A Taiwanese advertisement including an actor dressed as an angel-winged Steve Jobs has been pulled from the air, following an international outcry over the tasteless commercial and even threats to boycott the electronics maker.
EVANSTON, Ill., Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Following several years of declines, manufacturing employment in Illinois rose a half percent over the past twelve months according to the 100th anniversary ...
The January jobs report — 243,000 jobs added — was greeted with widespread relief. The economists over at the Wall Street Journal were virtually giddy : “a game changer,” “positive report in really every way,” “strength is everywhere,” “a blow-out number.” Liberal analysts celebrated its effects on Obama’s reelection prospects. Matt Yglesias hailed “recovery winter,” arguing that barring “some ...
PHOENIX, Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- While unemployment rates continue to be at an all-time high, America is not getting back to work fast enough. Arizona leads the country in unemployment numbers and ...
MELVILLE, N.Y., Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- With the 2012 election season in full swing, the economy continues to be one of the biggest factors impacting Americans' choice for president, with 49 percent ...
Rochester High School senior Grant Winning spent nine months looking for a part-time job before being hired as a cashier at County Market, 2777 S. Sixth St., in August. His struggle to find work is mirrored by teens throughout Illinois. Northeastern University’s Center for Labor Market Studies reported last week that only 27.5 percent of teens in Illinois had jobs last year.
A Taiwanese television commercial featuring a Steve Jobs look-alike angel complete with white wings and a halo has caused uproar, with critics saying it is disrespectful towards Apple's late founder.
NEW YORK and BOSTON, Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading law firm Seyfarth Shaw LLP announced that Lisa J. Damon, Chair of the firm's national Labor & Employment Department, has been selected by global ...
Fifty percent of net new jobs since 2010 went to Hispanics. How come?ReutersAlthough Latinos make up only a seventh of the population, they have "racked up half the employment gains posted since the ...
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- For the fourth month of gains, a gauge of employment trends rose in January, indicating that "somewhat more robust job growth" is likely to continue this quarter, but may then fall off, according to a monthly labor-market report released Monday by the Conference Board. The private research group said its employment-trends index, which is designed to forecast turning ...
NEW YORK, Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Conference Board Employment Trends Index™ (ETI) increased 0.73% in January to 105.81, from the revised figure of 105.04 in December. The January figure is also ...
("Nabors Former CEO Ends Employment Pact, Waives Right To $100M," published at 7:47 a.m. EST, misstated the year in the fifth paragraph. A corrected version follows:)
THE federal government has started an investigation into 14 employment agencies suspected of rorting its multibillion-dollar job assistance scheme, as evidence mounts of the long-running program being routinely abused.