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Job loss can make you sick, new study finds
May 08, 2009 |
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In the face of rising unemployment and businesses declaring bankruptcy, a new study has found that losing your job can make you sick. Even when people find a new job quickly, there is an increased risk of developing a new ...
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Sociologist Says This Month's Family Murder-Suicides Only 'the Tip of the Iceberg'
Jan 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A family sociologist at the University at Buffalo says this month's murder-suicides involving a family of four in Ohio and a family of five in California may be "just the tip of the iceberg."
Big-3 bankruptcy: Job loss less than half oft-cited figure, says study
Dec 16, 2008 |
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The impact of a Big-3 bankruptcy and restructuring would be severe, but frequently-quoted job loss figures are misleading and overstated, according to a new projection by the University of Maryland's Inforum economic research ...
New research confirms connection between job loss and poor health
Jan 08, 2008 |
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Employees who lose their jobs because of their health suffer more significant depression and detrimental health outcomes than people who lose their jobs for non-health reasons, new research shows.
Job insecurity leads to health problems in U.S. workers
Aug 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Persistent job insecurity poses a major threat to worker health, according to a new study published in the September issue of the peer-reviewed journal Social Science and Medicine.
Toshiba expects bigger loss, contract job cuts
Apr 17, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Toshiba Corp., Japan's top chipmaker, Friday said its net loss for the last fiscal year will be bigger than forecast due to a large write-off, and warned that more contract jobs will be cut.
Social costs of job loss
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 19, 2009 |
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As the nationwide recession continues, California and 14 other states have unemployment rates hovering around 10 percent. Job loss can devastate workers, says David Dooley, UC Irvine professor of psychology & social behavior, ...
Lose your job? Tell your Facebook, Twitter friends
Apr 28, 2009 |
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Just minutes after she was laid off from her job earlier this month, Brittany Ward pulled out her cell phone and typed a short message. "Needs a job."
Silver lining effect study, 'I have some good news and some bad news'
Nov 30, 2009 |
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Communicating "I have some good news and some bad news" is better than combining messages into a single, bleak result when small gains and large losses occur together, according to a study in the current issue of Management Sc ...
Japan's Sharp reports 1.3 bln dollar annual loss
Apr 27, 2009 |
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Japanese electronics giant Sharp Corp. announced an annual net loss of 1.3 billion dollars, its first ever, due to a slump in sales, but it forecast a return to profit this year.
Economists' new research shows positive effects of minimum-wage increases
Jul 24, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- As various states consider minimum wage increases, and with Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama proposing that the minimum wage be increased and indexed to adjust for cost-of-living increases, researchers ...
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