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What Jobs, Sarah Sixpack?
Cranky Daze | October 3rd 2008 by Cranky Daze
Sarah (Maverick) Palin informs us that Barack Obama has plans to raise taxes, and says that will cost us a lot of jobs.The lady is right on schedule, babbling as usual when she should be keeping her mouth shut.This may not be the best time to talk ab read more
The Booming Economy
Random Thoughts: Unfair and Unbalanced | October 3rd 2008
There were 159,000 job cuts last month.It is utter bullshit to argue, as Republicans do, that the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 was responsible for the housing mess. They are cynically trying to blame blacks and even Bill Clinton for the proble read more
Daily Tidbits: October 3, 2008
Roadkill Refugee | October 3rd 2008 by Roadkill Refugee
Palin’s performance gets the thumbs up from “Famous Person.” Economy: Employers shed 159,000 jobs in September, greatly exceeding forecasts of 100,000. Highest monthly loss in over 5 years, as fears of recession worsen. McCain&# read more
Job Losses Mount With Wall Street Turmoil
PIC Current | September 29th 2008 by Colin
In difficult financial times, employees left looking at worst-case scenarios. By Mike Lazear: PIC Current Assistant Producer As Wall Street went into meltdown mode last week, many employers and workers alike were watching with great concern. The un read more
Crash Gets Crashier - Record Job Losses For Ireland...
Ireland Property - Daft Property! Ireland & The Irish Proper… | September 17th 2008 by Property Pro
Uncertainty over jobs after record market fall...AS grave uncertainty hangs over the future of thousands of jobs at Irish branches of recession-slammed US firms, markets are not expected to rebound quickly from yesterday’s record-breaking fall.At h read more
XL Airways has gone bust.
Partner of a Pilot | September 12th 2008 by Partner of a Pilot
I was on my way home from dropping Bf at the airport for a trip, and I heard the news on the radio: XL airways have gone bust. The Gatwick based charter company have grounded it’s fleet stranding 80,000 holiday makers. David Clover from the C read more
China’s inflation eases as trade gap hits record
A2to.info "Online Magazine" | September 10th 2008 by Dinesh
BEJING (AP) — China’s politically sensitive consumer inflation eased in August to a 14-month low, the government said Wednesday, and analysts said Beijing might turn from fighting price rises to revving up the slowing economy. Demand for read more
Pay Attention To The Employment Data, For Housing’s Sake
Boom2Bust.com | September 5th 2008 by Christopher E. Hill
If you haven’t heard by now, the latest U.S. government employment numbers that were released earlier today sure weren’t pretty. Bloomberg’s Shobhana Chandra reported: The U.S. lost more jobs than forecast in August and the unemployment rate cl read more
All Politics is Local - Unemployment Jumps to 6.1%
All Spin Zone | September 5th 2008 by Richard Blair
The late Tip O'Neil got it right - at least as far as politics being connected to one's wallet. When pocketbook issues start to slam the average American, they're not so worried about what's happening in Washington, only that bad policy causes their read more
Dismal Friday Numbers
Elaines Place | September 5th 2008 by Elaine
The U.S. unemployment rate unexpectedly shot up to 6.1 percent in August, its highest in more than 4-1/2 years, as employers cut payrolls for an eighth straight month and labor markets showed signs of accelerating decline. The Labor Department said 8 read more
U.S. Aug. jobless rate jumps to 6.1%, payroll jobs down 84K
Investment Blog | September 5th 2008 by Admin
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - The nation’s unemployment rate jumped unexpectedly to 6.1% in August, the highest in almost five years, the Labor Department said Friday. Nonfarm payrolls shrank by 84,000 in August, more than the 75,000 decline expec read more
More jobs going at Fairfax Media
kiwidollar.com | August 26th 2008 by Alan Ireland
Today's top business story is about my own employer, Fairfax Media, which is axing about 160 jobs in New Zealand as part of a group move to cut costs and be "lean and agile" in the modern media world.The words "lean and agile" are those of David Kirk read more
Is the Export of U.S. Jobs a Real Election Issue?
TNTalk! Smarter Thinking for Better Times. | August 17th 2008 by TNTalk
Back on August 16th, Barack Obama said that he would “end tax breaks for corporations that ship jobs overseas” while firing at John McCain for refusing to condemn such loopholes. In that respect, Barack Obama has been right so far. Republ read more
Video of Obama’s ‘Hard Hitting’ DHL TV and Radio Ads in Ohi…
Let Us Talk | August 15th 2008 by Paulette
There’s a wretched little issue that is standing in the way of John McCain’s portrayal of himself as the protector-in-chief. John McCain and campaign manager Rick Davis helped the pending consolidation of DHL’s air operations unde read more
The Way of Wirral
Fighting Monsters | August 13th 2008 by cb
Wirral Council are planning to replace qualified social workers with unqualified equivalents. This is apparently in the face of the new ‘personalisation’ agenda where there will be a stronger focus on self-assessment and providing guidanc read more
McCain doesn’t want Obama to “politicize” job losses in Ohi…
John McCain Gaffes 2008 | August 9th 2008 by Peter Petracco
In the “not to be believed” category, John McCain shoots and scores yet again. After the 2-3 week barrage of attack ads against Obama, McCain wants to cry spilled milk over an Obama radio ad where he outlines how McCain and Davis - McCa read more
Job losses likely at iPhone firm
iPhone News Updated | July 29th 2008 by thanaads
Apple is one of the biggest clients for Wolfson’s chips The boss of an Edinburgh company which makes chips for Apple’s iPhone has said there are likely to be job losses. Wolfson Microelectronics, which employs 370 staff, has seen pro read more
“Innovation Deficit”
Undercurrents | July 10th 2008 by TMG Strategies
In an economic downturn, it’s not surprising that many American households and businesses are hitting the brakes on consumption and expansion. I’ve gone cold turkey on my daily morning Starbucks run, and I always try to pack my lunch. On a la read more
Markets mixed
verysmartinvesting | July 3rd 2008 by Avi
Markets were mixed, really down. Dow is up 74, but don't know how as none of the 30 are up as much as 1 & only 17 are in the green. Decliners are ahead of advancers 2-1, NAZ is about even & S&P 500 is under 1270, but up 5 to 1267. As e read more
Pessimism grows over employment prospects
kiwidollar.com | July 1st 2008 by Alan Ireland
The Westpac McDermott Miller employment confidence index fell eight points to 120.8 in the June quarter, reflecting the increasing realization among employees that the economic downturn will result in further job losses.A number above 100 indicates t read more
Job Losses Far Less Than Expected, Unemployment Rate Improves
Managers Realm | May 2nd 2008
While almost everyone seems to want to announce a knockout for the U.S. economy, it remains resilient, although weak, as the latest job and unemployment numbers came out.Economists had forecast a significant 80,000 layoffs in April, and numbers were read more
News that Caught My Eye
VirusHead | March 8th 2008 by Doc Heidi
But eventually let it go…. A child diagnosed with autism every 20 minutes? I have to wonder at what point and for what reasons doctors started giving so many vaccines at once anyway. How would they be able to determine which of the vaccines ca read more
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