U.S. unemployment rate ticks up to 3.9 pct in April as job growth slows

STORY: U.S. unemployment rate ticks up to 3.9 pct in April as job growth slows SHOOTING TIME: May 3, 2024 DATELINE: May 4, 2024 LENGTH: 0:02:12 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of exterior of U.S. Labor Department 2. various of street views in Washington D.C. 3. various of a subway train in Washington D.C. 4. various of a freight train in the U.S. 5. various of American Airlines airplanes STORYLINE: U.S. employers added fewer-than-expected 175,000 jobs in April, with the unemployment rate again ticking up to 3.9 percent, the U.S. Labor Department reported Friday. Job gains occurred in health care, social assistance, and transportation and warehousing, according to the department's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 175,000 in April, lower than the average monthly gain of 242,000 over the prior 12 months, the report noted. In February, the unemployment rate increased to 3.9 percent, the highest level in two years, before sli

U.S. employers add 216,000 jobs in December amid slowing job growth

STORY: U.S. employers add 216,000 jobs in December amid slowing job growth SHOOTING TIME: File DATELINE: Jan. 6, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:56 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the exterior of the U.S. Labor Department (Nov.4, 2023) 2. various of the Golden Gate Bridge (Nov. 11, 2023) 3. various of Washington D.C. (Dec. 18, 2023) STORYLINE: U.S. employers added 216,000 jobs in December amid slowing job growth, with the unemployment rate unchanged at 3.7 percent, the U.S. Labor Department reported Friday. The report noted that employment continued to trend up in government, health care, social assistance and construction, while transportation and warehousing lost jobs. The job growth in total nonfarm payroll employment for October was revised down by 45,000 to 105,000, and the change for November was revised down by 26,000 to 173,000. On a monthly average, payroll employment rose by 225,000 in 2023, much less than a gain of 399,000 in 2022, indicating a cooling job market amid h

Accusations of human rights situation in China's Xinjiang lack evidence: Irish MEP

STORY: Accusations of human rights situation in China's Xinjiang lack evidence: Irish MEP DATELINE: June 11, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:59 LOCATION: Brussels CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of buildings of the EU 2. SOUNDBITE (English): MICK WALLACE, Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Ireland STORYLINE: Mick Wallace, Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Ireland said on Thursday that the accusations of human rights situation in China's Xinjiang lack evidence and are backed up by "weapons industry-funded think tanks and groups on the payroll of CIA cutouts." SOUNDBITE (English): MICK WALLACE, Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Ireland "How many times have we had to listen to accusations about China backed up by nothing more than the say-so of weapons industry-funded think tanks and groups on the payroll of CIA cutouts like the National Endowment for Democracy. Where are the full and rigorous investigations, the evidence? Screaming unsupported accusations is not how to conduct int

Suzuki's aide given 'salary' despite no work

Suzuki's aide given 'salary' despite no work

TOKYO, Japan - John Muwete Muluaka (L in this photo taken May 27, 2000, in Hokkaido), a private Congolese secretary to scandal-tainted Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Muneo Suzuki (R, front) was on a Tokyo road construction company's payroll for at least six years to 2000, even though he had never worked there, sources familiar with the situation said March 14.

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Ohsho Food Service to increase female regular workers to 50% by 2020

Ohsho Food Service to increase female regular workers to 50% by 2020

Naoto Watanabe, president of Ohsho Food Service Corp., the operator of the Gyoza no Ohsho chain of Chinese-style restaurants, is interviewed by Kyodo News on Dec. 4, 2015. Watanabe said the company plans to boost the ratio of its female workers on the regular payroll, currently at 10 percent, to 50 percent by 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo