Tag: jobs

• Monday, July 2nd 2018 - 08:31 UTC

  Leading world car makers urge US not to impose tariffs on auto imports

  

  BMW and Hyundai Motor urged the U.S. not to impose tariffs on auto imports, joining General Motors Co. in pressing their case to the Commerce Department even as a top aide to President Donald Trump dismissed the concerns as “smoke and mirrors.”

• Thursday, October 20th 2011 - 07:00 UTC

  Lula da Silva: only way out for the crisis is growth and jobs, not balanced budgets

  

  Former Brazilian president Lula da Silva recommended European Union leaders to stop discussing balancing budgets and recapitalization of banks and find a solution to the current crisis through more economic growth, more trade and more jobs.

• Saturday, April 16th 2011 - 09:57 UTC

  IMF chief warns on the dangerous cocktail of unemployment and inequality

  

  Economic stability depends on a strong middle class that can propel demand. We will not see this if growth does not lead to decent jobs, or if growth rewards the favoured few over the marginalized many.

• Friday, March 18th 2011 - 18:55 UTC

  Brazil “could be important partner” for the US, says President Rousseff

  

  Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff said that Barak Obama’s visit this weekend strongly consolidates the perception that Brazil “could be an important partner” for the United States, during a press interview.

• Friday, March 18th 2011 - 18:29 UTC

  Jobs at top of Latin America agenda

  

  By President Barack Obama
  In recent weeks, we've seen how turmoil and tragedy around the globe can affect our own prosperity and security; how events abroad often have implications for everything from markets on Wall Street to families' wallets on Main Street. And as a nation, we will continue to do everything we can both to promote stability and democracy in the Middle East and help the people of Japan recover from the devastating earthquake and tsunami.

• Wednesday, February 2nd 2011 - 00:22 UTC

  Lack of jobs, rising food and energy prices could lead to spark war within nations

  

  The world economy is beset by problems such as high unemployment and rising prices which could fuel trade protectionism and even lead to war within nations, the head of the International Monetary Fund warned.

• Wednesday, January 19th 2011 - 22:56 UTC

  Brazil Created a Record 2.52 Million New Jobs in 2010

  

  Figures in Brazil show that 2.52 million new jobs were created last year, the Brazilian Labour Ministry reported.

• Monday, December 20th 2010 - 05:45 UTC

  “Too much secrecy, too many lies” have taken the revolution to a critical situation

  

  In a dramatic speech to the National Assembly Cuba’s Raul Castro said he wasn’t elected to restore capitalism nor to surrender Socialism but admitted that “too much secrecy and too many lies” had taken the revolution to a critical situation: “either we rectify or we will plunge from the cliff and the efforts of entire generations would be lost”.