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CEO Ginni Rometty has been aggressive in trying to ally herself with Donald Trump. One of Trump's signature issues is to keep U.S. companies from exporting jobs.
Boeing will sell more than $16 billion worth of planes to Iran in a deal that it says will create 100,000 jobs. Can it possibly know that number?
While the biggest number from the Bureau of Labor Statistics is the monthly payrolls and unemployment report, its Job Openings and Labor Turnover Summary (JOLTS) report is used as a confirming tool...
Is it possible that the endless decline and stagnation in worker productivity is ending? The third quarter increase in nonfarm business sector labor productivity was the first after three consecutive...
Americans puzzled by why less than 5% unemployment has not caused a surge in either gross domestic product or inflation do not need to look beyond the workforce for the number of people who believe...
Each and every month, the U.S. Department of Labor 's payrolls and unemployment rate report is effectively previewed by ADP's monthly private sector payrolls report.
In a series of demonstrations and strikes taking place Tuesday, November 29, workers in a variety of jobs and industries will continue to press demands for a $15-an-hour minimum wage, along with...
A huge stock market recovery and consumer sentiment screaming higher since the presidential election has not translated directly to small businesses continuing to hire at the same rate as before.
In the wake of this political season and the protesting involved, it seems more and more people are making public demonstrations to get their voices heard. The question is will this work or can it...
Google Translation of Volkswagen statement: The Board of Management and the General Works Council of Volkswagen signed a future pact in Wolfsburg after constructive negotiations. He is leading the...
The JOLTS report never really moves the stock or bond markets at all. What it does aim to do is to act as a confirmation tool that perhaps the number of job openings is on the decline.
Some 8% of workers worldwide consider themselves "prisoners" at their own companies, according to a recent study.
Automakers are scheduled to report U.S. October sales Tuesday morning, except for Ford, which postponed its report as a result of a fire in the company's headquarters building in Detroit.
While sales of the Ford F-Series are up more than 5% in the first nine months of 2016, September sales were down more than 2% year over year for the country's best-selling vehicle.
Fiat Chrysler on Monday night reached an 11th-hour agreement with its Canadian labor union that dodged a strike set to begin at midnight.