Friday, December 18, 2009

Ohio unemployment inches up - Dayton Business Journal

Unemployment in Ohio ticked up slightly last month. The unemployment rate in the Buckeye State was 10.6 percent in November, up from 10.5 percent in October, according to data released by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services . Ohio’s ...

Unemployment Will Be The Big Game Changer For 2010 | Daily Markets

With the high unemployment plaguing the US economy, the rest of world is unlikely to enjoy a robust growth as some tend to believe. If the unemployment rate does not go down below 9% by the end of 2010, it is conceivable, for example, ...

Wrap-up bill clears Senate hurdle - WBOC

... cleared a key Senate hurdles early Friday morning. Anchored by a $626 billion Pentagon funding bill, the measure also carries short-term extensions of unemployment benefits, highway and transit funding, key pieces of the anti-terror Patriot Act ...

Arizona\'s unemployment rate falls to 8.9% (The Arizona Republic)

Arizona\'s employment and unemployment numbers improved significantly in November, offering the state most battered by job losses hope that the labor markets are starting to recover.

O\'Malley wants to use federal dollars for unemployment fund (Baltimore Sun)

Gov. Martin O\'Malley said Thursday that he wants to bring Maryland\'s unemployment eligibility calculations into line with a national standard, a move that would enable the state to tap $126.8 million in federal money but would also cost employers more.

Ky. unemployment rate dips to 10.6% (Louisville Courier-Journal)

Kentucky\'s unemployment rate dipped to 10.6 percent in November, down from a revised 11.3 percent in October but still up from 7.2 percent in November 2008, the state reported Thursday.

Arizona\'s unemployment rate falls to 8.9% (The Arizona Republic)

Arizona\'s employment and unemployment numbers improved significantly in November, offering the state most battered by job losses hope that the labor markets are starting to recover.

Thursday, December 17, 2009

» Businesses oppose unemployment tax plan

Unemployment taxes have emerged as a key issue for the business community heading into the legislative session set to begin in mid-January. Taxes used to pay benefits to unemployed Marylanders skyrocketed as more state residents found ...

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Fed to strike upbeat note on economy - The Associated Press

ReutersFed to strike upbeat note on economyThe Associated PressWASHINGTON — Focused on keeping the recovery going and driving down double-digit unemployment, the Federal Reserve is poised to leave interest rates at a ...Upswing poses questions for FedWashington PostFed May Hesitate to Tighten as Scrutiny IncreasesBloombergThe Beginning Of The End Of Free MoneyForbesAtlantic Onlineall 924 news articles »

South Korea\'s Unemployment Rate Rises In November - RTT News

Hurriyet Daily NewsSouth Korea's Unemployment Rate Rises In NovemberRTT News(RTTNews) - South Korea's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased to 3.5% in November from 3.4% in the previous month, the National Statistical ...Turkish unemployment unchanged in SeptemberHurriyet Daily NewsTurkey Sept. Jobless Rate RisesRTT Newsall 13 news articles »

unemployment and disengagement » Contexts Crawler

These negative social consequences outlast the unemployment itself. Tracking Wisconsin 1957 high school graduates, sociologists Jennie Brand and Sarah Burgard found that in contrast to comparable classmates who were never unemployed, ...

Get ready to be shocked. Unemployment in the States!

Animated Unemployment Map just hit the link and get out your tissue\'s ready (don\'t forget to hit play) http://cohort11.americanobserver.net/la ... ...

The power of Google: New evidence on predicting US unemployment ...

Following the popularity of the internet as a means for searching for jobs (Stevenson, 2008), this approach has recently been extended to unemployment forecasting. In particular, the Google Index – the incidence of Google job-search ...

Monday, December 7, 2009

Neb. businesses will be hit with sharp increase in unemployment tax just as ... - Los Angeles Times

Neb. businesses will be hit with sharp increase in unemployment tax just as ...Los Angeles Times(AP) — Nebraska businesses will be hit with a sharp increase in their tax bills next year to replenish the state's unemployment fund after a year in which ...and more »

Unemployment will fall to 8 percent in 2010 - San Francisco Chronicle

Unemployment will fall to 8 percent in 2010San Francisco ChronicleNational unemployment should peak at 10.4 percent and quickly fall to 8 percent by the end of 2010. That's my prediction, and it flies in the face of ...

Unemployment Loan – Getting Christmas Cash While Unemployed - Subprime Blogger

Unemployment Loan – Getting Christmas Cash While UnemployedSubprime BloggerIf you are currently unemployed then one way to get cash is to get an unemployment loan. If you are finding it very difficult to make ends meet financially ...and more »

Friday, December 4, 2009

After former Rosemead official, collects unemployment, state senator ... - Pasadena Star-News

In the wake of news that former Rosemead councilman John Nunez has been collecting unemployment benefits since losing his council seat, state Sen. Gloria Romero, D-Los Angeles, said Thursday she is prepared to propose legislation that would prohibit ...

Ousted councilman collects unemployment - OC Watchdog : The Orange ...

Yes, you read that right — unemployment. Elected officials, like city council members, apparently can collect unemployment payments, according to former Rosemead City Councilman John Nunez, who was exposed by The Associated Press and ...

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He's So Historic: Black Unemployment Hits Great Depression Levels

In what is being portrayed as a direct rebuke of the White House\'s lack of response to the deepening unemployment meltdown, Rep. Maxine Waters D-California, chair of the powerful Financial Services sub committee killed a scheduled ...

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Unemployment Struggling to Turn a Corner as Job Losses Mount in ...

The report sets the stage for the Labor Department\'s highly-anticipated November unemployment report, to be released tomorrow (Friday). That report is expected to show 123000 job losses, keeping the unemployment rate steady at a 26 ...

Calculated Risk: Goldman Forecast: Unemployment to Peak in 2011

The key features of our 2011 outlook: (1) a strengthening in growth from 2.1% on average in 2010 to 2.4% in 2011, with real GDP rising at an above-potential 3½% pace in late 2011; (2) a peaking in unemployment in mid-2011 at about 10¾%; ...

Delta tackles unemployment with micro-credit | Vanguard

Although it focused on a programme of the administration known as the Delta State Micro-Credit Programme (DMCP), it nonetheless provided a basis for reflection on how the problem of unemployment and poverty can be tackled across the ...

Unemployment debt another piper to be paid - Asheville Citizen-Times

Unemployment debt another piper to be paidAsheville Citizen-TimesIt goes without saying that when a state has half a million people on the unemployment rolls, problems follow. Most notably it causes a wide array of ...Unemployment Is Taking the Rest of Us Down With ItMinyanville.comThis Is Down Right Stupid FoolsMotley FoolNC borrowing billions for joblessNews & Observerall 28 news articles »

Obama puts renewed focus on job creation - USA Today

CharlotteObserver.comObama puts renewed focus on job creationUSA TodayIt said unemployment would have been up to 0.9 percentage points higher without the stimulus. The White House says more than 3.5 million jobs will be saved ...The Job SummitNew York TimesAdministration Targets Jobs PuzzleWall Street JournalNeed jobs now - White HouseCNNMoney.comThe Associated Press -NPRall 639 news articles »

Monster us online jobs index slips in November - Reuters

Monster us online jobs index slips in NovemberReutersThe unemployment rate is forecast to remain unchanged at 10.2 percent. Monster's index posted an increase in 10 of the 20 industries tracked, and in nine of ...and more »

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Virginia's unemployment rate drops in October - KTVZ.com

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Virginia's unemployment figures dropped to the lowest rate in 2009 during October and remained below the national average, according to numbers released by the Virginia Employment Commission on Wednesday. The seasonally ...