Just when you thought this week couldn’t get any better for President Donald Trump, government figures released Friday show that the administration, again, outpaced positions expectations. In the month of January, 225,000 occupations were added, according to Labor Department figures, far surpassing the Wall Street estimate of 158,000 occupations, CNBC …
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One of my favorite short cinemas of all time wasn’t actually been established by a human. It was written by a neural network named Benjamin, which was fed a lot of science fiction movies and then asked to write its own. Impressive, right? The thing is: the movie is terrible. …
Read More »The Sept GDP math doesn’t spell good news for Modi govt
New DELHI: India’s economic growth fell to a worse-than-expected 7.1 percentage in the July-September quarter, dragged down by a slower consumer spending and farm growth, in a setback for Prime Minister Narendra Modi who are suffering from a national election by May.India’s growth is still faster than China’s 6.5 percentage …
Read More »The coming ‘labor shortage’ in America is great news for workers
For now, the coming “labor shortage” is good news for workers. We should root for it to continue. It’s undoubtedly a headache for some owners and managers. But it’s one they should, hopefully, be made to live with for a few years. They say “labor shortage” like it’s a bad …
Read More »The jobs ‘conundrum’ continues: ‘How are we not getting higher wages?’
The June jobs report brought with it almost universally good news, unless you're a worker looking for a substantially fatter paycheck. Wage gains remain positive but muted, growing at 2.7 percent annually, or pretty much the same level as the previous three months and below Wall Street expectations. Read more: …
Read More »10 fast-food jobs that pay for college
Restaurant chains are increasingly using tuition benefits to attract hourly workers. US News & World report has the story. Read more: cnbc.com
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