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• Desperate to Distract from President's Failed Record on Jobs and Security, Bush-Cheney Unleash Misleading Attack, Says Kerry Campaign

  - 2004-04-26

  "George W. Bush and Dick Cheney are trying to tear down John Kerry, a decorated war hero, with their misleading ad campaign. Not only are these attacks false, Cheney himself tried to cut many of the same weapons systems that the Bush campaign is now attacking John Kerry...

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• Some Boston-Area Communities See Higher Jobless Rates.

  - 2004-03-25

  By Sandy Coleman, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 25--Each month, 60 to 70 new people go to the Wareham Career Center for help in finding temporary or permanent work. An example is the woman who was recently laid off...

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• As Jobs Disappear in Massachusetts, Laid-Off Workers Create New Ones.

  - 2004-03-23

  By Robert Gavin, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 23--The recession, economists say, ended over two years ago. But since the so-called recovery began, Massachusetts has lost more than 79,000 jobs. Despite the seemingly endless stream of...

  Tags: biotechnology, Boston Globe, computer, economist, job, Manufacturing, Massachusetts, SALES, software

• Economists Say 'Offshoring' Overblown as a Problem.

  - 2004-03-13

  By Stephen J. Glain, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 13--WASHINGTON -- Only in an election year could something statistically insignificant assume seismic proportions. The phenomenon known as "offshoring" the outsourcing abroad of white-collar work represents a...

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• Percentage of Massachusetts Workers in Unions Stayed Same Last Year.

  - 2004-01-29

  By Diane E. Lewis, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 29--The percentage of Massachusetts workers who belong to unions remained constant at 14.2 percent last year even as the country's rate of union membership dropped to 12.9 percent in ...

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• Economic Shift Puts Mark on Manchester, N.H.

  - 2004-01-21

  By Peter Canellos, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--MANCHESTER, N.H. -- The brick mill buildings that wall the Merrimack River as it flows through Manchester have been a standing ethical question for politicians since the textile industry started ...

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• Manufacturers, Dealers Woo Young Massachusetts Automotive Technicians.

  - 2003-12-28

  By Franco Ordonez, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 28--UPTON, Mass.--James Teed earns $10 an hour as an automotive technician, but he can't decide what to do next. He could accept a significant raise at Fino Chrysler in Mendon...

  Tags: BMW AG, Boston Globe, car, job, manufacturer, Manufacturing

• Hearts Campaign in Umm Qasr, Iraq, Offers Swings for Children, Jobs for Adults.

  - 2003-04-08

  By Marcella Bombardieri, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 8--UMM QASR, Iraq--Boys and girls were crawling all over the brightly colored plastic playground equipment installed that morning by Navy construction engineers. But to Rear Admiral Charles Kubic, all...

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• Ten Percent of Tech Employees Are Out of Work, Report Says.

  - 2003-03-19

  By Chris Gaither, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 19--The United States has shed about 560,000 high-tech jobs since 2001, putting 10 percent of its technology employees out of work and potentially diminishing the industry's political clout, according to...

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• Beverly, Mass.-Based Tech Firm Offers Staff Abroard Escorts to and from Jobs.

  - 2003-02-22

  By Diane E. Lewis, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--With the United States contemplating war with Iraq and social and political tensions rising in countries around the world, Axcelis Technologies Inc. has begun offering some skilled staff abroad ...

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