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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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Stocks up again; Dow on 10-day streak
Stocks closed higher on Wall Street Thursday, and the Dow Jones industrial average rose for the tenth day in a row. Reassurances from Federal Reserve officials that they plan to keep interests rates at historically low levels have also helped push stocks higher
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Paper Economy Jobless claims drop by 10,000
Jobless claims declined by 10,000 to 332,000 claims from 342,000 claims for the prior week, according to Thursday's jobless claims report from the Department of Labor.
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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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Energy Voices Jobs report: the energy connection to growth
Growth in the energy sector is one of many factors contributing to a healthy jobs report. Unconventional oil and gas production have created more than 1 million jobs with 800,000 more expected by 2015.
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The New Economy Jobs outlook: Housing growth will trump sequester woes
The economy should continue to add jobs despite the sequester. The jobs report shows the housing recovery bolstering employment. Homeowner optimism is likely to improve, too.
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Stocks rise on burst of hiring
Stocks rose on Wall Street Friday on news that US employers added 236,000 jobs last month. Stocks have also been boosted by continuing economic stimulus from the Federal Reserve.
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Unemployment rate drops to 7.7 percent. How real is job-market progress?
Unemployment is at its lowest level since the end of 2008. But the improvement stemmed from mixed reasons: more people hired, but also fewer people looking for work.
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February unemployment report: What kind of jobs is the economy creating?
The US economy added 236,000 jobs last month, with construction and health care being two big contributors. However, 12 million Americans are still officially counted as unemployed.
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Paper Economy Jobless claims fall to 340,000
Jobless claims declined by 7,000 to 340,000 claims from 347,000 jobless claims for the prior week.
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Tax VOX How should the government measure inflation?
Republicans and many economists argue for shifting to a more accurate inflation measure, Gleckman writes, but a new report suggests that move would raise taxes by nearly as much as it would slow Social Security spending over the next decade.
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Paper Economy Jobless claims fall to 344,000
Jobless claims declined by 22,000 to 344,000 claims from 366,000 jobless claims for the prior week.
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JPMorgan cuts 19,000 jobs, calls it a good sign
JPMorgan cuts 15,000 jobs from its troubled mortgage sector, citing healthier home mortgages. The other 4,000 job cuts come from consumer banking.
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Paper Economy Jobless claims jump to 362,000
Jobless claims increased by 20,000 to 362,000 claims from 342,000 jobless claims for the prior week.
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Keystone XL? 'Shut it down' protestors say, Senators ask Obama to approve it
This weekend thousands protested in Washington against the Keystone XL pipeline. The protests followed a push by a bipartisan group of senators asking President Obama to approve the pipeline.
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State of the Union 101: Nine Obama proposals that might create jobs
A trade pact with the EU. Rebuilding roads and bridges. Innovation centers for manufacturing. Obama put forward a lot of proposals in his State of the Union address, but which ones will add the most jobs?
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Robert Reich Why the budget deficit is not 'the transcendent issue of our time'
The Republican’s biggest economic lie is that the budget deficit is, in Sen. Mitch McConnell's words, “the transcendent issue of our time,” Reich writes. The transcendent issue is jobs and wages, he adds.
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President Obama's State of the Union address full text
The text of the State of the Union address as prepared for delivery by President Barack Obama, and provided by the press office of the White House.
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At core of Obama's State of the Union address: the middle class (+video)
Job creation and building the middle class will get special emphasis in President Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday, administration officials say. Will the speech also make liberals glow, as his inaugural did?
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Obama will pivot back to jobs in State of the Union
President Barack Obama is expected to readdress job creation and the economy in his State of the Union address Tuesday, speaking on how improvements to education, clean energy production, and reducing the deficit could lead to economic growth.
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Paper Economy Jobless claims drop to 366,000
Jobless claims declined by 5,000 to 366,000 claims from 371,000 jobless claims for the prior week.
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Paper Economy Jobs report: Unemployment ticks up to 7.9 percent
Friday's jobs report shows that the unemployment rate ticked up slightly to 7.9 percent.
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January jobs report: Will 'OK' jobs market make politicians complacent?
Employers added 157,000 jobs in January, but the unemployment rate rose to 7.9 percent. Now, in a few weeks, sizable federal spending cuts could put an added damper on economic activity.
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The New Economy US job growth like 'Groundhog Day' – all over again
US economy adds 157,000 jobs in January – tepid growth that the labor market can't seem to break out of. But upward revisions to last year's job numbers suggest the US has regained 61 percent of the employment it lost during the Great Recession.
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Cover Story 10 surprises about tomorrow's job market
In sharp contrast to today's tepid job growth, employment will pick up later this decade and feature some unusual twists – from the rise of sales jobs to the dearth of 'green' ones. Here's a guide to help navigate it.
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Paper Economy Jobless claims jump by 38,000
Jobless claims increased by 38,000 to 368,000 claims from 330,000 jobless claims for the prior week.
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