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May 3, 2013

Retail industry showed significant job growth in April; unemployment falls by 0.1%

The retail industry added nearly 30,000 jobs last month amid a general uptick in hiring that brought unemployment down to 7.5%, according to the Department of Labor.

March 6, 2013

Costco backs minimum wage increase

Costco Wholesale is throwing its support behind a bill introduced in Congress to raise the federal minimum wage.

December 13, 2011

Jobless and underemployed scrimping on health care

The unemployed and underemployed have limited access to health care and, in many cases, are putting off seeking medical care, according to the "Long-Term Unemployed Survey" released on Monday by NPR News and the Kaiser Family Foundation.

August 8, 2011

July job growth up slightly; recovery still on pace

The U.S. economy still has a pulse, as evidenced in the slight increase of jobs in July as reported by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday.