Lawmakers in one southern state have successfully pushed a bill that could help boost a volatile teaching profession.

January’s employment report exceeded expectations with 130,000 new jobs added and unemployment falling to 4.3%. But beneath the headline strength, hiring remains heavily concentrated in health care ...

If you felt a familiar pit in your stomach reading the latest layoff numbers, you weren’t imagining things. U.S. employers announced 108,435 job cuts in January, according to new data from ...

Layoffs across the U.S. surged in January to their highest level for the month since 2009, when the economy was reeling from the housing crash, new data shows. Employers announced 108,435 job cuts in ...

US companies announced the largest number of job cuts for any January since the depths of the Great Recession in 2009, according to data from outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. Companies ...

In an omen of economic uncertainty ahead, U.S. companies laid off 108,435 workers in January, an increase of 205% from December. That's the highest number of job cuts announced in any January since ...

Markets sold off sharply Tuesday morning on news that layoff announcements soared in January. U.S.-based employers announced 108,435 job cuts in the month, up from the 35,553 layoff notifications in ...

Layoff announcements ballooned in January, hitting the highest level for the month since 2009, according to a Thursday report from the global outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. "Generally ...

The report from Challenger, Gray & Christmas that U.S.-based employers announced 108,435 job cuts in January looked to have added downward pressure to stock market futures. That was the worst, for a ...

(CNN) — Mass layoffs outlined by the likes of Amazon and UPS meant last month was the worst January for job cut announcements since the Great Recession, new data showed Thursday. US-based employers ...

WASHINGTON, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Layoffs announced by U.S. employers surged in January amid losses of business contracts and an uncertain economic environment, marking the highest level for the month in ...

U.S. employers announced 108,435 layoffs for the month, up 118% from the same period a year ago and 205% from December 2025. The total marked the highest for any January since 2009. At the same time, ...