A report from ADP, normally seen as a predictor of the Labor Department's unemployment report, says the private sector shed 742,000 jobs in March. Global companies based in the U.S. are having a particularly hard time. Jeremy Hobson reports.
China's colleges have seen a glut of enrollment in the past decade, but graduates looking for white-collar work are finding it hard to find anything. Scott Tong finds out what the 12 percent of unemployed graduates are doing.
Huge labor protests have swept France this week as a backlash to the Sarkozy government's treatment of the economic crisis. Bob Moon talks to Anita Elash in Paris about a string of worker demonstrations, including a recent French boss-napping.
A new survey of American families finds fewer of today's parents are confined by traditional gender roles, roughly one-quarter of women make more than their spouses, and children aren't viewed as obstacles careers. Caitlan Carroll reports.
As New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo makes headway getting back bonus money from AIG executives, he's thanked them for setting an example. Tamara Keith reports Cuomo's strategy for getting back the money.
Wal-Mart is headed to a federal appeals court, where it might be facing the nation's largest discrimination case. Will the courts allow 2 million women to go up against a single employer? Amanda Aronczyk reports.
The real estate bust has forced companies to cut construction jobs Latino immigrants used to fill. So laid-off workers have turned to greener pastures for work in the downturn. Dan Grech reports.
As the U.S. continues balancing out from thousands of layoffs, some U.S. lawmakers are demanding that H-1B visa holders be the first thing to go. Raymond Thibodeaux reports why highly-skilled workers from India are a target.
Citigroup, Morgan Stanley and other financial institutions are reportedly looking for ways around employee bonus limits with pay increases for their top executives. Janet Babin explores the argument for salary flexibility.
It's been almost a year since investment bank Bear Stearns imploded, leaving some 14,000 employees in limbo. Amy Scott takes a look at where some of them are now.
