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• Financial services firm State Street says it will cut 425 jobs.

  - 2004-10-13

  By Andrew Caffrey, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 13--State Street Corp. said it will eliminate 425 jobs as a cost-cutting move after the financial firm yesterday reported a weak third quarter in which earnings fell 13 percent because of...

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• U.S. Rail Security Lags, Homeland Security Agency Tells House Panel.

  - 2004-05-06

  By Charlie Savage, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 6--WASHINGTON -- The Department of Homeland Security has given 24 officials the job of improving national railway security and, nearly three years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, they are still...

  Tags: Amtrak, Boston Globe, job, SECURITY, Washington

• Desperate to Distract from President's Failed Record on Jobs and Security, Bush-Cheney Unleash Misleading Attack, Says Kerry Campaign

  - 2004-04-26

  "George W. Bush and Dick Cheney are trying to tear down John Kerry, a decorated war hero, with their misleading ad campaign. Not only are these attacks false, Cheney himself tried to cut many of the same weapons systems that the Bush campaign is now attacking John Kerry...

  Tags: Air Force, Apache Software Foundation, attack, Boston Globe, Bush, Iraq, job, Kerry, Manufacturing, security

• Boston Airport Attempting to Beef Up Security Workforce for Holidays.

  - 2003-11-18

  By Keith Reed, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 18--Facing a shortage of workers during the year's busiest travel season, the agency responsible for security screeners at Logan International Airport, is turning to shopping centers and other public places as...

  Tags: Boston, Boston Globe, job, recruiting, SECURITY, training, worker

• New Scanners at Boston Airport Will Check Job Seekers' Documents.

  - 2002-09-24

  By Mac Daniel, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 24--Following five months of tests in the international terminal, Massport officials yesterday announced that Logan Airport is about to become the first in the nation to use expensive, high-tech scanners to...

  Tags: Boston Globe, HARDWARE, job, Scanners, SECURITY, Transportation Security Administration

• Citizenship Status Threatens Jobs of Boston Airport Security Screeners.

  - 2002-08-28

  By Mac Daniel, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 28--Said Lahseni can get 12,000 passengers to their flights in three hours and find a safety pin within a maze of clothes and metal in a job he loves: overseeing security at...

  Tags: Boston Globe, checkpoint, job, SECURITY

• Required Test Trips Up Potential Screeners, Boston Airport Official Says.

  - 2002-08-06

  By Mac Daniel, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 6--Logan Airport may have a tough time meeting a congressional deadline to have all checkpoints manned by federal employees because many applicants are failing a required test, the airport's security director...

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• Federal Security Supervisor Heads to Boston's Beleaguered Airport.

  - 2002-05-14

  By Glen Johnson, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--WASHINGTON--Logan International Airport, whose security was ridiculed after two airliners hijacked from there slammed into the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, is about to get a new federal supervisor responsible for...

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• Massachusetts Port Authority Increases CEO's Salary to $250,000.

  - 2002-04-09

  By Mac Daniel, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 9--Hailing it as the latest step toward reform, Massachusetts Port Authority officials plan to pay the new chief executive officer a precedent-setting $250,000 a year, a salary they say will attract top candidates...

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• Law Will Give Rare Powers to New Transportation-Safety Chief.

  - 2001-12-12

  By Glen Johnson, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 12--WASHINGTON--The appointment lasts longer than a presidential term. The job could pay more than a Cabinet post. Its occupant will have daily access to the top product of US intelligence agencies...

  Tags: Boston Globe, director, Government, job, security, Transportation, U.S. Secret Service, undersecretary