U.S. Job Growth Eases, but Extends Its Streak
Employers added 236,000 jobs as the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate increases appeared to take a toll. The unemployment rate fell to...
What to Do With Your Tax Refund, According to Experts
The average refund is down from last year, but still almost $3,000. One option experts recommend is stashing part of...
Fewer Work Meetings? Corporate America Is Trying.
Managers are finding new ways to help employees reclaim time — including mandatory meeting-free days.
6 Tips for Better Meetings
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David’s Bridal Is Said to Be Considering Bankruptcy, Again
It would be the second bankruptcy in five years for the retailer, which boasts that it sells one of every...
Hard Landing? Recession? U.S. Economy May Be Heading That Way.
A hard landing? A banana? Euphemisms for recession have a long history in Washington. Whatever the Fed is stating, it...
How AI and DNA Are Unlocking the Mysteries of Global Supply Chains
Firms are turning to advanced technologies to help answer a surprisingly tricky question: Where do products really come from?
The jobs numbers will factor into a complicated calculation for the Fed.
As central bankers contemplate whether to raise interest rates at their meeting in May, slowing hiring and wages may give...
Wages May Not Be Inflation’s Cause, but They’re the Focus of the Cure
While fear of a “wage-price spiral” has eased, the Federal Reserve’s course presumes job losses and risks a recession. Some...
Jane LaTour, Fighter for Women in Labor Unions, Dies at 76
No stranger to blue-collar work herself, she pushed for equality in male-dominated unions and as a writer chronicled the struggles...
