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Jobless Rate Up To 5.5%

By budgetboy 170 days ago from http://budgetboy.bloggerunleashed.com

The Government has just released the latest jobs data is has reported that jobless rate jumped to 5.5 percent and payrolls are down by 49,000 jobs. This data has always swung back and forth from positive to negative, but this is a significant downward spin. It will be interesting to see if this is a precursor to that recession

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Who Will Fight for the Middle Class? (Everyday Citizen)

By EverydayCitizen 309 days ago from http://www.everydaycitizen.com

On the Democratic side, John Edwards, although never the front-runner, has been driving his party’s policy agenda. He’s done it again on economic stimulus: last month, before the economic consensus turned as negative as it now has, he proposed a stimulus package including aid to unemployed workers, aid to cash-strapped state and local governm

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You Style It!: Fashion Designers Aim to Help Fellow Asians

By ameliavega27 255 days ago from http://youstyleit.blogspot.com

Hong Kong-based designers,Cassandra Postema and Dong Shing Chiu are bucking the trend as Western fashion brands look to Asia to provide cheap skilled labour. The two are seeking out untrained workers in some of the poorest parts of the continent to help make their new range of ethically-produced, eco-friendly clothing using tra

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