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Global Unemployment

Three Times The Population Of The U.S. Is At Risk Of Falling Into Poverty

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 04.05.2013 | Business
Read More: Job Market, Poverty, Global Economy, Unemployment, Great Recession, Global Unemployment, Financial Crisis, Job Growth, Global Poverty, Business News

Hundreds of millions of people worldwide are on the brink of poverty. A recent study by the International Monetary Fund warns that as many as 900 m...

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Eurozone Unemployment Reaches Record High

AP | PAN PYLAS | Posted 04.03.2013 | Business
Read More: Unemployment, European Financial Crisis, Global Unemployment, European Union, Eurozone Unemployment, European Unemployment, Euro, Business News

LONDON — The eurozone economy has passed another bleak milestone. Official figures Tuesday showed that unemployment across the 17 European Unio...

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Huge Share Of The World's Population Is Collecting Garbage

Posted 06.07.2012 | Business
Read More: Garbage Collection, Video, Jobless Rate, Unemployment Rate, Global Unemployment, Business News, Garbage Collectors, Jobs, Solid Waste Management Employs, Solid Waste Management, Business News

One man’s garbage is another man’s job. Between 1 and 5 percent of the world’s urban population is employed in solid waste management, meani...

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Are Emerging Markets Leading the Way in Job Creation?

Otaviano Canuto | Posted 04.10.2012 | World
Read More: Financial Crisis, Developing Countries, International Development, Economic Development, Global Job Creation, Job Creation, Global Unemployment, World News
Otaviano Canuto

That emerging economies continue their slow but steady recovery on the job front can only be a sign in the right direction. I'm confident that emerging economies will eventually carry the day.

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At Davos Summit, Income Inequality Is A Major Concern

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 01.25.2012 | Business
Read More: Davos Summit, Poverty, Earning Gap, Income Inequality, Davos, Zuccotti Park, London Riots, England Riots, Wealth Gap, Barack Obama, Switzerland, Arab Spring, Unemployment, Global Unemployment, Occupy Wall Street, Tahrir Square, Global Poverty, State of the Union, World Economic Forum, Video, Business News

High in the Swiss Alps, the global wealth gap is being identified as a source of misery and unrest. Participants in the annual World Economic Forum...

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Unemployment Is The World's Fastest-Rising Concern: Study

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 12.12.2011 | Business
Read More: Corruption, Bbc, Global Economy, Poverty, Rising Prices, Unemployment Worldwide, London Riots, England Riots, World Economy, Video, Unemployment, Arab Spring, Inflation, UK Riots, Global Unemployment, Occupy Wall Street, Global Poverty, Business News

Worried about making ends meet? You're not alone. Unemployment is the fastest-rising concern around the globe, suggesting the softening global job ...

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UN: Financial Crisis Left Nearly 30 Million Unemployed

AP | MATT MOORE and FRANK JORDANS | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Unemployment Rates, Davos 2011, Unemployment, Davos, Global Unemployment, Financial Crisis, Un, World Economic Forum, Business News

DAVOS, Switzerland — Adjusting to the "new reality" framed the backdrop of the World Economic Forum on Tuesday, with some 2,500 business leaders...

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