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U.S.: China helping in drywall case
China is helping U.S. officials investigate reports of contaminated drywall from China after thousands of U.S. homeowners complained the building material made them sick or damaged their houses, a top U.S. safety official said Monday. ...more
October 27, 2009
Local Factories Still Coping
One local manufacturing company has laid off 75 percent of its work force. ...more
March 13, 2009
Unemployment Tops 8 Percent For First Time Since 1983
WASHINGTON - The nation's unemployment rate bolted to 8.1 percent in February, the highest since late 1983, as cost-cutting employers slashed 651,000 jobs amid a deepening recession. ...more
March 6, 2009
Stimulus? I Don't Get It
Banks and financial institutions, they got it. Even though they're a major cause of the problem. ...more
February 11, 2009
Employers Slash 598,000 Jobs In January; Most Since '74
WASHINGTON - Recession-battered employers eliminated 598,000 jobs in January, the most since the end of 1974, and catapulted the unemployment rate to 7.6 percent. The grim figures were further proof that the nation's job climate is deteriorating at an alarming clip with no end in sight. ...more
February 6, 2009
6 Companies File Liens Against Perry's Home
Six construction companies have filed liens against actor-screenwriter Tyler Perry's home and movie studio, claiming they are owed thousands of dollars in unpaid bills. ...more
January 27, 2009
Court Hammers Builders
As if contractors were not feeling enough pain from the downturn in the economy, in October the Florida Supreme Court gave construction companies yet another burden to overcome. ...more
December 20, 2008
Dirt Roads' Demise
Just a few months ago, Pasco County officials worried they wouldn't have enough money to pave the rest of Tommytown's infamous dirt roads. ...more
November 22, 2008
Jobless Rate Bolts To 14-Year High Of 6.5 Percent
WASHINGTON - The nation's unemployment rate bolted to a 14-year high of 6.5 percent in October as another 240,000 jobs were cut, the government said Friday. It was stark proof the economy is almost certainly in a recession. ...more
November 7, 2008
Mortgage Fraud Brings 9-Year Term
A former employee for a subsidiary of one of the nation's largest subprime lenders was sentenced Friday in Polk County to nine years in prison for a mortgage fraud scheme that spanned four counties in the Bay area. ...more
October 11, 2008
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