VIA HACKING NETFLIX
Netflix is officially opening a new 90,000 square foot Central Operations Center in Grove City, Ohio today. On hand will be U.S. Congresswoman Mary Jo Kilroy and Mayor Richard L. Stage. The new center will employ 120 people, store 5 million movies, and process and ship more than 150,000 new DVDs received from [...]

Posted on May 13th, 2009 by nvus
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VIA DISPATCH
WASHINGTON (AP) — New applications for jobless benefits plunged to the lowest level in 14 weeks, a possible sign that the massive wave of layoffs has peaked. Still, the number of unemployed workers getting benefits climbed to a new record.
Retail results also improved as discounter Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and other stores reported April sales [...]

Posted on May 7th, 2009 by flytcole
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VIA CLE LEADER
According to the latest report issued Friday from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services , Ohio’s unemployment rate hit a 25-year high in March as job losses continued to mount. The unemployment rate in Ohio rose from a revised 95 percent in February to 9.7 percent in March, the highest rate [...]

Posted on April 18th, 2009 by nvus
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VIA COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Walmart’s decision to close its South Side optical lab yesterday and lay off 650 workers has state officials considering ways to recoup a $1.8 million job-creation tax credit the company received.
The Ohio Department of Development awarded Walmart the tax credit when it opened the lab in 2002, on the condition that the company [...]

Posted on March 28th, 2009 by flytcole
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from HULIQ
In late January, New York State (NYS) unemployment hit 7%, as the recession takes its toll. With 25,000 New Yorkers filing new claims for every week, last week state lawmakers agreed to authorize paying out an additional $2 billion this year for unemployment insurance.
While New York State’s unemployment rate pales in comparison to California, [...]

Posted on February 22nd, 2009 by nvus
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(CBS)-When President Obama spoke of “the winter of our hardship” in his inaugural address, no one in America understood that better than the folks 60 Minutes met in Wilmington, Ohio. They’re people in the grip of a brutal series of layoffs at DHL, the shipping company. Their experience was part of the news this past [...]

Posted on January 26th, 2009 by admin
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POST by MLee
Most of us would be happy with getting a longer lunch, but probably would be speechless if our employer told us to go home early to make more babies. Well that is what electronics manufacturer based in Tokyo has done.
Canon has adopted a very aggressive birthing program to help Japan combat it’s [...]

Posted on January 26th, 2009 by mealee
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POST by NVus
After a glorious weekend (well at least for TYLER PERRY) the light has shine on some shadyness inside the HOUSE OF PAYNE.
Outside four writers who were fired after they tried to get a union contract with Tyler’s Production company as well as Writer’s Guild supporters picketed throughout the event. According to [...]

Posted on October 7th, 2008 by nvus
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Post by T Cole contact flytcole@flypaperblog.com
Help from the business community in Ohio is the target of an effort from the statehouse to retain the state’s graduates.   The state announces a $250 million state funded internship plan that will have private companies to match them dollar for dollar, stepping the effort up to a half a [...]

Posted on April 4th, 2008 by flytcole
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