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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: Unemployment Rate, The Herald-Mail, Newspaper and Magazine, Nursing Homes, Medical Specialization
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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: Golf, Financially Distressed Companies, Unemployment Benefits, Labor Legislation, Religion and Belief
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In Bangladesh rubble, the prices of profit
Reuters* Orders found in rubble reveal price of retail profits * Clothes sold in West for up to 10 times factory cost * Industry under pressure to tighten safety controls By Sarah Morris MADRID, May 14 (Reuters) - Order dockets found in the rubble of a Dhaka...Tags: Bangladesh, Media Industry, Clothing and Textiles Industry, Sweden, Loblaw Companies Limited
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Unemployment continues to fall as consumer confidence rebounds
A surging stock market and rebounding housing prices are translating into a robust job market in South Florida. South Florida's unemployment continued its decline in April, dropping a notch to 5.6 percent in Broward and 6.8 percent in Palm Beach County,...Tags: Government, Politics, Economic Indicator, Labor Legislation, Palm Beach County
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Union and supporters march in Rome to press for job creation in recession-plagued Italy
ROME (AP) — A union of Italian metal workers has led thousands of people in a march through the heart of Rome to press the new government for measures to spur job creation. FIOM union leader Maurizio Landini said Saturday's protest was held because...Tags: Government, National Government, Politics, Rome (Italy), Labor Legislation
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Buyers feeling more confident
MarketWatchWASHINGTON -- Consumer sentiment perked up in May to its highest level in more than six years, according to a survey released Friday, helped by falling gasoline prices, a rising stock market and firmer housing prices. The preliminary May reading of the...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Consumer Confidence, Stock Market, Thomson Corporation, Market and Exchange
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How Does Connecticut's Job Growth Compare To Other States?
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....Tags: Unemployment Rate, Connecticut Labor Markets
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Measure of US economy's future health rises 0.6 percent in April after March dip
AP Economics WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — A measure of the U.S. economy's future health rose solidly in April, buoyed by a sharp rise in applications to build homes and a better job market. The Conference Board said Friday that its index of leading indicators increased 0....Tags: Consumer Confidence, Economic Indicator, Unemployment Benefits, Washington, DC, Stock Market
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Caroline Baum: Federal Reserve handicaps race of its own making
Ed Koch, the late mayor of New York City, used to stop residents on the street and ask, "How am I doing?" With next month marking the four-year anniversary of the end of the 2007-2009 recession, the longest and deepest since the Great Depression, it...Tags: Freedom of Information Act, New York City, Economic Indicator, Real Estate, Dow Jones Industrial Average
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Unemployment rates drop in most states, Illinois climbs
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Unemployment rates dropped in 43 out of the 50 U.S. states and in the District of Columbia in April from a year before, according to Labor Department data released on Friday. A handful of states, including Illinois, Delaware,...Tags: Unemployment Rate, Martin O'Malley, Politics, Washington, DC, Elections
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Amid scandal, Obama focuses on jobs in Baltimore
President Barack Obama told several hundred people gathered at a Baltimore manufacturing plant on Friday that he would keep his administration focused on the economic recovery -- despite a series of political scandals that have rocked the administration...Tags: Interior Policy, Andrew P Harris, Parties and Movements, Politics, Personal Weapon Control
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What we think: Florida pays price for Scott's anti-tax zealotry
In recent years, state and local governments in Florida have lost billions of dollars in unpaid sales taxes — dollars that might have been invested in priorities like schools, health care and public safety, or allowed other taxes to be reduced....Tags: Government, Politics, Amazon.com Inc., U.S. Senate, Executive Branch
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