Reporters, editors and photographers at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer prepared their final contributions to the paper, toasted one another with shots of Wild Turkey and packed up their desks in an "eerily clean" newsroom as the final edition of the paper went to the presses Monday night.
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10,000 look to make winning play at Dodger Stadium job fair
A crowd of about 10,000 came to Dodger Stadium over the weekend, but they weren’t there for a baseball game. While the Dodgers were in Arizona for spring training, more than 80 employers set up employment booths in the parking lot just beyond the center field fence.
Laid Off in Singapore: Ex-Pats Have to Downsize
On the northern fringe of Singapore, overlooking the slate gray waters of the Johore Strait, the public-housing project where Anthony Fulwood lives is so far from the city’s affluent expatriate enclaves that cabdrivers are stunned when he announces his address. ” ‘For God’s sake, why do you live there?’ they regularly ask me,” says Fulwood. ” ‘You’re white!’ ” Fulwood isn’t the only Western expatriate to take up residence in the cheaper peripheries of this Southeast Asian city.
Wife to employers: Hire my husband, please
Robin Stearns, 28, watched her husband apply for jobs day in and day out. She watched him scour professional networking sites in an attempt to contact prospective employers. No response.
Lie, Cheat, Flirt. What People Will Do to Keep a Job
If you’re one of the dwindling ranks of the still-employed, you know you’re among a fortunate bunch. In this market, a job is about the only asset that still has value. So, if your livelihood were threatened, how far would you go to hang onto it?
Democrats to Obama: Hurry up and fix the economy
Some Democrats are increasingly concerned about President Obama’s $787 billion financial fix for the ailing economy, and are demanding greater transparency on further spending.
Rick Warren’s New Magazine: A Publishing Leap of Faith
The high-risk, questionable venture is a staple of biblical narratives — Noah building the ark, the Israelites heading out into the wilderness without any provisions, the idea that a couple of loaves and fish could feed a crowd. So maybe Rick Warren was reading Scripture instead of the business pages when he decided to expand his ministry this year by launching a glossy new magazine with a $10 cover price. Purpose Driven Connection, which debuted last month and is published by the Reader’s Digest Association, is a leap of faith for Warren at a time when newspapers and magazines are under great financial strain.
Hyundai: America’s Most Successful Car Company
Hyundai is now the most successful car company in the U.S. and it has the numbers to prove it. It has come up with a way to sell cars to people who fear that they will be homeless and it works.
Saskatchewan a jobs ‘hot spot’ in Canada
Normally, "hot spot" isn’t the first phrase that comes to mind when talking about Saskatchewan, Canada.
Castro: ‘Honey of power’ led top Cuban officials to ‘unworthy role’
A day after a wholesale shake-up in the Cabinet of President Raul Castro, brother Fidel said Tuesday that two of the leaders were ousted after they became seduced by the "honey of power," which led them to an "unworthy role." The elder Castro said in a posting on a state-run Web site that he was consulted about the appointments, though that had not been necessary “since I gave up the prerogatives of power quite a while ago.” In an article headlined “Reflections of comrade Fidel, healthy changes in the Cabinet,” Castro said he did not propose most of the replacements. “Almost without exception, they arrived at their jobs proposed by other colleagues from the address of the party or the state,” he wrote. “I never dedicated myself to that job.” The ailing former Cuban president, who handed power to his brother a year ago, referred to two of the ousted leaders cited in news reports.