The recession may be officially over, but that’s little consolation to people who lost their jobs when it first began. A laid-off worker from a Corning plant in Canton, N.Y., has been collecting unemployment and living a thrifty life of bare necessities. She now is dipping her toe into the anemic job market. David Sommerstein reports for North Country Public Radio.
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Scrambling to plug an expected $4 million budget gap, Center Grove schools has issued reduction-in-force letters to all of its administrators, and teacher layoff notices are expected to follow soon.
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Health insurer Aetna Inc. said Wednesday that it expects a fourth-quarter charge of up to $65 million to cover costs for a previously announced series of layoffs and office consolidations.
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Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp and members of the “Space Caucus” are vowing to cushion the blow of at least 3,500 layoffs when the shuttle fades into history as early as next year.
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