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Jobs increase in state despite slowdown
The number of jobs in Connecticut rose in June despite the worsening national economy. The state Department of Labor says employment increased by 3,600, to 1.7 million. State labor economist John Tirinzonie says Connecticut has gained back nearly 7,...Tags: Business, Unemployment
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State Gained Jobs In June
Courant Staff WriterConnecticut gained jobs for the second month in a row in June, defying a national trend. The state's nonfarm employment rose to 1,705,800 last month, an increase of 3,600 from the revised figure for May, according to a report issued Thursday by the state...Tags: New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Insurance, Unemployment
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Many Jobless In Connecticut Can Collect For 13 More Weeks
Courant Staff WriterAbout 120,000 Connecticut residents may be eligible to receive up to 13 additional weeks of unemployment compensation benefits under a federal program that went into effect July 6, according to the state Department of Labor. Connecticut unemployment...Tags: Jodi Rell, Employment, Insurance, Unemployment
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Lessons From, For Shanghai
When Americans look to rebuild their cities, they often look for guidance to a couple of North American models, such as Portland or Toronto, and at European cities. But there is something to learn from Asian cities. For example, could a relatively small...Tags: Labor Markets, Trinity College, Connecticut, Population, Wages and Pensions, Marketing
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Apathy? Not.
Courant Staff WriterYale University junior Zach Marks was sitting in a college dining hall shaking his head at his friend. The two students had started out discussing how each of their preferred candidates could beat whomever the Republicans nominated. But within minutes,...Tags: New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Government, US Elections, Wesleyan University, Mitt Romney
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Transcript of Republican presidential debate in Simi Valley
This is a Rush transcript. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. ANDERSON COOPER, CNN ANCHOR: And welcome to the Ronald Reagan presidential library in Simi Valley, California, here from the majestic Air Force One Pavilion. I'm...Tags: Washington Post Company, Wages and Pensions, Connecticut Economic Development, Newspaper and Magazine, Moving
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Businesses shut the door on door-to-door sales
Of The Morning CallIn an encouraging tone, loaded with visions of good-salaried possibilities, Wayne Hopkins talked to job seeker after job seeker on a recent chilly winter morning in Allentown. From his post as sales manager for a thriving insurance company, Hopkins looks...Tags: Allentown, Sales, Marketing, Public Employees, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut)
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Tax rebates to start going out Monday, a week early
President George Bush said tax rebates will start going out Monday, earlier than previously announced, and should help Americans cope with rising gasoline and food prices, as well as aid a slumping economy.
"Starting Monday, the effects of the stimulus...Tags: The White House, Market and Exchange, George Bush, National Government, Government
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Home Prices Darken View
Associated PressU.S. home prices have fallen further since mid-2006 than during the 1990-91 recession and professional traders bet they'll plunge up to 10 percent more the next year. If the speculative traders making big-money bets on where housing prices are headed are...Tags: Ben Bernanke, Money and Monetary Policy, Alan Greenspan, Federal Reserve, Consumer Confidence
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For Richer, For Poorer: Our Incomes Diverge
The Hartford CourantThey may inhabit the same state, but Connecticut's richest and poorest families increasingly live in different communities, different economies and different worlds. The wage gap between the richest and poorest families increased more in Connecticut than...Tags: Wages and Pensions, Population and Census, Personal Income, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Biotechnology
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