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Connecticut unemployment drops below 9 percent
Connecticut’s Labor Department reports the state unemployment rate dipped to 8.9 percent in September, falling below 9 percent for the first time in almost two years. The department reported Thursday that Connecticut gained 3,400 jobs during the month, mostly in… Read More
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Pa. jobless rate erases spring progress
The Pennsylvania unemployment rate rose to 8.3 percent in September from 8.2 percent in August, the state’s Bureau of Labor and Industry reported Thursday. The rate is back up to where it was in January, erasing gains made in the… Read More
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State loses 3,900 jobs, but Sept. unemployment rate slips to 8.3%
Colorado lost 3,900 jobs between August and September, according to a survey of businesses released Friday. While the government added 1,100 jobs, the private sector lost 5,000, according to the report by the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment. Meanwhile,… Read More
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Pennsylvania’s small business can’t afford to take this HIT
Pennsylvania has always played a critical role in American history, from our nation’s founding to the present day. Economically, our state has stood firm and steady during good times and bad, thanks in large part to the men and women… Read More
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Proposed Health Care Tax A Burden
Most of us have a connection to a small business in our neighborhood. Whether it is where we stop for our morning coffee, where we pick up our dry cleaning or where we take our family for dinner, most people… Read More
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Taylor Criticizes Health-Care Overhaul Law
YOUNGSTOWN Talking to a group of small- business owners, Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor blasted the federal health-care-overhaul law – calling it an “example of an overreach by Congress” that will increase the cost of health insurance. Taylor, a Republican and… Read More
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Weekly remarks: GOP’s Dean Heller sees regs killing jobs; Obama 9/11 should bring unity
Hi, I’m Senator Dean Heller from the great state of Nevada. Americans have had to endure great hardships over the past few years. This recession has robbed millions of people of their jobs, their homes and their sense of security…. Read More
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If Washington Wants Jobs, Work with Small Businesses
I run what many consider to be the ultimate small business – a company that takes great new product ideas and brings those products to market on an international scale. Like all small business owners, I have been paying a… Read More
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Small Matters: Cutting Spending, Taxes … and Uncertainty
It is always easy to be critical, harder to say what one might do if responsible for making decisions. So what would be good for the economy? What policies should we follow? First, one must decide what the problem is…. Read More
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Taxes Upon Taxes Upon . . .
So the fondest Washington hopes for a grand debt-limit deal have broken down over taxes. House Speaker John Boehner said late Saturday that he couldn’t move ahead with a $4 trillion deal because President Obama was insisting on a $1… Read More