Federal Job Employment News
- Marching toward a precipice Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 4:32PMBy Pedro Nicolaci da Costa
- Splintering dalits are no more seen as a homogenous entity Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 1:44PMScheduled castes, or dalits, who make up about 180 million of 1.2 billion Indians, are usually seen as a homogenous entity.
- 2011 SAN ANGELO LIVING: Job Resources Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 2:30AMLocal job resources
- Perplexing silence hangs over proposed Canada, E.U. trade pact Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 8:57PMHard to imagine upcoming premiers’ meeting not discussing it since ramifications are enormous
- From Florida Taxpayer to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 5:59PMRepresentative Cantor is quoted on CNN as saying he not spoken to anyone who has said "raise my taxes".
- DOL assistant secretary testifies before Senate HELP committee on improving employment opportunities for people with ... Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 8:12AMKathy Martinez, assistant secretary of labor for the Office of Disability Employment Policy, today testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions to discuss the U.S. Department of Labor’s public and private partnership initiatives designed to connect people with disabilities and employment opportunities.
- How About a Gainful Student Standard? Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 8:05AMA true “education” is a profound and complex thing. Narrowing its purpose to “gainful employment” in a “recognized occupation” seems to both demean our notions of “higher” learning while shoe-horning its purveyors into a new, decidedly un-capitalist, field of “employment guarantor.” Yet, the Department of Education’s “Gainful Employment Rule” demands precisely such a guarantee.
- Fed’s Rosengren sees ‘very slow improvement’ for economy Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 7:38AMNEW YORK - Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Eric Rosengren said the outlook for the U.S. economy is for “very slow improvement,” and monetary accommodation is still needed to help spur growth.
- Swiss Stocks Drop for Fourth Day in Five; Swatch Slips Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 7:28AMStocks in Switzerland declined for a fourth day in five after Moody’s Investors Service said the U.S. may lose its Aaa credit rating as lawmakers debate increasing the government’s debt limit.
- Economy Briefs Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 3:45PMIMF U.S. official tapped as top IMF deputy The new chief of the International Monetary Fund has appointed a senior White House official to be her top deputy. Christine Lagarde on Tuesday selected David Lipton to be the first deputy managing director. Mr. Lipton, 57, currently is senior director for ...
- What is the Fed Thinking? Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 3:26PMThe Federal Reserve just released the minutes to their June 21-22 FOMC meeting.
- Fed officials worried about unemployment, but divided over whether to consider more stimulus Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 3:22PMWASHINGTON - Federal Reserve officials at their last meeting expressed concerns that the weakening job market might hold back the recovery. But members were divided over whether the Fed should consider taking additional steps to help the economy.
- Many in state are in the process of losing their health benefits Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 3:12AMSandra Clarke is grateful her elderly father was able to emigrate from Jamaica to live with her in recent years and she was happy to care for him as various ailments started to set in.
- Officials replaced amid Atlanta cheating scandal Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 2:20AMThe fallout from the Atlanta Public Schools cheating scandal continued to spread as four area superintendents were replaced and a school district in Texas put the superintendent it recently hired from Georgia on paid leave.
- Texas chief takes leave amid Atlanta test scandal Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 2:07AMA newly named Texas school district superintendent agreed Monday to take a paid leave of absence as trustees re-examine her previous administrative post in the Atlanta school system, which is embroiled in widespread allegations of cheating on standardized tests
- News That Matters Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 1:25AMBy www.thetrader.se Ft.com Alcoa, the integrated aluminium producer, reported that its second-quarter earnings more than doubled and expressed confidence in its outlook despite recent weakness in metal prices, the FT reports. Kicking off the North American second-quarter reporting season, http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2011/07/12/619026/alcoa-sees ...
- Nigeria: I Hawked Soap, Tomatoes - Igwe, Oil And Gas Magnate Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 1:18AMPrince Chris Odinaka Igwe, Group Managing Director, Mainland Oil & Gas Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of Chrisnak Group, according to him had tasted good things of life and as well poverty at a very early stage and discovered that the latter was a killer disease everybody should plan to escape.
- Report: Jobs council counted on county cash that never came Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 12:15AMOROVILLE — The hope that a $1.2 million chunk of possible funding was going to save the Private Industry Council of Butte County earlier this year had a shaky foundation.
- Prominent N.B. businessman Richard Oland found dead Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 2:33PMRichard Oland, a member of one of the best-known families in Atlantic Canada, has died under suspicious circumstances, police say.
- Stocks, Commodities Rally on U.S. Job Growth; Euro Strengthens Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 1:46PMStocks rallied, sending U.S. benchmark indexes to two-month highs, and commodities rose as data on jobs and retail sales bolstered optimism in the economy. The euro climbed versus the dollar after the European Central Bank signaled more interest-rate increases.
- US stocks nudge three-year high Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 1:42PMU.S. stocks jumped, sending the S&P 500 close to a three-year high as retail and job market data bolstered confidence in the economy.
- $1.3 mil for New England farmworkers Monday, July 4, 2011 @ 11:23AMNew England groups that advocate for farmworkers are receiving about $1.3 million in federal money for training, employment and other support for those workers.
- Report likely to show slowdown in job creation Monday, July 4, 2011 @ 9:29AMStatistics Canada’s report, to be released Friday, is expected to report that employers added just 10,000 workers in June
- Work Connections program launched to help single parents find jobs Monday, July 4, 2011 @ 12:17AMNEWTON - New Jersey’s Department of Labor and Workforce Development recently joined Project Self-Sufficiency in unveiling Work Connections, the second program launched this month by the administration of Gov. Chris Christie to help single parents who are forced to find jobs in these tough economic times.
- Stocks face jobs report test Saturday, July 2, 2011 @ 7:14AMStocks are in for a major reality check this week, with the jobs report for June on tap for Friday.
- Suit revives charges pushed by Schlussel in her blog Saturday, July 2, 2011 @ 7:13AMDEARBORN — A lawsuit alleging two Fordson High School teachers were discriminated against for being Christian says the district knew about and should have corrected problems at the school and hints at several conspiracies in the district and beyond.
- Entitlements draining money from the budget Saturday, July 2, 2011 @ 7:12AMWelcome to the United States of entitlements -- Medicaid, aid for dependent children, food stamps, supplemental security income, lower income housing assistance, earned income tax credit, veterans medical care, Stafford loans, social services (title 20) and Pell Grants.
- Google+ Privacy: Has Google Learned Its Lesson? Saturday, July 2, 2011 @ 5:24AMSince the launch of its Google+ social-networking project, Google has been re-working and tweaking the service based on user feedback, and two privacy-related features will be added in the coming days, as well as a more simplified feed.
- Haywood seeks Pitt investigation Tuesday, June 28, 2011 @ 9:07PMPITTSBURGH—Michael Haywood, who was fired on Jan. 1, 16 days after being hired as Pitt s football coach, has asked the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission and other state and federal agencies to investigate his termination by the university, his lawyer said on Tuesday.
- Former Pitt coach wants firing investigated Tuesday, June 28, 2011 @ 9:05PMFormer Pitt football coach Michael Haywood is asking state and federal commissions to look into his termination.
