Can you get unemployment benefits if you left your job for another and new company shut down?

I was offered a job for a construction company and left my job of 2 years because I was offered double the pay. The construction project was postponed and eventually cancelled. The construction company is in business but owner has no work. Would I be able to get unemployment benefits? I have a phone interview [...]

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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Kodak to tear down several buildings at its Windsor plant

Kodak to tear down several buildings at its Windsor plant
» Employed more than 3,000 people at the height of its operations in the early to mid-1980s. » Employed about 1,700 workers in 2004. » Announced in March 2009 300 layoffs from its entertainment imaging and plate production facilities.
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Coming down the home stretch

Coming down the home stretch
These renderings provided by Genting New York show a glimpse of what the company proposes to do if it is awarded the bid by the state. PHOTO COURTESY GENTING NEW YORK
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Yamada to step down after years of service

Yamada to step down after years of service
HARLAN – After relocating to Shelby County from Colorado where he served more than 30 years in city and county management — David Yamada and his wife, Judy, relocated here in 2005 to be closer to their grandchildren.
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How to Find a Job in a Down Economy

It’s no secret that our economy is in very serious trouble. Everyday we hear about companies laying off thousands of workers, and the unemployment rolls are increasing each week.
The job losses are occurring in all American industries: real estate, construction, finance, law, newspapers, magazines, hotels – no sector has been immune to the financial downturn.
These [...]

Why when Ohio is already struggling for jobs did they vote down prop 6 for the Casino?

I know Casino’s don’t bring in the best cliental but with GM on the brinks the most of Ohio’s manufacturing shipped overseas, and with now DHL leaving this state is turning into a bunch of welfare receipts. I should know I just separated from service here in Ohio and the only places I’m getting [...]