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Strike at Machinery Maker CNH Industrial Grinds On as Talks Stall
Negotiations between CNH Industrial NV and the equipment maker’s striking workers have hit a stalemate, deepening supply-chain problems with farm and construction equipment. Bargaining sessions betwee...
Labor Market Added 372,000 Jobs In June As Layoffs And Recession Fears Grow
Topline The U.S. labor market—one of the economy’s strongest pillars during the pandemic recovery—added back 372,000 jobs in June, performing better than economists projected amid concerns the Federal...
The DOL has a new IRA rollover rule for advisers to follow
IRA rollovers are common, whether they’re from an old 401(k) or just one account to another, but a newly implemented Department of Labor rule says financial advisers suggesting the move have some expl...
Number Of Open Jobs In U.S. Fell In May — Here’s What It Means For The Labor Shortage
Topline Job openings continued to dwindle for the second straight month, while the number of hires and discharges remained steady, according to new data for the month of May from the Bureau of Labor S...
Crude Oil Price Update – Supply Worries Driven by Political Unrest in Libya, Labor Problems in Norway
U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures jumped more than 2% on Friday. The new month and quarter began on an up note as political tensions in Libya and labor issues in Norway raised concerns ab...
Here’s how a massive labor shortage and pent-up demand helped create a chaotic summer for airlines
Each holiday weekend this summer has ended in chaos for many travelers facing huge numbers of flight cancellations and delays. July Fourth weekend could likely be more of the same. More flights have a...
Opinion: Early retirement in 3 steps: Follow the ‘Cashing Out’ couple’s road map to financial freedom
A couple of months ago, our five-year-old son was relieved to find out that he could have two best friends. For weeks he’d been stuck in an innocent adolescent triangle where both kids wanted him to b...
Novartis Will Cut 8,000 Jobs Under CEO’s Shake-Up Plan
Text size Vasant Narasimhan, CEO of Novartis. ERIC PIERMONT/AFP/Getty Images Pharmaceutical giant Novartis said Tuesday it will lay off more than 7% of its workforce, just a few months after CEO Vas N...
How IndyCar Is Using PeopleReady To Help Address The Labor Shortage
Josef Newgarden celebrates with the PeopleReady Force for Good Challenge worth $1 million at Road … [+] America. INDYCAR Photo by Joe Skibinski What sets the NTT IndyCar Series apart from other ...
Stock market nosedive, recession and your 401(k). Here’s what to do.
Even some of the most aggressive retirement savers and investors might find themselves a bit nervous these days with talks of a recession and a market downturn, so the best strategy for those in it fo...
Powell says U.S. economy can handle the additional rate hikes that are coming
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Wednesday pushed back against economists who argue that aggressive Fed interest-rate hikes have increased the odds of a recession or hard landing for the U.S....
Nearly one-third of older Americans have less than $10,000 saved for retirement
Many older Americans are willing to work during their retirement years — and they may have to be — because they aren’t financially prepared for their old age. Almost three in 10 people between 55 and...
US Labor Department Witnesses Condemnation Over 401(k) Bitcoin Plans
Along with the support from Coinbase and Block, The Crypto Council For Innovation (CCI) is criticizing the US Labor Department due to its previous guidance in March. It warned consumers about the dang...
U.S. Department of Labor Faces Scrutiny on Bitcoin 401(k) Plans
The U.S. Department of Labor is receiving pushback from an industry initiative, requesting it rescind its previous guidance on including crypto in 401(k) plans. The Crypto Council for Innovation (CCI)...
I want to retire next year, but I have $25,000 in credit card debt and a major monthly mortgage payment — I also live with my three kids and ex
I’ll be 57 next month and am divorced with three kids living with me. One is 28, she’s working, another is 21 and a senior in college (with a full scholarship) and the youngest is 15 (a sophomore in h...
The Crypto Party Is Over
On Super Bowl Sunday, a Crypto.com ad featuring billionaire NBA star LeBron James lit up millions of Americans’ TVs. “If you want to make history, you gotta call your own shots,” Mr. James said in the...
SpaceX Fires Employees Involved in Letter Critical of Elon Musk, Company
SpaceX fired some employees involved in a letter that criticized Chief Executive Elon Musk and the way the company applies internal rules, according to an email to staff from SpaceX’s president and pe...
‘I wouldn’t be successful at my job without her’: My friend cleans, cooks and cares for my child. I pay her $50 a day. Am I taking advantage of her?
I’m a working-from-home mom and my supervisors have no intentions of bringing me back to the office at this time. In order to actually get work done, I have pieced together childcare using the help of...