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Thursday -- The Labor Department reports on initial unemployment claims for the previous week. Mike Kelly, R-3rd Dist. , of Erie, and Glenn Thompson, R-5th Dist. , of Howard Township, Centre County, will address area business and community leaders...
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Weekly applications for unemployment benefits dropped 13,000 to a seasonally adjusted 348,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. It was the fourth drop in five weeks and the fewest number of claims since March 2008 six months before Lehman Brothers...
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PASADENA, CA - FEBRUARY 03: George Hernandez looks at job openings at the Foothill Employment and Training Connection on February 3, 2012 in Pasadena, California. According to report from the Labor Department US economy added 243,000 jobs in January... View Photo »
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The 0.4 percent increase in the Conference Board's gauge of the outlook for the next three to six months followed a 0.5 percent rise in December, the strongest back-to-back gains in almost a year. The consumer-price index rose 0.2 percent in January...
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The consumer-price index increased 0.2 percent after no change the prior month, the Labor Department reported today in Washington. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg had forecast a 0.3 percent gain. Over the past 12 months, prices climbed 2.9 percent,...
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The Conference Board’s index of leading economic indicators, which signals the outlook for three to six months, rose 0.5 percent in January after a 0.4 percent gain in December, according to the median of economists’ forecasts before the report, due at...
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PASADENA, CA - FEBRUARY 03: A job seeker stands at an information desk at the Foothill Employment and Training Connection on February 3, 2012 in Pasadena, California. According to report from the Labor Department US economy added 243,000 jobs in... View Photo »
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Pay your employees and submit their contributions to retirement plans in a timely fashion. These workers did what they were expected to do; yet their employer did not live up to its side of the bargain… The compact of trust between employers and workers should never be broken, and when it is, the Labor ...
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The average price for a gallon of gasoline rose to $3.53 on Friday, up 15 cents from the previous month. In Arkansas, the average price of a gallon of gasoline Friday was $3.418, according to AAA. Falling energy and food costs kept wholesale prices in...
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But economists downplayed the increase, saying inflation likely will ease in the coming months as prices for raw materials level off. The consumer price index increased 0.2 percent last month, the Labor Department said Friday. Excluding volatile food...
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