Apr 22, 2009 -
from monster.com
By Margot Carmichael Lester, Monster Contributing Writer
A number of provisions to help the unemployed are included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), and here’s a list of some of the major benefits. Offerings vary greatly by state, so check with your local unemployment office to find out what exactly is available to you.
Increased Unemployment Benefits
The ARRA funds a new temporary Federal Additional Compensation program that suggests states up the unemployment benefit $25 per week for the period beginning February 22, 2009.
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Dec 05, 2008 -
Southern New Jersey counties suffer state's worst unemployment rates
By JOHN FROONJIAN Staff Writer, 609-272-7273
http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/185/story/335431.html
Published: Thursday, December 04, 2008
Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland counties experienced the highest unemployment rates in the state in October, suggesting that area workers are poised to suffer through a harsh winter economically.
The region's unemployment rate this time of year is usually higher than in the rest of New Jersey because of tourism's seasonal work cycle. But the numbers are significantly worse than they were a year ago.
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May 09, 2009 -
Economics UnboundMale Unemployment Rates At Or Near Post-War Highs
Posted by: Michael Mandel on May 08
Overall, this morning’s labor report was not fun reading. Overall, the unemployment rate rose to 8.9%, and the number of jobs dropped by 539K. Manufacturing jobs dropped by 149K, somewhat slower than the previous 2 months but still harsh.
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Nov 12, 2008 -
Nets offer free tickets, job fair to unemployed
By TOM CANAVAN
AP Sports Writer
Published: Wednesday, November 12, 2008
http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/190/story/313211.html
http://www.nba.com/nets/news/Employment_Program.html
http://www.nj.com/starledger
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. Plenty of sports teams have given fans bobblehead dolls. But the New Jersey Nets are trying to do more for their fans in these hard economic times: Get them jobs.
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Mar 29, 2008 -
TOKYO (AFP) - An unemployed man in Japan had an unexpected windfall in his mailbox when he found one million yen (10,000 dollars) in cash from an anonymous benefactor, police said Friday.
The 61-year-old man discovered the wad of cash last week along with a slip of paper with the message, "Please make use of this in your everyday life," written with a black ballpoint pen.
But instead of following the advice, the jobless man in the ancient capital of Nara in western Japan turned over the gift to police.
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Oct 15, 2008 -
I have been with him for a year now, everything was going well. well, except a few things that I saw, that really bothered me. i.e.
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Nov 11, 2009 -
12 reasons unemployment is going to (at least) 12 percent
Posted by: James Pethokoukis (Reuters)
Gluskin Sheff economist David Rosenberg, formerly of Merrill Lynch, thinks the unemployment rate is going to at least 12 percent, maybe even 13 percent. Optimists, Rosenberg explains, underestimate the incredible damage done to the labor market during this downturn. And even before this downturn, the economy was not generating jobs in huge numbers.
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Nov 11, 2009 -
Unemployment is now higher in the U.S. than in Europe, reports the Washington Post. “The official U.S.
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May 09, 2009 -
http://correspondents.theatlantic.com/richard_florida/2009/05/class_race_gender_and_unemployment.php
Uneven Unemployment
The U.S. lost 563,000 jobs in April, down 100,000 or so from the 663,000 jobs lost in March. But the unemployment rate continued to rise, increasing from 8.5 percent in March to 8.9 percent last month, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
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Feb 09, 2009 -
The Associated Press
updated 3:16 p.m. CT, Sun., Feb. 8, 2009
WASHINGTON - The government safety net designed to protect laid-off workers from financial catastrophe is falling short, leaving nearly half the 11.6 million jobless Americans without unemployment benefits.
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