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Sparrows Point steel mill will close in June
The owner of the financially ailing Sparrows Point steel plant is idling operations there, warning 1,975 workers Thursday that they would be laid off starting next month.
The news, the latest casting doubt on the future of the Baltimore County facility,...Tags: Unemployment Benefits, Layoffs and Downsizing, U.S. Department of Justice, Bethlehem Steel, Labor Legislation
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Plant idling raises concerns about future of Sparrows Point
It's deja vu at Sparrows Point.
The Baltimore County plant once again faces wholesale layoffs and a possible sale.
The same story has played out every couple of years for the past decade at the steel plant, whose future remains in limbo.
The...Tags: Plant Openings, Layoffs and Downsizing, Bethlehem Steel, Marketing, China
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Skeleton crew cleans up at Big Huge Games in Timonium
Big Huge Games, a studio in Timonium that designed rich, immersive video games, has closed its office and only a skeleton crew of employees remained as its parent company in Rhode Island appears to have gone out of business, according to online reports. ...
Tags: Timonium, Gaming Industry, Lobbying, Curt Schilling, Zynga Inc.
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Harford executive withdraws employee bonus bills; county council goes along
Citing the new financial burden caused by last week's Maryland General Assembly action on teacher pension obligations, Harford County Executive David Craig withdrew legislation that would have paid a one-time, $625 bonus to all county government and...Tags: Hurricane Irene (2011), Maryland General Assembly, Natural Disasters, Pension and Welfare, Employees
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Baltimore County Council approves $1.65 billion budget
The Baltimore County Council unanimously approved Thursday the spending plan proposed by County Executive Kevin Kamenetz for the coming fiscal year, a $1.65 billion operating budget that includes no furloughs, layoffs or tax increases. The lean budget,...
Tags: Tom Quirk, Republican Party, Layoffs and Downsizing, Budgets and Budgeting, Todd Huff
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Editorial: Staff reductions aid county budget, but it's a one-year fix
When government budgets are unveiled, they are invariably described as "lean," "bare-bones," "belt-tightening," etc. The taxpaying public, understandably, does not want to hear about "fat" budgets. However, the county's $1.65 billion operating budget...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Money and Monetary Policy, Job Layoffs
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Lies, damn lies and phony tax statistics
Thomas M. Neale's letter to the editor ("The wealthy pay more than their fair share," May 14) uses the usual Republican tactic of irrelevant statistics to confuse the issue of tax fairness. It does not matter that the top 1 percent of taxpayers pay 38...Tags: Federal Income Tax, Income Tax, State Income Tax, Taxation, Personal Income
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Balto. Co. Council poised to adopt 'bare-bones budget'
Baltimore County Council members are poised to adopt a lean spending plan that would achieve savings largely through early retirements and reorganizations in a number of government departments. The council made only one cut Thursday to the $1.65...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Employees, Layoffs and Downsizing, David Marks, Accounting and Auditing
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Longtime BBH executive laid off by clinic board
The directors of Baltimore Behavioral Health Inc., a major drug treatment provider in Baltimore, have laid off longtime executive William "Kris" Hathaway, as the once high-flying nonprofit continues to cut costs. The board of directors had earlier...
Tags: Medicaid, Hospitals and Clinics, Pratt Street, Government Health Care, Mental Health
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Phillips, Capital One warn of layoffs in Baltimore area
Seafood company Phillips Foods Inc. will be closing its Baltimore manufacturing and distribution facility in July and cutting 100 jobs, about 13 percent of its Maryland workforce. The company warned state regulators of the cuts. A separate layoff warning...Tags: Capital One Financial Corporation, Hanover (Anne Arundel, Maryland), Layoffs and Downsizing, Anne Arundel County, Job Layoffs
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City school employees could see furloughs if doomsday budget stands
Baltimore school employees would be forced to take furlough days if the district has to absorb millions of dollars in education cuts outlined in the state's "doomsday" budget, city schools CEO Andrés Alonso said Tuesday as he prepared to present the...Tags: Collective Contract, Budgets and Budgeting, Andres Alonso, Students, Layoffs and Downsizing
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Robert B. Reich: The tinderbox societies
On May 1, the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit its highest peak since December 2007. But April's jobs report was a disappointment -- only 115,000 new jobs were created. At least 125,000 are required each month just to keep up with the growth of our...
Tags: Dow Jones Industrial Average, Unemployment Benefits, Productivity, Robert B. Reich, China
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