Archive for February, 2010

Poll: NJ approves of job Obama is doing (The Record and Herald News)

President Obama still enjoys higher job approval in New Jersey than the nation as a whole, but people overwhelmingly said Wall Street bankers had been helped more than the middle class in his first year in office, a new poll shows.

Exclusive: Coble to have new job at law firm (The State)

After Columbia Mayor Bob Coble leaves office in June, he will have a new job at his law firm, The St

Shell announces more job cuts (CBC Calgary)

Royal Dutch Shell PLC, which has operations in Canada, reported disappointing earnings and more job cuts Thursday.

Beshear job approval goes to 44% (The Cincinnati Enquirer)

Kentucky residents are evenly split in their opinions of the job Gov. Steve Beshear has done, according to the latest Courier-Journal/WHAS11 Bluegrass Poll

Poll finds majority in N.J. approve of Obama’s job performance (The Star-Ledger)

Matt Rainey/The Star-LedgerPresident Barack Obama campaigning for then Gov. Jon Corzine at the Prudential Center in Newark last year.President Obama maintains strong support in New Jersey, with the majority of those polled approving of his job performance and optimistic that…

GlaxoSmithKline hints at job cuts as profits soar (AFP via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance)

British pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoSmithKline on Thursday announced a 66-percent jump in fourth quarter net profit and pointed to further job cuts as it looks to slash costs amid increased competition.

Campaigners rally to save ‘racy pics’ banker Dave’s job (CNN)

Supporters of a banker caught looking at photos of a semi-nude model on live TV have launched a Web site in a bid to save his job.

Internet campaign to save Aussie banker’s job (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

An online campaign has started to save the job of an Australian banker who became an internet sensation after he was caught on live television viewing images of scantily-clad supermodel Miranda Kerr on his computer.

Shell Pledges More Job Cuts, Savings on Refining Woes (Update1) (Bloomberg)

Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) — Royal Dutch Shell Plc , which vies with BP Plc as Europe’s biggest oil company, laid out plans for 1,000 extra job cuts and savings of $1 billion this year because of a “challenging” outlook for refining.

MBA Job Outlook Improving (BusinessWeek via Yahoo! News)

This year’s class of MBAs arrived on campus in September expecting a challenging fall recruiting season and now many are bracing themselves for an even tougher spring ahead. One of them is Aashini Shah, an MBA student looking for a job in the entertainment industry, who is feeling the pressure because most movie studios and entertainment companies don’t hire until the spring