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Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- FedEx Corp. tells its ground-service drivers when to work, what to charge customers and what kind of socks and shoes to wear, the workers say. Drivers who sued the company argue that makes them employees. Founder and Chief ...

FedEx Loses Shareholders as Courts Upend Smith's Business Model - Bloomberg

Milacron Inc. (Pink Sheets:MZIA), a leading global supplier of plastics-processing technologies and industrial fluids, is decreasing the size of its board of directors from eleven seats to seven in order to improve efficiency and effectiveness ...

Milacron Reduces Board Size - Forbes

NEW YORK (Associated Press) - Shares of General Dynamics Corp. were set for a higher opening Wednesday as analysts forecast higher profit for the defense contractor next year after its $2.25 billion all-cash acquisition of business jet services ...

Ahead of the Bell: General Dynamics climbs - CNN Money

PARIS/STOCKHOLM — Ericsson LM and STMicroelectronics have agreed to join their wireless chip and software businesses to create a joint venture that will supply four of the world's top five cellphone makers. The new company, announced on Wednesday ...

Ericsson, STMicro merge businesses - Globe and Mail

NEW YORK (AP) _ An analyst on Tuesday night recommended long positions on investment bank Morgan Stanley, saying it has a solid mix of business. NEW YORK (AP) _ RBC Capital Markets raised its outlook on Yamana Gold Inc. to "Outperform" from "Sector ...

Premarket roundup: Morgan Stanley, Yamana Gold - CNN Money

HARTFORD, Conn. For school bus driver Jamille Aine, a cold is more than an inconvenience. His employer does not offer paid sick days, so if he can't shake the bug, he may not be able to pay his bills. Some 46 million U.S. workers lack paid sick days ...

States push laws to require paid sick days - BusinessWeek

Ask any ambitious, young female college student about her plans, and she'll likely say she's heading for law or medical school, a great job or perhaps her own business start-up. What she probably won't say: She wants to get an M.B.A. The typical M.B ...

Mommy MBA: Schools try to attract more women - Trentonian

It doesn’t matter how you look when you grimace, yell or grunt when trying to lift over twice your body weight as long as you do it, stick it and hold it long enough for the score from the judge. Besides shooting what I needed to for the Detroit ...

Olympic weightlifters bursting for a medal - Detroit Free Press

Tennant Company TNC , a world leader in designing, manufacturing and marketing solutions that help create a cleaner, safer world, announced the election of Carol S. Eicher to its Board of Directors. Ms. Eicher brings considerable knowledge and ...

Tennant Company Elects New Board Member - MSN MoneyCentral

As is tradition at the B to B, the day winds down with a giant Business After Hours, hosted jointly by the Androscoggin County Chamber of Commerce and the Lewiston-Auburn Economic Growth Council. Agenda The best of L-A In case you've been living ...