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99er’s Exhausting Unemployment Benefits, No One To Blame But Themselves

January 28, 2011 Mark Johnson 749

A funny thing has been happening in the United States of America. (…)

Government Announces Job Loses, Unemployment Expected To Rise

January 25, 2011 Mark Ryabtsev 1

With the unemployment rate slowly dropping over the course of the last year and new jobs being created for months, it has appeared as though the United States is well on track to a full economic recovery in the new few years. (…)

Obama Announces New Economic Team, Unemployment On Decline

January 10, 2011 Mark Ryabtsev 2

Ever since he first came into office nearly two years ago, the chief concern of President Barack Obama was to resurrect the American economy, which had crumbled towards the end of the Presidency of George W. Bush. (…)

December Unemployment Rates Reported, Unemployment Drops to 9.4%, Labor Force Drops Too

January 8, 2011 Mark Ryabtsev 0

In December, only 103,000 new jobs were created. (…)

Obama Responds To Deal On Tax Cuts, Criticizes Senate Republicans, and Touts Unemployment Benefits Being Extended

December 8, 2010 Mark Ryabtsev 1

After months of going back and forth on how the tax cuts instituted by former President George W. Bush should be extended, Republicans and Democrats finally agreed to terms on a new plan that would extend the tax cuts as they are for two years. (…)

Trade Agreement Reached, United States and South Korea Further Relationship

December 4, 2010 Mark Ryabtsev 1

Despite rising tensions with North Korea and threats of a restart of the Korean War, the United States is not making any changes in their objectives to increase their presence in the world economy and strengthen their trade agreements. (…)