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payroll

[pey-rohl] / ˈpeɪˌroʊl /




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“To violate the payroll system they have, it’s a serious offense. The owners are the ones that have pushed for these cost controls and they have to live up to them.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2026

Officials warn in the documents that the center "could be unable to make payroll or pay routine maintenance contracts" within weeks, the Post reported.

From Barron's Sep. 14, 2026

“Last week’s payroll numbers were stronger than expected, confirming markets’ hawkish bias for the upcoming Fed meeting,” ING senior rates strategists Benjamin Schroeder and Michiel Tukker say in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

The giant payroll processor ADP, for instance, said that in August, private-sector businesses added the fewest new jobs in seven months: just 38,000.

From MarketWatch Sep. 3, 2026

Rarely had I worked so hard at anything, and yet no matter how incompetent I pretended to be, Shelley stubbornly kept me on the payroll.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs

While the unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.9%, the number of vacancies and employees on payrolls fell in recent months.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

Gold futures fell as U.S. payrolls increased well above expectations in August, pushing up short-term Treasury yields and raising expectations of a possible September Fed hike.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

The comments come as investors prepare for the release of US non-farm payrolls figures later Friday, and the consumer price index next week -- which are seen as crucial to what the Fed announces.

From Barron's Sep. 4, 2026

However, a hotter-than-expected nonfarm payrolls report later Friday could revive expectations for higher rates.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

Many of these roads had a greater income than the States they served; their payrolls were much larger; their head officials received higher salaries than governors and presidents.

From The Railroad Builders; a chronicle of the welding of the states by John Moody




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