Kansas Shaken From Slumber As Oil Boom Resonates
Dated: 05-24-2012

The oil boom has changed the face of Kansas and local residents, who have been residing for ages, say that it doesn’t feel like we’re in Kansas anymore. What were once farmer’s fields have now turned into oil rigs. Hotels are filled to capacity, and “No vacancy” signs hang in the windows of local motels, [...]
HP Adopts Job Cutting Measures To Address Declining Fortunes
Dated: 05-24-2012

Beleaguered tech giant Hewlett Packard Co said Wednesday, that it was cutting 27,000 jobs, 8 percent of its entire around 300,000 thousand strong, global workforce, over the next couple of years. This move is to reverse a financial funk, owing to fierce competition, that has seen it falling behind rivals, who with more novel products [...]
Employment for Mason Not on Paper
Dated: 05-24-2012

New records show that when the University of Iowa decided to hire Sally Mason to fill in the position of president of the institution, they never made any agreement to also provide employment to her husband, to be paid as a presidential fundraiser or instructor. In recent weeks, Mason claimed that when first negotiating back [...]