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GM to invest $44.5M in Lansing Cadillac factory, creating 200 jobs
Washington Post
DETROIT — General Motors says it will invest $44.5 million at a Lansing, Mich., factory, creating 200 new jobs. The automaker says it will build a 400,000-square-foot building next to the Lansing Grand River plant to assemble parts and put them in the ...
GM to invest $45M in Lansing logistics center, create 200 jobsDetroit Free Press

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U.S. News & World Report (blog)
Apple's Cook Talks to Congress as Steve Jobs Never Did
Businessweek
Apple Inc. (AAPL) Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook is going somewhere his predecessor never ventured: the witness table at a congressional hearing on Capitol Hill. Cook will be questioned today by U.S. senators during a hearing on the company's untaxed ...
What Apple's CEO Gets All Wrong About Corporate TaxesU.S. News & World Report (blog)
Apple Touts Jobs It Creates, Taxes It PaysMotley Fool

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Telecom Lead
Ericsson to Cut 354 Jobs as It Shutters Swedish Cable Business
Bloomberg
Ericsson AB (ERICB), the world's biggest maker of wireless network equipment, said it plans to close its telecom cable manufacturing operations as demand for copper cable declines. Ericsson said the closing would mainly impact facilities in Stockholm ...
Ericsson closes down cable production, cuts jobsBusinessweek
Ericsson to eliminate 380 jobs as part of closing down telecom cable unitTelecom Lead

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GM Lansing logistics center will create 200 jobs
Detroit Free Press
General Motors plans to spend $44.5 million to open a new logistics center at its Lansing Grand River assembly plant, an expansion that will create 200 jobs, the Detroit automaker said todaycqTues. The logistics center will be 400,000 square feet and ...

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ABC News
14 Best Jobs With No Need for College
ABC News
While one's earning potential increases with a college degree, you don't necessarily need to spend $40,000 a year for a diploma for a job that pays as much. Jobs search site CareerCast.com released a list of 14 of the best jobs without a college degree.
8 Great Jobs That Don't Require A Four-Year DegreeForbes
The Best Jobs That Don't Always Require A College Degree: CareerCastHuffington Post
14 Good Jobs That Don't Require A College DegreeAOL Jobs
Wall Street Journal (press release) -Investorplace.com
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Jon Stewart On DC Scandals: 'Can Anybody Do Their Jobs In That Town?' (VIDEO)
Huffington Post (satire)
At this point, there are so many scandals in DC there's no reason to differentiate, we might as well call them all collectively ScandalGate™. But even as the overall picture suggests that the Obama administration may have been asleep at the wheel ...

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New York Times
JPMorgan Seen to Defeat Effort to Split Top 2 Jobs at Bank
New York Times
Jamie Dimon, the chief executive and chairman of JPMorgan Chase. Haraz N. Ghanbari/Associated PressJamie Dimon, the chief executive and chairman of JPMorgan Chase. TAMPA, Fla. — Jamie Dimon, the nation's most powerful banker, appears set to ...
Why Jamie Dimon Is Keeping Both of His JobsU.S. News & World Report
JPMorgan Shareholders Consider Splitting CEO, Chairman JobsNPR

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KSTP.com
Medtronic cutting 500 jobs in Minnesota, 2000 total
Pioneer Press
The medical device manufacturer announced the job cuts during a conference call Tuesday, May 21, to discuss fourth-quarter earnings results. About half the worldwide cuts are hitting the company's workforce in the United States, said Gary Ellis, the ...
Medtronic to cut 2000 jobs in world restructuring planKARE
MEDTRONIC LAYOFFS: 500 jobs cut in Minnesota, 160 addedFOX 9 News
Medtronic to Cut 500 Jobs in MinnesotaKSTP.com

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Clean Energy = More Jobs
CleanTechnica
In our continued efforts to support Nancy LaPlaca's run for a position on the Arizona Corporation Commission (while also spreading good and important information), here's another post written by Nancy. This one was originally published on the Arizona ...

ABC News
8 Great Jobs That Don't Require A Four-Year Degree
Forbes
It's graduation season and plenty of college students will leave campus with a diploma in hand and no job in sight. As they scramble to find employment, those recent grads will rely on their hard-earned degrees to land them a well-paying position—and ...
14 Best Jobs With No Need for CollegeABC News
The Best Jobs That Don't Always Require A College Degree: CareerCastHuffington Post
14 Good Jobs That Don't Require A College DegreeAOL Jobs
Wall Street Journal (press release)
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The Nation. (blog)
Hundreds of Non-Union Workers With Taxpayer-Supported Jobs Plan to Strike ...
The Nation. (blog)
Starting at 7:30 this morning, hundreds of non-union workers with taxpayer-supported jobs plan to go on strike in the nation's capitol. Organizers expect the one-day walkout to include workers employed at Smithsonian museums, the Old Post Office and ...

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Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
As Gainful-Employment Talks Resume, Education Dept. Is Mum on Appeal
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
With a second round of rule-making sessions on the Education Department's controversial "gainful employment" regulation set to begin on Tuesday, officials at the agency aren't saying if they'll continue to defend their first draft. Officially, the ...

BBC News
JPMorgan Shareholders Consider Splitting CEO, Chairman Jobs
NPR
In Tampa, Fla., Tuesday, JPMorgan Chase holds its annual shareholder meeting. They will vote on a key measure: Whether to strip CEO Jamie Dimon of his title of chairman of the board. A growing number of companies have split the CEO and chairman roles ...
J.P. Morgan CEO and Chairman Jamie Dimon likely to keep both jobs, analysts ...MarketWatch (blog)

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Swedish Unemployment Unchanged in April as Jobs Decline
Bloomberg
Swedish unemployment stayed unchanged last month as companies have cut jobs to cope with a strengthening krona and faltering demand from the recession-burdened euro area. Seasonally adjusted unemployment was unchanged at 8.4 percent from the ...

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Construction employment in Texas rose 7 percent in April
San Antonio Business Journal (blog)
Construction companies in Texas have hired 40,000 more workers between April 2012 and April 2013, according to the latest Associated General Contractors of America report. Tricia Lynn Silva: Reporter/Project Coordinator- San Antonio Business Journal ...
NC adds 500 construction jobsCharlotte Business Journal (blog)
April Construction Jobs Data Shows Uneven Signs of Employment GrowthForConstructionPros.com

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Youth jobs program facing deep cuts in Mass.
Boston Globe
Massachusetts lawmakers are considering deep cuts in funding for a youth summer jobs program even as teen unemployment remains near record levels. The program, called YouthWorks, helped more than 5,000 young people from low-income households ...

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'Gas exports will create jobs in Israel'
Jerusalem Post
Amid heated debate over exporting Israel's gas finds, visiting US commerce VP Myron Brilliant encourages a flexible, balanced approach. Tamar natural gas rig. Photo: Albatross. The Israeli government must educate the public as to how a strong natural ...

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State tax deals would open way for 788 jobs in Central Ohio
Business First of Columbus
The state has approved tax credits for five companies that may create a combined 788 jobs in Central Ohio over the next few years if they move ahead with their plans in the state. The Ohio Tax Credit Authority on Monday OK'd the breaks for JPMorgan ...
Project expected to bring 105 jobs to HamiltonHamilton Journal News (subscription)
Tri-State companies to create 135 jobs with state's helpBusiness Courier of Cincinnati

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Economic Times
Transfield Trims Profit Forecast 31%, Cuts 113 Jobs on Slowdown
Bloomberg
Transfield Services Ltd. (TSE), an Australian engineering and maintenance company, trimmed its full-year profit forecast by almost a third and cut 113 jobs as the mining boom slows and customers delay projects. Net profit after tax and before ...
Transfield lowers yearly profit view, cutting jobsMarketWatch
Transfield slashes profit outlook, cuts jobsNewcastle Herald
Transfield cuts jobs, profit outlookAustralian Mining
Brisbane Times
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Sky News Australia
Transfield lowers yearly profit view, cutting jobs
MarketWatch
SYDNEY--Australian contractor Transfield Services Ltd. slashed its annual profit guidance for the second time this year and said it would shed 113 workers, as falling investment in the resources and infrastructure industries dents earnings. Sydney ...
Transfield Trims Profit Forecast 31%, Cuts 113 Jobs on SlowdownBloomberg
Transfield slashes profit outlook, cuts jobsSydney Morning Herald
Transfield Services cuts 113 jobsThe Australian
Business Spectator
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