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Immigration reform bill: Top 8 changes GOP senators want
More than 300 amendments were submitted for possible inclusion in a sweeping immigration reform package – at least 100 of them from two Republicans, Sens. Charles Grassley of Iowa and Jeff Sessions of Alabama. Here are eight notable changes GOP lawmakers want to see in bill, as the Senate Judiciary Committee takes up amendments between now and Memorial Day.
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Top 10 places to buy a foreclosed home
Here are the Top 10 metropolitan areas to buy a foreclosed home, according to RealtyTrac:
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Fiscal deal will cost you: 8 tax changes
Here are eight tax changes under the 'fiscal cliff' deal that may hit your pocketbook.
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Top 4 New Year's resolutions for your pocketbook
It’s resolution season, and with the continued economic recovery significant opportunity exists to improve your finances in the coming year. The question is how. Here are the four most important financial New Year’s resolutions that consumers can make:
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Gender pay gap: Top 5 best and worst states
The pay gap between men and women has steadily narrowed during the past few decades. Women earned 77 cents for every dollar men earned in 2011, compared with 59 cents in 1963. Here is a look at states with biggest and smallest gender pay gaps today.
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Mitt Romney gets post-debate boost in the polls. Will it last?
Mitt Romney is moving ahead in the first public opinion polls taken since his debate with President Obama. But there are two more debates and a month to go until Election Day, and the race remains close.
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Obama calls on Congress to act on tax cut, vets' jobs, housing
In his weekly radio address, President Obama says Republicans 'need to stop trying to refight the battles of the past few years.' Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus says Obama's 'failed policies have buried the middle class.'
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Robert Reich Jobs report: Obama's sigh of relief
Better-than-expected employment numbers from September's jobs report was a relief for the White House, Reich writes. But the economy is still growing too slowly.
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Stocks barely flinch after good jobs report
Stocks initially rose on news of the unemployment rate dropping to 7.8 percent. But in afternoon trading, stocks failed to hang onto early gains.
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Paper Economy Employers add 114,000 jobs in September
Net non-farm payrolls increased adding 114,000 jobs overall with the private non-farm payrolls sub-component adding just 104,000 jobs.
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Decoder Wire Unemployment rate tampering? Why conspiracy theorists went wild.
Retired GE CEO Jack Welch saw Friday's jobs report, with its 7.8 percent unemployment rate, as 'unbelievable.' Others on the right piled on, suggesting Obama administration tampering. But the jobs number in question has been known to vary widely month to month.
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Will jobs report give a timely lift to Obama's record on the economy?
At 7.8 percent, the US unemployment rate is now back to the point it was when President Obama took office. But Mitt Romney say it's still not a recovery – and that the real jobless rate is closer to 11 percent.
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Paper Economy Unemployment rate drops to 7.8 percent
Total unemployment went flat at 14.7 percent in September, while the traditionally reported unemployment rate declined to 7.8 percent.
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Donald Marron A good jobs report
The big news, economically and symbolically, is that the unemployment rate fell to 7.8 percent, Marron writes.
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Jobless rate falls below 8 percent for the first time in nearly four years
The US unemployment rate fell to 7.8 percent in September, the lowest unemployment rate in 44 months. The economy also created 86,000 more jobs in July and August than first estimated.
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Difference Maker She offers ex-cons in Chicago a honey of a second chance
Sweet Beginnings, a growing business on Chicago's West Side, provides just released prisoners with job experience making honey and other products.
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Stocks climb after jobless claims report
A better-than-expected jobless claims report pushed stocks higher Thursday. The major stock market indexes have climbed steadily higher to start October.
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Swing voters the presidential debate forgot: veterans
Wednesday's presidential debate included some love for Big Bird, but none for veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, whose plight was ignored. But vets could prove an important voting bloc.
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Paper Economy Jobless claims up by 4,000
Thursday's jobless claims report from the US Department of Labor showed a slight increase in jobless claims.
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Jobless claims hit 367K last week
Jobless claims in the US increased last week by 4,000, to a seasonally adjusted 367,000. Economists say the rise in jobless claims is no indication that the labor market is crumbling.
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ADP: US added 162,000 jobs in September
ADP survey showed that US businesses added fewer workers in September than August, a sign that slow growth may be holding back hiring. The economy added 162,000 jobs last month, down from 189,000 in August, according to ADP.
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Robert Reich The looming specter of jobs and debates
With the first presidential debate on Wednesday and a crucial jobs report on Friday, it's a big week ahead for Obama and Romney. Reich argues that the jobs report will be the biggest election news of the week.
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Unemployment in eurozone stalls at record 11.4 percent
Unemployment in countries that use the euro stayed at 11.4 percent in August as more than 34,000 people lost jobs. The record high unemployment rate has renewed concerns that efforts to reduce debts have sacrificed jobs.
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The 5 most educated countries in the world
The Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development recently released its Education at a Glance 2012 report. Here are the five most educated countries in the world.
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Unemployment claims plunge to two-month low
Unemployment claims drop 26,000 to a level of 359,000, the lowest in nine weeks. At this level, unemployment claims typically point to a lower unemployment rate.
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Latin America Monitor Nicaragua: Central Bank says economy up 30 percent under Sandinistas
Though growth for Central America's smallest economy is good news, some economists say it is still insufficient to reduce poverty in Nicaragua.
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Energy Voices Money in politics: Big oil's ties to Washington
A report from the National Wildlife Federation highlights the role it says oil companies play in U.S. politics, stating energy companies are influencing legislation in favour of oil, natural gas and coal policies, according to OilPrice.com
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Unemployed and overlooked: Labor force rate of participation down drastically
Since 2007, 4 million people have left the labor force, in many cases because they have given up looking for jobs. If these 'discouraged jobseekers' were counted in the jobless rate, August's numbers would have been 10.5 percent.
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Paper Economy Mass layoffs decline in August
The latest Bureau of Labor Statistics data showed a fall in mass layoffs in August. A mass layoff is when at least fifty initial claims for unemployment insurance originate from a single employer over a period of five consecutive weeks.
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Paper Economy Unemployment claims decline by 3,000
Initial and continued unemployment claims declined slightly as seasonally adjusted initial unemployment claims remained just below the closely watched 400K level.
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