| Wilbert Plastic Services to move HQ, 41 jobs to North Carolina State incentives have helped convince Wilbert Plastic Services, a Chicago supplier of molded plastic parts for the automotive, industrial-equipment and custom-parts markets, to move its headquarters and create 41 jobs in Gaston County. bizjournals.com |
GM to lay off 64 in Jacksonville General Motors will lay off 64 people at its warehouse in South Jacksonville in late March, according to a state employment notification. bizjournals.com |
K&L Gates hires former Columbia Gas president Murphy K&L Gates LLP, Pittsburgh’s largest law firm, has hired Terrence J. Murphy as a government affairs counselor in its public policy and law practice. Murphy most recently served as president of Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania and Maryland. He will be based at the firm’s Downtown Pittsburgh office. bizjournals.com |
The Corporate Equivalent Of A Kevlar Vest Does your company run on the work of a few heroes? Consider key-person insurance. forbes.com |
Overworked? Take back your lunch hour Dear Annie: Your article about why everyone should take a vacation ("5 ways to take a guilt-free vacation," June 2) got a lot of attention in my office, and we all agree that we are exhausted and need some downtime. But how are we supposed to take our vacations when we can't even get away from our desks long enough to go out for lunch? I work for a big company where so many people have been laid off in the past two years that, even with business relatively slow, we are all putting in 10- and 12-hour days (for weeks on end) just to get the work out the door. money.cnn.com |