Category Archives: Jobs

McDonald’s U.S. December sales robust: survey

By doris | Published: January 18, 2012

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com But ask them how they got that way. The employees of one McDonald’s are not happy. They have to run labor at the percent that they did before min. wage began going up. I can see them making money, but not at the way they want to cut help and run [...]

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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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Boeing to close Kansas defense plant by end of 2013

By doris | Published: January 8, 2012

Full Story at msnbc.com WICHITA, Kan. — The Boeing Co., for decades the brand that helped support Wichita’s claim as the aviation capital of the world, announced Wednesday it will shut down facilities in the city by the end of 2013 and send work to plants in three other states as it deals with defense [...]

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Toyota aims to bring fun back with “86″ sports car

By doris | Published: November 27, 2011

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com OYAMA-CHO, Japan (Reuters) – Toyota Motor Corp <7203.T> unveiled a highly anticipated sports car that it hopes will trigger the rebirth of the company as a maker of “fun” cars that it hasn’t been in years. Japan’s top automaker took the wraps off the compact, rear-wheel-drive model at the Fuji Speedway [...]

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‘Oh, I shouldn’t have’: Retailers make pitch for self-gifting

By doris | Published: November 24, 2011

Full Story at BottomLine.msn.com Last year Hyundai entertained — or annoyed — television viewers with advertisements featuring carol-singing hipsters. This year, the automaker is taking a different tack in early radio ads, urging listeners to “give yourself a gift” of a new Hyundai this holiday season. Retailers, struggling with sluggish consumer spending are pulling out [...]

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Arkansas city loses two factories in one day

By doris | Published: October 30, 2011

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — The city of Fort Smith, Ark., got hit with a double whammy on Friday, as one factory closed down and another faced imminent demise. Whirlpool Corp. (WHR, Fortune 500) said it will shut down its factory next year, putting about 1,000 people will be out of work, [...]

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Stocks post gains for the week

By doris | Published: October 9, 2011

Full Story at Money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — U.S. stocks ended a strong week on a low note Friday as ongoing concerns about the European debt crisis overshadowed a better-than-expected report on the U.S. job market. The Dow Jones industrial average (INDU) fell 20 points, or 0.2%, to close at 11,103. The S&P 500 (SPX) [...]

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Senate GOP tries for immediate vote on Obama jobs plan

By doris | Published: October 8, 2011

Full Story at FirstRead.msnbc.msn.com Senate Republicans sought Tuesday to force an immediate vote on President Obama’s jobs plan in a ploy reacting to the President’s nationwide barnstorm to push for a vote “right away” on the measure. Holding a copy of the President’s plan on the Senate floor this afternoon, Republican Leader Mitch McConnell moved [...]

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GM sales rise 20% on strong demand for trucks, SUVs

By doris | Published: October 3, 2011

Full Story at BottomLine.msnbc.msn.com Strong demand for full-size pickups and SUVs drove up General Motors’ U.S. sales last month, the automaker said Monday. GM reported total sales of 207,145 vehicles in September — a 20 percent increase over the same month a year ago. Truck sales, which include full-size pickups and SUVs, jumped 34 percent, [...]

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UAW OKs new GM contract by 2-1 margin

By doris | Published: September 28, 2011

Full Story at BottomLine.msnbc.msn.com By a 2-to-1 margin, unionized workers have approved a new four-year contract with General Motors that includes a $5,000 signing bonus and raises entry-level wages. The contract, which is effective immediately, covers 48,000 members of the United Auto Workers union. The union said the new contract would result in 6,400 new [...]

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Boeing’s 787, ‘Murphy’s law of airplanes,’ finally gets to a customer

By doris | Published: September 26, 2011

Full Story at BottomLinemsnbc.msn.com Boeing officially delivered its first 787 jet to All Nippon Airways on Sunday, more than three years after the airplane maker originally promised to get the new model to its Japanese customer. “It’s been just one problem after another,” said Scott Hamilton, a longtime aerospace analyst with Leeham Co. “It’s been [...]

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GM deal with union: It’s all about jobs

By doris | Published: September 21, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com Jobs — and not necessarily cash, or new benefits — have proved to be the centerpiece of the new four-year contract agreed between the United Auto Workers union and General Motors. That’s not to say the deal doesn’t include some financial benefits designed to salve the frustrations of GM workers, who [...]

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Can retraining give the unemployed a second chance?

By doris | Published: September 19, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com Andrew Bricknell, 50, has lived in and around Detroit his whole life. Raised in Dearborn, Mich., where his father was a tool-and-die maker for Ford, Bricknell never doubted what industry he’d go into when he grew up — only which end of it. As a kid, Bricknell showed an aptitude for [...]

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