Budget Battles
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Republicans Want Strings Attached to California Disaster Aid
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Biden Goes Out With a Bang in the Jobs Market
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Trump Privately Pushes Senators for ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’
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Trump Considers Declaring National Emergency for Tariff Rollout
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Trump Unloads: Grievances, Greenland and the Gulf of Mexico
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Republicans Divided Over How to Pass Trump’s Agenda
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Trump Pushes Johnson to Victory as Speaker
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Looking for a New Job? These Are the Best Cities for You
If you’re on the hunt for a good job, think warm thoughts and pack sunglasses.
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Hoping for a Big Raise Next Year? Here’s How Much You’ll Probably Get
A new report sheds light on how big a raise most workers will be getting next year.
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A New Report Shows Why The 10-Year Jobs Crisis Is Effectively Over
A new report by the Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution has good news: "With [yesterday's] employment report, we can report that the national jobs gap relative to November 2007 has closed (...
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The Real Reason Teens Don’t Have Summer Jobs Anymore
Toiling all summer as a camp counselor or lifeguard used to be a rite of passage for American teenagers, but they’ve been dropping out of the labor force for years.
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Women Are Better Investors Than Men. Here Are 3 Reasons Why
Female investors outperform males on average, and new report attributes the better performance to three traits more common in female investors.
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3 New Benefits That Could Be Coming to Your Company
As America flirts with full employment, companies have to work a bit harder to attract workers. A new survey shows that companies are becoming more generous with their benefits packages.
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Are You Being Paid Fairly? Here's How to Find Out
After nearly a decade of stagnation, wages are starting to rise as a strong job market (finally) gives American workers more power in negotiations.
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Do Demographics Dictate Economic Destiny?
A new Morning Consult poll suggests that fewer Americans are spending their tax refunds. Instead, they’re socking the money away or paying off debt.
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The 10 College Majors Employers Want Most This Year
By Janna HerronThe proportion of employers planning to hire recent college graduates hit a decade-high this year. Here are the 10 majors most in demand.
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What Will It Take to Finally Get US Workers’ Pay Growing Again?
Workers of all political stripes must be frustrated by the fact that the economic expansion has yet to deliver the kind of wage gains that have been long promised.
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Small Businesses Take First Steps toward Recovery
By Jennifer Depaul, The Fiscal TimesSmall businesses have taken their hits over the last few years, but a new survey from the National Small Business Association of 450 small-business owners reports that revenues are up.
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Why Does Fresno Have Thousands of Job Openings - and High Unemployment?
By Michael A. Fletcher, The Washington PostFRESNO - This city is grappling with one of the most troubling contradictions of the new economy: Even as it has one of the nation's highest unemployment rates, it has thousands of job openings. The...
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Startup America: Economic Boost or Debt Driver
By Merrill Goozner, The Fiscal TimesDesperate to get the economy moving again, the White House unveiled the “Start Up America” program to spur entrepreneurship and create jobs. Republicans labeled the program a “gimmick” and small...
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Companies Starting to Hire Back after Mass Layoffs
By Adam Corey Ross, The Fiscal TimesAfter thousands of mass layoffs of workers in 2009, many companies are signaling plans to call back workers as the worst of the economic downturn is over.
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The Cost of Entrenchment: Why CEOs Are Rarely Fired
By Knowledge@WhartonWharton finance professor Luke Taylor has heard the conventional wisdom many times: Boards of directors often fail to do their jobs when it comes to firing underperforming CEOs. "When I talk to my...