Layoffs

Byline: Trip Jennings A bill that supporters say would force some out-of-state corporations to pay more in state taxes cleared an important Senate committee for the first time in eight years Wednesday night....

The largest single employer in the US Virgin Islands is government, and now even it is being forced to lay off staff as the territory's fiscal crisis deepens, reports Caribbean360 (Dec. 29, 2011)....

HEADNOTE According to participants in the Chicago Fed's annual Economic Outlook Symposium, the U.S. economy is forecasted to grow at a pace below its historical average in 2012, following a year with an...

HEADNOTE Companies do not need to make maintenance procedures leading to increased reliability more complicated than they already are Reliability is a term that has become more commonly used in the industry. Many...

HEADNOTE Lessons from the new world of quicksilver work, where "career planning" is an oxymoron Adam Hasler looks like a footloose millennial. He's worked as a model, waited tables, and lived all over...

Byline: Staff and wire reports New judge in case of manslaughter State District Judge T. Glenn Ellington recused himself from a Rio Arriba County man's vehicular-manslaughter case Monday after the defense showed that...

With the recent implementation of a 2 percent cap on property taxes, local governments around the state have been looking for ways to reduce costs. The Town of Brookhaven's answer: automating its tax...

Hauppauge-based Innovative Global Brands will be laying off 47 employees as of April, according to a notice filed with the New York State Department of Labor. IGB, which develops and grows businesses servicing...

The company also reaffirmed previously issued fourth quarter and full-year 2011 revenue and earnings per share guidance, excluding the restructuring charge. NCI cited continuing difficulty and uncertainty in the Federal procurement environment as...

AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2012 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Teamsters Canada on Friday said it was concerned about cuts in pre-board screening by the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA) revealed by the Toronto Star. The daily...

M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2012 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Teamsters Canada on Friday said it was concerned about cuts in pre-board screening by the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA) revealed by the Toronto Star. The daily...

Given the choice, it appears that shoppers opt for Primark rather than Peacocks when it comes to bagging a bargain. But why? It's hard not to think back to Woolworths. When that retailer...

As part of a consolidation of Northeast claims operations, State Farm Mutual Insurance Cos. is moving more than 200 jobs off Long Island, primarily to an upstate office in Ballston Spa. The Bloomington,...

Long Island continues to lose jobs. The total number of jobs on Long Island as of December shrank by 0.8 percent or 9,900 from a year ago and by 4,500 or 0.4 percent...

Commercial real estate fundamentals have struggled to stage a recovery with any meaningful momentum since the end of the recession, with the exception of the apartment sector. As recent as last summer, economists...

Members from the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) Residential Management Division came together in March 2011 for the 13th annual Residential Management Leadership Awards Breakfast at the Roosevelt Hotel. Over 350...

- Records Pre-Tax Charge of $61.0 Million ($.17 Per Share) - Full Year Net Income of $603.6 Million, Earnings Per Common Share of $2.47 - Full Year Pre-Tax Charges Total $91.6 Million ($.25...

Historical Data and First-Hand Accounts of Change in FX, US Treasuries and Institutional Equities Demonstrates How Technology and Regulation, or Lack Thereof, Will Cause Swaps Liquidity to Fragment NEW YORK & LONDON --...

After apparently being sheltered from the worst effects of the recession, New York City could be about to pay the piper, according to Moody's chief economist, Mark Zandi. Speaking at the 2012 Real...