The organization has begun hiring workers and has been spending to mobilize conservative voters in two dozen competitive Congressional districts, Mr. Gallant said.
B7 BUSINESS DAY C1-12 Fast Food OnlIne In an effort to cut labor costs and provide more focused customer service, McDonald's has begun having workers take customer orders remotely over the Internet.
Elan has begun hiring workers and building the plant, which will be at Athlone and begin operating by December 2005, Paul Breen, executive vice president for global services and operations, said at a news conference in Dublin, where Elan is based.
Hong Kong's airline, Cathay Pacific, badly bruised from vast rows of empty seats on flights around Asia, has begun shedding workers, starting last week with 750, of whom 220 will be laid off here in Hong Kong.
A local warlord who tolerated the provincial governor has begun threatening government workers.
Since then, Microsoft has begun reclassifying temporary workers as company employees if 12-month assignments have to be extended.
The agency has begun laying off workers as part of the decision to retire the shuttles next year.
High-priority development projects have been threatened, and the city has begun laying off workers — including police officers — to make up for a $58 million revenue shortfall.
Countrywide Financial, which last week was suffering severe problems raising cash in the short-term debt markets, has begun laying off workers and paring back its underwriting activity.
International companies are also taking protective measures and the world's largest steelmaker, ArcelorMittal, says it has begun evacuating some workers at its iron ore mines in Liberia.
