Connecticut Labor Markets

(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...

We know Connecticut's jobs recovery is sluggish, but data released Wednesday provides a window into how different parts of the state are faring, and how the state's metro area job growth compares to other cities. Springfield is hurting the worst in the...

* Weekly jobless claims fall 4,000 * Claims lowest in nearly 5-1/2 years * Four-week average of claims lowest since 2007 * Data suggests strengthening labor market conditions By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON, May 9 (Reuters) - The number of Americans...

I took a walk early Wednesday morning. Azaleas and dogwoods were in bloom. Green-again trees and shrubs were damp, dripping from Tuesday's rain. A zillion birds were singing, and even the starlings sounded sweet. The Orioles had won another game. A...

When Mark Doyle lost his job in August, it wasn't a huge jolt. Doyle, 59, had taken the traveling sales job six months earlier, and it had become clear the business wasn't strong enough to support his territory. He'd found the job fairly quickly after his...

The town council has rejected an arbitration panel's decision on a 10-year police pension agreement, saying the town is not financially capable of funding it. Union President Mike Weglarz called the council's decision a "big slap in the arbitrators'...

New residential construction in Connecticut was the strongest in four years in 2012, with the most robust building activity reported in Fairfield County, a new report Thursday shows. Permits issued by all towns and cities last year for single-family...

Connecticut companies added 2,600 jobs in March, with construction jobs the biggest contributor to growth. According to a report released Thursday by the state Department of Labor, employers hired 2,900 construction workers in March, and construction...

For one reason or another, they were all failures: a recycling outfit in Killingworth; a Greenwich consulting firm; a personal information security company in Berlin; and a West Hartford restaurant. Their closings cost Connecticut at least 28 jobs. None...

It took entrepreneur Chris Farrell 10 years to go from a scribble on the back of a placemat to a product prototype with industry certification. And the Orange-based businessman's brainchild wouldn't have become a commercial reality without manufacturers...