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Komen CEO Leaves, 3 Days After New Federal Cancer Guidelines

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Komen CEO Leaves, 3 Days After New Federal Cancer Guidelines Hala Moddelmog, president and CEO of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, a leading national breast cancer awareness organization, has resigned. The departure was announced just three days after the United States Preventive Services ...

Nonprofits find cost-conscious home in United Way Silicon Valley building

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Nonprofits find cost-conscious home in United Way Silicon Valley building United Way Silicon Valley is helping nonprofits and its own bottom line by making office space available in its San Jose building. Gary Rummelhoff, United Way’s CFO and vice president of operations, said ...

State wins green jobs training grant

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State wins green jobs training grant The Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation was awarded $1.25 million by the U.S. Department of Labor to be used to support job training for expanding green industries and related occupations. Florida’s ...

Holiday Job Hunting Can Reap Rewards

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Holiday Job Hunting Can Reap Rewards Job hunters who persevere over the holidays have a unique opportunity to stand out from others who put off their job hunts until the New Year, according to job search portal CareerCast.com. Rather ...

Six Tips for Reducing or Managing Job Stress

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Six Tips for Reducing or Managing Job Stress There’s no getting around it. If you have a job, more than likely you have experienced some job stress. If you haven’t, chances are you will at some point ...

Government Moves to Seize Assets of U.S.-Based Iranian Foundation

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Government Moves to Seize Assets of U.S.-Based Iranian Foundation Federal prosecutors in Manhattan have initiated legal actions to seize properties across the country where several mosques are located in order to limit the activities of the Alavi Foundation, a New ...

Society for the Blind lands stimulus funds

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Society for the Blind lands stimulus funds By Kelly Johnson Staff writer Society for the Blind has been awarded $499,701 in federal stimulus dollars for a program that provides intensive training to seniors experiencing vision loss. With the money, the local ...

United Way merger talks dead for now

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United Way merger talks dead for now The four United Way agencies in the Cincinnati-Dayton area won’t be negotiating a merger this year, the Hamilton Journal-News reported Wednesday. vThe United Way of Greater Cincinnati, Butler County United Way and ...

Huffington Post Reports Half Of Nonprofits Made Cutbacks In 2009

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Huffington Post Reports Half Of Nonprofits Made Cutbacks In 2009 According to a new survey by online nonprofit database Opportunity Knocks, more than half of all U.S. nonprofit organizations let go of workers or froze salaries. From Philanthropy.com: ...

More Than Half of Charities Made Staff Cutbacks, Survey Finds

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More Than Half of Charities Made Staff Cutbacks, Survey Finds By Heather Joslyn More than half of nonprofit organizations say they froze workers’ salaries or furloughed employees this year, according to a new survey of nonprofit wages ...