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Wikimedia CommonsToyota Motor Corp. (NYSE: TM) announced Wednesday morning that the company would raise workers’ base pay by 0.8% or $26 a month at the beginning of the new fiscal year that starts...
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As the argument heats up on whether the United States should revoke its 40-year ban on crude oil exports, interest groups will be choosing sides and adding their voices to the discussion. Monday's...
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Wikimedia CommonsWhen McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD filed its Form 10-K with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday, the company listed a new risk factor to its business. The company...
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Boeing said Sunday that 2,300 machinists in St. Louis represented by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) have approved a contract extension through 2022.
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Gap announced Thursday it will boost the minimum wage for its employees to $9 an hour in June and $10 in June 2015. Are they crazy? Not really. It may only add modestly to the company's operating...
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In what may be the least surprising press release we'll see this year, Boeing announced Tuesday morning that it will build a new plant in Everett, Washington, where it will build the new composite...
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Home Depot said Wednesday it expects to hire about 80,000 part-time workers for the spring season, the biggest selling season of the year. Rival Lowe's Companies has not announced its plans yet.
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Toyota Motor said that it will join the exodus of automakers from Australia and stop making cars and engines in the country by the end of 2017. Thousands of jobs will be lost and no global automakers...
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courtesy of AOL, IncWhen AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL) CEO Tim Armstrong said on Thursday that the company was changing the way it paid its 401(k) benefits, he blamed Obamacare and two “distressed babies”...
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The verdict is in. Friday's release from the Department of Labor showed that nonfarm payrolls grew by 113,000. Bloomberg was calling for 181,000 and Dow Jones was calling for 189,000.
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Shares of employment site Monster Worldwide were up big on Thursday, thanks to the announcement of better-than-expected results. That could bode well for results due from LinkedIn after the close.
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ThinkstockThe latest monthly Challenger, Gray and Christmas job cuts survey finds layoffs jumped nearly 50% in January, after hitting a 13-year-low in December. U.S.-based employers announced plans...
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The economy continues to add jobs, the ADP National Employment Index said Wednesday, just not a lot of them. The report also hints that ADP and others in payroll processing and the uniforms business...
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ThinkstockWednesday’s ADP Private Sector Payrolls report showed a gain of 175,000 in January. Dow Jones was calling for 189,000 and Bloomberg was calling for 170,000. While there has to be some...
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January and February have put the stock market in question for 2014. After three series of major economic releases were handily under expectations in the United States, the issues overseas are...
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