Tag: Jobs

Members of a civil society group hold candles during a vigil for the victims of a plane crash, in Multan, Pakistan, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016. PakistanâÂÂs national carrier said the plane crashed shortly after takeoff from the northern city of Chitral with 48 people aboard. A spokesman for the Interior Ministry said there were no survivors. Rescuers told The Associated Press that the victimsâÂÂ bodies were beyond recognition. (AP Photo/Muhammad Asim)

Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration worries businesses

Sean Higgins · December 5, 2016 5:01 am

President-elect Trump took to Twitter to respond to critics of the Carrier deal. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Trump defends Carrier deal in Sunday morning tweetstorm

Daniel Chaitin · December 4, 2016 1:44 pm

Top Mexican official says Trump ‘telling truth’ about saving jobs

Top Mexican official says Trump ‘telling truth’ about saving jobs

Paul Bedard · December 3, 2016 5:25 pm

Here’s how Trump can spark an economic boom

Here’s how Trump can spark an economic boom

Washington Examiner · December 3, 2016 5:00 am

If GOP picks winners and losers, they need to explain why Trump ignored the factory down the road from Carrier.(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Beltway Confidential

Why didn’t Trump save this company?

Philip Wegmann · December 2, 2016 8:59 pm

President-elect Donald Trump speaks at Carrier Corp Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Washington Secrets

Other states want Trump’s ‘shock and awe’ touch on jobs

Paul Bedard · December 2, 2016 7:29 pm

The deal with the Indiana air-conditioning giant, Bernie Sanders argued in the Washington Post, wasted taxpayer dollars and set a dangerous precedent. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Bernie Sanders’ fleeting free-market moment

Philip Wegmann · December 2, 2016 5:50 pm

The New York Times' editorial board said Thursday night that Trump, along with Mike Pence, were right to negotiate with Carrier in an effort to keep jobs from being outsourced to Mexico. (AP Photo)

New York Times praises Trump’s Carrier deal

Eddie Scarry · December 2, 2016 5:34 pm

Friday's jobs report beat private-sector forecasts, which were for around 170,000 new jobs. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

U.S. adds 178,000 jobs in November, unemployment drops to 4.6 percent

Joseph Lawler · December 2, 2016 1:32 pm

The recession hurt the region's construction industry and with it the fortunes of my cousin Jamie Denkenberger's small land surveying company. (Photo/Rachael Trimber Craven)

Thanksgiving in Trump country

Daniel Allott · December 2, 2016 12:57 pm

The deal is bad policy because it is loaded with at least $7 million in corporate welfare. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Finance and Economy

Trump’s Carrier deal confuses corporate welfare with free markets

Washington Examiner · December 2, 2016 5:03 am

"We're going to be lowering our business tax from 35 percent to, hopefully, 15 percent," Trump said. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Trump to companies leaving America: ‘There will be consequences’

Sarah Bedford · December 1, 2016 8:43 pm