Hope and History on the Issue of Jobs
In a contest between a fairly conventional Republican -- McCain -- and a fairly conventional Democrat -- Obama -- on the issue of jobs, betting on the Republican is a vote for hope over history.
In a contest between a fairly conventional Republican -- McCain -- and a fairly conventional Democrat -- Obama -- on the issue of jobs, betting on the Republican is a vote for hope over history.
Philip N. Cohen | Posted 07.29.2008 | Business
Lots of people work in environments that seem integrated. But these are mostly in the white collar jobs of the professionals and the college educated; the blue-collar world is still a man's world.
Philip N. Cohen | Posted 07.24.2008 | Business
There was a strong trend of occupational desegregation, but the pace of that change slowed markedly in the 1990s.
Philip N. Cohen | Posted 07.19.2008 | Living
The latest news in the opt-out wars comes from two Berkeley economists - Jane Leber Herr and Catherine Wolfram - who report on a study of almost 1,000 Harvard graduates at their 15th reunion. Their main finding is that the profession these women went into had big effects on their odds of remaining employed.
Liz Hamburg | Posted 05.20.2008 | Business
I love that entrepreneurs often overcome adversity and turn their problems into opportunities. For women, particularly in this iffy economy, starting your own business is a smart thing to do.
CNBC | Joseph Pisani | Posted 05.16.2008 | Business
Employers are looking to hire teenagers this summer, but teens are just not interested. "The biggest problem in recent years has not been the shrinki...
Fred Hochberg | Posted 05.13.2008 | Business
The best way to get people spending again is to create good jobs at good wages. Today, small businesses remain the best engine for job growth and the economy.
Los Angeles Times | TIffany Hsu | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
Aboard the retired cruise ship Queen Mary -- a World War II veteran redeployed as a tourist attraction -- former members of the armed services Thursda...
Guardian | Andrew Clark | Posted 03.25.2008 | Business
More than 20,000 people are forecast to lose their jobs on Wall Street as the credit crunch bites into business at financial institutions over the nex...
John Sweeney | Posted 02.08.2008 | Politics
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Alexandra Levit | Posted 02.06.2008 | Living
A trial vice president? Huh? I'd heard of trials for magazine subscriptions and skincare products, but for a job?
CNNMoney | Chris Isidore | Posted 02.02.2008 | Business
A government report on January jobs showing that employers trimmed payrolls for the first time in four years set off alarm bells. But the report, whi...
Andrea Batista Schlesinger | Posted 01.29.2008 | Politics
After years of insisting that the economy was doing great, it takes weak corporate profits to make the president recognize that times are tough.
Reuters | Posted 12.14.2007 | Business
Rescue plans are creeping up everywhere for a hobbled U.S. financial system, though investor reaction suggests none sufficiently addresses the underly...
Reuters Via CNBC | Posted 12.12.2007 | Business
The U.S. trade deficit widened slightly more than expected in October, as a record high price for imported oil over-powered the export-spurring benefi...
The Wall Street Journal | Miriam Jordan | Posted 09.30.2007 | Business
As a crucial hearing looms on a planned government crackdown on illegal immigrants in the workplace, many businesses are scrambling to figure out how ...
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Larry M. Bartels | Posted 08.07.2008 | Politics