| Employment at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard is expected to grow by 2015 to keep up with workload, but some fear efficiency problems at the yard could lead instead to its restructuring, major repair work being shifted to the Mainland and a drastic reduction in jobs for the state's largest industrial employer. |
| Pearl Harbor facility faces challenges (Honolulu Advertiser) |
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| Rackspace has received $5 million of its $22 million Texas Enterprise Fund grant so far and will receive three more installments as it meets employment targets, it reported in its initial public offering filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. |
| Rackspace details incentives (San Antonio Express-News/KENS 5) |
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| Job prospects in El Paso may be bright for many of those graduating from UTEP today, a local labor market analyst said. Related: View more photos in our gallery. |
| Most majors should find jobs in El Paso (El Paso Times) |
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| NEW VENTURE: Chairman of the Tyler Economic Development Counsel Barhan Fulmer speaks at a press conference announcing the plans of NEW Customer Service Companies Inc. to provide 480 work-at-home jobs over the next four years to the Tyler Community at TJC West Campus on Thursday. |
| Center Plans To Create 480 Jobs In Tyler (Tyler Morning Telegraph) |
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| What are the chances that a day of reckoning is coming, when the dollar would be so weak that America would have to play by the rules that apply to every other country? |
| The Dollar: Shrinkable but (So Far) Unsinkable (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance) |
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| Former employees of National Oilwell Varco shouldn't have to move to Nebraska just to work for a competitor, a jury ruled this week. |
| Employment ruling favors former workers (Houston Chronicle) |
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| AUSTIN (AP) - The Texas Legislature's long-standing practice of hiring full-time employees at part-time hours and pay -- may be nearing an end. The Austin American-Statesman has reported that at least 12 House employees are paid less than $300 a month and work other jobs. |
| Texas House may no longer get to hire part time, pay full time (KETK 56 Tyler) |
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| Job seekers in El Paso and throughout West Texas and Southern New Mexico can look for work next week without even leaving their homes. |
| Pick up a phone if seeking work (El Paso Times) |
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| Workforce Solutions East Texas will host a youth readiness workshop on Saturday, May 17, from 9 a.m. to noon and a youth job fair on Friday, May 23, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., said John Westbrook, an employment specialist at Workforce Solutions. |
| Youth workshop, job fair planned (The Marshall News Messenger) |
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| DALLAS -- This spring, 1.5 million new college graduates will enter the worst job market in years, thanks to an economy teetering on the brink of recession. |
| Job market not shut to new grads (The Columbus Dispatch) |
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