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Thursday, March 8, 2007

Latinos Land 2 In 3 U.S. Construction Jobs (Driving jobs)

Playfuls - Latinos make up 13.6 percent of the U.S. employment population, but accounted for 36.7 percent of the 2006 U.S. employment growth, a study showed Wednesday. Most of the jobs Hispanic workers landed were in the construction industry, the Pew Hispanic
Hartford Courant - The Hartford Financial Services Group confirmed Wednesday that it will eliminate 63 Connecticut jobs in property-casualty information technology operations through outsourcing, but said 15 of the affected employees will be offered jobs by Accenture
MSN MoneyCentral - Lawson Software announced Tuesday that it plans to transfer hundreds of jobs from the United States and Europe to the Philippines. The St.Paul-based company said it has created a new technical support center in Manila, and will transfer 325 to 375
Boston Herald - F idelity Investments yesterday announced another big Bay State job shift. The Boston-based financial services giant will close its Marlboro call center, a move that will affect 300 jobs, said Anne Crowley, a Fidelity spokeswoman. The Marlboro
San Diego Union-Tribune - DUBLIN Procter & Gamble Co announced 280 job cuts at a skin care products plant in Ireland on Wednesday to shift production to Poland, fuelling Irish worries the thriving economy is getting less competitive. The consumer products giant said it
ZDNet Blogs - Yahoo has triple the circulation of the top newspapers! 111 million users who make Yahoo an integral part of their everyday lives. That s almost triple the combined circulation of the top 100 U.S. newspapers. Really? Apparently that is not enough
Sky.com - More than 400 jobs are under threat at the UK's leading manufacturer of supermarket trolleys. Clares Group, based in Wells, Somerset, and Swindon, Wiltshire, went into receivership earlier this week. Administrators from KPMG have taken over the
News.com.au - Bank spokesman Geoff Lynch said the cuts would affect the company's processing, data-entry, mailing and other "back office" functions. It is expected many of the jobs will go by mid-year, and will bring to 175 the number of bank staff now based in
EDP 24 - Norwich Union is to transfer 1,000 workers, including 620 in Norwich, to another firm under plans to outsource the administration of three million life and pension policies. NU said the move to hand over the work to insurance company Swiss Re would
Forbes - Nissan North America Inc. plans to cut 73 positions at a Tennessee call center to save money and improve work efficiency. The Japanese automaker said Wednesday that Minacs Worldwide of Toronto, which operates call centers in the Philippines and