WASHINGTON — Companies have all but stopped laying off workers. They just aren’t hiring many. When the government issues the July employment report Friday, it will likely show another solid month of job growth. But the job gain can be ...

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New York state’s economy added 29,600 jobs in January, breaking a record with 17 consecutive months of private sector jobs added, the state Department of Labor reported Thursday. January’s job count, as compared to the national figure of 166,000 jobs ...

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The Rochester unemployment rate rose to 8.3 percent this August, up from 7.5 percent reported last August, according to federal labor figures released Tuesday by the state Department of Labor. But, Rochester was among the metro areas that saw the ...

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The number of jobs in New York is up, but so is the unemployment rate, as more people re-enter the job market, according to the state Department of Labor, which released its latest statistics Thursday. New York state’s economy added ...

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WASHINGTON — The number of people applying for U.S. unemployment benefits fell last week for the first time in five weeks. But the drop suggests only modest job growth after three months of weak hiring.   The Labor Department said ...

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ALBANY — New York state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said his latest analysis of industrial development agencies shows little connection between job growth and the nearly $500 million in tax breaks provided by IDAs operating in municipalities statewide. DiNapoli said more ...

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Nearly half the jobs gained in upstate New York in August were in the Rochester Metropolitan area. In fact, the region has one of the lowest unemployment rates at 7.1 percent, compared to 7.4 percent in July and 7.7 percent in August 2010 ...

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PAETEC Holding Corp is adding 50 new technical positions in the Rochester area this year. The customer-facing positions will perform advanced diagnostics, technical support and repair for businesses, government institutions and universities nationwide ...

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Industry economists say the U.S. economic recovery is gaining strength, with more firms expressing positive hiring plans than in over a decade.

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New York is No. 1. Or, you could say it is the biggest loser. While the state has had slight job growth according to a report released this week by the Empire Center for New York State Policy, its job migration loss was the largest of any state in the country.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Unemployment fell in fewer states in July than in the previous three months, a sign that the pace of job growth has slowed. The jobless rate dropped in 18 states and Washington, D.C. last month ...

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