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America should practice isolationism until its problems are solved
During his State of the Union speech, President Obama extolled the virtues and needs for more emphasis and, presumably, more money for college education to solve our financial/job problems. I strongly disagree! As a senior citizen, I have listened to...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Politics, Migration, Elections
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One man, multiple jobs in slow economy
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: Financially Distressed Companies, Sports, Economy, Business and Finance, Services and Shopping, Golf
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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: Unemployment Rate, Executive Branch, Government, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Consumer Confidence
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Latest Kansas news, sports, business and entertainment
KANSAS-TAXES Kan. GOP senators not budging much on sales tax TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican leaders in the Kansas Senate aren't budging much on lowering the state's sales tax in July as part of a plan that also cuts income taxes. Senate President...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Court Preliminary, The Associated Press, Prosecution, Layoffs and Downsizing
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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, Services and Shopping, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Sotheby's Holdings Incorporated, Ben Bernanke
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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: Consumers, Petroleum Industry, Economy, Business and Finance, Thomson Corporation, Consumer Confidence
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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: E-Commerce Industry, Executive Branch, Government, Politics, Rick Scott
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Md. sheds 6,200 jobs in April, Labor Department says
Maryland employers slashed 6,200 jobs in April, cutting short a string of gains, the U.S. Department of Labor said Friday, as the state began feeling the pinch of federal budget sequestration and cutbacks in consumer spending. But the government's...Tags: Moody's Corporation, Adecco SA, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Unemployment Rate, Economy, Business and Finance
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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: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Consumers, Career and Workplace, Walmart, Unemployment
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Florida jobless rate dips to 7.2 percent in April
Florida's unemployment rate continues to fall, dipping from 7.5 percent in March to 7.2 percent in April — the lowest level in five years. Metro Orlando's jobless rate also improved, falling to 6.4 percent, down three-tenths of a percentage...
Tags: Executive Branch, Government, Seminole County, Orlando, Employment
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Latest Arkansas news, sports, business and entertainment
KIDNAPPED GIRL FOUND Arkansas police recover 2-year-old Georgia girl WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas State Police say a 2-year-old girl who was reported kidnapped in Georgia has been recovered by a trooper in West Memphis. Officials said...Tags: Small Businesses, Students, Entertainment, Social Issues, Executive Branch
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Arkansas unemployment drops to 7.1 percent
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas' unemployment rate fell to 7.1 percent in April, a drop of one-tenth of a percentage point. Data released Friday by the Arkansas Department of Workforce Services also shows the state posted an increase of 1,700...Tags: Career and Workplace, Unemployment
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