Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz gets US$47.2M package in first year on the job
SAN FRANCISCO - The Associated Press has found Yahoos CEO received a US$47.2-million compensation package in 2009, her first year on the job. Carol Bartzs pay consisted mostly of stock incentives to motivate her to engineer a turnaround at the slumpi

Goedeken returns as city engineer (Columbus Telegram)
After leaving Columbus 25 years ago, the new city engineer, David Goedeken, is happy to return to the area where he grew u... (3 comments)

Hyperion forges ahead (The Argus Leader)
Despite a slowdown in the oil industry, Hyperion Resources says it is primed to get shovels into the ground in 2011 at its planned Elk Point refinery and that it will be turning Canadian tar sands crude into gasoline and diesel by 2015.

Take a page (New York Post)
Telling people how to manage their careers has been fertile ground for authors ever since the first job guru took to papyrus scrolls to advise Nubian quarriers to â??follow your passion!â?? This year was no exception, as it saw the usual

Hints the Worst May Be Over for Office Space in New Jersey (New York Times)
The market for office space in New Jersey took a beating in 2009. The vacancy rate swelled to about 22 percent. Rents sank by at least $1 a square foot. And despite its traditional strength as a white-collar job base, the state lost office jobs at a