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Fisker Lays Off 75% of Workforce as Bankruptcy Looms
KickingTiresLeonardo DiCaprio may love his Fisker Karma, but the California automaker is listing like the Titanic. Less than a month after founder Henrik Fisker quit, the boutique car company laid off some 160 employees, the Detroit News reports, as it......Tags: Tesla, Ford, Leonardo DiCaprio, Bloomberg L.P., Automotive Equipment
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Palm Beach County wage theft law faces new hurdle
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsPalm Beach County commissioners may opt for a weakened version of wage theft protections long-sought by local religious leaders for low-income workers, according to a new proposal going before the board Tuesday. For two years a coalition of local...Tags: Laws, Legal Service, Broward County, Employment Opportunities, Miami-Dade County
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Palm Beach County Commission backs down on wage theft law
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsBusiness pressure on Tuesday squashed a proposed Palm Beach County wage theft law, which religious leaders long sought to help low-income workers recover overdue pay. For nearly three years, a coalition of local religious leaders urged the County...Tags: Legal Service, Laws, Christianity, Religion and Belief, Anglicanism
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Final bell tolling for Hollywood water tower clocks?
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsLooks like the city of Hollywood has finally given up on its jinxed water tower clocks, which never worked right and stood as a fitting symbol of the city's mismanagement and fiscal woes. A reader alerted me to workers taking......Tags: Unemployment, Water Supply, Job Layoffs, Layoffs and Downsizing
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Detroit Three Ramp Up Capacity
KickingTiresThree years ago, Detroit automakers were running around 50% capacity as the auto industry hobbled toward a year with just 10.4 million new-car sales. With sales this year poised to break 14 million, capacity usage is back. GM, Ford and......Tags: Services and Shopping, Ford, Employees, Automotive Equipment, Vehicles
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New App Keeps Tabs on Texting Drivers
KickingTiresTexting while driving has become a nationwide epidemic, one that the developers of a new smartphone application hope to eradicate. The Vehawk app tracks a driver's cellphone usage during a trip and sends notifications to the account holder (most likely......Tags: Butterfly Ballots, Computer Hardware, Chad, Epidemics and Plagues, Labor Legislation
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I'm done watching NFL until real refs return
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsMy print column today is about Pembroke Pines city manager Charlie Dodge needing a reality check after he called a $198,000 salary offer "an insult." But today's loudest reality check goes to the National Football League, its owners and Commissioner......Tags: Green Bay Packers, Seattle Seahawks, Labor Disputes, National Football League, Roger Goodell
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NHL owners plot risky course in labor negotiations
Business & Pleasure of Sports | Sun Sentinel blogsIf last week???s brief labor negotiations accomplished anything it was to make perfectly clear why the league appears headed for a lockout that will delay training camp quite possibly impact the regular season. That was transparent in two statements by......Tags: Ryan Suter, National Hockey League, Minnesota Wild, Labor Disputes, Zach Parise
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Despite Efficient Cars, Savings at Pump Elusive
KickingTiresDespite reduced gasoline consumption, higher prices at the pump mean Americans are finding themselves with less money to spend elsewhere. That's according to a pair of reports issued Monday by the U.S. Department of Energy and the Union of Concerned......Tags: Unions, Ford, AAA, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Petroleum Industry
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Daily News Briefs: June 26, 2012
KickingTiresU.S. auto sales will increase but stay below 16 million annual deliveries ??? a target hit from 1999 through 2007 ??? through 2015, according to a new report from AlixPartners LLC. Why? Blame factors like lingering unemployment, which has been......Tags: Harris Interactive Incorporated, Services and Shopping, Unemployment, Corporate Officers, Bloomberg L.P.
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American-Made Index: Which Automakers Affect the Most U.S. Workers?
KickingTiresCars.com's American-Made Index gauges how American a car is on a model-by-model basis, but there are lots of other ways to determine just how American a car is. If you look at raw employment figures, Detroit automakers have a larger......Tags: Automotive Equipment, Companies and Corporations, Investments, Employment Opportunities, Manufacturing and Engineering
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State inspectors cite Brothers Two Cafe; JLK???s Delight and Lick???s Gyro Grill for heath and safety violations
Crime and Safety - Sun-SentinelThe Crime & Safety blog reports on inspections of South Florida dining spots each week as the state pursues its goal to review Florida???s 45,000 licensed restaurants twice each year. Brothers Two Caf??, 1946 N.W. 17th Ave., Miami was closed April 3...Tags: Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Fort Lauderdale, Key West, Labor Legislation, Crime, Law and Justice
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