Posts Tagged ‘ labor ’

Small Banks May Get New Bailout

Sep 27th, 2009 | By admin | Category: crisis

Treasury officials and regulators are weighing a fresh round of bailouts for U.S. banks that were deemed too small or too risky to qualify for earlier aid.



G-20 Leaders Call Summit a Success

Sep 27th, 2009 | By admin | Category: crisis

Major world leaders formed themselves into a new board of directors for the global economy Friday, vowing to overhaul lax financial regulations and work harder to control dangerous imbalances that contributed to a financial meltdown.



Closing bell: No spark from consumer sentiment (RIMM, AAPL, UAUA, AMR)

Sep 27th, 2009 | By admin | Category: Featured Articles, economic news

Filed under: After the bell, Major movement, Apple Inc (AAPL), Research in Motion (RIMM), AMR Corp (AMR), UAL Corp (UAUA), S and P 500, DJIA, NASDAQ
Bad housing numbers did not do much to hurt the market yesterday and good consumer sentiment figures did not help today. The Reuters/University of Michigan poll for late September yielded [...]



Twitter closes new round — what’s next?

Sep 27th, 2009 | By admin | Category: Featured Articles, economic news

Filed under: Internet, Google (GOOG), Yahoo! (YHOO), Time Warner (TWX), Private equity, Technology
Twitter’s much-hyped $100 million round of financing closed Friday, cementing the company’s (illiquid) value at $1 billion, though Twitter itself would not confirm the amount. T. Rowe Price and Insight Venture Partners participated in the deal, as expected, which is believed to be [...]



The unemployment rate reached its highest point since 1993

Dec 6th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Jobs, economic news

As bad as the headline numbers in Friday’s employment report were, they still made the job market look better than it really is.



Regional and State Employment and Unemployment Summary

Nov 22nd, 2008 | By admin | Category: Jobs, Money, News, economic news

Regional and state unemployment rates were mostly higher in
October. Overall, 38 states and the District of Columbia recorded
over-the-month unemployment rate increases, 5 states registered de-
creases, and 7 states had no change, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of
the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Over the year, jobless
rates were up in 47 states [...]



Citibank-New Home Construction

Nov 15th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Banks, Citibank

Building or renovating your dream house may be labor intensive, but getting a loan isn’t thanks to CitiMortgage



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