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The agency closed the inquiries into Wells Fargo and Microsoft in October and December.

CareerBuilder CEO Irina Novoselsky says half of U.S. states are seeing double-digit growth in job listings as companies are looking to rehire.

Bernie Sanders denies any shenanigans around the COVID-19 relief bill.

U.S. equity markets charged higher gathering momentum in the final hour of trading. Investors celebrated the better-than-expected February jobs report while shrugging off an early spike in bond yields. 

The U.S. job market is going ‘strong’ in the early months of 2021, however, some are concerned that the $1.9 trillion stimulus package will have a negative impact on the number of people participating in the workforce, according to EmployBridge workforce analyst Joanie Bily.

The U.S. economy created more jobs than expected in February, driven by bars and restaurants re-hiring tens of thousands of workers.

Senate Democrats reached a deal on Friday to lower the weekly unemployment benefits in the nearly $2 trillion coronavirus relief bill to $300 from the $400 included in the House version of the bill.

The Labor Department released its monthly jobs report on Friday, sheding light on the health of the nation's economy.

Economists have forecast that job growth reached 182,000 last month

The European Union executive wants to force employers to be much more open about how much their staff earn to make it easier for women to challenge wage imbalances and close the gender pay gap.