Uber and Lyft are driving toward IPOsBy Emma JacobsOctober 18, 2018Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesInvestors could pony up $140 billion for shares even though neither firm is profitable.POSTED IN: business Economy Uber Lyft ridesharing IPOs stocks stock market ListenreadDownloadDownload
Labor Department figures show robust jobs marketBy Justin HoOctober 16, 2018POSTED IN: Economy Jobs employment now hiring labor market jobs market JOLTS jobs opening and labor turnover survey Transportation ListenreadDownloadDownload
The rise of rentersBy Amy ScottOctober 16, 2018Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesWe spoke to renters in Denver, Colorado, about the financial barriers to homeownership. POSTED IN: Economy divideddecade Housing renting rentership homeownership U.S. Census Bureau ListenreadDownloadDownload
When mortgages hit the roofBy Janet NguyenOctober 12, 2018Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesIn the early 1980s, the Fed combated inflation by hiking interest rates to over 18 percent.POSTED IN: Housing homes mortgage rates ListenreadDownloadDownload
Voters in a California city weigh taxing vacant properties to help ease homelessnessBy Farida Jhabvala RomeroOctober 11, 2018Farida Jhabvala Romero/KQEDIf the Oakland measure is approved, it would be the state's first such tax. POSTED IN: elections property Oakland Housing homelessness land vacant property tax ListenreadDownloadDownload
Even the Bureau of Labor Statistics is confused about your employment situationBy Ali OshinskieOctober 11, 2018Sandy Huffaker/Getty ImagesThe gig economy is shrinking. Wait, what exactly is the gig economy?POSTED IN: Economy Jobs employment BLS bureau of labor statistics gig work gig economy labor labor market contingent workers electronically mediated employment read
Dow Jones industrials sink 700 points as bond yields riseBy Associated PressOctober 10, 2018BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP/Getty ImagesCompanies that have been big winners, including tech firms, suffered steep declines.POSTED IN: stock market Dow Jones Dow Jones Industrial Average read
Japan expands use of foreign "interns" to address labor shortageBy Adrian MaOctober 10, 2018Adrian Ma/MarketplaceThe unemployment rate is just 2.4 percent in Japan; the country is filling the job gaps with a controversial program for foreign interns. POSTED IN: world employment Jobs internships Japan labor market Immigration ListenreadDownloadDownload
Recent immigration policy moves vex U.S. workers from abroad By Sabri Ben-AchourOctober 05, 2018SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty ImagesThe lives of many educated, skilled people have essentially been put on hold by a pile of changes to immigration policies. POSTED IN: business labor Immigration President Trump H1B visas labor market employment wages read
