Tag: Jobs

President Obama speaks at a news conference at the NATO summit in Wales, Friday. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

VIDEO — Weekly Examiner: Obama jets off to NATO summit

Lisa Ruhl · September 5, 2014 7:21 pm

A foreign exchange company money trader works as screens show the current exchange rate of Japanese yen against U.S. dollar, top right, and euro, top left, in Tokyo, Friday, Sept. 5, 2014. The U.S. dollar rose to around 105.70 yen, the highest since October 2008, on Friday morning. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Stocks lifted by gains in dividend-rich utilities

Steve Rothwell · September 5, 2014 7:02 pm

Finding a job is even harder for younger Americans in the current environment. AP Photo

Millennial unemployment 15 percent

Paul Bedard · September 5, 2014 6:56 pm

Beltway Confidential

Today’s shoddy jobs report is not getting the silver lining treatment from many media outlets

Becket Adams · September 5, 2014 5:23 pm

Oh, Well. Can’t Win ‘Em All.

Oh, Well. Can’t Win ‘Em All.

Geoffrey Norman · September 5, 2014 4:31 pm

The economy added 142,000 jobs and the unemployment rate ticked down to 6.1 percent in the month (iStock Photo)

August falls short of expectations as economy adds 142,000 jobs

Joseph Lawler · September 5, 2014 3:35 pm

Analyst: Obama economy relies on ‘temporary, flexible, and low-cost labor’

Paul Bedard · September 5, 2014 2:32 pm

Disappointing Jobs Numbers

Disappointing Jobs Numbers

Geoffrey Norman · September 5, 2014 12:01 pm

The average American family's finances continued to suffer long after the recession ended and the recovery began, new data show. ÃÂ (iStock image)

Median income, wealth have dropped since 2010

Joseph Lawler · September 4, 2014 7:38 pm

Protesters sit in front of a McDonald's restaurant on 42nd Street in New York's Times Square as police officers move in to begin making arrests, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014. The protesters are seeking to get pay increases to $15 per hour. Thursday's demonstration is part of a day of planned protests in 150 cities across the country by workers from fast-food chains. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Fast-food workers striking for wage increase

Joseph Lawler · September 4, 2014 4:48 pm

In this June 23, 2014 photo, recruiter Christina O, left, with New Western Acquisitions, meets with employment seekers during a job fair in Philadelphia. The Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Applications for US jobless aid at still-low 302K

Josh Boak · September 4, 2014 1:59 pm

Jobs?

Geoffrey Norman · September 4, 2014 12:18 pm