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Bank of America may close 600 branches, axe 30000 jobs Fri, 09/09/2011 - 16:43 by Anter Prakash Singh The Bank of America may close 600 branches and lay off around 30,000 employees in the coming years, according to several media reports. Comments Read more	No new jobs added in August, jobless rate steady at 9.1% Wed, 09/07/2011 - 12:08 by Jamie Anderson The latest report on unemployment statistics is nothing to cheer about. In fact, it points to the dark clouds of recession hovering over the U.S economy. U.S economy. Comments Read more	Fuel-efficient cars creating jobs in US Wed, 08/10/2011 - 13:04 by Anter Prakash Singh A report released jointly by the National Wildlife Fund and the National Resource Defense Council (NRDC) along with United Auto Workers (UAW) shows that around 151,000 workers in the U.S. auto sector are engaged in ‘green jobs,’ aimed at providing clean and fuel-efficient vehicle technologies. Comments Read more
Nearly 17000 apply for merely 1800 Ford jobs Fri, 07/15/2011 - 14:00 by Jamie Anderson As many as 16,837 people have approached the local Kentucky Office of Employment & Training during the last week to apply for the 1800 jobs at Ford’s Louisville Assembly Plant. Comments Read more	US jobless rate rises to 9.2% in June Sun, 07/10/2011 - 15:17 by Jamie Anderson Hiring in the United States slowed down considerably last month raising apprehensions that the lukewarm recovery witnessed so far has stalled out. Comments Read more	RIM slashes profit forecast Fri, 06/17/2011 - 12:00 by Anter Prakash Singh Research In Motion (RIM), maker of the BlackBerry smart phone predicted that its profits may drop and the company may have to cut jobs. Comments Read more
US Jobless rate hits 9.1% in May Sat, 06/04/2011 - 15:00 by Jamie Anderson Latest data on unemployment has raised fears that recovery in the U.S job market may have already peaked. Comments Read more	GE Capital to create 1000 jobs in Chicago Tue, 05/24/2011 - 11:49 by Jamie Anderson GE Capital plans to “double-down on Chicago” and that too without a government subsidy. The financial services behemoth might create as many as 1,000 additional jobs in the next 3 years. Comments Read more	US home prices fall, touch 9-year low Tue, 03/22/2011 - 12:15 by Anter Prakash Singh The sale of pre-owned house in the United States continued its downward journey and dipped by 9.6 percent to touch an all time low in 9 years. Comments Read more
EEOC probing reports of employers' bias against the jobless Thu, 02/17/2011 - 12:09 by Anter Prakash Singh A recent probe initiated by the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC) is trying to find out if the unemployed are discriminated against by employers while giving jobs. The advocates for the workers told the commission that there is a bias against the unemployed. Comments Read more	US labour market data for January disappointing Sat, 02/05/2011 - 16:02 by Yasser Ali It seems that the United States is still struggling to recover from the economic slowdown. Jobs data for the month of January released this month has come out with disappointing figures. Only 36000 people got a job last month, which experts say is far less than what had been expected. Comments Read more	Black Swan Hunting for 2011 Mon, 12/27/2010 - 09:53 by Owain Bennallack This article has been adapted from our sister site across the pond, Fool U.K. The entire point of author Nassim Taleb's ironically now ubiquitous "Black Swan" metaphor was that nobody in the white swan-strewn Old World foresaw the black version of the bird until they encountered Australia, where millions of black swans were waddling about their business. Comments Read more