Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Unemployment

  • 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

  • How to Get the Economy Growing Again

    The unemployment rate is a reflection of those seeking work over the past four weeks divided by the total workforce. As we know, the rate has been stuck above 8.0% for 42 months now.

    www.forbes.com

  • Where Unemployment Is Highest, Education Is A Big Part Of Why

    A study out today from the nonprofit Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. looks at the extent to which weakness in education accounts for high jobless rates in metropolitan areas across the country.

    www.forbes.com

  • Area unemployment for July remains 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Unemployment Down in 305 out of 372 Cities

    The July metro area unemployment numbers are out, showing declines in the unemployment rate in 305 out of 372 metropolitan areas in the United States.

    www.slate.com

  • CNN Fact Check: Lower unemployment in GOP-led states?

    "In states with Republican governors, the average unemployment rate is a full point lower than in states with Democratic governors.

    www.cnn.com

  • Unemployment In Europe By Country

    In June 2012, an estimated 25.1 million men and women were unemployed in the EU, according to official figures released by Eurostat, the Luxembourg-based statistical office of the European Union.

    www.huffingtonpost.com

  • Long-term Unemployment Diminishes Job Seeker Confidence

    TAMPA, Fla. -- Janice Pratt came here in the 1980s for the booming local economy, but now the city's unemployment rate is 9 percent.

    www.huffingtonpost.com

  • Addressing Youth Unemployment a Must

    THE issue of youth unemployment in our country is a time bomb that needs to be handled with the utmost caution it deserves.

    allafrica.com

  • Applications for US unemployment aid up slightly

    Washington • The number of people seeking first-time unemployment benefits rose a slight 4,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 372,000, evidence that the job market's recovery remains modest and uneven.

    www.sltrib.com

  • Ohio unemployment benefits to be cut back as state's economy improves

    Ohioans will be eligible for fewer weeks of federal unemployment compensation starting next month, and everyone getting benefits under a federal extension stands to lose the assistance when the program ends in December.

    www.bizjournals.com

  • Philadelphia regional unemployment rises to 9.2 percent

    The July unemployment rate for the whole metropolitan area, which includes Philadelphia, its Pennsylvania and New Jersey suburbs and parts of Delaware and Maryland, was 9.2 percent, up from 9.1 percent in July 2011 and 8.9 percent in June.

    www.philly.com

  • Unemployed, under-employed & uninsured: addressing the health care needs of ...

    Americans across the country repeatedly say they tired of the political divides - particularly with respect to the issues related to health care and jobs.

    www.examiner.com

  • The Battle Of Texas Vs. California All Comes Down To This

    Indeed, state-by-state unemployment rates are always political, as anyone who watched Ohio Governor John Kasich or Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker speak at the Republican Convention last night knows.

    www.businessinsider.com

  • Region's unemployment rate stays steady

    Central Virginia's unemployment rate remained relatively unchanged from June to July, according to the latest figures published by the Virginia Employment Commission.

    www2.dailyprogress.com

  • Unemployment stays the same in July

    The labor force and employment increased in July, but the unemployment number held steady at 6.6 percent in Carroll County.

    www.carrollcountytimes.com

  • What to do when unemployment benefits run out

    "The highlight of the month is a workshop titled 'Facing the End of Your Unemployment Benefits,' on Sept. 12 and 26," said Keri Allman, director of the R3 Center.

    salisbury.wbtv.com

  • SA unemployment 'exceptional'

    Johannesburg - The South African economy faces a major problem with its levels of unemployment, economist Chris Hart said on Tuesday.

    www.fin24.com

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