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Laredo unemployment rate slips to 8.8 percent in October
(Employment,
Laredo,
11/23/2009)
Laredo’s unemployment rate decreased 0.4 of a percent to 8.8 in October, according to figures released Friday by the Texas Workforce Commission. Among the four Metropolitan Statistical Areas along...
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Texas wins retraining grant to help BRAC communities
(Employment,
Texas,
11/23/2009)
Texas will receive a $2.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to continue to help communities impacted by the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) actions.
The state is losing 1,472 jobs...
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Texas adds 41,700 jobs in October
(Employment,
Texas,
11/21/2009)
Total nonagricultural employment in Texas increased by 41,700 positions in October with significant increases in Professional and Business Services and Education and Health Services.
The Texas seasonally...
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San Antonio's October unemployment rate dips to 7 percent
(Employment,
San Antonio,
11/20/2009)
Unemployment in San Antonio fell to 7 percent in October as area employers experienced a net gain of 1,100 jobs, according to Workforce Solutions Alamo.
The unemployment rate in September was 7.1 percent...
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Houston-area gains 9,100 jobs in October
(Employment,
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown,
11/20/2009)
The Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown metropolitan area gained 9,100 jobs in October, the Texas Workforce Commission reported Friday.
Job growth was boosted by 7,900 non-farm jobs being added in the government...
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Unemployment rate falls slightly in Brownsville area
(Employment,
Brownsville-Harlingen,
11/20/2009)
The unemployment rate fell slightly in October in Brownsville, but Cameron County as a whole shed 400 jobs, according to the Texas Workforce Commission.
In part because the number of people in the...
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Hidalgo County unemployment rate falls to 11.2 percent
(Employment,
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission,
11/20/2009)
Hidalgo County added 3,000 jobs in October, according to the Texas Workforce Commission.
The slight fall in the jobless rate in Hidalgo County to 11.2 percent, down from 11.5 percent in September...
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Toyota Hauling in Hundreds of Jobs
(Employment,
San Antonio,
8/28/2009)
SAN ANTONIO ( San Antonio Express-News ) – Toyota Motor Corp. has confirmed plans to move Tacoma pickup production from a plant in Northern California to its San Antonio manufacturing...
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Samsung Renovates, Cuts Jobs
(Employment,
Austin-Round Rock,
8/21/2009)
AUSTIN ( Austin American-Statesman ) – Samsung Austin Semiconductor has notified the Texas Workforce Commission that it will permanently cut 552 jobs as it closes and renovates its Fab 1 facility...
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Even Job Growth Bigger in Texas
(Employment,
Austin-Round Rock,
8/21/2009)
TEXAS ( Austin Business Journal , CNNMoney.com ) – Six Texas counties have made CNNMoney.com's list of the nation's top 25 best counties for job growth from 2000 to 2008.
At number two...
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Houstonians Pad Pockets With Raises
(Employment,
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown,
8/14/2009)
HOUSTON ( Houston Chronicle ) – Houstonians pocketed bigger raises than those in most other parts of the U.S., according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Workers in Harris, Montgomery...
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Rackspace, State Amend Agreement
(Employment,
Texas,
8/11/2009)
TEXAS ( San Antonio Express-News ) – San Antonio-based Rackspace and the state have amended a 2007 agreement related to the technology company's Windsor Park Mall acquisition and expansion plans...
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Caterpillar Barrelling, Not Crawling, Into Area
(Employment,
San Antonio,
8/4/2009)
SEGUIN ( San Antonio Express-News , San Antonio Business Journal ) – While Caterpillar's $170 million assembly plant leaps out of the ground, local optimism is growing at the possibility of job...
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San Marcos Lands Plasma Testing Facility
(Employment,
Austin-Round Rock,
8/4/2009)
SAN MARCOS ( Austin American-Statesman ) – A Spanish biomedical company has announced plans to build a blood plasma testing facility in the area, ultimately creating 190 jobs.
Grifols Inc. will...
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