Buyouts

Caught In a Machine that Grinds Us Up

Dave Johnson | Posted 10.21.2009 | Business


Dave Johnson

This is the buyout game and it is part of the story of what has happened to our economy, our jobs, our communities and our country.

New York Times To Offer Buyouts

Business Insider | Jay Yarow|Sep. 25, 2009, 8:18 AM |4 | Posted 11.25.2009 | Media


The New York Times (NYT) will be offering buyouts to some of its employees as a way to save money, the Newspaper Guild announced last night. Details a...

Best Buy Buyouts: 500 Employees Agree To Leave

Star Tribune | Jackie Crosby | Posted 02.09.2009 | Business


In yet another sign of the dwindling retail and job landscape, one in eight employees at Best Buy Co. Incorporated's headquarters in Richfield -- abou...

Jobless rate rises to 4-year high of 5.7 percent

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 08.09.2008 | Business


WASHINGTON — Stores, factories and other businesses large and small showed workers the door last month, sending unemployment to its highest rate...

Report: Clear Channel Deal Collapsing

AP | MICHELLE ROBERTS | Posted 04.03.2008 | Business


SAN ANTONIO — Shares of Clear Channel Communications Inc. plummeted in late trading Tuesday, following a report that the media company's private...

$25 Bil Buyout Of Sallie Mae In Jeopardy

AP | Marcy Gordon | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


The planned $25 billion buyout of student lender Sallie Mae was thrown into jeopardy Wednesday after the investors said terms of the deal were no long...