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Rhode Island’s 10.9 percent unemployment rates remains the second worst in the country, as the state saw the largest year-to-year percent decrease in employment in the United States, according to a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report released Friday.
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By PBN Staff
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The state’s unemployment rate dropped to 10.9 percent in June, according to the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training.
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By Rebecca Keister |
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Although the Massachusetts unemployment rate remained at six percent in June, the state’s economy posted its first job losses since November, reported The Boston Globe.
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By PBN Staff
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Due to an analysis of new Massachusetts payroll employment data, MassBenchmarks estimates that the Bay State saw job growth of 1.2 percent between December 2010 and December 2011, compared compared with the 0.3 percent growth originally reported by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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By PBN Staff
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Rhode Island has lost 7.42 percent of its jobs since 2007, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data analyzed by the Business Journals.
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By PBN Staff
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Job openings in the U.S. increased in May, signaling some employers saw a need to take on staff even as the global economy slowed.
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By Alex Kowalski |
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According to the Battelle/Bio State Bioscience Industry Development Report, Rhode Island’s bioscience sector grew 44.3 percent from 2001 to 2010.
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By Emily Greenhalgh |
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Landscape architecture firm Gates, Leighton & Associates is merging with Engineering firm Beta Group Inc. after roughly 20 years of collaboration.
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By PBN Staff
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Employers in the U.S. hired fewer workers than forecast in June, showing the labor market is making scant progress toward reducing joblessness.
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By Alex Kowalski |
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Companies in the U.S. added more workers than forecast in June, which may ease concern the labor market is deteriorating, a private payrolls report showed.
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By Lorraine Woellert |