Jobs

The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) will tackle the global jobs crisis when it begins its high-level segment on Monday, its President told reporters today.

More than 500 delegates, including government ministers and heads of civil society groups, international institutions and the private sector, will attend the high-level segment which will focus on boosting productive capacity, strengthening development cooperation and creating decent, sustainable work.

The global employment situation is alarming, says a new United Nations report released today, which also warns that recovery is not expected any time soon.

The World of Work Report 2012: Better Jobs for a Better Economy – published by the UN International Labor Organization (ILO) – says that around 50 million jobs are still missing compared to the situation that existed before the global economic crisis.

GOVERNOR CUOMO, MAYOR BLOOMBERG AND BOROUGH PRESIDENT DIAZ ANNOUNCE FRESHDIRECT TO OPEN NEW HEADQUARTERS IN THE BRONX CREATING NEARLY 1,000 NEW JOBS

Company to invest $112 million to build a state-of-the-art facility at the Harlem River Yards that will employ nearly 3,000 workers and serve as its center of regional operations

Apple Computer's Steve Jobs is dead at 56. Jobs was born February 24, 1955, to two University of Wisconsin graduate students who decided to give him up for adoption.

Steve Jobs experimented with different pursuits before starting Apple Computers with Stephen Wozniak in the Jobs' family garage. The company's revolutionary products, which include the iPod, iPhone and iPads have dictated the evolution of modern technology.

His family is seeking privacy at their moment of grief. He will surely be missed.