Americans Receiving Jobless Benefits Hits Record WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of people receiving unemployment benefits has reached the highest level on records that go back more than 40 years, the government said Thursday, and more layoffs are spreading throughout the economy. ...more

February 1, 2009

Here's what we know about the Obama presidency so far. It's not 1933, we're not in the Great Depression and Barack Obama is not FDR. ...more

February 1, 2009

Keep Workers On Job Like others, I am completely appalled about the layoffs of so many hardworking Americans recently. I am talking about principles, not racisms. Companies such as Bank of America, Citibank, Dell and Hewlett-Packard have been consistently outsourcing thousands of jobs overseas. Imagine all the possibilities for us Americans if these companies and others would keep the jobs in the U.S. ...more

January 31, 2009

Florida hardly was spared from the crushing news of more than 60,000 job losses, but it appears to have barely affected Hernando County, if at all. ...more

January 28, 2009

The recession is killing jobs at an alarming pace, with tens of thousands of new layoffs announced Monday by some of the biggest names in American business - Pfizer, Caterpillar and Home Depot. ...more

January 27, 2009

In the wake of more dreaded news about layoffs, liquidations and store closings, the retail industry enjoyed a bump in sales last week. ...more

January 25, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) - What do Tropicana Casino and Resort, Avis and the White House now have in common? ...more

January 25, 2009