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Fed minutes showed some officials willing to consider trimming bond purchases as early as June
AP Economics WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — Several Federal Reserve policymakers this month favored slowing the Fed's efforts to maintain record-low long-term interest rates as early as June — if the economy showed strong and sustained growth. But those officials...Tags: Central Bank, Employment Opportunities, Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, Career and Workplace
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Fed's Dudley says decision on stimulus pullback still months away
WASHINGTON — A top Federal Reserve official said Wednesday that a decision on reducing the central bank's unprecedented economic stimulus efforts still is three to four months away as policymakers first must determine if the recovery is strong...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Central Bank, Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, Budget Control Act of 2011
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Not everyone raving about electronic music festival
As Joliet awaits this weekend's Electric Daisy Carnival, one of the country's biggest electronic dance music festivals, many local officials have been emphasizing economics. The festival's promoter, Insomniac, has commissioned impact studies to...
Tags: Festive Events, Human Interest, Music, Public Officials, Disasters and Accidents
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ESPN Laying Off Employees; Reports Say At Least 100 In Bristol
The Hartford CourantESPN is laying off employees in Bristol and elsewhere in a cost-saving move that is eliminate hundreds of jobs, according to multiple sources, although the company did not report the size of the cutback. Layoffs mostly happened Tuesday but were...Tags: Job Layoffs, ESPN (tv network), Unemployment, The Walt Disney Co., Dannel P. Malloy
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2 Fed presidents at odds on bank's role in economic recovery
It's a family feud Federal Reserve-style as Chicago Federal Reserve President Charles Evans and Dallas Federal Reserve President Richard Fisher argue in polite fashion about what the central bank has accomplished by tinkering with the economy. Evans...
Tags: Central Bank, Financial Markets, Federal Reserve, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, International Monetary Fund
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UPDATED: Republican statewide candidates crisscross Virginia
Assignment ManagerFresh off last weekend's Republican convention, the party's statewide ticket is crisscrossing Virginia. Gubernatorial candidate and current Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli led the candidates at a stop at the Roanoke Regional Airport Monday morning. ...Tags: Republican Party, Politics, Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia), Martinsville (Martinsville, Virginia), Crime, Law and Justice
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Higher consumer spending will offset sequester cuts, economists say
WASHINGTON -- Consumers will help keep economic growth on track this year, as new projections of their spending indicate it will offset the hit to the recovery from the federal government's automatic budget cuts, a panel of economists said Monday. The...
Tags: Politics, Consumers, Government, National Government, Economic Indicator
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Graduating Into A Sunnier Job Market
The Hartford CourantFor nearly 6,900 students who graduated Sunday at colleges around the state, the natural question is: What's next? Happily, this year's graduates have more reason to be optimistic than those who graduated two or three years ago, although the market...Tags: Environmental Issues, Employment Opportunities, Marketing, Philosophy, Georgetown University
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Obama administration needs to change the conversation
By WILLIAM P. HOJNACKI I am very disappointed in the way that the Obama administration is dealing with the Republicans in the ongoing discussions concerning the federal budget. The administration has, once again, allowed the Republicans to set the agenda...Tags: Productivity, Public Finance, Politics, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Government
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Silicon Valley-area city becomes factory town again, with help of high-tech manufacturing
AP National WriterFREMONT, Calif. (AP) — In a busy factory, machinists move sheets of aluminum roll in the back door to be molded, stamped, twisted and notched into high-tech electric cars that sell for more than $60,000 each. Down the road in another plant, crews...Tags: Media Industry, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Business, Google Inc., General Motors Corp.
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Woman takes multiple roads to success
arnoldp@herald-mail.comUnlike many Americans, Ruby Harley didn’t lose work during the recession. In fact, the Inwood, W.Va., woman gained work — holding two jobs at the same time before the recession, three jobs simultaneously during the recession and two jobs now....Tags: Medical Specialization, Newspaper and Magazine, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Career and Workplace
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Some recession victims feel lucky to be working harder
arnoldp@herald-mail.comOne thing Ed Grimes hates about his current work schedule is trying to explain it to others. “It’s confusing,” he said. Since being laid off in 2009 after nearly four decades at Hagerstown’s Noland Company, the 61-year-old...Tags: Employment Opportunities, Health Insurance, Financially Distressed Companies, Business, Religion and Belief
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