payroll
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Fans may find it suggestive that the Dodgers, with the league’s top payroll, has won the last two World Series, but real-world evidence undermines the received wisdom that payroll equals success.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
In all versions, over time it would eliminate the cap on payroll taxes, which are currently limited to 12.4% on wage income up to a maximum of $184,500.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
During a recent Senate Finance Committee hearing, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat, said she and Sen. Bernie Moreno, an Ohio Republican, were calling on Congress to “scrap the cap” on payroll taxes.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
Private payroll growth has averaged a little over 50,000 per month for the last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Lolo used to be in charge of payroll before Mami took over the books.
From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina
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For more than a decade, Los Angeles’ premier sports teams — the Lakers and the Dodgers — have relied on big-ticket TV rights deals to boost their operations and player payrolls.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
“This follows the unexpectedly weak July payrolls report Friday, which had already reduced pressure on the Fed to tighten further in September,” they add.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
We learned last week that total payrolls shrank in July, the fifth time in the past 12 months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Yields on 10-year and 30-year Treasury bonds briefly dipped after Friday’s July payrolls report showed a surprise decline in the number of jobs, but the move was quickly reversed — something Rosenberg flagged as concerning.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 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
Vocabulary lists containing payroll
This Week in Words: Current Events Vocab for October 22–October 28, 2022
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Century 21 Accounting, 9e, Chapters 11-14
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