Thursday, August 30, 2012

Unemployment

  • US unemployment applications flat at 374000

    WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits was unchanged last week at a seasonally adjusted 374,000, suggesting slow improvement in the job market.

    www.boston.com

  • Israel Unemployment Rate Plummets in July as Economy Expands

    Israel's jobless rate plummeted in July to its lowest this year as the economy expanded. The monthly unemployment rate declined to a seasonally adjusted 6.5 percent from a revised 7.1 percent the previous month, the Jerusalem-based Central Bureau of ...

    www.bloomberg.com

  • Shortage of educated workers boosts US unemployment, study shows

    WASHINGTON -- Mismatches in supply and demand for educated workers boost U.S. unemployment and add as much as 2 percentage points to the jobless rates for some cities, according to the Brookings Institution.

    seattletimes.com

  • As youth unemployment soars, France offers to let companies hire young people ...

    The new Socialist president, Francois Hollande, told his Cabinet Wednesday that he wants to wage a war on unemployment and unveiled a plan for the government to pay most of the salaries of tens of thousands of young people hired next year.

    www.washingtonpost.com

  • US unemployment applications flat at 374000

    By DANIEL WAGNER, AP Business Writer - 1 minute ago. WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits was unchanged last week at a seasonally adjusted 374,000, suggesting slow improvement in the job market.

    www.google.com

  • Economy runs neither hot nor cold, but not just right, either

    The Labor Department reported that seasonally adjusted initial claims for unemployment benefits were an unchanged 374,000, higher than the 370,000 that economists had expected.

    economywatch.nbcnews.com

  • Retailers report best sales growth since March

    But the Labor Department said Thursday that the number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits was unchanged last week at a seasonally adjusted 374,000, which further suggests slow improvement.

    www.google.com

  • US unemployment applications flat at 374000

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits was unchanged last week at a seasonally adjusted 374,000, suggesting slow improvement in the job market.

    www.thehour.com

  • Unemployment claims show stalled recovery, Labor Secretary hosts twitter chat

    On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Labor announced that new claims for regular state unemployment benefits, seasonally adjusted, were 374,000 for the week ending August 25, unchanged from the previous week.

    www.examiner.com

  • Applications For US Unemployment Benefits Flat At 374K, A Sign Of Modest ...

    Applications For US Unemployment Benefits Flat At 374K, A Sign Of Modest Hiring Gains. Add Comment. By The Associated Press 08/30/12 - 08:33 AM EDT.

    www.thestreet.com

  • Ashe County's unemployment rate continues to drop

    The jobless in Ashe County can breathe a sigh of relief as the county's unemployment rate continues to drop by small percentages.

    www.jeffersonpost.com

  • BB&T to offer supplemental unemployment insurance [Winston-Salem Journal, NC]

    Aug. 28--The lingering shakiness of the national and local economies has led BB&T Corp . to begin offering supplemental unemployment insurance. BB&T says the IncomeAssure product is the "nation's only supplemental unemployment insurance offering." ...

    investing.businessweek.com

  • US stock futures dip as government releases report on unemployment benefits

    Dow Jones industrial futures fell 43 points to 13,041. The broader S&P futures gave up 5.5 points to 1,401.70 and Nasdaq futures lost 10 points to 2,771.25.

    www.newser.com

  • Casey Mulligan's Reality on Unemployment Insurance and Reality for the Rest of ...

    By contrast, Jesse Rothstein, an economist at Berkeley, looked at the behavior of unemployed workers. He found that at most, the supply-side effect from the extended duration of unemployment benefits in this downturn increased measured unemployment by ...

    www.businessinsider.com

  • iCIMS Talent Platform Helps Non-Profit Lower Unemployment Rate

    MATAWAN, N.J., Aug. 30, 2012 - /PRNewswire/ -- iCIMS, a leading provider of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) talent acquisition software solutions for growing businesses, announced today that a current customer, Faith Employee's Employment Data (FEED), ...

    www.heraldonline.com

  • Chuck Akre: Investing in the Era of the Constrained Consumer

    Chuck Akre, manager of the Akre Focus Fund, believes that high unemployment, tight credit and rising food and energy costs will put a damper on consumer spending.

    www.businessweek.com

  • SD officials seek penalty for unemployment fraud

    People are already required to repay any unemployment benefits they receive as the result of fraud, but the proposal would make them pay an additional penalty equal to 50 percent of the benefits received.

    www.businessweek.com

  • Germany: Unemployment Change grows more than expected in August

    Germany: Unemployment Change grows more than expected in August. FXstreet.com (Barcelona) - German Unemployment Cha... @ 8:28 AM, Thursday August 30 2012. FXstreet.com (Barcelona) - German Unemployment Change rose to 9K in August, ...

    www.forexrazor.com

  • Unemployment benefits set to decrease

    The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services announced Wednesday that state and extended unemployment compensation will be capped at 63 weeks in September, down from 73 over the past few months and 99 weeks before April.

    www.vindy.com

  • Area unemployment for July unchanged at 5.4%

    The monthly unemployment rate in the Washington area held steady at 5.4 percent in July, according to a report released Wednesday by the U.S.

    www.washingtonpost.com

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