In Kansas, a struggle to keep big employers
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Changes at Sprint and Boeing are a sign of the challenges facing Plains-state economies.
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Trying to fend off lawsuits, foreign competition and state rules, a variety of the nationâs big industries are backing off their objections to federal regulations.
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The local  contact center industry is struggling to retain staff and keep costs down, according to the 2007 Australian Contact Center Industry Benchmarking Study.
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Finding it tough to make a buck, some companies eye the exits.
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By Dan Voorhis, The Wichita Eagle, Kan.  Jun. 7--Casinos are often portrayed as a boost to business because they bring in tourists, but some local business people are lining up against the one proposed for Sedgwick County.
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As Congress reconvenes this week, businesses and their lobbyists are gearing up to fight a series of proposed changes to immigration law that they say will complicate hiring.
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Working double and triple shifts, companies are struggling to churn out supply vehicles and put an end to 'hillbilly armor.'
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When Mark Mangino went to Kansas, he knew changing a woebegone program into a winner would be a major challenge.
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As President George W. Bush's plans for a guest worker program languishes in a backlash against immigration, employers both large and small say they rely on Hispanic workers to keep the economy running.
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By SCOTT VAN VOORHIS  Massachusetts can be a tough place to get things built, developers have long complained.  And Gov.
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It's an uncertain time for the nation's largest workplace charity drive, the government's Combined Federal Campaign.
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High-tech companies and employers of lesser skilled workers say their discontent with the bill shaping up in the Senate has deepened.
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In the recent annals of corporate fraud, the names Enron, Tyco and WorldCom ring the loudest. But for residents of Topeka, Kan., the former leaders of the local utility company have become just as infamous.
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Proposed prison closings are creating a gnawing uncertainty for residents of several communities in the remote, challenging region of New York where the correction industry is big business.
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Governors are facing up to some harsh realities: Their states' school children aren't ready for the 21st century, their workers aren't trained for the new jobs created every day, and their businesses aren't competing as strongly as they must to keep ahead.
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The District is in an economic boom. But some neighborhoods have struggled with double-digit unemployment for decades despite programs that have tried to help residents get jobs.
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A big company needs some big ideas in order to grow bigger.