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Unemployment continues to fall as consumer confidence rebounds
A surging stock market and rebounding housing prices are translating into a robust job market in South Florida. South Florida's unemployment continued its decline in April, dropping a notch to 5.6 percent in Broward and 6.8 percent in Palm Beach County,...Tags: Land Price, Employment Opportunities, Unemployment, Executive Branch, Rick Scott
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Caroline Baum: Federal Reserve handicaps race of its own making
Ed Koch, the late mayor of New York City, used to stop residents on the street and ask, "How am I doing?" With next month marking the four-year anniversary of the end of the 2007-2009 recession, the longest and deepest since the Great Depression, it...Tags: Services and Shopping, Federal Reserve, The Wall Street Journal, Real Estate, Bloomberg L.P.
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Md. sheds 6,200 jobs in April, Labor Department says
Maryland employers slashed 6,200 jobs in April, cutting short a string of gains, the U.S. Department of Labor said Friday, as the state began feeling the pinch of federal budget sequestration and cutbacks in consumer spending. But the government's...Tags: Employment Opportunities, Unemployment, Moody's Corporation, Business, Career and Workplace
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'I know it when I see it'
In the 1964 U.S. Supreme Court case Jacobellis v. Ohio, Justice Potter Stewart wrote a concurring opinion he hoped would establish a legal standard that protected every American's right to free speech yet guarded community standards against hard core...Tags: Humana Incorporated, U.S. Congress, Gross Domestic Product, Productivity, U.S. Supreme Court
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The day ahead in business May 16
Reports: Initial jobless claims for week ended May 11, 7:30 a.m; Consumer price index for April, 7:30 a.m.; Housing starts/building permits for April, 7:30 a.m.; Philadelphia Fed survey for May, 9 a.m.; Mortgage rates for week ended May 16, 9 a.m.;...
Tags: Singapore Airlines, Nordstrom, Inc., JC Penney Company Inc., Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Petroleum Industry
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Initial jobless claims jump to 360,000, most since March
WASHINGTON -- Initial jobless claims unexpectedly jumped to a six-week high of 360,000 last week after declining to a post-recession low this month, the Labor Department said Thursday. The number of people filing for the first-time for unemployment...
Tags: Employment Opportunities, Unemployment Benefits, Easter, Unemployment Rate, Labor Markets
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France tumbles into double-dip recession
PARIS -- Beleaguered French President Francois Hollande suffered a further setback in his attempts to pull France out of its economic slump after official figures showed Wednesday that the country has entered a double-dip recession. Figures released by...
Tags: Francois Hollande, France, European Union, Japan
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Federal deficit shrinks at surprising rate
WASHINGTON — The federal deficit is shrinking more quickly than expected, and the government's long-term debt has largely stabilized for the next decade, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday in a report that could strengthen the Obama...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Paul Ryan, Productivity, Elections, U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means
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Cars, home improvement give April retail sales a boost
Spring’s arrival late in April gave retail sales a light boost as Americans emerged from hibernation to spend on cars, gardening goods and building supplies. From March to April, sales rose a slight 0.1% after declining a revised 0.5% from...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Vehicles, Petroleum Industry, Home Improvement, National Retail Federation
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Farming: 'I know it when I see it'
In the 1964 U.S. Supreme Court case Jacobellis v. Ohio, Justice Potter Stewart wrote a concurring opinion he hoped would establish a legal standard that protected every American’s right to free speech yet guarded “community standards”...Tags: Humana Incorporated, U.S. Congress, Gross Domestic Product, Productivity, U.S. Supreme Court
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Initial jobless claims drop more than expected
Initial jobless claims continued to decline last week in another hopeful sign that the labor market is improving. The number of people filing for unemployment benefits for the first time fell to a seasonally adjusted 323,000 last week, down 4,000 from...Tags: Employment Opportunities, Unemployment Benefits, Unemployment Rate, Labor Markets, Career and Workplace
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Stock spotlight: Mattel toys with ways to sell more products
Barbie is vacating her pink Malibu mansion and hunting for international digs. Thomas the Tank Engine is being revamped as an even livelier locomotive. Max Steel, the new kid on the block, is marketed as a "modern day tech superhero." The toy brands,...Tags: Services and Shopping, Fiscal Cliff, Fisher-Price, Toys, Prices
May 17, 2013
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May 16, 2013
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May 11, 2013
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