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Soggy season could crimp sweet potato supply
New Orleans :: LA :: USA | 1 day ago
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Savor that holiday sweet potato pie and those marshmallow yams while you can. Agricultural experts and industry officials expect enough sweet potatoes for Thanksgiving and Christmas, traditionally a high-demand period. But by Easter, another peak period,...
Tags: sweet potato, New Orleans, Environment, Potatoes, Unemployment, Staple foods, Business Finance, Nonfarm payrolls, Potato, British Potato Council, Labor, Jamaican cuisine, Tropical agriculture, Root vegetables, Rust Belt, Labor economics
State loses ground in number of jobs
Baton Rouge :: LA :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility Louisiana employment in October of 1.911 million fell 44,000 jobs short of a year ago, according to Louisiana Workforce Commission data released late Tuesday. Baton Rouge employment of 370,200 remained unchanged from September, but it is 7,800 lower than...
Tags: Louisiana Workforce Commission, Baton Rouge, Business cycle, Recessions, Baton Rouge Louisiana, Unemployment, Business Finance, Macroeconomics, Louisiana, Labor
Wary consumers, rising unemployment snag recovery
Simi Valley :: CA :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility Economists surveyed by Thomson Reuters expect that new applications for unemployment benefits dipped to 500,000 last week, from 505,000 the previous week. The four-week average for claims posted its 11th consecutive decline last week, falling to 514,000,...
Tags: consumers spending, annual rate, Simi Valley, Recessions, Stock market crashes, Economic disasters, Unemployment, Business Finance, economics, Labor
Report: Arizona leads country in lost jobs
Phoenix :: AZ :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility Arizona has lost more jobs than any other U.S. state since the recession began in December 2007, according to an Economic Policy Institute report. The Arizona Republic said Wednesday that, according to the institute, Arizona lost 9.9 percent of its job...
Tags: Arizona Republic, Economic Policy Institute, Phoenix, Business cycle, Recessions, Arizona, Macroeconomics, Michigan, States of the United States, Labor, Unemployment, Rust Belt, Business Finance, Market trends
Voros: New hire tax credit offers incentive, transparency
Danville :: VA :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility What was initially nearly 2 million new jobs developed with taxpayer aid turned out to be more like 600,000 jobs — which is also suspect because there's no obvious paper trail. The use of this Madoff Math 101 should be reason enough not to entrust public...
Tags: tax credit, created job, job creation, Danville, Public finance, Recessions, Unemployment, Business Finance, Late-2000s recession, Tax, Labor
US Fed raises 2010 growth outlook
Washington :: DC :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility In a new forecast accompanying minutes from the Fed's policy meeting November 3-4, the central bank said participants "anticipated that economic recovery would be gradual, with real gross domestic product (GDP) growing at a moderate pace and the unemployment...
Tags: Federal Reserve, US Fed, Washington, Unemployment, Business Finance, Labor, Recessions, Economy of the United States, Late-2000s recession, Television technology, The Weather Channel, Macroeconomics, Inflation, NAIRU, Labor economics
State tax push makes U.S. firms wary of adding jobs
Overland Park :: KS :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility Dave Huston's Kansas-based plastics company is down to 34 employees from 63 a year ago. With the U.S. recession starting to retreat, he would like to add back workers but will likely buy new equipment instead. The reason? With Kansas joining the ranks...
Tags: unemployment, employment, jobless, recession, manufacturing, labor, recessions, payroll tax, U.S. Department of Labor, Dave Huston, Overland Park, Taxation, Payroll, Taxation in the United States, Labor economics, Employment law
RECESSION leaves MOSTLY BLACK MEN UNEMPLOYED
The recession has sent the unemployment rate among young black men soaring to rates not seen since the Great Depression. The jobless rate among black males aged 16 to 24 hit 34.5% last month, more than triple the rate for the general population. The...
Tags: recession, black men, racism, rascist, unemployment, unemployed, black, african american, africa, Great Depression, manufacturing, construction, retail sectors, black community, jobless, Washington, Employment, Macroeconomics, Underemployment, Business cycle, Recessions, Labor economics, Labor, Social Issues, allnews
Hawaii economic gauge falls 0.3% in October
Philadelphia :: PA :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility Hawaii's coincident index fell by 0.3 percent in October, according to a report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. The decline compared with a fall in the national coincident index of 0.1 percent. The index measures economic indicators thought...
Tags: Hawaii Tourism Authority, Philadelphia, Social Issues, Business Finance, Spam, Economic indicators, Information technology management, Unemployment, Marketing, Cybercrime, Inflation, Electronic commerce, Internet
County jobless rate drops
Dubuque :: IA :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility Dubuque's unemployment rate dropped below 6 percent last month for the first time in nearly half a year, as state leaders point to what they say are signs of an improving Iowa economy. But an unexpected loss of local jobs in the monthly report reiterated...
Tags: Dubuque County, Dubuque, Dubuque County Iowa, Dubuque Iowa, Labor, Driftless Area, Telegraph Herald, Unemployment, Business Finance, Iowa, Entertainment Culture
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