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November jobless figure improves for third straight month
6 hours ago ago from Taiwan Today News
Taiwan's unemployment rate stood at 5.86 percent in November, improving month-on-month for the third month in a row since a record high of 6.13 percent was registered in August. “The better job tally, more employed workers and extended overtime hours all point to increasing corporate recruitment and stabilizing unemployment,” Liu Tian-syh, deputy director of the Bureau of Census under the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and ...
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18 hours ago ago from Advanced Property Preservation
Sales of previously owned homes posted another big gain in November, nearly doubling market forecasts, as buyers rushed to take advantage of bargain prices and beat the pre-extension deadline of the federal tax credit. The National Association of Realtors said Tuesday that existing-home sales rose 7.4 percent to an annual rate of 6.54 million units last month. It's hard to argue that the housing sector isn't on the mend, when the ...
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1 day ago ago from File Unemployment - The Complete Guide
Home News Unemployment Guide Jobs Available Subscribe File Unemployment Your Unemployment Guide Unemployment Benefits by Ray on January 10, 2009 This article lists all the benefits that can be claimed by workers who have lost jobs. © FEMP9 Common perception is that unemployment benefits are temporary cost of living adjustments. Financial assistance is just one part of unemployment ...
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16 hours ago ago from wehategringos.com
THE WASHINGTON TIMES Apparently, the debate over the economy is over, and it's settled science that government spending stimulates growth. At least that's what President Obama wants you to believe. On CBS' 60 Minutes on Dec. 13, he boasted, What we now know, and every economist who's looked at it will acknowledge this, is that [the stimulus] helped us [stem] the panic and get the economy growing again. Mr. Obama's exaggerations are ...
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Unemployment has reached nearly 20 percent in Spain, and the rate is nearly twice that among young workers. The government's economic policies don't seem to be doing much good. But Spaniards haven't lost all hope. That's because in theory, any of them could win El Gordo the world's biggest lottery, known as The Fat One. E-Mail This Add to Del.icio.us
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Leo W. Gerard: The Gift America Needs Most: Manufacturing
18 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
In Columbus Ohio, a 5-year-old girl jumped onto Santa's lap last month and asked if he could give her dad a job as an elf. Mike Smith, who works the Santa station at the Polaris Fashion Place in Columbus, asked why, the Wall Street Journal reported . The little girl in the Dora-the-Explorer sweat shirt responded: "Because my daddy's out of work, and we're about to lose our house." Happy Holidays America. The gift this country needs ...
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9 hours ago ago from The New York Times
Data released on Tuesday indicated that the economic recovery, while still uneven, has carried into the end of the year, and analysts expect it to gain strength, a view seconded by investors. The New York Times The New York Times The fragile housing sector showed signs of firming up, according to a report from the National Association of Realtors , with existing home sales climbing a greater-than-expected ...
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14 hours ago ago from U.S. News
Ahead of the Bell: Consumer Spending WASHINGTON (AP) -- Consumer spending and incomes are both expected to show gains for November, increases that should provide support for the economic recovery. Economists surveyed by Thompson Reuters expect personal spending will rise 0.6 percent in November, only slightly slower than a better-than-expected 0.7 percent jump in October. Analysts are looking for personal incomes to jump by a solid 0.5 ...
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13 hours ago ago from U.S. News
Black advocates want more help for the unemployed PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- In the battle against black unemployment, places like the Opportunities Industrialization Center are ground zero. Savory aromas wafted from a king-size kitchen one recent day as the instructor demonstrated a fish recipe to a dozen aspiring cooks. Nearby, a mock hotel room was waiting to be cleaned. Downstairs, electrical fixtures hung from an exposed wall, ready to be ...
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