Don Lee writes economic stories out of Washington, D.C. Since joining the Los Angeles Times in 1992, he has served as the Shanghai bureau chief and in various editing and reporting roles in California. Lee previously worked at the Kansas City Star. He is a native of Seoul, Korea, and graduated from the University of Chicago.
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President-elect Trump has vowed that his return to the White House will bring about a resurgence of blue-collar work across the country.
Job growth rebounded in November from the weather-related slowdown the previous month, fresh evidence that the labor market remains healthy.
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The Dow Jones industrial average surged more than 1300 points in early trading, with expectations that a new Trump term will bring big policy changes, including tax cuts.