All Articles tagged jobs
US unemployment drops to 8.2%
WASHINGTON, April 6, 2012 (AFP) – US unemployment dropped unexpectedly to 8.2 percent in March, the lowest rate in more than three years, despite a mixed picture on hiring and apparent weakness in the retail sector. Despite the positive headline …
Businesses hire fewer workers in January
WASHINGTON, February 1, 2012 (AFP) - US businesses slowed the pace of hiring in January after a December surge, payrolls firm ADP said Wednesday in a closely watched
US job picture brightens, but risks remain
WASHINGTON, January 6, 2012 (AFP) - Official US job numbers for December come Friday amid hopes raised by a sizzling increase in private hiring and signs the economy
Korean auto parts supplier to invest in Georgia
Atlanta, Dec 16 - Gov. Nathan Deal announced that Seoul, South Korea-based Daewon America will open a manufacturing facility in LaGrange in Troup County, creating 100 jobs over
SANY Heavy Industry to add 300 jobs in Peachtree City expansion
Georgia's Gov. Nathan Deal announced this week from China that SANY Heavy Industry, LLC, will add a research and development center to its existing SANY North America facility in Peachtree
Hong Kong student’s Apple tribute is Internet hit
HONG KONG, October 7, 2011 (AFP) - A Hong Kong design student said Friday he was overwhelmed and felt "unreal" after his sombre logo in tribute to Apple
Surprise jump in US job creation
WASHINGTON, October 7, 2011 (AFP) - The US economy created 103,000 jobs in September, the Labor Department reported Friday, a much stronger clip than expected but not enough
World mourns passing of Apple visionary Jobs
SAN FRANCISCO, October 6, 2011 (AFP) - The world on Thursday mourned the premature passing of Apple visionary Steve Jobs, who revolutionized computers and transformed modern life with
Asia’s tech giants pay tribute to ‘leading light’
HONG KONG, October 6, 2011 (AFP) - Asia's technology giants paid tribute to Steve Jobs on Thursday, with Sony and Samsung hailing the late Apple co-founder as the
China’s Internet masses pay tribute to Jobs
SHANGHAI, October 6, 2011 (AFP) - Chinese web users posted nearly 35 million online tributes to Steve Jobs on Thursday within hours of the announcement of the Apple













