While Some Industries Struggle, Employment in Accounting Remains Strong (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

Accounting career outlooks remain promising as other industries feel the brunt of this economic downturn.

HORNE names Brooks principal (Mississippi Business Journal)

JACKSON — The accounting and business advisory firm HORNE LLP has admitted Tony Brooks, CISA, as principal. Brooks is currently the director of information technology assurance and risk services in HORNE's Jackson office.

Medical Careers Institute Announces Medical Career Education Expo (Centre Daily Times)

Medical Careers Institute , the School of Health Science at ECPI College of Technology, is pleased to announce a Medical Career Education Expo Open House to be held at all Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina campus locations this Saturday, January 10, 2009 from 10AM to 4PM. For more information including locations and additional dates at select locations, visit www.medical.edu . ...

UT Martin announces budget cuts, structural changes (Weakley County Press)

The tight financial strain that has left state shared revenues in the red has impacted not only community agencies across the state, but institutions of higher learning as well with an announcement from Gov. Phil Bredesen last month that money must be shed in an effort to keep the overall budget in balance.

McNeese Linde receives all-academic recognition (St. Tammany News)

McNeese State senior defensive back Brant Linde has been named to the 11th annual Football Championship Subdivision Athletics Directors Association Academic all-star team.

Local News and Notes (Provo Daily Herald)

Employment Kohl's Clinton store seeks to hire 150 workers -- Kohl's Department Stores is looking to hire 150 full-time and part-time workers for a new store in Clinton that is opening in March. A job fair is scheduled to be held from Jan. 11 to 15.

Medical Careers Institute Announces Medical Career Education Expo (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.----Medical Careers Institute, the School of Health Science at ECPI College of Technology, is pleased to announce a Medical Career Education Expo Open House to be held at all Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina campus locations this Saturday, January 10, 2009 from 10AM to 4PM.

Higher Education Center to host open house (Ravalli Republic)

With the fight for the Bitterroot Valley Community College heading to the 2009 Montana Legislature, the University of Montana-sponsored Hamilton Higher Education Center is preparing for a new semester.

Foster Wheeler Awarded EPCM Contracts For New Chemical Facility In Thailand (ChemicalOnline)

Foster Wheeler Ltd. announced today that its subsidiary Foster Wheeler International Corporation (Thailand branch), part of its Global Engineering and Construction Group, has been awarded contracts by MTP HPPO Manufacturing Company Limited, a subsidiary of Siam Styrene Monomer Company Limited, a joint venture between The Dow Chemical Company ("Dow") and Siam Cement Group ("SCG"), relating to a ...

2008: A forward looking year in spite of itself (The Hartwell Sun)

This issue of The Hartwell Sun is dedicated to a look back at 2008 - admittedly not a very good year. The stories on this page and the photos on page 3A chronicle a bit of the past year. The outlook for 2009 is a bit better. With hard work and a little rain, things are looking up.