Posted October 4th, 2009 by editor
Alarming as the climb in unemployment is, the growing duration of joblessness is more worrying still.
Americas army of long-term unemployed ? those without work for six months or more ? swelled to 5.4 million, according to todays figures.This is roughly equal to the combined populations of Los Angeles, San Diego and Sacramento.
Source:http://blogs.reuters.com/columns/2009/10/02/the-perils-of-long-term-unemployment/
Tags: army, duration, joblessness, long term unemployment, perils, populations, san diego, six months
Posted August 11th, 2009 by editor
The worst U.S. recession since the Great Depression will probably end in the third quarter, but uncertainty exists over the speed and duration of the economic recovery, according to the most recent survey of private economists.
Source:http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE5792C820090810
Tags: duration, economic recovery, great depression, private economists, q3, recession, uncertainty
Posted December 3rd, 2008 by editor
Terrorists who battled Indian commandos for 60-hours last week relied on cocaine and other stimulants to stay awake for the duration of the fight.
The full story is here:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/3540964/Mumbai-attacks-Terrorists-took-cocaine-to-stay-awake-during-assault.html
Tags: cocaine, commandos, duration, stimulants, terrorists
