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Unemployment Syndicate content

Question of the Day | 11/10/2009 3:00 am

The unemployment rate is at a 26-year high. What's the longest stretch you've gone unemployed? How did you eventually find work?

Whoopi Goldberg, Mary Wells, Liz Smith, Joan Juliet Buck, Candice Bergen and Joan Ganz Cooney reveal how they’ve weathered career storms
Whoopi Goldberg

Whoopi Goldberg | 11/10/2009 12:00 am

Whoopi Goldberg on the Unsteady Actor

Actors are always unemployed at some point …
Joan Ganz Cooney

Joan Ganz Cooney | 11/10/2009 12:00 am

Joan Ganz Cooney on When 'Jobs Were Not Hard to Find in New York'

When New York offered the American Dream …

Candice Bergen

Candice Bergen | 11/10/2009 12:00 am

Candice Bergen Breaks Her Unemployment Spell

I started a teeny movie Monday for three weeks just to break the pattern
Mary Wells

Mary Wells | 11/10/2009 12:00 am

How to Make Mary Wells Crazy

My brain cells wear pinstripes
Joan Juliet Buck

Joan Juliet Buck | 11/10/2009 12:00 am

Joan Juliet Buck's 'One-Way Ticket to the Park Bench'

Joan shares her career path from French Vogue editrix to novelist, actress and more
Liz Smith

Liz Smith | 11/10/2009 12:00 am

Liz Smith: A Worker for Life

I’ve worked almost every day of my life since I was 16 …

Wall Street Weekly | 11/06/2009 11:45 am

Liz Peek: Obama Deaf to Election Warning But May Get Bailed Out

As bad as the recent jobs report is, the president is likely to receive some good news over the next several months …

ListenUp | 10/29/2009 7:00 am

Rejoining the Workforce, by Francine LaGraffe

A ThinkUp participant goes from feeling ‘less than’ to ‘fiesty’ …
By Francine LaGraffe

Economy: Home Foreclosures, Unemployment | 06/11/2009 10:15 am

Home Foreclosures Still Coming Too Fast for Comfort. Have We Really Seen the Worst of the Economy?

Economic news today is a mixed bag — while some experts say we’ve turned a corner for the better, too many people are still being forced out of their homes
By The Staff at wowOwow.com

Wall Street Weekly | 05/08/2009 11:30 am

Bogus Stress Test Boosts Banks, by Liz Peek

… And Birkin bag arrivals stress consumers
By Liz Peek

Economic News | 04/16/2009 9:00 am

Nearing a Bottom? JPMorgan Posts $2.1 Billion Profit; Foreclosures Surge

Mixed signs on economy: home building permits down, some unemployment down, more people forced out of homes as moratorium on foreclosures is lifted
By The Staff at wowOwow.com

Unemployment in America | 04/03/2009 8:15 am

Unemployment Up to 8.5 Percent, But Not All's Bad

More Americans are without jobs, but there are slight indicators of economic improvements
By The Staff at wowOwow.com

Meg Whitman - Demystified | 03/30/2009 8:30 am

Meg Whitman's Top Aides Tell All

Campaign spokesperson Mitch Zak and Women’s Coalition Chair Jillian Manus spoke about Whitman’s gubernatorial leap, stance on Prop 8 and eating habits 
By Randi Bernfeld

A Friend Stopped By | 03/17/2009 8:05 am

Unemployed, Out of Business or Retired – What Am I? by Margot Wolf

What do you say when someone asks what you do — and you just don’t quite know how to answer anymore?
By Margot Wolf

The Greatest Depression | 03/06/2009 1:55 pm

12.5 Million+ Americans Out of Work

Employers cut 651,000 jobs last month, pushing unemployment to a 25-year high of 8.1 percent.
By The Staff at wowOwow

Money | 03/03/2009 3:00 pm

More Middle-Class Families Heading to Food Banks

As unemployment mounts, out-of-work secretaries, marketers and realtors are looking for a free meal
By The Staff at wowOwow.com

Money | 02/26/2009 2:15 pm

Liz Smith on NYPost Exit: 'I'm Just Part of the Great American Experiment and Second Big Depression' (Video)

Liz, 86, on CNN: ‘I already lived through the first one. [Laughing] I was a child in the ’30s. So, I’m prepared for this’
By The Staff at wowOwow.com

Politics | 02/24/2009 11:10 am

Obama to Brief Congress Tonight on Domestic Plan

Still enjoying high levels of support and confidence from the American people, the president has a tough sell tonight in convincing us better times are ahead
By The Staff at wowOwow.com

Politics | 02/16/2009 9:55 am

Astronomical Unemployment Goes Global; Stimulus Can't Come Fast Enough (Video)

BMW workers pelt union reps with fruit, factories in China shutting down, strikes in France and Britain. No country seems to be escaping the unemployment crisis
By The Staff at wowOwow.com

Politics | 02/13/2009 10:30 am

What's in the Economic Stimulus Bill for You?

The $789 billion economic stimulus package could be voted on today, and many people want to know what’s in it for them. Here, we tell you!
By The Staff at wowOwow.com

Money | 02/06/2009 9:15 am

Unemployment Surges Past Expectations

American employers cut a startling 598,000 jobs in January, says the Labor Department
By The Staff at wowOwow.com

Money | 02/06/2009 9:00 am

Gender Role Reversal? Number of Women Set to Surpass Men in Recession Workforce

Women now make up 49.1 percent of the workforce, but they may soon surpass men as pink slips build up
By The Staff at wowOwow.com

Money | 12/05/2008 8:00 am

533,000 New Unemployment Claims as Rate Hits 6.7%

With 533,000 non-farm payroll jobs lost, unemployment rates exceed even the most pessimistic of expectations
By The Staff at wowOwow.com

Money | 11/21/2008 7:15 am

Time for Some Cheer: More Unemployment Benefits, Fannie and Freddie Suspend Foreclosures

Coming on top of more bad economic news, Congress tries to help unemployed; Senate can’t agree yet on auto industry bailout
By The Staff at wowOwow.com