Weekly jobless claims fall 11,000 to 457,000 (LET'S CELEBRATE! ONLY 457,000 LOST THEIR JOBS!)

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The number of people applying for initial state unemployment insurance benefits fell 11,000 to 457,000 in the week ended July 24, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Economists surveyed by MarketWatch had expected an initial claims level of 460,000. The four-week average of initial claims -- a better gauge of employment trends than the volatile weekly number -- fell 4,500 to 452,500, reaching the lowest level since May.

Published on Friday 30th of July 2010 11:08:33 PM

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GALLUP : Obama Job Approval Rating Down to 38% Among Independents

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Overall job ratings for the president continue to be below majority level. PRINCETON, NJ -- Thirty-eight percent of independents approve of the job Barack Obama is doing as president, the first time independent approval of Obama has dropped below 40% in a Gallup Daily tracking weekly aggregate. Meanwhile, Obama maintains the support of 81% of Democrats, and his job approval among Republicans remains low, at 12%. These data are based on Gallup Daily tracking interviews conducted the week of June 28-July 4. Over the past year, Obama has lost support among all party groups, though the decline has been steeper...

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Ex company VP carries 'I need a job' sign

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ST. PAUL, Minn., June 30 (UPI) -- A Minnesota man who lost his six-figure middle management job in December is now touring St. Paul locations daily with a placard reading, "I need a job." Jeff Blydenburgh, 59, who lost his vice president position at an auto parts company in December, said he took to carrying the placard around town while wearing his business suits after more than 300 resumes and applications for $10 an hour jobs failed to yield him more than a single interview, the St. Paul Pioneer-Press reported Wednesday. "Maybe if you're standing right out there, you can...

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Big Blunders Job Hunters Make

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Daphne Batts sometimes wonders if practical jokers with hidden cameras are spying on her as she interviews people for jobs at Bankrate Inc., an online publisher of financial information in North Palm Beach, Fla. That's because job candidates—including experienced professionals—behave so inappropriately that Ms. Batts, vice president of human resources, suspects she's the target of a prank. "I find myself peering out my blinds to see if Ashton Kutcher is on my office balcony with a camera crew," she says, referring to the host of the former MTV show "Punk'd," which featured pranks being played on celebrities. Of course, there's...

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Blago once offered Holder a $300K job

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Here’s a Blagojevich-Obama connection you may not know about unless you’ve been reading the Chicago newspapers for quite some time. Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, D, tried to hire Eric Holder (now the U.S. Attorney General) six years ago to give a clean bill of health to a gaming company that prosecutors say had just paid Blagojevich a $40,000 bribe. Blagojevich wanted to hire Holder to a $300,000 special investigator’s position, so that he would dispel allegations by state Attorney General Lisa Madigan,D, that Emerald Casino was tied to the mafia. Even as Blago tried to whitewash Emerald, the company’s...

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Can DUI affect next job application

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Hello all, Friday I was "downsized" from my position in Sales for an automotive supplier. I have a few leads that I feel I am well qualified for. My concern is a ercent drinking and driving conviction. Was a first time offense but still an offense. It was pleaded down to a four point ticket. What is your opinion of having a drinking convicion on your record when applying for medium level Managment positions? Thanks

Published on Friday 30th of July 2010 11:08:33 PM

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Obama’s Blue Dress

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WH emails show direct link between jobs and political favors!I'll keep beating this dead horse as long as it takes: "I believed that Americans of every political stripe were hungry for a new kind of politics, a politics that focused not just on how to win but why we should...You can't at once argue that you're the master of a broken system in Washington and offer yourself as the person to change it."-- Sen. Obama, Dec. 27, 2007Yeah, so much for hope and change. By now, it should be obvious to all that instead of some new kind of principled...

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