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payroll

[pey-rohl] / ˈpeɪˌroʊl /




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They’re the best team in the AL, overcoming their low payroll to emerge as a powerhouse.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 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

In total, those accounted for 103,000 of the 162,000 nonfarm payroll jobs supposedly added in August, or nearly two-thirds of the total.

From MarketWatch Sep. 4, 2026

Number four was that Gates just happened to find out about ISI, and ISI just happened to need someone to work on its payroll software.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

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

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

U.S. nonfarm payrolls due this week could influence interest rate bets for the Fed’s coming September meeting, says Konstantinos Chrysikos of Kudo.com.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

Coextensively, he had the dissatisfaction of seeing Palmer's industries grow until eventually three hundred and fifty men were upon his payrolls and even his foremen and superintendents were considered influential townspeople.

From Twelve Men by Theodore Dreiser




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