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American dissatisfaction with nation's outlook near record highs
Money & CompanyGallup poll finds American dissatisfaction higher than any other year except 2008... -
THQ to lay off 240 workers, dock CEO pay
Company TownTHQ sheds 240 of its 1,400 employees and temporarily halves the annual salary of its chief executive, Brian Farrell.... -
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Limbaugh freaks as Romney lays claim to Obama's bailout
Rush Limbaugh is freaked out by Mitt Romney giving backhanded praise to President Obama for saving the American auto industry.
This week, in an interview on CBS, Romney defended himself against critics of his work at Bain Capital by equating what he...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Manufacturing and Engineering, Career and Workplace, Mitt Romney, Chrysler Group LLC
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Latinos, hit hard by job losses, are making strong comeback
After scraping by on handyman jobs for a year, Bert Qintana figured he'd have to leave his wife and teenage son at their home near Taos, N.M., and find work elsewhere.
Then Qintana got a call last month from Chevron Mining, which runs a mine 20 miles...Tags: Politics, Immigration, Chevron Corp., Career and Workplace, Employment
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Money Minute: What's not to like about job stats? [Video]
Unemployment is down. Hiring is up. What's not to like?
Well, if you're a conservative dedicated to painting all things Obama in the most unflattering light, the latest labor stats are yet more proof that the president is simply incapable of doing his...Tags: Republican Party, Politics, Career and Workplace, Employment, Employment
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Reports cite big job cuts in January, more job-seekers in market
The unemployment rate rose in January, while job cuts soared as much as 39% year over year, according to three separate reports Thursday. But don’t panic -- Experts say the new data is not only expected, but possibly even promising.
Gallup said...Tags: Automatic Data Processing, Inc., Employment Opportunities, Layoffs and Downsizing, Labor Markets, Career and Workplace
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Many Californians have no emergency savings
More than three in 10 people in California don’t have enough savings to get by for three months if they were to lose their job, according to a study released Tuesday.
More than two years after the official end of the recession, 30.9% of...Tags: Career and Workplace, Finance, Unemployment, Finance, Petroleum Industry
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Fed says key rate likely to stay near zero through late 2014
This post has been updated, as indicated below.The Federal Reserve said Wednesday that it was likely to leave short-term interest rates at rock-bottom levels at least through late 2014, pushing out its easy-monetary policy even further into the future than previously indicated. In a statement at...Tags: Career and Workplace, Finance, Federal Reserve, Business, Productivity
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California jobless rate falls for fifth straight month
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.California's unemployment rate fell to 11.1% in December from 11.3% in November, marking five straight months of declines.Last month, the state gained about 10,700 new payroll jobs, the California Employment Development Department said Friday. At the...Tags: Employment Opportunities, Labor Markets, Career and Workplace, Employment, Unemployment
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Jobless claims hit lowest point in nearly four years; prices flat
Rather than a much-feared wave of post-holiday layoffs, first-time unemployment claims were at their lowest level in nearly four years.
Initial applications for jobless benefits slumped by 50,000 last week to 352,000, reaching a bottom not seen since...Tags: Energy, Career and Workplace, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Job Layoffs, Commodity Markets
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Unemployment claims jump, but Home Depot is hiring
The thousands of temporary workers who lost their jobs after the holidays dampened the weekly unemployment report.
New jobless claims climbed to 399,000 in the week ending Jan. 7. That was 24,000 more than the previous week and the highest number in...Tags: Employment Opportunities, Labor Markets, Career and Workplace, Federal Reserve, Employment
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