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The state Senate has passed a Democratic plan to create jobs and boost the economy.
Pennsylvania should think twice about using tax breaks to lure high-tech companies to the state or to keep them here and should instead focus on helping existing employers, according to a study aided by unions.
Fresh off major acquisitions of rivals, drugmakers Pfizer Inc. and Merck & Co. are each planning to eliminate hundreds of jobs.
Shipping giant UPS Inc. will cut 1,800 management and administrative jobs, less than 1 percent of its global work force, as it repositions itself for a gradual economic recovery with improved technology and fewer employees.
Defense contractor Lockheed Martin said Wednesday it plans to cut 1,200 jobs to lower costs as it combines two units.
The Longaberger basket company is laying off 125 of its manufacturing employees and turning control of a shipping center over to another company.
Pilgrim's Pride is cutting 230 corporate and administrative jobs just over a week after the chicken producer emerged from bankruptcy protection.
Trouble struck paradise this week when a British man who has the "Best Job in the World" as the caretaker of a tropical Australian island was stung by a potentially lethal jellyfish.
Perry County officials are looking for ways to make job gains more permanent after short-term federal stimulus money helped cut unemployment in the rural Tennessee county from the nation's highest rate in May to 16.4 percent in November.
Insituform Technologies Inc. said Monday that it will reorganize its European operations, cutting 35 jobs there as part of a plan to save $3 million annually.
The Massachusetts software company that created the "Rock Band" video game series has eliminated 39 jobs in an effort to trim operating costs.
When President Barack Obama sits down with business leaders Thursday to talk about the ailing job market, the question he’ll ask is simple: How much more can — or should — the government do to get companies to start hiring again?
OAKLAND, Calif. - In nearly two decades working at the NUMMI auto plant, Lynn Chess has been able to buy a house, fund her children’s college education and even afford luxuries such as a 2008 cruise she took with family and friends.
OAKLAND, Calif. - The recession has compounded a decades-long problem for black workers, who began the downturn facing a far higher jobless rate than the general population and have fared worse since.
ELKHART, Ind. - At the edge of this town, at the end of a long driveway, lives Lawrie Covey, who's at the end of her rope.
Much like , competition for seasonal work is proving to be exceptionally brutal this holiday season. A recent survey of more than 1,000 hiring managers revealed that employers plan to hire more than 40 percent fewer seasonal employees this year than they did in 2007.
Direct-selling giant Amway says it's eliminating 93 positions in the United States and Canada over the next 15 months due to a consolidation of its financial operations.
NTELOS Holdings Corp., a wireless phone service provider, said Tuesday it plans to cut about 3 percent of its work force amid the economic downturn. It expects to book related charges of about $1.5 million this year.
Democrats who control the Wisconsin state Senate have unveiled a proposal they say will help create and retain jobs and businesses and improve worker education and training.
ELKHART, Ind. - Finding a job in this challenging economic climate is a pitched battle, not the sort of adrenaline-fueled forays that members of the Elkhart-based Indiana National Guard’s 1538th Transportation Company grew accustomed to during 10 months in Iraq.
SciClone Pharmaceuticals Inc. on Wednesday said it will cut 17 percent of its U.S. work force — or about 7 jobs — as part of a corporate restructuring.
Caterpillar Inc. said Monday about 2,500 laid-off employees will be permanently cut from the company and 550 others will be brought back to work by the end of next year.
Checking references seems more like guerrilla warfare lately. Hiring managers want to find out everything they can about you before they offer you a job, and conventional tactics don’t seem to be enough.
The Obama administration, key lawmakers and big trade groups want to include billions of dollars for transportation and infrastructure in pending legislation aimed at easing stubbornly high U.S. unemployment.
With the election of Scott Brown in Massachusetts yesterday, America voiced concern over "Federal Government Spending, accumulation of debt that will be passed onto our Grandchildren, and government's intervention in our lives".
President Barack Obama's top goal as he enters a second year in office is to lift U.S. job creation and revitalize the economy, the White House said on Tuesday.
On the surface, Politicians have sown trillions of dollars in the economy with the idea of creating jobs. Meanwhile, the federal government and mainstream media continues to obsess over theoretical job counts.
I'm not sure exactly what they mean by "shovel ready" when it comes to road, water, and sewer repairs. Does it mean that the Right of Way has been secured? Check. Does it mean machinery to do the job? Check.
Recession, job cuts and panic when am I the next victim? Don't worry, be happy.
How do you feel now as you are reading this article? Do you feel optimistic or pessimistic? Productive or unproductive? Rearing to go or in a rut? Whatever the cause of your feelings, unless you have been physically coerced or physically hurt, they are not caused by what you migh …
With so few jobs currently available and so many people currently hoping to fill those jobs, standing out in an interview is of utmost importance. While jobs themselves are scarce, job advice is overly abundant. And with an influx of information comes an influx of confusion.
We need a new Congress in order for us to start addressing our long-term national needs and return us to prosperity!
Welcome to 2010! A new year of politics, with the bonus of midterm elections. Just what you were hoping Santa would tuck into your stocking this Christmas, wasn't it? All over the nation, political campaigns are underway. But why do we call them campaigns?
With the recent unexpected drop in jobless claims, an uptick in consumer spending and New Year mirth, you might expect that recovery is truly in the wings. Saner voices still ring the bell of reality. The U.S.
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There has been zero net job creation since December 1999. No previous decade going back to the 1940s had job growth of less than 20 percent. Economic output rose at its slowest rate of any decade since the 1930s as well.
Two Rikers Island correction officers are facing departmental charges after a photo of one of them sleeping on the job circulated among fellow officers.
"...Twenty percent of employers plan to increase the number of full-time, permanent employees in 2010, up from 14% in 2009, according to CareerBuilder's 2010 Job Forecast...Only 9% of the employers surveyed said they plan to decrease headcount in 2010, down from 16% last year, wh …
Unfortunately, every time we have meaningful legislation before Congress it is loaded with "Pork-Barrel" projects. True "Health-Care" reform is required. However, we should do everything we can do to limit unnecessary spending. Mark Memoly
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MEDWAY, MA— A Rhode Island man was arrested Tuesday night after he got a job as a janitor at the Memorial School with a false name, police said.
The U.S. House is considering reinstituting the Depression-era Glass-Steagall Act, which barred bank holding companies from owning other financial companies, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said today. More Articles
the broader message from the White House, which has taken political heat for its support of the $700 billion financial bailout, will be that the taxpayer-funded rescue gives the banks an obligation to do more to help the economy. More Articles
The independent panel that oversees the government's financial bailout program concluded in a year-end review that, despite flaws and lingering problems, the program "can be credited with stopping an economic panic." More Articles
The speech, according to a senior administration official, will outline a series of steps to help small businesses grow and hire new staff.
The unexpected improvement comes as a relief to the Obama administration, which plans to unveil new proposals next week to ease the plight of the jobless following its labor forum in Washington on Thursday.
President Obama is likely to endorse during a speech about the economy next week using some of the government's $700 billion financial bailout for a new jobs-creation program, the White House said Friday.