Low-income Industry News & Blogs

Industry News & Blogs

Steve Mariotti: The Power of Owner-Entrepreneurship Education to Restore Our Middle-Class
www.huffingtonpost.com | Jan 26, 2012
Most of our national education efforts seek to teach low-income youth to become better workers. Why aren't we also teaching them how to own? If entrepreneurship is the engine of the American economy, why aren't we raising more creative entrepreneurs?

Newsvine - Census shows 1 in 2 people are poor or low-income
www.newsvine.com | Dec 15, 2011
Squeezed by rising living costs, a record number of Americans — nearly 1 in 2 — have fallen into poverty or are scraping by on earnings that classify them as low income.

Low-paid face long-term joblessness - mirror.co.uk
www.mirror.co.uk | Dec 12, 2011
Low-paid workers such as cleaners, catering assistants and machine operators are most likely to be on the dole for more than six months if they lose their job, according to new research.

Low-paid hit most by long-term unemployment | Business | The Guardian
www.guardian.co.uk | Dec 12, 2011
As Labour sets out Eisenhower-style plans for small business growth, TUC research reveals low-paid workers who lose jobs are now the most likely to be out of work for more than six months

DEWA launches a new social initiative to relive Emirati low-income nationals of burdens of living |
www.ameinfo.com | Oct 3, 2011
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) launched a new social initiative to cover the costs of connecting electricity to houses of the Emirati low-income nationals. This initiative comes in...

One in 10 Canadians is a low-income earner, Statscan says - The Globe and Mail
www.theglobeandmail.com |
Statistics Canada says that the poverty rate edged up in 2009 to 9.6 per cent - the second straight year that poverty has grown after more than a decade of declines

YWCA Skills Development Centre - supporting low income women move towards sustainable livelihoods |
www.changemakers.com | May 11, 2011
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Rebuilding Together, Lowes Give Low-Income Families Much Needed Home Repairs in Howard County
www.prlog.org | Apr 29, 2011
Rebuilding Together, Lowes Give Low-Income Families Much Needed Home Repairs in Howard County. Volunteers from Lowe’s of Columbia, MD and Rebuilding Together Howard County will dedicate their time and skills Saturday, April 30, to help make improvements to homes in the Howard County. - PR11464591

Shock at Sussex's 28,000 'Neets' (From The Argus)
www.theargus.co.uk | Dec 13, 2010
A staggering 28,000 young people are not in employment, education or training in Sussex.

IMF taps eight billion dollars for low-income countries - Yahoo! News UK
uk.news.yahoo.com | Sep 17, 2010
The International Monetary Fund announced Friday it had reached a deal with four economic powers to provide eight billion dollars worth of funding to low-income countries.