“More food stamps? Or more paychecks?” Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich suggests that’s how the GOP should couch the national policy debate before the midterm elections. But will demonizing programs that aid the poor h…
Retailer Kohl’s said on Wednesday that it plans to hire 40,000 temporary workers during this year’s holiday season at stores, distribution centers and credit operations nationwide — 7,000 more than last year. The shopping sea…
CNBC’s Larry Kudlow blogged Tuesday that the a GOP win in November’s elections would create an explosion of U.S. job creation. One of his guests that day on The Kudlow Report was DailyFinance’s Peter Cohan, who breaks down prec…
Further monetary action by the Fed may be warranted because of high unemployment rates and low inflation, said Federal Reserve Bank of New York President William Dudley during a speech Friday at the Society of American Business…
Initial jobless claims fell 16,000 to 453,000 in the week ending Sept. 25, a sharper fall than expected. The revised figure for the previous week was 469,000.
Analysts surveyed by Reuters forecast claims of 460,000.
Companies that laid off workers …