Aldermen split on waiting to hire engineer (The Marshfield Mail)
Almost two years after hiring an engineering firm to draft the cityâ?™s comprehensive plan, Marshfield will begin searching for a replacement firm to finish the job.

KARE-11 TV Reporter Profiles Local Burger Joint to Illustrate Under-Employment Problem (Poynter Institute)
When he walked into a Checkers recently, he found a rich assortment of laid-off professionals now working the frying machines and grill. Home-builders, a civil engineer, former executive chef and an area manager for Walgreens were among the people wo

Sierra Nevada Corp. to add jobs (Centennial Citizen)
Gov. Bill Ritter announced Dec. 14 that Sierra Nevada Corp. has decided to create an additional 200 jobs, expand operations at its Centennial location and increase its capital investment in Colorado, utilizing new legislation passed by the General As

Northrop Grumman cuts 54 Amherst jobs
Defense contractor Northrop Grumman plans to cut 74 jobs from its Amherst Systems Division, blaming a drop in engineering business and delays in some Pentagon programs.

1,000 highly skilled jobs (Straits Times)
MORE than 1,000 highly skilled jobs will open up when the six biologics plants being implemented are fully operational here, said Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam. These jobs will appeal to both fresh graduates and mid-career professionals fro