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October 16, 2007
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Foolish Forecast: Labor Ready to Report In advance of earnings reports, analysts expect blue-collar temp agency Labor Ready to turn in another consensus-beating quarter. |
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July 22, 2005
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Labor Pains The temporary-worker resource provider hit its targets for the second quarter, but an analyst downgrade triggered a major sell-off. |
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June 2011
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Sizing Up the Labor Force A drop in unemployment is typically associated with growth in the labor force. But in the current market, that's not happening, which makes the Fed's job more difficult. |
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Is This the Best Business Services Buy? These companies send plenty of people to work. |
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Employment Stocks to Rise? As the economy recovers, temporary staffing firms like Manpower may enjoy a boost. |
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Making Money With Multiples These stats can help you compare companies to find great investments. |
BusinessWeek
February 19, 2007
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The Housing Drag Casts A Long Shadow During 2006, productivity growth was the weakest in nine years, while the labor cost required to produce a given unit of a good or service surged. But don't fret too much: The data on productivity and unit labor costs are being skewed by the housing downturn. |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2007
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Globalization of Labor Globalization is a vital force sustaining world growth, but policymakers need to ensure that all people benefit by strengthening access to education and training, adopting adequate social safety nets, and improving the functioning of labor markets. |
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A Big Upgrade for America's Jobs Market Finally, good news. |
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November 20, 2006
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Labor Ready Rolls Up Its Sleeves The nation's largest provider of day laborers faces profit pressure as the construction boom slows. |
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April 2009 |
New DOL Regs Department of Labor Employee Benefits Security Administration regulations proposed in the Federal Register on January 21, 2009. |
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October 19, 2007 |
Manpower Powers Through Q3: Fool by Numbers The fast facts on the third-quarter earnings report from Manpower; strong geographic presence leads to a 15% rise in revenue. Investors, take note. |
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August 27, 2003 |
What Labor Shortage? Debunking a Popular Myth It's a prediction frequently made by think tanks and consulting firms that companies and the U.S. economy are going to cope with a dearth of workers in the years to come. The problem, however, is that this piece of conventional wisdom is false. |
IndustryWeek
March 17, 2010 |
Obama Administration Pushing its Labor Agenda -- EFCA or No EFCA Labor experts see the Obama administration pushing its labor agenda regardless of what happens with the Employee Free Choice Act. |
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July 30, 2003
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Securities Industry Registers Slight Employment Uptick Securities firms have begun adding employees again, according to statistics from the Securities Industry Association and the Labor Dept. |
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July 18, 2006
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December 22, 2003
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SuperValu Bags Strong 2003 It's been a good year for the grocery and distribution company, and it looks to keep delivering. |
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April 16, 2010 |
Microsoft Probing Chinese Factory Allegations Responding to a report by a global labor watchdog alleging prison-like conditions in a factory of one of its manufacturing partners, Microsoft says it has dispatched officials to China to investigate. |
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February 15, 2005 |
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February 2005
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Mobility of Jobs are an Urban Planner's Nightmare The labor pool was what used to be flexible, but now jobs are moving more frequently than people. This means cities must plan to prevent what paralyzes booming communities: congestion and inner-city slums. |
InternetNews
November 20, 2009 |
Tech's H-1B Hiring Faces 'Employ America Act' Bipartisan legislation is designed to limit foreign labor via temporary guest worker programs. |
BusinessWeek
August 8, 2005
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How A Factory Became A Flash Point Violence at a Honda plant highlights India's outdated labor laws and rattles foreign investors. |
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March 10, 2004
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Robert Half's High Hopes Staffing firm Robert Half is hoping for a turnaround in the job market. |
Finance & Development
September 2010
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Back to Basics: What Constitutes Unemployment? Earlier this year, the International Labor Office announced that global unemployment last year reached the highest level on record. More than 200 million people, 7 percent of the global workforce, were looking for jobs in 2009. |
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Skills Gap: By The Numbers U.S. companies may be better off finding skilled labor than their global counterparts, according to a Manpower study. |
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September 19, 2011
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Wynn Resorts Are Ready for More in Macau Wynn Resorts gets the green light from the Macau government to start building in the Cotai Strip. |
IndustryWeek
February 1, 2009 |
Job Losses: By The Numbers Figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Manufacturing Performance Institute/MAPI show that the end of 2008 was one of the worst periods in recent history for job losses. |
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September 25, 2005
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Career Pros: When Jobs Outnumber Workers The US Department of Labor predicts a labor shortage by end of decade, but too many employers aren't heeding the message. Keeping valued workers may be their best strategy. |
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June 1, 2001
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Who Has a New Economy? IMF staff and other economists are conducting research into whether the relationship between information and communications technologies and productivity growth extends to other major industrial countries besides the U.S. The evidence so far is mixed... |
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October 1, 2007
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Workplace Fatalities in the U.S.: By The Numbers Here are some statistics from the Bureau of Labor Statistics about workplace fatalities. |
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March 1, 2008
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The Biggest Challenges Facing Manufacturers -- IndustryWeek's 2008 Salary Survey Responses Offshore competition. Finding and retaining skilled labor. Rising costs. Government regulations. Sound familiar? Manufacturing managers share many of the same headaches and confront common challenges. |
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July 18, 2007
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Foolish Forecast: Manpower Knows All The staffing agency is set to report its second-quarter 2007 earnings. Investors, here is what you can expect to see. |
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March 1, 2007
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Manpower's Michael Van Handel The CFO at a business with 4,400 offices in 73 countries, Van Handel seems the ideal person to comment on the looming ''war on talent'' and its global implications. |
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March 8, 2006
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Oregon Steel Forges Ahead: Fool by Numbers The company released 2005 full-year earnings: Income Statement Highlights... Margin Checkup... Balance Sheet Highlights... Cash Flow Highlights... |
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April 9, 2007
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Where Are All The Workers? Companies worldwide are suddenly scrambling to manage a labor crunch. |
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June 6, 2006
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Gut-Busting Earnings From Bob Evans The company beat estimates, but work still lies ahead. Investors might be ready to take a position in this company, especially if it continues as a turnaround. Be sure, though, to keep an eye on the margins and same-store sales. |
BusinessWeek
December 8, 2003
Brian Grow |
A Day's Pay For A Day's Work -- Maybe Corporate America is outsourcing more work, and day-labor agencies have sprung up to fill the demand. But it's a largely unregulated world that often utilizes illegal immigrants that are vulnerable to abuse. Worker-rights groups are pushing for improvements. |
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September 3, 2006 |
Jobwire Sluggish Growth in August... Labor Day Resolutions... HR Worries About Labor Shortage... Surprising Six-Figure Careers... |
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September 2011 |
Unemployed in Europe European countries can take a number of steps to protect vulnerable groups from unemployment and help reduce income inequality. |
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July 1, 2006
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Outsourcing: Hedge the Low-Wage Wager Manufacturers are still chasing cheap labor around the world. But they'd be well advised not to place all of their outsourcing stake on it. |
BusinessWeek
November 20, 2006
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U.S.: Strong Labor Markets Put The Fed On The Spot Weak productivity and rising labor costs could force more rate hikes. |
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October 9, 2005
Michael Kinsman |
Career Pros: Unions at a Crossroad What's behind the split within organized labor? Could the division of the labor community reignite passion in union activism? |
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November 15, 2003
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When (or if) the Boomers Say Bye-Bye Conventional wisdom holds that the mass retirement of the baby boomers will trigger a hiring frenzy. Conventional wisdom is wrong. |
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December 1, 2006
Jim Heskett |
How Important Is Quality of Labor? And How Is It Achieved? By understanding labor quality, can we better confront anxieties about outsourcing and immigration? |
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December 1, 2007
David Blanchard |
Sourcing in Low-Cost Countries: By The Numbers Top 5 reasons companies source in low-cost countries. |
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