World / Small Business
British housebuilders set to axe jobs
06.07.2008 11:16
breakingnews.ie
Housebuilder Persimmon is expected to announce it is cutting up to 1,000 jobs when it updates the City this week, it was reported today.
Ireland
Small Business
Central Bank Governor to attend Oireachtas Finance Committee
06.07.2008 10:19
breakingnews.ie
The Governor of the Central Bank is to attend the Oireachtas Finance Committee later this month.
Ireland
Small Business
Chrysler, UAW face a slew of complaints
06.07.2008 04:21
freep.com
Melody Williams, after working an overtime shift, was called to her boss' office, where she found him lying on a desk. "You want to get paid?" she testified that supervisor Torrence Frazier asked her. He pawed at her; pressed his body against hers. "We can just go next door, get this over with," he told her.
USA
Small Business
MARK PHELAN: A suggestion to revive EV1, and with it GM's credibility
06.07.2008 04:21
freep.com
Longtime automotive journalist John McElroy has a modest proposal for General Motors: Take the EV1 electric car out of mothballs and put it back on the road. GM has its own plans for future electric cars, but McElroy makes an interesting case.
USA
Small Business
SUSAN TOMPOR: $4 gas is forcing late car payments
06.07.2008 04:21
freep.com
Could gas at $4 a gallon or higher be one of the culprits behind late car payments, too? Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Economy.com in West Chester, Pa., said auto loan delinquencies will keep climbing for another 12 months. By his estimate, auto delinquencies would hit a peak in the second half of 2009.
USA
Small Business
MARK PHELAN: Detroit 3 are racing to develop fun, fuel-frugal cars
06.07.2008 04:21
freep.com
In secure conference rooms, engineering centers and design studios across metro Detroit, Chrysler, Ford and General Motors are working to create a new generation of fuel-efficient vehicles without repeating the mistakes that crippled them when oil prices and emissions regulations shook their world in the 1970s and '80s.
USA
Small Business
Awnings let you create your own cool
06.07.2008 04:21
freep.com
Awnings are common in Europe, where nearly one of every three homes has one. But in the United States, where only 3% of houses use awnings, they're more of a novelty. That number is growing, however, because people want to spend more time outdoors on their patios, porches and decks.
USA
Small Business
Condo owners finding a cash crunch
06.07.2008 04:21
freep.com
As more condo owners who need to move are stuck with properties they can't sell and foreclosure rates rise, many homeowner associations are hurting for the cash needed to maintain monthly services.
USA
Small Business
TOM WALSH: Tough times drive interest in auto forum
06.07.2008 04:21
freep.com
Perhaps it's a sign of the fear gripping Detroit's automotive industry: Registrations for this year's big annual auto industry shindig in Traverse City Aug. 11-15 are running 22% ahead of last year at this time.
USA
Small Business
LON GROSSMAN: Old toilet can't save water like new
06.07.2008 04:21
freep.com
Dear Lon: I live in a senior rental apartment. My toilet flushes without a problem, but occasionally it requires to be flushed twice. A friend recommended that I purchase CLR to clean out the cruddy areas to hopefully improve flushing.
USA
Small Business
LAURA ORTIZ: Ranch-style condos are spacious and elegant
06.07.2008 04:21
freep.com
The project: Keystone at the Retreat, ranch-style condominiums in Macomb Township that range from 755 to 1,975 square feet and are base-priced from $121,500 to $202,500.
USA
Small Business
JAMES DULLEY: Using smaller appliances can save time and energy
06.07.2008 04:20
freep.com
Dear Jim: Does it make efficiency sense to use countertop appliances, such as a toaster oven, instead of the electric range oven/broiler? -- Pat K.
USA
Small Business
'Do what makes him happy,' worker told
06.07.2008 04:20
freep.com
When Chrysler worker Mee Sanders complained to her UAW Local 12 that a union steward named Richard Lott was sexually harassing her at the Jeep plant here, an official urged her to do what the man wanted. "Do what makes him happy," Sanders remembers being told.
USA
Small Business
Chrysler plant in Toledo under scrutiny
06.07.2008 04:20
freep.com
Over the past four years, the Ohio Civil Rights Commission has seen a spike in charges of discrimination and harassment at Chrysler's Toledo Jeep complex, especially in the past 18 months. The volume of claims leveled against Chrysler's Jeep operations has led the commission's Toledo bureau to open an investigation of conditions at the plant.
USA
Small Business
RENTLINX: Following family footsteps leads to surging Web service
06.07.2008 04:20
freep.com
Like many teens, the last thing Jeremy Schneider wanted to do was go into the family business. But it just kind of happened. Now, 27, Schneider went on to get not one, but two computer-science degrees -- both from his parents' alma mater, the University of Michigan -- and has built a Web-based business with annual revenues approaching $100 million.
USA
Small Business
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