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US applications for jobless benefits, a proxy for layoffs, tick down to 209,000 last week.

8:42 AM on Thursday, January 29

U.S. applications for unemployment benefits inched down modestly last week, remaining at historically healthy levels despite recent high-profile layoff announcements

US applications for jobless benefits, a proxy for layoffs, fall modestly to 209,000 last week

8:33 AM on Thursday, January 29

US applications for jobless benefits, a proxy for layoffs, fall modestly to 209,000 last week

St. John Named One of Ad Age’s 2026 Best Places to Work

8:00 AM on Thursday, January 29

FILE - The Dow corporate logo in Midland, Mich., Aug. 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Dow to cut about 4,500 jobs as emphasis shifts to AI and automation

7:28 AM on Thursday, January 29

Dow is planning to cut approximately 4,500 jobs as the chemicals maker puts more emphasis on using artificial intelligence and automation in its business

This is a locator map for Yemen with its capital, Sanaa. (AP Photo)

UN food agency is shutting down operations in rebel-held northern Yemen, officials say

7:05 AM on Thursday, January 29

U.N. officials say the World Food Program is shutting down its operations in northern, rebel-held part of Yemen

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

Amazon cuts about 16,000 corporate jobs in the latest round of layoffs

6:15 AM on Wednesday, January 28

Amazon is cutting about 16,000 jobs in the latest round of tech industry layoffs

Amazon cuts 16,000 jobs in the latest round of layoffs

6:08 AM on Wednesday, January 28

Amazon cuts 16,000 jobs in the latest round of layoffs

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6:25 PM on Tuesday, January 27

Kaiser Permanente nurses and health workers represented by the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals picket outside Kaiser's Oakland Medical Center on the first day of an open-ended strike Monday, Jan. 26, 2026, in Oakland, Calif. (Jessica Flores/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

Another strike sends 31,000 Kaiser Permanente health care workers to picket lines

4:56 PM on Tuesday, January 27

An estimated 31,000 registered nurses and other front-line Kaiser Permanente health care workers launched an open-ended strike this week in California and Hawaii to demand better wages and staffing

FILE - Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks to the media at the Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas, Aug. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott halts new H-1B visa petitions at state agencies and universities

4:42 PM on Tuesday, January 27

Gov. Greg Abbott ordered Texas universities and state agencies on Tuesday to halt new H-1B visa petitions until next year

FILE - Banners for Pinterest, displayed to mark the fifth anniversary of the company's listing, hang on the front of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, May 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan, File)

Pinterest will lay off 15% of its workforce as the platform pivots resources to AI

12:11 PM on Tuesday, January 27

Pinterest plans to lay off under 15% of its workforce, as part of broader restructuring that arrives as the image-sharing platform pivots more of its money to artificial intelligence

FILE - People walk out of an Amazon Go store in Seattle, March 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Amazon to close most Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh stores in days

11:44 AM on Tuesday, January 27

Amazon is closing almost all of its Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh locations in days as it narrows its focus on food delivery and its grocery chain, Whole Foods Market

A pedestrian walks past an empty business available for lease, Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, in downtown Surfside, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Americans' confidence in the U.S. economy falls sharply in January to lowest level since 2014

10:15 AM on Tuesday, January 27

U.S. consumer confidence declined sharply in January, hitting the lowest level since 2014 as Americans grow increasingly concerned about their financial prospects

Students walk out of South Quad on the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor, Mich., Jan. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Emily Elconin)

He left the US for an internship. Trump's travel ban made it impossible to return

12:07 AM on Monday, January 26

The Trump administration has thrown up new obstacles for international students, from travel bans to a pause in visa appointments and new layers of vetting

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