Taken from WATE.com KNOXVILLE (WATE) — The KNS Media Group, which includes the Knoxville News Sentinel, cut about 50 positions Thursday, including 13 newsroom employees. The News Sentinel will move local news into the A section and merge the business and comment departments. News Sentinel President Bruce Hartmann said in a press release that the [...]
Entries from November 2008
November 7, 2008
Knox Employment Picture: Manufacturing Down…Service Up
Taken from the Knoxville News Sentinel As manufacturing jobs in Knox County have slipped overseas or just disappeared, jobs in department stores, hospitals and restaurants apparently have increased. According to a study by the Metropolitan Planning Commission, Knox County’s three major employment sectors in 2007 were retail trade, health care/social assistance and accommodation/food services. The [...]
November 7, 2008
Duke launches Texas wind farm
Duke Energy Corp. has started commercial operation of a 59-megawatt wind farm in Howard County in west Texas. Construction of the 28-turbine site began in February. A single-megawatt turbine can generate enough electricity to power about 200 to 300 households. Duke will deliver the power to the Electricity Reliability Council of Texas transmission system for [...]
November 7, 2008
PPG invests $20.5M in Shelby expansion
PPG Industries FiberGlass Products Inc. will invest $20.5 million to expand its facility in Shelby and add 120 jobs over the next three years. The company plans to increase production of fiberglass to meet growing demand for wind turbines, which have blades made of resin-coated fiberglass. Salaries for the 120 new positions will vary by [...]
November 5, 2008
Best Places to Work in Charlotte in 2008
Taken from the Charlotte Business Journal Sixty-five businesses in the Charlotte region were recognized Wednesday as the area’s Best Places to Work for 2008. The Charlotte Business Journal presented the annual awards at a luncheon held at the Charlotte Convention Center. The top awards went to the following companies: •Small businesses (10 to 49 employees): [...]
November 4, 2008
Local jobs picture brightens slightly in September
Taken from the Mountain Xpress Website. Read the full article at http://www.mountainx.com After a few months of steadily worsening job news, the Asheville metro area’s unemployment rate declined in September, according to the latest N.C. Employment Security Commission statistics. The metro area (Buncombe, Henderson, Haywood and Madison counties) saw the rate dip to 5.2 percent [...]
