Articles filed under Economy
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Analysis: How much people really make in the 'gig economy'Sep 30, 2018 1:11 am - The "gig economy" has been hailed as a major disruption to the American workforce, as sites like Uber, Airbnb and Etsy offer workers new ways to make money and work a fl...
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Goodbye bonus? Your pay is probably going down next yearSep 30, 2018 1:10 am - Despite the improving economy, companies have stubbornly withheld salary increases over the past few years, opting to fatten the bonus pool instead. Now, they're taking ...
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Debt diary: How an engineer digs out of $100,000 in loansSep 30, 2018 1:06 am - Shannon Beranek craved an iced coffee after toiling all morning in 94-degree heat. But the civil engineer owes almost six figures in college loans, so she parked outside...
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Few graduates working in public service have received expected break on loansSep 30, 2018 1:00 am - An initiative designed to help college graduates who choose low-paying public-service jobs pay off their student loans is run in a confusing and piecemeal fashion, accor...
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Should college endowments be taxed? Americans are splitSep 23, 2018 1:00 am - Americans are divided over whether U.S. college endowments should have to pay a new federal tax, according to a national survey on higher education. Fifty percent of res...
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Cash-strapped Americans are willing to leverage their homes to pay the billsSep 23, 2018 1:00 am - As U.S. household debt rises and wages stagnate, millions of Americans are thinking about tapping into home equity to keep up with day-to-day expenses. Twenty-four milli...
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College students spend more time working paid jobs than going to classSep 23, 2018 1:00 am - Haunted by costly degrees and insurmountable student debt, American college students now spend more time working paid jobs than in lectures, the library or studying at h...
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Trump's tariffs won't bite Apple, illustrating Tim Cook's political swaySep 19, 2018 1:00 am - Apple chief executive Tim Cook has been one of President Donald Trump's staunchest critics in Silicon Valley, opposing the White House on everything from immigration to ...
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'Broken' economics for preschool workers, child care sectorSep 16, 2018 1:15 am - SEATTLE (AP) - A dire child care workforce crisis amid a booming U.S. economy is compelling many industry players to turn to business tactics more closely resembling Wal...
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Americans feel upbeat about wages - but should they?Sep 16, 2018 1:05 am - Economists say the country is close to full employment, but pay gains for American workers have been flat since 2015. Even the recent uptick in wage growth risks being w...