Jobs

Key takeaways from the blowout May jobs report

Posted by June 7, 2024

Attendees at a City Career Fair hiring event in Sacramento, California, on June 5, 2024. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesAt a time when Americans and th

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Stock market today: Stocks slip and bond yields jump following…

Posted by June 7, 2024

NEW YORK -- Stocks slipped and Treasury yields rose sharply Friday after the government released a jobs report whose headline numbers came in hotter than expect

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Attacks on businesses linked to US brands rattle Baghdad as…

Posted by June 7, 2024

BAGHDAD -- A dozen masked men jump out of two SUVs and a white pickup and storm a KFC in Baghdad, smashing everything in sight before fleeing the scene. A few d

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Is the US job market beginning to weaken? Friday’s employment…

Posted by June 6, 2024

WASHINGTON -- Tentative signs have emerged that the U.S. economy is cooling in a way that would be welcomed by the Federal Reserve's inflation fighters: Compani

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US employers added a robust 272,000 jobs in May, a…

Posted by June 6, 2024

WASHINGTON -- America’s employers added a vigorous 272,000 jobs in May, accelerating from April and a sign that companies are still confident enough in the ec

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Stock market today: Asian stocks are mixed ahead of key…

Posted by June 6, 2024

HONG KONG -- Asian stocks were mixed Friday after a steady Thursday on Wall Street as markets anticipated the key U.S. jobs data that will be revealed later in

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Online marketplace eBay to drop American Express, citing fees, and…

Posted by June 5, 2024

NEW YORK -- Online marketplace behemoth eBay said it plans to no longer accept American Express, citing what the company says are “unacceptably high fees” a

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The great American boom is finally running out of steam,…

Posted by June 5, 2024

Andrew Harnett from Bank of America says equity breadth on the S&P 500 is the worst since the depths of the global financia

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American investors just helped kill off ‘beloved’ Australian brand P&O

Posted by June 4, 2024

In short: P&O Cruises Australia will be folded into parent company Carnival's operations, ending the iconic brand in Australia.Several jobs will be lost in

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US job openings fall to 8.1 million, lowest since 2021

Posted by June 4, 2024

WASHINGTON -- U.S. job openings fell in April to the lowest level since 2021. But they remained at historically strong levels despite high interest rates and si

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US down Canada in all-American World Cup opener

Posted by June 2, 2024

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American Airlines fired a top executive because he pissed off…

Posted by May 30, 2024

Customers wait to board an American Airlines flightPhoto: Angus Mordant/Bloomberg (Getty Images)American Airlines is trying to dig itself out of a hole, says it

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