Weak Economy Pushes Jobless Claims To 7-year High - Businessweek tight credit is taking a toll on manufacturing and jobs. more people than expected lined up at the unemployment lines last week and orders to u.s. factories plunged by the largest amount in two years, according to government data released thursday ... www.businessweek.com
Military Spouses Get Boost For Federal Jobs the opening to employment with the federal government is being pushed open a little wider for military spouses whose service members have been incapacitated or killed or who are moving with their service members on permanent change-of-station orders. federaltimes.com
Federal Money For Fired Kaz Employees the workers will be getting money from the federal government because their jobs are being outsourced to mexico. www.fox23news.com
Alaska No Model For Federal Government - San Francisco Gate thursday, september 11, 2008 but alaska has closer ties with washington than most other states, particularly when it comes to finances. outside the beltway, the state has the largest share of federal employment. about 1 in 3 jobs in the state depend ... www.sfgate.com
Lend A Hand To U.s. Automakers - Detroit Free Press money is very tight. the need is very real. there is great risk in doing nothing. and the rewards will be tangible. that's the case in a few short sentences for the federal government to come to the aid of the u.s. auto industry in the next few weeks ... www.freep.com
Federal Spending On Contractors In Md. Declines federal spending on contractors in md. declines again federal spending on contractors in maryland fell last year for the second time in a row, a troubling trend for a state dependent on government business. www.baltimoresun.com
Chicago Mortgages - Chicago Tribune chicago area mortgage news, issues and trends from chicago tribune sources. show more » in the biggest bank failure in u.s. history, washington mutual bank was seized late thursday by federal regulators and immediately sold to jpmorgan chase & co ... www.chicagotribune.com
Irs Cancels Outsourcing Deal, Brings 700 Jobs Back In House - Federal Times the agency will no longer contract with iap worldwide to manage and store taxpayer files, the irs said last week. federal employees will resume performing those duties oct. 1. irs expects to take three months filling the needed positions with ... federaltimes.com
Nigeria: Politician Tasks Fg On Job Creation as the nation celebrates her 48th independence anniversary, a former action congress (ac) governorship aspirant in edo state, barrister kenneth imasuagbon, has called on the federal government to be more pro-active in creating jobs for youths. allafrica.com
Donnelly Bailout Goal: Jobs congressman joe donnelly described his vote on a federal mortgage lending bailout bill by as a way to save retirement plans, homes and jobs. he understands citizens' anger and concern over the federal government fixing wall street's woes, donnelly said, but his vote was cast solely with the people of indiana's 2nd district in mind. the bill failed 225-208. without a bailout, he said, there won't ... rochsent.com
Wall Street Extends Big Rally On Bank Rescue Hopes, Temporary Ban On ... - Baltimore Sun new york (ap) _ wall street extended a huge rally friday as investors stormed back into the market, relieved that the government plans to restore calm to the financial system by rescuing banks from billions of dollars in bad debt. the dow jones ... www.baltimoresun.com
Fed In Aig Rescue - $85b Loan - Cnn Money new york (cnnmoney.com) -- in an unprecedented move, the federal reserve board is lending as much as $85 billion to rescue crumbling insurer american international group, officials announced tuesday evening. the fed authorized the federal reserve ... money.cnn.com
Bailout Will Prevent Depression the year is 1930. banks are failing, the stock market is in free fall, people are losing their jobs and the federal government is reluctant to help. sound familiar? professor hugh t. rockoff discusses the causes of the great depression in his american economic history class. www.dailytargum.com
U.s. Nears Rescue Plan For Fannie And Freddie - Washington Post treasury secretary henry paulson and other officials met with daniel mudd of fannie mae and richard syron of freddie mac. the plan would strip them of their jobs. (carol t. powers - bloomberg news) the government has formulated a plan to put troubled ... www.washingtonpost.com
Oil Fluctuates Over U.s. Financial Turmoil - Msnbc singapore - oil prices rose friday in asia as investors waited for details of a u.s. government plan that could help ease a credit crisis that has roiled global markets. light, sweet crude for october delivery rose 76 cents to $98.64 a barrel in ... www.msnbc.msn.com
Wall Street Tumbles On Jobs Data down 313 at 10:45 a.m.: stocks are down in early trading after the government reported that the number of people seeking unemployment benefits rose last week. nyse, www.presstelegram.com
Analyst: Thousands Could Lose Jobs In Wachovia Deal the government said citigroup will acquire the banking operations of wachovia in a deal facilitated by the federal deposit insurance corp -- a move that could cost charlotte thousands of high-paying jobs. www.wxii12.com
Canada's Government Helps Bring Jobs To Atlantic Canada - Market Wire georgetown, prince edward island--(marketwire - sept. 5, 2008) - the honourable jim prentice, minister of industry, today announced three federal contribution agreements for shipbuilding projects that will bring substantial jobs to atlantic canada ... www.marketwire.com