Focus on the Economy: State of the Union Highlights
President Barack Obama laid out an ambitious agenda, both economic and otherwise, in his State of the Union address Tuesday night. Here are the highlights of those proposals.
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State of the Union: How Obama Will Use His Bully Pulpit
President Obama has a lot to cover in tonight's State of the Union, from guns to global warming to trade to jobs. But it'll be the economy that gets the most attention, and that's a battleground where he's been on a roll lately.
U.S. Added 192,000 Jobs in January, ADP Reports
Payroll processor ADP says that employers added 192,000 jobs in January. That is more than December's revised number of 185,000, which had initially been reported at 215,000.
Walmart's Patriotic Pledge: We'll Hire Any Veteran Who Wants a Job
Walmart is making a bold promise to hire every veteran who wants to work there. The world's largest retailer and the nation's largest private employer says it projects it will hire more than 100,000 veterans in the next five years.
U.S. Jobless Aid Applications Fall to 5-Year Low
The average number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits over the past month fell to the lowest level since March 2008, a sign that the job market is healing. The Labor Department said Thursday that weekly applications dropped 12,000 to a seasonally adjusted 350,000 in the week ended Dec. 22. The four-week average, a less volatile measure, fell to a nearly five-year low of 356,750.
New Jobless Aid Applications Fall to Second Lowest Rate of 2012
Initial applications for unemployment benefits fell by 29,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 343,000, the lowest level in two months. That's also the second-lowest total this year, and a sign that the job market may be improving.
Retailer So Hard Up for N.D. Staff, It's Flying Them From Wisconsin
Home improvement retailer Menard says it will hire 50 workers from its home base in Wisconsin and fly them to North Dakota to staff a store in Minot, which is near the state's booming oil patch, a region that has more jobs than takers.
Join Our Post-Election Hangout, with DailyFinance, AOL Jobs, and AOL Real Estate
Go to the AOL Jobs Google page at 12:30 p.m. EST and join in our post-election Hangout! We'll have our staff answering your questions about what Obama's second term could mean for the future of housing, jobs, and the economy.
U.S. Economy Adds 171,000 Jobs in Oct., Unemployment Rate at 7.9%
U.S. employers added 171,000 jobs in October and hiring was stronger over the previous two months than first thought. The unemployment rate inched up to 7.9 percent from 7.8 percent in September.
The Obama Romney Debate: Who Won, and What That Means
Let's not sugarcoat it, President Obama won Monday's debate decisively -- at least on the topic of the evening, foreign policy. That's good news for Obama and bad news for Romney. But there's good news for Romney too.
Unemployment Rates Fall in 7 Swing States
Unemployment rates fell or held steady last month in nine key swing states at the center of this year's presidential election. Rates dropped in Ohio, Florida, Wisconsin, Colorado, Iowa, Nevada and North Carolina. They were unchanged in New Hampshire and Virginia.
U.S. Job Openings Dipped In August
The number of U.S. job openings fell slightly in August, a troubling sign for a labor market that is recovering at a painfully slow pace.
Debate Fact Check on Jobs: Who Told The Truth and Who Didn't
Barack Obama and Mitt Romney offered viewers a blizzard of facts and figures Wednesday night, but not all of those "facts" were entirely accurate. Since employment is issue No. 1 for the American people right now, AOL Jobs has fact-checked the candidates' claims.
Our Readers Respond: What You Want to Hear in Tonight's Debate
We at DailyFinance asked you, our readers, what you want from the first debate: which questions you were concerned about, which issues you wanted discussed, and which policies you wanted clarified. As always, you gave us fantastic feedback.
Walmart to Hire More Than 50,000 for U.S. Holiday Rush
Wal-Mart plans to hire more than 50,000 seasonal employees to work at its Walmart stores in the United States, slightly more than it did last year, as it gets ready for the winter holiday season, its busiest time of year