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U.S. workers lost confidence in the first quarter, with nearly one in five employees growing concerned that layoffs could be in the cards over the next six months.

New claims for unemployment benefits increased by 28,000 to 385,000 last week--the highest level since mid-November 2012. 

Brooklyn Roasting Co. has a booming business based on helping people thousands of miles away.

Wal-Mart says it will hire 60,000 employees to meet increased shopping demand over the holiday season.

Labor organizers are opening a new front in their campaign for a $15-an-hour wage for fast-food workers by aiming to mobilize an unusual ally: franchisees.

Standing in a prison chow hall, Richard Chavez Jr. outlines his past: violent felon, former gang member, the fourth member of his family to go to prison.

A low-cost state loan to train manufacturing workers is drawing support from business groups that say Connecticut is ill-prepared for an increase in aerospace and other high-tech factory work.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE Bally Technologies Inc., up $17.53 to $77.70 The gambling equipment maker is being bought by rival Scientific Games Corp. in a deal worth $5.1 billion, including debt.

As contract negotiations with the United Auto Workers enter the home stretch, Fiat Chrysler has more at stake than its larger peers.

The jobs report for July that the government will release Friday is expected to show another month of solid gains, matching the steady hiring that has propelled the U.S. economic expansion.

The number of planned layoffs at U.S. firms fell in March but downsizing by retail companies still helped the first quarter rack up the largest amount of cuts in over a year.

Even after another month of strong hiring in June and a sinking unemployment rate, the U.S. job market just isn't what it used to be.

The job market remains a frustrating place for America's 9 million unemployed — perhaps more so as hiring has accelerated along with job postings.

If you're looking for signs that the U.S. economy is growing and that the job market is improving, just talk to small business owners.

Newly re-elected Gov. Nikki Haley is leading South Carolina's first trade trip to India in hopes of persuading companies in her parents' native country to bring jobs to South Carolina.

Workers in five states could get a raise after Election Day.

Just how healthy is the U.S. job market? Despite steady hiring and falling unemployment, the question has provoked sharp debate and considerable uncertainty on the eve of the September jobs report.

Though U.S. job growth slowed last month, the unemployment rate fell, especially for younger demographic groups.

The long-awaited surge in hiring at small businesses appears to be underway.

Janice Moreno graduated from college with a degree in English literature, but never landed a job paying more than $12 an hour.