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AP IMPACT: Snowden's life surrounded by spycraft
In the suburbs edged by woods midway between Baltimore and the nation's capital, residents long joked that the government spy shop next door was so ...
Help wanted: Lululemon's cheeky CEO ad
If you can hold a headstand for at least 10 minutes, communicate in Sanskrit and enjoy downing wheatgrass and tequila shots on Fridays for work-life ...
Europe seeks ways to ease youth unemployment
Germany, France, Italy and Spain agreed Friday to find ways to help small- and medium-sized companies as part of a broader plan to create badly needed ...
Energy officials land summer jobs for their kids
At least a dozen children or other relatives of Energy Department officials have received summer jobs at the department in apparent violation of ...
Economy adds 175K jobs, jobless climbs to 7.6 pct.
More Americans hunted for jobs in May, and more companies filled them — signs of confidence and resilience for the slow-healing U.S. economy.
Futures rebound as jobs numbers roll out
U.S. futures rose on upbeat jobs numbers Thursday, though trading remains light ahead of a crucial report from the Labor Department at the end of the ...
Stocks slip in early trade after weak job growth
Stocks are opening lower on Wall Street after a payroll company reported sluggish job growth last month. ADP said U.S. businesses added just 135,000 ...
New IRS head says taxpayers no longer trust agency
His agency under relentless fire, the new head of the Internal Revenue Service acknowledged to Congress on Monday that American taxpayers no longer ...
LinkedIn offers extra step to guard user accounts
LinkedIn is joining the crowd of Internet services tying account security to mobile phones. In a change announced Friday, the roughly 225 million ...
Tightest job market ever for China's college grads
Chemistry student Jiang Wenying graduated three years ago and decided the job market was so tough she might as well go back to school for a graduate ...
Mothers now top earners in 4 in 10 US households
America's working mothers are now the primary breadwinners in a record 40 percent of households with children — a milestone in the changing face of ...
Automaker Tesla takes fight to North Carolina
Tesla Motors is fighting a bill in North Carolina that would effectively ban the company from selling its electric cars in the state, pitting it ...
Furlough Friday: Unpaid day off for many in gov't
No one answered the tax-help hotline at the IRS on Friday. And you could forget about getting advice on avoiding foreclosures at the 80 Housing and ...
Yahoo looks to regain its cool with Tumblr deal
After falling woefully out of fashion, Yahoo wants to be cool again while catering to the capitalistic demands of its shareholders. That goal led CEO ...
Weeklong traffic mess possible after CT derailment
Traffic in southwest Connecticut could be a mess for as much as a week until service is restored to the commuter rail line affected by a derailment ...
Canada trying to lure Silicon Valley tech workers
The Canadian government has launched an aggressive campaign to lure Silicon Valley tech workers frustrated by U.S. visa policies northward, just as ...
Retiring boomers driving sales of small businesses
Baby boomers preparing for retirement are driving a surge in small business sales, as they find more and more buyers confident enough in the improving ...
LinkedIn looks to build on its impressive resume
LinkedIn and Facebook will celebrate the anniversaries of their IPOs just a few days apart this week. But their experiences as publicly traded ...
Seasonal jobs ease Spain unemployment in April
Spain's Labor Ministry says the number of people registered as unemployed fell by 46,050 in April with more people finding jobs in the run-up to the ...
Fire shuts down Labor Dept. building in DC
An overnight fire at the Labor Department's headquarters shut the building down for most employees early Friday, but the agency's monthly employment ...
Oil up again to near $95 ahead of US jobs data
The price of crude oil continued to rise Friday, a day after posting its biggest jump this year, as traders awaited the release of a closely watched U
LinkedIn's disappointing outlook eclipses big 1Q
LinkedIn's rapidly rising stock got demoted late Thursday after the online professional networking service released a forecast calling for its ...
US economic reports hold out hope for hiring gains
Fewer Americans are losing their jobs. Employers are struggling to squeeze more work from their staffs. The U.S. is producing so much oil that imports ...
AP Interview: New job for son of toppled shah
The son of Iran's toppled shah has a new job as spokesman for a nascent movement that is challenging the clerical regime to hold free and fair ...
Unemployment rates fall in 90 pct. of US cities
Unemployment rates fell in nearly 90 percent of large U.S. cities in March, though most of the declines likely occurred because more Americans stopped ...