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Namedropper 4-27-08

Mylie Colfer; Thomas M. Rush; Aaron Brillhart---MYLIE COLFER Mylie Colfer, named employee of the quarter for Hunter Employment, was presented with a day at the spa, dinner for two at Red Lobster and an award certificate. Colfer began working...

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Yuma businessman branches out

BY JOYCE LOBECK, SUN STAFF WRITER

The rest of the country may think it's in a recession, but local businessman Frank Ruiz didn't get the memo. "I've got a box full of potential projects," he said. And he's chomping at the bit to share some of them with the community. Ruiz...

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Namedropper, 5-4-08

Alberto GarciaAlberto Garcia, a patient care technician with Davita Dialysis, has been named the Shining Star Caregiver for the clinic. The recognition comes from Yuma dialysis patients who named Garcia for being an outstanding caregiver.Diane UmphressGov....

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Stocks decline as AIG reveals need for cash, oil surges

NEW YORK (AP) -- Wall Street retreated Friday as investors contended with wider-than-expected losses at insurer American International Group Inc. and another worrisome spike in oil prices. The Dow Jones industrial average at times gave up more than 100 points....

Sovereign, AIG among big market movers

NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks that are moving substantially or trading heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market:...

Wall Street looks for more evidence to justify a rally

NEW YORK (AP) -- Wall Street goes into the new week in an upbeat mood, with investors growing more confident that the economy and the financial markets are heading toward a second-half recovery....

Career Advice

Joking Around at the Office

Chances are, at some point you've probably been the butt of a workplace practical joke, an instigator of one or at least a willing accomplice....

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Recession-Proof Your Finance Job

by Dona DeZube, Monster Finance Careers Expert

What started as a credit crunch is looking a lot like a looming recession. As the collapse of the subprime mortgage market and falling home prices ripple through the corporate world in the form of write-downs on company pension funds, layoffs at finance...

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Fortune 100 Finance Internship Raises the Value of Your Personal Stock

by Dona DeZube, Monster Finance Careers Expert

Most internships will improve your post-graduation marketability, but a finance internship with a Fortune 100 company will give you special cachet in the marketplace. In the Minneapolis area, headquarters to some of the world's largest firms including...

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