US hiring slows amid uncertainty about economy

After dropping for the past two years, global unemployment is on the rise again according to the International Labor Organization, a UN jobs watchdog. 2013 is expected to top 200 million unemployed for the first time with the epicenter in the advanced economies as 28 million jobs have been lost since the onset of the crisis. Critically, for the globalists, they unsurprisingly note that macro imbalances have been passed on to the labor market to a significant degree.

First it was Walmart letting the truth finally slip last Friday when a leaked memo released showed recent sales are a "total disaster." Today, as anyone who has looked at AAPL premarket quotes will surmise, it's Apple's turn, following a report in the FT that FoxConn, the world's largest contract electronics manufacturer, "has imposed a recruitment f

Hiring by small businesses slowed in August and employers reduced hours, an independent survey showed, suggesting the recent stock market turmoil may have dampened job creation.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hiring by U.S.

Reuters - Hiring by U.S. small businesses slowed in August and employers reduced hours, an independent survey showed on Sunday, suggesting the recent stock market turmoil may have dampened job creation.