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Morici: 8.5 percent unemployment may be as good as it gets
The economy added 200,000 jobs in December, and unemployment rate fell to 8.5 percent. Going forward, unemployment is not likely to fall much further and may rise again.
Fourth quarter growth was exceptionally strong as the global economy recovered...Tags: Business, Imports, Employment Opportunities, Barack Obama, Health and Safety at Work
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Northrop Grumman to lay off 90 in Maryland
Northrop Grumman Corp. will lay off 90 workers in Maryland as part of a nationwide cutback of 400 workers in the company's Electronic Systems sector, the company reported Tuesday. Plans to eliminate as many as 800 jobs nationwide were announced in...Tags: Aerospace Manufacturing, Manufacturing and Engineering, Companies and Corporations, Companies and Corporations, Employees
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Let them eat cake
Who would have thought it would be so hard to give people money? Late last year when it became clear Harford County was in a reasonably stable financial situation, Harford County Executive David R. Craig announced plans to give county employees —...Tags: Elections, Harford County, Finance, Employees, Job Layoffs
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Harford unemployment fell through end of 2011
Unemployment in Harford County continued to steadily decrease through the end of 2011, according to the latest statistics from the state's Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation. In November, 6.2 percent of Harford County residents did not have...Tags: Labor Legislation, Employment Opportunities, Unemployment
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Teacher raises, 'overcrowded' schools get blood boiling
When I gave blood about 10 days ago, my blood pressure was surprisingly low (for me) at 90/60. But a few things have gotten my blood boiling in the last few days, particularly as I read them on the pages of The Aegis. I think what's got me most riled...Tags: High Blood Pressure, Dog (animal), Companies and Corporations, Students, Companies and Corporations
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Leopold: Money from Arundel Mills slots could stop furloughs
Anne Arundel County Executive John R. Leopold told the county's members of the House of Delegates Friday that anticipated slots revenue would likely stave off the need for public employee furloughs. The county is expecting to receive about $15 million...Tags: U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means, Cordish Cos., Washington, DC, Anne Arundel County, Casino and Gambling Industry
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Baltimore Co. executive starts program to help steel employees
Employees at the idled Sparrows Point steel mill will be able to get unemployment assistance from the staff of several Baltimore County agencies at a public fair next week, according to the county executive's office. The program will be held on Thursday,...Tags: Dundalk, Kevin Kamenetz, Unions, Unemployment Benefits, Unemployment
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Pact would give Balto. Co. school workers job security for 3 years
Baltimore County school employees have reached a tentative agreement with the school system that would raise the contributions employees make to their health care plans over the next five years in exchange for guarantees that there will be no layoffs or...Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Joe A. Hairston, Job Layoffs, Health and Safety at School, Health and Safety at Work
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AAI in Hunt Valley lays off 184 workers
AAI Corp., the Hunt Valley company known for its Shadow spy plane, said Tuesday that it is laying off 184 workers from its Baltimore County location. Workers were to be notified Tuesday. Before the layoffs, AAI employed more than 1,600 workers in...Tags: Hunt Valley, Companies and Corporations, Companies and Corporations, Job Layoffs, Defense
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Labor Department: Maryland added 25,000 jobs in 2011
Maryland employers added nearly 25,000 jobs last year, according to new estimates — the best performance since 2006, but one that still leaves the state with more than 80,000 jobs to make up, given the recession's losses.
At this rate of employment...Tags: Business, Employment Opportunities, National Institutes of Health, Hunt Valley, Companies and Corporations
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Changes at BWI eateries, bars create uncertainty for workers
An airport food company warned state regulators Thursday that it is laying off 112 employees as it hands off the management of restaurants and bars at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport to another firm — which could...Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Companies and Corporations, Employees, Employees, Job Layoffs
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Unemployed workers train to rebuild E. Balto. — and their lives
Just north of the Johns Hopkins medical campus, in the Middle East section of East Baltimore — an area where hundreds of families were moved out and hundreds of homes were razed as part of a $1.8 billion urban renewal project — a new...Tags: Rentals, East Baltimore Development Inc., Unemployment
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