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New Jobs Aren't Always Good Jobs First, mass layoffs of state and local government workers continue unabated, with 20000 public employees fired last month. Second, the lower unemployment rate is partly due to many workers just giving up the job hunt. But here's a third fact that's … Read more on Policyshop (blog) Group lay-offs [...]

Good jobs news help stocks end day with gains A rebound in retail sales and stronger jobs reports are pushing stocks near their highest levels of the year. Read more on MSNBC NewsWatch: Jobs data not good just because stocks rise It’s all well and good that Wall Street liked the data coming from Automatic [...]

To restore jobs, U.S. has to ramp up exports One school of thought about the so-called jobless recovery of the American economy blames high unemployment on the federal deficit. But that’s blaming the wrong deficit. To achieve an authentic recovery that includes new jobs, the deficit we need to cut is in trade. For 20 [...]

VIDEO: Youth unemployment: Are jobs out there? Youth unemployment has reached a record high, but with the Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith insisting jobs are out there, where should young people look? Read more on BBC News Manufacturing the truth Making things remains a workable solution for unemployment and underemployment. Read more on [...]

Aussie down despite upbeat jobs data, NZ$ eases * Firm jobs data fails to impress markets Read more on Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News Unemployment will not fall for two years, warns CBI Unemployment will not start falling for two years as the economy gathers momentum more slowly than under official forecasts, the CBI has [...]

Ann Arbor-based Borders cuts HQ, distribution jobs Borders Group, beset by bankruptcy rumors, laid off 45 employees Monday. The bulk of those jobs, 40, were at company headquarters, said Borders spokeswoman Mary C. Davis. Five other jobs were eliminated at distribution centers, she added. Affected employees will receive severance pay. Read more on Detroit Free [...]

Biz Break: For Apple CEO Steve Jobs, a leave ‘so I can focus on my health’ Today: Apple CEO Steve Jobs is taking another medical leave of absence. Plus: Goldman Sachs cancels plans to offer a stake in Facebook to U.S. investors. And: Virgin America, Groupon. Read more on San Jose Mercury News Biz Break: [...]

Where are the jobs? Many are overseas Corporate profits are up. Stock prices are up. So why isn’t anyone hiring? Actually, many American companies are — just maybe not in yourtown. They’re hiring overseas, where sales are surging and the pipeline of orders is fat. Read more on Bennington Banner Jobs overseas for many companies [...]

Economy Recovering Slowly, As Jobs And Housing Stay Weak A growing sense that the economy is finally mounting a genuine recovery was reinforced this week as the government released several encouraging pieces of data. But the progress appeared modest and still tenuous, suggesting that even palpable improvement to the nation’s fortunes may not yield vigorous [...]

Christmas trees provide holiday jobs The temporary work helps those who ‘have fallen on hard times,’ farm owner says. Read more on Everett Herald