Buchanan High to prep students for green jobs
Buchanan High School is close to completing a green-tech center that will prepare students for an expected surge in renewable energy jobs.

Yahoo CEO paid US$47.2M in first year on job
Yahoo Inc. CEO Carol Bartz received a US$47.2-million compensation package during her first year on the job as the Internet company tried to motivate her to engineer a turnaround.

We must rebuild structure to create U.S. jobs
Recently an acquaintance at the next table in a Palo Alto, Calif., restaurant introduced me to his companions, three young venture capitalists from China. They explained, with visible excitement, that they were touring promising companies in Silicon

More jobs, but jobless rate still inches up (Gazette.net)
Despite gaining jobs last month and having fewer workers in the labor force, Maryland still saw its seasonally adjusted unemployment rate inch up to 7.3 percent from 7.2 percent in September, according to federal figures released Friday.

FirstEnergy, Allegheny Energy merger hearings reinforce job fears
Job cuts and power rate increases dominated testimony Tuesday at hearings on FirstEnergy Corp.s proposed $8.5 billion acquisition of Allegheny Energy Inc.