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Many students are confident about job outlook after graduation
WSBT-TVELKHART COUNTY--About 600 students at Ivy Tech Community College will be graduating in a week but are there enough jobs to go around? In February 2013 Elkhart County's unemployment rate was 9 point 8 percent and St. Joseph County's unemployment...Tags: Employment, Graduation, Students, Teaching and Learning, Employment Opportunities
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Chrysler US sales up 11 percent in April
DETROIT (AP) — Strong demand for the Ram pickup truck helped drive Chrysler's sales up 11 percent last month as the company posted its best April in six years. The increase is another sign that Americans continue to buy cars and trucks despite...Tags: Services and Shopping, Business, Sales, Nissan Motor Co., Automotive Equipment
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FACT FINDER: How are budget cuts impacting South Bend flights?
How are budget cuts to the Federal Aviation Administration – blamed for flight delays across the country – impacting travel to and from South Bend? Here's what our WSBT Fact Finder team learned: Mike Daigle with the St. Joseph County Airport...
Tags: Air Transportation Delays, Air Transportation Industry, Federal Aviation Administration, Government Debt, Layoffs and Downsizing
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AM General layoffs extended
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND –– AM General met with employees and union officials Friday to let them know that the temporary lay off of some 350 workers will continue through at least June 30. The company issued a WARN notice or Worker Adjustment Retraining...Tags: Industrial Production, Job Layoffs, Employees, Layoffs and Downsizing, Career and Workplace
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Starting Monday, sequester shrinks unemployment checks
If you've been on unemployment for longer than six months -- brace yourself for a smaller check. Starting Monday, automatic spending cuts, known as the sequester, start for people who have been getting unemployment between 27 and 63 weeks. Payments...
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NE Ind. contractor laying off 100-plus workers
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — Fort Wayne-based government contractor Briljent (BRIL'-jent) LLC is laying off half of its workforce after losing a federal contract. Briljent founder Kathy Carrier tells The Journal Gazette (http://bit.ly/XEQFyH ) the...Tags: Career and Workplace
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Ind. task force yields unemployment fraud charges
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An unemployment fraud task force formed earlier this year by a state agency and prosecutors in Indianapolis is yielding its first arrests. The Indianapolis Star reports (http://indy.st/XlQedi ) the joint task force between...Tags: Unemployment Benefits, Career and Workplace, Prosecution
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BLS: Elkhart County led nation in job growth
GOSHEN, Ind. (AP) — The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics says a northern Indiana county that had the state's highest unemployment rate four years ago led the nation in job growth between September 2011 and September 2012. The Elkhart Truth...
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More people working, but unemployment up
WSBT-TVINDIANAPOLIS – Indiana is reporting the 19th straight month of job growth even though the state’s unemployment grew in January. The State Department of Workforce Development reports Indiana added 8,200 private sector jobs in January....Tags: Employment, Business, Labor Markets, Employment Opportunities, Career and Workplace
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Sequester budget cuts take its toll locally
WSBT-TVSOUTH BEND – A $30 million dollar construction project in Indiana is delayed because of the sequester budget cuts. $21 million of that $30 million was supposed to be used to fix up South Bend's National Guard Armory on Kemble Avenue. Now there's...Tags: O'Hare International Airport, Air Transportation Delays, Budgets and Budgeting, Air Transportation Industry, Federal Aviation Administration
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Federal cuts threaten Indiana jobless benefits
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana residents will lose some unemployment benefits immediately if automatic federal spending cuts take effect this week, state officials said. The state Department of Workforce Development said it would temporarily cut...Tags: Head Start, Government, Employment, Personal Income, Labor Legislation
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Lawmakers pessimistic about budget deal
South Bend TribuneThough not set to take effect until Friday, the automatic cuts to defense and domestic spending known as the sequester, negotiated back in 2011 as part of a deal to raise the debt ceiling, already are having an effect on the economy and national security,...Tags: The Wall Street Journal, Crime, Law and Justice, Employment Opportunities, Layoffs and Downsizing, John Boehner
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