Finding a job got much tougher last year, as the number of available openings fell by nearly one quarter. At the same time, the unemployed population soared by more than one-third, leaving more laid-off workers competing for fewer jobs. All told, there were 6.1 unemployed workers in ...

by Lisa Lambert WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the anniversary of the passage of the U.S. economic stimulus plan looms and President Barack Obama presses for new jobs legislation, states and the government are assessing the impact the program has had on transportation. "The transportation industry was the poster child of the stimulus," said Larry "Butch" Brown, president of the American ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. job openings rose in December and the number of unemployed workers fell, according to a government report on Tuesday that supported views the labor market was on the brink of recovery. Job openings edged up to 2.5 million from 2.4 million in November, the Labor Department said in its monthly Job Openings and Labor ...

Tyson Foods Inc. returned to a profit in its fiscal first quarter as conditions in the meat industry eased, the company said Friday, and the news sent its shares soaring to a 52-week high. The company's chicken segment, hit by oversupply and consumers' spending cuts ...