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Skynesher | E+ | Getty Images New government data shows a surprisingly strong job market for the month of January. But there are signs of weakness in the…
Read more Tens of thousands of workers were laid off in January. If you were affected, here’s how you may find work fasterBusiness people in the office sitting on desk and shaking hands, document in front of them Filadendron | E+ | Getty Images If the time off work over…
Read more New year, new job? Experts break down if January really is the right time for a new roleNASHVILLE, Tenn. — A joint venture between General Motors and South Korean battery company LG Energy Solution announced Friday that it will invest an additional $275 million to…
Read more GM venture to invest additional $275M at Tennessee plantNASHVILLE, Tenn. — A joint venture between General Motors and South Korean battery company LG Energy Solution announced Friday that it will invest an additional $275 million to…
Read more GM venture to invest additional $275M at Tennessee plantBEIJING — The company that assembles Apple Inc.’s iPhones apologized Thursday for what it said was a technical error that led to protests by employees over payment of…
Read more Foxconn apologizes for pay dispute at China factoryThe Thanksgiving travel rush was back on this year, as people caught planes in numbers not seen in years, setting aside inflation concerns to reunite with loved ones…
Read more Thanksgiving travel rush is back with some new habitsMONTGOMERY, Ala. — Arizona-based First Solar Inc. has selected Alabama as the site of a more than $1 billion factory that will manufacture modules that generate solar power,…
Read more Arizona company adds $1B solar power parts plant in AlabamaPeople still looking to book trips home to visit family or take a vacation during the holidays need to act fast and prepare for sticker shock. Airline executives…
Read more Flying home for the holidays will cost you more this yearATLANTA — A Norwegian company will build a giant electric battery factory just southwest of Atlanta, company and state officials announced Friday, investing up to $2.6 billion over…
Read more Norwegian battery firm plans $2.6 billion plant in GeorgiaDisney plans to institute a targeted hiring freeze as well as some job cuts, according to an internal memo sent to executives. “We are limiting headcount additions through…
Read more Disney plans targeted hiring freeze and job cuts, according to a memo from CEO Bob ChapekSTATESBORO, Ga. — An auto parts manufacturer plans to hire 630 workers at a new factory in southeast Georgia to supply Hyundai Motor Group’s first U.S. electric vehicle…
Read more Supplier to hire 630 near Hyundai’s EV plant in GeorgiaHOUSTON — Yordan Alvarez hit a moon shot that sent Space City into a frenzy, and the Houston Astros to their second World Series title. While the stain…
Read more Alvarez blasts Baker, Astros to World Series title vs PhilsOMAHA, Neb. — The Agriculture Department announced more than $223 million in grants and loans Wednesday to help small and mid-sized meat processing plants expand to help boost…
Read more USDA says more than $200M will help meat processors expandWARSAW, Poland — Poland has chosen the U.S. government and Westinghouse to build the central European country’s first nuclear power plant, part of an effort to burn less…
Read more Poland chooses US to build its first nuclear power plantWARSAW, Poland — Poland says it has chosen the U.S. government and Westinghouse to build its first nuclear power plant, announcing an important step in its efforts to…
Read more Poland chooses US to build its first nuclear power plantSIERRA PAILEMAN, Argentina — It was a sunny morning when about 200 people trudged up a hill in Argentina’s southern Patagonia region with a singular mission: free two…
Read more Patagonia condor repopulation slows with possible wind farmNEW YORK — The media organization Semafor launched on Tuesday with no less an ambition than reinventing the news story. Semafor is the brainchild of Ben Smith —…
Read more Semafor news site makes debut, intent on reinventing newsFILE – A truck arrives at the Amazon warehouse facility, in the Staten Island borough of New York, April 1, 2022. Amazon will hire 150,000 full-time, part-time and…
Read more Amazon to hire 150,000 workers for holidaysWASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is ready to celebrate a new $20 billion investment by IBM in New York’s Hudson River Valley with two House Democrats running in…
Read more Biden to mark IBM investment with Democrats in tough races
