A key jobless claims report could join a hiring slowdown, corporate earnings, growth worries in weighing on investors during an August to forget.
Category: Labor and Jobs
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A Watch Factory Embraces Workers with Autism
“It’s not just the focus in the first 10 pieces,” the owner said. “It’s being able to maintain that kind of a focus when you’re doing No. 400 and No. 401.”
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Why TSMC Has Struggled to Manufacture Chips in Arizona
The tech giant modeled its facility in Phoenix on one at home. But bringing the company’s highly complex manufacturing process to America has been a bigger challenge than it expected.
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A Tim Walz Economics Primer
Here’s how business executives and donors are evaluating Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota, especially on taxes, labor unions, energy policy and more.
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To Avoid an Economic Recession, Consumer Spending Is Key
It has powered the economic recovery from the pandemic shock. Now wallets are thinner, and some businesses are feeling the difference.
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Apple Workers Approve Contract at First Union Store in U.S.
The agreement raises wages roughly 10 percent over three years and guarantees benefits and severance pay.
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Stock Markets Signal Recession Fears. Here’s the Economic Outlook.
The economy has repeatedly defied predictions of a downturn since the pandemic recovery began. Now signs of strength contend with shakier readings.
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Everyone Who Made This Happen: Meet the Many People It Takes to Produce One Thing
The act of creation is rarely a solo affair. Here are five outsize teams behind projects ranging from a performance piece to a new pizza.
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Declaring ‘Crisis,’ South Korean Firms Tell Managers to Work 6 Days a Week
The move by some influential companies has raised concerns about work-life balance in a country where long hours at the office are common.
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Will A.I. Kill Meaningless Jobs?
And is that so bad?
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So, Human Resources Is Making You Miserable?
Get in line behind the H.R. managers themselves, who say that since the pandemic, the job has become an exasperating ordeal. “People hate us,” one said.