Dennis Macdonald | Photographer’s Choice Rf | Getty Images With a solid economy, a world-class workforce, and a wealth of corporate hospitality, North Carolina is America’s Top State for Business in 2025. The Tar Heel State is on a roll. It captured top honors in the annual CNBC rankings in 2022 and 2023, and it…
Investors may want to consider bracing for a weaker stock market performance over the next six months. According to Vanguard’s Roger Hallam, it’s prudent for long-term investors to have sufficient exposure to fixed income in this environment. “Our outlook for the second half of this year is that growth will slow,” the firm’s global head…
A hiring sign on June 25, 2025 in Austin, Texas, U.S. Brandon Bell | Getty Images News | Getty Images There’s a scene in the cinematic masterpiece Mean Girls in which a character writes in big bloody script: “DO NOT TRUST HER.” Apologies in advance to the good folks at ADP, who I’m sure are…
The unemployment rate for recent graduates reached 5.8% in March 2025, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. baona | E+ | Getty Images Formal degrees aren’t cutting it anymore for some industries. Instead, many companies are prioritizing skills and experience-based hiring, Sarah Skelton, co-founder and managing director of staffing and recruiting firm…
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at the Axel Springer building in Berlin on Oct. 17, 2023. He received the annual Axel Springer Award. Ben Kriemann | Getty Images Among the thousands of Microsoft employees who lost their jobs in the cutbacks announced this week were 830 staffers in the company’s home state of Washington. Nearly…
Cecilie_arcurs | E+ | Getty Images Young Americans will play a significant role in shaping workplaces in the decades ahead, and a new study conducted by Generation Lab for CNBC takes a look at how they feel about work-life balance and corporate culture. One finding of note: younger employees are back at job sites, and…
A Nike store in Hanoi, Vietnam, on July 3, 2025. Nhac Nguyen | Afp | Getty Images If I had to choose between having a job and paying less for Nike shoes, you’d see me running barefoot to the office. Wednesday’s market moves, however, suggested that Wall Street preferred the cheaper shoes. The U.S….
A hiring sign is displayed in a Dominos Pizza window on June 25, 2025 in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images For federal government workers who worked at agencies tied to this year’s job cuts, an apparent slowdown in the labor market is happening at the worst possible time. A gradual pullback in hiring…
An Amazon worker on the picket line during a strike over pay at the Amazon.com Inc. fulfilment center in Coventry, U.K., on Feb. 28, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon announced Monday its millionth worker robot, and said its entire fleet will be powered by a newly launched generative artificial intelligence model. The…
Jobs data and policy updates will take center stage in the week ahead. Coming off a record-breaking week for the market , here’s a closer look at what we’ll be looking for in the holiday-shortened stretch of trading. 1. Jobs, jobs, jobs: The labor market will command center stage over the next four trading days….
