Archives for January, 2012
Older workers face challenges in Silicon Valley
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
While the Silicon Valley area has regained all its jobs lost in the recession, some older workers in the tech sector are feeling left out. An Economic Policy Institute report estimates over 450,000 jobs were lost or displaced over the past decade in California because of the growing trade deficit ...
Michigan pursues wind energy with tax policy
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
President Obama laid out a vision in his State of the Union speech Tuesday night that includes job creation through support for renewable energy. Michigan has one of the nation’s highest unemployment rates at 9.8 percent. A new tax ruling in the state could cost counties millions in revenue but ...




