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CNN Money | Obama unveils new help for unemployed The Obama administration Thursday launched the effort, which will permit up to 10 states to use administrative funds or their trust funds to implement pilot programs that expedite the return of the unemployed to work.
WSJ | A Bedraggled 'Celtic Tiger' Struggles to Retrain Workers Michael Brennan once earned as much as €1,000 ($1,300) a week as a carpenter installing roofs during Ireland's housing boom. But after about three years without steady work, the 29-year-old is starting over in a freezing meat hall here, trying to carve out a new—and much less lucrative—future.
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WSJ | Recovery Downshifts but Doesn’t Break Down A mild winter pulled forward some activity. To get a true handle on the economy’s strength, the best strategy would be to average real-gross-domestic-product growth in the first and second quarters of 2012.
Calculated Risk | State and Local Government Payroll Employment Stabilizing? This graph shows total state and government payroll employment since January 2007. Note: Some of the stimulus spending from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act probably kept state and local employment from declining faster in 2009.
