Having lost 9,100 jobs across the state in the month of January, New Jersey’s 9.9% unemployment rate continues to exceed the national average. Since the beginning of the economic recession in December of 2007, 5.6% of the states total workforce now finds themselves jobless. The range of losses in the private sector are distributed across multiple industries, [...]
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Fleet One LLC, which provides fuel cards and fleet-related payment solutions to businesses and government agencies, plans to add 49 jobs in Middle Tennessee. The company currently employs 190 people at its Nashville headquarters. That number has quadrupled since Fleet One merged with Transplatinum Services Corp. in 2001, the Nashville Business Journal reports. “We are immensely proud [...]
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U.S. Gas & Electric announced it will remain in South Florida and create an additional 125 jobs in the area following a $162,000 pledge for job growth incentives from Miami-Dade County and the state. According to the South Florida Business Journal, U.S. Gas & Electric had considered moving its headquarters to Pittsfield, Mass. But with the [...]
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BlueLock LLC said it plans to create 118 new jobs by 2014 through the expansion of its headquarters in Indianapolis. BlueLock provides cloud computing solutions and managed information technology services, according to its Web site. The company, which was founded in 2006, currently has 30 workers in Indianapolis. It plans to begin hiring in engineering, operations, [...]
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Aeron Advanced Manufacturing plans to move 33 jobs currently being performed in China to its plant in Mason City, Iowa. The company, which makes home fragrance and air-care devices, said the jobs will reach Iowa during the next three years. “We are thrilled to be able to move jobs back to the U.S. and provide those [...]
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The U.S. Senate passed a $17.6 billion jobs bill Wednesday that will provide tax breaks to private companies and funding for highway and transit projects. The bill heads to the desk of President Barack Obama, who has previously said he will sign the bill into law. The Senate passed the bill in a 68-29 bipartisan vote, the Associated [...]
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Caterpillar Inc. expects to add 500 new jobs in South Carolina through an expansion of its facility in Newberry County. The company said it plans to raise production of it diesel and gas-powered generator sets at the facility and the resulting jobs should come over the next few years. “The expansion of our Newberry operation is [...]
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Los Angeles County Superior Court laid off 329 court employees Tuesday and more is to come. Judge Charles “Tim” McCoy, the presiding judge of L.A. County Superior Court, said as many as 500 employees will be terminated by the end of June due to California’s budget crisis and as many as 1,800 employees could be [...]
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The Michigan Economic Growth Authority on Tuesday approved tax credits for 13 projects that are expected to create 7,182 new jobs and generate over $742.4 million in new investments in the state. Among the projects, according to Great Lakes Innovation Technology Report, are an operation slated to develop rechargeable batteries, a renewable energy company that’s putting [...]
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More than 21,000 education workers in California have received certified letters indicating they may not be rehired after June 30. The letters were sent in order to satisfy a state-mandated deadline that requires preliminary notices be sent by May 15 to employees who may lose their jobs. According to local reports, not all the proposed layoffs are [...]
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