Obama: Economy still headed right direction
ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. (AP) - Obama also announced a nationwide project to expand broadband access in places with little or no reliable Internet service...
How the unemployed have become a scapegoat for Congress
OPINION - This will be the first time in U.S. history that unemployment benefits are allowed to expire when the unemployment rate was over 7.2 percent...
New jobless claims rise in sign of weak job market
WASHINGTON (AP) - Claims have remained stuck above 450,000 since the beginning of the year...
Survey: Hiring plans of US CEOs at 3-year high
NEW YORK (AP) -- Despite renewed market fears of a hit to global growth because of economic trouble in Europe, 79 percent of CEOs say they expect sales to rise in the second half...
New jobless claims dip for third straight week
WASHINGTON (AP) - At the same time, the tally of laid-off workers continuing to claim jobless benefits fell by the largest amount in almost a year...
Economy adds 431K jobs but few in private sector
WASHINGTON (AP) - Virtually all the job creation in May came from the hiring of 411,000 census workers. Such hiring peaked in May and will begin tailing off in June...
A long, hot jobless summer could spark crime wave
theGRIO REPORT - Cities, many already overburdened with major criminal activity, will see much more than just juvenile or petty acts...
The myth of a black-brown coalition on immigration
OPINION - It's time for black leaders to stand on the side of black citizens and legal immigrants over lawbreakers who undermine black prosperity...
Unemployment rates drop in 34 states and DC
WASHINGTON (AP) - After cutting their work forces to the bone during the recession, companies are starting to boost hiring as their sales and profits improve...
Jobless claims rise by largest amount in 3 months
WASHINGTON (AP) - The surge is evidence of how volatile the job market remains, even as the economy grows...
