Obama to announce training initiative for high-tech jobs
… there were more than 500,000 job openings in such fields as software development and cybersecurity and that the average salary in jobs requiring information technology skills was 50 percent higher than the average private-sector job in the United …
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Lawmakers call for VA action on veteran suicide e-mail
"I don't understand how keeping this individual on VA's payroll will bring accountability to a department mired in scandal and negligence," said U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski, R-Ind., a member of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee. "Her continued …
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Shifting goal posts on employment may signal slower Fed rate hikes
The U.S. central bank has no official target for full employment – generally expressed as the unemployment rate that is consistent with stable prices. But accurately estimating it is critical for the Fed, given its mandate is to safeguard economic …
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