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Two Disney rides remain closed in wake of state citations
A ride at Disneyland and another at Disney California Adventure Park remained closed Monday following several citations issued by the state over worker safety violations. Disney officials said they voluntarily closed Disneyland's Space Mountain and...
Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Amusement and Theme Parks, Tourism and Leisure Industry, Fines, Occupational Safety and Health Administration
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California, China and railroads -- history pulls a switcheroo
A century and some change ago, more than a quarter of a million Chinese lived in California, most of them men and many of them veterans of the Gold Rush, and of the mining and railroad boom that followed. They were barred from owning property and from...
Tags: Jerry Brown, Railway Transportation, Travel, Transportation, China
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Senators reach deal on farm workers
WASHINGTON – Senators writing a landmark immigration bill broke a logjam between farmworker unions and growers Thursday, reaching a tentative agreement on future agricultural visas and pay scales for foreign farmworkers, according to people familiar...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Dianne Feinstein, Immigration, Career and Workplace
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Analysts: Disney layoffs tied to Lucasfilm, Marvel acquisitions
Walt Disney Co. has begun the process of laying off about 150 people who work at the company’s movie studio. Analysts said that the layoffs, which were confirmed by the Burbank-based company Wednesday, are probably related to redundancies...
Tags: Star Wars (movie), Companies and Corporations, The Walt Disney Co., Pixar Animation Studios, Gaming
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Disneyland's Space Mountain temporarily closed amid safety review
Disneyland’s popular Space Mountain roller coaster and another ride are temporarily closed after the company received citations from state regulators last week that prompted a review of its employee safety protocols, a spokeswoman said Sunday....
Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Amusement and Theme Parks, Tourism and Leisure Industry, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Career and Workplace
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Need a raise? Want a tattoo? It's your lucky day
Now here’s a headline that probably has folks at companies like Qualcomm quaking: “Company offers raises to employees who get tattooed with its logo.” My colleague Ricardo Lopez reported Thursday on Rapid Realty, a New York real estate...
Tags: Qualcomm Inc., Lindsay Lohan, Labor Legislation, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, International Workers' Day
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Garcetti, Greuel face off in first runoff mayoral debate
In the first Los Angeles mayoral debate since the runoff election began, City Councilman Eric Garcetti and City Controller Wendy Greuel found themselves explaining on multiple occasions how, exactly, each differed from the other. During an hourlong...
Tags: Kevin James, DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated, Elections, Satellite and Cable Service, Eric Garcetti
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L.A. County prepares to unveil balanced, 'pre-recession' budget
Los Angeles County officials said Thursday they were preparing to unveil a budget that would mark the beginning of an emergence from years of austerity. The county has weathered the recession without layoffs or furloughs, but county departments have...
Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Zev Yaroslavsky, Budgets and Budgeting, Career and Workplace
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Fired KPMG auditor can't explain 'lapse of judgment'
Scott London, a Los Angeles partner in one of the nation's largest accounting firms, says it began four years ago. By his account, a friend with money trouble was poking around for information on Herbalife Ltd. and Skechers USA Inc., two Los Angeles-...
Tags: Insider Trading, Crime, Law and Justice, Mutual Funds, Fraud, Finance
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Villaraigosa says city workers should pay more toward retirement
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said Wednesday that city employees should pay considerably more for their healthcare and retirement benefits to avoid “giant balloon payments” in coming years. Appearing on KTTV’s “Good...
Tags: Eric Garcetti, Public Employees, Wendy Greuel, Government, Budgets and Budgeting
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North Korea pulls workers from joint industrial park
SEOUL -- A top North Korean official said Monday his nation will suspend the work of its more than 50,000 employees at a joint industrial park that had been one of the proudest examples of cooperation between North and South Korea. Kim Yang-gon,...
Tags: North Korea, Business, South Korea, United Nations, Seoul (South Korea)
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