Tag: Jobs

Obama: Budget a ‘road map for creating jobs’

Meghashyam Mali · March 4, 2014 12:00 am

House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

The week ahead in economics: Obama’s budget, Fed nominees and the jobs report

Joseph Lawler · March 3, 2014 12:00 am

FILE - In this Thursday, May 30, 2013, photo, a job seeker stops at a table offering resume critiques during a job fair held in Atlanta. The Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014. (AP Photo/John Amis, File)

Applications for US jobless benefits rise to 348K

Christopher Rugaber · February 27, 2014 5:12 pm

Cox trimming 246 La. call center jobs

Cox trimming 246 La. call center jobs

Washington Examiner · February 27, 2014 3:29 pm

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen listens on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014, as she testifies before the Senate Banking Committee to deliver the semiannual Monetary Policy Report to Congress. Yellen noted that some recent economic data have pointed to weaker-than-expected gains in consumer spending and job growth. She said the Fed will be watching to see whether the slowdown proves only a temporary blip caused by severe winter weather. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Janet Yellen backs CBO minimum wage study maligned by the White House

Joseph Lawler · February 27, 2014 5:00 am

A job seeker stops at a table offering resume critiques during a job fair held in Atlanta. (AP/John Amis)

Applications for US jobless benefits rise to 348,000

Christopher Rugaber · February 27, 2014 5:00 am

Sony Electronics to cut 400 jobs in San Diego

Sony Electronics to cut 400 jobs in San Diego

Washington Examiner · February 26, 2014 9:30 pm

CarMax to hire more than 1,200 across country

CarMax to hire more than 1,200 across country

Washington Examiner · February 26, 2014 7:03 pm

An Anemic ‘Recovery’

An Anemic ‘Recovery’

Geoffrey Norman · February 26, 2014 4:05 pm

Sen. Rob Portman is blaming Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for the holdup in extending unemployment benefits for millions of longterm jobless AmericansÃÂ . (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Rob Portman blames Harry Reid for impasse on unemployment benefits

David M. Drucker · February 26, 2014 5:00 am

Protestors demonstrate outside a McDonald's restaurant in Oakland, Calif., on Dec. 5 as part of push by labor unions, worker advocacy groups and Democrats to raise the federal minimum wage. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

House Democrats push increase in minimum wage despite GOP opposition

Sean Lengell · February 26, 2014 5:00 am

More than three-quarters of the top economists polled by the IGM Forum agreed with the statement that advancing automation has not reduced employment in the United States.ÃÂ (Thinkstock Image)

Economists: Robots aren’t killing jobs, but might be hurting wages

Joseph Lawler · February 25, 2014 5:00 am