Connecticut Labor Markets

For 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...

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....

The Energy Systems Sales and Training (ESST) division of IMTI, The Industrial Management and Training Institute, in partnership with Motech Industries, Inc. and Motech Inverters of Taiwan, will install a 45kw Solar Photovoltaic System on the roof of the...

(Adds paragraphs at end on next week's data) * Early May U.S. consumer sentiment highest in almost six years * April leading indicators point to growth * Treasuries could stay range bound in coming sessions By Ellen Freilich NEW YORK, May 17...

Connecticut's employers hired briskly in April, as both private companies and government employers added positions, for a combined total of 6,300 new jobs. The report released Thursday by the state Department of Labor was encouraging, said economist...

(In 22nd paragraph, corrects to show that Johnson, Saban are top McAuliffe donors, not that McAuliffe is his own top donor. Removes reference to McAuliffe giving almost $300,000, as that was for a previous fundraising cycle.) By Gary Robertson RICHMOND,...

RICHMOND, Virginia (Reuters) - The most nail-biting U.S. governor's race this year is centering on whether a Tea Party Republican can win Virginia, the southern state that has twice backed Democratic President Barack Obama. So far, the answer is: maybe....

May 16 (Reuters) - Personal property tax collections surged for many U.S. states in April, when taxpayers face a mid-month tax filing deadline. But the revenue surge may have more to do an acceleration of income by taxpayers in 2012 to avoid federal tax...

(Repeats to align columns) May 16 (Reuters) - Personal property tax collections surged for many U.S. states in April, when taxpayers face a mid-month tax filing deadline. But the revenue surge may have more to do an acceleration of income by taxpayers...

Economists at the Federal Reserve ran a study to isolate how much the shrinking labor force has to do with demographic changes — fewer high school and college students working part-time jobs, and Baby Boomers reaching retirement age — and...

* Benchmark yield eases back from more than six-week high * German investor morale falls short of expectations * Inflation data expected later in the week By Luciana Lopez NEW YORK, May 14 (Reuters) - Prices for U.S. Treasuries were little changed...

By Steven C. Johnson and Margaret Chadbourn NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, May 12 (Reuters) - When David Pendery, a corporate public relations specialist, decided to move his family from Colorado to Illinois this year for work, his biggest worry was whether he...