Samantha Nolan

DR Horton Inc (DHI.N), the top U.S. homebuilder, reported a larger-than-expected quarterly loss, citing an increase in home foreclosures, and lingering anxiety among homebuyers that contributed to a sharp drop

New U.S. claims for unemployment benefits rose more than expected last week as harsh weather conditions in some parts of the country kept workers at home and caused a backlog in the processing

The Federal Reserve showed on Wednesday it was in no rush to cut short its rescue of the U.S. economy, saying high unemployment still justified its $600 billion bond-buying plan even though the economy has

A key measure of business activity strengthened again in December, a lender group told Reuters on Tuesday, as companies borrowed more money to invest in their operations and did a better job of staying

Black Eyed Peas frontman will.i.am has taken a job at Intel (INTC.O) to help innovate how music and other multimedia are used with smartphones and tablets.

Annual bonuses at top global banks are causing ructions that could drive a outsized round of defections as weaker profits and tougher rules widen the pay discrepancy between star performers and everybody else.

So you know it is important to have the 2 Q's as you build out your network: Quality and Quantity. But have you considered the importance of having a well-rounded network?

Americans' trust in institutions of all kinds dropped last year as persistently high unemployment sapped people's confidence in business and government, a newly released study found.

Roughly half of bankers in Britain and the United States received increased bonuses for 2010, according to a survey released on Tuesday.

Lowe's Cos Inc is laying off about 1,700 middle managers across the United States, the country's second-largest home-improvement chain said.

The Portuguese government wants to cut the compensation companies must pay to fire workers by a third, as part of its drive to boost the economy's competitiveness, Labour Minister Helena Andre said on Monday.

Northeast Asia's booming economy and its largely untapped youth market are the cornerstone of South Korea's 2018 bid to host the first Winter Olympics in the region for 20 years, its bid chief said.

A faltering and uneven increase in jobs is holding back the overall economic recovery and unemployment is likely to continue at near record levels this year, the International Labour Organisation said on Tuesday.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday that a federal law barring retaliation against a worker for complaints about on-the-job discrimination also protected the employee's relative from unlawful dismissal.

Communist Cuba's recent easing of red tape for private enterprise is improving services for tourists in provincial towns on the Caribbean island, with hundreds of new restaurants and lodgings opening up.

Consumers in most countries globally look set to keep a tight grip on spending in coming months as they worry about job security and rising inflation, a survey by the Nielsen Company showed on Sunday.

Citigroup Inc (C.N) Chief Executive Vikram Pandit got a $1,749,999 raise on Friday.Pandit pledged in 2009 to receive an annual salary of $1 until the struggling Citigroup returned to sustained profitability.

A group of for-profit schools sued the U.S. government on Friday, seeking to overturn three rules that are part of a federal crackdown on the sector.

New York City's unemployment rate fell two-tenths of a percentage point to 8.9 percent in December from November, but the tourism-related sector hired fewer workers than expected, labor experts said on Thursday.

The U.S. Federal Reserve's latest $600 billion bond-buying program is built on the idea that most of the stubbornly high unemployment rate is reversible, if only borrowing costs are pushed low enough.

Mexico's unemployment rate fell more than expected in December, dropping to 4.94 percent in a sign that an economic recovery is gaining traction, data from the national statistics agency showed on Friday.

Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff plans a series of payroll tax cuts in coming years in a bid to promote formal hiring at domestic companies, Folha de S. Paulo newspaper reported on Friday, giving no details of its sources.

Two global wind farm manufacturers stepped up their commitment to Britain's growing renewable energy industry Thursday by planning to build factories in Hull and Scotland, creating up to 1,000 jobs.

Over the past two years, as U.S. unemployment remained near double-digit levels and the economy shed jobs in the wake of the financial crisis, over a million foreign-born arrivals to America found work, many illegally.

The government in its background investigations of employees can ask about their drug treatment, medical conditions or other personal information, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday

Payrolls will grow in almost all U.S. metropolitan areas this year, but the gains will be slight, according to a forecast from IHS Global Insight, Inc. released by the U.S. Conference of Mayors on Wednesday.

Ireland is losing an estimated 1,000 people a week to emigration with a surge in exports failing to lift prospects for employment, a government-funded research body said on Thursday.

More U.S. technology and engineering workers got bonuses and pay raises last year than in 2009, but the pay hikes were tiny for professionals outside large corporations and Silicon Valley

One in five young Italians, or more than 2 million people, are not studying nor working, the highest percentage of idle youths in the European Union, the national statistics office said on Wednesday.