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• Job Havens: The Best Small- to Medium-Sized Cities

  BNET - 2009-04-01

  In this miserable job market, you gotta' go where the jobs are, and they aren't always in the big city. These three small- to mid-sized cities are riding out the economic storm and companies there are still hiring professional-level employees...Bigger isn't always better — these small- to medium-sized cities are...

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• T100 regional firms still going strong

  - 2008-04-01

  The nation’s Top 100 regional firms reflected continued strong economic growth during 2007, despite signs of an economic downturn just before year’s end. Nationwide, Top 100 Firm revenue grew at a combined rate of 11.31 percent, just slightly above the previous year’s 11.09 percent. Consumer spending on...

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• Statement by Tig Gilliam, CEO of Adecco Group North America, on February's Bureau of Labor Statistics Jobs Report

  - 2008-03-07

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• Statement by Tig Gilliam, CEO of Adecco North America, on November's Bureau of Labor Statistics Jobs Report

  - 2007-12-07

  MELVILLE, N.Y. -- The following is a statement by Tig Gilliam, CEO of Adecco North America, on November's Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report which was released today at 8:30 AM ET.

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• Bureau of Labor Statistics: restaurant job injuries declined in 2006

  - 2007-12-03

  WASHINGTON -- The number of foodservice workers who missed at least a day of work to recover from on-the-job injuries declined sharply in 2006, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.

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• Statement by Tig Gilliam, CEO of Adecco North America, on October's Bureau of Labor Statistics Jobs Report

  - 2007-11-02

  MELVILLE, N.Y. -- The following is a statement by Tig Gilliam, CEO of Adecco North America, on October's Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report which was released today at 8:30 AM ET.

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• Updated summary of NIPA methodologies

  - 2007-11-01

  The Bureau of Economic Analysis BEA has recently improved its estimates of current-dollar gross domestic product GDP, current-dollar gross domestic income GDI, and real GDP as part of the 2007 annual revision of the national income and product accounts NIPAs. (1) The sources of data and methodologies that are now...

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• The U.S. economy to 2016: slower growth as boomers begin to retire

  - 2007-11-01

  Real GDP growth is expected to average 2.8 percent a year over the next decade, less than its previous 10-year trend, while productivity growth is expected to slow as well; continued increases in defense spending and strong foreign markets also characterize the outlook for the coming decade ********** ...

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• Statement by Tig Gilliam, CEO of Adecco North America, on September's Bureau of Labor Statistics Jobs Report

  - 2007-10-05

  MELVILLE, N.Y. -- The following is a statement by Tig Gilliam, CEO of Adecco North America, on September's Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report which was released today at 8:30 AM ET.

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• Households in the U.S. spent an average of $5,931 on food in 2005, accounting for 12.8% of their average annual expenditures of $46,409, according to analysis by the Food Institute of the Bureau of Labor Statistics' 2005 Consumer Expenditure Survey

  - 2007-09-01

  Households in the U.S. spent an average of $5,931 on food in 2005, accounting for 12.8% (7.1% at-home, 5.7% away-from-home) of their average annual expenditures of $46,409, according to analysis by the Food Institute of the Bureau of Labor Statistics' 2005 Consumer Expenditure Survey the latest data available. For more...

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