Tag: Jobs

The number of laid-off U.S. workers filing for unemployment benefits for the first time declined last week to its lowest level since early November, the Labor Department reported Wednesday.Â (AP/Branden Camp)

Initial jobless claims figures fall

Susan Crabtree · December 24, 2014 4:43 pm

Minimum wage loophole written to help labor unions

Minimum wage loophole written to help labor unions

Sean Higgins · December 24, 2014 10:00 am

Energy and Environment

Just 36% approve of Obama’s climate change effort, worse than his job approval rating

Paul Bedard · December 23, 2014 6:01 pm

Corporate tax hikes kill jobs

Beltway Confidential

Corporate tax hikes kill jobs

Jason Russell · December 22, 2014 6:13 pm

President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama, board Air Force One from Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Friday, Dec. 19, 2014, en route to their family vacation in Hawaii. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama: ‘I’ll act on my own when it’s necessary’

Kelly Cohen · December 20, 2014 3:01 pm

"McDonald's is disappointed with the board's decision to ... move forward with these charges."

NLRB: McDonald’s engaged in unfair labor practices

Sean Higgins · December 19, 2014 9:50 pm

Beltway Confidential

Texas job growth outpaces rest of U.S. combined

Jason Russell · December 19, 2014 7:27 pm

Economic adviser Jason Furman drew attention to a number of key metrics that have risen over the year. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

White House touts economic gains in 2014

Joseph Lawler · December 16, 2014 5:31 pm

A Battle Over More than Money

Irwin M. Stelzer · December 12, 2014 4:50 pm

$CBO makes the fracking case$ Economy

CBO makes the fracking case

Washington Examiner · December 12, 2014 10:00 am

First-time claims for unemployment benefits ticked down to 294,000 for the week ending Dec. 6, the Department of Labor reported Thursday. (iStock Photo)

Jobless claims tick down to 294,000

Joseph Lawler · December 11, 2014 1:47 pm

A 'now hiring' sign is viewed in the window of a toy store on August 7, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty images)

Job openings rebound in October

Joseph Lawler · December 9, 2014 3:46 pm