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Job loss ripple effects

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The over 52,000 job cuts in the financial industry will have a ripple effect on other job markets, and add to a mounting U.S. total that could top 2.5 million.
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Debtor nation: how we got here

University of Virgina professor Ronald Wilcox talks about Americans' financial difficulty and inability to save, and what it ultimately means for the U.S. economy....
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DHL shuts down in Ohio

DHL's cuts could mean the loss of 7000 jobs in Wilmington, Ohio; Unemployment Compensation Fund nearly depleted....
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Personal foreclosure

As a teenager Ryan Chittum lived in a comfortable middle-class neighborhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma; then his father became ill, lost his job and the family lost their home to foreclosure....
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Mounting layoffs sign of deepening economic downturn

The U.S. is expected to lose 200,000 jobs this month and unemployment, now at 6.1 percent, could rise to 7 or 8 percent. ...
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Economic downturn affects older workers

More are deciding to postpone retirement or even return to the workforce -- some keep working to stay active; others find it necessary in an uncertain economy....
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Coping with an ailing health insurance system

America's health care crisis widens to not only focus on the millions of uninsured, but on the growing number of people who are under-insured....
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Saving the economy one green job at a time

Van Jones, author of 'The Green Collar Economy' discusses a green light at the end of the currently dark financial tunnel....
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U.S. carmakers struggle

Detroit automakers and UAW agree to new wage system for workers, which they hope will bring jobs back to U.S....
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Job tips for a tough economy

Things look bleak for the thousands of financial workers -- career advice for financial professionals who are -- or will be -- pounding the pavement....
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