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The U.S. added 292,000 jobs in December, the Labor Department said Friday, well ahead of expectations. With October and November payrolls revised up by 50,000, the average monthly gain in the fourth quarter was 284,000. Warm weather and a rebound from weak hiring in August and September helped boost Q4 job gains, but the underlying trend also is solid, economists said. For all of 2015, the U.S. added 2.65 million jobs, down from 2014's 3.12 million but still the second-best since 1999. Robust hiring will keep the focus on when the Federal Reserve will hike interest rates next. That may...

If this comes close to the Bureau of Labor Statistics report on Friday, it will signal a decent if unspectacular start to the New Year. ADP estimates that employers added 257,000 private-sector jobs last month, an increase of 40,000 jobs over its estimate for November, and the best result for all of 2015: Private sector employment increased by 257,000 jobs from November to December according to the December ADP National Employment Report®. Broadly distributed to the public each month, free of charge, the ADP National Employment Report is produced by ADP® in collaboration with Moody’s Analytics. The report, which...

Dont be surpised if you see Barbie in some heated political debates with a skinny blond doll.The makers of the Ann Coulter talking action figure tell the Scoop that they cant keep up with the orders for the doll that believes you cant be too thin or too conservative.'Its brand new, we just put it up on the website,' John Warnock, President of Talking Presidents.com told the scoop.'And we've already sold out the first container.' A container, he explains has 3,500 dolls. Its a license deal, he added, so Coulter makes money from the deal.And how are the Donald Rumsfeld...