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Job openings for December. JOLTS report.

Economy

No increase in hiring in November

January 17, 2014 5:00 am

President Barack Obama speaks to the media before meeting his Cabinet meeting, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. From left are, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Obama: On economy, focus is on executive actions

Jim Kuhnhenn -

January 14, 2014 5:38 pm

An open letter organized by the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute recommends legislation introduced by Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, that would increase the federal minimum wage from its current $7.25 hourly rate to $10.10, indexed to increase with inflation.ÃÂ (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Economy

Seven Nobel Prize-winning economists endorse increase in minimum wage

Joseph Lawler -

January 14, 2014 5:00 am

House Speaker John Boehner and Republican leadership speak at a new conference on Tuesday in Washington.ÃÂ (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

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GOP revives 2010 jobs message after poll shows voters blame Obama, not Bush, for economy

David M. Drucker -

January 14, 2014 5:00 am

Economy

VIDEO: John Boehner says 2014 elections are about jobs

Washington Examiner -

January 14, 2014 5:00 am

U.S. Border Patrol agents patrolling the border fence near Naco, Ariz. (AP/Ross D. Franklin)

Immigration

Examiner Editorial: A chronic job shortage is no time for immigration amnesty

Washington Examiner -

January 14, 2014 5:00 am

A gauge known as the labor force participation rate measures the proportion of working-age adults who either have a job or are looking for one. This rate fell to 63.2 percent last year, its lowest level point since 1978, according to the Labor Department. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Economy

Fewer Americans in the workforce

Washington Examiner -

January 13, 2014 5:00 am

Protestors demonstrate outside a McDonald's restaurant in Oakland, Calif., on Dec. 5 as part of push by labor unions, worker advocacy groups and Democrats to raise the federal minimum wage. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Economy

Federal minimum wage hike would affect states differently — and that’s a plus for Democrats

Joseph Lawler -

January 12, 2014 5:00 am

Economy

Obama vows ‘year of action’ on economy

Jeremy Barr -

January 11, 2014 5:00 am

FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013 file photo, Luis Mendez, 23, left, and Maurice Mike, 23, wait in line at a job fair held by the Miami Marlins, at Marlins Park in Miami. The labor Department issues the December jobs report, the last one for 2103, on January 10. 2014. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, FIle)

Economy

Surprisingly weak jobs report puzzles economists

Christopher Rugaber -

January 10, 2014 10:12 pm

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No increase in hiring in November

Obama: On economy, focus is on executive actions

Seven Nobel Prize-winning economists endorse increase in minimum wage

GOP revives 2010 jobs message after poll shows voters blame Obama, not Bush, for economy

VIDEO: John Boehner says 2014 elections are about jobs

Examiner Editorial: A chronic job shortage is no time for immigration amnesty

Fewer Americans in the workforce

Federal minimum wage hike would affect states differently — and that’s a plus for Democrats

Obama vows ‘year of action’ on economy

Surprisingly weak jobs report puzzles economists

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