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• Consumer spending raises merchants' hopes.

  - 2004-11-13

  By Robert Gavin, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 13--Consumers shrugged off rising energy costs and kept spending in October, boosting retail sales and supporting forecasts of a solid holiday season ahead for retailers. The Commerce Department...

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• Despite Bright Spots, Massachusetts Suffers Overall Job Loss in 2003.

  - 2004-05-18

  By Diane E. Lewis, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 18--While many Massachusetts companies were skittish about hiring last year, a few types of employers happily accepted resumes. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that nonagricultural jobs...

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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...

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• Longtime Leader Seeks to Regain Control of Lawrence, Mass.-Based Malden Mills.

  - 2004-01-29

  By Ross Kerber, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 29--Aaron M. Feuerstein's television appearances usually center on his generosity to workers at the Lawrence textile company he ran for decades, Malden Mills Industries Inc. This time, it...

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• Economists Offer Bright Outlook for Massachusetts, United States in 2004.

  - 2003-12-28

  By Robert Gavin, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 28--At last, a year to look forward to. 2004 may well be the year in which the United States and Massachusetts regain the spring in their steps after trudging through...

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• Jobless Level Matches Lowest Point in Three Years.

  - 2003-12-25

  By Robert Gavin, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 25--The number of workers filing first-time claims for unemployment benefits fell again last week, matching the lowest level in nearly three years and underscoring signs of a slow but steady ...

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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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• National Unemployment Rate Drops to 5.7 Percent.

  - 2002-09-07

  By Sue Kirchhoff, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 7--WASHINGTON -- The nation's unemployment rate unexpectedly dipped to 5.7 percent in August, its lowest level since spring, as the economy added 39,000 jobs. The news was not...

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• Footwear Company Stride Rite Cuts 120 Jobs, Posts 8 Percent Drop in Earnings.

  - 2001-10-05

  By Chris Reidy, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 5--Stride Rite Corp., reporting its third-quarter earnings fell 8 percent and warning of a fourth-quarter loss, yesterday said it has eliminated 120 jobs, or 20 percent of its administrative work force. ...

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• Boston-Based Computer Equipment Maker Makes More Job Cuts, Trims Salaries.

  - 2001-09-14

  By Jeffrey Krasner, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 14--Teradyne Inc., the Boston maker of computer test equipment and electronics, said it is taking steps to cut another 11 percent of its work force. Those left after another round...

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