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U.S. Treasury Notes | The U.S. Economy in Charts
Earlier this month, in testimony before Congress on the President’s Budget, Secretary Geithner provided an update on the nation’s economic and financial health. Today, we offer you a more in-depth look – in charts – at the data behind many of the key points he discussed and look forward to sharing similar briefings in the … Continue reading
PolitiFact Georgia | Gingrich: Main reason for unemployment decline is shrinking workforce
A visit to the Atlanta-based Neal Boortz radio show gave Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich a chance to partake in three of his favorite pastimes with a single sentence. The former U.S. House speaker railed against President Barack Obama. He took a swing at the media. He tackled the economy, which some see as the … Continue reading
Gov. Snyder, Mayor Bloomberg: Immigration debate should be about economics, not politics | Detroit Free Press | freep.com
In a presidential election in which both sides are debating economic growth and immigration separately, all parties should emphasize the relationship between them. The fact is the link between legal immigration and job creation couldn’t be stronger. Immigrants, especially those with advanced degrees, play a vital role in helping U.S. companies create jobs, as … Continue reading
Robert Reich (As Santorum and Romney Battle for the Loony Right, the Rest of Us Should Not Gloat)
My father was a Republican for the first 78 years of his life. For the last twenty, he’s been a Democrat (he just celebrated his 98th.) What happened? “They lost me,” he says. They’re losing even more Americans now, as the four remaining GOP candidates seek to out-do one another in their race for the … Continue reading
Shanghai Raises Minimum Wage 13% as China Seeks to Boost Consumer Demand – Bloomberg
China’s financial hub of Shanghai joined Beijing and Shenzhen in boosting the minimum wage this year as policy makers seek to spur consumer spending and a shrinking labor surplus pushes up salaries. The nation’s most affluent city will increase the wage by 13 percent to 1,450 yuan ($230) a month starting in April, the Shanghai … Continue reading
Snyder says losing A-10s from Selfridge could cut 600 jobs in state | The Detroit News | detroitnews.com
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder said the state could lose more than 600 full- and part-time military jobs if the Air Force moves A-10 fighter planes from Selfridge Air National Guard Base in Macomb County. “I’m not sure we are getting treated fairly by the Air Force,” Snyder said Monday after he attended the National Governors … Continue reading
Singapore | MP calls for centralised agency to match companies with job-seekers – Channel NewsAsia
MP for Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC Gan Thiam Poh has called for a centralised agency to match short-handed companies with local workers. This was just one suggestion Mr Gan made to help Singaporeans, especially those in the lowest wage groups, find jobs. He also called for a union to look into the welfare of low-wage workers … Continue reading
UK | Disgrace of unemployment becoming a nice little earner | Herald Scotland
DAVID Cameron is sick, he says, of “anti-business snobbery”. Speaking in London the other day, the Prime Minister denounced the “dangerous rhetoric” which holds that wealth creation, as he understands it, “is somehow anti-social, that people in business are out for themselves”. It’s not clear who is supposed to have said these things, but on … Continue reading
Unemployment Extension – Version 2 – Nicole Kurokawa – Townhall Conservative Columnists – Page 1
Passed last week as part of a comprehensive payroll tax cut/doc fix/general handout bill, Congress also moved to extend unemployment benefits. That’s hardly a surprise, given the reluctance of fiscal conservatives to take any stand that could be construed as incentives to out-of-work voters. While extending the enhanced federal unemployment program, the bill will scale … Continue reading
Unemployment insurance: It’s killing small businesses – Baltimore Sun
I run a small business — about 20 employees — in the Baltimore area. We are a manufacturing company in the construction industry. I have worked extremely hard and sacrificed my own pay to keep our people employed over the last five years. I have not had a layoff and had previously earned a low … Continue reading
Still not enough jobs – The News Herald
The jobs situation nationally is slowly improving, but is the pace fast enough to reward President Barack Obama with reelection? The administration says January saw a net gain of 243,000 jobs, and 351,000 newly laid-off workers sought unemployment benefits last week, the fewest since March 2008. These encouraging signs come as the number of people … Continue reading
Migrant workers need better integration in Canada, study urges – The Globe and Mail
Good Mexican restaurants in rural Ontario, small-town church services in Spanish, and gridlocked Friday nights with busloads of men wiring money home and crowding into the local grocery store. These are a few of the visible signs of the growth of Canada’s migrant agricultural worker programs, which are becoming an increasingly permanent fixture of the … Continue reading
Harper Government Ensuring Canadian Aerospace Industry Soars – MarketWatch
Today, the Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of Industry, pledged continued government support of Canada’s aerospace and space sectors and officially launched the Review of Aerospace and Space Programs and Policies. “The Harper Government is focusing on what matters to Canadians-job creation and economic growth,” said Minister Paradis. “Canadian aerospace and space sectors are leaders in … Continue reading
Obama Renews Push For Higher Education, Hints at Santorum ‘Snob’ Comment – ABC News
“No issue will have a bigger impact on the future performance of our economy than education,” the president said in remarks before the National Governors Association at the White House. The president insisted that higher education is the key to preparing Americans for the jobs of the 21st century. “We can’t allow higher education to … Continue reading
Obama striking out on ‘green jobs’ program | islandpacket.com
General Motors stock acquired by the federal government in exchange for debt repayment is trading for about half the value used in the conversion calculation, while the stock market is significantly up for the year. If that stock were sold today, the taxpayers would lose $14 billion. Then there is Solyndra. Enough said. One year … Continue reading
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