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By GLEN JOHNSON AP Political Writer BOSTON (AP) - Administration and Finance Secretary Jay Gonzalez told the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce on Friday that Wall Street credit agencies recently reaffirmed the state's bond...
By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press Writer KABUL (AP) - Underpaid, under-equipped and under-trained, Afghanistan's 93,000-member police force is the weak link in an ambitious security strategy to hand over defense of the...
Judge orders two police and firefighter funds to cut claims in 2010, which could reduce city taxes $10 million. Judge Poston has ruled plain and simple that these two pension funds have been overcharging the city for their...
By JOHN GALLAGHER FREE PRESS BUSINESS WRITER The state of Michigan’s Wage & Hour Division collected more than $2.3 million in unpaid wages and fringe benefits in fiscal year 2009 that were due workers in the state. Jack Finn,...
CFO pay in 2008 fell for the first time in years as the recession dragged down corporate performance. Following a 4% increase in 2007, total direct compensation for CFOs fell 4% in 2008, thanks to the recession. "Outstanding...
A revised county air pollution control ordinance that would have provided for collection of fees from manufacturers with a federal air permit is dead, dismantling the Vigo County Air Pollution Control Department.
The Business Journal of Milwaukee - by The union representing hourly workers at Harley-Davidson Inc.’s plant in York, Pa., have reached a tentative seven-year deal with company management that cuts the plant's work force in...
Burmese nationals working abroad have been instructed by the ruling junta to send up to 50 percent of their salary home in remittances, via a state-owned bank. According to the new regulation, enforced by Burma’s labour...
Despite one of the worst economic environments in American history, U.S. employees report surprisingly high levels of confidence in the overall direction of their companies and their management, according to a new employee...
It was a bad idea in 1997, and it's a bad idea now. Twelve years ago then-Councilman Gene Ricciardi proposed having the city set a wage floor for employees of city contractors and recipients of grants, loans or subsidies from...
