DROP-IT-OFF DEADLINE.
Byline: Andrea Damewood The Register-Guard This primary election offers unquestionably hot national and local races. And Oregonians received their ballots a full two weeks ago. But tens of thousands of Lane County voters aren't about to be rushed into a decision. They're leaving their vote...

BRIEFS.
COLUMN: BRIEFS HP to buy EDS Hewlett-Packard Co. of Palo Alto, Calif., agreed to buy Electronic Data Systems Corp. of Plano, Texas, for $13.9 billion to take on International Business Machines in computer services. Hewlett-Packard will pay $25 a share in cash, or...

Saudi Arabia in need of more professional, skilled Pinoy workers.
Byline: Raymund F. Antonio Saudi Arabia, the top employer of skilled and professional overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), is hiring more OFWs for various job contracts this April, Acting Labor and Employment Secretary Marianito Roque said yesterday. The OFW deployment in Saudi Arabia is expected to...

Enterprise staffs Eugene call center.
Byline: Sherri Buri McDonald The Register-Guard The local economy is slowing down, but that isn't stopping the new employer in town. Enterprise Rent-A-Car, North America's largest rental car company, is moving full-speed-ahead to staff its call center in downtown Eugene. The company, based...

O'Brien outlook not snowed under; Manager confident of finding ways to make up $3M deficit.
Byline: Nick Kotsopoulos WORCESTER - Despite the fact that the city's snow removal account is already overspent by roughly $3 million, City Manager Michael V. O'Brien remains confident the municipal budget can be balanced by the time the fiscal year ends June 30. Mr. O'Brien...

FDA hiring experts.
The Food and Drug Administration has begun a multiyear hiring initiative and plans to fill more than 1,300 positions within the next several months--nearly triple the number hired during the period spanning 2005 to 2007, the FDA said. The agency said it plans to hire hundreds of individuals with...

3 policemen not guilty in civil rights trial; Correction officer filed suit after '04 arrest.
Byline: Danielle M. Williamson FITCHBURG - Three Fitchburg police officers were found not guilty in federal court yesterday of violating a Department of Correction employee's rights when they arrested him at a known drug house in 2004, according to the lawyer who represented the police. ...

Hundreds of workers are helped by classes.
WORCESTER - Fourteen displaced workers graduated yesterday from a two-week machine operator skills training program at Worcester Technical High School that was funded by the state's Workforce Competitiveness Trust Fund and Worcester's Skyline Drive Fund. The program is part of a larger initiative to train existing employees...

Saudi Arabia in need of more professional, skilled Pinoy workers.
Byline: RAYMUND F. ANTONIO Saudi Arabia, the top employer of skilled and professional overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), is hiring more OFWs for various job contracts this April, Acting Labor and Employment Secretary Marianito Roque said yesterday. The OFW deployment in Saudi Arabia is expected to...

FDA hiring experts.
The Food and Drug Administration has begun a multiyear hiring initiative and plans to fill more than 1,300 positions within the next several months--nearly triple the number hired from 2005 to 2007, the FDA said. The agency said it is hiring hundreds of individuals with science and medical backgrounds,...