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Boeing to cut 17,000 jobs as losses deepen during factory strike

Admin - October 11, 2024

Boeing 737 MAX airliners are pictured at the company's factory in Renton, Washington, on Sept. 12, 2024.Stephen Brashear | APBoeing will cut 10% of...

Bussiness

Boeing sweetens labor proposal in ‘best and final’ offer as strike enters second week

Admin - September 23, 2024

Striking Boeing workers hold rally at the Boeing Portland Facility on September 19, 2024, in Portland, Oregon. Jordan Gale | AFP | Getty ImagesBoeing on...

Bussiness

Boeing warns strike will ‘jeopardize’ recovery, hurt aircraft production

Admin - September 13, 2024

Union members hold picket signs during a news conference following a vote count on the union contract at the IAM District 751 Main Union...

Bussiness

Boeing workers overwhelmingly reject contract, prepare to strike

Admin - September 13, 2024

More than 30,000 Boeing workers were set to strike Friday, halting production of most of the company's aircraft after staff overwhelmingly rejected a new...

Bussiness

Fed holds rates steady and notes progress on inflation

Admin - July 31, 2024

WASHINGTON – Federal Reserve officials on Wednesday held short-term interest rates steady but indicated that inflation is getting closer to its target, which could...

Jobs

Treasury yields little changed ahead of key jobs report

Admin - July 5, 2024

U.S. Treasury yields held steady on Friday as markets reopened after the July 4 holiday and investors awaited the latest nonfarm payroll data.At 3:27...

Jobs

The No. 1 smartest thing you can say in any job interview, according to a LinkedIn career expert

Admin - June 17, 2024

Job interviews can feel like a high-stakes game where every word counts and one wrong answer can mean the difference between landing an offer...

Jobs

FedEx to cut up to 2,000 back-office jobs in Europe

Admin - June 12, 2024

FedEx is planning to cut between 1,700 and 2,000 back-office jobs in Europe, it said in a filing on Wednesday, as the parcel delivery...

Jobs

Up to 65% of workers with these jobs are middle class—and some don’t require a bachelor’s degree

Admin - June 11, 2024

Pew defines the middle class as households earning between two-thirds and double the median income, which was $74,580 in 2022, according to the U.S....

Jobs

Gold gains as U.S. dollar, yields slip; focus on jobs data

Admin - June 6, 2024

Gold firmed on Thursday as the dollar and Treasury yields retreated on rising bets that U.S interest rate cuts may start as early as...

Jobs

Gold drifts lower with focus on U.S. jobs data

Admin - June 4, 2024

Pure 1,000-gram gold bars produced by South Korea's LS-Nikko are stacked in a dealers room in Seoul on Jan. 9, 2009.KIM JAE-HWAN | AFP...

Jobs

Steve Jobs’ former intern on why college grads should pay $50,000 to work with the best people

Admin - May 21, 2024

Chet Kapoor, chairman and CEO of DataStax.DatastaxSteve Jobs' former intern has some sage advice for college graduates: stop focusing on working for big companies...