Topic: Sung Won Sohn

The number of people seeking unemployment benefits rose last week to a seasonally adjusted 377,000, up from a nearly four-year low the previous...

More seek unemployment aid

0 . The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits rose last week to a seasonally adjusted 377,000, after a nearly four-year low the ...
Initial jobless claims increased last week, but so did new orders for durable goods in December. It's a mixed bag of news, but a closer look...

US Adds 200,000 Jobs in December Hiring Surge

The stars are aligned right for a meaningful economic recovery.". . That's according to economics professor Sung Won Sohn of California State...

One Job for America: 1 Marinite's idea for economy

0 . Heath Ceramics is hiring a floor manager. Specialized Bicycle Components is adding two engineers and two marketing people. Chris Donatelli ...

Burst of hiring could mark turning point

0 . Companies added more workers in February than in any month in almost a year - a turning point for the economy that finally pushed the...
Consumer prices posted a small rise in August, but outside of a big jump in volatile gasoline prices, inflation was essentially flat.. Consumer prices edged up 0.3 percent in August, matching the July increase, the Labor Department said Friday. The August ...
Unemployment rises in August, but the gov't says the change is not significant enough to noteFor most Americans, the most important information in the monthly unemployment report is whether the jobless rate rose or fell, and by how much.The Labor ...

US recovery effort stumbles as 263,000 jobs lost

US economic recovery hopes got a rude shock Friday as official data showed job losses accelerated to 263,000 in September, pushing the unemployment rate to a new 26-year high of 9.8 percent.The Labor Department report, one of the best ...
Skeptics worry that Obama's plan to buy up banks' toxic assets won't get credit flowing soonThe Obama administration's latest plan to help banks get credit flowing again is drawing a tepid reaction from investors and academics, who say the ...