New forecasts show that the worst may be over for the construction industry, which was hit harder by the Great Recession than any other sector, as construction projects slowly resume. Some 27% of construction firms say they pla…
Americans who are unemployed or underemployed are three times as likely to fall behind on their bills as those who are fully employed, according to a Gallup Poll released Tuesday.
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Nevada’s unemployment rate hit a new high in December 2010 — and with home prices continuing to fall, the beleaguered state’s problems are far from over.
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Highly skilled women will lose about a quarter of a million dollars, or as much as a third of their lifetime earnings, by choosing to have a child, making the prospect of raising a family a far more expensive one for college gr…
Upon taking office in 2009, Obama inherited two costly wars and an economy that had violently imploded just months before. What’s changed since then? Quite a bit — some for the better, some not. Here’s a midterm progress repor…