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3 Former Labor Commissioners Promote Wage Increase
The Associated PressThree former state labor commissioners are promoting an increase in Alaska's minimum wage. Ed Flanagan, Tom Cashen and Jim Sampson are behind a proposed initiative to raise the minimum wage from the current $7.75 an hour to $8.75 an hour effective Jan.... -
Alaska House Finance Committee Talks School Funding
Austin BairdThe House Finance Committee began a series of hearings Monday to try to determine how the state funds Alaska school districts and how much additional funding, if any, districts should receive this year. One of the first points of debate was whether...Tags: Sarah Palin, Politics, Regional Authority, Bill Thomas, Schools
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Lower fuel prices, airfares help UK inflation to ease in April by more than anticipated
LONDON (AP) — Official figures show that consumer price inflation in Britain eased in April, largely on the back of lower fuel prices and airfares. The Office for National Statistics said Tuesday that the annual rate fell to 2.4 percent in April... -
Big drop in gas costs pushes down US consumer prices in April by most in 4 years
AP Economics WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — A plunge in the cost of gas drove down a measure of U.S. consumer prices last month by the most since December 2008. Excluding the drop in fuel costs, prices were largely unchanged. The consumer price index fell 0.4 percent in...Tags: Consumer Confidence, Unemployment Rate, Washington, DC, Productivity, Finance
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Maryland economy will continue to feel government spending cuts
Maryland for years benefited from its close proximity to the nation's capital, but the mandatory federal spending cuts called sequestration will be a drag on the state's economy for the next couple of years, said the president of the Federal Reserve...
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Millions of Argentines to get 24 percent wage hikes ahead of negotiations with opposing unions
Associated PressBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Two million Argentines will get wage hikes of 24 percent under a deal President Cristina Fernandez brokered with six allied labor unions. Now the government is hoping for similar numbers in next month's salary...Tags: Television Industry, Argentina
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German inflation drops to near 3 year low of 1.2 percent driven by drop in fuel prices
BERLIN (AP) — Inflation in Germany, Europe's largest economy, has hit its lowest rate in nearly three years largely on the back of a fall in fuel costs. The Federal Statistical Office said Tuesday that consumer prices rose 1.2 percent in April 2013...Tags: Germany, European Central Bank, Money and Monetary Policy, European Union
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Grade Inflation Undermining Universities
The Hartford CourantMisquoting William Shakespeare: "Now is the spring of our discontent." Indeed, even as the daffodils blossom and the songbirds sing, my students at the University of Connecticut are stressing out from their end-of-semester quest for high grades....Tags: Princeton University, Colleges and Universities, Students, Teaching and Learning, William Shakespeare
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Cuccinelli proposes personal and business tax cuts
Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, the likely GOP nominee for governor, laid out his plan for the Virginia economy on Tuesday, including tax cuts for both citizens and businesses, axing loopholes and pushing the port. Cuccinelli shared his "Virginia...Tags: Taxation, Politics, Regional Authority, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Population and Census
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Eurozone's unemployment climbs to 12.1%, a fresh record high
WASHINGTON -- The Eurozone's unemployment rate hit a record high of 12.1% in March as the region continued to struggle with recession, government officials said Tuesday. The seasonally adjusted jobless rate for the 17-nation group topped the previous...
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More must be done
College tuition rates keep climbing leaving many students and their parents with no recourse but to take out more loans. The College Board says tuition and fees at four-year public and private colleges and universities increased 6.6 percent and 6.3...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Education, Prices
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Europe has no exit
WASHINGTON -- For most Americans, Europe is out of sight and out of mind. We figure that the worst of its debt crisis has passed. Italy has a new government. To mute social unrest, some countries are slightly relaxing austerity policies. The European...
Tags: Think Tanks, Politics, European Central Bank, Spain, Finance
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