There’s no way to sugarcoat it: The U.S. job deficit is huge, and it will take years to fix. But investors shouldn’t become too pessimistic. America’s economy has the capacity to adapt and renew itself faster than many folks ex…
ADP excludes government jobs. It’s also notoriously volatile and has a history of big misses in forecasting the official Labor Department payroll report. But perhaps most important is that it just doesn’t jibe with other recent…
ADP’s latest report showed a total that was nearly triple what economists were expecting. It’s only one month’s data, and it’s too soon to call it a hiring boom. However, the report offers more hope and some evidence that the n…
Dollar General announced Monday morning that its 2011 expansion plan to open 625 new stores will allow it to hire 6,000 workers this year. The discount retailer plans to add stores in markets across its existing 35-state operat…
Many Wall Street pundits are surprisingly bullish about the U.S. economy for 2011, but high unemployment continues to ravage Main Street. Still, with corporate profits booming and the stock market rallying, some indicators say …