Category Archives: employment

‘I work for one of the 10 Best Companies’

By doris | Published: January 20, 2012

Full Story at money.cnn.com Google’s famous for its perks — free gourmet food in the cafeteria, an on-campus climbing wall — but some of the best offerings at the company depend on its employees’ creativity. Take its 20% time, for example. Google employees are encouraged to devote 20% of their work hours to a project [...]

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Jobs gains may not help Obama’s re-election bid

By doris | Published: January 15, 2012

Full Story at BottomLine.msnbc.msn.com The recent improvement in the job market comes as welcome news for President Obama as he struggles to answer GOP attacks on the campaign trail that he’s mismanaged the economic recovery. There are a lot of reasons, though, that it may be too early for the White House to start cheering [...]

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Four job seekers for every opening, report shows

By doris | Published: January 11, 2012

Full Story at BottomLinemsnbc.msn.com The government offered fresh data Tuesday showing that the job market is gradually improving. But there still aren’t enough jobs to go around. Even as hiring picked up in November, the number of jobs openings declined, according the Labor Departments’ monthly Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS). Employers filled nearly [...]

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Employers added 206,000 private-sector jobs in November

By doris | Published: November 30, 2011

Full Story at BottomLine.msnbc.msn.com Private employers added 206,000 jobs in November, according to a new report released Wednesday from payrolls processor ADP. The monthly number was better than expected. Analysts had expected a smaller gain in November. October’s monthly gain in private-sector hiring was revised up to 130,000 from a previously reported gain of 110,000. [...]

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McDonald’s and Chipotle earnings deliver

By doris | Published: October 22, 2011

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Shares of McDonald’s are trading at a new all-time high after the global fast food chain managed to impress with strong earnings and sales numbers across all its markets. Fast food chains tend to benefit during recessionary economic periods as many people scale back and trade down. [...]

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7 toys you gotta have

By doris | Published: October 21, 2011

Full Story at Money.cnn.com Joel Rosenzweig wanted to do something extra special for his son’s Bar Mitzvah last year. The something special turned out to be a new toy, which isn’t much of a surprise. Rosenzweig is a 20-year veteran of the toy industry and heads i-Star Entertainment, a toy maker with eight employees. With [...]

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Wal-Mart vice chairman to retire

By doris | Published: September 27, 2011

Full Story atnews.Yahoo.com (Reuters) – Wal-Mart Stores Inc Vice Chairman Eduardo Castro-Wright, who heads the world’s largest retailer’s e-commerce and sourcing businesses, will retire on July 1 to spend more time with his family. Wal-Mart said on Tuesday it aims to name new leadership for those businesses by the end of January, after which Castro-Wright [...]

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Jobs plan may create 1 million jobs – economists

By doris | Published: September 10, 2011

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Economists gave generally positive reviews to President Obama’s jobs plan Friday, with some estimating that at least 1 million jobs could be added in the next year if Congress passes the package. The payroll tax holiday for workers and small businesses was cited specifically for having a [...]

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CNN Poll: 8 in 10 think we’re in a recession

By doris | Published: September 4, 2011

Full Story at PoliticalTicker.blogsCNN.com Washington (CNN) – Economic fears are not diminishing. More than eight in 10 Americans think the economy is in another recession, according to a new CNN/ORC poll. One-third of those surveyed think it’s serious. While the country isn’t technically in a recession because the economy hasn’t experienced two straight quarters of [...]

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Zero jobs growth but not necessarily recession

By doris | Published: September 2, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com The news Friday that the economy created zero jobs in August is ominous, but it doesn’t necessarily mean we’re heading for another recession. “Most of the releases that came out earlier in the week were a little bit better than generally expected and this one was a little bit worse,” said [...]

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Firing horror stories

By doris | Published: August 29, 2011

Full Story at money.CNN.com Think getting fired is hard? Try doing the firing. And when you are a small business owner it can be particularly hard. At best, it’s an uncomfortable face-to-face confrontation that can lead to hurt feelings. At worst: physical altercations, hacked servers and lost clients. “Large corporations have a team of people [...]

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Verizon claims sabotage, calls cops on strikers

By doris | Published: August 13, 2011

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — The rift between Verizon and its 45,000 striking employees grew wider on Friday, after the telecommunications giant called in the FBI to investigate allegations of sabotage. Verizon spokesman Rich Young said more than 90 acts of sabotage have taken place since the strike began on Sunday. Saboteurs [...]

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Rolling restaurants: Some cities floor it, others tap the brakes

By doris | Published: August 6, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com SEATTLE — Craving a gourmet meal on the fly? Food trucks plying American streets are delivering increasingly varied and sophisticated fare to the urban palate. Mobile kitchens offer hamburgers made from grass-fed cows, artisan breads, ethnic blends like Korean tacos and gourmet dishes that stand up next to fine fare from [...]

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GM will spend $328M to update Mich. pickup factory

By doris | Published: July 19, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com FLINT, Mich. — General Motors is spending $328 million to update a factory in Flint, Mich., where it will build the next generation of full-size pickups. The investment will pay for equipment to build the new Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickup trucks, which are due in showrooms early in 2013. [...]

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