Labor Day travel seen flat on cost concerns: survey
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Americans are expected to travel roughly the same amount over the upcoming Labor Day holiday weekend as they did last year amid rising concerns about affordability, according to a AAA survey released Wednesday.
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Don&#39;t expect higher gas prices to dull gift-giving this year: Consumers plan to spend a bit more on holiday gifts and merchandise, according to a survey released Wednesday.
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"Labor Day is meant to be a day of rest for workers, but hypertaskers will spend it bent over their laptops at Starbucks, waiting for their non-fat venti vanilla lattes while checking e-mail, reading newspapers and preparing for Tuesday morning meetings."  "The burgeoning number of WiFi hotspots and popularity of handheld electronics that allow us to stay connected on the go may give us more freedom - but there's a cost. Research shows that our brains aren't equipped for this much activity. When we try to do more than even one simple task at a time, quality of work diminishes and tasks take longer to complete. When we try to do this for long periods, the result can be forgetfulness, sleeples ...
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Fears of labor-related disruptions at US Airways failed to materialize at Pittsburgh or anywhere else in the airline&#39;s travel system Wednesday as the nation&#39;s busiest travel season began.
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Lagging sales and lower-to-flat net vehicle pricing has General Motors Corp. searching for ways to trim costs, but the world&#39;s largest automaker doesn&#39;t expect drastic operational changes
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Budget airlines are not revealing the full cost of travelling, according to a survey by Which?
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U.S. job openings, hires and job  turnover rates were little changed in October, the Labor  Department said on Tuesday.
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Yes, there is a Labor Day holiday in Germany, but it's observed on May 1. So Tommy Haas didn't mind working overtime in an American tennis sweatshop yesterday afternoon.
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It might be hard for some drivers to believe, but average commuting times are getting shorter for U.S. workers.
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WASHINGTON  -U.S. consumer prices were unexpectedly flat in November on a drop in energy costs and prices were also unchanged from the previous month when volatile food and energy costs were stripped out, defying forecasts of an uptick in core prices, a government report showed on Friday.
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HILTONS IN SPOTLIGHT: While some Westerners have said they would switch hotels, there has not been a mass exodus of guests. Meanwhile police are guarding lobbies.
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Investor's Business Daily - A quarterly survey of 14,000 employers showed no change in the net employment outlook, or the difference between firms planning to hire and those planning to fire, Manpower said. Despite a credit crunch and a drop in Aug. payrolls, most employers still see demand for workers with only slight weakening in labor demand vs. a year ago.
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Almost a third of Americans plan to  spend less on the holidays this year, mainly because they need  to use their money for daily expenses, according to a survey  released on Tuesday.
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September 17, 2004 -- Consumer prices rose only 0.1 percent in August, led by a decline in gas and car prices, according to a report released by the Labor Department on Thursday.
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Worker productivity grew at a slower than first estimated 1.0 percent annualized pace during the first quarter as the economy just inched ahead, driving up labor costs by 1.8 percent and backing fears inflation remains a concern, a government report on Wednesday showed.
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NEW YORKFewer Americans lined up to claim first-time jobless benefits last week but analysts said the modest decline said very little about the current state of the labour market.
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U.S. consumer spending was  unexpectedly flat in August, government data showed on  Thursday, as shoppers exercised restraint after splashing out  even more than previously thought during the previous month.