Tag: Jobs

Michigan approves 3 projects adding 881 new jobs

David Eggert · May 27, 2014 10:46 pm

CTA says it’s doubled number of veterans on staff

Washington Examiner · May 27, 2014 8:02 am

The Problems With Fracking

Irwin M. Stelzer · May 24, 2014 3:00 am

Convergys cutting 150 jobs in northwest Iowa

Washington Examiner · May 23, 2014 1:15 pm

The Labor Department's jobs report disappointed for a second consecutive month Friday, bringing the news that the U.S. created just 113,000 jobs in January, as the unemployment rate fell to 6.6 percent.

Understanding the ‘true’ unemployment rate

Joseph Lawler · May 23, 2014 12:27 pm

HP to cut 11,000 to 16,000 more jobs

Ryan Nakashima · May 22, 2014 11:03 pm

In this May 16, 2014 photo, Mike Zulauf, 2008 graduate of the Air Force Academy, shakes hands with Sandra Modena, Sales Manager at Trillium Staffing, at the annual veterans job fair aboard the LST in downtown Muskegon Mich. The Labor Department reports the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week on Thursday, May 22, 2014. (AP Photo/The Muskegon Chronicle, Madelyn Hastings)

US unemployment aid applications rise to 326,000

Christopher Rugaber · May 22, 2014 2:06 pm

State taking mobile career centers to 34 counties

Washington Examiner · May 22, 2014 8:01 am

Temporary jobs on rise in today’s shifting economy

Tom Raum · May 19, 2014 10:33 am

The Health Insurance Tax is buried in Obamacare's 2,700 pages, but the National Federation of Independent Business' Dan Danner says the measure's impact will be felt all over the country. (Thinkstock)

Beltway Confidential

Obamacare’s ‘HIT’ on small business will hike health insurance costs, reduce employment

Mark Tapscott · May 19, 2014 4:00 am

The exterior of an Office Max store in Chicago. Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is pushing to give small companies in the state equal access to the tax breaks that big corporations have. The plan takes aim at special EDGE credits _ tax breaks a small number of big companies like Sears Holding Corp. and OfficeMax have sought by going directly to the General Assembly with threats to leave Illinois. Madigan's plan would make the tax credits available to businesses with fewer than 100 employees, and target credits at areas of high poverty and unemployment. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Tax-break expansion plan raises concerns, shrugs

David Mercer · May 19, 2014 4:00 am

President Barack Obama flanked by Abdullahi Mohamed, left, and Meredith Upchurch speaks to reporters at a restaurant in Washington, Friday, May 16, 2014. The president and Vice President Joe Biden met with construction workers involved in a recent infrastructure project. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Obama touts jobs projects, eats lunch with workers

Darlene Superville · May 16, 2014 8:16 pm