Daily Archives: February 4th, 2010
Don’t let immigrants take US jobs
By David R. Francis David R. Francis Tue Feb 2, 12:00 pm ET About 15 million Americans are unemployed. Yet Washington allows businesses to bring in about 1 million foreigners a year to take supposedly short-term jobs that many jobless would leap at taking if they could. It’s a “ridiculous” situation, says Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center [...]
Productivity, Jobless Claims Rise
By LUCA DILEO and SARAH N. LYNCH U.S. productivity, or output per hours worked, continued to rise strongly in the fourth quarter of 2009 as the economy’s expansion didn’t stop many employers from cutting labor costs. Separately, the number of U.S. workers filing new claims for jobless benefits unexpectedly rose last week in another sign [...]