Home Depot adding 80K workers
Home Depot, the home improvement retailer said Tuesday that it has started hiring 80,000 part-time and seasonal workers ahead of its busiest time of the year. The big box retail chain says it expects a surge in More...
Keystone Pipeline vote fails in Senate by one vote, Mary Landrieu snubbed
Senate Democrats stopped the Keystone XL pipeline legislation by just one vote, ending the latest battle between House Republicans and the White House. Senator Mary Landrieu, Democrat of Louisiana, who is facing More...
A Closer Look at the Nasty Necessities of Corporate America
A Closer Look at the Nasty Necessities of Corporate America You can always count on Americans to do the right thing – after they’ve tried everything else. — Winston Churchill Was Churchill correct, More...
CBO: Obamacare enrollment down, jobs being lost, deficit down but will skyrocket
The federal budget deficit will fall sharply through 2015 before surging again in the decade to come. Obamacare enrollment is well below expections and Americans will see even fewer jobs. photo: photologue_np via More...
NY Post, former GE CEO Jack Welch all point to Obama administration ‘faking’ unemployment numbers
Leading up to the 2012 election, the Obama administration may have “faked” or manipulated unemployment data. The NY Post reports that incredible decline in unemployment from August to September (8.1 to 7.8) More...
Where Are The Jobs For College Graduates?
Short answer… there are none… My daughter just graduated college and is currently applying for various jobs in her field. She is running into a serious issue, and that is this: there are no longer entry More...
Top 5 Financial Issues to Address In 2013
2013 begins with the hope of new social security measures and better medical care for the general and impoverished American population, as envisioned in the heath care reforms commonly known as Obama care. In spite More...
Those Jobs Numbers Really Aren’t So Good Afterall
Oh… so for those people still believing in “Green Shoots” – we’ve got a bridge to sell you in Brooklyn too. Investors.com penned a nice article explaining the ugly truth about those November More...
Sandy leaves a wake of jobless as unemployment increases, especially in the northeast
Hurricane Sandy is getting blamed for the rise in unemployment claims as people seeking unemployment benefits up to a seasonally adjusted 439,000 last week, the highest level in 18 months. The Labor Department More...
Unemployment rises to 7.9%, Obama campaign says economy healing
The U.S. economy added 171,000 new jobs in October and the employment rate inched up to 7.9 percent from last month’s reading of 7.8 percent; August and September job creation totals were revised higher More...
Unemployment falls to lowest point since January 2009
The unemployment rate fell to 7.8 percent in September, the Labor Department said Friday, from 8.1 percent in July, its lowest since January 2009. President Barack Obama and members of his staff may feel like they More...
Unemployment falls as 368K give up on finding work
The economy added 96,000 jobs in August, down from 141,000 jobs in July, the Department of Labor said Friday. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate fell to 8.1%, from 8.3% in July. The drop in unemployment was caused More...
Jobless claims ‘unexpectedly’ fall, Stock futures slip
Fewer Americans filed applications for unemployment benefits last week, a sign the labor market may keep improving after employment picked up in July, reports Bloomberg. Great Depression Unemployment Line The Bloomberg More...
