35 cities suffer unemployment above 15% (source: CNN)

Posted by admin on March 19, 2010

There were 35 metropolitan areas in the United States with unemployment rates at or above 15% in January, according to a government report. (source: CNN) – RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

State unemployment picture brightens (source: CNN)

Posted by admin on March 10, 2010

A total of 30 states and Washington, D.C., reported rising unemployment rates in January, down from the number in the previous month, according to a government report released Wednesday. (source: CNN) – RSS feeds and Feed widget on Feedzilla.com

How well is the SEC protecting you?

Posted by admin on February 24, 2010

In January 2009, when Mary Schapiro took over the Securities and Exchange Commission, the agency was the butt of jokes. Though the SEC’s whole purpose is to police the securities industry, it had missed massive abuses such as Bernie Madoff’s decades-long Ponzi scheme and Allen Stanford’s alleged $8 billion scam.

More Money: Friday roundup: part-time workers & waiting on estate planning

Posted by admin on February 5, 2010

Personal finance from around the Web:

• The official unemployment rate fell in January to 9.7%, but a new study finds 6.4% of workers have taken part-time jobs because they can't find full-time employment. Unemployment is so bad in many places that insolvent state unemployment insurance trust funds have borrowed more in this recession than they did during 1981 and 1982. [Boston Herald, ProPublica]

• The Federal Reserve policy of buying up mortgage-backed securities is widely believed to have kept mortgage rates close to record lows, but it's slated to end March 31. Now the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York says the Fed may reopen the program if interest rates spike or if the economy shows new weaknesses. [Washington Post]

• The estate tax expired January 1, but wealthy Americans are waiting before revising their estate plans, a new study finds. Many believe that Congress will reinstate the tax retroactively. [Investment News]

• The past decade has brought two painful bear markets. Here are the lessons you can learn from them, especially since bearish sentiment is at its highest level in three months. [Wise Investing, The Pragmatic Capitalist]

• Need help getting a dinner reservation or a car to the airport, but can't afford a personal assistant? A new, free app iphone app promises to serve as a virtual personal assistant. [Bits]

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7 digital fitness coaches

Posted by admin on January 14, 2010

Every January countless Americans vow to get in better shape. Make this year different with these gadgets – no personal trainer required.

1 million jobless may lose benefits (source: CNN)

Posted by admin on November 19, 2009

One million people could lose unemployment benefits in January if Congress doesn’t extend federal aid, according to a report released Wednesday. (source: CNN) – RSS feeds and Feed widget on Feedzilla.com

1 million may lose benefits in January (source: CNN)

Posted by admin on November 18, 2009

One million people could lose unemployment benefits in January if Congress doesn’t extend federal aid, according to a report released Wednesday. (source: CNN) – RSS feeds and Feed widget on Feedzilla.com

You’re hired! You move. You’re fired! (source: CNN)

Posted by admin on August 21, 2009

Dear Annie: I hope you can help me, because I am in a real mess here. I was laid off in January and, after a six-month job hunt, was offered a position similar to my old one. The new job required that I move from the Boston area to Atlanta. So my wife and … (source: CNN) – News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

Lobby that killed health reform wants it now (source: CNN)

Posted by admin on August 10, 2009

On a blustery January morning, a handful of journalists dutifully reported to a small, ornately detailed meeting room in a corner of the U.S. Capitol to cover a staple of official Washington life: the nonnews news conference. Backed by a phalanx of America… (source: CNN) – RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com