Jobless rate holds at 5.9 in July despite slim gains
The July unemployment rate stayed at 5.9 percent with only 6,000 new jobs created, far short of the expected 60,000. Hiring remained weak in services while construction and manufacturing cut jobs, fueling worries the recovery may stall.
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Washington
Labor Department
Tem
Bill Cheney
John Hancock Financial Services
U.S
Commerce Department
Workers revolt over overtime pay debate and lawsuits
The piece tracks a surge in overtime wage lawsuits led by salaried managers and professionals. It cites RadioShack’s $29.9 million California settlement for 1,300 store managers, Starbucks and Eckerd settlements, and Wal-Mart battles as workers push to redefine who earns overtime under evolving federal and California rules.
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RadioShack
California
Starbucks
SBC Pacific Bell
Eckerd Corp
Moss Bluff
Eckerd
Kevin Soileau
Floriea
Wal-Mart
Bill Wertz
Timothy Bart
Labor Policy Association
Labor Department
Soileau
Omar Belazi
Stewart's ties to drug maker attracts suit
A Florida retiree accuses Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia of losses from publicity over Stewart’s ties to ImClone Systems Inc. The suit seeks class action status, alleging breach of fiduciary duty and damage to the company’s name. It follows earlier investor actions tied to the ImClone controversy.
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New York
Martha
Stewart
Martha Stewart Living
Martha Stewart
North Port
Fla
Hahn
Tampa
Johnson, Blakely, Pope, Baker, Ruppel & Burns
Guy M. Burns
Alaska
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia
Robert Morville
Manhattan
Dow Drops 193 Points On Weak Earnings News
Stocks tumbled as a bleak earnings batch including Disney and National Semiconductor spurred a broad market rout. The Dow fell 193.49 points to 8313.13, the S&P 500 slid to 864.24, and the Nasdaq declined to 1247.88 amid lingering economic uncertainty and cautious investor sentiment.
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Federal Reserve
New York
Disney
National Semiconductor
Dow Jones
Dow
Tobias Levkovich
Salomon Smith Barney
Walt Disney
John Hancock Financial Ser
Vices
JP Morgan Chase
Citigroup
Intel
Texas Instruments
AOL Time Warner
Wall Street Journal
Washington Post
AOL
Securities and Exchange Commission and
Justice Department
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