Apple Inc. (AAPL) said it’s opening a new plant in Mesa, Arizona, that will create 2,000 jobs to make components for its products, part of a push by the world’s most valuable company to boost manufacturing in the U.S. Apple struck a deal to pay $578 million to GT Advanced Technologies Inc. (GTAT) to supply … Continue reading
General Motors Co. (GM), amid an overhaul of its information technology operations, plans to hire 1,000 people for a new computer center in the Phoenix area, the fourth so-called innovation center, the company said today. The hiring is part of Detroit-based GM’s plan to add about 7,500 information technology workers over as many as five … Continue reading
An Arizona mining company announced Friday it will suspend shaft and drilling work at its Superior operation and eliminate about 400 jobs, saying the moves are the result of continued uncertainty around a proposed land exchange. Resolution Copper Mining officials said they will try to place affected workers in other jobs within the company. Some … Continue reading
Facing layoffs and other cuts, unions at American Airlines back merger bid from US Airways US Airways made an end run around its larger rival and secured the support of American’s three labour unions in its bid to force a merger. The unions were angry with American over its plan to cut jobs and squeeze … Continue reading
According to federal figures, there were nearly 3.5 million job openings in the U.S. in February. About 700,000 of them were in the West. With nearly 262,000 Arizonans looking for work, why don’t the jobs and the prospective workers match up? In everyday terms, the economy needs more software programmers and physical therapists and skilled … Continue reading