Tag: jobless claims
Jobless Americans Rattle Asian Markets
by Lauren Cooper on Jan.14, 2011, under Towing
Rising applications in the U.S. for unemployment claims sent Asian shares lower today. In Japan the Nikkei 225 Index slid 0.9% and in China the Shanghai Composite Index slipped 1.3%. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng inched up 0.2%.
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Jobless Americans Rattle Asian Markets originally appeared on DailyFinance on Fri, 14 Jan 2011 07:10:00.
Fed Minutes: U.S. Economy Not Strong Enough to Wind Down QE2
by Joseph Lazzaro on Jan.04, 2011, under Towing
The U.S. economy has strengthened, but not enough for the government to pare down its bond-buying program, according to the latest Fed minutes. In late 2010, investments rose and the job market improved — but the housing market remained depressed.
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Fed Minutes: U.S. Economy Not Strong Enough to Wind Down QE2 originally appeared on DailyFinance on Tue, 04 Jan 2011 19:15:00.
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Job Growth Is Likely Next Year. The Question Is: How Much?
by Charles Wallace on Dec.30, 2010, under Towing
Economists generally expect employers to steadily add more workers in 2011, perhaps as many as 250,000 a month by year-end. However, with so many long-term unemployed returning to the market, the jobless rate could still outpace those new positions.
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Job Growth Is Likely Next Year. The Question Is: How Much? originally appeared on DailyFinance on Thu, 30 Dec 2010 06:30:00.
Where Are Jobs Going Now? Peru, Bulgaria, Bangladesh. . .
by Danny King on Dec.21, 2010, under Towing
The U.S. is hardly alone in losing work to cheaper skilled labor in foreign countries. Australia, Canada and Israel, among others, have dropped off Gartner’s list of the top 30 countries for outsourcing. Here’s where IT and business-processing jobs are heading.
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Where Are Jobs Going Now? Peru, Bulgaria, Bangladesh. . . originally appeared on DailyFinance on Tue, 21 Dec 2010 14:45:00.
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Initial Jobless Claims Fall Again, to 420,000
by Joseph Lazzaro on Dec.16, 2010, under Towing
The slowly improving tone to the U.S. job market continued with last week’s numbers for new unemployment claims. The less volatile four-week moving average also dropped again, to 422,750. That’s its lowest level since August 2008.
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Initial Jobless Claims Fall Again, to 420,000 originally appeared on DailyFinance on Thu, 16 Dec 2010 10:00:00.







