TrueCredit.com Survey Reveals What Caught Americans by Surprise in 2008.
- Majority of Those Surveyed Call Government Bailout Most Unexpected Event of Last Year - CHICAGO, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- From the housing market collapse to the alarming unemployment rates, Americans have dealt with numerous economic surprises in the past year. According to a new TrueCredit.com survey,...

Researchers Find Lack of Trust in Leaders, Institutions is Major Factor in U.S. Economic Crisis.
New Chicago Booth/Kellogg School Financial Trust Index Measures National Confidence in Financial System CHICAGO, Jan. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- As unemployment rates rise, the housing crisis deepens and 401Ks continue to deplete, it should come as no surprise that America's trust of its financial leaders and institutions has...

Easing the Creative Process and Enhancing Business Profitability: Mid-Atlantic Freelance, LLC on How to Save Corporate America.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- American consumers are facing unprecedented challenges as a result of the year-long credit and economic crisis. Increasing job cuts, rising unemployment rates, and diminishing household net worth have affected everyone to varying degrees. As a result, many consumers are reducing discretionary spending and taking...

Hard Economic Times Cause Parents to Turn to Resale.
DALLAS/FT. WORTH, Texas, Feb. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- With Consumer Confidence Index at an all-time low, and unemployment rates skyrocketing, parents now, more than ever, are looking for ways to save money on the clothes, toys and equipment they buy for their children. One increasingly popular way to do that...

ECoP confab to tackle meltdown.
Like the rest of the world, the Philippines is facing a difficult year ahead. The global financial meltdown is now a global recession, squeezing the global demand for goods and services and pushing unemployment rates to new heights in Overseas Economic Cooperation Development (OECD) countries. However, the...

National Job Losses Up in January and Unemployment Claims Rise in Pennsylvania.
HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- This morning the federal government reported that the national economy shed more than nearly 600,000 jobs in January and the unemployment rate rose to 7.6 percent. Although official Pennsylvania job numbers for January won't be released until later this month, the new national...

Unemployed in America.
With the nation in a recession, it came as no surprise when the unemployment rate rose to 6.7 percent in November, the highest level in 15 years. When businesses struggle, they need to cut costs, which can include layoffs. People who are out of work, or working...

Seagram's Gin(R) Celebrates African American Male Achievement With The Pursuit of Excellence, Launching February 2009.
LANDMARK JOB TRAINING AND MENTORING INSTITUTE EXPANDS TO FOUR CITIES TO ADDRESS RISING UNEMPLOYMENT WHILE TRANSFORMING THE LIVES OF 40 DESERVING MEN IN ATLANTA, CHICAGO, TAMPA AND COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA NEW YORK, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- In the wake of an historic Presidential election and at a...

Palace reconsiders streamlining.
Malacanang will review plans to streamline government agencies amid mass layoffs of Filipino workers here and abroad, incoming Press Secretary Cerge Remonde said yesterday. Remonde said Socio-Economic Planning Secretary Ralph Recto had proposed the postponement of plans to streamline government agencies to mitigate unemployment that threatens to...

Social Media Release: Securing Networks for Self-Employed Professionals.
SEATTLE, Feb. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- WatchGuard Technologies Highlights / News Facts: -- Numbers of Unemployed and Part-time Workers Continues to Rise -- As of January, 2009 the unemployment rate, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), rose to 7.6 percent. In December, 2008...