U.S. employment worries send stock markets sharply lower
TORONTO - The Toronto stock market is sharply lower in early trading following a six-session winning streak. New York indexes were also lower as a private sector employment report raised fears that Friday's non-farm jobs report for December will come in much worse than expected.

US ADP employment report shows a huge increase on unemployment in December
FXstreet.com (Barcelona) ? Non farm private employment seems to have3 posted a historical decline in December, with employment declining in all three main economic sectors and a specially sharp decline in the services sector, according to data released by Automatic Data Processing.

Bulgaria Trade Union to Come out with Employment Forecast in March
A credible forecast on the employment downturn in Bulgaria caused by the effects of the global financial crisis will be made in the end of March, chair of the KNSB trade union Zhelyazko Hristov has announced.

China to promote graduates' employment amid 'austere' job situation
The State Council, or China's Cabinet, pledged on Wednesday to give top priority to the employment of university graduates, reflecting the spread of the global financial crisis and the "austere" job situation.

House Speaker Harrell to pursue Employment Security Commission audit
The speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives said Tuesday he will ask the Legislative Audit Council to examine the state's Employment Security Commission and that the agency should be under the governor's control.

China to promote graduates' employment
BEIJING - The State Council, or cabinet, pledged on Wednesday to give top priority to the employment of university graduates, reflecting the spread of the global financial crisis and the "austere" job situation.

Line forms at employment office
A row of people in search of new jobs stretched halfway across the parking lot from the doors of the Kentucky Employment Service in Glasgow on Tuesday morning.

Eastday-China pledges to boost employment in 2009 amid global job cuts
Amid waves of job cuts worldwide, China has embarked on active measures to minimize job cuts and has pledged to boost employment this year. The financial crisis continues to hurt the fourth largest economy and pushed many enterprises to cut their headcounts.

Employment fears rattle U.S. stocks
Fresh worries about escalating unemployment, sparked by aluminum producer Alcoa's decision to slash jobs, sent stocks sharply lower on Wednesday.

Boosting employment must be top priority says city MP
BOOSTING employment must be a top priority for the UK Government, former Cabinet Minister Gavin Strang will tell Edinburgh University Labour Club tonight.

D-FW reports 2nd largest employment gain
The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area reported the second largest year-over-year employment gain nationally in November 2008 by adding 46,900 jobs. The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington area trailed only the Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown area, which reported a non-farm employment gain of 54,300 jobs.

Virginia Employment Commission: Recession likely to hit in first quarter - roanoke.com
To many Virginians who have lost their jobs, especially in manufacturing, this is not news. The Virginia Employment Commission reported Tuesday that the state appeared to be on the verge of recession as 2008 ended and "will probably be in recession by first quarter 2009" -- a prediction that is old news for hundreds of people laid off in the region since October.

Houston, Dallas set employment pace for November
The two largest markets in Texas -- Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston-- registered the nation?s biggest gains in private-sector employment, according to employment figures released Tuesday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Employment drops less than 1 percent in Madison area
The Madison area had 2,700 fewer people employed in November than in the same month last year, a drop of 0.8 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said Tuesday. Employment in the Milwaukee area fell 1.3 percent over the same period, with 11,200 fewer people working, the preliminary data showed. Nationwide, Dallas was the metropolitan area with the biggest employment gain from November ...

Emergency employment, livelihood programs in regions OKd
MANILA, Philippines - The government on Tuesday approved emergency employment and livelihood programs in the provinces that will be managed by Cabinet officials, Press Secretary Jesus Dureza said.

Teaneck establishing employment discrimination committee?
The Teaneck council will vote tonight on whether to establish a municipal investigative committee with subpoena power to examine the issue of employment discrimination in the wake of a $4.1 million judgment against the town.

Job Losses Jar Street
Dismal employment reports and corporate profit warnings rattle investors.

Dramatic fall in employment confidence
Employment confidence collapsed in the final quarter of 2008, according to the Westpac McDermott Miller employment confidence index, which fell to its lowest level since the survey began in 2004.

Small companies, giant job losses
The small businesses sector in December suffered its largest one-month jobs decline in at least a decade, according to an employment report by payroll processor ADP, which estimates that small companies shed 281,000 jobs last month.

Dallas, Fort Worth and Houston show increases in November employment
The Dallas-Fort Worth area and Houston both showed the largest gains in private-sector employment in November, according to employment figures released Jan. 6 by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.