Unemployment – Page 5

GOOD.is | Jobless in the City (Raw Image)

GOOD.is | Jobless in the City (Raw Image). You never think about it, but with roughly 12 million people living in the area, Los Angeles’ 10% unemployment rate means there are 1.2 million people (roughly the city of Detroit) out of work and looking for jobs. That’s 2.4 million idle hands. It’s kind of crazy toContinue reading “GOOD.is | Jobless in the City (Raw Image)”

Remington is Workbridge. Workbridge is Jobspring. Ignorance is strength.

Hiring managers may be interested to learn that Jobspring Partners and Workbridge Associates, two staffing firms that specialize in the placement of software developers, are actually the same company, Stride and Associates. The LA office of Workbridge is operating out of what used to be Remington International. They are still using the Remington phone number.Continue reading “Remington is Workbridge. Workbridge is Jobspring. Ignorance is strength.”

THE GREAT AMERICAN BUBBLE MACHINE

Note: THE GREAT AMERICAN BUBBLE MACHINE was originally published in Rolling Stone. For whatever reason Jann “Yawn” Wenner hasn’t put a digital copy online. That may change. Fortunately there is a scanned copy in PDF form. Finally an OCR copy has been made and posted by – of all people – an SA goon namedContinue reading “THE GREAT AMERICAN BUBBLE MACHINE”

Ladies and Gentlemen: The Pay Option ARM

I often attempt to explain to friends and family, in simple and straightforward terms, the basic mechanism of the pay options adjustable rate mortgage. I often feel that I’ve done a poor job in this effort. Fortunately, I’ve found other who have done a much better job at this. Dr. Housing Bubble (www.doctorhousingbubble.com) is aContinue reading “Ladies and Gentlemen: The Pay Option ARM”

Goldman Sachs trying to silence critical blogger

Apparently they’re not cool with negative press under a domain name like goldmansachs666.com/. I don’t agree with a lot of what this guy is saying. In fact, some of it seems pretty nutty. Which is all the more reason to watch GS initiate the Streisand effect on this guy. He’s already got 90,000 some hitsContinue reading “Goldman Sachs trying to silence critical blogger”