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November unemployment rates will be released on Friday. Some of the figures will be distorted by factors such as Hurricane…
Eurostat reports that unemployment in the euro area has risen again: The euro area (EA17) seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 11.7%…
The U.S. Labor Department is out with its weekly jobless claims. This should be the last report that we would…
Unemployment benefits have cost the federal and state governments $520 billion over the past five years, another indication that the…
The strike by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) workers that occurred off and on over the Thanksgiving/Black Friday weekend did…
During the Great Recession, the U.S. unemployment rate reached double digits, triggering government aid programs to help those seriously affected.…
ThinkstockA stalled French economy continues to bleed jobs as another 45,100 job seekers joined the nearly 3.1 million French citizens…
ThinkstockThe National Employment Law Project claims that: If Congress fails to reauthorize the EUC program, two million workers now collecting…
courtesy Wal-Mart Stores Inc.Walkouts and protests, notwithstanding, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) said that today’s Black Friday shopping numbers are…
ThinkstockThe Labor Department released its weekly jobless claims a day earlier than normal due to the Thanksgiving holiday being on…
courtesy of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) said last night that it was unlikely that the agency…
ThinkstockCliffs Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE: CLF), a major producer of iron ore from mines in North America, Brazil, and Australia,…
courtesy of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.The litany of complaints of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) workers who plan to walk off their…
courtesy of XeroxTwo old tech companies, both in trouble, have announced layoffs. Their actions might be attributed to a bad…
Texas Instruments Inc. (NASDAQ: TXN), elbowed out of much of the mobile and consumer electronics chip industry by Samsung, ARM…
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