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On this day devoted to giving thanks, let us be grateful for a job that pays the bills.As a miserable recession winds down — and we await signs that the double-digit unemployment rate will ease — being employed is reason for gratitude.But just saying...
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Consumers got back in the buying mood in October as their incomes grew modestly, an encouraging sign for the budding economic recovery. The Commerce Department said Wednesday spending rose a brisk 0.7 percent last month, following a pullback in September...
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November brings a nerve-wracking deadline for May's college graduates: It's time to make the first payment on their student loans. With this year's tough job market, many graduates don't know how they'll come up with the money. Many are asking for deferments,...
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November 2009 Prevailing trend may hurt long-term economic sustainability as private sector companies are urged to help enhance participation of GCC locals in job market The gap between locals and expatriates in the GCC workforce has remained huge with...
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Most, though, left Friday's graduation ceremony, held in the Carole Hoefner community center uptown, facing one of the toughest job markets in years. After several months of promising signs, spurring talk that the worst was over, North Carolina's unemployment...
Tags: job market, Charlotte, Employment, Labor economics, Unemployment, Goodwill Industries, Labor
Economy: Thurston County’s unemployment rate in October stays unchanged at 6.9 percent Thurston County’s unemployment rate was 6.9 percent in October, which was unchanged from a revised September rate though still well above the 5.1 percent jobless rate...
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Job prospects for the class of 2010 remain bleak after hiring of new college graduates plunged 40% this year to the lowest level in decades, a new report shows. Jobs for graduates with bachelor's degrees, which account for 61% of all new graduate hires,...
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The economy was cooling, job opportunities were shrinking and while she tried school, it didn’t feel right and she didn’t finish, she said. “I didn’t know what else to do...But I guess I didn’t like business very much.” When she saw Veterans in Piping...
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The classified ad listings in the Vail Daily from Nov. 6 to 12 listed 210 employment ads for the week — in 2007, there were 1,810 listings during the same week and 515 listings the same week in 2008. Some local businesses appear to be playing the wait-and-see...
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While the pace of the job losses has slowed significantly since the peak of the recession last winter, the unemployment rate, which measures the number of people actively seeking work, continues to climb, and economists do not foresee relief until well...
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