Jobs

As graduation season approaches, which entry-level jobs rank the best and worst for college graduates in 2021?

The U.S. Department of Labor, led by Secretary Marty Walsh, supports strengthening worker protections – and potentially also efforts to classify gig economy workers as full-time employees.

Amazon Inc. said it will give more than 500,000 workers a pay raise, incentivizing more people to join the e-commerce giant, which is looking to fill "tens of thousands" of new positions nationwide.

The U.S. economy grew faster than expected in the first three months of the year as more Americans were vaccinated and the economic reopening gathered steam.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Wednesday that an apparent hiring bottleneck in the labor market – which has made it difficult for employers to hire workers, despite a persistently high jobless rate – will likely end in coming months.

The Buffalo-based bank said the new $58 million, 330,000-square-foot facility is "poised to become a driving force for the city’s growing tech ecosystem."

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will address financial markets ahead of President Biden's address to Congress.

Realtor.com senior economist George Ratiu discusses what makes the top emerging housing markets in America so appealing.

Every year, thousands of fisherman migrate to the Port of Dutch Harbor to take part in Unalaska's salmon season. However, the spread of the coronavirus pandemic has created new problems for the small town's inhabitants and visitors.

President Biden is expected to announce the American Families Plan during his first joint address to Congress on Wednesday that has been framed as a complement to earlier massive investments during the COVID-19 era, but critics will likely seize on the plan as an attempt to extend major parts of the earlier relief packages.

Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, said this week during a congressional hearing that it would be increasingly difficult to return to robust economic growth given the Biden administration’s plans for tax increases and actions like revoking the permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline.