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Business owner to speak
CANFIELD -- Bill Kennedy, owner of Redex Industries, will speak at Wednesday's meeting of the Youngstown & amp; Warren Inventors Association. Redex is the maker of Udder Cream. The meeting, which is free and open to the public, will be at 7 p.m. at McDonald's restaurant in Canfield.
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Survey: Many managerspick private over public
NEW YORK -- If you're an executive, is it preferable to manage a public or private company?
Private seems to win out for many managers, according to a survey of 943 executives in which 44 percent opted for a private enterprise. Only about a fifth, 21 percent, chose a public company to run, and 35 percent said it didn't matter.
"The embattled economy and a year of scandal in high-profile public companies have altered the image of the big, safe, steady U.S. conglomerate," said Jeffrey Christian, chairman of Christian & amp; Timbers.
Optimistic about jobs
NEW YORK -- Soon-to-graduate college students are an optimistic bunch when it comes to finding their first positions, according to a survey of 600 seniors by HotJobs.
With about a month left until graduation, 55 percent said they haven't yet begun searching for work. And nearly a third, 32 percent, expect it will take them only one to three months to land a job. Of the 45 percent who had started looking, 11 percent said they had a job lined up.
For men, positions in technology and then business and finance were most sought, while women were most interested in health care, communications and marketing jobs.
From Vindicator staff and wire reports