WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Dec. 6 (UPI) — One lesson taken from the recession is that the U.S. economy can’t be driven by too much borrowing or too much spending, President Obama said Monday. View full post on All Stories
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U.S. Experimental Space Warplane Ends Orbital Test
December 6th, 2010
davidguide Windsor Genova – AHN News News Writer Los Angeles, CA, United States (AHN) – The U.S. Air Force has completed a 7-month flight test for what is believed to be a futuristic space fighter plane after the unmanned spacecraft left its orbit and landed at a California airbase on Friday. The spacecraft dubbed X-37B or [...]
String of good news ends: U.S. jobless rate up
December 4th, 2010
davidguide In a jolting surprise to the economic recovery, the U.S. economy added just 39,000 jobs in November, and the unemployment rate rose to 9.8 percent, according to the Department of Labor. View full post on All Stories
Younger, Less Educated Lead Job Gains Since September
December 4th, 2010
davidguide Gallup’s monitoring of the U.S. employment situation, without seasonal adjustment, finds the jobs situation improving among many segments of the workforce, with unemployment among Americans 18 to 29 and those with some college education falling the most since September. View full post on All Stories
Food Supplier Nash Finch Sued For Sex Discrimination
December 4th, 2010
davidguide Linda Young – AHN News Writer Lumberton, NC, United States (AHN) – The U.S. Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has filed an administrative complaint against a North Carolina company, Nash Finch Co., with systematic job discrimination against 80 women. Minneapolis, MN-based Nash Finch is the second-largest publicly traded wholesale food distributor in [...]
U.S. Unemployment Compensation Claims Rise Again
December 3rd, 2010
davidguide Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – Initial jobless claims rose again last week after falling to the lowest levels in two years the week before, according to the United States Department of Labor. The advance figures for seasonally adjusted initial claims for the week ending Nov. 27 was 436,000, [...]
Payrolls seen up in November and jobless rate steady
December 3rd, 2010
davidguide WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. economy probably recorded a second month of solid job gains in November, which would bolster views the labor market is improving even though the activity is not enough yet to lower the unemployment rate. View full post on All Stories
Crowley Disagrees With Blogosphere On Clinton’s Resignation
December 1st, 2010
davidguide Tejinder Singh – AHN News Correspondent Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – The State Department on Tuesday rubbished voices in the blogosphere calling for ouster of the top U.S. diplomat in the light of damaging reports from leaked State Department cables published by WikiLeaks. The leaked cables have noted request from Secretary of State Hillary [...]
U.S. Expresses Disappointment Over Conduct Of Egyptian Elections
November 30th, 2010
davidguide Tejinder Singh – AHN News Correspondent Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – The United States on Tuesday expressed disappointment over the legislative election process in Egypt as reports of irregularities emerged in the absence of international monitoring. Commenting on “the conduct during and leading up to Egypt’s Nov. 28 legislative elections,” National Security Council spokesman [...]
U.S. Refuses WikiLeaks Request For Information About Threatened Individuals
November 28th, 2010
davidguide Tejinder Singh – AHN News Correspondent Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – The United States on Saturday responded with counter proposals to a letter from WikiLeaks requesting information about the persons mentioned in the thousands of documents set for release by the website. Citing WikiLeaks’ request for information regarding individuals who may be at “significant [...]
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