Posts Tagged ‘ jobless ’

Leading index shows US economy nearing slump’s end

July 21, 2009
Leading index shows US economy nearing slump’s end

Smaller job losses, rising stock prices and stabilization in homebuilding and manufacturing are evidence that the US government’s efforts to stem the financial crisis and lower borrowing costs may pay off The index of US leading indicators rose in June for a third consecutive month, reinforcing signs the economy may be emerging from the worst [...]

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Earnings to decide stocks’ fate

July 20, 2009
Earnings to decide stocks’ fate

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York last Friday Earnings are set to take center stage again this week as more marquee US companies line up to report their quarterly scorecards and investors decide whether to keep pushing stocks higher. Investors will turn their attention to household names [...]

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Obama says jobless number sobering but sees progress

May 9, 2009
Obama says jobless number sobering but sees progress

U.S. President Barack Obama said Friday that latest job loss data was “sobering,” but he noted that there have been “somewhat encouraging” improvements in the economy. U.S.President Barack Obama listens as Maureen Pike tells her job training story at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, May 8, 2009. Obama announces the new steps as [...]

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Hanoi: 33,000 jobless workers

April 7, 2009
Hanoi: 33,000 jobless workers

VietNamNet Bridge – By the end of March 2009, Hanoi had 33,000 jobless and under-employed labourers, said the Chairman of the Hanoi Labour Federation Nguyen Tien Dinh on April 7. Dinh said 60% of them are workers from other provinces. Under a prime ministerial decision, these people will have access to loans from the National Job [...]

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Over 7,000 workers at city’s IPs jobless

January 24, 2009
Over 7,000 workers at city’s IPs jobless

Lookatvietnam – Over 7,000 workers at HCMC’s industrial parks and export processing zones became jobless in the last six months as enterprises were hard hit by the economic slowdown locally and the much-feared crisis globally. Over 7,000 workers at HCMC’s industrial parks and export processing zones became jobless in the last six months.Vu Van Hoa, [...]

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Deadline nears for jobless insurance

December 23, 2008
Deadline nears for jobless insurance

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) will issue a circular guiding the implementation of the Government’s Decree on unemployment insurance before December 31 so that the policy will efficiently go into effect on January, Construction workers can easily lose their jobs. These workers, along with many workers from other [...]

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U.S. jobless rate rises to highest level in 15 years

December 6, 2008
U.S. jobless rate rises to highest level in 15 years

A homeless man cadges on a street of Manhattan, New York, the United States of America, Nov. 11, 2008. The unemployment rate in the United States rose to 6.7 percent in November, the highest level in 15 years, as employers slashed 533,000 jobs, the most since December 1974, the Labor Department reported Friday. (Xinhua Photo)Employers [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...