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Waterbury Hospitals Exploring Merger
Courant Staff WriterWaterbury Hospital and St. Mary's Hospital, which have suffered financial losses in some of the past several years, are negotiating a possible merger, seeking better financial strength and efficiency. The idea of a merger goes back five years, but the...Tags: Medical Services, Restructuring and Recapitalization, Waterbury, National Government, Hospitals and Clinics
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Conn. loses jobs, unemployment rate up
The Connecticut Labor Department says the state's unemployment rate climbed a little to 5.8 percent in July, while the state lost 1,000 jobs last month. July's unemployment rate was three-tenths of a percentage point higher than June's rate. The July...Tags: Unemployment, Business, Connecticut Labor Markets, Layoffs and Downsizing
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{Construction woes drive unemployment rate to 13-year high} {Construction woes drive unemployment rate to 13-year high}
South Florida Sun-SentinelConstruction jobs continue to decline. Businesses are cautious about hiring. And consumers are spending less. The result: For the third straight month, Florida leads the nation in job losses and in July posted its highest unemployment rate in 13 years....Tags: Business, Broward County, University of Central Florida, Palm Beach County, Florida International University
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UConn Economists Will Sharply Lower Job Loss Forecast
Courant Staff WriterUniversity of Connecticut economists will drastically revise their 30-month state forecast in a report today, lowering a dire prediction that 24,000 jobs will be lost to a more palatable decline of 9,500. The previous report by the university's...Tags: Heads of State, Machine Manufacturing, Industrial Production, Wages and Pensions, University of Connecticut
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Construction woes drive unemployment rate to 13-year high
South Florida Sun-SentinelConstruction jobs continue to decline. Businesses are cautious about hiring. And consumers are spending less. The result: For the third straight month, Florida leads the nation in job losses and in July posted its highest unemployment rate in more than 13...Tags: Business, Broward County, University of Central Florida, Palm Beach County, Florida International University
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Chinese hope pre-Games environmental cleanup is a fresh start
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterSu Aimin spat on the ground, and admired the result. "You see, it's white," said the 33-year-old production manager at Taiyuan Iron & Steel, pointing to his saliva. "Before, it was black. I'm not kidding." Although Beijing is still struggling to make...Tags: Fertilizer, Don Lee, Coal, Environmental Pollution, Economic Policy
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Business closings in Conn. hit 8-year high
news and financial services. HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ Business closings Connecticut have hit an eight-year high, while new company startups have dropped to an eight-year low, the secretary of the state's office reported Tuesday. Nearly 3,000...Tags: Energy, Jodi Rell, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Business Enterprises, Connecticut Business and Industry Association
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'W' spells out more trouble for economy
Call it the "W" economy—but that doesn't stand for "winning." It could stand for "wincing," or the Federal Reserve's reaction as it holds an important meeting Tuesday to confront a nasty combination of inflation and slowing economic growth at a...Tags: Mortgages, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Inflation and Deflation, Consumers, Economic Indicator
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Unemployment hits 4-year high as employers ax 51,000 positions
The Associated PressThe nation's unemployment rate climbed to a four-year high of 5.7 percent in July as employers cut 51,000 jobs, dashing the hopes of an influx of young people looking for summer work. Payroll cuts weren't as deep as the 72,000 predicted by economists,...Tags: Energy, Unemployment, Business, Employers, Wages and Pensions
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Jobless Rate Climbs as 51,000 Jobs Vanish
Associated PressWASHINGTON -- Stores, factories and other businesses large and small showed workers the door last month, sending unemployment to its highest rate in four years and adding to the evidence an economic recovery remains far off. Employers clamped down on...Tags: Productivity, Energy, Market and Exchange, Unemployment, Elections
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Jobs outlook weak as state's unemployment rate hits 6.9% in June
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterCalifornia's jobless rate crept ahead Friday as experts saw weakness spreading into new areas of the economy. For months, job losses were concentrated in the state's housing industry. But with June's increase of one-tenth of a percentage point to 6.9%,...Tags: Executive Branch, San Bernardino (San Bernardino, California), State Budgets, Economic Policy, Energy
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How to plan for the unexpected
Long-term planning, we're often told, is the means to achieving our financial goals. But even the most assiduous planner can be waylaid by certain calamities. No one can anticipate the unexpected. But good preparation, once again, can help someone get...Tags: Annual Reports, Personal Finance, Family, Consumers, Insurance
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