Medicines for dogs from Elanco (above) and Bayer (below) are available in an animal shelter on the treatment table of a veterinarian.Frank Rumpenhorst | picture alliance | Getty ImagesCompany: Elanco Animal Health Inc. (ELAN)Business: Elanco is an…
Unemployment claims are falling. But that’s not necessarily…
Volunteers distribute food to the needy in Orlando, Fla.Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesClaims for unemployment benefits are falling. But it's not all because people are returning to work.Instead, many workers may be running out of…
Unemployment is falling. Long-term unemployment is ballooning
Volunteers hand out potatoes in Auburn, Washington on May 7, 2020.JASON REDMOND | AFP | Getty ImagesThe number of unemployed workers continues to fall, reflecting a rebound from the deep economic hole gouged out by…
Walmart is hiring 20,000 seasonal workers — here’s…
Fall just started, but in the retail sector, that means the holiday season is just around the corner — and that means new job openings. Walmart WMT, +0.52% on Wednesday announced it will start its…
Why higher unemployment taxes are ‘all but certain’…
A store displays a sign before closing down permanently in Arlington, Virginia.OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty ImagesStates are poised to raise taxes on businesses starting next year and cut jobless benefits for workers as the coronavirus-fueled…
Amazon is on a hiring spree amid widespread…
Nikol Szymul staffs a reception desk at Amazon offices discretely tucked into a building called Fiona in downtown Seattle, Washington on May 11, 2017.Getty ImagesThe coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc on the U.S. jobs market,…
Two kids, no support system and $167 in…
Jennifer Haynes, a self-employed chef and single mother living in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., is struggling to make ends meet after unemployment benefits abruptly stopped in July without explanation. Meanwhile, the 42-year-old is the sole provider…
These 14 states will offer $300 extra in…
Nearly 400,000 unemployed people in Arizona became the first Americans to receive an extra $ 300 in weekly unemployment benefits this week following executive actions taken by President Donald Trump. Eleven of the fourteen states…
Waiting for that extra $300 weekly unemployment benefit?…
People wait for their numbers to be called at an unemployment event in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on July 15, 2020.Photo by Nick Oxford for The Washington Post via Getty ImagesSome workers got an extra $ 300…