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10/22/15, 11:36 AM BIZ QUICKS - Tulsa World: Tulsa World: Tulsa News, Sports, Weather, Business & Entertainment Page 1 of 2 http://www.tulsaworld.com/biz-quicks/article_56a6f494-744d-584a-aca6-597e3bb91671.html?mode=print&_dc=24420817848.294975 BIZ QUICKS Posted: Wednesday, October 21, 2015 3:56 pm AT&T to fill almost 200 positions at Tulsa job fair on Saturday AT&T plans to hire workers for 190 jobs in Oklahoma, and the positions will be filled during a hiring event this Saturday. The positions, mostly technicians and retail support jobs, will be offered at the event to be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the DoubleTree by Hilton Downtown at 616 W. Seventh St. Steve Hahn, president of AT&T Oklahoma, said in a press release the jobs are the result of its continued expansion and network investment in Oklahoma. “As part of our commitment to this level of customer service and to support our growth in Oklahoma we are pleased to welcome some new Oklahoma faces to the AT&T family,” he said. For more information, visit . connect.att.jobs The company noted it has spent more than $1 billion in its Oklahoma wireless and wireline networks from 2011 through 2014. MIT to fight climate change, but won’t divest endowment from fossil fuels BOSTON — The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is launching a five-year plan to combat climate change but says it won’t divest its $12.4 billion endowment from fossil fuels. A world leader in science and engineering research, MIT says, instead it wants to work with fossil fuel companies to develop the technology to combat climate change. The university plans to create eight new centers to focus on solar energy, nuclear fusion and other technologies. MIT also plans to reduce campus emissions and eliminate its use of fuel oil. Subway Antibiotics A federal judge in Milwaukee issued a ruling in a lawsuit involving a 12-inch Subway sandwich that came up short. Associated Press file
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10/22/15, 11:36 AMBIZ QUICKS - Tulsa World: Tulsa World: Tulsa News, Sports, Weather, Business & Entertainment
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BIZ QUICKSPosted: Wednesday, October 21, 2015 3:56 pm
AT&T to fill almost 200 positions atTulsa job fair on Saturday
AT&T plans to hire workers for 190 jobs in Oklahoma,and the positions will be filled during a hiring event thisSaturday.
The positions, mostly technicians and retail support jobs,will be offered at the event to be held from 9 a.m. to 2p.m. Saturday at the DoubleTree by Hilton Downtown at616 W. Seventh St.
Steve Hahn, president of AT&T Oklahoma, said in a pressrelease the jobs are the result of its continued expansionand network investment in Oklahoma.
“As part of our commitment to this level of customer service and to support our growth in Oklahoma weare pleased to welcome some new Oklahoma faces to the AT&T family,” he said.
For more information, visit .connect.att.jobs
The company noted it has spent more than $1 billion in its Oklahoma wireless and wireline networksfrom 2011 through 2014.
MIT to fight climate change, but won’t divest endowment from fossilfuels
BOSTON — The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is launching a five-year plan to combat climatechange but says it won’t divest its $12.4 billion endowment from fossil fuels.
A world leader in science and engineering research, MIT says, instead it wants to work with fossil fuelcompanies to develop the technology to combat climate change. The university plans to create eight newcenters to focus on solar energy, nuclear fusion and other technologies.
MIT also plans to reduce campus emissions and eliminate its use of fuel oil.
Subway Antibiotics
A federal judge in Milwaukee issued aruling in a lawsuit involving a 12-inchSubway sandwich that came up short. Associated Press file
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Students at campuses across the country have pushed for divestment. The student group Fossil Free MITcalled for divestment last year, and expressed surprise and disappointment Wednesday with MIT’sdecision. A group spokesman says MIT is putting money before morals.
Foot-long? Judge OKs settlement over length of Subway sandwiches
MILWAUKEE — If you’re one of the tens of millions of people who has purchased a 6- or 12-inchSubway sandwich in the U.S. since 2003, you’re entitled to a cut of a class action settlement involvingthe franchise.
But the long and short of it is, only the nine named plaintiffs in the preliminary resolution approved by afederal judge in Milwaukee this month will see any money — up to $1,000 each.
However, the rest of us do win Subway’s assurance that it will pay more attention to size, . The legal action grew from a 2012 social media post about a foot-long sub that
came up short.
the MilwaukeeJournal Sentinel reports
Subway notes none of its marketing was found improper and says it just wants its customers happy.
— From staff, WIRE REPORTS
