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A new report from a coalition called Americans for Tax Fairness claims that Walmart, Chairman Rob Walton and the entire Walton family owe the United States some $7.8 billion in taxes for 2013.
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Southwest Airlines trumpeted its record $228 million contribution to its profit sharing plan. The payment will be an 88% increase over last year's contribution, as well as the 40th consecutive...
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ThinkstockYet one more state is about to raise the minimum wage. At the current rate at which states are taking this action, the move by some members of Congress to push the national hourly rate to...
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ThinkstockMore good news is out on employment. The Conference Board Employment Trends Index (ETI) rose in March. Monday’s report seems to somewhat shadow the gains seen in Friday’s unemployment...
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Ed Brown, via Wikimedia CommonsThe U.S. Labor Department has issued its key unemployment and payrolls data for the month of March. With stocks at an all-time high, the trader and market participation...
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TrimTabs Investment Research indicates that the U.S. economy added between 195,000 and 225,000 jobs in the month of March. TrimTabs often has been conservative in its payrolls expectations.
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ThinkstockADP private sector payrolls data was one of the key metrics we were looking for ahead of Friday’s key unemployment and payrolls reports. It is a large gain, but perhaps not quite as...
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ThinkstockThis Friday will bring the highly anticipated Employment Situation report from the U.S. Department of Labor. Investors get many previews of what the unemployment and payrolls reports look...
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Workers at a German distribution center for Amazon.com have walked off the job over a pay dispute that has lasted nearly a year. At issue is how Amazon classifies its 9,000 German warehouse employees.
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ThinkstockWhen economists, investors and business people want to decide what the next three to 12 months look like, they have to choose from myriad sources to decide what the overall climate is like....
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ThinkstockThe National Labor Relations Board has a ruling which could be the top of the iceberg for how college and university athletes are treated financially going forward. The NLRB website has a...
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ThinkstockIf everything goes as expected, the state of Connecticut will become the first state to enact legislation raising the state’s minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, in line with President...
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ThinkstockThe Business Roundtable has released its 2014 CEO Economic Outlook Survey for the first quarter. While there is an overwhelming number of CEOs looking for sales growth, it is a minority of...
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courtesy of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) rarely makes the news for anything positive on its labor relations. The company employs over 2 million people, and it has become...
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Workers in California, Michigan and New York have filed class-action lawsuits against McDonald's and several franchise owners alleging wage theft, ranging from failure to pay overtime to depriving...
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