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When night falls, they rise: A Labor Day tribute to night workers
Life doesn’t pause at 9 p.m. Some people are born with a different internal rhythm and prefer the nights. They labor while the rest of us sleep.
Tight job market is bane of visiting foreign students
Several thousand foreign students, recruited by businesses and sponsors, come to the region every summer to fill seasonal jobs. The recession may have put them in competition with out-of-work Americans for the lower-paying work.
National Business News
- AP sources: Fire may have erupted on UPS plane
- Bristol-Myers agrees to buy ZymoGenetics for $885M
- George Soros gives $100M to Human Rights Watch
- Microbes are eating BP oil without using up oxygen
- Oracle's Ellison gets pay package worth $70M
- HP sues ex-CEO Hurd over new job at rival Oracle
- Court: Judges can demand warrant for phone locales
- Stocks fall as worries about European debt return
- Boeing slims down military aircraft business
- New ABC News president will face complex job
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Local Business News
- Tight job market is bane of visiting foreign students
- Economist: Port needs to be more open with APM deal
- Cupcakes on a roll in Norfolk
- Music video celebrates Heartland Corridor rail project
- Do you know why you aren't working today? Test yourself.
- Labor Day is Monday. Will you work or play?
- Insurers seeing few claims of home damage from storm
- Columbia customers to see gas bills go up
- Hampton Roads' jobless rate stays the same
- Smithfield Foods turns corner, CEO says
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- Amerigroup
- BB&T Corporation
- Bank of America
- CACI International
- Capital One
- Commonwealth Bkshrs
- Dominion Resources
- Ford
- Fulton Financial
- Hampton Rds Bkshr
- International Paper
- MHI Hospitality
- MonrchFncl
- Old Point Financial
- Portfolio Recovery
- SunTrust Banks
- SuperValu
- TowneBank
- United Parcel Serve.
- Verizon Comm.
- Wellpoint
- Wells Fargo
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ECONOMIC STRESSAssociated Press index of financial strain for all U.S. counties
UNEMPLOYMENT RATESU.S. joblessness figures by county, state and sector
- THE ROAD BACK
A new job doesn't always mean recovery - ECONOMIC SURVIVAL 101
Tips for getting through the financial meltdown - TAX CALCULATOR
See how you compare in terms of income bracket and how much tax your state collected -
BAILOUT TRACKER
Who's getting how much from the government
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CHINESE DRYWALL
A timeline of drywall health and safety investigations
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| Sep 09, 2010 | Helping Philanthropic Families Become More Strategic | Cavalier Golf and Yacht Club |
| Sep 09, 2010 | The Local Leaders Luncheon | Yorktown Freight Shed |
| Sep 11, 2010 | Tidewater Entrepreneur Monthly Meeting. Tom Hopkins # 1 Trainer guest speaker | El Desorden |
| Sep 15, 2010 | Creative Messaging | Town Point Club |
| Sep 16, 2010 | Electrical Contractors Association of Tidewater | Spiro's Restaurant |
| Sep 28, 2010 | 8th annual Women's Conference | NSU at the Virginia Beach Higher Education Center |
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