CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Quitting your job — all but unheard of during and after the Great Recession — is becoming...
By Wellington Webb NNPA Guest Columnist I served as Mayor of Denver from 1991 to 2003 and was the only mayor in U.S. history to...
(Bloomberg) — The U.S. job-creation machine kept exceeding expectations in February. Wages continued to disappoint. Employers added 295,000 workers to payrolls last month, more than...
(USA Today) – Private employers hired 212,000 workers in February, adding more muscle to the frame of a growing U.S. labor force. Payroll processor ADP’s...
(Bloomberg) — Sterling Risk Advisors, an Atlanta-based property and casualty insurance broker with 86 employees, has added 13 workers since June and will probably hire...
CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — More Americans sought unemployment aid last week, though the number of applications was still consistent with steady...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The Black unemployment rate fell slightly from 10.4 percent in December to 10.3 percent in...
Christopher S. Rugaber, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — The job market remains a frustrating place for America’s 9 million unemployed — perhaps more so as...
(CBS News) – By most measures, we’re in the later innings of this economic cycle. Corporate profits are cooling. Commodity prices are collapsing. Fifteen central banks...
by Starla Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call (FinalCall.com) – While the overall economic picture generated optimism for some last year, as...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – After three consecutive months of the economy adding more than 25,000 jobs, the Black unemployment rate...
CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States capped its best year for hiring in 15 years with a healthy gain in...
By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Columnist “Like the rest of America, Black America, in the aggregate, is better off now than it was when I...
Paul Davidson, USA TODAY (USA Today)—A strengthening labor market will not let up this year, economists say, with job growth approaching or exceeding the estimated...
(PBS) – HARI SREENIVASAN: Now: a move to make it easier for people who have been convicted of a crime to find employment after being released from...
JEFF KAROUB, Associated Press ADRIAN, Mich. (AP) — When it came time to pick a college, Abby Slusher leaned toward a private school near her southeastern...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The Black unemployment rate rose to 11.1 percent in November, according to the latest jobs report...
Mark Landler, THE NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON (The New York Times)—Before introducing his nominee to fill the job of defense secretary, President Obama took a moment on Friday...
(Bloomberg) – So much for secular stagnation. A November surprise that included a jump in wages as well as the biggest hiring surge in almost three...
CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Even though the U.S. job market is gaining strength, there are still a lot of unemployed Americans....
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Last month’s Black unemployment rate (10.9 percent) was more than twice the White unemployment rate...
CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. companies added 230,000 jobs in October, a private survey said, the most in four months and...
KIMBERLY HEFLING, AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — For-profit colleges with graduates unable to pay back their student loans could soon face scrutiny by the federal...
Hunter Schwarz, THE WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON (The Washington Post)—For the first time in six years, unemployment has fallen below 6 percent, according to data released last...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The unemployment rate for Blacks fell from 11.4 percent to 11 percent and the labor...
