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*U.S. job growth barely picked up in June, the latest sign that economic growth has slowed. Nonfarm payrolls grew by 80,000 last month, the Labor Department said Friday. The politically important unemployment rate, obtained by a separate survey of U.S. households, was unchanged at 8.2%. On the other hand, the jobless rate for African Americans [...]
*(Via NY Times) – For months now, New York officials have been highlighting how the city has regained all the jobs lost during the long recession and then some. But by several measures, the city’s recovery has left black New Yorkers behind. More than half of all of African-Americans and other non-Hispanic blacks in the [...]
*Are you a go-getter? Do you even know what a go-getter is? Well, if you are about your business and making your dreams come true whether at a job or your own individual pursuit, you fit the category. (Are you a fan of EURweb? Like us on Facebook or Follow us on Twitter.) If any [...]
*Whenever we wake up to get ready for work, many of us just jump in the shower and head straight to work with our heads all over the place. (Are you a fan of EURweb? Like us on Facebook or Follow us on Twitter.) But many of us can do plenty of things right after [...]
*When you are tired of your job and you are ready to call it quits, many just run out of the office and never come back. Are you a fan of EURweb? Like us on Facebook or Follow us on Twitter. But there are steps you can take before or after you quit to make [...]
*An interesting article in the LA Times points out that the group that’s benefiting the most from the economy’s turnaround is Latinos. So far, they are the only demographic group whose employment numbers have returned to pre-recession levels. And, because Latinos account for a relatively small share of workers in the public sector, they aren’t [...]
*The residents of the District of Columbia’s Ward 8 are insane. Why else would they continue to vote for Marion Barry, Jr. who over-promises and under-delivers? Since 1975 when he began his political tenure in the nation’s capital as an at-large council-member then weaving his way in and out of the mayor’s seat for more [...]
*Uh oh, given the political season we’re in, the Republicans aren’t gonna like this bit of news from the jobs front. Meanwhile, the guy who lives in the White house is no doubt smiling. The numbers say that total U.S. job growth accelerated and the unemployment rate ticked lower in December, signs of strength for [...]
*Ford Motor Co. and the United Auto Workers have come to terms on a new four-year contract that trades annual pay raises for profit sharing and a signing bonus and promises thousands of new jobs building cars and trucks. Both the union and company said in statements that they would announce details on Tuesday. Ford [...]
*The sound bites and subsequent headlines that some media outlets posted from the President’s recent speech to the Congressional Black Caucus have set off a firestorm of Obama criticism; waging arrogance, insensitivity and a lack of action for the current plight of African Americans in this country and especially in light of the current economic crisis. [...]
*The banks have been bailed out, yet there is still trouble in paradise. As the fall season is settling in, so is the very real layoff season at the nation’s largest bank. Hopefully, this is not a ploy for the bank to get in on President Obama’s jobs plan for some sort of back door [...]
*(Via CNN) – Facing low approval ratings and constant Republican criticism as his re-election campaign starts up, President Barack Obama challenged Congress on Thursday night to put the good of the nation over political benefit and pass a huge jobs plan he proposed. In a speech to a joint session of Congress, Obama told the [...]
*After the August jobs report came and it showed the economy flatlining (at least for a month) on new jobs, President Obama jobs plan is coming right on time. Lazy @ss Congress is back at work, after a summer of political gamesmanship, and we will now see if all the “big talk” will turn to [...]
*(Via AP/Yahoo News) – In a retreat after an hours-long test of wills Wednesday, President Barack Obama agreed to deliver an address on jobs and the economy to a joint session of Congress on Sept. 8, yielding to House Speaker John Boehner, who had balked at Obama’s request for a Sept. 7 speech. Obama’s address [...]
*(DALLAS) — Tom Joyner, the nationally syndicated radio personality, philanthropist and entrepreneur, is airing an exclusive interview with President Barack Obama during his Tuesday morning show. The two-part interview is scheduled to air at 8:50 a.m. EST and at 9:06 a.m. EST. Local listings for the Tom Joyner Morning Show can be found at http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=where_to_listen. [...]
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