Wall Street to ring in new year with uncertainty

[I-luvmoney]

Wall Street to ring in new year with uncertainty
Upcoming report on employment will give clues to course of economy
Market update


updated 1:26 p.m. ET, Sun., Dec. 30, 2007
NEW YORK - As 2007 comes to a close, Wall Street is almost as jittery as it was over the summer, when worries about the housing slump and banks’ losing bets on mortgages first came to a head.


read here http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22423353/

[moneysense]

Even if unemployment is down, we still have to take into consideration that most jobs are part time and minimum wage which makes it difficult for people to survive let alone get ahead. The 40 hour week, for most people, is a thing of the past.

In the nursing industry, 12 hour shifts with 3 days off, seems to be the norm these days. But then comes the safety issue because of tired people.