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- U.S. Labor Department: Nonresidential construction jobs lost in June
- The nonresidential construction sector lost 5,600 jobs in June, on a seasonally-adjusted basis, according to the July 3 employment report from the U.S. Labor Department. The loss, however, was less than that recorded in May, which was revised upward to 7,400 in the most recent employment report....
- Research articles 2008-07-08
- Euro surges close to 1.57 dollars after US jobs report
- LONDON AFP — The European single currency jumped close to 1.57 dollars on Friday as traders digested news that the US unemployment rate soared to 5.5 percent in May. In afternoon European trading, the euro raced as high as 1.5699 dollars. It later stood at 1.5678, up from 1.5590...
- Research articles 2008-06-06
- Shock US unemployment jump raises warning flags
- WASHINGTON AFP — US unemployment in May unexpectedly surged by the strongest increase in 22 years, Labor Department data showed Friday, raising warning flags that the economy is headed in the wrong direction. A shock half-point jump in the unemployment rate to 5.5 percent from 5.0 percent in April...
- Research articles 2008-06-06
- Definitions of economic indicators
- Personal Income Income received by persons from ali sources. It is measured before the deduction of personal income taxes and other personal taxes and is reported in current dollars. Data is published by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce. Nonfarm Wage & Salary Employment ...
- Research articles 2008-06-01
- Company Watch - Vought Aircraft
- Apr 14, 2008 Private-equity firm Carlyle Group owns about 90 percent of Vought Aircraft Industries stock. In 2004, Gov. Rick Perry pledged to give the company $35 million in state money in return for a promise to create 3,000 new jobs over several years at its assembly plants in...
- Research articles 2008-04-14
- Database of More Than 1,700 Job Candidates With Disabilities to Be Made Available to Employers
- To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Bennett Gamble, +1-202-693-4667, or Richard Manning, +1- 202-693-4676, both of the U.S. Department of Labor WASHINGTON, March 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On March 19, the U.S. Department of Labor will make available to employers nationwide a free database of 1,769 new job candidates with disabilities seeking...
- Research articles 2008-03-18
- US loses 63,000 jobs in February in sign of deeper woes
- WASHINGTON AFP — US employers slashed payrolls by 63,000 jobs in February, the government said Friday in a sign of deeper woes for the world's biggest economy. It was the second straight month of losses in nonfarm payrolls, seen as one of the best indicators of economic momentum. In...
- Research articles 2008-03-07
- US loses 63,000 jobs in sign of deeper economic woes
- WASHINGTON AFP — A stumbling US economy lost 63,000 jobs in February, according to a shockingly weak report Friday that prompted the Federal Reserve to take fresh steps to pump liquidity into the stressed banking system. The Labor Department report showed the second straight month of losses in nonfarm...
- Research articles 2008-03-07
- Pennsylvanias Employment Situation: January 2008
- To: STATE EDITORS Contact: Troy Thompson of Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry, +1-717-787-7530 HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/--Pennsylvanias seasonally adjusted civilian labor force -- the number of people working or looking for work -- rose by 71,000 residents in January to a record-high 6,361,000. Resident employment was up...
- Research articles 2008-02-28
- U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao Breaks Ground on New Pinellas County Job Corps Center in St. Petersburg, Fla.
- To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Jennifer Coxe or Michael Volpe, both of the U.S. Department of Labor, +1-202-693-4676 WASHINGTON,Feb. 21/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Noting her continuing commitment to providing young people in Florida with the education and training needed to compete in the 21st century workforce, U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L....
- Research articles 2008-02-21
- U.S. Loses Jobs for First Time Since 2003
- The United States lost jobs for the first time in more than four years, the Labor Department said Feb. 1. Payrolls fell by 17,000 in January after an 82,000 gain in December that was larger than initially reported. The drop in payrolls in January was the first since August 2003....
- Research articles 2008-02-11
- Where the jobs will be.(STATESTATS)
- [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] You don't often hear, "When I grow up, I want to be a retail salesperson." Yet the U.S. Department of Labor projects that between 2004 and 2014, there will be 736,000 openings for retail sales people, the most of any occupation in...
- Research articles 2008-02-01
- Dept. of Labor issues apprenticeship rules
- The Department of Labor has proposed new rules for a national apprenticeship program that will "set up a more flexible and user-friendly approach for apprentices and employers and make updates and changes affecting state apprenticeship agencies and the Department of Labor," says Emily Stover DeRocco, departing Assistant Secretary of Labor...
- Research articles 2008-01-24
- North Carolina Labor department studies plight of Pillowtex workers
- About 40 percent of the laid off workers from bankrupt Pillowtex Co. had not yet found work three years after they lost their jobs, and for those who have, take-home pay isn't as much as they were making at Pillowtex. The North Carolina Employment Security Commission's Labor Market Information Division...
- Research articles 2007-12-21
- US job growth slows as economic momentum ebbs
- WASHINGTON AFP — US job creation slowed in November, confirming expectations of cooling economic growth, a government report showed Friday. The Labor Department said in a monthly snapshot that the world's biggest economy generated 94,000 new jobs in November after 170,000 in October, with hiring stronger than most analysts...
- Research articles 2007-12-07
- Statement of U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao on November Employment Numbers
- To: POLITICAL EDITORSContact: Jennifer Coxe of the U.S. Department of Labor, +1-202- 693-4676 WASHINGTON,Dec. 7/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao issued the following statement on the November employment situation report released today:Despite challenges in the housing markets and high energy prices, weve now seen 51 consecutive months of...
- Research articles 2007-12-07
- Reservists have trouble getting old jobs back
- WASHINGTON -- The Labor Department on Thursday sought to defend its record of helping reservists who are denied their old civilian jobs when they come back from war. Lawmakers said the system is broken; one senator called the procedures for veterans seeking help a confusing "Walter Reed-like nightmare."...
- Research articles 2007-11-09
- Job fair today for veterans at the armory
- The U.S. Department of Labor's 25-day, nationwide job fair for veterans comes to the Pennsylvania National Guard Armory today, from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Dubbed the Hire Vets Job Fair, the event began Oct. 23 and runs through Nov. 16. A job fair has been or will be held...
- Research articles 2007-11-08
- 166,000 jobs added in October
- WASHINGTON -- American employers added 166,000 jobs in October -- almost twice as many as forecast, countering speculation that the economy was on the verge of recession due to the deepening housing slump. The report Friday by the Labor Department also showed that the unemployment rate remained at...
- Research articles 2007-11-03
- Statement of U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao on October Employment Numbers
- To: POLITICAL EDITORSContact: Jennifer Coxe of U.S. Department of Labor, +1-202-693- 4676 WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao issued the following statement on the October employment situation report released today:The creation of 166,000 net new jobs in October -- twice the market expectations --...
- Research articles 2007-11-02
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