News tagged with jobs


Social costs of job loss

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 19, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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, ...


Redundancy Reduces Birth Rates of Highly-Skilled: Losing a Job Can Ruin Plans to Start a Family

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

Highly skilled women who have lost their job tend not to realise their plans to start a family. This is the clear finding of a major study conducted by the University of Linz with support from the Austrian Science Fund FWF. ...


Temp work strains employee mental health

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Workers hired for temporary, contract, casual or fixed-term positions are at risk for increased mental health problems, according to research to be presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological ...


Google CEO leaves Apple board as companies compete (AP)

Google CEO leaves Apple board to avoid conflicts

Technology / Business

created Aug 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Google Inc. Chief Executive Eric Schmidt has resigned from Apple Inc.'s board because of the companies' conflicting interests as competition between the one-time allies heats up.


Australian PM vows to create 50,000 'green' jobs

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Australia's prime minister promised Thursday to create 50,000 "green" jobs and apprenticeships to combat climate change and unemployment simultaneously.


Apple fiscal 3Q profit jumps 15 percent (AP)

Apple 3Q beats Street despite recession

Technology / Business

created Jul 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(AP) -- Apple Inc. seems to have missed the memo - you know, the one about the recession.


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Nortel strikes deal to sell business unit to Avaya

Technology / Business

created Jul 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Canadian telecom equipment maker Nortel said Monday it reached a deal to sell its enterprise solutions business to US-based Avaya for 475 million dollars pending approval of a bankruptcy court.


Apple’s App Store Downloads Top 1.5 Billion in First Year

Technology / Software

created Jul 14, 2009 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Apple today announced that customers have downloaded more than 1.5 billion applications in just one year from its App Store, the largest applications store in the world. The App Store is also growing at an incredible pace ...


Apple CEO Steve Jobs back at work few days a week (AP)

Apple CEO Steve Jobs back at work few days a week

Technology / Business

created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Apple Inc. co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs is back at work after a five-and-a-half-month medical leave, during which he received a liver transplant.


Jobs appears closer to returning to work at Apple (AP)

Jobs appears closer to returning to work at Apple

Technology / Business

created Jun 24, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs appears to be a step closer to returning to work, as a doctor gave him an "excellent prognosis" after receiving a liver transplant at a Tennessee hospital.


Memphis hospital confirms Jobs liver transplant

Technology / Business

created Jun 24, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs has an "excellent prognosis" after receiving a liver transplant at a Tennessee hospital, a doctor confirmed Tuesday.


Business 101: Must Apple discuss CEO Jobs' health?

Technology / Business

created Jun 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- This week, Apple Inc. wasn't shy about touting the sales of its latest mobile device. But the company didn't say anything confirming reports from over the weekend that co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs had a liver transplant ...


Apple: More than 1M new-model iPhones sold

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jun 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Apple Inc. sold more than a million units of its latest iPhone model in the first three days, making it the most successful model yet.


Apple fans are prepared for a part-time Jobs (AP)

Apple fans are prepared for a part-time Jobs

Technology / Business

created Jun 22, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Five and a half months ago, word that Steve Jobs would only work part-time as he recovered from a liver transplant would have sent investors into a selling frenzy, so closely linked was Apple's charismatic ...


Jobs has been recovering well and was expected to return to work on schedule later this month

Apple CEO gets liver transplant: report

Technology / Business

created Jun 20, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Apple chief executive Steve Jobs, on medical leave since January for treatment of an undisclosed condition, received a liver transplant about two months ago in Tennessee, The Wall Street Journal reported ...