May 23, 2013
Associated PressJobless claims are showing gradual improvement, but for hiring to strengthen enough to lower the unemployment rate to a more
normal level, companies must gain more confidence in the economy.
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May 17, 2013
Indiana added 4,400 nonfarm jobs in April and the unemployment rate fell slightly, to 8.5 percent, the Indiana Department
of Workforce Development reported Friday morning.
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May 9, 2013
Associated PressMuch of the job growth has come from fewer layoffs. Overall hiring remains far below pre-recession levels.
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May 3, 2013
Associated PressThe only sectors of the economy that cut jobs last month were construction and government.
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April 19, 2013
IBJ StaffThe Indiana Department of Workforce Development said Friday morning that the loss of jobs was the first monthly decline for
the state in more than a year.
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April 18, 2013
Associated PressThe number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits increased just 4,000 last week, to a seasonally adjusted 352,000.
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April 5, 2013
Associated PressEmployers added just 88,000 jobs in March, the fewest in nine months. The jobless rate slipped to its lowest percentage in
four years, but only because more people stopped looking for work.
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March 29, 2013
Norm HeikensHiring surged in several sectors of the economy, but the unemployment rate inched higher as more residents started looking
for work.
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March 22, 2013
Associated PressThe number of people seeking U.S. unemployment aid barely changed last week, while the average over the past month fell to
a fresh five-year low.
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March 18, 2013
Indiana's unemployment rate rose to 8.6 percent in January, from 8.3 percent in December, even though the state added 8,200
private-sector jobs during the month. The monthly rate hasn't jumped that much since 2009.
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March 7, 2013
Associated PressThe number of Americans seeking unemployment aid fell to a seasonally adjusted 340,000 last week, driving down the four-week
average to its lowest level in five years.
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February 27, 2013
Associated PressUnemployed Indiana residents will keep receiving federally extended unemployment benefits under a reversal by the Indiana
Department of Workforce Development.
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January 18, 2013
Scott OlsonIndiana's unemployment rate rose to 8.2 percent in December even though the state added 8,300 private-sector jobs during the
month. Officials attributed the increase to the more than 7,000 unemployed Hoosiers who resumed searching for work.
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January 17, 2013
Bloomberg NewsThe Labor Department said the rapid drop in claims may be a short-term distortion. Long-term and extended claims for unemployment
increased.
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January 12, 2013
Mike HicksThe Great Recession wasn’t caused by a housing market collapse; it was more than that. Our economic unwinding required
lots of failures.
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January 4, 2013
Associated PressU.S. employers added 155,000 jobs in December, a steady gain that shows hiring held up during the tense negotiations to resolve
the fiscal cliff.
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January 3, 2013
Associated PressMore Americans sought unemployment benefits last week, though the winter holidays likely distorted the data from the U.S.
Labor Department for the second straight week.
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December 7, 2012
Associated PressThe Labor Department's report Friday offered a mixed picture of the economy. Hiring remained steady during November in the
face of looming tax increases. But the jobless rate slipped in part because more people stopped looking for work.
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November 20, 2012
Scott OlsonIndiana added 7,700 private-sector jobs in October, marking the largest monthly gain since May, as the unemployment rate fell
for the second straight month.
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November 8, 2012
Associated PressThe number of people seeking unemployment benefits fell last week by 8,000, but the figures were distorted by Superstorm Sandy.
The four-week average of applications, a less volatile measure, rose by 3,250.
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November 2, 2012
Associated PressPresident Barack Obama will face voters with the highest unemployment rate of any incumbent since Franklin Roosevelt.
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October 28, 2012
Associated PressResearchers find that the recession had a particularly profound effect on the political attitudes of younger millennials,
who've come of age as the adults who preceded them have lost homes, jobs and retirement funds. Their age group also faces
high unemployment.
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October 19, 2012
IBJ StaffIndiana’s unemployment rate fell to 8.2 percent in September, the first decline for the rate since April, despite a loss of
6,000 private-sector jobs.
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October 5, 2012
J.K. WallA survey of Hoosier business owners shows an increasingly a ho-hum outlook, with only one in seven optimistic for their own
company and even fewer encouraged about the U.S. economy.
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October 1, 2012
J.K. WallFederal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told a local lunch crowd that he expects the economy to keep growing, but he said the
growth is so slow that it could create a "permanent group" of underemployed Americans.
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First, let me say that I love the idea of communities being self-sufficient and people in the community not needing cars, living, working and shopping all in their neighborhood. To sum it up; I love good urban planning and hate urban sprawl. However, there are two reasons that I am against this development. First, this building doesn't fit. Density can occur in Ripple by building up top the street and better use of land. The scale of this project should be downtown. Secondly, I would be willing to bet that if a whole foods in Ripple is built, the Nora store would be closed. Here's my reasoning. The Nora Whole Foods expansion plans have been put on hold. I'm guessing they are waiting to see what happens with the Ripple proposal. Communities next to each other should work together to end sprawl and not work against each other and take other neighbors assets. Develop something both communities can be proud of and will attract more development and density. There's my soap box for the day.
My apologies, Lou - it was the Indy Star that printed cost for entertaining "celebrities" during Indy 500. Sorry for confusing the always timely IBJ with Indy's Gannett reprint news source.
That's fine if you want a grocery store that has festivals and live music. I guess with the prices they charge, they can afford to host such activities. As for me, I choose to spend my money more wisely and if I want to go to a festival or a concert, I will pay for that separately - not through my grocery bill.
TIF is not just to attract development but to attract a higher use for that development. Carmel wisely is using TIF for numerous public parking garages. Asphalt seas of parking pay little taxes and bring even less value to a commercial area. Also density is what is going to save Indy and Broad Ripple. The days of trying to compete with burbs are long gone.
The Prestige was an awesome movie.