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On Monday, a BLS Real Earnings report showed: Real average hourly earnings for all private employees fell 0.2 percent from April to May. This result stems from a 0.2 percent increase in the average hourly earnings being more than offset by a 0.4 percent increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U). For all private employees, real average hourly earnings fell 0.1 percent, seasonally adjusted, from May 2013 to May 2014
Three Cheers for Starbucks, But … Earlier today, Starbucks announced a College Achievement Plan in which it will pay for its baristi and other employees to go back and finish their college degrees
Please consider Russia Cuts Gas Supply to Ukraine as Tensions Soar . Russia halted natural gas deliveries to Ukraine on Monday, spurning Ukraine’s offer to pay some of its multibillion-dollar gas debt and demanding upfront payments for future supplies.
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