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Layoffs and downsizing both refer to reductions that companies make in staff.
Layoffs and downsizing both refer to reductions that companies make in staff.
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Md. sheds 6,200 jobs in April, Labor Department says
Maryland employers slashed 6,200 jobs in April, cutting short a string of gains, the U.S. Department of Labor said Friday, as the state began feeling the pinch of federal budget sequestration and cutbacks in consumer spending. But the government's...
Tags: Business, Unemployment, Finance, Adecco SA, Fort Meade (military base)
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2013 Preakness Day entries and comments from Maryland Jockey Club
May. 18, Post Time: 10:45AM Entries and comments provided by the Maryland Jockey Club First - Purse $55,000, AOC $25,000-$20,000, 3 yo's & up, One And One Sixteenth Miles Post, Horse, Jockey, Trainer, Odds 1 Aussi Austin, Rosario, R.Rodriguez, 3-1...
Tags: Job Layoffs, Rosie Napravnik, Equestrian, Preakness Stakes, Sage
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Veterans, advocates brace for cutbacks
The Maryland Center for Veterans Education and Training's Baltimore complex is full of neatly made beds and shining-clean floors, a military-like environment for homeless former service members working to get their lives back on track. Its executive...Tags: Jones Falls Expressway, U.S. Congress, Section 8 (housing), U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
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The hollowing out of government
The chemical and fertilizer plant in the town of West, Texas, where at least 15 were killed and more than 200 injured a few weeks ago hadn't been fully inspected by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration since 1985. (A partial inspection by a...
Tags: Business, Elections, Budgets and Budgeting, Finance, Taxation
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Budget cuts slow federal hiring in Md.
Hiring for federal jobs in Maryland has fallen 30 percent since 2008, and for the first time in years is being outpaced by the number of employees retiring or resigning — a trend that has raised concerns among some about the government's ability...Tags: Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland), Food and Drug Administration, National Government, Social Security, National Institutes of Health
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Md. airport towers appear safe from federal cuts
Five air traffic control towers in Maryland that had been scheduled to shut down in June as a result of federal budget cuts are now expected to remain open, lawmakers said Wednesday — easing fears that the closures could back up flights at BWI...
Tags: Air Transportation Delays, U.S. Congress, Ray LaHood, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), John Thune
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Congress flies blind
What does it require to get members of Congress to take action quickly and decisively on an issue of federal spending? Now we know. The possibility that they will be delayed in an airport terminal somewhere waiting for a flight out of town is apparently...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Air Transportation Delays, Federal Aviation Administration, Breast Cancer, Unemployment
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Marriott plans 35 layoffs in June, several hundred later
Bethesda-based Marriott International warned the state that it will lay off 35 employees in June, and potentially several hundred others later in the year, the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation said Friday. The company's layoff...Tags: Job Layoffs, Unemployment, Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland), Marriott International Inc., Labor Legislation
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BWI weather observers at risk in federal aviation cuts
While the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday approved a Senate plan to avoid furloughs of air traffic controlllers, positions responsible for weather observation at BWI Marshall Airport and other airports across the country are at risk. The Federal...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Federal Aviation Administration, U.S. Senate, Weather Reports, U.S. House of Representatives
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The sequester gives Obama one more chance to blow it
In President Barack Obama's running argument with the Republicans in Congress over who's responsible for the legislative stalemate on Capitol Hill, he suffers self-inflicted wounds by continuing to run up the same white flag that undermined his own...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Federal Aviation Administration, Unemployment, Personal Weapon Control, World War I (1914-1918)
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Fire department to cut diversity-minded recruitment division
A Baltimore Fire Department division developed to increase recruitment among black city residents and combat racial tensions within the department's ranks is set to be eliminated in a planned round of budget cutbacks. The move has caused concerns...
Tags: Minority Groups, Budgets and Budgeting, NAACP, Racism, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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About 400 U.S. flights delayed as sequestration takes hold
Sequestration is starting to frustrate air travelers. About 400 flights were delayed Sunday because of air traffic controller furloughs, the Federal Aviation Administration said, and a few more interruptions were reported Monday, though the nation's air...
Tags: Air Transportation Delays, U.S. Congress, Federal Aviation Administration, Unemployment, Budgets and Budgeting
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