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[photo:30946] Brown-Forman Corporation Jack Daniel’s, Southern Comfort, Finlandia, Sonoma-Cutrer, Korbel and 31 other alcohol brands Brown-Forman employs 4,440 people worldwide with about 1,300 located in Louisville. Brown-Forman, one of the largest American-owned spirits and wine companies and among the top 10 largest global spirits companies, sells its brands in more than 135 countries and has offices in cities across the globe. ...

A judge has tossed out federal fraud convictions against two salespeople who used late-night infomercials to tout their stock-trading abilities and lure customers. A jury convicted Linda Woolf of Sandy, Utah, and David Gengler of Draper, Utah, in May on charges of conspiracy and wire fraud. The two were among the top earners at a company called Teach Me to Trade, ...

NEW YORK - A solution to the world's urban transportation problems could lie in two wheels not four, according to executives for General Motors Corp. and Segway Inc. The companies announced Tuesday that they are working together to develop a two-wheeled, two-seat electric vehicle designed to be a fast, safe, inexpensive and clean alternative to traditional cars and trucks for cities ...

The American work force is headed in ways unimagined just a decade ago. Careers are out and skill sets are in. Workers should think in terms of being contractors instead of employees, academics and futurists say. Jobs will become even more portable because technology has made it easy to work from almost anywhere, including outside the country. Accelerating technologies will create ...

Hopes for the fledgling economic recovery got a boost Monday from better-than-expected news on manufacturing, construction and contracts to buy homes. U.S. manufacturing activity grew in October at the fastest pace in more than three years, according to a private group's measure. It was driven by government spending, businesses' need to rebuild their inventories and higher demand from overseas. The Commerce ...

Who's Hiring is a weekly survey of companies showing the highest hiring activity. Not only is this valuable for job seekers, but for business analysts, corporate strategists, marketers, salespeople, investment analysts, financial advisers, and others who are interested in companies experiencing growth. Despite the recession, these companies are all expanding. Total Job Openings: The Restaurant, Retail, Telecommunications, Health Care, Defense and ...

It was a test drive all right. This driver tested John Law's patience - and pushed it to the limit. A West Springfield man out for a spin in a brand new 2010 Honda Accord liked the black sedan so much, he just kept going. Cops say Aleh Kot, 32, briefly kidnapped the car salesman Thursday afternoon before taking off on ...

Who's Hiring is a weekly survey of companies showing the highest hiring activity for the week of 11/2/09. Not only is this valuable for job seekers, but for business analysts, corporate strategists, marketers, salespeople, investment analysts, financial advisers, and others who are interested in companies experiencing growth. Despite the recession, these companies are all expanding. To find out Who's Hiring, read ...

Job seekers are notoriously afraid to embrace change…even though their entire goal is based on change (sure - sometimes the change is thrust upon us). Some candidates are afraid to approach new career paths, others afraid to change industry or function, almost all are afraid to change their approach. So how can candidates break free from the vicious cycle of fear ...

Hospitals, Federal Government, Nursing Homes, Home Health, Clinics, and Outsourced Health Services top Health Care hiring during November 2009, based on job advertisements open for 30 days from the top job boards. To read the full article and list, see: http://recareered.blogspot.com/2009/11/whos-hiring-in-health-care-november.html

Learn how to find and use lists of top job posters, top recruiters, top hiring managers, and get listed as a top job seeker on Twitter. Twitter just released powerful new capabilities, called Lists - this is a new feature that can really help job seekers. Twitter Lists help the job seeker determine who to follow, and provides an aggregated feed ...

Nowadays, it’s really up to you how to take control of your professional future and ensure that you are progressing towards the right career path. Here are five proven strategies to help you get started: Talk to your boss. Have a very direct, respected and pointed conversation with your boss about your future in the company. Stress that you would ...

Now more than ever, it’s important to get the best bang for your buck. And there’s no question about it — when it comes to value, not every U.S. city is created equally. The number of Americans moving has dropped to its lowest levels since 1962, but now might be the time to consider it. Why chase a great salary if ...

Products come and go all the time. But some new products fail for hilarious reasons. You may not be old enough to remember the Ford Edsel, but you've probably heard about it. Does your child have a doll? Odds are its not the Baby Wee-Wee. Listening to an MP3 player now? Is it a Zune? Probably not. Over the years, these ...

Conventional measures of the U.S. recession may be no more accurate than the underwear index, which charts sales of men's underwear, a consumer researcher said. The theory suggests that sales of men's underwear are stable - as are sales of other necessities - but during financial downturns sales drop off. "It's a prolonged purchase," Marshal Cohen, senior analyst with the consumer ...

Who's Firing is a weekly survey of organizations announcing (or rumoring) layoffs for the week ended 10-30-09. Not only is this valuable for job seekers, but for business analysts, corporate strategists, marketers, salespeople, investment analysts, financial advisers, and others who are interested in companies that are contracting. For full listing and Trackback: http://recareered.blogspot.com/2009/10/whos-firing-layoffs-week-ended-10-30-09.html

The global economic crisis has generated a new phenomenon: luxury shame, or the shunning of ostentatious purchases of expensive jewelry, watches and fashion, which is largely blamed for the projected 8 percent drop in the luxury market this year. But a Bain & Co. study released Monday indicates the phenomenon isn't durable, predicting a slight 1 percent increase in the luxury ...

How often do candidates treat their job search like it’s Halloween?  Do you dress up your resume to appear like you are someone other than you?   Take your kids Trick or Treating, there’s a more effective way for you to stand out. Trackback:  http://recareered.blogspot.com/2009/10/job-search-trick-or-treat.html

When the warm weather hits, so do they. A young lady selling magazine subscriptions knocked at Lisa Lund's door last summer. She was friendly, compelling. Her pitch was personal. "She said they were making money to help put themselves through school, to get a better job and support their family," the Olathe, Kan., woman said. Lund handed over a $75 check ...

Jason Sadler started a company, IWearYourShirt.com, which, as the name implies, is a service where Sadler wears your company shirt; uploads a video of him wearing your shirt to YouTube and Ustream.tv, posts photos on his blog and on Flickr, and tweets about it on Twitter. In other words, he became a human billboard with a valuable social media following. With ...