Barack Obama, Job Creation | featured news

President Barack Obama is calling for a six-year, $53 billion investment in high-speed rail as he seeks to use infrastructure spending to create jobs.

President Obama focused about 80% of his State of the Union Address on the economy, offering proposals designed to create jobs, make the United ...

President Obama is announcing $10 billion in trade deals with India that are expected to help pay for 54,000 U.S. jobs.

President Obama unveiled a new proposal that he says will create jobs and grow the economy... The proposal also companies to take immediate tax deductions for the full cost of new equipment. Those deductions hope to spur $50 billion in new investments through next year.

End tax breaks that reward some U.S. companies with overseas subsidiaries and encourage those businesses to create jobs in other countries, President Barack Obama is telling Congress.

President Barack Obama's proposed $50 billion transportation spending program would boost jobs in the construction, manufacturing and retail industries and help bolster a struggling economy ...

The president’s initiative would create jobs quickly by emphasizing long-term transportation projects like roads, rail and airport runways.

In the wake of a new jobs report showing increased unemployment, President Obama today said the steps his administration has taken to improve the economy are working, but not fast enough. He called on Congress to pass a small business bill and said he would announce next week a broader set of ideas to accelerate job creation.

A majority of Americans believes President Barack Obama has neglected job creation and economic fears are weighing heavily on Democrats ahead of November 2 elections, a Reuters-Ipsos poll found on Tuesday.

The White House said the economic stimulus bill created or saved about 2.5 million jobs through the first quarter, mostly as a result of tax relief and financial assistance to lower- and middle-income families.