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Old 01-31-2004, 01:42 AM  
Paul Markham
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Originally posted by theking


Clueless pick up the paper in any city in America and check the help wanted ads. Larger cities have pages of help wanted ads.
Stupid, wake up to reality one day.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3383245.stm

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The Bureau of Labor Statistics said the latest employment data suggested that at least 300,000 people had simply stopped looking for work.

US retailers did not take on extra staff to cover the Christmas rush; instead they cut 38,000 jobs.

The manufacturing sector has been shedding workers for nearly four years, and the trend continued in the December, when industry cut 26,000 posts.

Slow recovery?

Sung Won Sohn, chief economist at Wells Fargo Bank, dubbed the figures "disappointing".

He added: "Business caution is still quite substantial, preventing them from hiring people. The name of the game is productivity and to postpone hiring as long as they can."

Other experts added that the report was evidence that the economic recovery could be slower than previously expected.
So my answer still sticks.
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