Midas, Inc. : “We will continue aggressive efforts to sell Midas company-operated shop locations to current and new franchisees, including the 22 shops we acquired in January 2010 in northern California.” Fourth quarter traffic up 20% U.S. comparable shop sales up 1.4% during quarter Company-operated shop comparable sales up 8.3% for quarter Fourth …

Growth in the U.S. service sector accelerated in February to its fastest pace in more than two years, but jobs remained hard to find.

Rank-and-file workers at Verizon Communications Inc. will continue to see pink slips this year and even though most should receive severance packages, retired president and COO Denny Strigl’s got the best one.

…market will continue to improve as economic activity rebounds, according to a report by global outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas…

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While some are seeing signs that “The Great Recession” of the last two years is now abating, the same cannot be said about America’s unemployment crisis.

You’ll need to assure workforce that company will continue to run as usual after terminating this person.

by Ross Everett The bizarre career path taken by Croatian striking machine Mirko Cro Cop will continue on New Years Eve in Tokyo as he faces 72 Korean kickboxer Hong-Man Choi in what should be the final addition to the K-1/DREAM combined show called Fields Dynamite!. The matchup adds even more striking firepower to a lineup that already includes K-1 mainstays Peter Aerts, Mighty Mo, and Semmy Schlit along with top DREAM fighters including Shinya Aoki, Joachim Hansen, Eddie Alverez and Gesias J

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After announcing a Sonoco plant in Orrville would close, a company official said facilities in Munroe Falls, North Canton, Canton and eight other Ohio communities will continue operations.