Econ Comments & Analysis
CNN: Money | Jobless claims rise slightly
The number of Americas filing for their first week of unemployment benefits rose last week, suggesting a stall in what has generally been a steadily if slowly improving job market.
Bloomberg | America Losing Technology Workers Denied in Visa Lottery
The employer-sponsored visa allows 65,000 professionals with a college degree or equivalent experience to work in the U.S. for three years with extensions to six years and beyond. It took 10 weeks to reach the quota last year and until Nov. 22 in 2011.
Blogs
Forbes | A Knock on the Golden Door
Whether the new applicants are seeking stoop-labor jobs in California's Central Valley or high-tech jobs in Silicon Valley, the laws of economics dictate the outcome: more immigration.
