Posted in Best Boss, Employment, Jobs report, Money, Money Finesse, News, Small businesses on October 7th, 2006
What if, instead of having to spend precious commuting minutes in the drive-thru for coffee and a donut, your workplace served up a continental breakfast every day? And saving you more time, offered a concierge service that picked up your dry-cleaning? What if you had a standing invitation to the bosses house for dinner every Tuesday night? Tuition reimbursement? On-site chair massages? Stock ownership?
Winning Workplaces has announced its 2006 list of the 18 Best Bosses to work for. Innovative styles and attention to the personal needs of their employees make these bosses stand out and working for their companies an enjoyable experience.
See the article and the 2006 List of Best Bosses at the Winning Workplaces website.
Winning Workplaces is a not-for-profit organization that provides information, training and consulting in helping small and midsize business create high-performance workplaces.
Posted in Carlos Guterriez, Economy, Employment, Federal Reserve Board, Jobs report, Money, Money Finesse, Stock Market on August 7th, 2006
The July jobs report, released on August 4, 2006, showed a rise in unemployment and that the growth of new jobs was smaller than expected.
Unemployment rose to 4.8% in July, taking the bloom off the rosy economic picture at the close of the second quarter for some. The likelihood is that the Federal Reserve Board, which meets this Tuesday, will put a hold on interest rate increases in order to keep inflation from becoming a runaway. The stock market reacted to the probable pause with an initial surge but only momentarily. The possibility that the economy was slowing outweighed the short term benefits of the anticipated rate pause.
The view from the administration was more optimistic. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez seemed hopeful in spite of the hike in the unemployment rate, pointing to the 113,000 new jobs that were created.
Carlos Gutierrez
“With the addition of 113,000 jobs and increasing wages, today’s employment report shows President Bush’s economic policies are working for American workers. Since 2004, the U.S. has created more jobs than the rest of the G-7 countries combined. Our economy has grown a strong 4.0 percent this year” Gutierrez declared during a visit to a power tool manufacturing facility in Virginia Beach, VA. “We will continue to advance the President’s economic policies of keeping taxes low and spending down in order to create jobs and opportunities for U.S. families and businesses,” he added.
