Articles filed under Economy
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Prizewinning business journalist: Speed, change essential in company growthJun 01, 2018 1:00 am - Speed matters, as does a willingness to embrace new tactics and change in the workplace in order to grow as a company, award-winning national journalist Robert Safian to...
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Shortage of truckers starting to cause prices to riseMay 27, 2018 1:08 am - Joyce Brenny, chief executive of Brenny Transportation in Minnesota, gave her truck drivers a 15 percent raise this year, but she still can't find enough workers for a j...
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What happened to E-Verify - the government's popular way to curb illegal immigration?May 27, 2018 1:07 am - In President Donald Trump's many vocal pronouncements about stopping illegal immigration, one solution he promoted during the campaign has been conspicuously missing: a ...
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American roadtrippers to face $3 a gallon gas this summerMay 18, 2018 1:00 am - U.S. drivers might be feeling flush after getting tax cuts amid a growing economy as they embark on the summer driving season, but road trips will cost more this year. D...
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Analysis: What's wrong here? Unemployment is below 4 percent, but wage growth is still lousyMay 13, 2018 1:00 am - The unemployment rate has dropped below 4 percent for the first time in 18 years, and the truth of the matter is we have no idea how much further it can go. That's the s...
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More Americans expect to work until 70; there are benefitsMay 13, 2018 1:00 am - When it comes to retirement, later may be better. Americans long viewed 65 as the age to stop working. It was considered full retirement age by Social Security for many,...
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'They are so underpaid': School support staff scrape by on meager earningsApr 29, 2018 1:00 am - OKLAHOMA CITY - Jessica Morales gets to Prairie Queen Elementary before the bell rings. In class, she is a lifeline for recent immigrant students, translating lessons th...
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Your chances of an IRS audit are way down. But keep it on the up and up.Apr 08, 2018 1:15 am - WASHINGTON - Just because the Internal Revenue Service is auditing the fewest tax returns in years, and just because the IRS has thousands fewer enforcement agents to lo...
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Surprise! Homes are more affordable now than in the pastApr 08, 2018 1:07 am - Anyone looking at rising housing prices - especially people who would like to buy their first home now - would assume that houses are less affordable than ever before. H...
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Analysis: How to lose a lot of money in the stock marketApr 08, 2018 1:07 am - A 40-ish colleague approached me at my desk in the middle of the March market turbulence and announced that he was selling equities and buying bonds. Long pause. OK, I s...