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Finishing touches put on Clearbrook Wal-Mart
ReporterWe've shown you the construction, we've shown you potential traffic headaches, now see inside the new Clearbrook Wal-Mart. The store has been about five years in the making. We first reported plans to build it in 2006. Now there's six days before the...Tags: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Politics, Headaches, Government
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North Cross School hires new headmaster
Assignment ManagerNorth Cross School will get a new headmaster this summer. The private school in Roanoke County announced Thursday that Chris Proctor has been hired. Proctor will take over at North Cross on July 1. Proctor is currently interim headmaster at Wesley...Tags: Employers, Politics, Texas, Houston, Career and Workplace
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Taubman Museum of Art announces new hires
A couple of new faces are coming to the Taubman Museum of Art in Roanoke.
Museum officials say they've hired Kim Williamson as the new Director of Development and Maria St. Clair will fill the role of Membership Manager.
Williamson worked as...Tags: Employers, Politics, Career and Workplace, Government
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FreightCar America to hire 200 in Roanoke
Assignment ManagerFreightCar America will build 1,500 rail cars in Roanoke, thanks to a big order from Norfolk Southern. Governor Bob McDonnell and representatives from both companies made the announcement Monday morning in Richmond. Norfolk Southern is resuming a...Tags: Politics, Corporate Officers, Companies and Corporations, Human Interest, Executive Branch
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Future Jobs: Temporary work is becoming more full-time
ReporterOne industry has thousands of openings, all to help with its busiest season of the year. Temporary or seasonal jobs are starting to lead to something more. The home improvement industry continues to be stable so part time work can turn into a full time...Tags: Harvard University, Politics, Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, Labor Day
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City manager says Roanoke needs to be Roanoke
ReporterRoanoke's new city manager has been on the job for a year. Chris Morrill replaced Darlene Burcham. During an extensive interview with News 7, Morrill reflected on his first year. He has spent a lot of time learning how the city works and the city...Tags: Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia), Politics, Government
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City Council approves final Villaraigosa budget of $7.7 billion
The Los Angeles City Council on Thursday unanimously approved Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s final budget, expanding key services as several members acknowledged that many city workers will likely get a 5.5% raise in eight months. Councilman Eric...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Collective Contract, Medical Procedures and Tests, Los Angeles Police Department, Politics
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Elections deal a blow to L.A. unions
Some of the most powerful labor organizations in Los Angeles placed huge bets on mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel that went bust. All their spending and prodigious organization failed to ignite Greuel's campaign and allowed her opponent, Eric Garcetti, to...
Tags: Politics, Local Elections, Layoffs and Downsizing, Elections, Government
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L.A. City Council OKs Villaraigosa's final, $7.7-billion budget
The Los Angeles City Council on Thursday signed off on Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's final $7.7-billion budget, setting the stage, as several members acknowledged, for many city workers to get a 5.5% raise in eight months. Council members did not vote to...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Finance, Politics, Los Angeles Police Department, Bankruptcy
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Los Angeles mayor-elect vows to put recession in rear-view mirror
ReutersLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Los Angeles Councilman Eric Garcetti declared victory Wednesday in his bid to become the next mayor and vowed to put the city's economic slump "in the rear-view mirror," capping a race shaped by dire fiscal forecasts and...Tags: Parties and Movements, Religion and Belief, 2012 Democratic National Convention, O.J. Simpson, Local Elections
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Garcetti's advantage
As Mayor-elect Eric Garcetti assembles his new administration, it is interesting, and encouraging, to note the odd confluence of circumstances that will leave him beholden less to factions or special interests and more to the people of Los Angeles....
Tags: Eric Garcetti, Bankruptcy, Politics, Local Elections, Elections
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JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon survives vote to strip him of chairman role
NEW YORK – Jamie Dimon survived a bruising fight to strip him of his chairmanship, but directors at JPMorgan Chase & Co. may still have to calm restive shareholders. Dimon, JPMorgan's savvy chairman and chief executive, easily beat a proposal to...Tags: Parties and Movements, Tampa, New York City, Corporate Officers, Politics
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