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Volume 4, Issue 5 May 2010
The Sun Comes Out
"After surging 5.6 percent in the fourth quarter of 2009, the U.S. GDP slowed its rate of growth to 3.2 percent in the first quarter of 2010. At the same time..." click to read entire article [PDF 279KB]
Volume 4, Issue 4 April 2010
Global - The Light In the Tunnel
"Yet, again the global economy seems to be stepping away from the brink. A sovereign debt crisis with Greece was seemingly adverted after an EU plan provided backstop funding for the country. To the relief of observers, Greece just successfully sold five billion euros worth seven-year bonds..." click to read entire article [PDF 923KB]
Volume 4, Issue 3 March 2010
In the Short-Term, Change Likely; In the Long-Term, Change Guaranteed
"In January, the percentage of the 15 million unemployed people in the United States who have been unemployed for more than 27 weeks rose..." click to read entire article [PDF 112KB]
Volume 4, Issue 2 February 2010
Today's Proposals May Be Tomorrow's Staffing Headaches
"At the end of January, economist and world leaders convered on Davos, Switerland for...the World's Economics Forum's Annual Meeting..." click to read entire article [PDF 152KB]
Volume 3, Issue 12 December 2009
Black Friday in a Red Year
"Anyway, we continue to live in interesting times," said Paul Krugman in an unusually understated conclusion to a recent New York Times column..." click to read entire article[PDF 923KB]
Volume 3, Issue 11, November 2009
"The End is Here... A 3.4 percent GDP growth in the 3rd quarter of 2009 brings a presumptive official end to the Great Recession..." click to read entire article [PDF 153KB]
Volume 3, Issue 7, July 2009
"While the inevitable political witch-hunts that occur after anything of a disastrous scale can be taxing-the one relief they seem to give is the notion of an end to the event." click to read entire article [PDF 221KB]
Volume 3, Issue 6, June 2009
"People drive pretty fast in Alabama, they'll go 10 or 15 miles over the limit even if it's raining. But when they see a car crumpled on the side of the road, they pull back. It will stop raining and they'll still be well under the limit, waiting until they know the pavement has dried out before speeding up again," says Jim Emison, managing partner of MR Birmingham Group, an MRINetwork office in Birmingham, Alabama. "That's where a lot of employers are right now..." click to read entire article [PDF 168KB]
Volume 3, Issue 5, May 2009
"Over the last two months, a steady flow of new reports has pointed to improved conditions in the U.S. economy. Consumer confidence is growing..." click to read entire article [PDF 228KB]
News Release
SAN FRANCISCO, November 7, 2009
Ultimate Placements LLC has been selected for the 2009 Best of Business Award...click to read entire article [PDF 339KB]
EMPLOYER HIRING FOCUSES ON FUNCTION OVER FORM.
"Companies strive to improve products rather than just boost marketing of them, says MRINetwork. "Philadelphia, PA - "In light of the recession, leading firms are focused on hiring and top grading positions responsible for the design and improvement of products, rather than simply giving them a better public face, according to top recruiters at MRINetwork, one of the world's largest search and recruitment organizations. The shift expresses many corporations' revised expectations of a changing market climate in a post-recession America..." click to read entire article [PDF 112KB]
