Partnership HealthPlan adding 100 Jobs
Company: Partnership HealthplanCA Net Job Gain/Loss: 100Reason: ExpandCity/Region Gaining Jobs: Several Northern CA Counties
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Carbon Trading: ETS, RIP?
The world’s largest carbon market has been holed below the water line. On April 16th the European Parliament voted to reject an attempt to bolster Europe’s flagship environmental programme, the Emissions Trading System (ETS). Carbon prices, already low, plunged. The emerging network of global carbon trading and European climate policy as a whole could sink.
Politics And Policy Collide In Fight Over Water
Phil Isenberg is a former state lawmaker, mayor of Sacramento and big-time lobbyist — someone who’s been in a lot of political street fights but whose latest battle may be his biggest.
California Unemployment Drops To 9.4%, Lowest In More Than 4 Years
California’s labor market picked up steam last month, according to figures released Friday, as the state’s unemployment rate fell to 9.4% and employers added a net 25,500 jobs in March.
State Job Creation Mediocre In March
Seven states saw their unemployment rates increase in March, countering the trend in most of the nation, the Labor Department said Friday.
Venture-Capital Funding Drops Sharply In Southern California
Southern California is a hotbed of young and innovative companies, but you wouldn’t know it by following the money.
Jerry Brown Starts Push To Revamp California’s Environmental Law
SACRAMENTO — As Gov. Jerry Brown toured China over the last week, he repeatedly contrasted that nation’s speedy construction of modern transportation systems and other key public works with what he characterized as a lack of vision back home.
State Senate Leader Said Revamp Of Environmental Law Is On Track
SACRAMENTO — A day after Gov. Jerry Brown said overhauling California’s environmental laws was unlikely this year, the leader of the state Senate said Wednesday the effort is very much alive in the Legislature and he thinks it can be accomplished by year’s end.
Aerospace Giant to Cut 5 Percent of Satellite Workforce
Company: Boeing Space & Intelligence SystemsCA Net Job Gain/Loss: -75Reason: LayoffCity/Region Losing Jobs: El Segundo, CANotes: Story describes 300 job cuts in four different cities but provides no specific job loss figures – so 75 job losses attributed to each city
Aerospace Giant to Cut 5 Percent of Satellite Workforce
Company: Boeing Space & Intelligence SystemsCA Net Job Gain/Loss: -75Reason: LayoffCity/Region Losing Jobs: Torrance, CANotes: Story describes 300 job cuts in four different cities but provides no specific job loss figures – so 75 job losses attributed to each city
Aerospace Giant to Cut 5 Percent of Satellite Workforce
Company: Boeing Space & Intelligence SystemsCA Net Job Gain/Loss: -75Reason: LayoffCity/Region Losing Jobs: Seal Beach, CANotes: Story describes 300 job cuts in four different cities but provides no specific job loss figures – so 75 job losses attributed to each city
Aerospace Giant to Cut 5 Percent of Satellite Workforce
Company: Boeing Space & Intelligence SystemsCA Net Job Gain/Loss: -75Reason: LayoffCity/Region Losing Jobs: Huntington Beach, CANotes: Story describes 300 job cuts in four different cities but provides no specific job loss figures – so 75 job losses attributed to each city
Chinese Firm to Open Bus Factory in Lancaster
Company: Build Your DreamsCA Net Job Gain/Loss: Unknown ImpactReason: Expand, From Out of CountryCity/Region Losing Jobs: Shenzhen, ChinaCity/Region Gaining Jobs: Lancaster, CA
California’s Economic Growth Outpaces Job Gains
Economic growth in the Golden State from 1990 to 2011 outpaced job growth, University of California, Irvine professor David Neumark and PhD candidate Jennifer Muz showed in the study, published in the latest edition of the San Francisco Fed’s Economic Letter.
Does Jerry Brown Truly Want Less Red Tape?
A couple of years into Jerry Brown’s first governorship Dow Chemical Co. abandoned plans to build a $500 million petrochemical plant, citing regulatory red tape.
