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Federal government creates more low-wage jobs than Walmart
The federal government is better at creating low-paying jobs than Wal-Mart and McDonald’s combined, according to a new report.A study released earlier this month from the public policy group Demos states that through various forms of government funding in the private sector, nearly two million people are making $12 an hour or less. The number of workers at Wal-Mart and McDonald’s together at $12 a… Continue reading
Reports: HSBC Could Announce More Job Cuts
LONDON (dpa-AFX) – Lender HSBC Holdings Plc. Continue reading
The Biggest Small-Cap Stock You Don’t Know
NEW YORK (TheStreet) — First, I must add my voice crying out to the stock market pantheon. In the immortal words of the late Louis Rukeyser, “Won’t one of the market gods give us a good buying opportunity with a good, old-fashioned, orderly correction?” Now that I’ve gotten that out of the way, let me introduce today’s “mystery company,” Biglari Holdings , which I affectionately call Big Larry Continue reading
Bulgarians vote in election unlikely to soothe anger
By Angel Krasimirov SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgarians vote on Sunday in an election forced by protests over poverty and corruption, with expectations of a close result that could leave the poorest EU country without a working government. The rightist GERB party, which resigned after violent demonstrations in February, is running neck-and-neck with the Socialists. GERB pledges to keep debts under control, while the Socialists say they will spend more and create jobs Continue reading
ASIA MARKETS: Japan Stocks Soar After Holiday, But Sydney Slips
Japanese stocks shot higher to lead gains for Asian markets Tuesday, as investors returned from a four-day weekend to catch up with central-bank decisions, strong U.S. jobs data and a weaker yen. Continue reading
Australia Shares up 1.1% on US Optimism; Retail Sales Temper Gains
The Australian share market trimmed early gains Monday after weaker-than-anticipated retail sales data, although strong jobs numbers out of the U.S. last week kept stocks firmly in positive territory. Continue reading
Nurses, IT analysts among top 10 fastest-growing temp jobs
Despite Canada’s bleak employment numbers in recent years, there has been an increase in jobs such as nursing, banking and landscaping — as long as you’re a temporary worker. Continue reading
Wall Street Week Ahead: Few roadblocks to equities’ climb after new high
By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) – With Friday's payrolls report serving as a springboard to lift Wall Street stock indexes to fresh all-time highs, investors are left to contemplate whether the gains will fizzle or if the upward momentum will continue. Investors cheered the jobs report on Friday, which showed employment rose at a faster than anticipated pace an April and hiring in the prior two months was much stronger than previously thought. … Continue reading
U.S. stocks hit record highs on strong jobs report
America’s two largest benchmark stock indexes each hit all-time highs on Friday after new data emerged showing the U.S. economy cranked out 165,000 new jobs last month. Continue reading
Strong U.S. jobs data sends shares, dollar higher
By Richard Hubbard LONDON (Reuters) – The dollar rose over 1 percent against the yen and U.S. Continue reading
