Minutes after learning of an uptick in unemployment in the month of June, Michelle Bachmann quickly wasted no time in using the report as a barometer on Obama's economic policies.
John Talty
Jul 08, 2011
Warren Buffett made a legendary mark as a financial leader in the 20th century, but is he past his prime in the 21st century?
David Magee
Jul 08, 2011
In a Rose Garden statement, President Barack Obama Friday said the poor June jobs report was primarily due to the debate in Washington, which has been dominated by issues of debt limit.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jul 08, 2011
America faces a lingering unemployment problem after the recession because business needs no longer match the workforce's education, training.
David Magee
Jul 08, 2011
Economists said in consensus America's June jobs numbers would be six times higher than they were. They are idiots.
David Magee
Jul 08, 2011
The world's largest economy continued to create jobs a tepid rate in June, adding just 18,000 jobs, when economists were expected a gain of about 105,000. The sub-par job growth rate increases concern that the economy may enter a double-dip recession.
Joseph Lazzaro
Jul 08, 2011
The June jobs report came in far worse than expected, raising fears about the health of the economy and the sustainability of any recovery.
Palash Ghosh
Jul 08, 2011
The stock market was on fire today after investor confidence increased after two promising reports on the job market were released. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 94 points or 0.7%, closing at 12.720.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jul 07, 2011
It has become a question of when, not if Texas Gov. Rick Perry will announce his 2012 presidential campaign, according to political insiders in Austin.
Jeremy White
Jul 07, 2011
Warren Buffett bets housing and unemployment will improve in America by late 2012 more than many economists expect.
David Magee
Jul 07, 2011
The latest economic data showed marked improvement over the course of one month, as applications for unemployment benefits fell and private sector employment increased.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jul 07, 2011
Despite recent market volatility and unfavorable labor statistics, second quarter employee confidence over job security, pay raises and the job market has returned to levels last seen in the height of the recession.
Nagesh Narayana
Jul 07, 2011
amas authorities in Gaza have arrested a male hairdresser for cutting a woman's hair, according to a report on BBC.
Palash Ghosh
Jul 06, 2011
General Motors is piling up truck inventory at dealers. The company used similar strategy before its bankruptcy and federal government bailout. Should we be concerned?
David Magee
Jul 06, 2011
Republicans tried to send a direct message to President Barack Obama during his first-ever Twitter town hall by crashing the event with a flurry of comments on the social networking site.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jul 06, 2011
A recent Barron's article predicted that oil prices could top $150 next year and if this becomes true it could wreak havoc on the global economy with a devastating impact.
Manikandan Raman
Jul 06, 2011
Wall Street is enjoying record profits, while Main Street continues to struggle. The reason why is clear, since Wall Street and Main Street have different interests.
David Magee
Jul 05, 2011
Globalization, basically free markets and the transfer of jobs to lower-cost production centers, has many benefits. But is the new economic era exacting a cost on the U.S. economy in the form of a longer-than-normal period of high initial jobless claims?
Joseph Lazzaro
Jul 04, 2011
Congressional lawmakers looking for ways to reduce spending could look to the tax code, economists say.
Jeremy White
Jul 02, 2011
The year 2011 was envisioned by many futurologists in the last 100 years to be full of jumpsuits, electronic cars and mobile satellite phones. While some of them came true, many others were not even past their successful trials.
Nagesh Narayana
Jul 02, 2011
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has backtracked on one of the core tenets of his presidential campaign: that President Barack Obama has made a struggling U.S. economy even worse.
Elisha Maldonado
Jul 01, 2011
Thirty years ago this month, the streets of urban Britain exploded with violence. While the UK had seen riots and street demonstrations throughout its long and tumultuous history, the disturbances of 1981 represented something new – for they largely involved the frustrations and anger of Britain’s large immigrant populations.
Palash Ghosh
Jul 01, 2011
