U.S. Adds No New Jobs In August

Friday, September 2, 2011 U.S. Adds No New Jobs In August The U.S. economy added no new jobs in August as the unemployment rate stayed steady at 9.1 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Friday, the most concrete sign yet that the recovery has stalled out and a double-dip recession may well be on the way. U.S. Set To File Suits Against Big Banks Over Mortgages Long-Term Unemployed Discouraged, But Still Looking Obama Has Options To Take On Jobs Crisis, Economists Say Goldman Sells Mortgage Unit, Takes Some Heat From Regulators Amazon Tries To Entice California To Drop Controversial Tax BLOG POSTS Ted Kaufman: Critical Imbalances in Our Stock Market The only way to restore confidence in our markets is to reinstitute time-tested rules on short selling and make certain that the new market structures and trading mechanisms are understood and properly regulated. Ian Fletcher: Free Trade Debate With Forbes Magazine, Round One America doesn't need to cut itself off from the world entirely, but it does need to get wise to the fact that the rest of the world views trade (correctly) as an arena of national rivalry, and start playing the game. Gene Marks: 7 September Events That Will Likely Affect My Business in 2012 My hair is growing faster than our economy. And I'm bald. But hold on, because September is potentially shaping up to be even more disruptive for my company than August. Charles Lyons: The Perks of Unemployment I am not looking for free coffees or, as the case may be, free carrot cake. But it's just one of those perks, you might call them, of being unemployed. William Lazonick: What's "Perfect" About Perfect Competition? A Prosperous Economy Needs Innovators The theory of perfect competition enables economists to ignore the conditions under which, through innovation, business enterprises grow large and often come to dominate their industries.

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