The Senate is expected to vote later today on the extension of unemployment benefits, and a heated debate is centered around whether those checks demotivate the unemployed from finding a job. We posed the big question to economist Diane Lim Rogers.
Forcing GM and Chrysler to reduce the number of dealerships the companies had helped the companies become stronger, but may have a negative impact on communities where dealerships were a major employer.
An extension of unemployment benefits didn't make it into the financial reform bill, but President Obama wants his Republican colleagues to consider an extension of benefits again — but will it be the stimulus the economy needs?
Spain holds the record of having the highest unemployment rate among its youth — those between 16 and 24 years old — but not everyone is keen on reforming Spain's labor market.
Steve Chiotakis talks to the Wall Street Journal's Nick Timiraos about California's lawsuit against Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac over clean-energy home loan programs.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce says President Obama's Jobs Summit late last year was a failure. So the business lobby is holding another Jobs Summit today across the street from the White House.
Some for-profit schools may have a high graduate employment rate, but often the salaries are too small to pay off the loans students take to pay for their education.
