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EU calls for 'banking union' to ease crisis
The European Union's executive office said the 17-country Eurozone needs a "banking union" that can centrally oversee and — if needed — bail out the sector, which has become a weak link in the continent's financial system. Fears that the cost...Tags: International Organizations, Politics, Republic of Ireland, European Union, Spain
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Nearly half of U.S. employers struggle to fill open positions
Even as millions of Americans hunt for jobs, nearly half of U.S. employers say they’re having trouble finding the right people to hire for open positions. Demand for skilled trades workers and engineers makes those jobs particularly difficult to...
Tags: Employment Opportunities, Labor Markets, Employment, Unemployment Benefits, Labor Legislation
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Euro near a 2-year low; EU calls for a 'banking union'
The European Union’s executive body is calling for a “banking union” to centralize efforts to deal with the region’s economic turmoil – especially in Spain, which is racked by high unemployment and severe debt. It’s...
Tags: Politics, International Organizations, European Union, Mariano Rajoy, Spain
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At Canadian Embassy, global warming protester nears starvation
WASHINGTON -- On a patch of pavement outside the Canadian Embassy, Jay McGinley is trying to starve himself to death. After drinking nothing but water for more than 30 days, he appears close to achieving his goal. When he stands up, his dark blue sweater...
Tags: Politics, Companies and Corporations, NASA, Business Enterprises, National Government
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Getting bearish on Facebook shares
The bears are after Facebook Inc.
Shares of the social networking giant continued a precipitous plunge since the company's much-hyped initial public offering. The stock notched a 10% drop Tuesday and has lost about a quarter of its value since going...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Financing and Stock Offerings, Media Industry, Employees, Credit Ratings
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Presidential Medal of Freedom awarded to Bob Dylan, others
WASHINGTON — President Obama pinned the Presidential Medal of Freedom around Bob Dylan's neck as the singer stood in the White House inscrutable in black sunglasses.
"I have to say that I am a really big fan," Obama said as he introduced Dylan, one...Tags: John Paul Stevens, U.S. Department of Justice, Shimon Peres, Awards and Prizes, Bob Dylan
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Job seekers learn to tweak their resumes to dazzle a computer
PHILADELPHIA — In ancient Greece, priests gathered at the Temple of Apollo on Mount Parnassus, the better to interpret the deity-inspired prophecies of Pythia, the Oracle of Delphi.
Google Inc., for all its omnipresence, is no deity, yet legions...Tags: Delphi Corp, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Politics, Companies and Corporations, Media Industry
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Bring farmworkers' plight into the sunlight
FRESNO — It was around 2 o'clock, temperatures rising under an arcing sun, when I met two workers on a peach farm near here recently. One had first entered the country illegally nearly 40 years ago but later became a U.S. citizen at a time when the...
Tags: Medina (Saudi Arabia), Republican Party, Work Relations, Politics, Immigration
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401(k) fees could reduce average nest egg by 30%, study says
Here's the latest scary retirement statistic.
The average American couple could pay nearly $155,000 in fees for their 401(k) plans over their careers, reducing their eventual nest eggs by more than 30%, according to a new report.
Rather than the...Tags: Employment Opportunities, Companies and Corporations, 401K, Mutual Funds, Employment
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Settlement over alleged Cortines harassment could unravel
L.A. NOWThe settlement with the employee who alleged sexual harassment against former L.A. schools Supt. Ramon C. Cortines could unravel over disputed terms of the agreement and its premature disclosure by the Los Angeles Unified School District.... -
New requirements for long-term unemployment benefits to kick in
As part of new federal requirements, about 500,000 Californians receiving long-term unemployment benefits will soon have to appear in person at local job centers to show they are actively looking for work. The requirements are the result of the...
Tags: Employment Opportunities, Employment, Unemployment, Barack Obama, Unemployment Benefits
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For contraceptives, a Catholic exception?
Even before the Supreme Court has ruled on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — a.k.a. "Obamacare" — 43 Roman Catholic organizations have filed lawsuits challenging a related regulation that requires...
Tags: Laws, Separation of Church and State, Health Treatments, Family Planning, Religion and Belief
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