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...said that based on the most recent analyses conducted by the Union, which should include almost all of the cuts at the University's various schools and campuses, roughly 130 HUCTW workers had been slated for layoffs. But 35 of those layoffs have been avoided through the use of "creative solutions" proposed by the union, he said, such as by consolidating work done by temporary or casual employees into full-time jobs, placing eliminated workers in vacancies that had been created by the early retirement program, and asking for volunteers to be laid...
...orchestrated an enormous display last year to celebrate the opening of the Atlantis resort in Dubai. That 10-minute show has been called the largest fireworks show in history. It almost makes me tired just thinking about what we did. Ninety-six Grucci technicians went to Dubai, and we had over 200 additional pyrotechnicians from all over the world. We were there 14 days...
...University of California, Sokhoeun needs every penny of financial aid she can find. And that aid is almost certain to be cut in the coming round of budget slashing. The Cal Grant program is on the chopping block as Gov. Schwarzenegger proposes the elimination of grants for incoming freshman and the gradual phasing out of the program. Now Sokhoeun and thousands of outstanding students - the human capital for California's future economic growth - stand to see their dreams dashed...
...Tuesday, Obama himself sounded almost resigned that taxing health benefits is now front and center in the health-care debate. "This is something that's going to be debated in the House and the Senate," he told the Virginia audience. "[Virginia Senator] Mark Warner is going to have to weigh in on it. We're all going to have to weigh in on it." The President says he still wouldn't go as far as McCain proposed and completely eliminate the current exclusion on taxation of employer-provided health benefits. (McCain would have offset that with a tax credit...
...almost inevitable that establishments will reopen, run by criminal groups," says Ian Payne, director of operations at the River Palace. "There is a huge, established customer base that still wants to gamble. People will get fed up after a few weeks." Whether moral crusade or canny campaign move, the decision to ban gambling in Russia and Ukraine is a risky play...