Greater Lowell Adds 1,300 Jobs
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By The Sun, Lowell, Mass.  Sep. 20--BOSTON -- Greater Lowell posted another solid month of year-over-year job growth, according to the Massachusetts Department of Workforce Development.
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Winnebago Industries Inc , the No. 1 maker of motor homes, said on Thursday that layoffs were underway at its Forest City, Iowa plant, which makes about 90 percent of its products and employs about 3,300 workers.
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Boston Scientific Corp  said on Wednesday it would cut about 2,300 jobs, or about 9 percent of its workforce, and restructure or sell several business units as part of its efforts to reduce operating expenses.
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The District government has achieved a budget surplus of more than $300 million for the third year in a row, thanks to higher-than-expected revenues and lower-than-expected spending last year, city officials announced this morning.
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Tricia Auld, the Greater Boston League Player of the Year for girls' soccer two seasons ago at Waltham High School, has kept up the good work at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell.
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Employers added 132,000 jobs last month, a moderate pace slightly above what forecasters were expecting.
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Credit Suisse today announced that up to 300 jobs will be lost in an overhaul of its troubled investment banking business. The company said its investment arm - Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB) - would be
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It took him just three at-bats to get three hits last night at Fenway Park, so Red Sox third baseman Mike Lowell felt he was in for a career game.
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LOWELL -- It wasn't pretty, but it was pretty exciting. The MIAA Division 1 North girls' basketball final between Lowell and Central Catholic featured turnovers, air balls, and sloppy execution. Central Catholic made enough plays and free throws to withstand a late Lowell rush, hold on for a 41-34 win, and advance to the state semifinals at TD Banknorth Garden.
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Bank of America Corp. said yesterday it will bring 300 more jobs to Boston as part of its wealth management unit.
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The Boston Redevelopment Authority yesterday approved a major new development for 30 acres on the South Boston Waterfront - not for luxury condos and swanky restaurants, but for maritime industrial uses.
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The closings of the Huronia, Rideau and Southwestern Regional Centres in Orillia, Smith Falls and Chatham will mean 2,200 lost jobs in the centres and moving 1,000 people from institutions to community settings such as group homes.
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U.S. business productivity grew at a   1.6 percent annual rate in the second quarter, higher than   first estimated, the government said on Wednesday in a report   that also showed worker compensation up much more this year   than initially thought.
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The Arlington Center for Cooperative Elder Services has moved to 37 Broadway, in a facility that is 1,500 square feet larger than the former site.
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By Tom Spoth, The Sun, Lowell, Mass.  Sep. 12--Massachusetts employers will continue to add jobs at a steady pace in the final quarter of 2006, according to a survey released today.   Employment-services firm Manpower Inc.
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Businesses added a net 111,000 jobs last month, continuing the recent trend of strong labor markets.
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In 1951, at the dawn of the television era, Walter Shanahan opened a small radio and TV sales and service shop in the Highlands section of Lowell.