Business Sense: Political risks down, same economic challenges remain

Business Sense: Political risks down, same economic challenges remain
Editor’s Note: Timothy Ash made this assessment after visiting Kyiv on March 17-18.
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FTA gives green light to Milwaukie rail line final design

FTA gives green light to Milwaukie rail line final design
TriMet has been given the green light to begin final design of the 7.3-mile, $1.49 billion Portland-to-Milwaukie light-rail project. The Federal Transit Administration gave its approval this week for the project to begin the final design process. That means the project can be developed from its [...]

Displaced workers from Libya assured of new jobs

Displaced workers from Libya assured of new jobs
MANILA, Philippines – About 800 displaced highly skilled overseas Filipino workers (OFW) from conflict-torn Libya will be redeployed by their recruitment agencies to new host countries by next month, the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) said.Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said that the redeployment is part [...]

Mexicans say they work hard and do jobs we don’t want to do?

They all do construction, which is what a lot of us Americans have been doing all our lives.They don’t work on the farms anymore,they come here and get good paying jobs in construction.Here in Raleigh NC they are driving new trucks and now you see Lopez Construction, or Juan’s drywall and painting.They are driving down [...]

Lack of minority jobs at Delta arouses ire

Lack of minority jobs at Delta arouses ire
Richard Hellenbrecht, left, of the Regional Alliance for Small Business Contractors, got an icy reception from CB 12 members including chairwoman Adjoa Gzifa.
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Do you think a Royal Commission of Inquiry should be set up to investigate the recent sex video?
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Why are the stimulus jobs meant for Americans going to illegal aliens?

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Illegal immigrants might get stimulus jobs, experts say
By William M. Welch, USA TODAY
LOS ANGELES — Tens of thousands of jobs created by the economic stimulus law could end up filled by illegal immigrants, particularly in big states such as California where undocumented workers are heavily represented in construction, experts on both sides of the issue [...]

BELLEVILLE: Chamber of Commerce lands new director

BELLEVILLE: Chamber of Commerce lands new director
The Belleville Area Chamber of Commerce’s search for a new director has ended.
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Supporters circle wagons as parkway in peril

Supporters circle wagons as parkway in peril
Federal law requires the state to thoroughly study the potential environmental impacts of any large highway project well before the first asphalt is laid. But a lawsuit against a proposed toll road in nearby Union County contends that flawed data was…
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Jobs Key to Residents’ Satisfaction With Their Communities

Jobs Key to Residents’ Satisfaction With Their Communities
Nearly 97% of Lincoln, Neb., residents were satisfied with the city as a place to live — the highest proportion among 188 U.S. metropolitan areas Gallup and Healthways studied in 2010. It is likely no coincidence that Lincoln also currently posts the country’s lowest unemployment rate.
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