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Some recession victims feel lucky to be working harder
arnoldp@herald-mail.comOne thing Ed Grimes hates about his current work schedule is trying to explain it to others. “It’s confusing,” he said. Since being laid off in 2009 after nearly four decades at Hagerstown’s Noland Company, the 61-year-old...Tags: Services and Shopping, Financially Distressed Companies, Health Insurance, Employment Opportunities, Companies and Corporations
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Washington County awards bids for $25 million in bond sales
cj.lovelace@herald-mail.comThe Washington County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday awarded bids for the 2013 Maryland General Obligation bond sales, amounting to nearly $25 million. The first bond, which totals $12 million and will be used for public improvements, is new money...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Finance
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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: Credit Ratings, Quarterly or Semiannual Financial Statements, Warren Buffett, Stock Activities, Nikkei
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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: Quarterly or Semiannual Financial Statements, NASDAQ, Analysts' Comments, NYSE Euronext, Inc., LinkedIn Corp.
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A tale of two houses
arnoldp@herald-mail.comNew homeowner Steven Mazur and his new neighbors, Jesse McAllister and fiancé Heather Kurtz, are full of hope about their lives in the housing development on Hagerstown’s western edge. So, too, presumably, was the woman who in summer 2006 bought...Tags: Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Services and Shopping, Labor Legislation, Foreclosures, Federal Housing Administration
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Dow surges to record high and keeps going
Dow surges to record ... and keeps going AP Photo NYML110, NYML105, NYML107, NYML108 Eds: Updates throughout. With AP Photos. By STEVE ROTHWELL AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Dow closed at an all-time high Tuesday, beating the previous...
Tags: Credit Ratings, American Express Company, Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM, House Building
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Dow surges a second day, closes in on record
The Dow came within 100 points of its all-time high Wednesday after rising sharply for a second straight day. The market surged following more evidence that the Fed will keep interest rates low, housing will keep recovering and shoppers aren’t...
Tags: Ben Bernanke, Credit Ratings, Dollar General Corporation, priceline.com Inc., Federal Reserve
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Washington County home sales up 2 percent
arnoldp@herald-mail.comWashington County’s home sales market bumped up in 2012 over the previous year for its first annual increase since before the recession. Sales rose 2 percent to $187.7 million in total purchases, compared to $183.5 million in 2011, according to...Tags: Services and Shopping, Real Estate Sales, Inventories, Property, Freddie Mac
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Falling food, gas costs lower U.S. wholesale prices
AP Economics WriterU.S. wholesale prices fell for the third month in a row last month, pushed down by falling food and gas costs. The drop is the latest evidence inflation is tame. The producer price index dropped 0.2 percent in December, the Labor Department said Tuesday....Tags: Labor Markets, Inflation and Deflation, AAA, Federal Reserve, Prices
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Given 2nd term, Obama, with divided Congress, must deal with impending financial crisis
Associated PressPresident Barack Obama faces a new urgent task now that he has a second term, working with a status-quo Congress to address an impending financial crisis that economists say could send the country back into recession. “You made your voice heard,&...Tags: Polls, Leon Panetta, Public Finance, John Boehner, Migration
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Sen. Jay Rockefeller: Solution to fiscal crisis is compromise
There is no question that our country is at the crossroads of some profoundly important budget decisions — with far-reaching and long-lasting impacts on our economy, our families and our fiscal standing as a nation. The made-up term “fiscal...Tags: Labor Legislation, Medicare, Insurance, Public Finance, Family
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Public hoping for answers about proposed downtown multiuse sports and events center
cj.lovelace@herald-mail.comQuestions about Hagerstown’s proposed downtown multiuse sports and events center (MUSEC) have gone unanswered publicly for months, in particular those related to cost estimates for construction, property acquisition and management of the new...Tags: Entertainment, Research, Local Government, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Technology
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