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Fed says economy growing modestly in the West and much of nation
WASHINGTON -- The economy grew modestly in California and the West this year, helped by increasing auto sales and a strengthening housing market, the Federal Reserve said Wednesday in its periodic business survey. Modest growth was reported in an...
Tags: Labor Markets, Federal Reserve, Rick Perry, Services and Shopping, Real Estate
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Sen. Frank Lautenberg, last of WWII vets, to retire
This post has been updated, as indicated below.WASHINGTON -- Democratic Sen. Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey, the last of the World War II veterans in the Senate, is retiring at the end of this term, he said Thursday. Lautenberg, who turned 89 last month, had been planning to run for reelection in...Tags: U.S. Senate, World War II (1939-1945), Labor Legislation, Elections, Frank Lautenberg
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Initial jobless claims jump a week after falling to five-year low
WASHINGTON -- Reversing a recent downward trend, new jobless claims jumped by 38,000 last week but remained in the ballpark for moderate growth in the labor market ahead of Friday's unemployment report. The number of people filing for unemployment...
Tags: Employment, Economic Indicator, Labor Markets, Unemployment Benefits, Employment Opportunities
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Jobs report helps temper some market uncertainty
After a week of ups and downs in the stock market, investors were mixed in their reaction to the news that the U.S. economy added 155,000 jobs in December, a number that was widely expected. The S&P 500 rose 1.98 points, or 0.14%, as of 10:56 a.m. EST,...
Tags: Labor Markets, Stock Market, Federal Reserve, Nasdaq Composite
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First-time jobless claims rose to 372,000 last week
WASHINGTON -- First-time jobless claims rose to 372,000 last week, a level consistent with a moderately growing labor market ahead of Friday's December unemployment report. The number of initial claims for unemployment benefits was up 10,000 in the week...
Tags: Economic Indicator, Labor Markets, Google+, Unemployment Benefits
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ADP report: Job growth accelerated in December
WASHINGTON -- The pace of hiring accelerated in the final month of last year, boosted by solid gains in construction, professional services and trade and transportation, according to a closely followed private survey. The report released Thursday by...
Tags: Employment, Job Layoffs, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Labor Markets, Moody's Corporation
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Florida payroll company to relocate headquarters in Indianapolis
Beyond Payroll, LLC, a provider of payroll and human resources services, announced plans today to relocate its headquarters from Fort Lauderdale, Fla. to Indianapolis, creating up to 59 new jobs by 2016. The company will lease, renovate and equip 2,000...
Tags: Employment, Employment Opportunities, Tax Credits, Ceridian Corporation, Career and Workplace
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Stocks reach highest levesl in years ahead of jobs report
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsStocks surged on Wednesday, as all three indexes closed at their high levels in years. Analysts cite stronger-than-expected jobs data and the European Central Bank's plan to support the region's struggling countries through buying bonds. The Dow...Tags: European Central Bank, Dow Jones Industrial Average
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Employers' planned layoffs drop 39%, to 13-month low
Employers in June planned to cut the fewest number of workers in more than a year as they try to wait out the upcoming election, according to a report Thursday from Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc. The outplacement consultancy found that planned layoffs...Tags: Employment, Job Layoffs, Money and Monetary Policy, Labor Markets, Google+
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Euro zone unemployment at record high 10.9%
Unemployment in the 17 countries that make up the euro zone was at a record high of 10.9% in March, according to a new report that likely has incumbents in Sunday’s elections breaking into a cold sweat. The jobless rate is up from 10.8% in February...
Tags: Employment, Foreign Exchange Market, Labor Markets, Google+, Employment Opportunities
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Worker productivity falls -- but that's good for the job market
Employee productivity took its biggest slide in a year, not because workers are slacking off but because businesses are boosting their head counts to keep up with demand. That’s a good sign for the job market. It shows that bosses, who whittled...
Tags: Economic Indicator, Employment, Labor Markets, Employment Opportunities, Productivity
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Hiring makes smallest gain in seven months: ADP
The number of workers added to U.S. payrolls in April fell to the lowest level in seven months, according to a report whose release caused stocks to slide Wednesday morning and sparked trepidation for the official government employment numbers coming...
Tags: Employment, Business, Stock Market, Labor Markets, Google+
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