Just got laid off - need help!

Sep 03, 2008 - For the first time in 8 years, I'm job hunting. I have no idea what to wear to interviews. I'm applying for professional jobs and I have a Master's degree, but I've been in casual work environments for years. - 4 Comments

Brazil Future Economic Super Power?

Nov 19, 2009 - After decades of political instability, poverty and uncertanty has Brazil finally hit her stride?  We all know that Brazilians know how to party and play (football) but can they roll with the G8 and give them a run for their money?  In 2001 Goldmen Sachs placed Brazil with Russia, India and China as the economies that would come to dominate the world.   Some may find it queer to place a country with a growth rate as skimpy as its swim suits, an economic fragility that consistantly suffered with any financial crisis, chronic political instability and a history of squandering economic potential could have so effectively put those wose behind them to pave the way for such a prosperous future.  China is said to lead the world out of our currant economic down turn with Brazil hot on their heals.  Brazil did not avoid the down turn but was among the last in and the first out.  Their economy is growing at a rate of 5% annualy and will pick up in the short term as new deep sea oil fields come online.  Brazil also enjoys a food and mineral trade with many Asian countries. Sometime after 2014 Brazil is scheduled to become the worlds 5th largest economy saying to Great Britan and France uhm excuse me I beleive that's my seat.  In many ways Brazil is said to outclass the other up and comers (Chine, India and Russia).  Unlike China and Russia it is a democracy.  Unlike India it has no insurgent, ethnic, religious hostility or unfriendly neighbors.  Unlike Russia it exports more than oil and arms and treats it's investors with respect.  Is that code for arss kissing? - 4 Comments

Insurance Company: No arm for 12-year-old Boy

Nov 17, 2009 - Benjamin French was born with his right arm missing below the elbow. In his 12 years, he has been fitted with seven prostheses. His most recent replacement will cost nearly $30,000 and his doctor says he will soon grow out of it. - 224 Comments

Reporter's Obama Encounter at Arlington

Nov 12, 2009 - ARLINGTON, Va. - He didn't introduce himself. He didn't have to. - 46 Comments

Communication with Husband after Layoff

Nov 09, 2009 - My husband recently got laid off from his job.  He is lucky because he was given 30 days to try and find a new position within the company before he's officially let go.  He has a prospective job in another area of the company, but I am not sure where everything stands.  He just won't communicate with me and let me know what's going on.  It's very hard for me to be in the dark about whether or not he will have a job in a couple weeks, and it feels like he has completely closed off communication regarding this job situation.  When I ask if he's heard anything, he is always very vague and claims that he doesn't have any new information, but there have been a couple times when I have seen over his shoulder that he has gotten emails from the people involved with this potential job, so there must be some sort of news.  How do I explain to him that behind left in the dark about our situation is really stressing me out? - 3 Comments

To break up or make up?

Oct 31, 2009 - Yesterday my boyfriend and I celebrated our two year anniversary. We met our sophomore year in high school and starting dating our senior year. After high school, I went away to a biblical college and he entered the work force. - 7 Comments

$787 billion not even 30,000 jobs, overstated by least 5,000 jobs, according to an Associated Press review of a sample of stimu

Oct 29, 2009 - Stimulus jobs overstated by thousands By BRETT J. BLACKLEDGE and MATT APUZZO WASHINGTON (AP) - An early progress report on President Barack Obama's economic recovery plan overstates by thousands the number of jobs created or saved through the stimulus program, a mistake that White House officials promise will be corrected in future reports. The government's first accounting of jobs tied to the $787 billion stimulus program claimed more than 30,000 positions paid for with recovery money. - 2 Comments

Who Killed California?

Oct 15, 2009 - by Troy Senik http://nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/who-killed-california My apologies for having nothing originally in this post.  The text was here but didn't show up. Apparently this article is too long to be printed here, at about 11 pages.  It is nevertheless worth reading, unless, as someone has already done, you have made your  mind up what to believe before reading. - 29 Comments

Obama can not win an election with joless numbers like this

Oct 02, 2009 - Jobless rate reaches 9.8 percent in September Unemployment rate rises to 9.8 percent in September, as employers cut 263,000 jobs WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. unemployment rate rose to 9.8 percent in September, the highest since June 1983, as employers cut far more jobs than expected. The report shows that the worst recession since the 1930s is still inflicting widespread pain and underscores one of the biggest threats to the nascent economic recovery: that consumers, worried about job losses and stagnant wages, will restrain spending. - 17 Comments

Social Security to pay out more in benefits than it collects in taxes the next two years,

Sep 28, 2009 - Social Security strained by early retirements By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER WASHINGTON (AP) - Big job losses and a spike in early retirement claims from laid-off seniors will force Social Security to pay out more in benefits than it collects in taxes the next two years, the first time that's happened since the 1980s. The deficits - $10 billion in 2010 and $9 billion in 2011 - won't affect payments to retirees because Social Security has accumulated surpluses from previous years totaling $2.5 trillion. But they will add to the overall federal deficit. - 3 Comments