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U.S. adds 165,000 jobs in April, lowering unemployment to 7.5 percent
WASHINGTON — The US economy added a solid 165,000 jobs in April, and the unemployment rate fell from 7.6 percent to 7.5 percent, its lowest level since December 2008, the Labor Department said Friday. The better-than-expected monthly jobs data also showed much stronger hiring in February and March — data…
Women to assume combat roles in U.S. military
Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta issued an order on Wednesday removing the military’s ban on women in combat roles, according to The Associated Press. Panetta’s order overturns a 1994 rule barring women from combat roles in the military and directs military officials to begin crafting a plan to fully integrate…
CEO who forced workers to attend Romney rally cuts 156 jobs and blames Obama
The CEO of Ohio-based Murray Energy Corp., who forced his employees to attend an August rally for failed Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, announced on Wednesday that 156 jobs would have to be cut because of President Barack Obama’s reelection. CEO Robert E. Murray read a prayer to employees before…
Will Fed ‘ease’ pain after another month of slow jobs growth?
Jobs report shows weak August numbers. Will Fed 'ease' the way? (via The Christian Science Monitor) The pace of US job creation was disappointingly slow in August, signaling a recovery that is still weak and fragile as a pivotal election draws close. Employers added 96,000 jobs during the month, following…
U.S. economy adds 80,000 jobs in June, unemployment unchanged at 8.2 percent
The United States added a meager 80,000 jobs in June, the third month of weak job creation amid a sluggish economy, official data showed Friday. The unemployment rate was unchanged from May at 8.2 percent, the Labor Department said. The private sector accounted for all of the jobs growth, creating…
Fired Bahrain protesters demand jobs back on May Day
DUBAI — Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets of Shiite villages in Bahrain on Tuesday to demand being reinstated in jobs from which they were fired during last year’s uprising, witnesses said. “Returning to our jobs is a right,” read the banners of the protesters who gathered for the…
Sony to axe 10,000 jobs worldwide: report
Sony will cut 10,000 jobs worldwide this year as it attempts to carry out sweeping reforms aimed at reviving the iconic but loss-making Japanese electronics giant, the Nikkei business daily said Monday. About half the planned job cuts are part of a restructuring of Sony’s chemical unit as well as…
‘App economy’ has created nearly half a million jobs
WASHINGTON — The explosion of software applications for smartphones, tablet computers and Facebook has created nearly 500,000 jobs in the United States since 2007, according to a study published on Tuesday. The study, sponsored by TechNet, a bipartisan organization of top technology executives, found that the “App Economy” employs 466,000…
Lawsuit challenges ‘work-activity programs’ for Oregon’s disabled
PORTLAND, Ore (Reuters) – Thousands of disabled Oregonians are stuck segregated in dead-end jobs at “sheltered workshops,” in violation of federal law, because of failed state programs that should help them find mainstream employment, according to a landmark lawsuit filed on Wednesday. Sheltered workshops, sometimes called “work-activity programs,” are facilities…
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I was recently alerted to the fact that this is what ABC considers an edgy, "high-concept" sitcom: Yep, two men who, facing a horrible world of anti-male oppression that prevents an ordinary guy from getting jobs that are solely reserved for women by employers who blatantly discriminate in direct violation…
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