Greeting Cards for the Laid-Off
Last week my boss instructed me to get "good-luck" cards for two co-workers being laid off. We had all been pretending it wasn't happening, but this was it for me.
Last week my boss instructed me to get "good-luck" cards for two co-workers being laid off. We had all been pretending it wasn't happening, but this was it for me.
AP | By DEE-ANN DURBIN | Posted 05.25.2011
DETROIT -- General Motors Co. on Monday is halting some production and temporarily laying off workers at a Buffalo, N.Y., engine plant, another sign t...
Peter Zucker | Posted 05.25.2011
The entire bill annoys me but there are several provisions that are particularly annoying, in fact, not just illogical, but mean spirited. So let's all pull up a chair and let's examine it.
Judge H. Lee Sarokin | Posted 05.25.2011
Isn't it incredible that extending benefits for the unemployed is discussed in economic rather than humane terms?
AP | MICHAEL VIRTANEN | Posted 05.25.2011
ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. David Paterson said Tuesday he's putting together a plan that would lay off thousands of state government workers at the beg...
Posted 05.25.2011
A former corporate development manager in the software industry has been forced to come up with increasingly inventive ways to survive during the rece...
Posted 05.25.2011
For over 20 years, Father Greg Boyle has worked to help Los Angeles gang members rebuild their lives. The organization Boyle founded, Homeboy Industri...
Scott Mendelson | Posted 05.25.2011
Up in the Air is not revolutionary and its thesis, however insightful, is not one-of-a-kind. But it is the kind of thing we used to take for granted in Hollywood. It is well-written and sharply observational.
The Huffington Post | Jenna Staul | Posted 05.25.2011
Laid-off Americans can rest assured -- even lobbyists for bailed-out financial firms have seen their jobs claimed by the worst economic crisis since t...
Emily Henry | Posted 05.25.2011
Teachers, parents, and students are preparing for a strike on May 15th, hoping to urge the LAUSD to spend its almost $1 billion of federal stimulus money and save jobs now.
Nytimes.com | By ROBERT F. WORTH | Posted 05.25.2011
Sofia, a 34-year-old Frenchwoman, moved here a year ago to take a job in advertising, so confident about Dubai's fast-growing economy that she bought ...
Stephen Viscusi | Posted 05.25.2011
Create a youthful perception -- otherwise, there's someone else waiting in the wings with quicker computer skills and contemporary pop culture knowledge who will be all too happy to fill your shoes.
AP | JESSICA MINTZ | Posted 05.25.2011
Washington Mutual Inc., the nation's largest savings and loan, said Monday problems in the mortgage and credit markets are forcing it to close offices...
24/7 Wall Street | Douglas A. McIntyre | Posted 05.25.2011
Workers in industries that are not doing well usually get laid off. But, it is not a good omen when workers in robust sectors of the economy are losin...
Eunice Roque | Posted 01.16.2012