Climate-change legislation took a backseat to the congressional debate over a health care bill last week. Meaning, chances� of passing� legisation aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions through a cap-and-trade system this year have disappeared. But� is it all that bad? Or unexpected? � Senate Democratic leaders said last week wrangling...
UK employers have the will to create good jobs, but they need help on the way. And poor management's not helping, says a Work Foundation report. by Joanna Higgins
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The pace of job losses slowed in many U.S. states in October, and the unemployment rate slipped in hard-hit Michigan, the Labor Department said on Friday, hinting the recession may be easing in some areas.Michigan's jobless rate fell to 15.1 percent in October from 15.3 percent in...
Climate-change legislation took a backseat to the congressional debate over a health care bill last week. Meaning, chances� of passing� legisation aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions through a cap-and-trade system this year have disappeared. But� is it all that bad? Or unexpected? � Senate Democratic leaders said last week wrangling...
QUICK SUMMARY | FULL STORY Reuters LONDON -- Britain's Lloyds Banking Group plans to cut around 800 jobs following changes to its life, pensions and investments operations after the bank lost an administration contract with insurer Equitable Life. Lloyds said some of the jobs were included in plans for 5,000...
UK employers have the will to create good jobs, but they need help on the way. And poor management's not helping, says a Work Foundation report. by Joanna Higgins
BloggingStocks: Some of the jobs that have disappeared through this recession are gone forever, it seems. Even when the market turns, and even gains momentum, we could be stuck with a fairly weak employment market for a while. The recovery will take longer than we'd ... Read more
BloggingStocks: Unemployment is at its highest level since 1983, hitting 9.8% last month. The Department of Labor announced that 263,000 jobs were lost. This follows a revised loss of 201,000 jobs in August (lower than first reported). Nobody expected the August ... Read more
In some areas, often particularly important areas, IT seems to evolve by making mistakes and then expending effort to correct them. Think network security, think email filtering, think viruses….
For this reason, one guide to the future of IT is to identify the engineering mistakes that currently need correcting and wait for the products that [...]
Okay, I read the NYT Dealbook post on Alan Schwartz, and I have to admit, it completely destroys the entire notion of executives at firms, especially like Bear, as having any real personal risk. Let me quote…
Mr. Schwartz, Bear Stearns’s chief executive during the firm’s near-collapse, has been talking with Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, private equity [...]
FAP875: Financial aid shakeups, dashboards, pirates!
Student Financial Aid News Roundup
Where to start? With the economy. This week’s economy roundup.
What financial aid administrators need to know about this crisis.
Expert interview later today with scholarship administrator Bryan Doerries
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Daily Aid 10: Pell Grant shortages, jobcast job hunting dashboard
Student Financial Aid News
From the New York Times:
Battered by a worsening economy, college students are seeking federal financial aid in record numbers this year, leading Bush administration officials to warn Congress that the most important federal aid program, Pell Grants, may need up to $6 billion [...]
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+ Bloomberg: Just three days after the Fed approved a loan against Bear Stearns securities, Pennsylvania Democratic Representative Paul Kanjorski and 31 other lawmakers sent Bernanke a letter asking him to open the discount window to nonbank education-loan companies. Bernanke refused.
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