TORONTO — Canadian employers expect the hiring climate to hold steady in the second quarter, dipping slightly from the previous quarter, according to an employment survey by Manpower Inc.
The poll of 1,900 employers from various sectors found that 20% plan to hire workers in the three-month period from April to June.
Five percent said they anticipate cutbacks to hiring, while 75% said they will keep existing staffing levels.
China has agreed to "significantly" increase market access to US movies as part of outstanding issues following a World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute, according to Vice President Joe Biden.The deal, announced as Chinese Vice-President Xi Jinping ended a US trip, will allow over 50 percent more US movies into China, added the Motion Picture Association (MPAA), while Biden did not put numbers on the increase.
According to the January 2013 Employment Situation Report, the U.S. economy added just 17,000 jobs for individuals Age 16 or older in the month from December 2012 to January 2013. Or more technically, in the month from the week including 12th day of December 2012 to the week including the 12th day of January 2013.
According to the January 2013 Employment Situation Report, the U.S. economy added just 17,000 jobs for individuals Age 16 or older in the month from December 2012 to January 2013. Or more technically, in the month from the week including 12th day of December 2012 to the week including the 12th day of January 2013.
Vice President Joe Biden stole the show while getting the chance to meet and greet Senators and their families at the Senate's mock swearing-in ceremony on Thursday. During the swearing-in ceremony, Biden joked with new Senators and their mothers, prepared a female Senator by telling her she would be "frisked," and offered some workout advice. Here are Biden's best interactions:
Vice President Joe Biden made the case for new gun measures being floated in the Senate on "Morning Joe" Thursday, arguing that they could have had some effect on recent mass shooting incidents.
Vice President Joe Biden returned to Washington late Tuesday night from an overseas trip to Italy, where he traveled to attend the inaugural mass of Pope Francis.
In a Google+ Hangout centered around gun control, Vice President Joe Biden went off on a strange tanget on shotguns, assault rifles, and protecting yourself during an earthquake against other people (or, zombies?). "A shotgun would keep you a lot safer – a double barrel shotgun – than the assault weapon in somebody's hand who doesn't know how to use it, even one who does know how to use it.
Michael Crowley has a very good piece in TNR looking at Joe Biden’s growing doubts about the wisdom of an ambitious COIN strategy in Afghanistan. The crux of the matter, it seems, is that he became worried that we’re assuming a can opener when it comes to talking about building a legitimate Afghan government: