jobs

A job, employment, work or occupation, is a person's role in society. More specifically, a job is an activity, often regular and often performed in exchange for payment ("for a living").

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Adyen Executives Cite Digital Disruption Strengths as Volume Growth Slows
Adyen Executives Cite Digital Disruption Strengths as Volume Growth Slows
November 07, 2024  |  News

Dutch payments firm Adyen saw its shares slide Thursday (Nov. 7) after the business reported a slowdown in the growth of its transaction volumes in...

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Will Slight Improvement in Overall Jobs Outlook Boost Confidence to Keep Spending?
Will Slight Improvement in Overall Jobs Outlook Boost Confidence to Keep Spending?
November 04, 2024  |  Economy

On its surface, last week’s job report was anemic at best and confounding at worst. And where there’s a cloudy picture on job prospects, the...

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Beneath Data Distortions, Jobs Market Shows Signs of Normalizing
Beneath Data Distortions, Jobs Market Shows Signs of Normalizing
November 01, 2024  |  Economy

The U.S. economy added the equivalent of a large company in October, according to data released Friday (Nov. 1) from the Bureau of Labor Statistics....

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Job Openings Drop to Lowest Level Since Early 2021
Job Openings Drop to Lowest Level Since Early 2021
October 29, 2024  |  Economy

The number of job openings in the United States declined to 7.4 million in September, down from 7.9 million in August and 9.3 million in...

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Insured Unemployment Reaches Highest Level in 3 Years
Insured Unemployment Reaches Highest Level in 3 Years
October 24, 2024  |  Economy

The number of initial claims for unemployment insurance dropped, but insured unemployment reached its highest level in about three years, the Department of Labor said...

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Jobless Claims Rise Amid Hurricanes, Automaker Layoffs and Boeing Strike
Jobless Claims Rise Amid Hurricanes, Automaker Layoffs and Boeing Strike
October 10, 2024  |  Economy

The effects of Hurricane Helene, cutbacks in the auto industry and furloughs related to a strike at Boeing drove U.S. jobless claims to their highest total...

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HSBC Cutting Top Managers in $300 Million Savings Plan
HSBC Cutting Top Managers in $300 Million Savings Plan
October 10, 2024  |  Banking

Management ranks at banking giant HSBC could soon begin to thin. The Financial Times (FT) reported Thursday (Oct. 10) that sources familiar with the matter say new CEO Georges...

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Mixed Economic Signals: Strong Jobs Report, but Declining Confidence
Mixed Economic Signals: Strong Jobs Report, but Declining Confidence
October 07, 2024  |  Economy

Monday (Oct. 7) marked a double dose of economic data that provided a continued diet of mixed signals. First up, the Federal Reserve’s latest data on...

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Food Services and Healthcare Job Gains Ease Employment Concerns for Low-Income Consumers
Food Services and Healthcare Job Gains Ease Employment Concerns for Low-Income Consumers
October 04, 2024  |  Economy

The United States economy added 254,000 jobs in September, exceeding economists’ expectations and potentially mitigating some recent concerns about job prospects among the paycheck-to-paycheck consumer...

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