But as the months ticked by, Mr. Segal, who worked from home for a Boston-based company, grew increasingly bothered by the disorder, which seemed to keep growing by the day. The designers were asked to remake a room for one of these prospective clients — whichever room bothered the client most — spending no more than $300 (just under the average weekly unemployment benefit in New York State), excluding their own labor. The best kind of interior design is no design. Using what you have, refurbishing what you find or buy used and making moderate affordable upgrades are possible. MORE >>

The New York Times Company threatened to close The Boston Globe if its employees didn’t make substantial sacrifices in salaries and benefits. It’s immaterial whether we find the fruits of their labors on paper, a laptop screen, a BlackBerry, a Kindle or podcast. Well Frank Rich and Maureen Dowd and I must all share a brain. As I wrote in the last blog entry the death of the Newspaper worries me. cannot imagine not having something to read that is not part of a computer screen. like to read what I presume is researched and experienced reporting from the field. you get the picture. MORE >>

s, as The Boston Globe has reported. When asked about the potential benefits of a Cadillac tax — better wage growth and less wasteful medical spending, with no damage to health — labor officials tend to dismiss them as the stuff of airy economic theory. As you already know I am a big proponent of a Single Payer Insurance Plan. That is where the Government collects and administers all health care from a single source. be it the Government or a Private Insurer. France and Switzerland have this and they have maintained costs and provide insurance for all the population. The A.F.L.-C.I.O. MORE >>

But rather than giving up on its green jobs mantra, the White House will rededicate itself to promoting green industries at the jobs meeting, which will bring together business and labor leaders, politicians and economists. Last month, General Electric said it would close a solar panel factory in Delaware, while Evergreen Solar, which received $58 million in state aid to build a 900-employee plant northwest of Boston, said it would move some assembly to China, costing 250 jobs. Well as we mark a year I have seen much change and not for the better. Was Greenspan unavailable? MORE >>

And the sheer numbers of unemployed, the lack of social services and safety nets that have deteriorated or been eliminated since the Wreckers control of the 80's, and the move to profits for business by cutting staff, outsourcing and growth of technology to replace labor led to slower hiring practices of the last 10 years. million jobless people will lose their unemployment check before the end of April unless Congress approves the Obama administration’s proposal to extend the payments, according to the Labor Department. Undoubtedly I know for many its worse. Roughly 2.7 But Ms. MORE >>