Brazil campaigned hard to get the top job at the World Trade Organization this week but behind closed doors even it acknowledges that the WTO's main mission - pushing forward in global trade talks - looks for the moment like a lost cause.
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Anglo American Platinum Ltd., the biggest producer of the metal, attempted to appease the South African government by cutting back on planned job losses at its mines to about 6,000, which is less than half what was initially proposed.
Jobless claims hit the lowest level since January 2008 the week ended May 4, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Thursday.
President Barack Obama flew to Texas on Thursday to put his focus back on job creation and economic growth after concentrating on gun control legislation and immigration reform in recent months.
State-backed Lloyds Banking Group is cutting another 850 jobs to reduce costs, bringing the total number of jobs axed by the British bank since its 2008 bailout to around 35,000.
Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Plosser said on Thursday he was "dubious" that the Fed's massive quantitative easing program was boosting the beleaguered labor market.
Greek youth unemployment shot to a record 64 percent in February, underscoring the dire state of the recession-hit economy despite signs of improving business sentiment.
Anglo American's platinum arm, the world's largest source of the metal, could announce a restructuring plan as early as Thursday that will sharply scale backjob losses as it tries to balance out cost cuts and the threat of labor unrest.
Great news for Buffalo, N.Y. job seekers as a team of senior global team of IBM executives is in Buffalo for the next three weeks, as a pro bono consulting visit funded by the IBM Smarter Cities Challenge Grant.
U.S. employers posted fewer job openings in March compared with February and slowed overall hiring, suggesting the labor market recovery has shifted into a lower gear, government data showed on Tuesday.
Americans aged between 25- to-34-year-olds have the highest unemployment rate among large developed countries, according to reports.
Caterpillar Inc. announced plans on Friday to cut an additional 300 employees over the next 2 months at their facility in Decatur, Ill.
On the heels of a great job market report from the Labor Department, billionaire and investor Warren Buffett says he is also optimistic that the U.S. job market will continue to improve albeit slowly.
Great news for the job market, the U.S. economy added 165,000 net new jobs last month and the unemployment rate dropped to 7.5 percent, its lowest level in more than five years, the Labor Department said in a report released Friday.
Ford Motor Co is adding more than 2,000 jobs at a factory near Kansas City, Mo., following growth in the U.S. housing and oil sectors which prompted a boom in truck sales.
Businesses added 119,000 jobs in March, payroll processor ADP said Wednesday in a report, below economists' expectations. Job growth picked up from the prior month but remained mired in a spring slowdown.
Maria Shriver is returning to her job as a reporter after getting an offer from NBC news for a special anchor position with the network.
A veteran teacher has been fired from her Ohio catholic high school teaching job after it was revealed in a brochure at her mothers funeral that she was gay and has a lifelong partner. The school cites that the relationship violates their morality code.
The U.S. economy expanded in the first quarter but failed to gather as much steam as expected, raising concerns of another year of sluggish growth, s, the Commerce Department said Friday.
Claims for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, pointing to slight improvement in the job market.
