The numbers for Franklin, Fulton and the other 65 counties have not been released yet, but Pennsylvania’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose from 5.8 percent in October to 6.1 percent in November, highlighted by the biggest drop in nonfarming jobs in almost 13 years, according to the state Department of Labor and Industry.
The United States has overtaken Germany to become the largest producer of wind energy in the world, generating enough capacity to eliminate the burning of 91 million barrels of oil per year.According to the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), US wind producers enjoyed another record year of growth in 2008—the third in a row.
Interactive map of the United States comparing the Federal and state minimum wage amounts. Minimum Wage Laws in the States - July 24, 2008 Click on any state or jurisdiction to find out about applicable minimum wage laws.
Will Economic Freefall Result in Protectionism Worldwide?
A partial cause and deepening of the Great Depression were trade tariffs that the United States Congress passed, thinking it would protect the American economy. Will the current economic problems cause this to reoccur?
Find search engines from countries around the world with Search Engine Colossus - International Directory of Search Engines. Search engines of ..
Recent meetings have been held in Thailand between the Drug Enforcement Agencies of countries in the Pacific Rim. The major topic is the emphasis being put on elimination of West African, and primarily Nigerian, drug rings that have been using local Asian women from Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines as drug couriers.
This is a brand new program."myCountryUSA is a geographical study program for the United States. myCountry gives statistics for all the 50 states such as state name, capital name, population, state land and water areas, telephone area codes, co-ordinate location, state flag and more."
As a Russian jet bombed fields around his village, Djimali Avago, a Georgian farmer, asked me: “Why won’t America and Nato help us? If they won’t help us now, why did we help them in Iraq?”A similar sense of betrayal coursed through the conversations of many Georgians here yesterday as their troops retreated under shellfire and the Russian Army pressed forward to take full control of South Ossetia.
Second Life was born in the United States, but 61 percent of its active residents are Europeans, according to a new study.
Three related stories on Turkish author Orhan Pamuk and his flight to the United States.
