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Search results for "job market" ...
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Wisconsin veterans face job challenges, stigma
To talk to those who recruit veterans at job fairs or politicians who tout veterans’ service, one would think that military experience would be an asset in the American job market. Presumably, employers would go to great lengths to accommodate injuries veterans may have. But statistics support an ominous feeling many Wisconsin veterans have in their collective gut: that the stigma of disability – and even of military service – puts them at a major disadvantage.
Tags: Job markets; job fairs; injuries; disability; military service
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What Went Wrong
The series investigates the impact of 40 years of public decisions and corporate actions that have led us to this precarious economic moment. Following up on their landmark 1991 series, America: What Went Wrong, launched an in-depth exploration of the causes and consequences of the Great Recession and its aftermath.
Tags: recession; jobs; job market; corporate America
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Inside Amazon's Warehouse
The article investigates the working conditions of Amazon warehouses, in which workers are forced to endure inhumane treatment while facing the risk of getting fired if complaining. It exposes how a company like Amazon can wield their significant leverage over workers in bleak job market.
Tags: amazon; warehouse; pennsylvania; work; conditions;
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Wall Street Money Machine
The series showed how some bankers on Wall Street saw problems in the housing market long before the public and policy makers. This meant huge gains for the bankers and a loss of jobs and savings for the public.
Tags: Wall Street; bankers; housing crisis; housing bubble; mortgage
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Wall Street Money Machine
This series of stories reveals that several Wall Street bankers saw indications of the housing market meltdown "long before the public and policy makers." The three-part series offers a different look at the all too familiar results of bigger payouts for the bankers and huge job and savings losses for the public. The series covers the hedge fund Magnetar and the "mechanics" behind the failure of Merrill Lynch.
Tags: Merrill Lynch; Magnetar; CDOs; Wall Street; bankers; gains; payouts; economic crisis; BankAmerica; hedge fund; housing market; bribery
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"Deputy Mayor for the Olympics," & "Market-Rate Giveaway"
These two stories focus on the activities of Deputy New York City Mayor Daniel Doctoroff and his campaign to bring the Olympics to New York. In the "Deputy Mayor" story, newly elected mayor Bloomberg got Doctoroff to hit up corporations that do business with the city to raise money for the Olympics project. This even though a conflict of interest ruling should have prevented him from those activities. "Market-Rate Giveaway" is about a sweetheart deal handed to a friend of Doctoroff's, Steve Ross and his business Related Companies, as part of the Olympics project. That deal would allow Ross to replace the Bronx produce market with a new mall, putting thousands of market workers out of a job.
Tags: cronyism; public interest; city government; Olympics; politics; Bronx Terminal Market
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The Big Squeeze By Big Oil and Coffeyville Plant Brews Oil, Profits
For years, many have suspected that the oil industry has been shutting down refineries for the sake of putting a squeeze on the market. Shutting down refineries and reducing available supplies and materials has helped to drive up gas prices and demolish available jobs. This investigation goes deeper to discover the truth behind rising gas prices.
Tags: oil; refineries; gas prices; refinery capacity; supplies; American Petroleum Institute; Total oil refinery; Coffeyville Plant
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"Identities for Sale"
This segment tells the story of Mexican nationals buying stolen identities on the black market and proceeding to the U.S. to find work. 60 Minutes II then shows a factory in Nebraska where the illegal workers find jobs.
Tags: Illegal immigration; INS; stolen identities; black market; low wage workers; poverty
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The Lending Squeeze; Consumer Debt Levels Increase as Business Loads Drop; Job Losses but No Crisis With Flight of L.A Banks; U.S Slowdown Begins To Show Up in L.A Statistics; Lenders Growing Cold To Auto Lease Market; Hard Ball For Hard Money: Sub-Prime Lenders Thrive; Private Investors Step in as Traditional Leaders Retrench
In the midst of an economic downturn, loan defaulters in L.A are giving bank managers the nightmares. With their non-performing loan ratios being pushed to their highest level in five years, banks are taking some stringent measures. Like tightening loan standards and pursuing new lines of businesses. The article also talks about the increase in the levels of consumer debts against a contrasting dip in business loads and various aspects of the chill that's engulfing the lending business.
Tags: Banking; Finance; loans; investment; defaults; commercial; banks
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Take and Give. Condemnation is used to hand one business property to another. Tactic by local governments seeking jobs and taxes is protested as unfair. BMW Yes, Mitsubishi No.
According to the article, "Local and state governments are now using their awesome powers of condemnation, or eminent domain, in a kind of corporate triage: grabbing property from one private business to give to another. A device used for centuries to smooth the way for public works such as roads, and later to ease urban blight has become a marketing tool for governments seeking to lure bigger business."
Tags: eminent domain; condemn; condemnation; property; owners; buildings; public works; big business; ownership; land