vancouver
Job fair aims to help engineers get back to work
Industrial engineers job hunting in Clark County will find resources for landing new employment at an Engineering Fair being held Monday at the Hilton Vancouver Washington in downtown Vancouver.
The Southwest Washington Workforce Development Council is holding an informational fair to help unemployed engineers find full-time or temporary work, start a business or pursue training.
The free fair runs from 7:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. and features sessions that include: Careers and Occupations — What’s Hot and What’s Not; Skills and Credentials to Make Yourself More Valuable; Real Life Career Transitions of Engineers Who Have Been There; How to Start Your Own Business; and Job Search Tips and Techniques including Interviewing, Retooling Your Résumé, Marketing Yourself, and Effective Networking and Use of Social Media.
To register, visit www.swwdc.org or call 360-567-1070.
CHICAGO
Dell confirms its entry into smart-phone market
Dell Inc. confirmed Friday its long-rumored plans to get into smart phones, a new business for the computer maker that is being led by Motorola Inc.’s former mobile phone chief.
Ron Garriques, president of Dell’s Global Consumer Group, unexpectedly jumped to Dell in February 2007 after a high-profile stint leading Motorola’s mobile phone division, where he oversaw the meteoric success of the Razr phone.
LONDON
Eurozone emerges from recession in 3rd quarter
The 16-country eurozone has officially joined the United States and Japan out of recession, after figures Friday showed its economy grew by 0.4 percent in the third quarter from the previous three-month period.
However, the rise reported by the EU’s statistics office Eurostat was not as large as the 0.6 percent most economists had been predicting, as growth in major economies fell short of forecasts.
Still, the third-quarter rise in eurozone output was the first in six quarters and brings to an end Europe’s sharpest recession since World War II.
PORTLAND
Dollar General shares rise in first day of trading
A strong debut by Dollar General in its first day of trading may signal a warmer reception for public offerings, a market that nearly froze last year and has had a fitful recovery.
Discount retailer Dollar General offered 34.1 million shares priced at $21, raising $716.1 million. Investors clamored for the stock, sending shares up $1.73, or 8.2 percent, to $22.73 Friday.
The strong start was good news for its owner, investment firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts.
