WASHINGTON — With Michigan’s unemployment rate leading the nation and thousands more workers set to lose their jobs as the auto industry restructures, U.S. Rep. John Dingell’s office has compiled a guidebook for displaced workers, including information on unemployment benefits, food stamps, foreclosure assistance, job training programs and more. More: …
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Read More »Stamps Training Camp – Day 1 Recap (OurSports Central)
The Stamps added import receiver Derrick Smith and released import linebacker Kurt Campbell. Import linebacker Robert Killebrew was re-signed. More: continued here
Read More »Brown to delay Royal Mail stake sale (ShareCast via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance)
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Read More »Talbots Goes From Grief to Relief – Motley Fool
Talbots Goes From Grief to ReliefMotley FooleBay's (Nasdaq: EBAY) acquisition of Skype sounded exciting, but later turned out to be fairly pointless, too. Way back in 2005, when J. Jill was still a stand-alone company, I considered it a rotten trick, not a treat. Talbots thought otherwise and … More: …
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