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Private-sector job growth slowed in March, ADP reports
WASHINGTON -- Employment growth slowed last month as the private sector added 158,000 jobs, a sharp reduction from February and below analyst expectations, payroll processing firm ADP said Wednesday. The March figure was well below the 237,000 private-...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Labor Markets
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S&P 500 trades above all-time closing high
NEW YORK -- The benchmark Standard & Poor's 500 index burst through a half-decade-old record as stocks continued their strong rally. The broad S&P index is on track to finish the day above its all-time closing high of 1,565.15 recorded Oct. 9, 2007....
Tags: Budget Control Act of 2011, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, S&P 500, Federal Reserve
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Fed says economy growing modestly in the West and much of nation
WASHINGTON -- The economy grew modestly in California and the West this year, helped by increasing auto sales and a strengthening housing market, the Federal Reserve said Wednesday in its periodic business survey. Modest growth was reported in an...
Tags: Rick Perry, Real Estate, Federal Reserve, Labor Markets, Services and Shopping
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Initial jobless claims fell to 340,000 last week, near 5-year low
WASHINGTON -- New jobless claims dropped again last week to 340,000, near a post-Great Recession low, and the less volatile four-week average fell to its lowest level in five years, the Labor Department said Thursday. The data were another sign of...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Unemployment, Economic Indicator, Unemployment Rate, Unemployment Benefits
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Private-sector job growth holding up, ADP report finds
WASHINGTON -- The American job market appears to be holding up fairly well in the face of higher payroll taxes this year and uncertainty over government budget cuts -- so far anyway. The payroll processing firm ADP said Wednesday its data showed that...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Moody's Corporation, Unemployment Benefits, Business, Small Businesses
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Initial jobless claims jump a week after falling to five-year low
WASHINGTON -- Reversing a recent downward trend, new jobless claims jumped by 38,000 last week but remained in the ballpark for moderate growth in the labor market ahead of Friday's unemployment report. The number of people filing for unemployment...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Unemployment, Economic Indicator, Unemployment Benefits, Employment Opportunities
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Sen. Frank Lautenberg, last of WWII vets, to retire
This post has been updated, as indicated below.WASHINGTON -- Democratic Sen. Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey, the last of the World War II veterans in the Senate, is retiring at the end of this term, he said Thursday. Lautenberg, who turned 89 last month, had been planning to run for reelection in...Tags: Career and Workplace, U.S. Senate, Elections, U.S. Congress, Frank Lautenberg
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Jobs report helps temper some market uncertainty
After a week of ups and downs in the stock market, investors were mixed in their reaction to the news that the U.S. economy added 155,000 jobs in December, a number that was widely expected. The S&P 500 rose 1.98 points, or 0.14%, as of 10:56 a.m. EST,...
Tags: Nasdaq Composite, Stock Market, Federal Reserve, Labor Markets
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First-time jobless claims rose to 372,000 last week
WASHINGTON -- First-time jobless claims rose to 372,000 last week, a level consistent with a moderately growing labor market ahead of Friday's December unemployment report. The number of initial claims for unemployment benefits was up 10,000 in the week...
Tags: Economic Indicator, Google+, Unemployment Benefits, Labor Markets
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ADP report: Job growth accelerated in December
WASHINGTON -- The pace of hiring accelerated in the final month of last year, boosted by solid gains in construction, professional services and trade and transportation, according to a closely followed private survey. The report released Thursday by...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Unemployment, New Year's Day, Job Layoffs, Layoffs and Downsizing
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Jobless claims fall sharply for the week
WASHINGTON -- New jobless claims last week fell much more sharply than expected, a reassuring sign that the damaging effects from Hurricane Sandy to the labor market have largely passed. The Labor Department said Thursday that 370,000 people filed...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Economic Indicator, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Natural Disasters, Unemployment Benefits
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Report indicates that Hurricane Sandy slowed job growth
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. job market looks like it took a big but not devastating blow last month from Hurricane Sandy. In a report ahead of Friday's government release of monthly employment statistics, the payroll processor Automatic Data Processing Inc....
Tags: Career and Workplace, Moody's Corporation, Fiscal Cliff, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Business
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