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• Housing slump might usher in recession
Unlike downturns in some sectors, a slowdown in housing can affect jobs across many industries from financial services to construction to home furnishing retailers, said John Challenger, chief executive of Challenger, Gray and Christmas Inc. Solid job ...
• Giving birth outsourced to India
Experts say it could take off for the same reasons outsourcing in other industries has been successful: a wide labor pool working for relatively low rates. Critics say the couples are exploiting poor women in India — a country with an alarmingly ...
• Jobs: Slammed by Gustav, Ike, and Boeing
With Katrina, the industries that revealed the biggest payroll hit relative to trend were: Trade/Transportation & Utilities, Retail Sales, Leisure & Hospitality, and Government. We expect a -20,000 impact on September payrolls from the hurricanes ...
• Dangerous cracks appearing in job market
Industries reporting contraction included apparel, furniture, machinery, transportation equipment and electrical appliances. Tony Crescenzi, an analyst at Miller Tabak & Co., said the poor reading raised the chances the Federal Reserve would make an ...
• 4.2 million new 'green' jobs predicted
Another 81,000 additional jobs will be generated by industries related to making homes and commercial buildings more energy efficient, the study said. And it predicted an additional 1.4 million green jobs related to engineering, research, consulting ...