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A Kid from Car Country

James Moore | Posted 11.21.2008 | Business

Read More: Big Three Automakers, United Auto Workers, Detroit Bailout, Ford, Detroit Three, Automakers, Jobs, Bailout, Cars, Detroit Automakers, Unemployment, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Gm, Automaker Bailout, Chysler, The Big 3, Auto Industry, Detroit, Business News
James Moore

Once this grim place was the most alluring in America. The engine of the world was built here in Michigan. And it is hard to believe we are simply going to let it run out of gas.

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Unemployment Extension

Nov. 20, 2008 | Jessica Dickler, CNNMoney.Com Staff Writer | Posted 11.21.2008 | Business

Read More: Bush Unemployment, Unemployment, Unemployment Extension Act of 2008, Unemployment Extension, Financial Crisis, Business News

President Bush signed The Unemployment Extension Act of 2008 into law Friday, lengthening the period of government assistance to Americans struggling ...

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Weinsteins Cutting 11% Of Workforce

NY Post | Posted 11.21.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Layoffs, Bob Weinstein, Unemployment, Job Cuts, Weinstein Co, Harvey Weinstein, Entertainment News

The Weinstein Co. is laying off about 11 percent of its workforce as the sickly economic environment further invades Tinseltown, The Post has learned...

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Thousands Attend "Good Morning America" Job Fair At Navy Pier

Chicago Sun-Times | Cheryl V. Jackson and Francine Knowles | Posted 11.21.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Unemployment, Job Seekers, Job Fairs, Illinois Unemployment Rate, Good Morning America Job Fair, Navy Pier Job Fair, GMA Job Fair, Chicago Job Fairs, Recession, Chicago News

Jerry Gillespie is a carpenter. But the 31-year-old Chicago man has hit wall after wall in an effort to find work. Unemployed for the last six mont...

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Mitt Romney's Ye-Olde-Times Plan For Detroit

Jeffrey Feldman | Posted 11.19.2008 | Business

Read More: Detroit Automakers, Automakers, Automaker Bailout, Mitt Romney Detroit, Mitt Romney Automakers, Unemployment, Big Three Automakers, Automotive Industry, United Auto Workers, Detroit Three, Detroit, Gm, Mitt Romney, Cars, Ford, Detroit Bailout, Business News
Jeffrey Feldman

As a foray into the troubled waters of the biggest industry crisis of our time, Romney's plan epitomizes how Republicans think about the economy: by pretending we live in a Dickensian version of the Eisenhower era.

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Laid-Off Silicon Valley Worker Kills Three

AP | TERRY COLLINS | Posted 11.15.2008 | Business

Read More: Layoffs, Jobs, Silicon Valley, Unemployment, Business News

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — A 47-year-old engineer arrested on suspicion of fatally shooting three of his co-workers had been laid off hours earlier a...

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Obama Is Hiring: Job Change You Can Believe In

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 11.10.2008 | Business

Read More: Barack Obama Presidential Transition, change.gov, Valerie Jarrett, Economy, Joe Trippi, Obama, Adam Barr, Job Market, Transition, Obama White House, Unemployment, Campaign Workers, Rahm Emanuel, Obama Transition Team, Hiring, Business News
Andrea Chalupa

Now that the election is over, campaign staffers, like some 2.8 million Americans, find themselves out of a job. What are their options?

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Where's Our Bailout? 3 Kids with Autism. No Job. Again.

Kim Stagliano | Posted 11.10.2008 | Living

Read More: Financial Crisis, Autism, Unemployment, Bailout, Economy, Congressional Bailout, Family Budgeting, Recession, Living News
Kim Stagliano

There is no bailout for people like Mark and me and millions of Americans who have lost or are about to lose their jobs.

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The Road to Economic Recovery

Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Jobs, Economic Stimulus Package, Economy, Middle Class, Bush Economy, George Bush, Unemployment, Bush Unemployment, Politics News
Sen. Bernie Sanders

As the Bush administration sputters to an end, the official unemployment rate rose from 6.1 to 6.5 percent in October. In these very difficult economic conditions, doing nothing is not an option.

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"The Great American Detour"

CurrentTV's Vanguard | Posted 11.07.2008 | Living

Read More: Debt, Caledonia, Gas, Bus, Youth, St. Louis, Economy, Pollution, Election, America, Education, Unemployment, Port Arthur, Vote, Insurance, Environment, Berea, Awol, Houston, Tour, Healthcare, Detroit, Living News
CurrentTV's Vanguard

This summer, I took a road trip across the country to see what's really on the minds of young Americans at this critical moment in American history. ...

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Jobless Rate Jumps To 14 Year High

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 11.07.2008 | Business

Read More: Economy, Economic Crisis, U.S. Economy, Jobless Rate, Unemployment, Business News

WASHINGTON — The nation's unemployment rate bolted to a 14-year high of 6.5 percent in October as another 240,000 jobs were cut, far worse than ...

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Ohio's Rough Road

Gerald McEntee | Posted 10.29.2008 | Business

Read More: Afl-Cio, Job Losses, U.S. Economy, Unemployment, Afscme, 2008 Presidential Election, Ohio, Business News
Gerald McEntee

It's not about numbers -- it's about how the poor economy plays out for actual workers and their families. Consider what's happening at Cooper Tires, a 90-year-old company based in Findlay, Ohio.

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The "Poison Ivy" Growing at Harvard Business School

Stephen Viscusi | Posted 10.28.2008 | Business

Read More: John McCain, Unemployment, Economy, Harvard Business School, Ivy League Schools, Obama, Harvard, Business, Wall Street, Recession, Mba, Business News
Stephen Viscusi

What W. has really ruined from a business "branding" scenario is the prestige and credibility of what it means to have a Harvard Business School "brand" degree.

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The Old Order Falls

Max Fraad Wolff | Posted 10.27.2008 | Business

Read More: Social Instability, Change, Unemployment, Hope, Economy, Crisis, Wall Street, Main Street, Financial Crisis, Business News
Max Fraad Wolff

Unquestioned faith in the old order produces shock and panic as one pillar after another crumbles and falls. So it is with cursedly interesting times.

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Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics

Tim Giago | Posted 10.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Native Americans, Tim Johnson, Native Americans Unemployment, Unemployment, South Dakota, Unemployment Rate, South Dakota Unemployment, Politics News
Tim Giago

The Bureau of Labor Statistics sent out a press release touting South Dakota as having the lowest unemployment rates in the Nation. This statement qualifies as a lie -- a damned lie.

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Healthcare Abducted

Dr. Jeffrey McCombs | Posted 10.24.2008 | Living

Read More: Exercise, President, Drugs, Life Force, Drug Sales, Congress, Nutrition, Healthcare, Big Pharma, Diet, Government, Physicians, McCombs Plan, Drug Lobby, LifeForce Plan, Unemployment, Weight Loss, Pharmaceutical, Health, Insurance, Americans, R&D, Quality of Life, Living News
Dr. Jeffrey McCombs

Mainstream healthcare in America has been abducted by the pharmaceutical and insurance companies. As profits have moved to the center stage, patient c...

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When It Comes to Slicing the American Pie, McCain Serves Only the Rich

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Saks Fifth Avenue, Republican National Committee, John McCain, Joe the Plumber, Karl Rove, Poverty, Hank Paulson, Middle Class, Election ’08, Federal Reserve, Drew Griffin, $700 Billion Bailout, Valentino Garavani, Democrats, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Cnn, Unemployment, Wall Street, Joe Sixpack, Brother’s Keeper, Health Insurance, San Francisco, Paul Krugman, Foreclosure, Ben Bernanke, Socialist, Mortgage Bankers, Stimulus Package, Costco, Wall Street Crash, Financial Crisis, Obama Socialist, Obama Convention Speech, Congressional Bailout, Deregulation, Politics News
Leo W. Gerard

McCain and Palin are running around the country pretending the GOP ticket represents the best interests of the working class and small business owners. It's all false rhetoric and no real action.

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The Seventy Percent Solution

Marco Trbovich | Posted 10.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Economy, Apollo Alliance, Pimco, Bill Gross, Job Growth, American Workers, Free Trade, Globalization, Consumer Purchasing, Obama, Economic Growth, Democrats, 70 Percent, Unemployment, Wall Street, Federal Reserve, College Education, Republican, US Corporations, Coalition of Labor, Phil Angelides, Business News
Marco Trbovich

70 percent of the US economy has been dependent on consumer purchasing to sustain economic growth. The portion of workers in the US who do not have a college education is also 70 percent.

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Unemployment Claims Rising Faster Than Expected As Recession Deepens

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 10.23.2008 | Business

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WASHINGTON — Unemployment claims, already well into recession territory, are rising even faster than expected, leading economists to warn Thursd...

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Job Losses Accelerate, Signalling Deeper Distress

Washington Post | Posted 10.22.2008 | Business

Read More: Financial Crisis, Yahoo Job Losses, Job Losses Economic Distress, Unemployment, Merck Job Losses, Business News

Employers are moving to aggressively cut jobs and reduce costs in the face of the nation's economic crisis, preparing for what many fear will be a lon...

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Not Another Stimulus Package!

Michael Pento | Posted 10.22.2008 | Business

Read More: Economy, Fed, Ronald Reagan, Governement Created Jobs, Bernanke, Economic Growth, Federal Reserve Chairman, 150 Billion, Debt Ceiling, Unemployment, National Debt, Nancy Pelosi, There You Go Again, Stimulus Package, Job Creation, Paul Ryan, Business News
Michael Pento

In a very sad sense, there appears to be no true ceiling to the debt ceiling. Congress raised the debt ceiling to $10.6 trillion in July 2008 and is currently proposing an additional $700 billion.

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The Search for a Paycheck: Young Vets and the Challenge of Finding Work Back At Home

Kim Stolz | Posted 10.21.2008 | Business

Read More: Iraq War, Unemployment, Mtv, Work, Jobs, Iraq, Massachusetts, War in Iraq, Veterans, Business News
Kim Stolz

Young veterans are returning to this country having, in a sense, put their lives on pause, and so find themselves at even more of a disadvantage than the average young person.

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Economist: Bush Administration Needs A 180 On Unemployment Policy

Economix | Alan B. Krueger | Posted 10.20.2008 | Business

Read More: Layoffs, Economic Downturn, Unemployment, Economic Policy, Economy, Financial Crisis, Jobs, Recession, Business News

Public labor exchange offices were established in the early days of the New Deal to help the unemployed find jobs. This function is now done in One-S...

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"Girls' Night Out" Takes A Hit with the Economic Downturn

Irene S. Levine | Posted 10.20.2008 | Living

Read More: Living News, Relationships, Girls’ Night Out, Female Friendships, Lipstick Jungle, Girls’ Night In, Friendship, Contest, Potlucks, Unemployment, Jo Gartin, Wall Street, Bailout, Style, Orville Redenbacher, Economy, Weddings, Living News
Irene S. Levine

With the cost of entertainment, transportation and meals skyrocketing, there's a natural tendency to hunker down, cocoon at home, and reduce spending.

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If We Could "Elect" the President of the Company We Work for... Who'd Get Your Vote?

Stephen Viscusi | Posted 10.17.2008 | Business

Read More: Layoffs, Unemployment, Mccain, Economy, Employer, Careers, Jobs, Obama, Employee, Pink Slip, Business, Recession, Election, Business News
Stephen Viscusi

A lot of jobs, including the President of the United States, tend to be on autopilot.

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