WASHINGTON — The nation's jobless ranks zoomed past 10 million last month, the most in a quarter-century, as piles of pink slips shut factory ga...
AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 11.04.2008 | Business
WASHINGTON — After months rife with uncertainty and unprecedented events that have roiled and reshaped Wall Street, at least one major unknown s...
AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 10.03.2008 | Business
WASHINGTON — Jobs are vanishing at the fastest pace in more than five years with pink slips likely to keep stacking higher in the months ahead, ...
AP | TIM PARADIS | Posted 10.03.2008 | Business
NEW YORK — In the end, congressional approval of the government's $700 billion financial rescue plan Friday did little to lift the financial mar...
Rep. George Miller | Posted 09.01.2008 | Politics
Our nation's workers, battered by unfair global competition, stagnant wages, declining benefits, and poor employer compliance with labor laws, deserve a Department of Labor that lives up to its name.
AP | TIM PARADIS | Posted 08.08.2008 | Business
NEW YORK — Wall Street rebounded smartly Friday, shooting higher as a surge in the dollar and another plunge in oil prices eased some of investo...
AP | TIM PARADIS | Posted 08.07.2008 | Business
NEW YORK — Wall Street tumbled Thursday as further troubles in the financial sector, higher unemployment and lackluster retail sales touched off...
Reuters | Posted 08.04.2008 | Business
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Planned layoffs at U.S. companies jumped 26 percent in July from June, depicting further deterioration in the labor market, a rep...
AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 08.01.2008 | Business
WASHINGTON — Stores, factories and other businesses large and small showed workers the door last month, sending unemployment to its highest rate...
AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 07.24.2008 | Business
WASHINGTON — About 2 million Americans get a raise Thursday as the federal minimum wage rises 70 cents. The bad news: Higher gas and food prices...
Rep. George Miller | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics
This secret regulation is a clear attempt by the Bush administration and the business community to fundamentally weaken the scientific process for enacting new regulations that protect American workers.
Forbes | JOSHUA ZUMBRUN and BRIAN WINGFIELD | Posted 04.17.2008 | Business
If you're being affected by the downturn in housing or financial services, hang in there. At some point, those industries will rebound. Others should ...
AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 04.03.2008 | Business
WASHINGTON — The number of new people signing up for unemployment benefits last week shot up to the highest level in more than two years, fresh ...
AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 03.20.2008 | Business
WASHINGTON — The number of newly laid off workers filing for unemployment benefits rose last week to the highest level in nearly two months, pro...
Reuters | Posted 03.11.2008 | Business
Michigan again recorded the highest unemployment rate in January, followed by Alaska, with most states recording little change in the measure, the Lab...
AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 03.07.2008 | Business
WASHINGTON — Dangerous cracks in the nation's job market are deepening. Employers slashed jobs by the largest amount in five years and hundreds ...
AP | Posted 02.26.2008 | Business
NEW YORK — No good news today on the economic front. Consumer confidence plunged, the wholesale inflation rate soared, the number of homes being...
Mary Beth Maxwell | Posted 02.20.2008 | Politics
Chao's 'leadership' at the Department of Labor should not be emulated by anyone. She has undermined the agency and failed to serve in the best interests of workers she is charged with protecting.
Bloomberg | Courtney Schlisserman, Bob Willis | Posted 02.20.2008 | Business
The two-year housing slump pushing the U.S. economy toward a recession hasn't alleviated inflation pressures, reports today showed. Consumer prices r...
AP | TIM PARADIS | Posted 02.01.2008 | Business
NEW YORK — Wall Street capped a week of big gains with another sizable advance Friday after investors set aside anxiety over news that the econo...
AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 02.01.2008 | Business
WASHINGTON — In a shower of pink slips, U.S. employers cut jobs last month for the first time in more than four years, the starkest signal yet t...
AP | Tim Paradis | Posted 01.04.2008 | Business
Wall Street plunged again Friday after the government's much-anticipated employment report showed weaker-than-expected job growth and a rise in the u...
AP | Tim Paradis | Posted 01.03.2008 | Business
Wall Street closed narrowly mixed Thursday as investors traded cautiously ahead of the Labor Department's Friday reading on December employment. Infla...
AP | Tim Paradis | Posted 01.03.2008 | Business
Stocks rose moderately Thursday after a report of an increase in new jobs during December eased some concerns about the economy a day before the Labor...
AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 12.14.2007 | Business
Consumer inflation surged by the largest amount in more than two years in November, led by gasoline prices. The cost of clothing, airline tickets and ...
In the first two weeks since the election, President-elect...
Two months before he leaves office, Sen. Chuck Hagel is increasingly
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Today, Al Qaeda's number 2, Ayman al-Zawahiri,...
Dear Senator Lieberman, Congratulations! You got away with it! So despite...
It is said that Barack Obama has read Doris Kearns Goodwin's book, Team of Rivals,...
It appears in this video that President Bush's approval is in a sorrier state...
Katie Couric discussed her infamous interview with Sarah Palin Wednesday night on...
President-elect Obama is still adjusting to life with the Secret Service and the loss...
John McCain is returning Jackson Browne's August lawsuit complaining about McCain using his...
Part of the change Americans just...
It appears that the Chinese car makers SAIC and Dongfeng have plans to acquire...
With the Obamas' impending move to Washintong DC in January, many have begun to speculate...
AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 11.07.2008 | Business