Linda Young – AHN News Writer Madrid, Spain (AHN) – Spain’s unemployment rate reached a 14-year high of 21.3 percent during the first three months of the year, up from 20.3 percent for the last three months of 2010. The economy lost more jobs during the first quarter than it had during the entire year [...]
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Unemployment soars to 20.3% in Spain, a 14-year high
April 29th, 2011 
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April 28th, 2011 davidguide Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor Osaka, Japan (AHN) – Panasonic said on Thursday it would continue to cut thousands of jobs as part of a three-year restructuring program related to its acquisition of Sanyo. The Japanese company will eliminate 17,000 positions over the next two years, putting the total number of workers removed under [...]
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April 27th, 2011 davidguide Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor New York, NY, United States (AHN) – Protesters greeted Wal-Mart chief executive Mike Duke on Wednesday in New York, where he is looking to open stores. Members of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, New York Jobs with Justice and several other groups gathered outside Bryant Park Grill, [...]
Posted in Lending News Tags: Alingod, bryant park grill, city council members, civil rights lawsuit, face masks, Kris, Lending, letitia james, livable wages, Mart, mike duke, Protesters, Williams Comments OffDetroit mayor threatens labor agreements to cut costs
April 26th, 2011 davidguide Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News Detroit, MI, United States (AHN) – Detroit Mayor Dave Bing is threatening workers in the city he will void their collective bargaining agreements by passing a new state law that would lead to the appointment of a fiscal manager who would cancel the pacts. Bing is pushing for the municipal [...]
Posted in Lending News Tags: budget proposals, collective bargaining agreements, dave bing, fiscal manager, Hernandez, Law, Lending, manager, Mayor, republican governors, roger hickey, state, stiff resistance Comments OffToyota to resume normal production at year’s end
April 22nd, 2011 davidguide Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor New York, NY, United States (AHN) – Toyota said on Friday it would maintain limited production until the end of the year. The automaker is working to resolve supply chain issues and a crisis triggered by a tsunami in Japan. Production levels in domestic plants are currently at 50 [...]
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April 21st, 2011 davidguide Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – Initial jobless claims remained above the 400,000 mark for the second week in a row with 403,000 Americans filing for benefits during the week ending April 16, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. That number was down 13,000 from the previous week’s [...]
Posted in Lending News Tags: initial jobless claims, insurance, jobless benefits, jobless claims drop, Lending, linda young, mark, number, Unemployment, unemployment compensation insurance, week ending april, writer washington, Young Comments OffBangladesh seeks international regime for climate change refugees
April 19th, 2011 davidguide Saleem Samad – AHN News Correspondent Dhaka, Bangladesh (AHN) – After a five-year hiatus, a revived regional dialogue on human rights of migrant workers worldwide resumed in the Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Tuesday. Ministers from Asian labor-sending countries are holding three days of business about endorsing protections for migrant workers, Human Rights Watch, Migrant Forum [...]
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April 18th, 2011 davidguide Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor Philadelphia, PA, United States (AHN) – The Philadelphia Orchestra plans to file for Chapter 11 protection to restructure its finances in the face of a $14.5 million deficit. The orchestra’s board of directors decided over the weekend to declare bankruptcy despite opposition from musicians who have been in talks [...]
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April 15th, 2011 davidguide Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – The number of first-time applicants for jobless benefits unexpectedly rose for the week ending April 9 by 27,000 to 412,000. Analysts had expected the number to remain in the 380,000 range. Some analysts now say the jump in claims signals uncertainty over recovery [...]
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April 13th, 2011 davidguide Linda Young – AHN News Writer London, United Kingdom (AHN) – Unemployment fell by 17,000 in the United Kingdom to 2.48 million during the three months ending in February. That brought the unemployment rate to 7.8 percent, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). It marked the first time since last fall that unemployment [...]
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