Layoffs Not An Option For Some Businesses Amid Recession
Revenues fall and costs rise, yet many firms avoid layoffs to preserve talent for a rebound. Costco freezes hiring and trims hours. Marvin Windows and Doors keeps 5,300 workers despite weak sales, while other actions include pay freezes and 401k suspensions. ITT plans selective cuts, citing retention of engineers. Manufacturing loses 161,000 jobs in March and 1.5 million overall.
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Washington
Sean Snaith
University of Central Florida
Costco Wholesale Corp
Bob Nelson
Costco
Nelson
Wynn Resorts
Equifax Inc
U.S
Challenger, Gray & Christmas
John Challenger
Marvin Windows and Doors
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Susan Marvin
David Peterson
Peterson
Terry Connelly
Golden Gate University
Agena School of Business
San Francisco
Connelly
ITT Corp
Andy Hilton
Early obesity study finds 1 in 5 four-year-olds obese
A national study of 8,550 children born in 2001 finds 20 percent of four-year-olds obese with American Indian children at about 31 percent, Hispanics 22 percent, blacks 21 percent, whites 16 percent and Asians 13 percent. Researchers note race disparities appear very early and warn of long term health risks.
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Chicago
Sarah Anderson
Ohio State University
Temple University
Robert Whitaker
Glenn Flores
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
Dallas
America
Flores
National Center For Education Statistics
Anderson
Latinos Nearly Half of 2008 New U.S. Citizens
A Hispanic group says Latinos accounted for about 461,317 of 1,046,539 people who naturalized in fiscal year 2008, roughly half of all new citizens. NALEO cites Homeland Security data and notes a 58 percent rise from 2007 as reforms, media push, and union efforts aided citizenship drives.
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Washington
U.S
National Association of Latino
America
NALEO
Arturo Vargas
Homeland Security Department
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