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Florida pays off federal loan for jobless benefits
Florida officials this week finished paying back about $3.5 billion the state had borrowed from the federal government to make unemployment payments during the worst of the recession. It was one of 36 states forced to borrow the money from the feds to...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, Rick Scott, Unemployment
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US unemployment aid applications drop 23,000 to 340,000, a sign of improvement in job market
AP Economics WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell 23,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 340,000, a level consistent with solid job growth. The less volatile four-week average ticked down just 500 to 339,500,...Tags: Employment Opportunities, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Job Layoffs, Money and Monetary Policy
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US equities sell-off carries over as stock futures tumble; global markets sliding
NEW YORK (AP) — The momentum of a late sell-off on Wall Street carried over into a second day, sending U.S. futures and global stock markets into retreat. Uncertainty over how committed the Fed remains to a massive bond-buying program scattered...Tags: Stock Market, Nikkei, Perry Ellis International, Inc., The Gap, Federal Reserve
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Initial jobless claims drop to 340,000 after one-week spike
WASHINGTON -- Initial unemployment claims dropped back to a level indicating moderate job growth last week after a spike the previous week raised alarms about the labor market recovery. The number of people filing for unemployment benefits for the first...
Tags: Employment Opportunities, Verizon Communications, Federal Reserve, New Products, Employment
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Japan market plunge sparks global sell-off; U.S. stocks dip, rebound
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.Wall Street followed Europe in a broad sell-off following a 7.3% overnight plunge in Japan's stock market. The Dow Jones industrial average shed 107.1 points, or 0.7%, to 15,200.07 shortly after the opening bell in New York. The broader Standard &...Tags: China Earthquake (2010), Nikkei, Stock Market, NASDAQ, Federal Reserve
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Long-Term Unemployed Will Have Checks Sliced By Almost 20 Percent
The Hartford CourantBy the end of the month, more than 30,000 people who are collecting Connecticut unemployment benefits will have their weekly checks cut by nearly 20 percent. Only people who have been collecting for more than 26 weeks will face the cuts, because weeks 27...Tags: Dannel P. Malloy , Sharon, Career and Workplace, Air Transportation Industry, Connecticut Labor Markets
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The bottom line: It's time to restore dental care for the poor
SACRAMENTO — State Capitol politicians may have an extra $3.2 billion to play with. Or they may not. It depends on whose figures you believe: nonpartisan Legislative Analyst Mac Taylor's or contrarian Gov. Jerry Brown's. I tend to have more...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Executive Branch, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Politics, Dentistry and Dental Health
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Utility Training Leads To Delivery Job In Health Field
The Hartford CourantThe month after the Lehman Brothers collapse in the fall of 2008, Peter Collins was downsized with a half dozen other people from at a Bloomfield commercial printer. Collins, 51, who had spent his whole career as a printer and had been with Finlay...Tags: Northeast Utilities, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Career and Workplace, Dentistry and Dental Health, Unemployment
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Memorial Day 2013 closings
Washington County - All county administrative offices will be closed Monday for Memorial Day. - Trash will not be collected. - The County Commuter will not operate Monday. - City of Hagerstown - City of Hagerstown offices are closed Monday. -...Tags: Human Interest, Harrisburg (Dauphin, Pennsylvania), Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation
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Here is the latest South Dakota news from The Associated Press
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota will be reducing extended unemployment compensation benefits by nearly 17 percent as part of federal budget cuts. It affects all who file for benefits from June 2nd to September 28th. A notice will be mailed to all...Tags: Radio, NPR, Entertainment, Barack Obama
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California economic growth slow and steady, governor says
SACRAMENTO -- California's economy should grow at a slow but steady pace in the budget year that begins July 1, says an economic forecast contained in Gov. Jerry Brown's revised spending proposal. The all-important housing market is stronger, and...
Tags: Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Executive Branch, Regional Authority, Politics
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California jobless rate falls to 9%
No one ever said the economic recovery would be pretty. California eked out more growth in April as employers added 10,400 jobs, bringing the net total added over the year to 273,000. The state's unemployment rate dropped to 9% from 9.4% the month...
Tags: Employment Opportunities, Walmart, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Company, Consumers, Consumer Confidence
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