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Reality show puts firing power in the hands of employees
Adriene Hill May 24, 2013
"Does Someone Have To Go?" is a new reality show on the Fox network. It allows office mates the authority to fire their co-workers in an attempt to repair the workplace environment. A cruel concept or a smart way to weed out unproductive employees?
What do home sales have to do with the job market?
Chris Farrell May 23, 2013
Domestic migration, when you move from one place in the country to another, plunged in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. Now things are looking up.
Unemployed steelworker is back in a job
Kai Ryssdal May 14, 2013
One small economic data point: a steelworker in the Midwest, back on the job.
European Space Agency announces Biomass satellite to monitor forests
Jon Amos May 14, 2013
A new satellite could tell us a lot about climate change.
Inside the National Craft Championship
David Brancaccio May 13, 2013
A competition for the construction industry.
The possible downside to the good jobless claims numbers
Stacey Vanek Smith May 9, 2013
U.S. jobless claims are falling -- most recently to a pre-recession level -- but does that mean nothing more than employers are getting to the point where they can’t lay off any more workers?
What unemployment rate should we be aiming for?
Chris Farrell May 9, 2013
Is there such a thing as an unemployment rate that is too low?
Many job openings, fewer hires
David Weinberg May 7, 2013
New numbers on job openings in the U.S. are out. And there's a bit of a mystery: Why are there so many job openings and so few hires?
Jobs are one thing, but what about credit?
Julia Coronado May 6, 2013
One way to evaluate the health of an economy is to look at the jobs picture, which looks pretty rosy so far this spring. But there’s another sign to keep any eye on: the availability of credit.
Quiz: They sell that in SkyMall?!
Barbara Bogaev May 4, 2013
You've probably browsed through the in-flight shopping catalog SkyMall. Have you seen the bizarre things they sell? See if you can tell which products are real and which are made up with our quiz.
