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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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Colorado Unemployment Drops To 6.9 Percent In October

AP | IVAN MORENO | Posted 11.20.2009 | Denver

Read More: Colorado Deparment of Labor and Employment, Colorado, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Denver, Denver News

DENVER — A shrinking labor force and about 1,000 new jobs have helped put Colorado's latest seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for October at...

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Arthur Delaney

Unemployment By State In October (MAP)

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 11.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Jobless Numbers, Unemployment by State, Unemplooyment Numbers, Unemployment, National Unemployment, Business News

Unemployment rates are up from this time last year in all 50 states, but recently the situation improved somewhat -- employment increased in 28 states...

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Your Network Is Your Net Worth

Jason Mannino | Posted 11.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Careers, Jobs, Living, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Social Networking, Networking, Living News
Jason Mannino

Many fear networking or judge it, thinking that networking is equivalent to brown nosing. Simply put, networking is the art of cultivating mutually beneficial relationships to achieve professional goals.

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Navigating the Jobs Crisis: 3 Strategies for Real Economic Recovery

Jim Carr | Posted 11.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Foreclosure, Unemployment, Federal Deficit, Unemployment Rate, Unemployment-Obama, New Deal 2.0, Recession, Business News
Jim Carr

While there is legitimate concern over the size of the federal deficit, the threat to the economy of continued high levels of unemployment is more urgent. Unemployment is now the leading reason families are losing their homes.

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New York Unemployment Rate Rises To 9 Percent; Highest Since 1983

AP | Posted 11.20.2009 | New York

Read More: Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, New-York-Jobless, Economy, Economic Crisis, New York Unemployment, Recession, New York, New York News

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York's unemployment rate inched to 9 percent in October from 8.9 in September. State labor department officials say that's t...

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Unemployment On Chicago's South Side Trails Only Detroit Nationally

Chicago Reporter | Alden Loury | Posted 11.19.2009 | Chicago

Read More: South Side Jobs, Unemployment, Illinois Unemployment, Job Cuts, South Side Unemployment, Urban Unemployment, Chicago Unemployment, Chicago News

An analysis of the U.S. Census Bureau's 2008 American Community Survey shows that the collective unemployment rate for four Chicago community areas ra...

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State Unemployment Rate Reaches 11 Percent

AP | Posted 11.19.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Unemployment, Illinois Unemployment, Job Cuts, Economy, Recession, Illinois Unemployment Rate, Chicago News

CHICAGO — Illinois' unemployment rate continued to climb last month, rising to its highest level in more than a quarter century, officials repor...

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Overdue Mortgages And Foreclosures Reach Record Highs

CNBC | Posted 11.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Foreclosures, Mortgages, Housing Market, Unemployment, Housing, Financial Crisis, Unemployment Rate, Housing Crisis, Business News

US mortgage delinquency rates and the percentage of loans that entered the foreclosure process jumped in the third quarter, with both reaching record ...

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Gone with the Wind: Blowing U.S. Tax Dollars Off Shore

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 11.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Keith Bradsher, Cap and Trade, Russ Choma, President Obama, Washington D.C., Renewable Energy, Usw, Blue Green Alliance, Obama, Congress, Afl-Cio, United Steelworkers, Investigative Reporting Workshop, Iberdrola, China, Stimulus, Sen. Charles E. Schumer, Unemployment, Fossil Fuels, Buy American, Windmills, New York Times, Republicans, Windmill Farm, Green Energy, Green News
Leo W. Gerard

Washington has doled out hundreds of millions in stimulus funds to foreign renewable energy firms, which compete with and run all over fledgling U.S. firms that were supposed to get the money.

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New Jobless Benefit Claims Unchanged At 505K

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER and TALI ARBEL | Posted 11.19.2009 | Business

Read More: New Jobless Claims, Jobless Numbers, Unemployment, Economy, Jobless Claims, Jobless Claims Stay Same, Business News

WASHINGTON — A gauge of future economic activity and a report on unemployment benefits signaled Thursday that the recovery likely will remain we...

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Clinton's Cash for Caulkers? Not enough Economic Insulation

Les Leopold | Posted 11.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Tarp, Energy, Goldman Sachs, Bill Clinton, Unemployment, Bailout, Weatherization, Economic Crisis, Financial Crisis, Jobs, Business News
Les Leopold

Weatherization should be the Democrats' dream program. In one fell swoop you create jobs, reduce living expenses, improve national energy security, enhance business profitability and confront global warming.

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10 Ways To Embrace Change

realsimple.com | Posted 11.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Change, Fear, The Balanced Life, Unemployment, Job Loss, Dealing With Change, Work-Life Balance, Identity, Happiness, Risk, Living News

Blindsided by a job loss, the unfamiliar isn't to be feared: It can be a chance to turn your life around....

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Arthur Delaney

One Million Will Lose Unemployment Benefits In January Unless Congress Acts

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 11.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Unemployment Benefits, Credit Crisis, Unemployment, Recession, Business News

One million people will stop receiving unemployment benefits in January unless Congress makes a move before the Christmas recess, according to an anal...

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Why Ron Paul is Wrong

James Altucher | Posted 11.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Paulson, Unemployment, Housing, Inflation, Stocks, Ron Paul, Bernanke, Stock Market, Bubble, Obama, Geithner, Housing Bubble, Business News
James Altucher

At the end of the day, don't succumb to populist panic. Capitalism works and is on its way to a recovery if we just sit back and let it happen.

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Sam Stein Talks Jobs, 2010 Elections On The Ed Show With Ed Schultz (VIDEO)

Huff TV | Posted 11.18.2009 | Media

Read More: Unemployment Numbers, 2012 Elections, White House, Unemployment, Public Option, Democratic Party, 2010 Elections, Health Care Reform, Ed Show, Jobs, Obama, Democrats, Tea Party, Media News
Huff TV

Huffpost political reporter Sam Stein appeared on The Ed Show Wednesday and weighed in on the nation's high unemployment rate and what it could mean f...

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Dems Want Unspent TARP Funds For Main Street Bailout

Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Small Business Loans, Wall Street Bailout, Recovery, Congress, Unused Tarp Money, Federal Deficit, Leftover Tarp Funds, Peter DeFazio, Jobs, Homeowners, Obama, Democrats, Defazio, Main Street, Barney Frank, House, Deficit, Earl Blumenauer, Senate, Unemployment, White House, Financial Crisis, Extra Tarp Money, Bank Bailout, Leftover Tarp Money, Tarp, Republicans, Politics News

Democrats in Congress want to use unspent TARP funds to support homeowners and struggling workers, according to The Hill. More than half of the Democ...

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Obama, China, and Wishful Thinking About American Jobs

Robert Reich | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Unemployment, Robert Reich, Unemployment Rate, Jobs, China, Barack Obama, US China Relations, Politics News
Robert Reich

The dirty little secret on each side of the Pacific is that both America and China are capable of producing far more than their own consumers are capable of buying. The root of the problem is in domestic inequality.

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Jobs, Jobs, Jobs -- Finally

Robert L. Borosage | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Recovery Plan, Jobs, Republican Ideas, Investment, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Jobs Summit, Obama Jobs Summit, Politics News
Robert L. Borosage

How do we fix the job problem? We've got to build a new economy on a strong foundation of basic investment in education and training, in 21st century infrastructure, and in research and development -- all of which have got the short end of the stick in the era of tax cut, squander and plunder conservatism. And we've got to insure that the US is a leader in the new green industrial revolution that will be the growth industry of the future.

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Want to Fight Climate Change? Hire Somebody

William Drayton | Posted 11.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Unemployment, Green Jobs, Green Living, Unemployment Rate, Economic Stimulus Package, Stimulus Package, Climate Change, Green News
William Drayton

Double-digit unemployment crosses an undeniable perceptual threshold in the public's mind. When we hit it, the political rhetoric around the climate bill shifted, and the jobs connection was finally made explicit.

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In A Canyon, In A Cavern

Lita Smith-Mines | Posted 11.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Unemployment Numbers, Attorneys, Mortgages, Small Business, Mortgage Lenders, Unemployment, New York Real Estate, Economy, Housing-Bubble, Real Estate, Recession, Housing Crisis, Business News
Lita Smith-Mines

I wanted to enjoy my fleeting feelings of karmic payback, knowing how many toxic loans were closed in these cavernous offices. Instead, I pondered: how many jobs in our altered real estate landscape were lost and gone forever?

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What Ails Black Women, Part 1: Work and Wages

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Black Women, Michelle Obama, Unemployment, Economy, Wages, Employment, Discrimination, Race, Recession, Living News
Philip N. Cohen

For the first time in a long time, White women are more likely to have jobs than Black women. Why are Black women falling further behind?

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Mickey Mans Up: Is It A Disney Trend?

Val Brown | Posted 11.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Orlando, Ft. Hood, Disneland, Epcot, Epic Mickey, Employment, Pluto, Mickey Mouse, Imagineers, Donald Duck, Goofy, Unemployment, Celebration, Fairy, Disneyworld, Morning Shows, ABC News, Disney, Nintendo, Media News
Val Brown

Disney, perhaps belatedly realizing that it needs to get a little edgier to appeal to today's kids, announced last week that they will be launching a ...

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Time to Try Government as Employer of Last Resort

Marshall Auerback | Posted 11.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Deficit, Roosevelt-Institute, Social Security, Unemployment, Federal Deficit, New Deal 2.0, Herbert Hoover, Business News
Marshall Auerback

The president still seems curiously hamstrung by his Herbert Hoover-like devotion to fiscal rectitude: he wants to spend but not add "one dime to the deficit."

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