Web sites can offer options for jobless (Arizona Daily Star)
Unemployment in the U.S. has hit a 14-year high as companies cut back. That has sent masses of laid-off workers flocking to the Web in search of opportunities — and job sites have been stepping up to meet the challenge. |
Job-search sites expand features to meet demand (Baltimore Sun)
Greater numbers of laid-off workers flocking to the Web in search of opportunities |
Telegraphing feedback: The stuff of yesteryear (Coeur d'Alene Press)
When Jack Canfield, author of "The Success Principles," gives a training session on feedback, he'll recruit a volunteer from the audience. The job? Steer Jack, who is blindfolded, to walk up to the volunteer's spot in the auditorium. |
Specialty/Non-Apparel (InternetRetailer.com)
Mass merchants have customers with wide-ranging tastes looking for any number of products. Specialty retailers, however, are filling a niche. And in niche retailing, it’s critical that merchants know their customers very well. |
Hawaii's 'Second City' shows signs of economic slowdown (Honolulu Advertiser)
Come to the intersection of Kapolei Parkway and Kalaeloa Boulevard and you might forget there's a global economic crisis. On one corner, the largest Costco Warehouse on O'ahu is tentatively set to open Feb. 27. |
Debating the issue of Sunday sales (Evansville Courier & Press)
When Eric Weber serves pizza at his restaurant, The Slice, he passes it over the counters. But with beer, it’s a different matter. To comply with Indiana’s excise laws, he must walk any alcohol around the counter and set it on the tables where his customers are sitting. It’s just one of the odd laws that govern alcohol sales at The Slice, a restaurant that serves customers of all ages. ... |
Longtime official back in fold (The Record)
Former Chief Financial Officer David Hollberg will return next year as his hometown’s municipal manager. He will replace Kevin Boyle, who was recently asked to leave by council members who said they wanted a “different direction” for the government. |
Ferguson turns up heat on Man City (BBC News)
BBC Sport's Phil McNulty blogs on the Manchester derby |
YULE ON COURSE (The Florida Times-Union)
Holiday closings |
Top Scoops (Scoop.co.nz)
Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform. |
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