Friday, January 27, 2012

Unemployment

  • Lianne Valenti lost her job as manager for a company that makes portable power generators last July. Valenti, who is 46 and lives in Long Beach, Calif., started drawing unemployment benefits and looking for a new job. She couldnt find one.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • Spain's unemployment rate rose to 22.9 percent, the highest in 15 years, increasing pressure on Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy to deliver on his election pledge to create jobs in a shrinking economy.
  • (Bloomberg)
  • Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Spain's unemployment rate rose to 22.9 percent, the highest in 15 years, increasing pressure on Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy to deliver on his election pledge to create jobs in a shrinking economy.
  • (Businessweek)
  • Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Spain's unemployment rate rose to 22.9 percent, the highest in 15 years, piling pressure on Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy to change labor rules and focus on his election pledge to create jobs in a shrinking economy.
  • (Businessweek)
  • By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of people seeking unemployment benefits rose last week to a seasonally adjusted 377,000, up from a nearly four-year low the previous week.
  • (msnbc.com)
  • Metro Atlanta's unemployment rate rose to 9.4 percent in December from 9.2 percent in November, the state labor department said Thursday. A year ago, the jobless rate was 10.1 percent.
  • (Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog))
  • Thats because growth would need to be much stronger to sharply reduce unemployment. And signs in the data point to slower growth ahead. For all of last year, the economy grew just 1.7 percent. That was barely more than half the growth in 2010.
  • (AP - msnbc.com)
  • Ask ManpowerGroup Chairman and Chief Executive Jeff Joerres if there's a "new normal" of higher-than-desired unemployment in the U.S. He will agree.
  • (Wall Street Journal)
  • WASHINGTON (AP) -- Applications for unemployment benefits likely rose last week after falling to the lowest level in nearly four years. The gain is not expected to alter the broader trend, which suggests fewer layoffs and more hiring.
  • (Yahoo Finance)
  • A little over a month ago, Solomon Jones was watching TV with his family after Christmas dinner. While it was good to be home, something about it just didnt feel right. When the first national anthem played, I was just so used to being there, Jones said.
  • (CBS Sports)

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