo with [...]