Toyota has selected Blue Springs, Mississippi, as the location for the company’s eighth North American plant. The company announced Tuesday that the … Read more
Boston’s 5-0 Recruiting Blitz
Just weeks after the Boston Police Department was red-faced over its mishandling of a wholly non-threatening alleged bomb scare, the city’s police … Read more
Kraft Announces Turnaround Plan, but Says No New Layoffs Ahead
Rumors swirled earlier today that Kraft was planning to trim its workforce by another 8,000 workers and shutter 20 production plants. The erroneous … Read more
The Nanotech Darling
Nanotech. It’s possible to hear words ranging from “promising” to “perilous” when the subject of nanotech is broached, … Read more
Awaiting Pfizer Cuts, Business Expert Says Pharma Sales to Go Through ‘Painful Transition’
Pharmaceutical company Pfizer says it is likely to cut thousands of jobs under a strategic restructuring plan it will announce next week. The … Read more
Of Brotherly Love and Layoffs
Philadelphia Media Holdings has struck again. After last week’s layoff of 71 newsroom employees at The Philadelphia Inquirer (17% of the editorial … Read more
New Local Incentives Add Jobs in the New Year
Subaru of Indiana Automotive, Inc. will begin assembling Toyota Camry sedans in a few months, resulting in the creation of 1,000 new jobs. Toyota plans to … Read more
Cheese Plant Lays Off 80% of Workers
Foremost Farms USA, a dairy cooperative in Baraboo, Wisconsin, said this week in a state filing that its planned layoff at a cheese plant in Buffalo County … Read more
Manpower: Slight Softening in Q1 2007
A new Manpower employment survey suggests that employers expect weaker hiring activities in the Finance/Insurance/Real Estate sector in the first three … Read more
The Next Chapter for Ford’s 38,000 Hourly Workers
The country’s second-largest automaker announced that 38,000 hourly workers, including 6,000 hourly employees at former Visteon Corp. plants, have … Read more