By David Thomas Africa’s film and audiovisual industry could create over 20 million jobs and an extra US$20 billion in annual revenues with further investment, according...
Nigeria and four of its neighbors in West Africa declared war Saturday on the Islamic group Boko Haram, with the U.S., France, and the U.K. providing intelligence as...
African agribusiness sector worth about $313 billion currently and providing for more than 70 percent of the jobs on the continent could triple in value by...
U.S. President Barack Obama addresses the audience at North Carolina State University., January 15, 2014. PHOTO/Carolyn Kaster/AP Making good on a promise from last year’s State...
The rate of unemployment in the African American community inched upwards from 12.6 percent in July to 13.0 percent in August, according to the latest numbers...
U.S. President Barack Obama. PHOTO/File President Barack Obama, seeking to break Washington’s fiscal stalemate, is proposing cutting corporate tax rates in exchange for more spending on...
Job applicants fill out applications for positions at a new bar and restaurant in Detroit. PHOTO/Paul Sancya/AP U.S. employers added 165,000 jobs in April, and hiring...
The Jamaica government has presented a J$521 billion (US$5.21 billion) tax free budget to parliament with Finance Minister Dr. Peter Phillips indicating that the aim of...
U.S. President Barack Obama discusses the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget while acting Director of Office of Management and Budget Jerry Zients looks on. PHOTO/Reuters (Reuters) –...
U.S. President Barack Obama delivering the State of The Union Address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington., Feb 12, 2013. PHOTO/Charles...
The Barbados government says it intends to invest BBD$600 million (US$300 million) as part of a new stimulus to improve the local economy and create at...
U.S. President Barack Obama, flanked by Vice President Joe Biden (L) and House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), delivers his State of the Union address before a...
President Barack Obama. PHOTO/File President Obama’s coalition came through for him big time on Election Day, and now members of the coalition want him to return...
The Cabinet Secretary in the Simpson-Miller People’s National Party (PNP) administration Ambassador Douglas Saunders has revealed that the recent elimination of about 3,000 jobs from the...
Jamaica will be eliminating more positions from the public sector before the end of this year. This has been revealed by the country’s Finance and Planning...
U.S. President Barack Obama (l) and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. PHOTO/File Competing for white working-class voters, President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney squared off...
Jamaica Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller. PHOTO/File (Jamaica Observer) – Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller has said that her administration has been working hard to secure additional...
(Reuters) – A Kenyan court has temporarily stopped national carrier Kenya Airways from retrenching its employees until a suit brought by the workers union challenging the...
President Barack Obama is casting Mitt Romney as a greedy, job-killing corporate titan with little concern for the working class in a new, multi-pronged effort that...
U.S. President Barack Obama President Barack Obama is warning that the U.S. job market will still face “ups and downs” despite news Friday that the economy...
U.S. employers added 227,000 jobs in February to complete three of the best months of hiring since the recession began. The unemployment rate was unchanged, largely...
U.S. President Barack Obama. PHOTO/File Employment grows steadily for third straight month – a sign the economic recovery may be sustainable. Praising manufacturing jobs, President Barack...
U.S. President Barack Obama. PHOTO/File President Barack Obama will outline incentives to promote development of more fuel-efficient cars and to make it easier for people to...
U.S. President Barack Obama Pointing to a rebound in manufacturing, President Barack Obama in Wednesday is visiting a Milwaukee plant that has brought back jobs to...
The overall jobless rate fell for the fifth straight month to 8.3 percent after a surge of hiring. Monthly jobs report featuring mixed results are becoming...
Jamaica Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller. PHOTO/File The Simpson-Miller administration is expected to provide specifics, at the end of a two-day Cabinet retreat which begins today at...
