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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, Career and Workplace
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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, Career and Workplace, Employment, Unemployment Benefits, Labor Legislation
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Planned Parenthood endorses Obama, calls Romney 'wrong for women'
The Planned Parenthood Action Fund began a $1.4-million ad campaign Wednesday attacking Mitt Romney as “just wrong for women,” injecting the abortion rights issue into a presidential campaign that has been heavily focused on the economy....
Tags: Politics, Health Treatments, Family Planning, Planned Parenthood, Abortion
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Consumer confidence plunges in May
Americans' confidence in the U.S. economy suffered the biggest drop in eight months as worries about the weak jobs, housing and stock markets rattled them again. The decline comes after a few months of optimism amid some positive economic news.
The...Tags: Stock Market, Consumer Confidence, Consumers, Economic Indicator
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Making jobless go cold turkey isn't the answer [Video]
It's a mark of a civilized society that we look after the unfortunate during hard times. On that score, the United States is about to (once again) come up short. Hundreds of thousands of long-term jobless Americans are now receiving their final...
Tags: Employment Opportunities, Democratic Party, Career and Workplace, Employment, Unemployment
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California gasoline use rose for first time in a year in February
For the first time in a year, Californians consumed more gasoline in a month than they had during the same period a year earlier, according to the State's Board of Equalization. It happened in February, which is the Equalization Board's most recent...
Tags: Gasoline Industry, Petroleum Industry, Unemployment Benefits
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Joe Biden says GOP stymied 'progress' in boosting economy
It's come to this: Joe Biden compared Mitt Romney to a horse. The vice president, campaigning in New Hampshire on Tuesday, argued that Romney has it wrong when he tells voters that things "have gotten much worse" and that Obama administration policies...Tags: Republican Party, Politics, Parties and Movements, Tea Party Movement, Mitt Romney
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Obama urges Congress to extend clean-energy tax credits
NEWTON, Iowa — From a wind-power factory in this battleground state, President Obama urged Congress to extend tax credits he said would save jobs in the field of clean-energy production.
Obama said continuing the production tax credit would save...Tags: Energy, Republican Party, Parties and Movements, Wind Power, David Koch
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Weekly jobless aid applications slip to 370,000
The number of new applicants for unemployment benefits changed little last week, signaling modest job growth. The Labor Department said Thursday that weekly applications for benefits slipped by 2,000 to a seasonally adjusted 370,000. Applications have...
Tags: Homes, Employment Opportunities, Companies and Corporations, Layoffs and Downsizing, Career and Workplace
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Jobless claims barely change; durable goods orders plunge
After jobless claims reached a five-month high in April, last week’s tiny dip came as a relief. But a heavy slide in orders for long-lasting goods is less soothing. Applications for unemployment benefits shrank by 2,000 last week to a seasonally...
Tags: Employment Opportunities, General Mills Incorporated, Career and Workplace, Employment, Unemployment
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Goldberg: Which kind of capitalism? A debate for Obama and Romney
The current debate over Mitt Romney's tenure at Bain Capital is shaping up to be a centerpiece of the presidential campaign. The Romney campaign should have seen this coming. If Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry were willing to rip Romney for being too...
Tags: Politics, Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, Business, Democratic Party
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Euro crisis imperils recovering global economy, OECD warns
World NowMost major economies are enjoying growth and recovery after four years of turmoil but the improvements are uneven and the Eurozone crisis could spill outside Europe "with very serious consequences for the global economy," the Organization for Economic...
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