By Moe Zulfiqar Consumer spending is highly correlated with consumer sentiment. It makes sense that when consumers believe their jobs are in trouble or they won’t have enough money going forward, they pull back on…
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)Our friends over at Sportspress Northwest alerted us to the fact that at least one Las Vegas sports book is predicting a .500 season for the Seattle Mariners. Some additional research reaffirmed…
Las Vegas SunAhead of its second season, Wet ‘n’ Wild Las Vegas has begun accepting applications for more than 450 seasonal jobs at the water park, which opens April 12 and operates through September. This…
Cheryl Freeman, 40, of Atlanta, lost 70 poundsAtlanta Journal ConstitutionPersonal life: “(I am) a mother of three teenagers, two girls and a sickle cell anemia son, that lives in southwest Atlanta. I work two jobs:…
By John Whitefoot I was reading an article that suggested investors are underestimating the extent that U.S. corporate profits could grow in 2014. And that the only reason the U.S. economy reported disappointing retail sales…
Las Vegas SunRepublican Assemblyman Cresent Hardy wants voters in the northern Las Vegas Valley and much of rural Nevada to pick him as their congressman this November. The 56-year-old businessman from Mesquite formally launched his…
GameSpotBioShock creator Irrational Games is shutting down. Irrational Games cofounder Ken Levine confirms all but about 15 people will lose their jobs as he starts up a “smaller, more entrepreneurial” endeavor for Take-Two. by Eddie…
Nashville Leading as Office Deals Beat U.S. Average: Real EstateBloombergAnnie Ierardi works from home in a Nashville, Tennessee, building that’s adding apartments as waves of young workers flock to a city flush with jobs, music…
Diverse economy is fueling Atlanta’s improved job growthAtlanta Business ChronicleThe (preliminary) data reveals Atlanta added 58,400 jobs in 2013, an increase over 2012’s total of 55,000. Atlanta’s employment base has been growing strongly since 2010,…
London Free PressThe turnaround in jobs and perhaps self-confidence came Friday in the announcement of a $10-billion to $13-billion, 14-year contract won by London’s General Dynamics Land Systems Canada (GDLS) to build armoured vehicles for…
CNBC.comAt seven in the morning, on the corner of Dolores Avenue and 18th Street in San Francisco’s Noe Valley neighborhood, tech workers are quietly boarding private buses to get to their jobs in Silicon Valley….
By John Whitefoot Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen has confirmed what most already knew. The recovery in the U.S. jobs market is far from complete. Yellen noted that the unemployment rate has improved since the…
San Jose Mercury NewsSAN FRANCISCO — Charles Schwab Corp. said Thursday it is planning to move about 1,000 jobs out of San Francisco over the next three to five years. The San Francisco-based banking and…
Peyton Manning gave a great, classy interview in the wake of being on the wrong end of a 45-8 Super Bowl XVLIII game where the Seattle Seahawks beat the Denver Broncos. Here’s the text, courtesy…
Giuliani continues support for Chris Christie. Says odds are 50-50 governor …NJ.comGiuliani has been among the governor’s most ardent supporters during what has been a trying time for Christie. The controversy already has cost four…
Using social media to get you a jobRocky Mountain CollegianTodd Donavan, an Associate Professor of Marketing at CSU, believes social media websites can play an important role when applying for jobs. Donavan lectures his classes…
Remarks of President Barack Obama – As Prepared for Delivery State of the Union Address Tuesday, January 28, 2014 Washington, D.C. As Prepared for Delivery – Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, my…
The President’s State of the Union Address starts in 30 minutes, and The White House has provided a copy of excerpts of it, which you can read below. Some highlights: Today, after four years of…
KBZK Bozeman NewsThat’s just one lesson to be gleaned from a lawsuit filed by a cheerleader for the Oakland Raiders, a National Football League team, which alleges sub-minimum wage pay and other labor abuses. While…
Strong jobs report for Miami-Dade as unemployment dips to 7.5 [email protected] Miami-Dade County received its best hiring scorecard in since the summer of 2012 on Friday, with the year-end employment numbers showing fewer people without…
Financial TimesDavid Cameron has urged European leaders to sweep away “burdensome” shale gas regulations, warning that energy companies will invest in other parts of the world if they are impeded in the EU. The British…
Joe Tuman has fired the first official shot in the unfolding 2014 Oakland Mayor’s Race. In a new YouTube video sent to supporters and called “Meet Joe Tuman,” Mr. Tuman said that his “singular focus”…
PCWorldIntel has an ambitious goal for 2014: get its Atom chips into 40 million tablets, or four times the number of tablets that had Intel inside in 2013. But rather than do it by tailoring…
BBC NewsThe world’s biggest computer chip maker, Intel, says it will cut its workforce by 5% as it expects no revenue growth in 2014. The company told Reuters news agency that it would reduce its…
Pinewood Studios Atlanta Fayetteville, Georgia – the near-300-acre movie studio complex slated to open this month as production of MARVEL’s Ant-Man with Michael Douglas and Paul Rudd gets underway – has already got off on…
Telegraph.co.ukFrançois Hollande wanted to break up with Valérie Trierweiler at the weekend but had to ditch the idea when she was hospitalised, it was reported today, as it emerged that the French president has not…
ReutersPARIS (Reuters) – France can revive its competitiveness and growth if it rapidly pushes through with a reform drive proposed by President Francois Hollande, its central bank governor said on Thursday. The Socialist leader pledged…
QuartzHouse prices in the UK rose by a pedestrian 3.5% year-over-year in November, according to the latest data—that is, if you exclude London from the calculation. Residential property prices in London rose by 11.6%, which…
CNN(CNN) — Thousands of African migrants cram into Rabin Square in Tel Aviv, Israel, calling for a labor strike. Their chants fill the air, summing up their message: “We need asylum.” Activists estimate more than…
This Oakland News comes from Las Vegas, where I am for the New Media Expo and International CES, or CES 2014, or the Consumer Electronics Show. I have two items to share: first my 30-minute…
Times of IndiaNEW DELHI: By the time a journalist asked prime minister Manmohan Singh about the possibility of his coming out of retirement if Congressmen felt that a likely UPA 3 could not survive without…
USA TODAYArt Briles’ name has been mentioned as a desirable candidate for many open coaching jobs, including Texas’. But the Baylor coach said on Twitter on Friday that, contrary to reports and rumors, he is…
Los Angeles, Orange counties top US metro construction employment, according …Long Beach Press-TelegramAn estimated 17,300 jobs were added in the construction sector in the Los Angeles and Santa Ana areas, according to an analysis of…
USA TODAYASHBURN, Va. — Robert Griffin III refused to pile on. Less than a month since he was unceremoniously benched, Washington’s franchise quarterback took the high road Monday in addressing the firing of coach Mike…
Chicago TribuneNashville, TN Sports.com —. Neither team had a chance to make the playoffs, so they played for pride and possibly their jobs. The contest was highlighted with records and milestones but one record stood…
CBSSports.comFor more news and notes from Jason La Canfora, tune into The NFL Today Sunday at noon ET on CBS. Chargers offense coordinator Ken Whisenhunt will be given strong consideration for the Texans job, according…
Dan Siegel, long-time Oakland civil rights attorney, partner in the Oakland law firm Siegel & Yee, and long-time friend, and former legal adviser, to Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, is running for Mayor of Oakland. Siegel…
USA TODAYTexas coach Mack Brown resigned Saturday after winning 158 games, two Big 12 titles and one national championship during 16 years with the Longhorns. Brown’s resignation opens one of the premier jobs in college…
SI.comBaylor coach Art Briles has a history in Texas that would make him a natural fit to replace Mack Brown. LM Otero/AP. Mack Brown resigned at Texas on Saturday, throwing open one of college football’s…
Oakland’s known for many things, but keeping inventory of its hottest women isn’t one of them. It should be. Oakland’s got to get over its focus on news about crime, unemployment, politics, and misery, and…
SportingNews.comBut the Crimson Tide head coach hasn’t signed it and that is a cause for concern, Paul Finebaum of ESPN.com reported. MORE: Top 10 head coaching jobs | Saban-to-Texas rumors. SDS: Tide fan wants CBS…
Pinewood Studios Atlanta, Fayetteville, GA has reached several major construction milestones on its way to an anticipated January 2014 opening. The sprawling entertainment production complex, the latest in a group of new buildings the UK-based…
Las Vegas-based Facebook page lets plus-size women ‘know that they’re beautiful’Las Vegas SunAs social media marketing manager for the Las Vegas-based talent jobs listing site Explore Talent, Sabrina DiResta handles her fair share of Facebook…
Libby Schaaf, my friend and Oakland City Council District Four Representative – who so scared the heck out of current Oakland Mayor Jean Quan when Libby openly talked about running that Quan sent supporters to…
LAX Shooting, Garden State NJ Shooting, Denver School Gunmen. Why? Two mass shooting incidents, and one that could have been that had students been in the school at the time, leave one question: why is…
The San Francisco Waterfront’s very history is said to hang in the balance with Proposition B and Proposition C, but the reality is anything but that. The truth is that only one proposed development is…
Cory Booker’s amazing political rise takes another major step as the now former Mayor of New Jersey becomes the first black senator of that state in history. Booker beat his Republican Challenger Steve Lonegan 43…
President Barack Obama said that he had a chance to speak with House Speaker John Boehner Tuesday morning and said “and I told him what I’ve been saying publicly, that I am happy to talk…
Social Media has grown from a something regarded as the plaything of 20-somethings to a real activity that can have positive or negative impacts on a company’s fiscal picture. The change in how social media…
On Tuesday, the Oakland City Council will meet in public with the Bay Investment Group, which seeks an exclusive negotiating agreement that, if granted, will allow the organization the right to work to develop, “Coliseum…
This White House Press Conference Transcript came from the White House at 7:51 PM EST Wednesday, October 2nd, the first full day of the Government Shutdown. THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary ___________________________________________________________________________________________________…
Chevron Richmond announced the start of a $15.5 million Community Revitalization Initiative, a five-year plan to stimulate the city’s economy by creating jobs, encouraging small business development and expanding job training opportunities. Speaking at held…
This statement by President Obama on the antcipated Government Shutdown came from The White House at 6:17 PM EST: THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary ______________________________________________________________________________________ For Immediate September 30, 201 STATEMENT BY…
President Obama and Sweden’s Prime Minister Reinfeldt gave a joint press conference early this morning on Syria. Here’s the full, unedited transcript from that session: REMARKS BY PRESIDENT OBAMA AND PRIME MINISTER REINFELDT OF SWEDEN…
President Obama’s Speech, courtesy of The White House. This is a transcript of the full speech given by President Barack Obama today, Wednesday, August 28th, 2013, and to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of The March…
On Friday, President Obama presented this proclamation celebrating the 50th Anniversary of The March On Washington, which was held August 28th, 1963. That event, which drew 250,000 people, was the place where one of the…
This transcript came from The White House Press Office 25 minutes ago: REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT ON COLLEGE AFFORDABILITY State University of New York Buffalo Buffalo, New York 11:23 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Buffalo!…
President Obama gave a massively excellent speech on the American Economy on Wednesday. Here’s the video and the transcript: 2:13 P.M. CDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Galesburg! (Applause.) Well, it’s good to be home in Illinois!…
“World Cup” is a Twitter trend as this blog post is being written, and not for good reasons. In 2014 we were told that Football was coming home to Brazil, but after the way the…
Steve Gleason and Lou Gehrig’s Disease get the rightful focus after 790 The Zone Atlanta fired Nick Cellini, Steve “Steak” Shapiro, and Chris Dimino for making a Monday morning segment of their now-terminated Mayhem In…
