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ODOT Kicks Off Construction Season in Sylvania
WTOL-TV - SYLVANIA -- The first signs of what will be a long, hot summer for motorists started popping up Tuesday morning in western Lucas County. The dreaded orange barrels came back, as ODOT began work on a project that will tie up traffic on US 23 for six

Three companies plan creation of 175 new jobs
Fayetteville Observer - Three manufacturing firms said Monday they plan new plants or expansions that will create 175 new jobs in North Carolina. German-based Elkamet, which makes plastic parts for a number of industries, said it would invest $4.85 million to open a plant

Fear of flying: Workers miss meetings, even lose their jobs
USA Today - Businesswoman Marci Smith can pinpoint when things began to unravel at her last job. Two years ago, she boarded a flight in Atlanta en route to an important business meeting in Philadelphia. Marci Smith missed a meeting and quit a job because of her

Nursery restores roots of jobs for disabled after Wilma left ruins
Palm Beach Interactive - A sickening sight met the employees of the Habilitation Center for the Handicapped nursery after Hurricane Wilma: toppled sheds and trees, a roofless building and worst of all, more than 300,000 flowers they had lovingly nurtured from bulb to bloom

Auto seat maker to create 50 Rocky Mount jobs
Triangle Business Journal - R.W. & Able Inc. , a Chico, Calif., maker of plastic parts and seats for automotive interiors, has won $25,000 in state incentives to open a facility in Rocky Mount, according to officials in the governor's office. The company anticipates spending

Owners' Kids Head to Small Businesses
ABC News - Patience Key for Parents Returning to Work Stocks: Should I Invest or Get Out? Stocks Advance As Four-Day Rally Stalls NEW YORK Jul 21, 2005 (AP) There are new faces this summer at small companies across the country: the owners' kids, getting a

Study: Piracy plunders jobs
Computerworld - MARCH 20, 2006 - (CIO Asia) -- Drop software piracy by 10 percent and you will see two million more jobs and $135 billion in contribution to the Asia Pacific's GDP by 2009--at least according to projections by a global study conducted by the Business

Company may bring 50 jobs to Pittsfield
Daily Star - PITTSFIELD A lumber company based in Carthage may move to Pittsfield and provide 50 or more jobs at the former Coastal Lumber plant. Johnson Lumber LLC has received state approval to become part of the Otsego County Empire Zone, although it will

Computer & Technology
Stamford Advocate - Dialing into the fast-growing market for mobile games, a San Francisco-based startup is poised to unveil a new service on Monday that it hopes will make television viewers as hooked to their cell phones as they are to remote controls. The campus of