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9/7/2010 - Productivity Fell 1.8 Percent in Second Quarter Productivity slipped 1.8 percent during the second quarter of 2010, according to a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report....

Global cos uncertain of economic climate: Experts

Many companies globally are still continuing with cost-cutting initiatives, including job cuts, as they are still uncertain of the economic situation and its long-term fallout, experts said.

Government urged to boost business and consumer confidence

A leading economic think tank has highlighted the importance of encouraging private sector research and development (R&D).

Obama Takes Aim at Economic Woes — and GOP Foes

In a Labor Day speech alternating between policy prescriptions and campaign-style pitches, president vows to spend $50 billion on long-term infrastructure projects, while GOP counters that Americans 'are rightly skeptical' of new Dem stimulus initiatives. YOU DECIDE: Investment or Stimulus II? Too Little, Too Late? | VIDEO Labor Secretary Defends Obama on Jobs FULL COVERAGE: America's Election HQ

Time for Singapore to consider minimum wage, says LKY School Prof

An Associate Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy has publicly called for a rethink in Singapore’s current economic policies which do not have any provisions for a minimum wage law or system. In an article published in the Straits Times Review on 2 September, Prof Hui Weng Tai wrote that it may be time for [...]