Qld mining jobs at mercy of ETS: study – ABC Online


Rockhampton Morning Bulletin
Qld mining jobs at mercy of ETS: study
ABC Online, Australia
The Minerals Council says Queensland's mining industry will lose thousands of jobs if the Federal Government goes ahead with its emissions trading scheme (ETS). The council has released a study that shows the plan will cost more than 15000 Queensland
Climate change warning: emissions trading scheme to 'cost 24000 jobs' The Australian
Report claims scheme to slash jobs Mackay Daily Mercury
Emissions trading scheme will cost 6000 mining jobs by 2030 PerthNow
ABC Online - ABC Online
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West Virginia, Ohio, Rhode Island Lead Jump in Jobless Rates – Bloomberg


Providence Business News
West Virginia, Ohio, Rhode Island Lead Jump in Jobless Rates
Bloomberg
Unemployment in California dropped for the first time in almost three years, even as the state lost 63700 jobs, the most of any state. “We're still having job losses pretty much everywhere,” said Marisa Di Natale, a senior economist at Moody's
RI unemployment rate surges to 11.1% Providence Business News
Jobless rate in RI reach 11.1% Providence Journal
LI unemployment drops in April Long Island Business News
Daily Mail – Charleston
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Post-Dispatch cuts more jobs – Bizjournals.com

Post-Dispatch cuts more jobs
Bizjournals.com, NC
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch said Friday it cut 39 jobs and moved its circulation functions to two other businesses owned by parent Lee Enterprises. Thirty-six of the jobs were in circulation, and three were in the classified department,
Post-Dispatch cuts 39 jobs Chicago Tribune
The Post-Dispatch layoff 39, outsource jobs St. Louis American
Post-Dispatch cuts 39 jobs in circulation, classified St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Kan. sees 2.6 percent loss in jobs in April – Forbes

Kan. sees 2.6 percent loss in jobs in April
Forbes, NY
AP , 05.22.09, 01:26 PM EDT The Kansas Department of Labor says the state lost 36500 nonfarm jobs in April compared with the same month last year. That's another sign that the economy remained soft last month. Unemployment was 6.1 percent,

Baldor Electric promised $75K for 25 NC jobs – Bizjournals.com

Baldor Electric promised $75K for 25 NC jobs
Bizjournals.com, NC
The $3.1 million expansion is expected to create 25 jobs in McDowell County over the next three years. Those jobs will pay an average annual wage of $34282. Baldor currently employs 100 people in Marion. Arkansas-based Baldor makes industrial electric
McDowell County manufacturer to add 25 jobs Asheville Citizen-Times
Jobs Coming to McDowell County Go Blue Ridge
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Magna plans 10000 job cuts at Opel in Europe – Reuters


CTV.ca
Magna plans 10000 job cuts at Opel in Europe
Reuters
BERLIN (Reuters) – Magna International's concept for German carmaker Opel foresees 10000 jobs cuts in Europe, including 2500 in Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate state premier Kurt Beck said on Friday. A competing offer by Italian carmaker Fiat included
Italy's Angeletti Says 'No Reason' to Cut Auto Jobs Bloomberg
Fiat says under 10000 Opel jobs could go CITY A.M.
German minister: saving Opel could mean job cuts The Canadian Press
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Pa. loses more jobs but unemployment still 7.8% – Bizjournals.com


Washington Post
Pa. loses more jobs but unemployment still 7.8%
Bizjournals.com, NC
Pennsylvania shed 17300 jobs last month but the state's unemployment rate remained at 7.8 percent for a second consecutive month, while the national unemployment rate rose to 8.9 percent in April. The state's total nonfarm job count fell to 5654800 — a
Texas loses 39500 jobs; unemployment rate stays at 6.7% Dallas Morning News
California jobless rate edges down to 11 pct Reuters
Unemployment Up in 44 States BusinessWeek
San Jose Mercury News - Forbes
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Chromalloy expands local workforce to 400 jobs – Bizjournals.com

Chromalloy expands local workforce to 400 jobs
Bizjournals.com, NC
Chromalloy officials said Friday that the company will hire an additional 130 jobs to its existing operations at Port San Antonio. The new jobs will be added during the summer. The new workers will support Chromalloy's commercial turbine engine frame

GE seeks concessions for jobs – Bizjournals.com

GE seeks concessions for jobs
Bizjournals.com, NC
Officials with GE Consumer & Industrial and IUE-CWA Local 761 are working out the details of a concession package that would preserve existing jobs and add as many as 100 additional positions in Louisville but would freeze pay for union workers until
Union givebacks, incentives could mean 500 new GE jobs Louisville Courier-Journal
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New York state loses 189000 jobs in last eight months – Reuters

New York state loses 189000 jobs in last eight months
Reuters
NEW YORK, May 21 (Reuters) – New York state lost 189000 private sector jobs from August 2008 to April 2009, almost half of the 400000 jobs created in the five-year economic boom that ended last year, the state labor department said on Thursday.