Mon, Jun 8th, 2009 | Most Viewed, Top Stories, U.S. |

Tony Fratto is envious. Mr. Fratto was a colleague of mine in the Bush administration, and as a senior member of the White House communications shop, he knows just how difficult it can be to deal with a press corps skeptical ...Read More

American Airlines To Cut 700 Maintenance Jobs As Fleet Shrinks

Wed, Oct 28th, 2009 | Business |

CHICAGO (Dow Jones)--American Airlines, a unit of AMR Corp. (AMR), in the next year will close or downsize some U.S. aircraft maintenance facilities, cutting up to 700 jobs, or about 5% of its maintenance staff of 12,700, as the size ...Read More

American Airlines to cut 1600 jobs

Fri, Jun 12th, 2009 | Business |

A spokesman for American Airlines Inc. confirmed Friday that 1,600 jobs will be cut by a new staffing reduction. American Airlines, a subsidiary of Fort Worth-based AMR Corp. (NYSE: AMR), said 1,200 flight attendant positions will be impacted nationwide, along with ...Read More

American to cut 1600 jobs South Florida Business Journal

Fri, Jun 12th, 2009 | Business |

American Airlines confirmed Friday morning that 1,600 jobs will be cut in a new round of staffing reductions, 103 of which may be coming from Miami. American Airlines, a subsidiary of Fort Worth, Texas-based AMR Corp. (NYSE: AMR), said 1,200 flight ...Read More

American Air to 1600 Cut Jobs, Delta May Follow on Travel Drop

Thu, Jun 11th, 2009 | Business |

June 12 (Bloomberg) -- AMR Corp.’s American Airlines willeliminate 1,600 jobs and Delta Air Lines Inc. may pare itspayroll again as waning travel demand spurs deeper cuts inseating capacity. American’s reductions equal about 2.4 percent of theworkforce, while Delta said it ...Read More

GOP: Alternative energy alone won't meet US needs

Sat, May 23rd, 2009 | Politics |

WASHINGTON – Democrats will increase energy costs and make the U.S. more dependent on foreign oil if they focus solely on alternative energy, the Republicans say. In the party's weekly radio and Internet address Saturday, Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., said Republicans ...Read More

American Express Will Slash 4000 Jobs, Take Charge

Mon, May 18th, 2009 | Business, Most Viewed |

May 18 (Bloomberg) -- American Express Co., the largestU.S. credit-card company by purchases, will cut about 6 percentof its workforce as cardholders squeezed by rising unemploymentfail to pay debts. American Express will take a charge of $180 million to $250million in ...Read More

BNP's British builders are American

Sun, May 17th, 2009 | U.K. |

"British jobs for British workers," the BNP's advert demands. The problem is that the builders pictured in the photo are hardly home-grown: they hail from Oregon, on the far side of the United States. The far-right party yesterday found itself derided ...Read More

GOP turns to Bush aides for advice

Mon, May 4th, 2009 | Politics |

Republicans looking to recover from Bush-era defeats are turning to an unlikely source for advice: top aides to former President George W. Bush. Former White House press secretary Dana Perino, former Bush counselor Ed Gillespie and former White House deputy press ...Read More