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Hampton Roads posted its lowest jobless rate of 2009 in October, catapulting the region to second-best of the country's top 49 metro areas behind only Washington, D.C., the Virginia Employment Commission said Wednesday.

By Jim Tuttle Smithfield Times Staff Writer State and local officials are looking at innovative, creative uses for the soon to be unused International Paper mill.A Attracting an energy company to take over at the nearly 600-acre industrial campus and getting displaced mill workers employed to remediate the sitea s infrastructure may be the key to ...

The Vidalia Christmas Display, featuring the old International Paper Company displays, may draw a record number of visitors this year.

Potential - for pollution and for new jobs - topped concerns of Jackson County residents who attended a Tuesday-night meeting to help shape a federal environmental-impact study regarding a proposed $2 billion synthetic natural gas plant.

Shares of several packaging and containerboard companies rose Tuesday on price increases and the prospect of rising profit.

Center received the CET Gold Award today from the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration for an outstanding safety and health record.

Microsoft's chief financial officer Chris Liddell is stepping down from the company at the end of the year.

Nov. 23, 2009 - Prices for uncoated freesheet remained flat in North America in November, with the exception of 24-lb envelope, which rose $25-30/ton, catching up with the $35-40/ton hike on offset rolls last month, according to analysts at Deutsche Bank.

Microsoft Corp's Chief Financial Officer Chris Liddell is to leave the company at the end of the year, indicating that he is looking for a bigger job at another company.

International Paper Co. , the worlda s largest paper maker, may shut more plants in the U.S. following an announcement last month it would close three mills, an executive said.

The 120 former workers at International Paper 's shuttered lumber mill near Franklin will be eligible for federal assistance under the Trade Adjustment Assistance Program, Sens.

Gates County Board of Commissioners Chairman Henry Jordan said the county is going to see a significant negative economic impact from the International Paper plant closure that is resulting in the layoffs of 84 county residents.

Ron McClenny wanted to draw attention to a problem with the police, he said, so last week the veteran sergeant stood before the City Council and quit.

Friday, November 20, 2009 at 5:33 p.m. Read more: Local , Georgetown , Arcelor Mittal , Steel Plant , Boeing , North Charleston , Jobs , Port of Georgetown , Georgetown Workforce Center Georgetown County's economic officials hope there's a trickle down effect from the new Boeing aircraft assembly plant heading to North Charleston.

International Paper's Pensacola Mill will be the topic of discussion at the Tuesday meeting of the Bay Area Resource Council and Florida Association of Environmental Professionals.

The Memphis school board is expected to sign an agreement with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that will provide $90 million for a plan to change how teachers are hired, evaluated and retained.

Jeannine Siembida is the new manager of International Paper Co.'s Georgetown Mill.

An employee of International Paper in Georgetown is recovering Tuesday evening following a machinery accident at the plant.

After three days of negotiations between union representatives and International Paper, fewer than one third of the 1,100 employees will get any kind of pension.

Mary Laschinger has been named president of xpedx, replacing the current president, Tom Kadien.