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Dow has its first close above 15,000 points
Just two months after recovering the last of its losses from the financial crisis, the Dow Jones industrial average charged higher Tuesday, closing above 15,000 for the first time. It was another milestone in the market’s epic ascent of 2013. Good...
Tags: Warren Buffett, DirecTV Group Inc., Japan, Money and Monetary Policy, Nikkei
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Longtime Hagerstown firm loses 'heartbreaking' struggle to survive
arnoldp@herald-mail.comBelieving in his employees to the very end, Lynn Bowers used to encourage them, saying their small Hagerstown company could compete like “a Davy in an industry of Goliaths.” But last year, after struggling through the worst economy many of...Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Pies and Tarts, Family, Consumers, Health Insurance
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Washington County's net job gains mostly in public sector
arnoldp@herald-mail.comThe Washington County government announced recently that its annual business and industry survey showed there had been a net gain of more than 440 jobs in the past year. But that isn’t the whole story. Despite the increase in the county’...Tags: Labor Legislation, Unemployment Rate, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Employment, Newspaper and Magazine
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'Hard times teaches hard lessons'
arnoldp@herald-mail.comAs the longtime president of a Hagerstown furniture manufacturing company, David C. Beachley has seen a lot of curves and sharp edges in the numbers that define his business. The worst of the extremes in the number of people he employs has come fairly...Tags: Local Government, Colleges and Universities, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Career and Workplace, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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Stocks surge to new highs after hiring climbs
After weeks of conflicting signals about the strength of the economy, a big gain in the jobs market gave Wall Street reason to celebrate Friday. The stock market surged, traders donned party hats, and the wave of buying drove three indexes through major...
Tags: LinkedIn Corp., NASDAQ, Money and Monetary Policy, Stock Market, Analysts' Comments
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Franklin County unemployment drops slightly
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in Franklin County, Pa., decreased two-tenths of a percentage point to 6.2 percent in March, the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry announced Tuesday. Franklin County ranked sixth for the lowest...Tags: Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Employment, Franklin County (Pennsylvania), Employment Opportunities
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Letter to the Editor - April 25
Editorial was unfair to existing businesses and EDC To the editor: The Herald-Mail editorial printed on April 9 titled “After one year, Washington County economic development in limbo,” is both incomplete and misleading. The Washington...Tags: Small Businesses, Conservation, Business, Local Government, Economic Policy
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Congressional lawmakers address feedback, sacrifices
The massive federal budget cuts commonly referred to as the sequester will be felt nationwide and will lead to furloughs at places like Letterkenny Army Depot in Chambersburg, Pa., while the 167th Airlift Wing in Martinsburg, W.Va., is facing layoffs,...
Tags: Shelley Moore Capito, Politics, Justice System, Barack Obama, Government
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Tri-State-area lawmakers answer questions about sequester and its impact
The massive federal budget cuts commonly referred to as the sequester will be felt nationwide and will lead to furloughs at places such as Letterkenny Army Depot in Chambersburg, Pa., while the 167th Airlift Wing in Martinsburg, W.Va., is facing layoffs,...
Tags: Shelley Moore Capito, Politics, Barack Obama, U.S. Army, Government
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Four-year nursing degrees to begin in the fall of 2014 at Penn State Mont Alto
roxann.miller@herald-mail.comPenn State Mont Alto will change its nursing program from a two-year degree to a four-year degree beginning in the fall of 2014. “Hospitals are changing their employment pattern. They aren’t hiring associate degree nurses like they had in the...Tags: The Pennsylvania State University, Nursing, Hospitals and Clinics, Employment, Employment Opportunities
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Letters to the Editor - April 7
Homeless need more advocates To the editor: Is homelessness in Washington County invisible? For many, I believe the answer is yes. There are shelters that provide housing overnight in the winter months, but I am not aware of warm-weather shelters. I...Tags: Politics, Parties and Movements, Barack Obama, Unemployment Rate, Government
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Washington County unemployment rate drops to 8.8 percent in Feb.
dona@herald-mail.comThe unemployment rate in Washington County fell from 9.4 percent in January to 8.8 percent in February, and the number of people working and the total labor force also dropped, according to preliminary figures released Friday by the Maryland Department of...Tags: Howard County, Worcester County, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Employment
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