WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is promoting new ways to help veterans find jobs in a tough economy while pressing Congress to approve tax credits for businesses to hire former members of the military. Just ahead of Veterans’ Day, Obama ...

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WASHINGTON — The United States added 103,000 jobs in September, a burst of hiring that followed a sluggish summer for the economy. The figure at least temporarily calms fears of a new recession that have hung over Wall Street and the nation for weeks.

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Rep. Louise Slaughter of Fairport, ranking member of the House Rules Committee, believes trade agreements with Colombia, Korea and Panama, sent to Capitol Hill on Monday by the Obama Administration, represent more of the same failed trade policies that have cost America manufacturing jobs by the millions.

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Rep. Louise Slaughter of Fairport on Tuesday hosted a forum highlighting the work of three Rochester companies at the forefront of diesel fuel technology. The event came on the heels of the Obama Administration’s announcement ...

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A new survey of chief information officers nationwide found that more companies are expecting to expand their information technology departments in the fourth quarter than cut them. The survey, conducted by Menlo Park, Calif.-based Robert Half Technology

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WASHINGTON — Service firms that employ 90 percent of the U.S. work force expanded at a slightly faster pace in August. But the sector remains too weak to help an economy that is barely growing and struggling to create jobs.

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R. Carlos Carballada, Neighborhood and Business Development commissioner, joined business owner Michelle McQuay late last week to celebrate the recently completed outdoor deck expansion project at Nola’s BBQ, 4775 Lake Ave., in the Charlotte neighborhood.

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Law schools will soon be asked to submit more information on the employment status and placement of recent graduates. Last week, the American Bar Association’s Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar adopted the recommendation of its Questionnaire Committee ...

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COLUMBUS — Agro Farma, maker of Chobani yogurt, is getting $16 million in state incentives for its new dairy processing facility in Chenango County. Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the expansion will create 450 new jobs ...

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ALBANY — Get ready for another worldwide promotional campaign like the iconic I Love New York Campaign that began decades ago. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says that’s part of his plan for the next six months of his freshman year. The top goal he says is “Jobs, jobs, jobs.”

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WASHINGTON — Hiring slowed to a near-standstill last month. U.S. employers added the fewest jobs in nine months and the unemployment rate rose to 9.2 percent. The economy generated only 18,000 net jobs in June, the Labor Department said Friday.

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NEW BERLIN — The maker of Chobani Greek-style yogurt is getting $18 million in tax credits for a planned $90 million expansion of its operations in New Berlin, 50 miles southeast of Syracuse. Empire State Development Corporation announced Tuesday ...

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