Word: joblessness
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...Huang and her fellow graduates are facing China's surprisingly grim economic realities - some new, some chronic. Generating enough jobs for the masses of newly minted capitalists who emerge from China's university system has for years been a challenge. Last year, about one-third of college grads went jobless for at least six months after graduation, according to government estimates. This year's crop of 5.6 million grads - 740,000 more than last year - is the largest ever, and the tsunami of able bodies is washing into the market just as China's economy is faltering...
...Germany, economists have been waiting for a decade for a consumer-led rebound - and they're still waiting, even though the economy had fared well until recently. Crucially, employment remains buoyant in most countries other than Spain, and so far, despite some job cuts - especially at banks - the overall jobless level remains stable. For example, a regular survey of job opportunities posted online throughout Europe showed no change overall in June; indeed, there was a sharp increase of postings for jobs in tourism, hospitality and health care, according to the online recruiter Monster, which compiles the survey. Still, fueled...
...labor protections? Yes She says these protections should be enforced just like those dealing with commerce Yes A leaked memo implied his stance was "political maneuvering"; Obama denies the claim No Says open markets create economic opportunity UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE Payrolls shrank by 63,000 in February. Should the jobless get more time on assistance? Yes Her stimulus plan would include $10 billion to extend unemployment insurance Yes Would add some part-timers and give a temporary extension to those who have used up eligibility No Favors a total overhaul of unemployment insurance instead, using the funds for retraining HEDGE FUNDS...
...small workshop, which employs 100 women from displaced families. Odhaib sees the program as a way to help the families earn a lilttle income and find some dignity until a better solution emerges. She knows firsthand it can work. When Odhaib's husband wound up jobless in the early 1990s, she supported the family by opening a small tailoring shop in Baghdad. At first she made clothes to order by herself using three machines she bought with savings. As the business grew she was able to bring on two female employees...
...group for Moroccans who, in the words of founder Ahmed Larouz, are "the sort of people who say, 'I want to be CEO of Philips.'" Parisian professionals go to Les Dérouilleurs, a networking salon whose name (the Un-Rusty Ones) jabs at the stereotype of les rouilleurs - jobless Maghrebi youth "rusting away" in the banlieues...