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American employers posted fewer job openings in June as the economy contends with raging inflation and rising interest rates

Last November, a few weeks after the U.S. Department of Labor had notified owners of Taqueria Garibaldi restaurants in the Sacramento area that it had evidence of overtime and record-keeping violations, one of the chain’s owners showed up at the Howe Avenue eatery with a priest, the government says.

An estimated 4 million workers in the U.S. are struggling to work due to debilitating symptoms from long COVID. The government is urging employers to provide accommodations to keep them on the job.

The U.S. is in an unofficial recession, after GDP fell for again. Should you trust the recession label? What does it mean for the Dow Jones?

Fewer Americans applied for jobless benefits last week, but the previous week’s number was revised upward significantly, with claims breaching the 250,000 level in back-to-back weeks for the first time in more than eight months

The S&P 500 has rallied on hope that the Federal Reserve will pivot in time for the US economy to avoid recession. But recession may be here.

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits last week rose to its highest level in more than eight months, a sign the labor market may be showing some weakness

Two Senators are closer then ever before on an immigration-related bill that would provide a much-needed workforce for agriculture. But can they get the Farm Bureau on board the final sticking point?

Inflation at the wholesale level climbed 11.3% in June compared with a year earlier, the latest painful reminder that inflation is running hot through the American economy

The Dow Jones Industrial Average dived 600 points Thursday on another hot inflation report in the Labor Department's producer price index.