Last week's jobs report was much better than expected and made many people more optimistic about the economy, writes Paul Krugman. But there's a real danger that this optimism will empower the purge-and-liquidate crowd.
A Taiwanese television commercial featuring a Steve Jobs look-alike angel complete with white wings and a halo has caused uproar, with critics saying it is disrespectful towards Apple's late founder.
Kimberly-Clark is closing its Everett production facility, which means 750 good family wage jobs gone. Employees tell us the machines -- and jobs -- are going to Argentina.
NEW YORK and BOSTON, Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading law firm Seyfarth Shaw LLP announced that Lisa J. Damon, Chair of the firm's national Labor & Employment Department, has been selected by global ...
Fifty percent of net new jobs since 2010 went to Hispanics. How come?ReutersAlthough Latinos make up only a seventh of the population, they have "racked up half the employment gains posted since the ...
How Latinos won the race back to pre-recession employmentReutersAlthough Latinos make up only a seventh of the population, they have "racked up half the employment gains posted since the economy began ...
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- For the fourth month of gains, a gauge of employment trends rose in January, indicating that "somewhat more robust job growth" is likely to continue this quarter, but may then fall off, according to a monthly labor-market report released Monday by the Conference Board. The private research group said its employment-trends index, which is designed to forecast turning ...
NEW YORK, Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Conference Board Employment Trends Index™ (ETI) increased 0.73% in January to 105.81, from the revised figure of 105.04 in December. The January figure is also ...
("Nabors Former CEO Ends Employment Pact, Waives Right To $100M," published at 7:47 a.m. EST, misstated the year in the fifth paragraph. A corrected version follows:)
THE federal government has started an investigation into 14 employment agencies suspected of rorting its multibillion-dollar job assistance scheme, as evidence mounts of the long-running program being routinely abused.
January’s jobs report released Friday morning showed that unemployment fell to 8.3 percent as employers added 243,000 jobs, but there are concerns the numbers may be as good as it gets. There is still a long way to go before the country’s labor situation returns to...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An unexpectedly strong jobs report on Friday boosted President Barack Obama's re-election prospects, but the trend must last to deny his opponents the biggest cudgel they have to bash him before the November election. The U.S. economy created jobs at the fastest pace in nine months in January, and the unemployment rate unexpectedly dropped to 8.3 percent, its lowest level ...
The January CBIZ Small Business Employment Index , a barometer for hiring trends among companies with 300 or fewer employees, decreased by 2.75 percent during the past month,
ROSELAND, NJ-- - Private-sector employment increased by 170,000 from December to January on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to the latest ADP National Employment Report® released today. The ADP ...