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Yesterday was Labor Day, which we found out was actually originally a Canadian holiday sparked by labor disputes in Hamilton and Toronto in the 1870s. American labor leader Peter J. McGuire was visiting Toronto in 1882 when he came across one such celebration, and decided to import the idea to the U.S. He organized the [...]

A lot of us are paying more attention to job offers these days. Here’s a list of some ones that are real enticing…
Go To List: http://oddee.com/item_96514.aspx

This morning a terrific Huffington Post article on steps the Obama administration is taking to limit the benefits paid to CEOs of bailed-out banks made us wonder just what kind of ridiculous compensations other than salaries CEOs have been getting. This hilarious video from CNBC gave us some idea, though the group (being a group [...]

Don’t let the door hit you on your way out. Foreign Policy has graciously offered us a list of 5 things the witless wonder can do. Not on the list… anything involving other people’s money, jobs, safety, well being, happiness, joy.
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=4627

This week the news (at least the really important news) has been all about animals getting jobs once performed by humans. First we learned about service dogs that fetch their owners water and do their laundry, then we read that the city of Mesa, Arizona had laid off its lawnmower operators and hired goats to [...]

On this lovely sunny morning we learned that the U.S.A. has reached a 7.2% unemployment rate, a 16-year high. Though our souls immediately turned to despair and we sank our sorrows into an Irish coffee and a playlist of movies about economic hardship, we slowly realized that unemployment is one of the most vital trials [...]

With our media cycles accelerating to the point of time travel, some great 2009 lists caught our eye before the year even began. More risky than lists that summarize past events, we especially like prediction lists for offering a thrilling vision of what the future might look like. To get an idea of what the [...]

The unwavering optimists at Gawker remind us that when all the chips are down (and of no value because money markets like the chips market have collapsed), there are still a few growth sectors where jobs are to be had and kept. Some of their suggestions aren’t seriously viable, while others might make a nervous [...]