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Americans who need jobs will take jobs other than the ones they desire. A new Gallup poll says that “Six in 10 unemployed Americans say the next job they get is not likely to be one they want;...
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The Labor Department just delivered the weekly jobless claims and the numbers are startling even if seasonality is a large issue in January as retailers and transport companies trim back on their...
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New data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that the number of union members in the US dropped by 12.3% last year. Union members are now only 11.9% of the working population. The sharp drop in...
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The Obama administration has been accused by Republicans of being “soft” on illegal immigration. Nothing can be further from the truth and there lies the problem. As The Wall Street Journal...
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A Chinese environmental group, the Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs, IPE, has just published a study blasting Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) for not “honoring its commitment in ensuring...
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Thursday has been a very busy day when it comes down to economic releases. We have seen data from the Conference Board on Consumer Confidence for December and National Association of Realtors data...
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Economists believe that the US recovery is well enough underway so that the private sector will begin to add jobs. It happened to a limited extent in the fourth quarter of last year. Some experts...
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We examined nine companies whose plans to revive their fortunes have not succeeded and found several common themes. Managements often fail to appreciate the size of the challenges they face. ...
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In case you couldn’t wait for just one more after-the-fact observation report from the Federal Reserve, the January Beige Book has been released. While the economy is gaining, the Fed noted that...
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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said that job bias claims reached a record in its fiscal year which ended last September. As evidence, the agency said reports by workers “hit an...
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You saw the convoluted data from the Labor Department this morning with reports that unemployment magically went down to 9.4% and with 103,000 added to the non-Farm Payrolls. This morning brought...
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The US Labor Department has released the Unemployment data and the change in non-Farm Payrolls for December-2010. The headline figure on unemployment is 9.4% but the more closely followed figure of...
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The Labor Department is out with its latest round of weekly jobless claims. There was a known seasonality and weather impact that could have played a part in the last week of the year. The tally...
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Working on a oil rig is a bad job. Working as a software engineer is great. “Twelve-hour shifts, exposure to the elements in hostile environments, low pay, high risk of injury and isolation from...
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The rate at which people are losing jobs in the United States has decreased, according to economic data. There is also information, which includes the December ADP report, that suggests that more...
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