Job alert - - High-tech jobs created, but other areas suffer

High-tech jobs created, but other areas suffer
Norman Transcript - Oklahoma's economic development marketers have touted the state's reputation as a leader in high-technology job growth for many years. Now, a report from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. confirms the talk. Oklahoma ranked fifth in the nation in

B.C.'s unemployment rate drops to 4.3%
The Province - B.C.'s unemployment rate fell to a record low last month, sent down by job-seekers' decisions to give up their hunt for work. The province's jobless rate dropped to 4.3 per cent in June from 4.7 per cent in May despite a loss of almost 2,000 jobs

Stocks end up before jobs report
Berkshire Eagle - Customers pay for their purchases at a Costco Wholesale Corp. warehouse store south of downtown Seattle. Retail sales growth stalled in June, leaving merchants wondering whether shoppers who were resilient for much of the year are now curbing their

Amgen to add more facilities, jobs to Colorado campus
Silicon Valley - LONGMONT, Colo. (AP) - Biotechnology giant Amgen Inc. plans to add an unspecified number of administrative jobs at its Longmont site because its Thousand Oaks, Calif., headquarters has no more space, company officials said. No decision has been made