WASHINGTON — A private survey shows U.S. businesses created a healthy 200,000 jobs this month. The payroll company ADP said Wednesday that companies hired in July at the fastest pace since December. And it revised up its estimate of the ...

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ALBANY — After decades of controversy and scandal in some local economic development agencies that trade tax breaks for promises of jobs, state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said Tuesday it's time to make employers more accountable for their benefits.

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PITTSBURGH — Imagining advances from lighter cars to smarter robots, President Barack Obama is announcing a $500 million project to spur high-technology manufacturing, a sector of U.S. industry that presidential advisers say has lost ground to such competitors as Germany and Japan.

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has issued an executive order setting up a government project to retain and attract business to the United States. The program will be run out of the Commerce Department but will involve departments ...

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Companies created 268,000 jobs in April, the most since February 2006. The gains were widespread. Retailers, factories, financial companies, education and health care and even construction companies all added jobs.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Barack Obama is calling for a six-year, $53 billion spending plan for high-speed rail, as he seeks to use infrastructure spending to jumpstart job creation.

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The New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal this week announced $2.1 million in funding through the state Community Development Block Grant Economic Development program to help businesses in Ontario, Niagara, Clinton and Oswego Counties expand, and create and save 179 jobs.

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