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 The Business Journal (blog) | Comparative Advantage and American Jobs Wall Street Journal President Obama announced last week that he has created a Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, headed by General Electric CEO ... GE boss Jeffrey Immelt tapped to head Presidential Jobs Creation Commission GE's Jeffrey Immelt: Hopelessly Conflicted as Obama's Jobs Czar Obama's Competitiveness Council: Good for Business, Bad for Workers |
State unemployment numbers continue to decline in Iowa - Quad City Times
 WOOD-TV | State unemployment numbers continue to decline in Iowa Quad City Times Illinois added 46300 nonfarm payroll jobs since December 2009, when the state's unemployment rate was 11 percent. Iowa's jobless rate in December followed ... Michigan Unemployment Rate Drop Doesn't Mean Jobs Growth Uncertainty Continues To Depress Jobs Virginia jobless rate remains at 6.7 percent |
Consumer confidence jumps as job hopes rise - Los Angeles Times (blog)
Consumer confidence jumps as job hopes rise Los Angeles Times (blog) The percentage of consumers expecting more jobs to be available in the next six months rose to 16% from 14.2% in December. But the percentage was 20.2% last ... |
Analysis: President, GOP lawmakers agree on austerity, but will it create jobs? - Washington Post
 Fox News | Analysis: President, GOP lawmakers agree on austerity, but will it create jobs? Washington Post For the first time in his annual address to the American people, President Obama did not hail a newly passed "recovery act" or call for a "new jobs bill. ... Jobs are president's job No. 1 Obama tries to unite parties behind ideas for job creation State of the Union's Jobs |