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This season Twitter may be delivering the most coveted holiday gift of all: jobs.
National chains are tweeting about job opportunities as the holiday hiring season kicks into high gear. On Wednesday, shipping company UPS tweeted "UPS Peak 2010 season has started. Please tell your friends @UPSjobs hiring Temp & Part-time jobs right now across […]
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Just a decade ago, Delphi Automotive was a giant of the auto industry. It had more than 200,000 employees and made electronics for General Motors, then the largest car company in the world.
Today, Delphi is a very different company. It has spun off from GM, survived bankruptcy and shed half of that workforce. Now […]
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Claim Jumper Restaurants LLC has filed a layoff notice with the state of Wisconsin in case its Brookfield restaurant closes as part of the company’s sale out of bankruptcy.
Claim Jumper, based in Irvine, Calif., filed for bankruptcy in September. It has reached an agreement to sell its assets to Private Capital Partners, Portland, Ore., though […]
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ActivIdentity Corp. has agreed to be bought by the Swedish lock maker Assa Abloy AB in a deal valued at $162 million.
Assa Abloy will pay $3.25 per share in cash for Fremont-based ActivIdentity (NASDAQ: ACTI), a maker of digital identification products.
The price represents a premium of approximately 43 percent over ActivIdentity’s closing price on Oct. […]
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The Hawaii Medical Service Association is saying on its website that its hospital contract offer to Hawaii Pacific Health has been rejected.
HMSA said it will continue working with Hawaii Pacific Health to reach a new agreement. However, if none is reached, Hawaii Pacific Health hospitals — Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & Children, Straub Clinic […]
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Enphase Energy will work with Suntech Power Holdings Co. on so-called “smart” solar panels.
Petaluma-based Enphase makes microinverters that increase the efficiency of solar panels. It has sold 400,000 of the microinverters since it started business in 2008. Paul Nahi is its president and CEO.
Suntech (NYSE: STP) makes solar power systems for use on homes, businesses […]
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Axiom EPM has moved from Johns Landing to the Lincoln Center Tower near Washington Square.
The new 10,000-square-foot space at 10260 S.W. Greenburg Rd. is three times the size of the company's previous office space.
Axiom was founded as a technology consulting firm, but in April 2009 added software developer to its title. The company markets a […]
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