- Another Look At Those Job Numbers - Sure, America is once again creating jobs. But are most of them of the burger-flipping variety, with below-average pay? Many economists are concluding just that. "America's Job-Quality Trap" is the headline on a recent research report by Morgan Stanley (M
- What do the job numbers mean? - The nation's job reports released Friday surprised just about everybody. Companies added 32,000 new positions to their payrolls in July, a much smaller increase than most economists expected. The unemployment rate, though, dipped to 5.5 percent.
- Fuzzy Numbers - Construction giant and military contractor Halliburton Co. did something mind-boggling last year: It reported earnings of $339 million, even though it spent $775 million more than it took in from customers. The company did nothing illegal. Hallib
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