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State Loses 7,100 Jobs Amid Faint Signs Of Improvement
The Hartford CourantConnecticut continued its run of big job losses in March as employers shed 7,100 positions, but the unemployment rate ticked up less than expected, to 7.5 percent from 7.4 percent in February, according to a report released Thursday by the state...Tags: Employment, Industrial Production, Layoffs and Downsizing, Career and Workplace, Connecticut Business and Industry Association
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Transcript of Republican presidential debate in Simi Valley
This is a Rush transcript. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. ANDERSON COOPER, CNN ANCHOR: And welcome to the Ronald Reagan presidential library in Simi Valley, California, here from the majestic Air Force One Pavilion. I'm...Tags: Multi-Sport Events, Economy, Business and Finance, Government, Mortgages, Entertainment
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Businesses shut the door on door-to-door sales
Of The Morning CallIn an encouraging tone, loaded with visions of good-salaried possibilities, Wayne Hopkins talked to job seeker after job seeker on a recent chilly winter morning in Allentown. From his post as sales manager for a thriving insurance company, Hopkins looks...Tags: Employment, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Government, Allentown, Entertainment
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Recession-proof your job
The only way to survive the recession is to keep your job; employers are making tough choices that don't always relate to how much money someone is making. But, if the boss does have to fire someone, here are some ways to make sure it isn't you. With...Tags: Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Career and Workplace, Companies and Corporations, Connecticut, Unemployment
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Rell's budget cuts 400 jobs, 23 commissions
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell unveiled a two-year, $38.4 billion budget Wednesday that avoids tax increases but cuts hundreds of state jobs and numerous commissions and agencies to help cover the states's growing deficit. ...Tags: Government, Minority Groups, M. Jodi Rell, Budgets and Budgeting, Connecticut
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Star Power Pushes Movies in Michigan
MICHIGAN - With the highest unemployment rate in the nation, Michigan is looking to the film industry as an option to help turn things around. New film tax incentives are already yielding results statewide. 38 movies and documentaries were shot in...Tags: Documentary (genre), Pennsylvania, CNN (tv network), New Mexico, Economic Policy
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Report: Pace Of Layoffs Might Be Slowing; Connecticut Trend Unclear
The Hartford CourantThe nation's employers might be slowing down the pace of mass layoffs, according to a report released Wednesday by Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc. No clear trend is yet emerging in Connecticut, government data show. Last month, U.S. employers said...Tags: Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc., Layoffs and Downsizing, Career and Workplace, University of Maryland, College Park, Health and Safety at School
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Job Losses Continue To Mount In Connecticut
The Hartford CourantNew reports released Thursday show that Connecticut has now lost more jobs in this recession than in the previous one, in 2000-2003, and that job losses will continue to increase for at least another year. While some parts of the economy are showing...Tags: Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Economy, Business and Finance, Tolland (Tolland, Connecticut), Gerber Scientific Incorporated, Finance
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Still Segregated
Courant Staff WriterAfter a decade in which the minority population of Hartford's suburbs doubled, the region remains one of the most segregated in the nation for Latinos, according to the Census Bureau's most extensive study ever of residential segregation. Blacks in...Tags: Trials, Real Estate Agents, Social Issues, Minority Groups, Population and Census
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Slots Or Not?
Of The Morning CallOn a muggy Monday afternoon this month, jockeys at Delaware Park Racetrack & Slots near Wilmington, Del., guided their horses on the dirt track, meandering toward the starting gate for the third race. Few noticed. Grandstands with thousands of seats...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Government, Entertainment, Finance, Triple Crown
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