Posts Tagged ‘jobs’

Stocks jump on strong jobs report for January (AP)

Trader Warren Meyers, right, is illuminated by his handheld device as he works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. U.S. stocks are opening sharply higher after the unemployment rate dropped to the lowest in two years. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP – U.S. stocks jumped sharply in midday trading on news that the unemployment rate dropped to the lowest level in three years.


View full post on Yahoo! News: Top Stories

Stocks jump after strong jobs report (AP)

In this Feb. 2, 2012 photo, trader Luigi Muccitelli, left, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Optimism over upcoming U.S. jobs figures helped stocks and the euro to rally on Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, despite further evidence that the 17-nation eurozone is heading for recession. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP – U.S. stocks jumped sharply in morning trading on news that the unemployment rate dropped to the lowest level in 2 years. The Dow Jones industrial average gained more than 150 points.


View full post on Yahoo! News: Top Stories

Jobs recovery starting to stall 

New York has regained nearly half the jobs it lost during the recession — but its recovery is losing steam, state Controller Thomas DiNapoli warned Thursday.

View full post on NYDN Rss Article only

Obama’s State of the Union: Jobs, re-election time (AP)

President Barack Obama sings before speaking at a campaign event, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012, at the Apollo Theatre in the Harlem neighborhood of New York. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP – Vilified by the Republicans who want his job, President Barack Obama will stand before the nation Tuesday night determined to frame the election-year debate on his terms, promising his State of the Union address will outline a lasting economic recovery that will “work for everyone, not just a wealthy few.”


View full post on Yahoo! News: Top Stories

Jobs, re-election frame Obama’s State of the Union (AP)

President Barack Obama speaks at a campaign event, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012, at the Apollo Theatre in the Harlem neighborhood of New York. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP – Vilified on the campaign trail by Republicans, President Barack Obama will stand before the nation Tuesday night with a State of the Union address designed to reframe the election-year debate on his terms, suggesting a stark contrast with his opponents on the economy and promising fairness and help for hurting families.


View full post on Yahoo! News: Top Stories

In NH, GOP voters’ questions often omit jobs (AP)

Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, speaks to members of the media after a Republican presidential debate at the Chubb Theater, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012, in Concord, N.H. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)AP – Judging from the presidential forums being held all over New Hampshire ahead of Tuesday’s Republican primary, the biggest threats to America appear to be online piracy, an insidious United Nations and “crony capitalism.”


View full post on Yahoo! News: Top Stories

Obama to promote insourcing of jobs (AP)

President Barack Obama has a quiet lunch with a small group of supporters at a restaurant in Washington, Friday, Jan. 6, 2012.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP – President Barack Obama is calling attention to companies that have brought jobs back to American soil, offering it up as another way of putting people back to work.


View full post on Yahoo! News: Top Stories

Amazon Free Clicks