Time Warner Cable has told former Insight sales employees in Lexington that it will restructure the team and will require employees to reapply for jobs in the revamped structure. The employees affected sell cable advertisements locally, and Time Warner Cable spokeswoman Mary Jo Green said the decision affects upwards of 50 employees, primarily in Kentucky, including more than a dozen in Lexington.
Exterior of Trader Joe’s under construction on Nicholasville Rd. in Lexington, Ky., on May 16, 2012. Trader Joe’s has announced it will open its Lexington store on June 29.
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In a long-awaited announcement, gourmet grocery Trader Joe's said Wednesday it will open its first Lexington store at 8 a.m. June 29. Construction is nearly complete on the grocery at 2326 Nicholasville Road, the former site of Joe's Crab Shack. The 12,000-square-foot grocery will have a separate wine shop of about 3,000 square feet. This will be Trader Joe's second Kentucky store. The first one opened in October at 4600 Shelbyville Road in Louisville.
President Obama is chiding Congress for not acting on his slimmed down plan to spur economic growth. Election year politicking is expected to derail this latest effort to get the economy moving in states like Kentucky. The president laid out a “to do” list for Congress. He once again asked lawmakers to help lower interest rates on mortgages for millions of homeowners. Kentucky Republicans, like Senator Rand Paul, aren’t buying it.
