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Hispanic Business Supplier Diversity Top 25: 2010
Hispanic Business Supplier Diversity Top 25: 2010
For a full breakout of the scores behind the rankings, please see the March issue of Hispanic Business magazine -- <a href="https://www.kable.com/pub/hpbs/controldigital.asp">or subscribe to our digital edition!</a>
Rank -- Company
1 -- Comerica Inc....
Read More Cell Carriers Top Complaints List for 2009 Says Better Business Bureau
Consumers had their fair share of gripes last year and certainly didn't keep them bottled up.
Disgruntled consumers contacted the Better Business Bureau more than 65 million times in 2009 and filed nearly 1 million complaints....
Read More Jobs Picture Turns Brighter
The economy generated jobs at a noticeably faster pace in January, the government said Tuesday in a further sign that the labor market may be turning the corner.
The number of job openings in the USA rose by 193,000 to 2.7 million, the second-largest increase since March 2007, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said....
Read More At Law Firms, What Hard Times?
It is one of life's enduring mysteries: Why are lawyers so well compensated, especially now, when the legal profession is in its worst downturn since the Great Depression?
One persuasive explanation is that law firms, so often behind the curve when it comes to standard business practices, have been very savvy in finding new markets....
Read More Obesity Risk Lower in Women Who Had 2+ Drinks per Day: Study
Ladies -- it might be time to stop worrying that the Wednesday night glass of wine is just empty calories. A new study tracking 20,000 American women through middle age found those who had two or more drinks a day <b>gained less weight than their non-drinking counterparts</b>....
Read More Pension Funds Playing Catch Up
Private U.S. pension funds are pulling back from equity markets, while state pension funds are headed in the opposite direction, records show.
Benefit consulting firm Towers Watson said two-thirds of executives at financial firms indicated they would reduce the stock holdings of their company's pension funds by the end of the year, The New York Times reported Tuesday....
Read More In Survey, Workers Say Recession Raised Job Loyalty
CHICAGO - There may be nothing like a recession to make workers more loyal to their jobs, according to a new survey.
Temporary-help company Kelly Services claims that 34 percent of employees said they were now more loyal to their companies, while 14 percent were less loyal....
Read More More Employers Expect to Hire This March
Human resources managers say they anticipate March hiring will rise compared with the same time last year.
The Society for Human Resources Management surveyed more than 1,000 companies nationwide in its monthly Leading Indicators of National Employment report released Friday....
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Read More House Passes Bill Awarding Tax Breaks for Hiring Unemployed
WASHINGTON -- Despite doubts among many lawmakers that it'll create many jobs, the House on Thursday passed legislation giving companies that hire the jobless a temporary payroll tax break.
The measure passed 217-201 on a mostly party-line vote....
Read More Air Traffic Controllers Suspended Due to Children on Radio
Two <b>air traffic controllers</b> at John F. Kennedy Airport were suspended by the Federal Aviation Administration for allowing children into the control tower and allowing them to communicate with pilots....
Read More Employers Get Ready to Tussle Over Ergonomics
Remember ergonomics?
Expect the political hot potato of 2000-2001 to be juggled again this year.
Among a raft of regulatory crackdowns promised by the Obama administration are tougher rules governing repetitive-motion activity at work....
Read More In Some Places, Census Jobs Unfilled
The Census Bureau is having trouble finding qualified temporary workers in some neighborhoods for the national head count despite the record number of jobless who have swelled the pool of applicants.
Census already has recruited 3 million potential workers for the 1.2 million jobs needed to conduct the 2010 Census....
Read More CFO Survey Sees Increase in Spending/Earnings; Flat Employment
DURHAM, N.C. (AScribe Newswire) -- Chief financial officers in the United States expect strong growth in business spending and earnings this year, but plan only modest hiring and the continued outsourcing of jobs....
Read More Obama Promotes Jobs, Energy Plans
SAVANNAH --- Barack Obama made his first visit to Georgia as president on Tuesday to pitch a new jobs initiative and rub elbows with fellow Democrats as several congressional seats and the governor's mansion are up for grabs in the Peach State....
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