- Border crossings
HEADNOTE Crossover between western Wisconsin and the Twin Cities encourages regional cooperation. IMAGE PHOTOGRAPH 1 Ted Bauer, president and CEO of Laser Magic Inc. and ......
- Calumet County Joins Regional Effort
Taking a regional approach to economic development could be Calumet County's most direct route to discovering new ways to boost its growing economy. County leaders' ......
- Slow recession recovery in Washington state. (Regional
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Regardless of what the U.S. economy does in 2002, Washington won't do as well, according to a report from the state's Office of the Forecast ......
- California jobless rate at three-year high. (Regional
Economic Roundup).
[check] Unemployment in California soared to its highest level since late 1998, reaching 5.7 percent in October, according to the state labor department. The 0.3-percent ......
- Georgia job losses first since '91. (Regional
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Georgia lost 89,000 jobs in 2001, marking the first time in 10 years that the state did not have job growth, according to the Georgia ......
- Sacramento, Calif., growth to continue. (Regional
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* Sacramento, Calif., growth to continue. Expect a strong housing market during the second half of 2002 in Sacramento, Calif., and continued job growth throughout ......
- Is Indiana's labor-force
growing?
Unemployment rates throughout Indiana have been rising since the summer of 1999. After dropping to a rock-bottom low of 2.4 percent, seasonally adjusted, in July ......
- Florida tops nation in new jobs. (Regional economic
roundup: a closer look at selected...
* Florida tops nation in new jobs. Despite increasing nationwide unemployment and an uncertain economy, Florida created a nation's best 138,200 jobs in 2001, according ......
- "Triad" market among N.C.'s most
affordable. (Regional Economic Roundup).
[check] The Greensboro/High Point/Winston Salem area--referred to locally as the Triad--is one of North Carolina's most affordable housing markets, according to a report from the ......
- Most high school grads in labor force
Labor Month in Review About three-fifths of Class of 2000 high school graduates were in the labor force in October of that year. Four out ......
- Bay Area Economy Keeps Chugging Along; Labor Force isKey Contributing Factor to Strength...
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 14, 1999-- The Bay Area economic expansion continued in the first quarter of 1999, with nonfarm jobs increasing by more than 78,000, ......
- Smart, strong growth in Bowie, Md. (Regional economic
roundup: a closer look at selected...
[check] Smart, strong growth in Bowie, Md. This town of 50,000 is going to get larger, but very carefully, according to James Cronk, director of ......
- Baton Rouge home builders busy. (Regional economic
roundup: a closer look at selected...
Residential home builders in Baton Rouge, La., went into the holiday season far busier than their commercial counterparts. According to a summary report from the ......
- Single-family building boosts Utah construction.
(Regional economic roundup: a closer...
* Single-family building boosts Utah construction. The value of new construction in Utah during the first nine months of 2001 reached an all-time high of ......