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Alaska business news in brief
Friday's oil, gas, gold and zinc prices
Anchorage Daily News
Alaska gets money for green jobs
Pacific Northwest states are getting more than $1.1 million from the U.S. Department of Labor to encourage green jobs.
Jobs down in Alaska for sixth straight month
Alaska's unemployment rate jumped to 8.9 percent last month as the state recorded its sixth straight month of job losses.
Thursday's oil, gas, gold and zinc prices
North Slope oil: $75.46, down $2.12
Oil companies curtail work on North Slope
Oil and gas companies on Wednesday gave a mixed forecast on their plans for work in Alaska next year.
News on hires or promotions of employees to senior or midlevel professional or supervisory positions
Wednesday's oil, gas, gold, zinc prices
North Slope oil: $77.58, up $0.44
Icy oil spill easier to clean, scientists say
Scientists funded by Shell and six other oil companies say that cleaning up oil spills in Arctic ice is in many respects easier than cleaning it from open water.
Scientists recommend slightly lower pollock catch
Government scientists have come up with their recommendation for next year's allowable catch of Bering Sea pollock -- the nation's largest commercial fishery.
Tuesday's oil, gas, gold, zinc prices
North Slope oil: $77.14, up $0.24
Sheraton, Hilton workers unite to promote boycotts
Sheraton workers have joined Hilton workers in asking people to boycott their downtown Anchorage hotels after management imposed a heavier workload on room attendants and more expensive family health coverage.
News on hires or promotions of employees to senior or midlevel professional or supervisory positions
Mine defenders call for boycott of restaurants
The fight is on between backers of an Alaska mine being developed near the world's most productive wild salmon streams and 13 Seattle restaurants.
Discounters, digital editions test local bookstore owners
The emergence of new bestsellers priced for cheap and the rise of digital books are prompting bookstore owners in Anchorage to rethink their businesses and position themselves for an uncertain future.
LYNNE CURRY
In demanding times, employees must give more
The "never, ever" employee has a point; employers need to respect employees' home lives. But what about emergencies? We expect cops, doctors, nurses, utility workers and others to step up to the plate when patients, citizens and customers need them. Why do we let some employees draw "it's not my job" lines in the sand?
Scheduled seminars in the area
Business meetings scheduled around Alaska
Area events
News on hires or promotions of employees to senior or midlevel professional or supervisory positions
Alyeska saves millions with revisions
As production from aging North Slope oil fields such as Prudhoe Bay and Kuparuk continues to decline, the reduced flow through the trans-Alaska oil pipeline creates a continuous challenge for pipeline operator Alyeska Pipeline Service Co.