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China cuts rates for fifth time in 4 months to revive growth, avert job losses

on December 24, 2008 by up in Jobs, Comments Off

BEIJING (AP) — China cut interest rates Monday for the fifth time in four months in a new effort to revive economic growth amid government anxiety about spreading job losses […]

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State eyes doctors listed as public employees

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The New York State attorney general’s office is zeroing in on 102 physicians statewide – including some from Long Island school districts – who may have been improperly reported as […]

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State eyes doctors listed as public employees

on December 19, 2008 by up in Jobs, Comments Off

The New York State attorney general’s office is zeroing in on 102 physicians statewide – including some from Long Island school districts – who may have been improperly reported as […]

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Minimum wage hike could cost poor jobs

on December 16, 2008 by up in Jobs, Comments Off

Employers are already resisting “the impulse to lay off workers in the face of the current turmoil” (“A deepening crisis,” editorial, Dec. 8), but additional challenges remain ahead. President-elect Barack […]

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Job market suffers largest monthly decline since 1974

on December 14, 2008 by up in Jobs, Comments Off

The hemorrhaging U.S. job market took a turn for the worse in November, losing 533,000 jobs, the largest monthly decline since 1974 and far greater than the 300,000-plus that many […]

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After bleak employment news, Wall Street closes higher

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It may have been another down week, but Wall Street headed into the weekend feeling up. After a blistering 680-point drop Monday, stocks drifted until Friday, when a bleak report […]

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