They had to lay off 1,100 employees, and I was one of the unlucky chosen.

If they're hand to mouth, they're only one lay-off or a car problem from an eviction. 

She is one year into a good job and had a long employment history prior to her lay-off.

Refinance to add to your cash kitty for either rainy days or a GREAT deal.If rates keep going up and the slowing economy leads to more layoffs, there will be more foreclosures.

Imo, the property tax issue in Austin is the biggest problem and more specifically the robin hood school tax system. 

The government takes the money out of the poor tax payers pockets (reverse Robin Hood Syndrome?)

We've had lay-offs and furloughs, but life has returned back to normal now and real estate is booming again. 

They probably only need about $7 million injection which they were processing through the SBA but that loan wouldn't close until July and they ran low and had to lay off employees last Friday.

Business Week has an article this week about the pain in Greensboro, NC, and Charlotte's home of Bank of America which just announce massive layoffs.

Our first "late" payment just posted, due to oil field layoffs.