Idearc Media, the company behind the Verizon Yellow Pages and Superpages.com, will eliminate more than 150 jobs in St. Petersburg as it shifts some phone directory work to an India-based outsourcing company. ...more

December 31, 2009

Idearc Media, the company behind the Verizon Yellow Pages and Superpages.com, will eliminate more than 150 jobs in St. Petersburg as it shifts some phone directory work to an India-based outsourcing company. ...more

December 30, 2009

The city's firefighters have approved a no-raise contract with the city. ...more

December 30, 2009

The city's firefighters head to the polls beginning today to vote on a proposed contract with the city that includes no pay raises this fiscal year. ...more

December 28, 2009

The city's firefighters head to the polls beginning today to vote on a proposed contract with the city that includes no pay raises this fiscal year. ...more

December 27, 2009

Calling it too cumbersome right now, county commissioners agreed to suspend efforts to craft a performance measurement program designed to monitor the efficiency of county departments. ...more

December 23, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve pledged today to hold interest rates at a record low to drive down double-digit unemployment and sustain the economic recovery. ...more

December 16, 2009

Even as he trumpeted a slowdown in the nation's job losses Friday, President Barack Obama put finishing touches on a proposal he'll unveil next week to "jump-start" business hiring across America. ...more

December 4, 2009

The stage is set for a final confrontation between the city and its police union. ...more

November 28, 2009

but not on the same scale. In Country A, employment has fallen more than 5 percent, and the unemployment rate has more than doubled. In Country B, employment has fallen only half a percent, and unemployment is only slightly higher than it was before the crisis. ...more

November 15, 2009