Reuters News Articles By Joan GrallaFind the latest breaking news from around the world on Reuters.com, including news articles on politics, technology, business, entertainment and more.http://www.reuters.com/2009-11-24T13:34:27+01:00FeedCreator 1.7.2-ppt (info@mypapit.net)NYC mayor, government try different ways to trim workers2009-11-20T23:10:40+01:002009-11-20T23:10:40+01:00http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE5AJ51920091120Joan GrallaNEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City and the state both want to cut expenses by trimming public employees but so far they are using different strategies.Cash-poor NY pushes state workers to take severance2009-11-20T01:35:16+01:002009-11-20T01:35:16+01:00http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE5AJ09T20091120Joan GrallaNEW YORK (Reuters) - Cash-poor New York has extended a severance program that offers its workers $20,000 payments after only 1,089 people were approved in the first round.NY agency sets Dec. 3 hearing for WTC Liberty bonds2009-11-20T01:50:45+01:002009-11-20T01:50:45+01:00http://www.reuters.com/article/financialsSector/idUSN1919844120091120Joan Gralla NEW YORK, Nov 19 (Reuters) - A New York state agency has
scheduled a public hearing for Dec. 3 on the issuance of up to
about $2.6 billion of Liberty bonds to rebuild the World Trade
Center, a civic group called Good Jobs New York said on
Thursday.NYC jobless rate still 10.3 pct amid broad losses2009-11-19T22:14:37+01:002009-11-19T22:14:37+01:00http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNewsAndPR/idUSN1918861320091119Joan Gralla NEW YORK, Nov 19 (Reuters) - New York City's unemployment
rate in October clung to a 16-year high of 10.3 percent, with
the new data underscoring the breadth of the downturn as almost
all sectors lost jobs, state officials said Thursday.Downturn cost U.S. metro areas all recent job growth2009-11-18T19:40:40+01:002009-11-18T19:40:40+01:00http://www.reuters.com/article/ousivMolt/idUSTRE5AH4WV20091118Joan GrallaNEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. recession that began in December 2007 cost the top metropolitan areas all of the 2.29 million jobs they had gained in the previous expansion, according to a report released on Wednesday.Downturn cost US metro areas all recent job growth2009-11-18T19:36:16+01:002009-11-18T19:36:16+01:00http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN1812064520091118Joan Gralla NEW YORK, Nov 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. recession that began
in December 2007 cost the top metropolitan areas all of the
2.29 million jobs they had gained in the previous expansion,
according to a report released on Wednesday.UPDATE 1-NYC's cash-poor MTA needs shake-up, new chief says2009-11-18T23:02:37+01:002009-11-18T23:02:37+01:00http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNewsAndPR/idUSN1813124520091118Joan Gralla (Updates with MTA's response to state comptroller's
allegation)NYC's cash-poor MTA needs shake-up, new chief says2009-11-18T23:20:07+01:002009-11-18T23:20:07+01:00http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE5AH57E20091118Joan GrallaNEW YORK (Reuters) - New York's cash-poor Metropolitan Transportation Authority needs a top-to-bottom shake-up and must restore its credibility with the deficit-stricken state government before it can expect any more dollars, the agency's new chief said ...UPDATE 1-Wall St profits revive, bank bonuses may jump2009-11-17T13:41:13+01:002009-11-17T13:41:13+01:00http://www.reuters.com/article/etfNews/idUSN1652518820091117Joan Gralla (Adds details on salaries, bonuses, job cuts, paragraphs 3-12,
byline)Wall Street profits revive, bank bonuses may jump2009-11-17T15:22:27+01:002009-11-17T15:22:27+01:00http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE5AG2UA20091117Joan GrallaNEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Stock Exchange member firms earned a record $35.7 billion for their broker-dealer operations in the first six months of this year, which is 1-1/2 times above the previous high-water mark set in 2000, the state comptroller ...