New York Times Economix: Layoff Anxiety Persists

 New York Times Economix: Layoff Anxiety Persists and Why Women Find Their Parents Unpleasant

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April 23, 2010, 6:02 pm

Layoff Anxiety Persists

By CATHERINE RAMPELL

Even though the job market appears to be turning around, more than one in five American workers still thinks the axe may be coming for them in the next year.

According to a recent Gallup poll,...  http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/23/layoff-anxiety-persists/

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