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Berlin hopes efforts on youth jobs will help its image in Europe
ReutersBy Annika Breidthardt BERLIN, May 23 (Reuters) - German alarm that their country is blamed for austerity measures compounding the problems in the euro zone helps explain Berlin's bilateral efforts to tackle youth unemployment in some of the countries...Tags: Spain, Angela Merkel, Work Relations, Foreign Exchange Market, Eurovision Song Contest (tv program)
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WRAPUP 4-U.S. jobs, housing data show economy has some muscle
Reuters* Weekly jobless claims fall 23,000 * Four-week average of claims slip 500 * May factory activity growth at seven-month low * New home sales rise in April, median price at record high By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON, May 23 (Reuters) - The number of...Tags: Real Estate, Economic Indicator, Credit Ratings, S&P 500, Services and Shopping
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Initial jobless claims drop to 340,000 after one-week spike
WASHINGTON -- Initial unemployment claims dropped back to a level indicating moderate job growth last week after a spike the previous week raised alarms about the labor market recovery. The number of people filing for unemployment benefits for the first...
Tags: Economic Indicator, Unemployment Rate, Employment Opportunities, Unemployment Benefits, Ben Bernanke
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Unemployment, immigrant poverty fuel riots in Sweden
ReutersMore than 200 teenagers and young adults attacked police and set fire to cars for a third consecutive night of rioting in the suburbs Stockholm, Sweden. On Tuesday night, rioters attacked a police station in the Jakobsberg area in the northwest of the...Tags: Interior Policy, Stockholm (Sweden), Unemployment Benefits, Sweden, Career and Workplace
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Germany takes bilateral paths to tackle EU jobs crisis
ReutersBERLIN (Reuters) - Germany is banking on bilateral deals to fight record youth unemployment in the euro zone, agreeing to cooperate with several countries to bypass pan-European bureaucracy. On Wednesday, Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble and Portugal'...Tags: International Organizations, Angela Merkel, Berlin (Germany), Politics, Immigration
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Bernanke's prepared testimony to Joint Economic Committee
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Below is the text of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's prepared testimony on the U.S. economy to the congressional Joint Economic Committee on Wednesday. Chairman Brady, Vice Chair Klobuchar, and other members of the...Tags: Real Estate, Economic Indicator, Credit Ratings, Budget Control Act of 2011, Inflation and Deflation
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Stockholm riots challenge image of happy, generous state
ReutersSTOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Hundreds of youth have torched cars and attacked police in four nights of riots in immigrant suburbs of Sweden's capital, shocking a country that dodged the worst of the financial crisis but failed to solve youth unemployment and...Tags: Financial Markets, Stockholm (Sweden), Dwayne Johnson, Labor Legislation, Sweden
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Texas lawmakers OK drug tests for some unemployment applicants
ReutersBy Corrie MacLaggan AUSTIN, Texas, May 22 (Reuters) - Texas came a step closer to requiring some applicants for unemployment benefits to first undergo drug testing, when lawmakers gave final approval to a Republican-backed bill mandating such checks on...Tags: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Labor Legislation, Pension and Welfare, Politics, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
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Fed's mixed messages roil markets
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve's unprecedented stimulus efforts are starting to box in the nation's central banker. Its bond purchases have helped fuel economic growth since the financial crisis. But Fed policymakers now must figure out how...
Tags: Financial Markets, Credit Ratings, Dwayne Johnson, Stock Market, Money and Monetary Policy
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Long-Term Unemployed Will Have Checks Sliced By Almost 20 Percent
The Hartford CourantBy the end of the month, more than 30,000 people who are collecting Connecticut unemployment benefits will have their weekly checks cut by nearly 20 percent. Only people who have been collecting for more than 26 weeks will face the cuts, because weeks 27...Tags: Unemployment Benefits, Career and Workplace, Air Transportation Industry, Sharon, Dannel P. Malloy
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Microsoft unveils Xbox One! Layoffs at ESPN. Box-office pressure.
After the coffee. Before waiting for Xbox One to change my world. The Skinny: I may be in the minority, but I'm not looking for more interaction with my TV. I spend my days interacting and it is mostly a frustrating experience. I don't want to be...
Tags: Entertainment, The Washington Post, Science and Technology, The New York Times, American Idol (tv program)
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Incumbents fall; Vulcano defeated, Moskaitis behind
The last of the old guard is gone. In Region II, Pat Vulcano Jr., Easton Area School District's longest tenured board member, fell to a pair of newcomers on both tickets in Tuesday's primary. Vulcano, a 12-year board member, finished third on both the...Tags: Voting, Career and Workplace, Politics, Parties and Movements, Elections
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