BRIEFCASE.Byline: - Staff and Wire Services Jobs numbers up 20K for January California's economy added 20,000 payroll jobs in January, while separate labor surveys suggested growth in the number of self-employed and a decline in the number people looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. work, the state said Friday. A survey of employers indicated that more than 14.7 million people held payroll jobs last month, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. figures released by the state's Employment Development Department. A separate survey of households suggested 11,000 more people in California held jobs last month than in December, the EDD Noun 1. EdD - a doctor's degree in education DEd, Doctor of Education doctor's degree, doctorate - one of the highest earned academic degrees conferred by a university said. The state's unemployment rate was 5.8 percent, down from a revised 6 percent in December. A year ago, it was 6.5 percent. Job flight from cities hurts blacks A study released Friday by a UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX researcher shows that the distance in major cities between blacks and job opportunities has increased over the last several decades as businesses move to the suburbs. The report, published by the Brookings Institution's Metropolitan Policy Program, found that areas with high levels of ``job sprawl'' include Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , Detroit, Chicago, Philadelphia, Atlanta and Newark. His study suggests that policies promoting more balanced metropolitan development could narrow the distance between blacks and jobs, and improve employment opportunities. WorldCom exec plans to testify NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of - Former WorldCom chief Bernard Ebbers plans to take the witness stand in his own defense Monday at his federal accounting-fraud trial, a defense lawyer said Friday. In a meeting with the judge overseeing the case, defense lawyer Brian Heberlig said: ``I think there is a very high probability that Mr. Ebbers will testify Monday,'' according to a transcript of the session. Qwest VP pleads not guilty to fraud DENVER - Former Qwest Communications senior vice president Marc Weisberg pleaded not guilty Friday to charges that he illegally cashed in on investment opportunities at the expense of the company and shareholders and netted $2.9 million for himself and others. Weisberg, named in an indictment earlier this month, is charged with eight counts of wire fraud and three counts of money laundering The process of taking the proceeds of criminal activity and making them appear legal. Laundering allows criminals to transform illegally obtained gain into seemingly legitimate funds. . |
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