Companies that develop medicines have been bleeding jobs in the last few months, with three — Biogen Idec, Charles River Laboratories and NicOx — announcing about 1,000 new workforce cuts this week. When will the bleeding sto…
In another setback on employment, initial jobless claims jumped a larger than anticipated 20,000 to 457,000, the Labor Department announced Thursday. Economists had predicted initial jobless claims would total 443,000.
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Amazon has positions to fill in three fulfillment centers in two states. It’s joining other retailers such as Toys ‘R’ Us and Kohl’s is adding scads of temporary hires for 2010 holiday sales crunch — the most since 2007.
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The percentage of unemployed managers and executives relocating for new positions fell to a record low in the third quarter, according to analysis by Challenger, Gray & Christmas. The relocation rate for the last four quarters …
Apple jacked up the number of full-time employees working in its retail division by 61% to 26,500 in its fiscal year that just closed. The move came as Apple rolled out its new addition to the i-line — the iPad — and retoole…