News on Intel, jobless drives stocks down
A warning from tech giant Intel about poor business conditions and more evidence of rising unemployment left stocks with their biggest losses in a month yesterday.
The news upended some investors’ hopes for a speedy economic recovery this year and left…
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Pay judges more
U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts argues that judicial compensation is not what it should be (”Judges make case for pay raise, News, Jan.1). I looked into this matter myself in 2008 when I was being considered for possible…
Job losses at highest level since World War II
With jobs disappearing in numbers not seen since the end of World War II, pressure mounted Friday on Congress and President-elect Barack Obama to overcome their differences and reach agreement on a massive recovery program to stave off economic…
Job losses at highest level since 1945
With jobs disappearing in numbers not seen since the end of World War II, pressure mounted on Congress and President-elect Barack Obama on Friday to overcome their differences and reach agreement on a massive recovery program to stave off economic…
More people need jobs than you think
7.2 percent.
The headline unemployment rate for December is the number everyone focused on Friday. That rate, the highest in 16 years, translates into 11.1 million Americans without jobs.
But 7.2 percent doesn’t capture how many people are out of work….
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