Amazon announced this morning that they would add 15,500 more jobs for the holiday season in locations all over the US. Amazon, like many US retailers, uses temporary workers to help fill and ship orders during the busy holiday shopping season. The online retailer is adding far more positions this year than it has in […]
Viacom, based in New York, announced today that they are selling Harmonix, the company behind the hit video game franchise “Rock Band.” For the past two years the video game division has been a drag on the total profits for Viacom. As shoppers continue to use discretion when making purchases, expensive games like Rock Band, […]
The US unemployment figures, released this morning, are not in line with what lawmakers are hoping to see at this late stage in the economic recovery. Several US states continue to post double-digit unemployment figures, with California, Nevada and Michigan leading the way. However, the federal government considers the fact that the figures have stayed […]