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"The parts of the economy that have been hit the hardest — retail, hospitality, food establishments — usually provided a lot of jobs for young people," said Amar Mann, an economist with the Bureau of Labor Statistics in San Francisco. …
San Jose Mercury News, USA
For the fifth month in a row, high-technology firms in the service sector had fewer jobs in April than the same month the year before, with the decline reaching 3.8 percent, the biggest year-over-year drop since June 2003. …
Times Online
Thousands of jobs at Vauxhall appeared to have been secured today when General Motors, its American owner, agreed a deal to sell its European operations.
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By John C Abell It's hard to read anything into Steve Jobs' condition as he remains on medical leave and even further from the spotlight, but the Apple CEO's lawyer said his client missed a hearing Tuesday night about a continuing sage to demolish his …
MacNN, CA
Jobs successfully applied for a demolition permit in 2001, as the Woodside Town Council agreed that restoration was impractical. Uphold Our Heritage sued the Apple executive and the council, claiming the decision was not based on solid facts regarding …
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San Jose Mercury News, USA
The council will have to act in a quasi-judicial role, Woodside Mayor Pro Tem Dave Burow said. "It's not really up to our personal feelings, it's up to what the rules and laws are," Burow said. But for John Felstiner, a Stanford professor and member of …
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Mountain View Voice, CA
by Daniel DeBolt Every seven years, Mountain View residents have a chance to significantly change the direction of the city's housing policies, a process called "re-visioning" the General Plan's housing element. And if controversies over the past few …
San Jose Mercury News, USA
Oracle, which has reshaped the business technology industry by acquiring and carving up other companies, is sure to shed thousands of Sun workers after its $7.4 billion acquisition of the server and software company, industry observers say. …
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Xinhua
BEIJING, April 19 — Figures of the first quarter of this year show that 2.68 million jobs were created in China's urban areas, Premier Wen Jiabao said Saturday.
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San Jose Mercury News, USA
The job losses hit especially hard in a region so dominated by technology employment. And the jobs include some of the best-paying in the valley, supporting lower-paid workers in non-tech areas like retail and construction. Tech jobs in the valley "are …
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