Financial Reflections

Personal Finance for those stuck in the middle.

Posts Tagged ‘layoffs’

Financial Five, Friday March 6th

By admin • Mar 6th, 2009 • Category: Government, Investing, Jobs, Scams, foreclosure

This week’s collection of five financial stories that caught my eye on social news site Afternoon Rally and other spots around the web.



Layoffs 2009: Tracking the Damage

By admin • Feb 9th, 2009 • Category: Economy, Jobs

We all know the economy is bad, but when people start keeping score, you know it’s gotten out of hand.  We’re like a bunch of motorists passing a wreck: as much as we try to resist, we just have to rubberneck a little bit. I have rounded up some sites that have been keeping [...]



Bleak Monday: 42,000 Jobs Gone

By admin • Jan 26th, 2009 • Category: Economy, Jobs

It’s a rather bleak winter Monday today. At least 42,000 job cuts were announced as recently as this morning, ranging from telecom, to retail, to manufacturing at some of the largest companies out there.



Financial Five, January 23, 2009

By admin • Jan 23rd, 2009 • Category: Economy, Financial Five, frugal

This week’s collection of five financial stories that caught my eye on social news site Afternoon Rally and other spots around the web.  Still, little good news in the economy with layoffs and retailers in jeopardy.

How frugal are you?  GLB Guy at Gather Little by little says he’s sort of frugal.  The post outlines all [...]



Financial Five: December 19th, 2008

By admin • Dec 19th, 2008 • Category: Financial Five, Investing, Jobs, frugal

Five financial stories that caught my attention, as found on Afternoon Rally, a social financial news site. You can  join Afternoon Rally and submit stories you like or just take a look at the latest headlines and video feeds. You never know, a story you submit or vote on, might end up profiled in the Financial Five.

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