iRise Delivers Three New Online eLearning Courses

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iRise®, the world’s leading visualization solutions company, announced the immediate availability of three additional online training courses for its market-leading business requirements visualization tool. The new self-paced eLearning modules are aimed at project mangers, iRise administrators and business stakeholders involved in the use of iRise visualization to define software applications. The courses can be [...]

Year of the bailout – and now GM?

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The government has stepped in with nearly $125 billion to try and stabilize AIG. The nation’s banks are tapping even more. Now General Motors wants its own bailout.
On Friday, GM (GM, Fortune 500) said it is running out of cash, and “will approach the minimum amount necessary to operate its business” by the end of [...]

Training Programs Oversubscribed, Soon to Expand

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College of the Canyons and Pierce College are among the educational institutions in the Valley on the brink of major developments in their automotive programs.
While COC awaits the opening of its first facility designed specifically for automotive instruction, Pierce has received a $3 million grant that will allow the college to purchase three hybrid vehicles [...]

Detroit in National Spotlight: 2008 PRSA International Conference Oct. 25-28 to Generate Estimated Direct Spending of $1.78 Million, Attract 2,500 PR Professionals and Students

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Detroit will be in the national spotlight as an estimated 2,500 public relations professionals are expected to descend on the Detroit Marriott Renaissance Center for the 61st annual Public Relations Society of America International Conference, themed “The Point of Connection,” Oct. 25-Oct. 28, 2008. The direct spending impact related to the PRSA ( www.prsa.org ) [...]

Audi to cut 40 temporary jobs in Hungary

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German premium carmaker Audi’s Hungarian unit plans to lay off 20 percent of its temporary workforce from November due to a decline in orders amid the global financial crisis, it said on Tuesday.
Audi, Hungary’s second-biggest exporter, employs 5,899 staff according to figures on its website, but plans to terminate the contracts of 40 of its [...]

HACR Young Hispanic Corporate Achievers(TM) Honored

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The Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility (HACR) — a coalition of the nation’s most influential Hispanic community-based organizations — honored 26 professional executives at its 2nd annual Young Hispanic Corporate Achievers™ (YHCA) program. Corporate sponsors of the program include Altria Group, Ford Motor Company, and MillerCoors.
Candidates from across the country were nominated by their respective [...]

State failing to track new jobs

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During the past decade, the state has given companies more than $1.7 billion in tax breaks, loans, grants and other incentives to expand or locate in Ohio.
In exchange, the businesses promised to create nearly 200,000 jobs.
How many jobs actually were created?
The state can’t tell you.
In fact, officials say that, without examining their files on a [...]