MeadWestVaco cuts 65 Michigan-based Benton Harbor school district lays off 6 Putzmeister lays off 23 percent of work force Eugene, Ore. newspaper lays off 21 United Way of Rhode Island cuts 8 Gov. Phil Bredesen cuts 700 in Tenn. Lloyds Banking to cut 1,660 Talbots to cut headcount by 20 percent
June 9, 2009
Bargain Booze Sales Up in New Jersey
New Jersey residents are still drinking despite the recession—just not the expensive stuff. Now they’re opting for Absolut instead of Grey Goose and Miller Genuine rather than a pricier microbrew. Times may be tough, but we still need our alcohol. It helps take the edge off.
June 9, 2009
Maybe We’ll End Up Like David Sedaris
From Metro Santa Cruz: Many of your essays harken back to when you were younger, un- or underemployed, renting rooms, hitchhiking and otherwise fairly poor. At the time, did your days of being broke feel as amusing as you make them seem now? The worst feeling on earth is being unemployed and not doing anything [...]
June 9, 2009
Boston Globe Employees Not Going Down Without A Fight
Boston Globe staffers’ letter to Arthur Sulzberger Jr.; sent on June 9 Dear Mr. Sulzberger, We have long admired your commitment to producing the world’s best journalism. We know, as a former reporter, that you appreciate the work we do and how we have continued to publish hard-hitting, thoughtful papers throughout these hard times. Despite [...]
June 9, 2009
Too Bad I Have No Engagement Ring To Hawk
This is amazing! I saw it on TV this morning. The website, I Do Now I Don’t, caters to jilted lovers that want to get rid of those old memories and get some cold hard cash off their, errrr, mistakes! You can sell all sorts of jewelery, including former wedding bands and engagement rings, as [...]
June 9, 2009
In My Next Life…
I want to be a “repo man!” Biz is booming right now, too bad I have a college degree in something that isn’t getting me work!!!
June 9, 2009
FREE Botox for Unemployed!
As competition for the few jobs that are left intensifies, many “older” Americans are being told they don’t look young enough for the job. I was just hanging out at my local library (because my neighbors were away and I couldn’t steal their wireless, how rude!) and some dude across the table from me told [...]
