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As the economy recovers, energy prices are rising and that is placing extra strain on families' budgets.


Energy - Gasoline and diesel usage and pricing - Business - Consumer Information - Home

Job openings rose sharply earlier this year, a sign that employers might be preparing to step up hiring.



Employment - United States - Business - Business and Economy - Information Technology

A year after the stock market began its comeback from 12-year lows, investors are looking for the next big thing.


Stock market - Investing - Business - Stocks and Bonds - Equities

Legislation to give additional months of unemployment benefits to people who have been out of a job for more than half a year cleared a key hurdle Tuesday.


Insurance - Unemployment - Unemployment benefits - United States Senate - Senate

Millions of Americans have been forced to rely on unemployment payments for extended periods, and critics are taking aim.



Unemployment - Welfare - Business - Poverty - Recession

A year after the stock market hit bottom and began a spectacular comeback, it's getting harder to dazzle investors.


Business - Investing - Stocks and Bonds - Commodities and Futures - Equities

Motorists are well down the road to higher pump prices as warmer weather and the driving season approach.

Average cost - Business - Technology - Recreation and Sports - Driving

Robert Samuelson: Almost two fifths of 18- to 29-year-olds (37 percent) are unemployed or out of the labor force, "the highest share…in more than three decades." The adverse effects could linger.


Robert J. Samuelson - Newsweek - Robert Samuelson - Washington Post - Government

A vast project in Florida will be the world’s second-largest solar plant, attached to the nation’s largest fossil-fuel power plant.

Power station - Fossil fuel - Technology - Energy - Florida