Posts Tagged ‘ Who lost ’

CME’s Duffy vs MF Global’s Corzine: A question of trust 

December 19, 2011
CME’s Duffy vs MF Global’s Corzine: A question of trust 

Terrence Duffy, executive chairman of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group. The drama over the meltdown of the brokerage firm MF Global pivots around a clash between two veteran traders who rose from relatively humble roots to the very top of the futures-trading business. One is Jon Corzine, the firm’s former CEO who just testified [...]

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More jobs means fewer workers need help from support package

October 20, 2009
More jobs means fewer workers need help from support package

LookAtVietnam – Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Thanh Hoa spoke to Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam about a support package for workers. Based on the situation in December 2008, we forecast more than 300,000 workers would lose their jobs by late 2009 as a result of the global economic crisis.But, [...]

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Disadvantaged women need more help

September 16, 2009
Disadvantaged women need more help

LookAtVietnam – Duong Thi Minh Huyen, a 27-year-old resident in Thanh Khe district, central Da Nang city, whose husband went missing after a typhoon three years ago, Tran Thi Tuyet’s family makes shoes for sale from a loan for poor women in Hoa Xuan ward in the central city of Da Nang.Her husband left on [...]

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80 percent of unemployed workers find jobs

August 4, 2009
80 percent of unemployed workers find jobs

As the economy is gradually recovering, many workers have found new jobs through job fairs, reported the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA). Many workers have found new jobs through job fairs. According to statistics from provinces and cities, there were nearly 65,000 people who lost jobs and around 39,000 others who didn’t [...]

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Nation gains 500,000 jobs in six months

July 31, 2009
Nation gains 500,000 jobs in six months

LookAtVietnam – About 650,000 jobs were created while 107,300 jobs were cut during the first six months of this year. “About 18 per cent of those who lost their jobs worked in enterprises and 31 per cent were women”.The figures were released yesterday, July 30, during a teleconference reviewing the national employment and social policies [...]

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The gift of giving

July 20, 2009
The gift of giving

Volunteer Thu Trang shares a laugh with Hero Mother Le Thi Dung A summer program teaches teenagers the value of community service by pairing them with elderly mothers who lost children to the war. Ho Chi Minh City youth haven’t spent all summer just sitting around the TV getting fat and lazy.Many spent weeks rising [...]

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POLITICS IN BRIEF 12/7

July 12, 2009
POLITICS IN BRIEF 12/7

Russia asked to “legalise” illegal immigrant workers; Ha Giang children with deformities enjoy free surgery; VN seeks expertise in building law for the disabled; President praises volunteers’ contributions to nation; Vietnam calls for more int’l support to Somalia Bac Kan to stabilise people’s lives in flood-hit areasDeputy Prime Minister Truong Vinh Trong has asked Bac [...]

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0% lending interest rate not attractive enough?

June 5, 2009
0% lending interest rate not attractive enough?

Only three businesses have borrowed money to pay salaries, social insurance and unemployment benefits to labourers in the three months since the Government launched the lending programme. Garment companies have suffered heavily from the economic downturnAt the end of February 2009, the Government promulgated Decision No 30, launching the lending programme, under which businesses facing [...]

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Unemployed workers return home, worsen situation in rural areas

May 27, 2009
Unemployed workers return home, worsen situation in rural areas

Workers weaving bags from sedge at a unit in Nam Dinh Province. People working away from home who lost their jobs due to the economic downturn may not find employment if they return to their villages. The economic downturn has seen production fall in the countryside, sending incomes plunging and increasing the jobless rate, according [...]

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‘Uncle Sam’ offers work, stress balls for Wall Street’s jobless

April 26, 2009
‘Uncle Sam’ offers work, stress balls for Wall Street’s jobless

For hundreds of unemployed Wall Street professionals, the “stress test” began at 8 a.m. That’s when former traders, analysts and controllers holding recently polished resumes lined up inside a midtown Manhattan office building Friday for the start of a job fair where Uncle Sam was the primary employer.“They are hiring,” said John Willis, 46, who [...]

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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...