Grocery-Store Chains Offer Best Job Security

Want to choose a safe place to ride out the recession? Try a grocery-store chain. Four of nine companies on Investopedia’s Top 9 companies for Job Security are grocery- or convenience-store chains.

Nugget Market, grocery store chain, Woodland, Calif., Privately held
Devon Energy, oil and gas producer, Oklahoma City, Okla. Publicly traded
Aflac, supplemental insurance provider, Columbus, Ga. [...]

Allstate Settles Age-Discrimination Class Action for $4.5 Million

Allstate, one of the largest insurers in the U.S. and a Fortune 100 company, recently settled a case with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in St. Louis for $4.5 million, according to news reports from the Associated Press, other news outlets and the EEOC itself.
A major reorganization of the company in 1999 that [...]