...Edwards and Dukes were subcontractors to them, and their rates were the same as the Heery team rates as far as the Consumer Price Index."I beg to differ with you on that because an employee and a subcontractor are two different categories...

...proposed rates of increase over multiple years ... that have moved the parties closer together and that exceed the Consumer Price Index."The sides will continue to talk, but Smith said he has seen no progress yet."I am neither optimistic...

...covers about 80 percent of the private, nonfarm workforce ? have risen just over 6.2 percent since June 2009.Consumer prices have risen nearly 7.2 percent. Adjusted for inflation, wages have fallen 0.8 percent.In the previous five recoveries...

...chief economist at MFR Inc., said in an e-mail.The government will issue its August report on consumer prices Friday. In July, consumer prices were unchanged, and rose only 1.4 percent in the previous 12 months. That's below the Federal...

...gallon Friday. Most of the increase took place in August, which drove the biggest one-month increase in overall consumer prices in three years, the Labor Department said Friday in a separate report."Consumers were not willing to spend much...

...economy brightened a little Tuesday after reports that consumer prices stayed tame and homebuilder confidence rose to the...from their slump.Tuesday's data showed:? The consumer price index rose a seasonally adjusted 0.6 percent in...

...likelihood that Greece will stay in the euro currency alliance.One positive trend is that U.S. inflation is low. Core consumer prices, which exclude volatile food and energy costs, have risen just 2.3 percent over the past 12 months. That's...

WASHINGTON - Consumer prices were unchanged in June, held down...underscored by a 0.2 percent drop in consumer prices for the April-June period as a...was the first quarterly drop in consumer prices in two years.In May, the consumer...

...actions are actually harmful to their own supporters. TAKE THE left aligned AARP and their zealous defense of the consumer price index, which determines annual Social Security cost-of-living adjustment increases. Reducing the CPI slightly...

...University turned in its economic commentary on the first half of the year. The unemployment rate is high and so are consumer prices, but there are a few bright spots with more building permits and fewer people joining the unemployment line.The...