B business week

B business week

NEW YORK — Applications for U.S. home mortgages last week fell to their slowest pace since December 2000, hurt by refinancing loan requests that are now just a quarter of March levels, an industry group reported on Wednesday. The Mortgage Bankers ...

U.S. mortgage applications at eight-year low - Globe and Mail

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

Barring some protest marches by students, the situation in Kashmir valley remained peaceful on Wednesday, official sources said. All shops and business establishments were open and vehicular traffic plied normally, they said. However, students of ...

Situation in Kashmir remains peaceful - Hindustan Times

RSS feeds allow Web site content to be gathered via feed reader software. Click the subscribe link to obtain the feed URL for this page. The feed will update when new content appears on this page. Allstate Corp. said Wednesday that it tapped former ...

Management Change - Chicago Tribune

NEW YORK (Associated Press) - Some people who sell things on eBay are fed up with new rules the company has been imposing in hopes of making the auction site more attractive to online shoppers. Now even more changes are coming in the next few weeks ...

Some eBay sellers frustrated with rule changes - CNN Money

My favourite character is Fred Elliott... I SAY, MY FAVOURITE CHARACTER IS FRED ELLIOTT! I really miss his quirkyness. I also liked Reg Holdsworth, he was such an odd character. What's been your Corrie highlight or favourite story? I really enjoyed ...

Coronation Street fan of the week - Corrieblog.tv

WBT continues the 2008 Hometown Hero Season. Every week, one individual in our community is recognized and named WBT's Hometown Hero of the week during Charlotte's Morning News. This person is an unsung hero recognized for their efforts in making our ...

Nominate a Hometown Hero for 2008! - Wbt.com

All he needs is experience . . . that reinforces his message of change . . . while bringing geographic/ethnic/ideological diversity . . . and fluidity at world affairs . . . without upsetting Hillary Clinton supporters . . . or the liberal left ...

The Note: Veep's Week - ABC News

High gas prices and a slack economy are sparking new notions about how and where people work. Few shifts seem more radical, however, than the rise of the four-day work week. Chrysler LLC is the latest to propose workers shift to four 10-hour days ...

Lower costs, higher morale benefits of four-day work week - Globe and Mail

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 ...