http://marketpublishers.com/lists/news_50.html Social Researches news en-us 2008-10-01 03:19:38 GMT 2008-10-01 03:19:38 GMT http://marketpublishers.com/lists/3474/news.html Pension fund finances worsened in August, with the collective deficit of the UK's final salary pension schemes widening to £36.7bn. That was up from the deficit of £24.1bn at the end of July and far worse than the situation a... 08.09.2008 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/3459/news.html The unemployment rate in the US is at its highest level in nearly five years after a higher-than-expected 84,000 jobs were lost last month. The jobless rate has risen to 6.1%, the highest since December 2003, adding to concern about the... 05.09.2008 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/3451/news.html Recruitment consultancy Hays has posted a 25% increase in annual profits after a sharp rise in overseas earnings offset a weak performance in the UK. Despite a pre-tax profit of £264m in the year to 30 June, Hays warned the UK... 02.09.2008 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/3258/news.html European unemployment remained at a record low in May, reinforcing the European Central Bank's concern that soaring prices may fuel bigger wage demands, reported The Bloomberg. The jobless rate in the 15-nation euro area remained at 7.2... 01.07.2008 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/3139/news.html Large UK-owned companies are outstripping their European rivals when it comes to creating wealth, a study has concluded, reported The BBC. Banks and oil firms topped the 2007 Value Added Scoreboard research by the Department for Business... 09.06.2008 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/3034/news.html The right to request flexible working is to be extended to about 4.5 million parents of children aged up to 16, reported The BBC. Under the current rules the opportunity is limited to parents whose children are under six or disabled. ... 15.05.2008 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/2847/news.html Record levels of immigration have had "little or no impact" on the economic well-being of Britons, an influential House of Lords committee has said, reported The BBC. It says competition from immigrants has had a negative impact... 01.04.2008 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/2693/news.html The world's working women are on the rise, says the International Labour Organization, but many find it hard to get jobs and endure poor conditions, reported The BBC. The number of employed women grew by almost 200 million over the last... 07.03.2008 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/2615/news.html Women without children are most likely to do unpaid overtime, says a report by the Trades Union Congress (TUC), reported The BBC. They are more likely to work extra hours than mothers, fathers and men without children, according to the... 22.02.2008 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/2047/news.html The European Commission is set to unveil a Blue Card for skilled immigrants, based on the US Green Card, reported The BBC. The card would allow suitably qualified people and their families to live and work within the EU. The EU says... 23.10.2007 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/1913/news.html Australia has seen its jobless rate fall to its lowest level in 33 years in September, official data shows, raising chances of an interest rate rise, reported The BBC. Employers created 13,000 new jobs for the month, sending the... 11.10.2007 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/1835/news.html Unemployment in the eurozone remained at 6.9% in August, the lowest rate since records began in 1993, according to official EU figures, reported The BBC. Data from Eurostat showed that the seasonally adjusted jobless rate in the 13... 02.10.2007 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/1609/news.html Children in Europe are aware of the risks of illegal downloading, but often rationalize their act by saying that everyone -- including their parents -- is doing it, according to a major European Commission survey, reported The Hollywood Reporter.... 13.08.2007 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/1554/news.html The gap between rich and poor has widened sharply in China and many other Asian countries as their economies have boomed, research has suggested, reported The BBC. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) found that relative inequality had widened... 08.08.2007 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/1472/news.html Living in the countryside costs £60 a week more than in towns and cities, a report has found, reported The BBC. The Commission for Rural Communities study showed rural households spend an average of almost £480 weekly. The... 17.07.2007 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/1422/news.html Claims that the UK is losing large numbers of white-collar jobs through outsourcing to India and other nations is overstated, a report has said, reported The BBC. Instead, there has so far been little direct evidence of significant job... 09.07.2007 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/1213/news.html Italy's unemployment rate dropped to a record low in the first quarter as growth in Europe's fourth- biggest economy outpaced expectations, reported The Bloomberg. The unemployment rate fell to 6.2 percent from a downward- revised 6.4... 19.06.2007 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/1202/news.html Half of Britons could not exist without e-mail - with 30 or 40-somethings more addicted than teens, a survey finds, reported The BBC. Fifty per cent of 25 to 34-year-olds told ICM researchers they would not be able to carry on without... 18.06.2007 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/813/news.html If you are a teacher, banker or a stockbroker, watch your back because a new report has found your colleagues are the biggest gossips. The favourite topics to tattle over at the water cooler include the boss, other people's personal life... 03.05.2007 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/708/news.html A dramatic pay gap emerges between women and men in America the year after they graduate from college and widens over the ensuing decade, according to research released on Monday, reported The Reuters. One year out of college, women working... 24.04.2007