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A new report on wages for U.S. workers over the past 40 years underscores the wide gap between those Americans at the bottom of the economic ladder and those at the top.
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A new study examines why Asian Americans appear to be underrepresented in leadership positions at large U.S. companies, blocked from reaching the top by a "bamboo ceiling."
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Researchers have conducted a trial of a device that alerts anesthesiologists to a possible low-blood-pressure event for patients in surgery. The alerts come 15 minutes before the event could occur.
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Outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas announced Thursday that employers announced 67,735 job cuts in January, the highest total in 11 months.
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A new study from the Economic Policy Institute reports that the U.S. trade deficit with China has cost 3.7 million U.S. jobs since 2001.
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A survey of business economists indicates that more companies are expecting the economy to improve this year than they did just three months ago. Labor shortages and the impact of tariffs remain...
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When asked "How much do you trust each brand to do what is right?" most respondents to a new survey chose the U.S. Postal Service.
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A visit to the library is the most popular leisure-time activity among adult Americans, according to a new survey from Gallup.
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The United States suffered from 14 major weather events costing at least $1 billion each in 2019. That's just two fewer than the number of similar events in 2017, but the total dollar damage was...
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If you live and work in Las Vegas, there is a one in three chance you will lose your job to automation. If you are replaced, it will be by a robot or machine.
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America has enjoyed its lowest unemployment in five decades as the national figure has fallen to 3.3% in recent months. According to new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in one city, it was...
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Here are the latest rankings of the global airlines and airports that posted the best on-time performance in 2019.
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Although marred by a devastating crash in Ethiopia that killed 189 people, 2019 posted a stellar safety record.
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Two new studies that looked at opioid-related deaths among workers in two industries hit hard by job losses appear to come to different conclusions about the impact of opioid-related deaths.
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The world population will be more than 7.62 billion as the clock ticks into the first moments of January 1, 2020, a year-over-year increase of about 1%.
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