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CEO turnover surges In February (South Sound Business Examiner)

After a slow start during January, chief executive officer departures surged in February to a 17-month high of 132, 48 percent more than the 89 CEO changes announced a month earlier, according to the latest report about chief executive turnover from global outplacement consultancy Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc.Last month’s total was 61 percent higher than the 82 CEO changes recorded during …

CEO turnover surges in February

After a slow start during January, chief executive officer departures surged in February to a 17-month high of 132, 48 percent more than the 89 CEO changes announced a month earlier, according to the latest report about chief executive turnover from global outplacement consultancy Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc.Last month’s total was 61 percent …

Lihir Gold dumps Ballarat for just $4.5m (Business Day)

Lihir Gold is selling its poorly performing Ballarat mine for $4.5 million in cash and future production royalties.

Trendy technology leads to new jobs (Los Angeles Times)

Green tech, ‘cloud computing’ and other growth areas could even fuel an overall economic comeback, analysts say. The technology industry is always looking for the next new thing, and that’s helping drive the latest hiring push.

Planned job cuts drop 41 percent

Monthly job cuts fell in February to the lowest level since 2006, as companies announced plans to reduce payrolls by only 42,090, according to the latest job-cut report released today by global outplacement consultancy Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc.The February total was down 41 percent from January’s 71,482 announced job cuts. It was 77 …

US job losses shrink as key sector surges

Job losses narrowed and the massive US services sector expanded sharply in February, private data showed Wednesday, signaling a strengthening recovery ahead of a key government labor report.

Start-Up Activity Jumps to Four-Year High in 2009

Observations on the latest workplace news, trends and issues from global outplacement and business coaching consultancy Challenger, Gray & Christmas.

Chicago Lit: Jim Kokoris

Jim Kokoris had no plans to use the current economic crisis as a marketing hook when he began writing his latest novel, The Pursuit of Other Interests .

Right man for the job (Chicago Sun-Times)

Jim Kokoris had no plans to use the current economic crisis as amarketing hook when he began writing his latest novel, The Pursuit ofOther Interests.

After layoff, executive opens own business; advises companies on all HR needs (Daily Record)

Chris Tomko of Flanders had just finished distributing pink slips, when he — a human resources executive — was issued one of his own.