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Alabama, area jobless rates drop
The Decatur Daily, Ala.Unemployment rates continued their downward trend in Morgan, Limestone and Lawrence counties in April, according to data released Friday by the state Department of Labor. The best news about the dropping rates is that they came even as the labor force...Tags: Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Employment Opportunities, Career and Workplace, Employment
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Corbett urges Villanova Law graduates to emulate Lincoln, More
The Philadelphia InquirerGov. Corbett urged Villanova Law School graduates Friday to embody the passion of Abraham Lincoln and the integrity of Sir Thomas More as they embark on their careers. At the school's commencement, Corbett praised those men, both lawyers, for standing...Tags: Executive Branch, Graduation, Government, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice
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Public's agenda for city's next mayor: jobs, taxes
The Charlotte ObserverCharlotteans have definite ideas about what they want to see on the next mayor's to-do list. They want job creation to get highest priority. They are concerned about their taxes and schools. And they believe the city should keep control of its airport....Tags: Environmental Issues, Bank of America Stadium, Politics, Conservation, Elections
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Bay unemployment down, but so are jobs
The News Herald, Panama City, Fla.The unemployment rate in Bay County continues to drop, from 6.7 percent in March to 6.2 percent in April. But, while unemployment is down, over the past year the county has continued to bleed jobs. According to state statistics, the area of Panama...Tags: Unemployment, Employment Opportunities, Panama, Career and Workplace, Panama City (Panama)
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Buyers feeling more confident
MarketWatchWASHINGTON -- Consumer sentiment perked up in May to its highest level in more than six years, according to a survey released Friday, helped by falling gasoline prices, a rising stock market and firmer housing prices. The preliminary May reading of the...Tags: Stock Market, Thomson Corporation, Market and Exchange, Economy, Business and Finance, Consumers
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EDITORIAL: Brown suggests tax break deal that could work
The Sacramento BeeGov. Jerry Brown has renewed his push to eliminate the $700 million to $750 million a year business tax break known as enterprise zones, this time with the goal of using that money in ways that actually would stimulate economic development. After...Tags: Executive Branch, Government, Employment Opportunities, Taxation, Politics
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How Does Connecticut's Job Growth Compare To Other States?
The Bureau of Labor Statistics summed up all the state jobs reports Friday, and it shows Connecticut was one of only nine states that added enough jobs in April that the agency's economists are confident the growth is more than just noise in the data....Tags: Unemployment Rate, Connecticut Labor Markets
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Dow, S&P end at records, stocks mark fourth week of gains
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks continued their climb into uncharted territory on Friday, racking up the fourth week of gains in a row as encouraging economic data prompted investors to pick up shares of growth companies. The Dow and the S&P 500 finished...Tags: Book, GlaxoSmithKline PLC, Bain Capital, LLC, Annapolis, SunPower Corp.
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Caroline Baum: Federal Reserve handicaps race of its own making
Ed Koch, the late mayor of New York City, used to stop residents on the street and ask, "How am I doing?" With next month marking the four-year anniversary of the end of the 2007-2009 recession, the longest and deepest since the Great Depression, it...Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, Federal Reserve, Freedom of Information Act, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg L.P.
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Unemployment rates drop in most states, Illinois climbs
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Unemployment rates dropped in 43 out of the 50 U.S. states and in the District of Columbia in April from a year before, according to Labor Department data released on Friday. A handful of states, including Illinois, Delaware,...Tags: Washington, DC, Unemployment, Barack Obama, Hampshire, Unemployment Rate
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Amid scandal, Obama focuses on jobs in Baltimore
President Barack Obama told several hundred people gathered at a Baltimore manufacturing plant on Friday that he would keep his administration focused on the economic recovery -- despite a series of political scandals that have rocked the administration...
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What we think: Florida pays price for Scott's anti-tax zealotry
In recent years, state and local governments in Florida have lost billions of dollars in unpaid sales taxes — dollars that might have been invested in priorities like schools, health care and public safety, or allowed other taxes to be reduced....Tags: Executive Branch, Amazon.com Inc., Government, Rick Scott, Regional Authority
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