Labor Markets

Bahrain's real GDP is estimated to have expanded 3.9 percent in 2012 from the 1.9 percent growth seen in 2011. Even as the oil sector shrank by around 8.5 percent in 2012 due to a temporary technical disruption at the country's main Abu Sa'afa oil field,...

For nearly 6,900 students who graduated Sunday at colleges around the state, the natural question is: What's next? Happily, this year's graduates have more reason to be optimistic than those who graduated two or three years ago, although the market...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - The yen bounced off a 4-1/2 year low against the dollar early in Asia on Monday in the wake of reports suggesting the Japanese government might be happy with the level of the currency following its extended decline. The dollar last...

Since 2008, Augusta has appeared in 20 national rankings, receiving high marks for being the "most resilient metro economy," providing its residents with the "best bang for their buck," and having one of the "strongest building markets for housing."...

Perrin Crews recently graduated from the University of Mississippi with degrees in political science and Spanish. Despite academic accomplishments that included enrollment in the Barksdale Honors College at Ole Miss, he is not immediately headed into...

Two weeks ago, Pete Waterman spray painted a large plywood sign and propped it on his lawn near a bunch of tractors. "Good help wanted." "To me, 'help wanted' didn't quite explain what I was looking for," said Waterman, a fourth-generation dairy...

The government is encouraging the private sector to participate in solving the country's problem in unemployment, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said over the weekend. NEDA added that the government needed stronger support from...

A Republican push to give the nation's private employers the option of offering workers comp time instead of paying overtime required since the Great Depression highlights a rising tide of legal battles in Memphis and across the nation. For businesses,...

Sahr Jusu, 45, was hit with a double dose of the housing collapse. He lost his job doing home improvements about a year ago and now, depending on odd jobs here and there, he's been four or five months behind on his mortgage payments. But Jusu is...

(Reuters) - The beginning of the end of the Federal Reserve's massive bond-buying program might come sooner than many investors think if recent gains in the U.S. labor market do not prove fleeting. Much will depend on how economic data, which has given...

* Progress in labor market since bond-buying was launched * Fed officials emphasizing flexibility of easing program * Much depends on data over the next few months By Ann Saphir and Jonathan Spicer May 19 (Reuters) - The beginning of the end of the...

By WILLIAM P. HOJNACKI I am very disappointed in the way that the Obama administration is dealing with the Republicans in the ongoing discussions concerning the federal budget. The administration has, once again, allowed the Republicans to set the agenda...