MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - United Airlines says it will furlough 1,550 flight attendants as it reduces its flying this fall.
The furloughs work out to roughly 10% of United's cabin workers.
Spokesman Jeff Kovick said Wednesday that United seeks 7,000 job reductions companywide by the end of 2009. United has previously announced plans to cut as many as 1,600 managers and 5,500 front-line wo...
Wall Street posted a sizable advance Wednesday after the government reported a larger-than-expected increase in orders for big-ticket manufactured goods that indicated the economy could be stronger than some investors thought.
The Commerce Department said orders for durable goods jumped 1.3 percent in July compared with the previous month, led by a big gain in demand for commercial aircra...
Del Martin, left, places a ring on her partner Phyllis Lyon, right, in this June 16, 2008 file photo during their wedding ceremony officiated by San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, center, at City Hall in San Francisco. Martin, a pioneering lesbian rights activist who married her lifelong partner on the first day same-sex couples could legally wed in California, has died. She was 87. Kate Kendell...
A new study in Environmental Health Perspectives offers what I think is the first-ever data on increased visits to emergency rooms during heat waves, which are expected to become more frequent and more severe as climate change unfolds.
We need to know how much effect climate change will have on health and mortality: The bigger the effect, the more money it will cost to handle, and, ultima...
Wednesday, August 27, 2008; Posted: 10:13 AM 7 Stocks You Need To Know For Tomorrow -- Free Newsletter ST. LOUIS, Aug 27, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- CNC PowerRating) today announced that Patrick J. Rooney has been appointed President and CEO of Centene's Indiana subsidiary, Managed Health Services (MHS). Mr. Rooney is based in the MHS corporate office in Indianapolis and reports to Christopher D...
The winner of this year's bodybuilding Ms Bermuda 2008 weighs 111 pounds and can leg press more than four times her body weight.
Bermuda Body Building Federation's 21st Night of Champions held in the Ruth Seaton James Auditorium on Saturday was proof that hard work and diligence pays off.
Winners included Sidney Bean, Mr. Bermuda 2008, Susan Rebello, Miss Bermuda 2008 and Sandra ...
Texas once again led the nation with the highest percentage of residents without health insurance, a U.S. Census Bureau report showed Tuesday, although the same study also reports a slight dip last year in the percentage without coverage across the nation.
Almost one of every four Texas residents - 24.8 percent - were uninsured in 2006 and 2007, based on an average of the rates for those ...
As an employee-owned business, all 69,000 staff - known as Partners - take responsibility for its success and share the profits. Together with Healthplan provider HSA, a further 1350 Partners have been introduced to the benefits of a bespoke Health Cash Plan thanks to an effective communications campaign.
Leisure Benefits Manager Dan Barnard comments, "We have shared an excellent partners...
Peter Foster, Financial Post Published: Wednesday, August 27, 2008
One of the most nauseating aspects of Maple Leaf Foods' contamination problems is the political BS that is leeching into the issue. This is inevitably exacerbated by mounting election fever. The outbreak of bacteria-borne listeriosis is a tragic accident. Maple Leaf's CEO, Michael McCain, has responded quickly and ear...
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