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Ohio Patrol reports 59 percent fatal crash reduction during Labor Day weekend

September 7th, 2010

COLUMBUS – The Ohio State Highway Patrol released provisional Labor Day fatal crash statistics what show seven people were killed in seven fatal crashes during the holiday reporting period of Friday, September 4 at 6 p.m.

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National unemployment rate up to 9.6 percent

September 3rd, 2010

The nation’s unemployment rate ticked up slightly in August to 9.6 percent, an increase of just one-tenth of a percentage point over the July rate, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday morning.

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Inflation? Not in SoCal

August 13th, 2010

Southern California consumers may have problems, but inflation isn’t one of them as local prices edged 0.1% higher in July, reported the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics today.In the last 12 months, the Consumer Price Index for the Orange County-Los…

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To Recruit or Not to Recruit, That is the Question

August 12th, 2010

Keith Hall, the Commissioner at the Bureau of Labor Statistics stated recently that the unemployment rate held at 9.5% for July, with hourly wages having increased 1.8 percent over the last twelve months leaves business asking questions of whether to recruit and retaining top talent or develop talent from within an organization.

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State jobless rate No. 3 in U.S.

July 23rd, 2010

California’s 12.3% unemployment rate was the third-highest in the country in June, edged out only by Nevada at 14.1% and Michigan’s 13.2%, reports the U.S.

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O.C. may be rich, but weekly pay isn’t

July 8th, 2010

Orange County may be among the most expensive counties to live in, but pay scales don’t even make the top 10 in the United States, reports the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Pay in Orange County in the fourth quarter of 2009 averaged $1,065 a week….

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Diamonds are a Mothers Best Friend

July 8th, 2010

Kenshoo Ltd, a Sequoia Capital and Arts Alliance backed company and the leading provider of Search Engine Marketing ( SEM ) Quality Management™ technologies , announced today the establishment of Kenshoo UK. The subsidiary will manage Kenshoo’s business … Kenshoo’s flagship product, KENSHOO SEARCH ™, is a holistic end-to-end SEM platform , which automates the labor intensive processes of building and optimizing cross channel search campaigns .

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Web Extra: Interview – Employment Numbers Up for Illinois

June 27th, 2010

Watch the full interview with Tom Austin, Labor Market Analyst for the Illinois Department of Employment Services on the recent release of employment statistics that show gains in the number of people working in the state.

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State jobless claims hit 7-week high

June 24th, 2010

Initial unemployment claims in California jumped by 17,572 in the second week of June, their highest level since late April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Californians filed 79,696 first-time unemployment claims in the week …

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Search Engine Optimization for Lawyers Keynote Presentation at …

June 22nd, 2010

Jay Berkowitz an Internet marketing consultant for law firms will explain website search engine optimization for lawyers and web videos for attorneys at the Meritas Litigation and Labor & Employment Joint Section Meeting October 20, …

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