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The five largest banks based on the number of retail locations have a total of over 23,000 locations. As with any retail business, some locations are more profitable than others.
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Janet Yellen, chair of the Federal Reserve, is delivering more good news to the financial markets in her Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress.
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The U.S. Department of Labor has released its report on jobless claims for the week ended February 14.
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The U.S. Department of Labor has released the most recent report on weekly jobless claims.
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Planned job cuts among U.S. companies in 2014 totaled 450,531 through November, down 5.8% compared to the same period in 2013. According to global outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas,...
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The U.S. Department of Labor's latest Employment Situation report indicates that employers across the United States fell behind in hiring in January from December’s revised numbers.
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Unemployment may tick down to 5.5% for January, but that remains far from the less than 5% number that signals a full recovery.
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Things are not going well at one of the world's largest conglomerates. Germany's Siemens will fire 7,800 people.
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Weatherford International has begun firing employees and said it had targeted a reduction of 8,000, mostly in the Western Hemisphere, by the end of June.
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For the week ended on January 31, initial jobless claims came in above the previously revised reading but were less than the Bloomberg consensus estimate.
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ADP has released its January private sector payrolls report, and on the surface it looks disappointing.
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National nonfarm payroll unemployment rate fell to 5.6% in December, as the nation added 252,000 jobs. However, some portions of the nation have been left behind in the recovery.
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ThinkstockNo state has a lower unemployment rate than North Dakota, where it is 2.7%. No state is at a greater risk to have its unemployment rate soar. Low oil prices get the blame. Experts in...
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The U.S. Department of Labor has released the report on weekly jobless claims for the week ended on January 17.
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Although the U.S. unemployment rate has been steadily declining for some time, jobs remain scarce for many Americans. While some trades and skills remain in demand or carry the promise of strong job...
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