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Both online and traditional retailers are gearing up for what is going to be a very important, shortened holiday shopping season.

With the country still moving slowly out of a recession, retailers are looking to make the most of the Christmas shopping season, which traditionally starts the day after Thanksgiving and runs through the day before Christmas.

The College Board recently released a report defending its findings that a higher education leads to more pay for American workers.

As a supplement to its 2013 Education Pays report, the College Board – a not-for-profit membership for colleges and universities across the country – addresses criticism that its reports may over-state the benefits of a college education.

The 2013 report finds that those who earn a bachelor’s degree will make 65% more in salary than those with just a high school education.

Workers with specialized talents in specific fields – including business systems analysts – could see pay increases in the coming year, according to a new report.

The report, by staffing company Robert Half International, bolsters the theory that specializing in a specific area and becoming an expert in that area can lead to better chances for improved pay and promotion.

A new study has found that Baby Boomers are happier in their jobs – but also more stressed out.

The study, from PayScale, a company that compiles data on compensation and workplace issues, found almost 78% of Baby Boomers report having high job satisfaction. That is slightly better than Generation X (72%) and Generation Y (66.4%).

However, the study also found that almost 68% of Baby Boomers reported high job stress. That was more than Generation X (65.5%) and Generation Y (about 60%).

The unemployment rate fell to 7.2% in September, according to numbers released Tuesday by the federal Department of Labor.

The release was delayed due to the government shutdown that lasted through the first 16 days of October because of the inability of Congress and the White House to reach an agreement on the federal budget.

Jobless claims across the United States fell by 15,000 to a total of 358,000 in the week that ended Oct. 12, according to a report from the Department of Labor.

While lower, the number is not as low as what was forecast by economists, who anticipated the total number to drop to about 335,000, according to Bloomberg.

The number still includes a backlog from California, where a break down in the system last month has led to an increase in numbers from that state the past few weeks. Additionally, the figures include some of the government workers and government contractors who lost their jobs, at least temporarily, during the government shutdown that ended this week.

Stanford University offers the best MBA when it comes to return on investment, according to a new rankings listed released by Forbes magazine.

Stanford gets graduates the highest paychecks five years after graduation, with an annual median total compensation of $221,000, according to Forbes.

Without much fanfare, the Harvard Business School has started to develop a new online initiative, the first step into online learning for one of the nation’s most prestigious business schools.

The move puts Harvard into the area of MOOCs, or massive open online courses. The move may “shake up” the online education market, according to Bloomberg BusinessWeek. It’s also a bold move for Harvard Business School, which is one of the best-known brands in all of education.

A new survey finds that 69% of Americans would rather remain jobless than work for a company with a bad reputation.

However, more than half of currently employed employees would go to a company with a bad reputation – if they were offered a substantial increase in pay.

The six-year Greek recession will end in 2014, according to a new report from the nation’s government.

Greece has been locked in a debt crisis that caused panic about the future of the euro, the European currency. Other European countries and the International Monetary Fund have had to repeatedly bail out the Greek government.