Posts Tagged ‘Florida’

New U.S. Unemployment Claims Drop To 421,000

Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – New claims for unemployment compensation dropped to 421,000 for the week ending Dec. 4, a decrease of 17,000 claims from the week before, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Not all jobless workers are insured by the unemployment compensation program. The advance [...]

Burger King Announces Hundreds of Layoffs

Ayinde O. Chase – AHN News Editor Miami, FL, United States (AHN) – Hundreds of Burger King Corp. employees were blind sided with layoff notices on Monday. The company reduced its personnel by 413 positions in North America and Latin America. Many of the laid-off employees came from its South Florida headquarters, where 261 people [...]

U.S. Experimental Space Warplane Ends Orbital Test

Windsor Genova – AHN News News Writer Los Angeles, CA, United States (AHN) – The U.S. Air Force has completed a 7-month flight test for what is believed to be a futuristic space fighter plane after the unmanned spacecraft left its orbit and landed at a California airbase on Friday. The spacecraft dubbed X-37B or [...]

Regulators close 3 banks in Fla, Pa, Wis

Regulators on Friday shut down three banks in Florida, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, lifting the number of U.S. banks that have failed this year to 149 as soured loans pile up and the economy limps forw View full post on All Stories

Florida’s Governor-Elect Unveils Transition Team

Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor Tallahassee, FL, United States (AHN) – Florida Gov.-elect Rick Scott announced members of his transition team on Thursday, nine weeks before he takes the oath as the state’s 45th chief executive. Scott appointed longtime aide Enu Mainigi as head of his transition committee. Manigi is a 1994 Harvard Law [...]

Regulators close 6 banks in Fla, Ga, Ill, Kan

Regulators have shut down a total of six banks in Florida, Georgia, Illinois and Kansas, lifting to 138 the number of U.S. banks that have fallen this year as soured loans have mounted and the economy has sputtered. View full post on All Stories

First-Time Jobless Claims Drop 23,000 For Week Ending Oct. 16

Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – Advance figures for seasonally adjusted initial jobless claims for the week ending Oct. 16 decreased by 23,000 to 452,000, according to the Department of Labor. The previous week’s revised first-time jobless claims averaged 462,250 and the 4-week moving average was 458,000, a decrease [...]

Judge: Florida lawsuit on health care can go to trial

In a foreboding ruling for the Obama administration, a federal judge in Florida decreed Thursday that a legal challenge to the new health-care law by officials from Washington and 19 other states could move forward and warned he would have to be convinced that its keystone provision – a requirement that most Americans obtain insurance [...]

First Time Jobless Claims Increase To 462,000

Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – Initial jobless claims unexpectedly rose last week by 13,000 to a seasonally adjusted 462,000, the U.S. Labor Department said Thursday. Economists were expecting only 450,000 Americans to file first time unemployment claims. Americans filed 449,000 first-time claims the previous week. Although the economy [...]

Kohl’s Opens 21 Stores, Adds 4,000 Jobs

Jeehan Fernandez – AHN News Writer Menomonee Falls, WI, United States (AHN) – Kohl’s Department Stores opened 21 new stores nationwide Wednesday, creating 3,000 jobs across 15 states from California to New York this fall. The company also opened a new customer service and operations center in San Antonio, TX, which recently hired some 200 [...]

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