Local labor market data released show the economic firestorm unleashed by COVID-19 continues to rage across most of the state. Even as North Carolina’s most affluent cities and people have recovered, the economic harm is continuing for communities and families ...

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By Kari Travis Carolina Journal News Service The N.C. Division of Employment Security wants unemployment benefits for independent contractors and self-employed people up and running by April 25. At least, that’s the deadline officials “anticipate.” North Carolina ranks last in ...

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By Lindsay Marchello Carolina Journal News Service RALEIGH — North Carolinians who have filed for unemployment insurance because of COVID-19 won’t see payments for at least two weeks, state officials said during a Friday, April 3 news conference. The head ...

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LendingTree, the nation’s leading online loan marketplace, today released its analysis of how the housing market has changed since 2009. The study looks at the 50 largest metropolitan areas in the U.S. to see where housing prices have recovered the ...

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Attracting and retaining talent remains the number one operational priority of 60 percent of employers according to the forthcoming 2018 Gallagher Benefits Strategy & Benchmarking Survey. That figure has increased two percentage points from 2017, and is in sharp contrast to the ...

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The U.S. unemployment rate fell in September to 3.7 percent, the lowest since 1969, when young men were being drafted to fight in Vietnam and the American auto industry and the space program were going full blast. The Labor Department ...

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  As the nation’s economy was still reeling from the body blow of the Great Recession, Seattle’s was about to take off. In 2010, Amazon opened a headquarters in the little-known South Lake Union district — and then expanded eight-fold ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — More Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, but jobless claims remain at levels that suggest most workers enjoy job security. The Labor Department said Thursday that claims for unemployment aid rose by 7,000 to a seasonally ...

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North Carolina’s unemployment rate rose 0.1 percentage point in September to 4.7 percent but remained below the national rate for the second month in a row, according to a report from Wells Fargo. The jobless rate rose as labor force ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added a decent 156,000 jobs in September, even while an influx of job seekers lifted the unemployment rate slightly to 5 percent. The rise in people seeking work is an encouraging sign that Americans are ...

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