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FILE - "Help Wanted" sign is displayed at a dry cleaner in Rolling Meadows, Ill., Thursday, May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, file)

US applications for jobless benefits fell below 200,000 last week with layoffs historically low

8:41 AM on Wednesday, December 31

Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week as layoffs remain low despite a weakening labor market

US jobless claim applications fell to 199,000 last week with layoffs still limited

8:35 AM on Wednesday, December 31

US jobless claim applications fell to 199,000 last week with layoffs still limited

FILE - Director of the Office of Management and Budget Russell Vought speaks to reporters at the White House, Thursday, July 24, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

Judge blocks White House's attempt to defund the CFPB, ensuring employees get paid

11:46 AM on Tuesday, December 30

A federal judge has ruled that the White House cannot stop funding the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

US unemployment claims fall again last week, remain at historically healthy level

8:39 AM on Wednesday, December 24

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week and remain at historically healthy levels despite some signs that the labor market is weakening

FILE - The Amazon logo is displayed at a news conference in New York on Sept. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Trump administration moves to overhaul how H-1B visas are granted, ending lottery system

5:17 PM on Tuesday, December 23

The Department of Homeland Security is replacing its lottery system for H-1B visas with a new approach prioritizing skilled, higher-paid foreign workers

FILE - Shoppers wait in line to enter Macy's flagship store on Nov. 28, 2025 in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis, File)

Consumer confidence slumps to lowest level since the US rolled out tariffs in April

10:14 AM on Tuesday, December 23

U.S. consumers were less confident in the economy in December as Americans remain anxious about still-high prices and the impact of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs

Two men walk past a business in downtown Lexington, Neb., Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)

Takeaways from AP's report on a beef plant closure that threatens to unravel a small Nebraska town

12:57 PM on Monday, December 22

Tyson Foods is closing its beef plant in Lexington, Nebraska, laying off 3,200 workers next month in a town of just 11,000

Steam rises from chimneys during the night shift at the Tyson Foods' beef plant in Lexington, Neb., Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)

An American Dream at risk: What happens to a small Nebraska town when 3,200 workers lose their jobs

10:45 AM on Monday, December 22

Tyson Foods is closing its beef plant in Lexington, Nebraska, laying off 3,200 workers next month in a town of just 11,000

SIM Unlocks Career Agility Through Micro-Credentials

3:00 AM on Monday, December 22

Selina Cheng, chair of the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) and a former reporter for The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), center, leaves Eastern Magistrates' Court during a session break during her case against the paper's parent company, Dow Jones Publishing Co (Asia) Inc., in Hong Kong on Thursday, Dec 18, 2025. (AP Photo/May James)

WSJ's parent firm on trial in Hong Kong, accused of dismissing reporter over union role

12:39 AM on Monday, December 22

A former Wall Street Journal reporter in Hong Kong has begun testifying against the newspaper

James Denaro works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

US stocks rise at the start of a holiday-shortened week

12:37 AM on Monday, December 22

Stocks closed higher on Wall Street at the start of what’s expected to be a relatively calm holiday week

SIM Strengthens Alumni Support, Fostering Lifelong Career Growth

8:00 PM on Sunday, December 21

Sellamuttu Darshani Devi, a tea plantation worker evacuated after Cyclone Ditwah led to floods and landslides, shelters with her children at a safety center in Galamuduna Estate in Dolosbage, Sri Lanka, Friday, Dec. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Sri Lanka tea workers struggle in poverty. Flooding cost many their lives

9:04 PM on Friday, December 19

After Sri Lanka struggled through one of the worst storms in its history, tea plantation workers are taking temporary refuge in government schools and temples as entire villages were buried in mud in the central highlands

Maintenance technician Liz Cardenas completes a task on an electronics test platform at a training area in a Walmart distribution center Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025, in Bentonville, Ark. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Walmart and other US companies want to build a pipeline of skilled tradespeople

3:19 PM on Friday, December 19

As the number of skilled tradespeople dwindles in the U.S., Walmart is building up its own workforce to keep conveyor belts moving and refrigerated grocery cases cold

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