Employers should watch for -hostile attribution style' when firing workers
WASHINGTON - As the Recession forces more companies to fire employees, a workplace aggression expert has suggested that employers should tailor the bad news in a way that minimizes the likelihood of an extremely bad reaction.

Sunday Funnies: The Decline of Republican Havens: VIDEO
Being from Michigan, and being familiar with the decay of Detroit and the elitism of Grosse Point, I find this simply hilarious! Even if you’re not from Michigan, I think you’ll get the “Point”. Be a Republican like Rush and simply don’t participate in a Recession! Poor Grosse Pointe – watch more funny videos

For unemployed, this recession is worse than that of 1982-83
Americans now have more debt and more trouble finding more work, and they have less in savings.

Despite scanty rains, slowdown, India will grow at 6.5 percent: Manmohan Singh
New Delhi, Nov. 8 - ANI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday said that India's economic growth is expected to be around 6.5 percent this fiscal despite an inadequate monsoon and the global Recession. In the current financial year, we faced the adverse impact of an inadequate monsoon and the resultant slow down in agriculture. Nevertheless growth is expected to be around 6.5 percent, Dr. Singh said, addressing the India Economic Summit of the World Economic Forum (WEF) here. Observing that...

Strike: A risk worth taking?
When 62 pipe and steel workers at Precision Tube Co. in North Wales walked off the job Aug. 7, The Economy had just dropped 274,000 jobs. Unemployment was nearing 10 percent, and almost 14.5 million people were out of work. "I know it sounds crazy to go out on strike during a Recession," said Donna Ulrich, unit president of United Steelworkers of America Local 6816-01. "It was really scary, because I knew there were no jobs out there." Striking during a Recession? Is it...

KICK-ASS: WHEN AN AVERAGE TEEN DECIDES TO BE A SUPER HERO: PHOTO
Love this storyline of Kick-Ass , when an average teen decides to become a super hero.

Strike: A risk worth taking?
When 62 pipe and steel workers at Precision Tube Co. in North Wales walked off the job Aug. 7, The Economy had just dropped 274,000 jobs. Unemployment was nearing 10 percent, and almost 14.5 million people were out of work. "I know it sounds crazy to go out on strike during a Recession," said Donna Ulrich, unit president of United Steelworkers of America Local 6816-01. "It was really scary, because I knew there were no jobs out there." Striking during a Recession? Is it...

Austin-area seminaries see enrollment grow, change with economy
Sunday, November 08, 2009 At Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, recent college graduates are enrolling in record numbers. The Catholic Diocese of Austin has the biggest group of seminarians it has seen in years studying for the priesthood. At the Seminary of the Southwest, an Episcopal seminary in Austin, enrollment has almost doubled since last year. Austin-area seminaries say the Recession has brought more applicants to their doors and changed the types of students seeking to study...

Lobbyists open wallets to influence Pa. budget
HARRISBURG - When it became clear that the state budget was in crisis mode, three industries with much at stake in Harrisburg opened their wallets. Gambling interests, natural-gas drillers, and tobacco companies have since January spent more than $4.5 million combined on lobbying efforts, according to expense reports filed last week with the state. Those industries were among the few winners in a budget ravaged by the Recession. Casinos are poised to introduce poker and other newly legalized...

A Perspective on Unemployment: PHOTO
Yesterday brought some sobering news that the Great Recession is still far from over.

Lobbyists open wallets to influence Pa. budget
HARRISBURG - When it became clear that the state budget was in crisis mode, three industries with much at stake in Harrisburg opened their wallets. Gambling interests, natural-gas drillers, and tobacco companies have since January spent more than $4.5 million combined on lobbying efforts, according to expense reports filed last week with the state. Those industries were among the few winners in a budget ravaged by the Recession. Casinos are poised to introduce poker and other newly legalized...

Lobbyists open wallets to influence Pa. budget
HARRISBURG - When it became clear that the state budget was in crisis mode, three industries with much at stake in Harrisburg opened their wallets. Gambling interests, natural-gas drillers, and tobacco companies have since January spent more than $4.5 million combined on lobbying efforts, according to expense reports filed last week with the state. Those industries were among the few winners in a budget ravaged by the Recession. Casinos are poised to introduce poker and other newly legalized...

Why Arby's is so low on the restaurant food chain.
Some companies came through the recently ended Recession with flying colors. In the fast-food realm, we've argued, McDonald's was a victor. But in a time of pinched Consumer Spending, business has frequently been a zero-sum game. In every sector, it seems,

Holiday airfares close to last year and climbing
— If holiday travelers on the same plane compare what they paid to fly, they're likely to find quite a spread, depending on when they bought their tickets. Fares for travel around the holidays have been rising since late summer. Christmas fares are now running 4 percent below a year ago, and The Gap is likely to disappear soon. Contrast that with a year ago, when the Airlines essentially put the holiday travel season on sale. With the Recession in full force , Airlines used discounting to...

Fashionistas rally the troops in hard times
YOU know what they say about survival in this Recession: it's not who you know but what you blow. Ireland's favourite recessionista Ian Galvin is blowing out three candles to celebrate the third birthday of the Karen Millen shop on Grafton Street next Thursday.

How Arby's Lost Its Beefiness
The Recession has had its winners and losers, and when it comes to fast food, Arby's is bringing up the rear. Same-stores sales have been down for the last seven quarters, writes Daniel Gross for Slate, but The Economy can't take the entire rap on this one: Arby's just doesn't seem to be trying. McDonald's jumped on the nutrition bandwagon with salads; Arby's feebly rolled out "turkey sandwiches on something approximating wheat bread."

Holiday airfares close to last year but climbing
Fares for travel around the holidays have been rising since late summer. Christmas fares are now running 4 percent below a year ago, and The Gap is likely to disappear soon. Contrast that with a year ago, when the Airlines essentially put the holiday travel season on sale. With the Recession in full force, Airlines used discounting to fill seats. People who waited to book holiday fares last year saved money. This year, holding off could cost you.

China-Africa cooperation defies hard times
    by Feng Kang, Chen Gongzheng     SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- The 4th Ministerial Meeting of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) is now being held in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. The forum, which is a follow-up event of the FOCAC Beijing Summit in 2006, deserves more attention under the ongoing Recession that has been rippling through the world economy.     Both China and the African...

G20 pledge to support economy until recovery firms
ST ANDREWS, Scotland, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Group of 20 financeministers and central bankers pledged on Saturday to preparestrategies to end emergency support for their economies, but tokeep the aid flowing until recovery was assured. The world's biggest economies -- the European Union , theUnited States and Japan -- are either expected to or alreadyhave emerged from Recession in the third quarter. This has prompted a discussion on when to start cutting backon the trillions in public support...

China-Africa cooperation defies hard times
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- The 4th Ministerial Meeting of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) is now being held in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. The forum, which is a follow-up event of the FOCAC Beijing Summit in 2006, deserves more attention under the ongoing Recession that has been rippling through the world economy . Both China and the African continent have to cope with the repercussions of the financial crisis since it broke out in the United...

Finding employment opportunity in health care
Many people who have lost jobs to the Recession might find a cure for Unemployment in the Health Care field. The need for specialty nurses, therapists and technicians of all kinds has stayed strong. Recruiters say Health Care reform could trigger even more growth. Meanwhile, the Obama Administration touts Health Care as one of the industries that will drive a jobs recovery. But all this doesn't add up to easy opportunity. Many Health Care jobs require applicants to go back to school, receive...

Secret Labour plan to axe spending on training
Gordon Brown stands accused today of misleading the public over his much-vaunted plans to help young people through the Recession . Leaked documents show the government is planning drastic cuts for its flagship plan to train a new generation of apprentices. Confidential papers obtained by The Observer show that, while Brown and his ministers have suggested they are raising investment in training, skills and apprenticeships, behind the scenes they are preparing some

Poll test for Brown in Labour's Scottish heartland
By Avril Ormsby GLASGOW (Reuters) - Puffing on a cigarette outside a Glasgow pub in the winter chill, Nick Perry says his family has always voted Labour and he plans to stick to that tradition next week -- despite Recession and an expenses scandal. "We are a working class family: my father voted Labour, my mother voted Labour, my whole family has voted Labour," the 48-year-old says. Labour loyalists like Perry are expected to deliver a comfortable win for Prime Minister Gordon Brown's...

Webster Parish Flooding Update
PARISH ROADS UPDATES: (updated 5 pm) Hwy. 164 (from Sibley to Doyline) IS NOW OPEN!!! A Number of other Parish Access Roads to the Lake Bistineau area are flooded and impassible (South Sibley/Heflin and Doyline areas). Expect high and rising waters when traveling those access roads. Some areas restricted to residents only. --------------------------------- Lake Bistineau crested at 147.48' and a slow Recession is expected. Revised predictions indicate that the lake may drop to 146' by Sunday. At...

G20 pledge to support economy until recovery firms
ST ANDREWS, Scotland (Reuters) - Group of 20 finance ministers and central bankers pledged on Saturday to prepare strategies to end emergency support for their economies, but to keep the aid flowing until recovery was assured. The world's biggest economies -- the European Union, the United States and Japan -- are either expected to or already have emerged from Recession in the third quarter. This has prompted a discussion on when to start cutting back on the trillions in public support pledged...