In this week's issue: High energy prices are forcing cuts at boating manufacturer Brunswick. Plus we report on company cutbacks in Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, South Carolina and Texas. Economy Not Buoying Boat...

Evidence is mounting that Reserve Bank action, inflation and skyrocketing petrol prices have slowed the local economy. Summit Personnel case manager Frank Hall said demand from employers for staff had waned in a trend he believed was region-wide.

Labour Minister Trevor Mallard speech to the launch of the New Zealand Work & Labour Market Institute. Inaugural AUT Annual Public Employment Relations Lecture.

The federal government on Thursday awarded a quarter-million-dollar grant to a regional work force agency to develop strategies to boost workers' engineering and technical skills. The

Traveling through the Elgin area, signs of the slowing economy are everywhere. Restaurants are less busy, and the owners, like Twid Wagner at the Chick 'n Dip in Hampshire, will tell you how higher food prices are cutting into their margins.