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Employment and Unemployment Among Youth: April - July 2010
added: 31-08-2010

From April to July 2010, the number of employed youth 16 to 24 years old rose by 1.8 million to 18.6 million, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. This year, the share of young people who were employed in July was 48.9 percent, the lowest July rate on record for the series, which began in 1948. (The month of July typically is the summertime peak in youth employment.) Unemployment among youth increased by 571,000 between April and July, about half as much as in each of the two previous summers.
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Western Europe PC Market Grew 19.6 Percent in Second Quarter of 2010
added: 31-08-2010

PC shipments in Western Europe totaled 15.6 million units in the second quarter of 2010, a 19.6 percent increase from the same period in 2009, according to Gartner, Inc.
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Discover® Small Business WatchSM: Small Business Confidence Plummets
added: 31-08-2010

Small business owners’ confidence in the economy soured significantly from July to August in the largest one-month decline since November 2009, according to the Discover® Small Business WatchSM. Business owners expressed a negative outlook for the economy in general and skepticism that economic conditions would get better for their businesses in the next six months.
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China: Industrial Profits Went up from January to July 2010
added: 31-08-2010

Industrial profits in 24 regions realized 1,8761.1 billion yuan from January to July, increased 61.1 percent year-on-year, narrowed 10.7 percentage points over the past six months.
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Monetary Developments in the Euro Area: July 2010
added: 31-08-2010

The annual rate of change of M3 stood at 0.2% in July 2010, unchanged from the previous month. The three-month average of the annual rates of change of M3 over the period May 2010 - July 2010 stood at 0.1%, compared with 0.0% in the period April 2010 - June 2010.
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Worker Displacement 2007-2009
added: 30-08-2010

From January 2007 through December 2009, 6.9 million workers were displaced from jobs they had held for at least 3 years, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. This was nearly twice as many as were displaced for the survey period covering January 2005 to December 2007. In January 2010, about half of displaced workers were reemployed, down from about two-thirds for the prior survey in January 2008. The more recent period includes the recession that began in December 2007. In contrast, the prior survey covered a period of employment growth and declining unemployment.
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Employment Picture Grim for Least-Educated
added: 30-08-2010

Less-educated, younger, and minority American workers face the worst job market in decades, far worse than their more educated counterparts. However, the situation for these workers was very difficult even before the current recession. A report from the Center for Immigration Studies examines their employment situation in the second quarters of both 2007 (before the recession) and 2010. Younger and less-educated workers are the most likely to be in competition with immigrants – legal and illegal.
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Study Shows Massive Increase in Consumer Bankruptcy Costs
added: 30-08-2010

People currently filing for Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 consumer bankruptcy protection are facing as much as a 55 percent cost increase as one result of the 2005 comprehensive bankruptcy reforms, according to a new study published in the American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review. In addition, as a direct result of these increased costs, unsecured creditors are being paid a smaller percentage on the dollar today than prior to the 2005 reform.
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Shoppers Scaling Back on Channel Shifting, Giving Retailers Fewer Chances to “Get It Right”
added: 30-08-2010

Shoppers are cutting back on the number of stores they are visiting, concentrating visits on stores known for lower prices, generally visiting stores less frequently and spending less per trip. These are the principal findings of SymphonyIRI Group’s new Times & Trends report, “The New Path to Purchase: An Escalation of Channel & Consumption Migration.”
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Global Automotive Industry M&A Activity Shows Slight Uptick in Deal Volume During First Half of 2010
added: 29-08-2010

The global automotive industry merger and acquisition (M&A) deal market shows a cautious uptick in deal volumes observed during the first half (H1) of 2010, against a backdrop of the lowest disclosed deal value in five years, according to the automotive transaction services practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP In H1 2010, 265 deals closed with a disclosed value of $11.6 billion.
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