Volvo Trucks plant in Pulaski to bring back 270 laid-off workers (T-D)
Volvo Trucks North America is recalling 270 former employees to its plant in Pulaski County because of an increase in orders. The company said yesterday it will bring the employees back to work at the assembly plant the week of Sept. 6.
2 women accused of extortion in Fairfax sex-for-rent case (WaPo)
Fairfax County police say it’s not unheard of for a tenant to offer a landlord sexual favors in exchange for a month’s rent. But when the scheme extends to blackmailing the landlord by threatening to tell his wife, people get arrested.
AREVA delays opening date for Newport News plant until 2013 (Daily Press)
The French nuclear company, in a partnership with Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, had planned to begin manufacturing in the planned 330,000-square-foot building in January 2012, a project that officials said would create 540 jobs and result in a $363 capital investment.
G.M. Chief Sees I.P.O. As Exit Sign (NYT)
Now that G.M. has finally filed for its initial public offering, Mr. Whitacre is hoping consumers will quickly forgive and forget its $50 billion bailout by American taxpayers.
Dell shareholders show disdain for CEO (CNN)
One quarter of Dell shareholders showed their disdain for Michael Dell, founder and chief executive, by withholding support just weeks after the computer maker settled a fraud case with the SEC.
How to Fire Employees Legally (FindLaw)
The corner office with a view, the premier parking spot, the bigger paycheck … being a boss is the life. Except when it comes to firing employees. The inevitably uncomfortable conversation is an often dreaded aspect of being in a position of power, and one that almost every employer is confronted with at one time or another.
The Weekly Wind-Down: The Tiger Oil Memos
From the offices of the now-defunct but at one time Houston-based Tiger Oil Company come a total of 22 enormously entertaining memos; all sent by, or on behalf of, the firm’s incredibly amusing, painfully tactless, and seemingly constantly angry CEO – Edward ‘Tiger Mike’ Davis – to his staff. The sixth one is one of the best.
Volvo Trucks plant in Pulaski to bring back 270 laid-off workers (T-D)
Volvo Trucks North America is recalling 270 former employees to its plant in Pulaski County because of an increase in orders. The company said yesterday it will bring the employees back to work at the assembly plant the week of Sept. 6.
2 women accused of extortion in Fairfax sex-for-rent case (WaPo)
Fairfax County police say it’s not unheard of for a tenant to offer a landlord sexual favors in exchange for a month’s rent. But when the scheme extends to blackmailing the landlord by threatening to tell his wife, people get arrested.
AREVA delays opening date for Newport News plant until 2013 (Daily Press)
The French nuclear company, in a partnership with Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, had planned to begin manufacturing in the planned 330,000-square-foot building in January 2012, a project that officials said would create 540 jobs and result in a $363 capital investment.
G.M. Chief Sees I.P.O. As Exit Sign (NYT)
Now that G.M. has finally filed for its initial public offering, Mr. Whitacre is hoping consumers will quickly forgive and forget its $50 billion bailout by American taxpayers.
Dell shareholders show disdain for CEO (CNN)
One quarter of Dell shareholders showed their disdain for Michael Dell, founder and chief executive, by withholding support just weeks after the computer maker settled a fraud case with the SEC.
How to Fire Employees Legally (FindLaw)
The corner office with a view, the premier parking spot, the bigger paycheck … being a boss is the life. Except when it comes to firing employees. The inevitably uncomfortable conversation is an often dreaded aspect of being in a position of power, and one that almost every employer is confronted with at one time or another.
The Weekly Wind-Down: The Tiger Oil Memos
From the offices of the now-defunct but at one time Houston-based Tiger Oil Company come a total of 22 enormously entertaining memos; all sent by, or on behalf of, the firm’s incredibly amusing, painfully tactless, and seemingly constantly angry CEO – Edward ‘Tiger Mike’ Davis – to his staff. The sixth one is one of the best.