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George W. Bush Offered a Job At Elliott’s Hardware Store – Gotta Love It
Posted: 23rd February 2009 by Sus Scrofa in RandomnessTags: Elliot's Hardware Store, George W. Bush, job
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Student Shows up for Job Interview After Being Stabbed
Posted: 5th February 2009 by Sus Scrofa in Oddly Enough, PoliticsTags: interview, job, knife, stabbed, student
A 16-year-old student went to a job interview instead of the hospital after he and a schoolmate were stabbed yesterday. Staff at the King West Vets veterinary clinic said the Central Commerce Collegiate student showed up on time for his 1 p.m. co-op placement interview. But when employees noticed blood on his leg, they called [...]
Record Number of Jobless Claims in U.S.
Posted: 5th February 2009 by Simo Häyhä in Economy | FinanceTags: claim, job, jobless, labor, record, unemployment, work, worker
New claims for unemployment benefits jumped to their highest level in more than 26 years, the government said Thursday. The Labor Department says the number of laid-off workers seeking jobless benefits rose last week to a seasonally adjusted 626,000, from the previous week’s upwardly revised figure of 591,000. The latest total is far more than [...]
Trend of Massive Layoffs Continue
With no End in Sight
Posted: 4th February 2009 by Simo Häyhä in Economy | Finance, Science | TechnologyTags: business, job, layoffs, massive, rate, trend, unemployment, work
Panasonic announces 15 000 planned layoffs, and they’re not alone. WASHINGTON – Layoffs are spiking as the recession rips through the country, with retailers, banks, factories and others cutting costs ever deeper this week. It’s inflicting a painful toll on workers, and there’s little relief in sight. PNC Financial Services Group said it plans to [...]
Unemployment Forces People to Be Followers
Posted: 30th January 2009 by Veritas in Economy | FinanceTags: job, market, unemployment
The number of unemployed is increasing in every state. The ‘government’ reports the national average is 7.2%. The rate is being under reported. Factor in the underemployed which includes a vast number of those in business for themselves and it’s anybody’s guess how many people are idle at any given moment. Most of the figures [...]
Bailout not Working for China
Posted: 30th January 2009 by Simo Häyhä in Economy | Finance, PoliticsTags: bailout, business, China, collapse, job, unemployment, woe
Millions of Jobs at Stake after the Collapse of Over 60 000 Businesses since September 2008
Massive Layoffs at Microsoft
Posted: 22nd January 2009 by Simo Häyhä in Economy | FinanceTags: Bill Gates, computer, crisis, financial, job, layoff, market, Microsoft, problem
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp stunned Wall Street with disappointing results that included plans to slash up to 5,000 jobs and a warning that profit and revenue will almost certainly drop over the next two quarters. The news from the world’s largest software maker, which had not been expected to report results until after [...]
Demand for “best job in the world” crashes website
Posted: 16th January 2009 by The Dude in LifestyleTags: caretaker, island, job, paradise
SYDNEY (Reuters) – The chance to be the caretaker of a tiny tropical island in Australia has sparked so much interest around the world that a rush of applications crashed the website advertising the post. The job, which offers a salary of $105,000 to spend six months on the Great Barrier Reef island of Hamilton, [...]
The Best Job in the World – Now Hiring!
Posted: 13th January 2009 by Sus Scrofa in LifestyleTags: caretaker, island, job, paradise
SYDNEY, Australia — Position: Island caretaker. Duties: Lazing around Australia’s Great Barrier Reef for six months, feed the fish, and collect the mail…. Salary: 150,000 Australian dollars ($100,000 USD). Apply Here!