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Congress still wrangling over jobs bill

Congress continues to struggle in an effort to create U.S. jobs, and actions Thursday underscored the difficulty in getting Democrats and Republicans to agree on a direction. Just hours after key members of both parties talked about a measure...

U.S. companies cut 533,000 jobs in November

The Labor Department today said U.S. employers cut 533,000 jobs in November. That's the most in any month since 1974. The nation's unemployment rate rose to 6.7 percent, the highest since 1993 - and up...

AT&T to cut 12,000 jobs starting this month

Add another several thousand folks to the U.S. unemployment rolls as jobs news continues to be bleak. AT&T said today it would cut 12,000 jobs, some 4 percent of its work force, beginning this month and...

Financial sector has cut 220,000 jobs this year - 91,000 in November

The nation's financial sector was reeling after the September 2001 terrorist attacks, with record job losses across the industry in the days following Sept. 11.This past November saw job cuts approaching those numbers.Labor tracking firm Challenger Gray...

Cessna laying off hundreds; 2,000 WaMu workers get pink slips; Gatorade cuts jobs in Oklahoma

Some well-known U.S. businesses announced job cuts Monday, with hundreds more workers joining the rapidly swelling ranks of the unemployed across the country.Aircraft manufacturer Cessna said it sent out 60-day layoff notices to workers in Wichita...

Initial claims for unemployment benefits this year total more than 1.7 million through October

How bad was the jobs picture in October? Look at some of these numbers (stats from the Bureau of Labor Statistics):2,140 - number of "mass layoff actions" (a mass layoff is one affecting at least 50 workers...

Report: Some auto 'workers' get paid $31 an hour while they're just sitting at home

The auto industry went to Congress with its hat in its hands, but has not been able to convince lawmakers to provide bailout money.There were the corporate jets the auto execs flew in on, and said they would keep...

An unemployment roundup (things are tough all over)

The news is depressing, disgusting, and downright scary. Workers are losing jobs across the country, in many different industries, and many folks who have jobs are worried their next paycheck may be their last.Check out some of the bad...

Webinars take career advice online, and here's where to find some of the best

Lee Salz understands the value of a good message.He also understands the value of getting that message to the masses regardless of where those folks live and work.Salz and his Web site, Business Expert Webinars, provide an...

Executives and the BlackBerry - Verizon disciplines workers who accessed Obama's phone

We've probably all known an executive who couldn't live without his or her BlackBerry.And you may have heard that President-elect Barack Obama will likely have to give up his BlackBerry habit once he takes office.Of...

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