| Health insurance concerns top conversation on picket line
PASCAGOULA -- Although some have argued that Northrop Grumman's offer for workers in the apprenticeship programs is a good deal, Valery Mitchell has a different opinion. "It ain't good yet," said Mitchell of Gautier, who joined about a dozen other pipe welders and pipefitters on the picket line Sunday outside the company's Ship Systems Ingalls Operations in Pascagoula. As the strike nears its third week, workers said they have not heard anything new since talks between union and company officials broke down for the third time, despite a federal mediator's presence. Entry level pay for the shipyard's regular apprenticeship programs will increase 76 percent to $15.06 per hour, according to the company. Mitchell, who has been at the shipyard for 19 months, said she was also there to support her coworkers who have more than 30 and 40 years invested at Mississippi's largest private employer.
Cold Cash From A Hot Site
As numbers go, this one's a whopper. Last year MySpace users called up an average of 31.5 billion unique page views per month. That's as though everyone on the planet visited the site once a week. And yet, the big kahuna of social networking racked up a paltry $90 million in ad sales. Not exactly what Rupert Murdoch had in mind when his News Corp. paid $580 million for MySpace nearly two years ago. .
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SPECIAL EVENTS
*FAUST FEST at various venues in San Diego. At 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 4, meet in front of the Golden West Hotel on Fourth and G streets downtown and join the family and friends of Jacob Faust, a local artist and musician shot to death two years ago by San Diego Police, for a march to the plaza at the Civic Center. A party and art show will take place at The Whistle Stop Bar and Honey Bee Hive after the march. The celebration of Faust's life continues with the Rick Faust Art Show opening from 6 to 8 p.m.
Professor zaps into financial rock history
Like most baby boomers growing up in the 1950s and '60s, Ron Phillips' future was heavily influenced by the music he played and heard. Phillips played guitar in a band - the name of which shouldn't be repeated in polite company - idolized rocker Frank Zappa and has continued to love rock 'n' roll. .
Dollar Financial Corp Announces the Transition of Its US ...
BERWYN, Pa. --(Business Wire)-- Dollar Financial Corp (NASDAQ:DLLR), a leading international financial services company serving under-banked consumers today announced it is developing an internet based lending platform for its three global business units, and expects it will be in a position later this month to commence offering its CustomCash(R) installment loan product in the U.S. through the internet.
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From the Better Business Bureau: Work-at-home deals often 'too ...
Remember that if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. This has been confirmed in a yearlong study of 112 work-at-home companies. We have all seen the ads; they appear in the newspaper, on the Internet and on signs in the Acadiana area. .
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