The White House announced today that the federal government is investing $3.4 billion to modernize the nation’s energy grid. One hundred companies, agencies and other institutions received federal money today. The plan calls for a number of different improvements to the energy grid including improvements to energy production and transmission that will lower [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, June 23, 2009
The United States Census Bureau’s National Processing Center in Jeffersonville, Indiana, will hire 2,000 people for the 2010 census. The hirings are being carried out in three stages, with the first group of 200 clerk hirings already underway. The clerks will be responsible for filing, processing and preparing documents, shipping, processing mail and computer work. In July, [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 18, 2009
The State of Michigan has approved a 10-year tax break for Emergent Biosolutions, which will use the $3 million incentive to expand its Lansing manufacturing facility. Emergent Biosolutions currently employs more than 300 workers in Lansing, and over the next year the biotech firm will create 300 more jobs. The city will provide millions of dollars [...]
Continue reading...Friday, January 2, 2009
Laid-off workers drawing unemployment benefits hit 4.5 million in late December, the federal government has reported, and more Americans are expected to lose their jobs in 2009. The Associated Press reports that while new applications for jobless benefits dropped in the week ending December 20th, economists attributed that to the Christmas holiday, when unemployment offices [...]
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Tuesday, October 27, 2009
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