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Cancer Patient Faces End Of Insurance

The Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Hooks for Books, Preexisting Condition, Unemployment, Public Housing, Unemployment Rate, Frank Jennings, Bearing Witness 2.0, Roy Smyth, Bearing Witness, Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati, Karen Jennings, Sandra Ingram, 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. Sandra Ingram's health in...

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How The Government Is Swallowing The Economy: U.S. News

usnews.com | Rick Newman | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Jobs, Unemployment Benefits, Obama Jobs, Unemployment, Social Security, Unemployment Rate, Recession, Rick Newman, Business News

You know about the bailouts, the stimulus plan, cash for clunkers, and moola for mansions. But for all the anxiety they've caused, those government gi...

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Jobless Recovery: New York Times Op-Ed On The Worst Job Market Since WWII

nytimes.com | NYT | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Barack Obma, Job Market, Unemployment, Jobless Rate, Unemployment Rate, Jobless Recovery, New York Times, Jobs, Stimulus, Business News

If you are looking for an economic recovery you can believe in, the October employment report is not for you. ...

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Elizabeth Warren: We Rescued The Top Of The System, Left The Bottom To Fend For Itself (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 11.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Unemployment Numbers, Elizabeth Warren TARP, Elizabeth Warren, Unemployment, Bailout, Unemployment Rate, Economic Crisis, Financial Crisis, Banks, Elizabeth Warren Video, Elizabeth Warren Unemployment Numbers, Transparency, Business News

Elizabeth Warren, the chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel charged with monitoring the bank bailout, was on Morning Joe Friday morning to dig in...

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Jobs Report: Unemployment Breaks 10%

Jill Schlesinger | Posted 11.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Job Market, Jobs, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Productivity, Business News

For the first time since 1983, over 1 out of every 10 American is out of work. How's that for starting your Friday with some sobering news?

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Homebuyer Credit And Unemployment Extension Bills To Be Signed By Obama

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 11.06.2009 | Business

Read More: First-Time-Homebuyer-Tax-Credit, Jobless Benefit Vote, Jobless Rate, Unemployment Rate, Unemployment Extention, Homebuyer Credit, Unemployment Benefits Extension, Barack Obama, Business News

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama signed a $24 billion economic stimulus bill into law Friday, giving tax incentives to prospective homebuyers...

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Unemployment Rate Hits 10 Percent For The First Time Since 1983

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA and CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 11.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Job Market, Job Numbers, Jobless Rate, Unemployment Rate, Unemployment Statitistics, Department of Labor, Part-Time Jobs, 1983, Business News

WASHINGTON — Just when it was beginning to look a little better, the economy relapsed Friday with a return to double-digit unemployment for only...

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Why We Need Even More Stimulus

Robert Reich | Posted 11.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Unemployed, Obama Stimulus Plan, National Debt, Unemployment, Economic Stimulus Package, Federal Budget Deficit, Unemployment Rate, Stimulus Package, Stimulus, Business News

Obama must return to Congress for more stimulus spending. Here's how he should sell it.

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Health Care Reform is Critically Important, But Getting Americans Back to Work is More So

Robert Reich | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Unemployment Rate, Dick Morris, Jobs, Barack Obama, Unemployment, Economic Stimulus Package, Wall Street, Federal Budget Deficit, Stimulus Package, Health Care Reform, Financial Crisis, Jimmy Carter, Economic Recovery, Alan Greenspan, Health Care, Politics News

The optimist in me says Obama can pivot off a health-care victory and launch some new initiatives that palpably and quickly spur job growth. The realist says there aren't any such initiatives.

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Left, Right & Center: Live from the Broad Stage in Santa Monica

Huff TV | Posted 10.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Unemployment Rate, Afghanistan, Economy, War in Iraq, Iraq Troop Withdrawal, Obama, Iraq, Health Care, Politics News

Watch as Arianna and her Left, Right & Center co-panelists take on the economy, health care, Afghanistan, Iraq and Obama, during a special live taping...

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The Hapless Struggle: Trying to Meet All Your Responsibilities Equally!

Judith M. Bardwick | Posted 10.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Deep Recession, Balanced Life, Successful People, Unemployment Rate, External Pressures, Competitive Childrearing, Living News

As a nation we need to do a better job of increasing the well-being of our people.

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The Case For More Stimulus: NYT

New York Times | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Federal Stimulus Funds, Economic Collapse, Federal Deficit, President Obama, Obama Economic Policy, Economic Stimulus, Federal Budget, Federal Stimulus, Unemployment Rate, Recession, Recession Over, Politics News

The consensus among economists is that the recession is over, and, technically, the herd is probably right. Corporate profitability has been boosted b...

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7,000 Americans Run Out Of Unemployment Benefits Every Day

Yahoo! Finance | Tami Luhby, CNNMoney.Com Senior Writer | Posted 10.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Jobless Claims, Jobless Rate, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Unemployment Benefits, Business News

Another day, another 7,000 people run out of unemployment benefits....

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The Government Needs to Take the Reins In Job Creation

Sen. Arlen Specter | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlen Specter, Economic Stimulus Package, Unemployment, Jobless Rate, Tax Credits, Unemployment Rate, Economy, Obama Job Creation, Job Creation, Tax Credit, Politics News

Recent signs of recovery and those who say the recession is over are cold comfort for the millions who are still searching for work or have stopped looking. Their world is bound by paying the bills and raising families.

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Why States Like Michigan Are Failing

Susan J. Demas | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, Michigan Budget, Republicans Taxes, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, 15.3 Percent Unemployment, Michigan Unemployment, Mike Bishop, Michigan, Michigan-Budget, Republians, Politics News

How does our state rebuild when a quarter or a third of our citizens don't receive the help they need from the state so they can get a job, see a doctor, stay in school, keep their homes or eat dinner tonight?

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Frank Rich: Goldman Can Spare You A Dime

New York Times | FRANK RICH | Posted 10.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Timothy Geithner, Larry Summers, Economy, Barney Frank, Jobless, Regulation, Obama, Reform, Lloyd Blankfein, Frank Rich, Unemployment Rate, Goldman Sachs, White House, Jobless Rate, Bailout, Treasury, Blankfein, Wall Street, Health Care, Greed, Sec, Depression, Senate Finance Committee, Derivatives, Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, Goldman, Recession, Financial Services Committee, Health Care Reform, Bonuses, House Financial Services Committee, Business News

As leader of the Wall Street pack, Goldman declared surging profits, keeping it on track to dispense a record $23 billion in bonuses for 2009. But mos...

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Most Hires Have Always Been Transitory

Samuel H. Williamson | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Unemployment Rates, Unemployment Numbers, Job Numbers, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Business News

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Young in America

David D. Burstein | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Debate, Social Innovation, Youth Vote, Youth, Unemployment Rate, Green Jobs, Economic Crisis, Social Security, Young-Invincibles, Economy, David Burstein, Renewable Energy, Jobs, Innovation, Fiscal Responsibility, Young Voters, Politics, Unemployed, Unemployment, Social Entrepreneurship, Millennials, Us Economic Crisis, Social Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Nancy Pelosi, Health Care, Politics News

By most indicators young people are the most adversely affected age group by the economic crisis, the most at risk when it comes to health care coverage, and the deepest in debt.

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Unemployment Insurance Extension Blocked By GOP -- Again

Washington Independent | Mike Lillis | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Economic Recovery, Gop Obstruction, Extension of Unemployment Insurance, Gop Blocks Unemployment Insurance, Gop Unemployment Insurance, Stimulus Bill, Senate Unemployment Insurance, Unemployment Insurance, Gop, Gop Stimulus Bill, Unemployment Rate, Politics News

Last week, Senate Democratic leaders rolled out a proposal to extend unemployment insurance by 14 weeks -- with an extra six weeks thrown in for those...

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Women and People of Color Down for the Count in Jobless Recovery

Arlene Holt Baker | Posted 10.13.2009 | Home

Read More: Labor, Unemployment, Underemployment, Union Blogs, Arlene Holt Baker, Unemployment Rate, Unions, Union, Home News

A close look at the unemployment figures shows that while white males are taking it on the chin in this recession, women and people of color are down ...

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New York Department of Labor Offers Facebook, Twitter As Free Job Search Options

NY1 | Asa Aarons | Posted 10.12.2009 | New York

Read More: New York Unemployment, Unemployment, Social Networking Sites, Unemployment Rate, Social Networking, Twitter, Technology, Online Job Search, Job Search, Facebook, New York, New York State Jobs, New York Department of Labor, New York News

Free computer and online access is being provided at the New York State Department of Labor as a way to match the unemployed with companies that are h...

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For 37,000 New York Unemployed, Benefits Will Soon Lapse

nytimes.com | Patrick McGeehan | Posted 10.12.2009 | New York

Read More: Welfare, Economic Collapse, Unemployment, The Great Depression, Food Stamps, Economic Crisis, Economy, Health Insurance, Health Care Reform, The Great Recession, Unemployment Rate, Recession, New York, New York News

Tens of thousands of New Yorkers have had the unfortunate distinction of collecting unemployment benefits longer than anyone in the state's history. B...

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Recession Creating A Lost Generation; Young People Can't Find Jobs

BusinesWeek | Peter Coy | Posted 10.11.2009 | Business

Bright, eager -- and unwanted. While unemployment is ravaging just about every part of the global workforce, the most enduring harm is being done to y...

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The Statistics Of The Great Recession

AP | TIM PARADIS | Posted 10.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Treasury Department, Economy, Home Sales, Recession, Debt, Personal Savings Rate, The Fed, Unemployment Rate, Barack Obama, Numbers, Statistics, Stock Gains, Stock Losses, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Peronal Debt, Ben Bernanke, Timothy Geithner, Business News

NEW YORK — A year ago this weekend, the Dow Jones industrial average had just finished a slow-motion crash. Over eight days, it fell 2,400 point...

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Herminia Rojas: Homeless Mom Travels Over Two Hours Daily To Educate Her Children

nydailynews.com | Rachel Monahan | Posted 10.09.2009 | New York

Read More: New York City Public Schools, New York Homeless, Unemployment, Homelessness, Bronx, Bronx New York, Economic Recession, Brooklyn, Economy, New York Homeless Families, US Economic Recession, Brooklyn New York, Unemployment Rate, New York, Recession, New York News

She's got no job, no apartment, no husband - but Herminia Rojas is making sure her kids have something: a decent education. The 41-year-old newly hom...

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