by dankeelan | Oct 28, 2025 | Featured, Future of Work, Jobs, Robots
Internal Amazon documents suggest that the company is looking into building and using more robots to replace human workers. The publication doesn’t specify if this will result in massive layoffs. However, the robots would allow Amazon to avoid hiring new workers...
by dankeelan | Oct 28, 2025 | Jobs, U.S. Economy
US consumer confidence eased in October as households worried about the availability of jobs over the next six months and persistently higher prices because of tariffs on imports. The Conference Board said on Tuesday its consumer confidence index fell to 94.6 this...
by dankeelan | Oct 28, 2025 | Jobs, U.S. Economy
Shares of United Parcel Service Inc. powered higher Tuesday, after the package-delivery giant reported third-quarter earnings that beat expectations by the widest margin in years and said it cut a lot more jobs than it previously said were planned. The company...
by dankeelan | Oct 21, 2025 | Featured, Jobs, U.S. Economy
Americans are growing increasingly concerned about their ability to find a good job under President Trump, an Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll finds, in what is a potential warning sign for Republicans as a promised economic boom has given...
by dankeelan | Oct 14, 2025 | Featured, Jobs, Tariffs
New tariffs are putting pressure on industries from manufacturing to retail, leaving certain workers most vulnerable to job cuts. Tariffs can be a real headache for everyone, but they hit some people harder than others. When new taxes are placed on imported goods, it...
by dankeelan | Oct 7, 2025 | Featured, Jobs, U.S. Economy
With official data on hold due to the government shutdown, economists are turning to private reports, and the early signs, according to Moody’s, aren’t good. “This data shows that the job market is weak and getting weaker,” Moody’s Analytics chief economist Mark...
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