photo: U.S. Army/Lt. Col. William Thurmond
Annette Morgan, a Job Corps student, tackles a 25 foot climbing wall as part of her Army / NASCAR educational experience Friday at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
photo: AP / Julia Malakie
Apple Computer Inc. co-founder and current adviser Steve Jobs appears beneath the logos of Apple and Microsoft Corp
photo: AP / Itsuo Inouye
Aircrafts of Japan's top carrier Japan Airlines Corp. (JAL) are seen parked on the tarmac of Tokyo's Haneda Airport in this photo taken on Friday, Feb. 8, 2008.
photo: AP / Katsumi Kasahara
Panasonic Corp. said Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2009, it will slash 15,000 jobs and shut down 27 plants worldwide
photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael Hight
Volunteers from the Hawaii Job Corp place ribbons on the 2,408 U.S. flags flown for the Healing Field Flag Memorial.
photo: AP / Koji Sasahara
Sony's laptop computer Vaio is on display at a retail shop in Tokyo Wednesdasy, Jan. 28, 2004. The electronic and entertainment giant Sony Corp.. which has been cutting jobs to focus on fresh businesses, reported profits dipped 26 percent for the quarter ended December compared to a year earlier as expenses for job cuts and other restructuring costs offset sales gains in cell phones, flat-panel television sets and DVD recorde
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Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz talks with the US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) and expresses his gratitude for a job well-done in the city of Fallujah, Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM.
photo: AP / Jeff Overs,BBC
The British Broadcasting Corp.'s new Director-General Mark Thompson, sits during a press conference at the BBC's west London offices Friday May 21 2004. Thompson, 46, on Friday took on the job which was held by Greg Dyke until he resigned in the aftermath of the Hutton report.
photo: AP / Koji Sasahara
Aircrafts of Japan's top carrier Japan Airlines Corp. (JAL) are parked on the tarmac of Tokyo's Haneda Airport Friday, May 9, 2008. JAL raised its profit forecast for core operations in fiscal 2010 and released a business plan Friday that emphasized job cuts, cost reductions and route changes.
photo: Army / SPC JERRY LEQUE
U.S. Forces in Bosnia II, JOINT ENDEAVOR
photo: Army / SPC JERRY LEQUE
U.S. Forces in Bosnia II, JOINT ENDEAVOR
photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael Hight
Students from the Hawaii National Guard Youth Challenge Academy and volunteers from the Hawaii Job Corp pose for a group photo after placing ribbons and flags for the Healing Field Flag Memorial.
photo: AP / Craig Ruttle, file
In this Nov. 25, 2008 file photo Pedestrians walk through New York's Times Square under a glowing Bank of America marquee. Bank of America Corp. on Thursday, Dec. 11 said it expects to eliminate 30,000 to 35,000 jobs over the next three years following its acquisition of Merrill Lynch
photo: AP Photo / Ric Francis
General Motors' vehicles are displayed at a dealership Monday, July 7, 2008, in Glendale, Calif. General Motors Corp. may get rid of some brands, speed the introduction of small cars from other markets and make further white-collar job cuts as it tries to deal with a shrinking U.S. auto market. (AP Photo/Ric Francis)hg3
photo: AP / Tony Dejak
A General Motors sign rests on a car in a dealership Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2006 in Cleveland. General Motors Corp., which is planning big job cuts and plant closings as it fights to avoid bankruptcy, said it lost $4.8 billion in the fourth quarter and $8.6 billion in all of 2005, dragged down by losses in its North American division.
photo: AP / Kyodo News
Workers leave the headquarters of Panasonic Corp. in Kadoma in Osaka Prefecture
photo: US Navy / U.S. Marine Corps photo by Corporal Anthony Ortiz
Ensign Barjush Boushehri speaks with a potential United States Navy candidate at the Mexican American Engineer and Scientists symposium Job Fair.
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Water Treatment Plant Brings Fresh Water, Job Opportunities
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Water treatment plant brings fresh water, job opportunities
photo: Marines / SSGT JONATHAN C. KNAUTH, USMC
Best of the U.S. Marine Corps, IRAQI FREEDOM
photo: AP / Paul Sakuma
Striking Yahoo janitors and supporters hold signs during a rally in front of Yahoo headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif., Tuesday, May 20, 2008. Hundreds of janitors walked off the job Tuesday in the Silicon Valley, leaving the local offices of technology giants like Cisco Systems Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Oracle Corp. and Yahoo Inc. without their usual cleanup cre
photo: AP Photo / Martin Meissner
A traffic light shows red in front of the NOKIA factory in Bochum, western Germany, Jan. 15, 2008. Finnish phone maker Nokia Corp. said Tuesday it will close a manufacturing plant in Bochum, Germany later this year, part of its bid to shift manufacturing to cheaper, more competitive locations in Europe. The decision means that about 2,300 workers will lose their jobs.
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Iraqi Engineers Learn New Skills
photo: AP / Koji Sasahara
People search for jobs at a branch of "hello work" in Toyota city, central Japan, Monday, April 6, 2009.
photo: US Army file / BJ Weiner
The Nasiriyah Prison will be completed sometime this fall in Iraq.
photo: US DoD photo
Secretary Rumsfeld stresses the importance of the memorandum of understanding he just signed with Labor Secretary Chao. KDoD2u
photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Trevor Welsh
Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (NJROTC) students look through the
photo: AP / Gurinder Osan
An employee of Convergys Corp. takes a break as others speak with clients in Gurgaon, a suburb of New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2007. India's top five software companies added 76,552 new jobs in the past year, riding a boom in outsourcing and fattening profits. This year, they plan to hire at least another 100,000 new employees as Western companies continue to shift work to low-cost I
photo: AP / Shizuo Kambayashi
Toyota Motor Corp. Vice President Akio Toyoda listens to a reporter's questionh during a joint press conference with Daihatsu Motor Co. officials to unveil a minivan that will be sold under different brand of the two auto makers in Tokyo Thursday, Dec. 25, 2008. Japan's nationally circulated Asahi newspaper reported Tuesday that Toyoda, long groomed for the top job, will replace current president Katsuaki Watanabe as soon as April.
photo: AP / Aaron Favila
Filipino activists picket outside the Department of Labor and Employment in Manila Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009 as they call for a stop in the alleged massive retrenchments of workers. Several multinationals, including Intel Corp. and Texas Instruments Inc., have announced job cuts in the Philippines due to falling demand, but International Labor Organization economist Steven Kapsos recently said that this had not resulted in a marked increase in unemployment so far. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
