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A healthy US economy’s secret ingredient: Immigrant workers, eager to fill jobs
How has the economy managed to prosper, adding hundreds of thousands of jobs, month after month? Increasingly, the answer appears to be immigrants.
Bernie Sanders wants the US to adopt a 32-hour workweek. Could workers and companies benefit?
The 40-hour workweek has been standard in the U.S. for more than eight decades. Now some members of Congress want to give hourly workers an extra day off.
What to know about the SAVE plan, the income-driven plan to repay student loans
President Joe Biden recently announced that he was canceling federal student loans for nearly 153,000 borrowers enrolled in the plan, known as the SAVE plan.
Robots and happy workers: Productivity surge helps explain US economy’s surprising resilience
Trying to keep up with customer demand, Batesville Tool & Die began seeking 70 people to hire last year. It wasn’t easy. Attracting factory...
Walmart’s latest perk for U.S. store managers? Stock grants
Walmart shares have risen 15% in the past 52 weeks, with the stock closing at $164.27 on Friday — up nearly 1%, or $1.43, per share.