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• (AFX UK Focus) 2008-09-07 13:15 FINEWS-TrimTabs says US economy gained 92,000...
TrimTabs employment analysis, which uses real-time daily income tax deposits from all U.S. taxpayers, finds that the U.S. economy added 92,000 jobs in August. This is in contrast with the Bureau of Labor Statistics report, which said the U.S. economy lost 84,000 jobs in August.
• Supplier to close plant, cut jobs (Livingston County Daily Press & Argus)
The former Plastech Engineered Products plant in Hartland Township will close on or around Sept. 29 and all of the plant's 110 employees will lose their jobs, Livingston County employment officials said Friday.
• Fewer jobs as economy slows (News Interactive)
IN yet another sign the economy is slowing, the number of jobs advertised in August posted the biggest monthly fall in seven years.
• Experts: Cut jobs carefully (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
NEW YORK U.S. companies have cut more than 550,000 jobs so far this year as they try to preserve their profits in a slumping economy. Analysts say such downsizing must be done carefully to have any long-term benefits. A continuum of companies have announced plans to cut their payrolls since the economy began to weaken last year, and many chief executives are still taking a hard look at overhead ...
• Carbon tax threatens jobs: truckers (Telegraph-Journal)
Despite last-minute changes, the federal Liberal Party's proposed Green Shift carbon tax could cost the Greater Moncton area thousands of jobs in the transportation sector and related industries, says the head of a regional trucking association.
• U.S. economy loses more jobs (Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald)
NEW YORK (AP) - Selling swept across Wall Street for a second straight session Friday on news that the economy shed jobs for the eighth straight month in August and at a faster-than-expected pace. The Dow Jones industrial average fell about 100 points.
• Ag employment down (The Wenatchee World)
Seasonal agricultural employment was down 19.4 percent in Chelan, Douglas, Okanogan and Kittitas counties in July over July 2007.
• PMI reveals record drop in building jobs (Ireland Business World)
Activity in the construction sector continued to fall rapidly last month, according to new figures out this morning. Ulster Bank chief economist Pat McArdle said reading on employment was the index's lowest since the index began in the year 2000.
• Employment Fell By 84,000 Jobs In August (INO News)
(RTTNews) - Employment continued to decrease in the month of August, according to a report released by the Department of Labor on Friday, with the continued job losses helping to lift the unemployment rate to its highest level in almost five years.
• Fewer jobs as economy slows (News Interactive)
THE number of jobs on offer nosedived in August, with the biggest monthly fall in seven years.
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