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What should Jamie Dimon do with his $8.5 million raise?

January 28, 2014 By Susan Webb

JPMorgan Chase has raised CEO Jamie Dimon's pay for 2013 by 74 percent, bringing it up to $20 million - we can all breathe a sigh of relief for Jamie.

Does December jobs report mean recovery?

January 13, 2014 By John Case

Here the big question on the minds of most working people I talk to: is the talk of economic recovery from the 2008 depression BS? or for real?

Jobless rate drops because 525,000 stop searching

January 10, 2014 By John Wojcik And Mark Gruenberg

The unemployment rate ended up at 6.7 percent in December, down from 7.9 percent at the end of 2012 and 0.3 percent but only because more than half a million people stopped looking for work altogether,...

House GOP draining $600 million a week from economy

January 7, 2014 By Kenneth Quinnell

"It is fiscally irresponsible not to extend unemployment benefits. The long-run cost to the taxpayers will be much higher from disconnecting people from the labor market."

After 55 years, time to end embargo against Cuba

January 2, 2014 By PW Editorial

We can do it! Let's get this done this year! ¡Viva la Revolución Cubana! ¡Viva Cuba Socialista!