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Blagojevich says Illinois led nation in creating jobs; Topinka takes
Belleville News-Democrat - CHICAGO - Gov. Rod Blagojevich and his GOP opponent, state Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka, offered dueling portraits of the state's business climate Thursday. Blagojevich announced Illinois added more jobs -- 23,100 -- in April than any other state in

Athens quarry to add 100 jobs
Wausau Daily Herald - An Athens company expects to add 100 jobs over the next three years after the state and Marathon County agreed to upgrade a county highway linking the business to Highway 29. Rocky Mountain Enterprises, a quarry, is sitting on a gold mine of another

We like living here but worry about jobs
Morning Call - HARRISBURG | Most residents continue to believe that the Keystone State is a good place to live and raise a family, but they're casting a wary eye on the future, the second annual Morning Call/Muhlenberg College Quality of Life Poll has found. Nearly

State grants $225,000 for air filter plant, 150 jobs
MSN MoneyCentral - Flanders Corp. will receive $225,000 in state incentives to open a manufacturing plant in Bladen County. The air filtration company plans to invest $7.8 million in the facility and create 150 jobs over the next three years, according to a statement

SUMTERArmy says 1,600 jobs are moving to Shaw
The State - Army officials say they will move 1,600 jobs to Shaw Air Force Base by 2011 nearly double original estimates. Spokesman Col. Barrett King for the 3rd Army said the new estimates include civilians and reserve personnel assigned to the command. The

Rome plan to help dropouts find jobs
Observer-Dispatch - ROME High school dropouts fill more jail cells and require more social services than those who graduate, city and school leaders said Thursday as Mayor James Brown announced an initiative to help young people at risk. "They're lost," Brown said

Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. (AP Photo/Richard
940 News - ?Stock markets higher after bruising week, C$ soars on jobs data juin roports at 11:18 on June 9, 2006, EST. TORONTO (CP) - The Toronto stock market made tentative gains Friday as the TSX started to revive at the end of a punishing week where

Jeffboat, officials celebrate company's turnaround, 1,100 added jobs
Louisville Courier-Journal - The Jeffersonville, Ind., resident has suffered through layoffs, a three-year closing and several changes in ownership. But yesterday, he said he's excited about the company's future. "In three years, we've gone from bankruptcy to excellency. It's

Staffing company finds jobs for ex-cons
Chattanooga Times Free Press - Randy Cawood has spent the past seven years working on a four-year jail sentence. But after several parole violations, the 33-year-old convicted drug user says he has cleaned up his act and is eager to find work again. The Apison construction worker

UAW members must choose between jobs, buyout offer
Arizona Daily Star - DETROIT It's crunch time for the United Automobile Workers. Union members like Rick Yrlas, a 51-year-old autoworker in Flint, Mich., must decide in the next couple of weeks whether to accept a buyout offer from General Motors, where he has worked