GT Advanced Technologies Inc of Nashua,NH,USA(a provider of polysilicon production technology as well as sapphire and silicon crystalline growth systems and materials for the solar,LED and other specialty markets)says that it is ...
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Star Tribune reported that Minnesota iron ore production rose slightly in 2012, a third consecutive annual increase and another sign of the industry's recovery from a recession induced downturn. According to state data, taconite output ...
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A former Motorola employee, charged with the theft of trade secrets from the company, was sentenced by a federal court in Illinois on Wednesday to four years in federal prison, the U.S. Department of Justice said. Hanjuan Jin, 41, a ...
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The All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (Aptma) has warned that textile industries would begin laying off workers in Punjab province, which employs about 10 million people, if the Government fails to restore power supply by December 28. ...
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BNamericas reported that unionized workers at the BHP Billiton controlled Escondida copper mine in northern Chile's region II are doubtful about the prospect of reaching a favorable agreement with management as part of the early collective ...
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When the recession hit in 2008, Congress put the idea of a "skills shortage" and a need for more H-1B visas in a closet. That didn't mean, however, that interest in raising the H-1B cap went away for everyone. New York City Mayor ...
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Computerworld-WASHINGTON-If Congress doesn't avert the fiscal impasse,automatic budget cuts could reduce federal IT spending by$66 billion in the fiscal year that began Oct.1,according to an analysis by the industry group CompTIA. As it ...
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The effort to connect former Sparrows Point workers with training for new careers gained more urgency last week as the final hopes of the steel mill reopening were dashed and as the deadline to apply for the help or forever lose it fast ...
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The Boise-based computer chip maker Micron Technology Inc. is scaling back on its plans to develop energy-efficient lighting technology, leading to the layoff of at least 30 workers. Micron spokesman Dan Francisco confirmed the decision ...
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HP’s layoff count has increased again as the company said, in a U.S. Security and Exchange filing it will eliminate 29,000 positions, 2,000 more than the previous figure. In May, HP announced plans to cut 27,000 employees by 2014, ...
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About a year ago,Xerox told some 600 employees,many of them engineers,that their jobs were being transferred to an India-based IT services firm. How has that worked out?Neither company is disclosing detail about what's been going on,but ...
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The News reported that Industrialists lash out squeezing of gas supplies to the industries leading to layoff of a large number of workers despite the fact that controlling wastefulness of gas in the domestic sector could save the country a ...
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The multi national mining company Rio Tinto has long promised that its proposed new copper mine near the small town of Superior, Ariz., would provide 4,000 jobs and economic salvation for a local population that has struggled to find work ...
Baltimore County officials are urging workers who were laid off from the Sparrows Point steel mill this year to ensure they meet deadlines for receiving federal assistance. The deadline for applying for Trade Adjustment Assistance is 26 ...
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Soon after federal mediators were brought in to help reach an agreement between teams representing employers at the ports of Los Angeles (POLA) and Long Beach (POLB) and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 63 Office ...
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