BANGKOK — Shares in the financial technology company Block soared more than 20% in premarket trading Friday after its CEO announced it was laying off more than 4,000…
Read more Fintech company Block lays off 4,000 of its 10,000 staff, citing gains from AIFLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Interested in starting a business, learning about artificial intelligence or exploring a new hobby? There’s a class for that. Millions of U.S. adults enroll in…
Read more Why adults pursuing career growth or personal interests are the ‘new majority’ studentNEW YORK — Despite encouraging box office figures for the season’s first half, the financially strapped Metropolitan Opera scaled back its 2026-27 schedule with its fewest productions in…
Read more Met Opera’s 2026-27 season has 17 productions, its fewest in at least 60 yearsCORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Washington Post columnist Barry Svrluga was reporting from his first Winter Olympics when Lindsey Vonn left her hospital bed…
Read more 2 Washington Post writers at the Olympics despite being laid off, say it was important to be thereThe one thing N. Lee Plumb knows for sure about being laid off from Amazon last week is that it wasn’t a failure to get on board with…
Read more Did artificial intelligence really drive layoffs at Amazon and other firms? It can be hard to tellOAKLAND, Calif. — An estimated 31,000 registered nurses and other front-line Kaiser Permanente health care workers launched an open-ended strike this week in California and Hawaii to demand…
Read more Another strike sends 31,000 Kaiser Permanente health care workers to picket linesThe first time Patrick Thaw saw his University of Michigan friends together since sophomore year ended was bittersweet. They were starting a new semester in Ann Arbor, while…
Read more He left the US for an internship. Trump’s travel ban made it impossible to returnBANGKOK — U.S. futures sank Monday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the Department of Justice had served the central bank with subpoenas. Markets in Europe were…
Read more US futures slip while world shares are mixed as Fed chair Powell faces legal threatWASHINGTON — U.S. filings for jobless benefits rose in the last week of 2025 but remain historically low, despite signs that the labor market is weakening. The number…
Read more Slightly more Americans file for jobless benefits in the last week of 2025WASHINGTON — Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week with layoffs remaining low despite a weakening labor market. U.S. applications for jobless claims for the week ending…
Read more US applications for jobless benefits fell below 200,000 last weekWASHINGTON — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week and remain at historically healthy levels despite some signs that the labor market is weakening.…
Read more US unemployment claims fall again last week, remain at historically healthy levelWASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday it was replacing its longstanding lottery system for H-1B work visas with a new approach that prioritizes skilled, higher-paid…
Read more Trump administration moves to overhaul how H-1B visas are granted, ending lottery systemWASHINGTON — Consumers confidence in the economy was shaken in December as Americans grow anxious about high prices and the impact of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs. The…
Read more Consumer confidence slides in December to lowest level since US tariffs rolled outHONG KONG — A former Hong Kong reporter at the Wall Street Journal began testifying Monday against the newspaper she accuses of terminating her due to her union…
Read more WSJ’s parent firm on trial in Hong Kong, accused of dismissing reporter over union roleBENTONVILLE, Ark. — As the number of skilled tradespeople dwindles in the United States, Walmart is trying to build up its own workforce to keep conveyor belts moving,…
Read more Walmart and other US companies want to build a pipeline of skilled tradespeopleWASHINGTON — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits declined last week in a sign that overall layoffs remain low, even as several high-profile companies have announced…
Read more Fewer Americans sought unemployment benefits last week as layoffs remain lowNEW YORK (AP) — It’s a tough time to be looking for a job. Amid wider economic uncertainty, some analysts have said that businesses are at a “no-hire,…
Read more Layoffs are piling up, raising worker anxiety. Here are some companies that have cut jobs recentlyNEW YORK (AP) — Verizon is laying off more than 13,000 employees in mass job reductions that arrive as the telecommunications giant says it must “reorient” its entire…
Read more Verizon is cutting more than 13,000 jobs as it works to ‘reorient’ entire companyWASHINGTON (AP) — What was once seen as a near-certain cut in interest rates next month now looks more like a coin flip as Federal Reserve officials sharply…
Read more Sharp disagreements over economy threaten Federal Reserve interest rate cutMore than 1,000 unionized Starbucks workers went on strike at 65 U.S. stores Thursday to protest a lack of progress in labor negotiations with the company. The strike…
Read more Starbucks workers kick off 65-store US strike on company’s busy Red Cup Day