Lynda Bell has worked in food service since she was 8 years old. That's when her parents opened a meat market, and when the opportunity arose for her to take it over, she couldn't resist. From that meat market and deli, Bell began a catering business th

A spike in the unemployment rate - the biggest in more than two decades - raised new concerns Friday that a weak labor outlook, high oil prices and continuing woes in the housing and credit markets are leading the U.S. economy into a painful recession.

ATLANTA - Stimulating job creation and juicing up the economy are both goals of the five candidates running for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, but they have different approaches. They generally agree in wanting to lower taxes on the middle c

Published: Oct 29, 2008 - Page: 1D - UPDATED: 12:05 a.m. Boeing union sets vote on 4-year deal SEATTLE — Boeing Co.’s Machinist union said it will vote on a tentative four-year labor pact Saturday, a process that could end an eight-week strike against

Employers cut far fewer jobs in April than in recent months and the unemployment rate dropped to 5 percent. It was a better-than-expected showing that nonetheless still revealed strains in the nation's labor market.