Bills First, College Savings Much Later
Parents put less money into college savings plans during the past year, according to new data released this week, perhaps learning the lesson that it's best to take care of yourself first before saving for your child's college expenses.
Assets in
Gas Prices Reach Memorial Day Peak
It happens around every Memorial Day: Gas prices go up as the summer driving season begins.
At least a gallon of gasoline -- now at an average of $2.36 a gallon across the United States -- is less than it was a year ago when a gallon averaged $3.94,
To Be Young And 'Fortunate' In 1990s Boomtime
In December, Tuck lost his job at Boom Time. He was certain, Lil said, to find a similar job, and quick, at a similar magazine, like Fast Company or Bubble Economy, or Salon or Slate or Feed, or a portal like Yahoo! or Google, which was where the real
Simply Hired CEO Named Among Bay Area?s Most Influential Under 40
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- (BUSINESSWIRE) --
Simply
Hired, the largest job
search engine and recruitment
advertising network, today announced Chief Executive Officer and
Co-Founder Gautam Godhwani has been named to the San Jose Business
Journal?s annual ?
Maine Jobless Rate Down Slightly
AUGUSTA, Maine -- Maine Labor Commissioner Laura Fortman said the state's preliminary seasonally-adjusted April unemployment rate is 7.9 percent.
That's down slightly from 8.1 percent for March and up from 5.1 percent for April 2008.
The national
Boeing warns 100 local workers of layoffs
Published: Friday, May 22, 2009
EVERETT -- The Boeing Co. has slowed its pace in handing out pink slips to workers here in the Puget Sound region, with 100 employees to receive 60-day notices today.
The company's
Initial Jobless Claims: No Clear Signal
Initial claims for unemployment fell 12,000 to 631,000. The four-week moving average dropped a slight 3,500 to 628,500. The four-week average is a key indicator at turning points in the economy -- when it peaks out it usually means that the official
Home pools a hazard for tots
WASHINGTON ? Before opening that backyard pool, parents should beware that more young children suffer from submersion injuries or deaths in residential pools than they do in public ones.
A report released Thursday by the Consumer Product Safety
How to Work with a Clean Tech Recruiter
Say you gave notice, the economy be damned. Or you took the corporate buy-out offer and want to take your considerable skill set and apply it to world-changing (and potentially lucrative) work at a renewable energy startup. Or you just finished a
Mary Easley stands her ground
The dispute between former first lady Mary Easley and university leaders over her $170,000-a-year job at N.C. State exploded into full verbal combat Thursday, but Easley didn't say a word.
Instead, her attorney, Marvin Schiller, read one glowing
