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States May Shed Another Million Jobs

Aaron Glantz | Posted 12.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Layoffs, Jobs, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Obama Jobs Summit, Jobs Summit, Recession, Business News
Aaron Glantz

Unless Congress and Obama create a "bold jobs program," state and local governments could shed almost a million jobs next year, further worsening our national unemployment rate, labor leaders say.

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City Is Tapped: Bernard Parks Says Off With Workers' Heads

LA Daily | Posted 12.01.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: Layoffs, Unemployment, Bernard Parks, Los Angeles-California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles News

Ever the Debbie Downer of City Hall, Councilman Bernard Parks says it's time to pay the piper: The city faces a $408 million deficit next year, a $98 ...

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Economists Predict Job Losses Will Stop In Early 2010

AP | EMILY FREDRIX | Posted 11.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Job Losses, 2010 Economic Outlook, Recovery, Unemployment Benefits, Economy, Consumer Spending, Nabe, Job Cuts, Gdp Growth, National Association for Business Economics, Stimulus, Recession, 2010 Predictions, Layoffs, 2010, Gdp, Financial Crisis, Economists, Consumer Confidence, Economic Stimulus, Great Recession, Nabe Survey, Business News

Economists expect the joblessness that has weighed down the nation's economic recovery will start to slowly abate in 2010, but they predict consumers ...

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Early Data Suggest More Suicides In 2008; Rise Is Similar To Past Recessions

Wall Street Journal | SARA MURRAY and BETSY MCKAY | Posted 11.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Layoffs, Debt, Unemployment, Job Loss, Mental Health, Suicide Rate, Suicide, Financial Crisis, Foreclosure, Great Recession, Unemployment Rate, Recession, Living News

Early signs suggest the number of suicides in the U.S. crept up during the worst recession in decades, according to a Wall Street Journal survey of st...

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New Poll Measures The Hardship Of Layoffs: 52% Were Surprised By Job Loss

ABC News | Posted 11.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Job Loss, Financial Hardship, Economy, Unemployment Benefits, Surprise, Finding New Job, Jos Report, Jobs Poll, Layoffs, Stress, Anger, Unemployment, Health Insurance, Financial Crisis, Business News

When the pink slip comes, trouble follows -- financial, but emotional as well. Three in 10 Americans in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll sa...

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Bloomberg: Layoffs Likely But Windfall Will Save Police, Firemen Jobs

nydailynews.com | Adam Lisberg and Erin Einhorn | Posted 11.18.2009 | New York

Read More: Taxes, Layoffs, Mayor Bloomberg, Firefighters, Michael Bloomberg, Budget, Jobs, New York City, New York, Cops, New York News

Mayor Bloomberg's administration quietly reported an unexpected tax windfall of $683 million this year - of which $145 million will exempt cops, firef...

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Al Gore's Current TV Lays Off 80 Staff, Changes Direction

Lisa Derrick | Posted 11.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Layoffs, Al Gore, Cable Tv, Current TV, Cable News, Mtv, Current.com, Media News
Lisa Derrick

The pioneering, Emmy-Award winning channel was originally conceived by Gore and businessman Joe Hyatt as a peer-to-peer news and information network.

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Uninsured Women Negotiates With Hospital, Pays Less Than She Would Have For COBRA

The Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 10.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Layoffs, Welding, Vincent Pierce, Cobra, Lisa Antonini, Mahoning County, Bearing Witness 2.0, Medical Bills, Property Taxes, Danite Pierce, Career-Advancement, Bearing Witness, Health Care, Leslie Caldera, Business News

As part of its Bearing Witness 2.0 project, the Huffington Post is rounding up a few of the best local stories of the day. Tammy Compton of the Wayne...

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Time Inc. To Cut $100 Million From Costs; Extensive Layoffs Are Expected

New York Times | Stephanie Clifford | Posted 10.29.2009 | Media

Read More: Media Layoffs, Layoffs, Time, Time Layoffs, Time Inc, Media News

Signaling that worse times are ahead for magazines, Time Inc. is expected to announce next week that it will cut $100 million from costs, including an...

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Single Father Turned Away From Homeless Shelters

The Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 10.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Layoffs, Attila Streyar, Homelessness, Citycenter-Las-Vegas, Unemployment Benefits, Bearing Witness 2.0, Single Fathers, Corteckia Lightfoot, Bearing Witness, South-Carolina-Unemployment, Primavera Foundation, Business News

As part of its Bearing Witness 2.0 project, the Huffington Post is rounding up a few of the best local stories of the day. Attila Streyar and his t...

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2010: The Year Main Street Sticks It to Wall Street and Washington

Don McNay | Posted 10.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Mid Term Elections, Upheaval, Congress, Kentucky Guardianship Administrators, Hank Paulson, Lobbyists, Bailouts, Consumer Spending, Big Money, Roger Ailes, Lawrence Summers, Arianna Huffington, State Legislature, Cnbc, Economic Pain, Unemployed, Lexington KY, Spending Cuts, Wall Street-Washington, Andrew Ross Sorkin, Timothy Geithner, Kenneth Feinberg, Inside the Beltway, McNay Settlement Group, Incumbants, Republican National Committee, City Council, High Unemployment, Ky, Willie Stark, Democratic National Committee, Pay Czar, Fox Business News, Clu, Anger, Louisville, Million Dollar Round Table, Ben Bernanke, Alan Greenspan, Bonuses, Czars, Jefferson Airplane, Small Business, President Obama, Congressional Elections, 2010 Elections, Washington, Main Street, donmcnay.com, Tea Parties, Msnbc, Unemployment, Tea Baggers, All the Kings Men, Rural Journalism, Financial Crisis, Housing Crisis, Running for Office, President Bush, Richmond, American College, Incumbant Politican, Personal Finance, Msfs, Chfc, Small Towns, Kentucky, Don McNay, www.mcnay.com, Structured Settlements, Layoffs, Wall Street Bailouts, Wall Street, Vanderbilt University, Robert Penn Warren, Self Dealing, Eastern Kentucky University, Fox News, Certified Structured Settlement Consultant, Glenn Beck, Cssc, Too Big to Fail, Bill O'Reilly, Business News
Don McNay

If anyone has ever dreamed of being an office holder, 2010 is the year to do it. There are going to be several situations where voters elect a complete unknown, just to express their anger about the incumbent.

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Doctor Offers His Own Health Care For $49 A Month, $5 A Visit

The Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 10.23.2009 | Business

Read More: McHenry County Housing Authority, Lauren Willis, Urgent Care, Bearing Witness, Miguel Corrales, Layoffs, After Hours Care, Cesar Hernandez, Burial Plot Sale, Health Care Reform, Rosa Garcia, Bearing Witness 2.0, Foreclosure, Bryon Carlson, Rachot Vacharothone, Business News

As part of its Bearing Witness 2.0 project, the Huffington Post is rounding up a few of the best local stories of the day. In Utah, Dr. Rachot Vacha...

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"Sharpen the Saw," Whether You Like It or Not

Greg Coleman | Posted 10.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Layoffs, Job Layoffs, Greg Coleman, Work-Life Balance, Aol, Amagansett, Ceos, Living News
Greg Coleman

Over the five months that I took off from work, I learned a lot of very valuable lessons and came out of the experience feeling like the luckiest guy in the world. But it didn't start out that way.

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Surprising Reaction to Times Layoffs: 32% Of Commenters Say 'We'll Pay!'

Glynnis MacNicol | Posted 10.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Richard Perez-Pena, Layoffs, State of Journalism, Bill Keller, Gawker, Drudge, New York Times, Media Decoder, Media News
Glynnis MacNicol

Yesterday afternoon the New York Times announced it would be cutting 100 newsroom jobs, about 8% total, by the end of the year. To do so the paper wo...

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Women's Wages Rose Faster Than Men's During Recession

Wall Street Journal | SARA MURRAY | Posted 10.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Pay, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Economy, Wages, Jobless, Jobs, Laid Off, Recession, Gender, Layoffs, Gender Equality, Unemployment, Inflation, Work, Salary, Business News

The wages of the typical woman who had a job during the worst recession in decades rose faster than those of the typical man, new data from the Bureau...

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Detroit: Banks Responsible For Maintenance Of Foreclosed Homes

The Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 10.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Layoffs, Unemployment, Detroit, Bearing Witness 2.0, Bearing Witness, Accidental-Entrepreneur, Forclosure, Home Repair, Vacant-Houses, Home Foreclosures, Home Foreclosure, Business News

As part of the Huffington Post's efforts to bear witness to the effects of the current economic environment on ordinary Americans, we're rounding up s...

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Obama Looks To Fix Safety Net As Unemployment Rate Rises

The New York Times | Jackie Calmes | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Small Businesses, Layoffs, Tax Credits, Unemployment Rate, Economy, Jobless, Operating Losses, Unemployment Benefits, Laid Off, Job Creation, Safety Net, Stimulus, Recession, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- With unemployment expected to rise well into next year even as the economy slowly recovers, the Obama administration and Democratic lead...

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Alert The TV News Media: Obamanomics Isn't Working

Diane Tucker | Posted 12.02.2009 | Media

Read More: John Cassidy, Job Losses, The New Yorker, Ronald Reagan, Unemployment Rate, New Deal, Fdr-New-Deal, Jobs, News Media, Media, Franklin Roosevelt, Diane Tucker, Barack Obama, Recession, Barack Obama Ronald Reagan, Cnn, Unemployed, Unemployment, Job Cuts, Fox News, Unemployment Benefits, Work Projects Administration, Charles Gibson, Banks, NBC News, Layoffs, Msnbc, Bank of America, Aig, Cnbc, Citibank, Bankruptcy, Timothy Geithner, Financial Crisis, The Recession, The Bailouts, Careers, Labor, CBS Evening News, ABC News, Small Business, Economy, Michelle Obama, Capitalism: A Love Story, Media News
Diane Tucker

Ronald Reagan governed over high unemployment numbers, and he was covered by a hyper-critical media. Yet today, most TV news outlets are giving President Obama a free pass on equally bleak statistics.

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Unemployment Rate Rises To 9.8 Percent; U.S. Economy Shed 263,000 Jobs In September

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA and CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 12.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Unemployment Benefits, Economy, Recession, Jobs, Jobless Recovery, Layoffs, Business News

WASHINGTON — Job hunters will face long odds well into next year. As the unemployment rate inches closer to 10 percent, most businesses are nowh...

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Middle-Class Faces Homelessness After Job Loss

The Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 11.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Fire-Marshall, Food Banks, Migrant Workers, Share Our Selves, Laid Off, Bearing Witness, Layoffs, Outsourcing, Factory, Unemployed, Unemployment, Homelessness, Potatoes, Homeless, Bearing Witness 2.0, Arson, Business News

Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that the Robertson family was living in a storage unit. Save The Family Arizona suppli...

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Tales From Lehman's Crypt: How Former Employees Are Faring

The New York Times | LOUISE STORY and LANDON THOMAS Jr. | Posted 11.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Layoffs, Finance, Layoff Stories, Wall Street, Banks, Lehman, Lehman Brothers, Recession, Bankruptcy, Business, Economy, Business News

True, thousands of financial industry jobs have vanished and several of the country's best-known banks and brokerage firms have disappeared. Since a p...

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Quinn To Union: Take Furloughs Or Face Layoffs

Chicago Public Radio | Susie An | Posted 09.18.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Layoffs, Illinois Budget, Pat Quinn, Illinois State Employees, Pat Quinn Budget, Afscme, Illinois Furloughs, Chicago News

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn wants state employed union workers to take furlough days to help balance the state's budget. He says about 2,600 American ...

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Peaceful Revolution: How Do Smart Employers Make Work "Work" in a Down Economy?

Ellen Galinsky | Posted 09.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Layoffs, Layoff Alternatives, Economic Downturn, Schedules, Flexible Work Schedules, Living News
Ellen Galinsky

Smart employers are using flexible work options to manage through the recession -- and help their employees manage.

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After Layoffs, Incomes Can Take Years To Recover

nytimes.com | MICHAEL LUO | Posted 09.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Unemployment Rates, Layoffs, Median-Income, Jobless Rates, Income Levels, Incomes After Layoffs, Business News

RIVIERA BEACH, Fla.- Chuck Dettman said he had not really considered the notion back in 2001 that he and his friends in a job-search support group wou...

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'How Can I Keep My Job And Avoid Layoffs?'

Christine Hassler | Posted 09.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Layoffs, Career, Work, Economy, Job Security, Recession, The Balanced Life, Living News
Christine Hassler

Dear Christine, There are layoffs going on at my company and I am getting very concerned about loosing my job. What can I do to increase my odds of ...

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