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24/7 Wall St. has seen multiple analyst reports on McDonald's, now that the fast-food king finally has delivered on higher wages.
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Wal-Mart has 4,953 locations in the United States. But a look at Wal-Mart store locations shows just how regional the company is.
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The U.S. Department of Labor released its March payroll and unemployment data Friday morning, and it is hard to imagine how it could have been much worse.
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How much is this going to cost McDonald’s, and ultimately its shareholders, to raise wages for 90,000 employees who work in company-operated stores?
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For the 90,000 or so employees who work in its 1,500 company-operated U.S. stores, McDonald's plans to boost the average pay to $10 per hour.
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Friday's unemployment and payrolls report from the U.S. Labor Department just became a lot more difficult to predict.
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Now that the big three automakers are prospering again, the UAW says it is time for them to share in the payoff.
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An institution of that size, breadth and economic power of Wal-Mart cannot help but wield an outsized influence, both economically and socially.
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The International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers has filed a petition with the U.S. National Labor Relations Board to hold an election at Boeing’s North Charleston, S.C., 787...
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In Friday’s report on the employment situation in the United States, the Bureau of Labor Statistics disclosed that the unemployment rate for young people remained in double digits.
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In February, the unemployment rate among black or African American persons was 10.4%, nearly double the national rate of 5.5%.
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Whether it comes from financial necessity or potential boredom, a fifth of Americans do not plan to retire, according to researchers for the Pew Charitable Trusts.
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The U.S. Labor Department has confirmed what most of us have suspected for some time: deflationary pressure from the cost of energy and commodities falling has turned into deflation.
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The U.S. Labor Department has released a somewhat disappointing reading for weekly jobless claims.
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The strike by the United Steelworkers Union against U.S. refiners widened Sunday to include three Motiva refineries and a Royal Dutch Shell chemical plant.
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