News
Washington Times | Recruiting jobless veterans for retraining
Unemployed veterans may be heading back to school en masse under a federal program to get out-of-work veterans trained and back into the job market.
CNN Money | Job market perks up
The job market may have perked up last month, according to three reports released Thursday.
Washington Times | AP survey: Next president faces high unemployment
A majority of economists in the latest Associated Press Economy Survey expect the national unemployment rate to stay above 6 percent — the upper bounds of what’s considered healthy — for at least four more years.
Bloomberg | ADP Says U.S. Companies Added 176,000 Workers in June
Companies in the U.S. added more workers than forecast in June, which may ease concern the labor market is deteriorating, a private payrolls report showed.
Washington Times | Eurozone unemployment hits new record in May
Unemployment in the 17-country euro currency bloc hit another record in May as the crippling financial crisis pushed the continent toward the brink of recession, official figures showed Monday.
Econ Comments & Analysis
Investors | As Obama takes court victory lap, U.S. unemployed still left in line
President Obama wasted little time giving his perspective on the Supreme Court's decision to uphold his sweeping health care law.
WSJ | Why Hairdressers Are Secure: Their Jobs Can't Be Exported
Before, during and after the recession, demand for one sort of worker has been persistently stronger: jobs that involve assisting or caring for other people—from fast-food workers to home-health aides to nail polishers.
Blogs
FOX Business | Big Labor, Big Money
While labor bosses are quick to pull out the tape measure on companies, they’re not so quick to reveal how they spend more than their “fair share,” tens of millions of dollars, in tax-free union funds on junkets to luxury resorts to even outright buying luxury resorts, country clubs, golf courses and Learjets, at a time when thousands of union members across the country have lost their jobs, when the labor movement is struggling, and when union pension funds are in crisis.
AEI | Michelle Obama calls on states to reduce regulatory burdens for occupational licensing
Well, that headline is actually a little bit exaggerated, the First Lady is really only asking states to reduce the regulatory burden of occupational licensing for military spouses in this Baltimore Sun editorial. Mrs. Obama raises some excellent points about how the process of transferring or renewing professional licenses in many states is burdensome and time-consuming.
