Mar 10th, 2010 · A local police chief said 10 gunmen armed with grenades attacked the offices of the Christian aid group helping earthquake survivors in a small town in the country's northwest. Four people were wounded.
Mar 10th, 2010 · In Dayton, Ohio, Sinclair Community College has been a driving force in helping retrain the unemployed so they can find work after graduation. But high paying manufacturing jobs don't seem to be coming back, and any good job is tough to find.
Mar 8th, 2010 · Greeks are angry at the country's previous for getting the country into the debt crisis, and angry at other European states for pressuring Greece to meet its debt obligations. Greek public sector workers are seething at new austerity measures, which include steep pay cuts.
Mar 5th, 2010 · Two small-business owners discuss whether the tax incentives included in President Obama's jobs bill would be incentive enough to hire new workers. Andy Hann of Fountain Hills Door and Supply in Arizona says until the construction industry rebounds, he's not going to be able to hire any workers. Meanwhile, Simone Wilker of the printing shop AlphaGraphics in Paramus, N.J., says the incentives might just be the push she needs to take on another sales person.
Mar 4th, 2010 · The House passed a modest jobs bill and sent it to the president. It's what Senate Majority leader Harry Reid has called the first step in a larger jobs agenda, and it garnered some GOP support. The bill's centerpiece gives payroll tax relief to businesses that hire new workers. It also extends the highway trust fund.
Mar 4th, 2010 · The market plunge during the Great Recession has left many people without adequate funds for a comfortable retirement. Only about half the U.S. workforce is covered by some type of an employer-sponsored retirement plan. That means many workers depend on Social Security.
Mar 3rd, 2010 · Prime Minister George Papandreou awaits European Union support after ordering budget measures that officials say will save the country $6.5 billion and would include cutting government workers' Easter, Christmas and vacation bonuses by 30 percent each.
Mar 1st, 2010 · Two thousand federal transportation workers were furloughed Monday because a GOP senator blocked a bill extending federal highway building as well as unemployment benefits and other programs. For some it brought memories of a government shutdown triggered by Republicans during the Clinton administration 14 years ago, a political loser for the GOP, but this one might be different.