U.S. jobless rate drops to 8.1% as people give up searching for work
September 8th, 2012 - 8:26 pm ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) -- With employers in the United States adding just 96,000 jobs last month, the national unemployment rate dropped to 8.1 percent as nearly four times as many people ... Read more...
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Canada to have slower growth in housing market
August 15th, 2012 - 3:28 pm ICT by IANS
Ottawa, Aug 15 (IANS) Housing market in Canada will lose some of momentum for development next year, the country's national housing agency predicted.
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. (CMHC) said ... Read more...
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U.S. unemployment rate drops to 8.1 percent, lowest in 3 years
May 5th, 2012 - 4:07 am ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) -- The unemployment rate in the United States fell to 8.1 percent in the month of April, reaching its lowest level in three years, the U.S. Labor Department ... Read more...
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Free yoga to unemployed in USA
December 30th, 2010 - 1:21 pm ICT by ANI
Nevada (US), Dec 30 (ANI): Due to current high unemployment rates across USA, some yoga studios have reportedly started offering free or discounted yoga classes to the unemployed.When the national unemployment rate ... Read more...
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Billion of dollars spent on US mid-term poll campaign
November 8th, 2010 - 7:24 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Nov 8 (IANS) Billions of dollars were spent on television advertisements and firms catering liquor, pizza and other items during the campaign for the Nov 2 mid-term US Congressional election, the ... Read more...
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Labor Day 2010 in America: Anything to Celebrate?
September 7th, 2010 - 2:23 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Sep 6 (THAINDIAN NEWS) As Labor Day of 2010 is being celebrated across the United States of America, very many of the country’s citizens seem to have nothing to celebrate, with the ... Read more...
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Republican lawmakers bat for loan to Reliance Power
June 30th, 2010 - 7:50 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, June 30 (IANS) Two Republican lawmakers have asked the US Export-Import Bank to reverse its decision to deny loan guarantees to India's Reliance Power Ltd for a coal-fired plant ... Read more...
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White House adviser says U.S. unemployment rate is stable
February 17th, 2010 - 7:55 pm ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) -- One of President Obama's economic advisers on Wednesday said the U.S. unemployment rate looks stable, while White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs defended the stimulus bill on ... Read more...
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Timothy Geithner Speaks On National Unemployment Rate As Recession Blues Hits U.S.
August 3rd, 2009 - 6:18 pm ICT by GD
In the midst of speculations regarding the 'unemployment rate', the U.S. Treasury Secretary, Timothy Geithner has reportedly said that the unemployment rate may not peak until the latter half of 2010 even ... Read more...
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Unemployment Rate In Oklahoma For June
August 3rd, 2009 - 6:13 pm ICT by GD
The National unemployment rate has been doing a major up and down the past few months with sometime putting across scarily intimidating statistics. One of the areas to have been hit in ... Read more...
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Canadians default on bills as jobs disappear
April 1st, 2009 - 1:51 pm ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, April 1 (IANS) With the economy sinking deeper into recession and jobs disappearing fast, more and more Canadians have begun defaulting on their home bills.A national survey by the ... Read more...
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Buffett likens meltdown to an economic Pearl Harbour
March 10th, 2009 - 5:37 pm ICT by ANI
New york, Mar. 10 (ANI): Americas billionaire investor Warren Buffett has likened the current global meltdown to an economic Pearl Harbor, and doesn''t expect the US economy to recover anytime soon. ... Read more...
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Canada hints at reducing immigration
February 12th, 2009 - 11:43 am ICT by IANS
Toronto, Feb 12 (IANS) Canada may reduce the number of immigrants to be admitted this year in light of the prevailing economic crisis.
Immigration and Citizenship Minister Jason Kenney hinted at this possibility ... Read more...
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