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The Wall Street Journal.org reports M&T Bank says it plans to add 40 new jobs in Millsboro Delaware. M&T Bank planned acquisition of Wilmington Trust Corp. will result in more than 700 layoffs in Delaware.
US Department of Labor: February 3 20100
In the week ending Jan. 29, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 415,000, a decrease of 42,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 457,000. The 4-week moving average was 430,500, an increase of 1,000 from the previous week’s revised average of 429,500.
The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 3.1 percent for the week ending Jan. 22, a decrease of 0.1 percentage point from the prior week’s unrevised rate of 3.2 percent.
The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending Jan. 22 was 3,925,000, a decrease of 84,000 from the preceding week’s revised level of 4,009,000. The 4-week moving average was 3,929,500, a decrease of 50,500 from the preceding week’s revised average of 3,980,000.
1380kcim.com reports Service Master, the parent company of American Home Shield, plans to add another 37 full time employees and around 20 summer temp employees in Carroll the next 2 to 3 months in Carroll Iowa.
The State newspaper reported that DHL Global plans to hire another 140 employees for its processing center, adding to 380 workers already at the facility.
Triangle Business Journal January 10 2011
Open-source software giant Red Hat will keep its headquarters in Wake County and add 540 jobs in the county, the company and Gov. Beverly Perdue announced Monday afternoon.
Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) is based on Centennial Campus at N.C. State University, but the company did not say where in Wake County it would be expanding or whether the HQ would stay in Raleigh.
This morning’s US unemployment rate fell from 9.8% (November) to 9.4% (December). The private sector payroll increased by 113,000 jobs which was disappointing so the news is certainly mixed. December is an odd month due to an increase in seasonal and temporary work.
All eyes are on the US government December jobs report today. Analysts hope that private employers increased their job offers and ranks last month and perhaps modestly dropping the US unemployment rate from the current 9.8%.