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While this data is a first quarter revision, the trend may have been hit that worker productivity may have peaked.  Worker productivity fell by -0.9%, which is worse than the -0.5% prelimnary report...
This is not the best report to see if you are graduating from college.  The Labor Department reported the employment situation this morning.  Unemployment came up to 8.2% versus 8.1% the prior...
The Labor Department is out with the weekly jobless claims ahead of Friday’s report on unemployment and the trend went the wrong way for this week and the week before.  The report showed a rise of...
The employment report for May is due on Friday from the Labor Department, and the first views of the tally may be a weak.  TrimTabs has data out this morning projecting that only 124,000 jobs were...
This Friday will be close to marking the mid-year progress report on jobs created and on the unemployment rate.  The expectation from Bloomberg shows an expected 8.1% unemployment rate for May,...
The U.S. Labor Department has reported that weekly jobless claims came in unchanged from the prior week at 370,000.  The prior week’s reading was revised from a preliminary report of 367,000 up to...
SEC filings are often long and full of details that make most investors have a glassing-over look in their eyes.  Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE: CHK) has filed its proxy materials for its...
The U.S. Labor Department has turned in its weekly jobless claims data and the report is pretty much in-line with expectations but is still not indicative of any great jobs recovery right now. ...
The Labor Department is out with its report on the labor situation for April and the report is going to raise some eyebrows.  The official unemployment rate mysteriously came in 8.1% versus 8.2% in...
LinkedIn Corporation (NYSE: LNKD) has reported its latest earnings report and investors are going to be watching closely for valuation concerns versus growth. The professional social network reported...
The Labor Department is out with its report on weekly jobless claims and it is looking like the weekly claims will be heading back in the right direction if today’s reading is not just a blip....
The market better get ready for a low reading on the jobs front this Friday when it comes to payrolls.  There are two very weak readings which are going to sour the expectation, one from ADP and one...
Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) faces a relatively small strike at its Joliet, Ill., plant. The members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers will walk out when their...
The Internatioal Labor Organization wing of the UN reported that unemployment worldwide will worsen this year. In the summary, the ILO’s researchers stated Over the past year, labour markets have...
The Labor Department has reported another weak figure in the weekly jobless claims, and this may sour the tone for next week’s unemployment report.  Jobless claims fell by an adjusted 1,000 to...