eschatonblog.com - 12/1/2008
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It seems most bank branch employees will keep their jobs, but it's going to be a bloodbath in Seattle for back office employees of Washington Mutual. Up to 19,000 employees of Washington Mutual face being laid off this weekend as JPMorgan Chase turns up the synergy on its recent acquisition. ...
Thursday is New Jobless Day
eschatonblog.com 11/14/2008 — Holy crap: The number of U.S. workers filing new claims for jobless benefits rose last week to 516,000, the highest level since the weeks following the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, the Labor Department reported on Thursday. ... Continuing claims reached ...
Seattle Stupidity
lawhawk.blogspot.com 12/24/2008 — Seattle has chosen to let nature determine when the police will respond to emergencies. The City has, in its infinite wisdom, opted to not throw salt down on the roads in the hilly city and will allow the "snow-packed" roads persist until warmer ...
Jobless claims hit 16-year high
chicagobreakingnews.com 11/20/2008 — The government said new applications for jobless benefits rose to a seasonally adjusted 542,000 from a downwardly revised figure of 515,000 in the previous week. That's much higher than Wall Street economists' expectations of 505,000, according to a ...
Jobless claims jump to 16-year high.
thinkprogress.org 11/20/2008 — New claims for unemployment jumped unexpectedly to a 16-year high last week , the Labor Department reported, with 542,000 new claims for jobless benefits being filed. “Claims above 400,000 are generally considered a sign of recession , and ...
Stay Out Of Seattle Grace, Mr. Washington
blogcritics.org 11/12/2008 — Grey's Anatomy doesn't want you any more Mr. Washington, move on.
I feel for Isaiah Washington. It’s not easy to not only be removed from one of the hottest shows in ABC’s history, but to be branded as a homophobe as well. Given all that Mr. Washington has done on Grey's Anatomy to ...
Congress extends jobless benefits, stocks sink - Yahoo! News
news.yahoo.com 11/21/2008 — WASHINGTON Jarred by new jobless alarms, Congress raced to approve legislation Thursday to keep unemployment checks flowing through the December holidays and into the new year for a million or more laid-off Americans whose benefits are running out. ...
FCC to mull free Internet plan at meeting —
Reuters: Politics 12/2/2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is likely to consider a plan this month to auction public airwaves with a mandate that the winning bidder set aside some for free Internet nationwide, a proposal staunchly opposed by ...
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