Today is the grand opening of a new concept from Target and Liberty of London.
New Yorkers will get a sneak peek at Target’s latest collaboration Wednesday.
And considering Liberty of London has crossed the pond to be here, it should be quite an event.
Target will launch a pop-up store of flowery goods, and this one has [...]
Snow Causes Rise in Jobless Claims
Heavy snow caused layoffs increasing jobless claims to 468,000 as unemployment lines got just a little longer. Count that and add in that many state agencies were closed due to the extreme weather and you have the perfect storm as the backlog jam is in the process of getting caught up.
Instead of the Wall [...]
Jobless Claims – Here We Go Again!
Surprise, Surprise, Surprise!
An unexpected rise in jobless claims hits us right in the face as filings for unemployment benefits surged to 473,000. It had fallen the previous week and we thought that there was a little light at the end of the unemployment tunnel. It is looking like the labor market is not [...]
White House Job Expectations
News from 1600 Pennsylvania ave is that we should expect to see 95,000 new jobs each month while personal savings remain high. The White House report lauded and applauded the stimulus package that was put together and gave it as part of the reason we are going to see the increase in jobs.
The explanation for [...]
Credit Check for a Job?
It happens all the time but it appears that the state of Oregon is going to make the practice illegal. SB 1045 is titled “Limits use of credit history for employment purposes to certain circumstances,” and will restrict the ability of an employer to use a credit check as part of the hiring process. There [...]
January 2010 Job Report – UGLY!
The job report that is coming out later today is going to be one thing and one thing only.
UGLY.
We can expect to see a rise in job losses by about 800,000 with the total jobs lost during this current recession to a staggering 8 million. Those numbers will be slowly offset by an expected 1.5 [...]
Jobless Claims Getting Better
The number of new jobless benefit claims dropped less than the expected number for last week.
The Labor Department released Thursday that first time unemployment claims dropped 8,000 from the week before to 470,000. Experts had expected that number to have dropped to 450,000. The missing of the mark by 5 percent is showing that their [...]
Focus on Job Creation
President Barack Obama has proposed new tax incentives for businesses in the wake of his first State of the Union Address.
The proposal that we are going to see has some real benefits for small business and even a decent benefit for those starting a small business. For a current operating small business there will [...]