Indiana embracing Trump’s call to increase apprenticeship
Elkhart County is at the forefront of a movement slowly spreading across Indiana and the nation to make apprenticeships a common offering in high school.... Read More
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U.S. private payrolls fall for first time in two years in ADP data
Private-sector payrolls decreased 33,000 last month after a downwardly revised 29,000 gain in May, according to ADP Research data released Wednesday. ... Read More
Inside Nippon Steel’s bruising efforts that paved the way to buying U.S. Steel
Nippon Steel’s announcement that it would take over U.S. Steel seemed doomed from the start: a deal, cut by a foreign company, involving workers in an iconic American manufacturing industry, in the swing state of Pennsylvania, in a presidential election year.... Read More
How long will it take for U.S. gas prices to react to Middle East conflict?
The conflict between Israel and Iran has the potential to considerably disrupt global energy markets, with each nation attacking the other’s oil and gas infrastructure. But at the moment, the impact on energy costs in the United States is relatively muted.... Read More
Tariffs are on for now thanks to appeals court in win for Trump
President Donald Trump’s tariffs can continue for now, after an appeals court granted the administration’s request to temporarily stay a lower court’s order.... Read More
Nippon Steel says tariffs boost importance of U.S. Steel deal
Nippon Steel’s $14.1 billion bid for United States Steel Corp. is more important than ever as tariffs and rising Chinese exports reshape the global market for the metal, according to a top executive at the Japanese firm.... Read More
Employers added 177,000 jobs in April, a solid showing amid tariff uncertainty
The unemployment rate held steady at 4.2%, near historic lows, according to a jobs report released Friday by the Labor Department. Economists had largely expected growth to cool in April, after an unexpected burst of hiring in March that added jobs to the economy.... Read More
U.S. consumer spending jumps while key inflation gauge slows down
Inflation-adjusted consumer spending climbed 0.7% last month, according to Bureau of Economic Analysis data out Wednesday. That was the most since the start of 2023 and suggested households spent aggressively to get ahead of new tariffs.... Read More
New consumer protections could end soon. Here’s what you need to know.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau first suspended many of its services in February after an order from the Trump administration’s U.S. DOGE Service.... Read More
U.S. initial jobless claims tick up, in line with forecasts
Initial claims increased by 6,000 to 222,000 in the week ended April 19, according to Labor Department data released Thursday. That was in line with the median forecast in a Bloomberg survey of economists and close to the 12-month average.... Read More