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ThinkstockIn a measure introduced by the city’s mayor, the City Council of Los Angeles is now considering a proposal to raise the minimum wage in the city to $13.25 by 2017 and is also being asked...
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The recession has not left a number of cities, mostly in central California, which is racked by drought and a slow recovery from the housing bubble.
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According to a new survey, the median pay of people with degrees in chemical engineering is higher than any other major.
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What consumers might know, and what Starbucks employees certainly know, is Starbucks store workers cannot be tipped when a transaction is paid via credit card.
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ThinkstockRankings of colleges and universities have become an important resource for prospective students and their parents, offering a convenient way to make some basic comparisons of...
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has been rated as the top university in the world by the QS University World University Ranking 2014/2015.
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The news flow out of Detroit was grim for longer than most major cities during the economic recovery, but a fresh report may indicate that things are on the rise.
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One of the open questions about the U.S. economic recovery is when the jobless rate will return to the 5% or less that signals a full recovery.
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ThinkstockWith a population of around 1.34 million, San Diego is the largest city in the United States to have passed an ordinance to raise the minimum wage beyond the federally mandated level of...
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ThinkstockThe national jobless rate continues to hover above 6% and, based on several government forecasts, will not drop below the 5% that marks a complete economic recovery for several years....
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ThinkstockThe U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics is out with its monthly Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey for the month of June. This JOLTS report compares hirings, firings and employees quitting...
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ThinkstockThe markets have been digesting much employment data ahead of Friday’s unemployment report, but now the market will have to deal with some wage inflation. A Labor Department report on...
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Ed Brown, via Wikimedia CommonsThe U.S. Labor Department is out with its report on weekly jobless claims, and the major score from the prior week was not followed. Weekly jobless claims rose by...
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ThinkstockIf any proof of the unevenness of the economic recovery still has to be made, it is the wild disparity of unemployment from state to state. Based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)...
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ThinkstockIf any proof of the unevenness of the economic recovery still has to be made, it is the wild disparity of unemployment from state to state. Based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)...
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