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Oregon Unemployment Rate 9.4% in JuneTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 1:32PMSALEM, Ore. -- Oregon's unemployment rate for June was 9.4 percent. That's only up slightly from May's 9.3 percent rate. The national rate was also essentially unchanged. It went up to 9.2 percent in June from 9.1 percent in May. According to the Oregon Employment Department, the three major industries that added more than 1,000 jobs in June were professional and business services, educational ...

Fitch Affirms Boston Properties' IDR at 'BBB'; Outlook StableTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 1:31PMFitch Ratings has affirmed the ratings on Boston Properties, Inc. and Boston Properties, L.P. as follows:

Stephenson: Police will be jailed over phone hack corruptionTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 1:30PMScotland Yard chiefs are grilled by MPs over damaging evidence of links between the Met and suspects in the phone hacking investigation.

Minister Raitt Meets with the Canadian Society of Safety EngineeringTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 1:30PMMILTON, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - 07/19/11) - The Honourable Lisa Raitt, Canada's Minister of Labour, met today with representatives of the Canadian Society of Safety Engineering to discuss emerging trends and challenges related to workplace health and safety and healthy work environments. "I would like to applaud the Canadian Society of Safety Engineering for their work towards accident and injury ...

Planning and zoning leaves many standingTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 1:28PMPAYETTE — Concerns of a proposed natural gas plant near New Plymouth was one of many topics discussed during the Payette County Planning and Zoning Committee meeting Thursday, which ended without a resolution.

Roberts To Rescind DPS Layoffs, Make Schools SaferTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 1:27PMDetroit Public School teachers should receive notice this week about the status of their employment. DPS Emergency Manager Roy Roberts said "Safety is a major issue" in the district.

5 States’ Debt Ratings on Review by Moody’s for U.S. DependenceTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 1:27PMFive of the 15 states with top bond ratings from Moody’s Investors Service may be downgraded because their dependence on federal revenue makes them vulnerable to a U.S. credit cut should talks to raise the debt limit fail.

Latest Ore. unemployment rate shows little hiringTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 1:22PMPORTLAND -- State officials say Oregon's unemployment rate was essentially unchanged last month, marking four months of stagnation in hiring. The figures suggest that Oregon's rate is tracking with the national economic slowdown. The state Employment Department said Tuesday the unemployment rate in June was 9.4 percent, essentially unchanged since May. Since the fall, the agency says, the state ...

What’s Happening to Central Oregon’s Economy?Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 1:20PMA recent commentary from Steve Buckstein, founder and senior policy analyst for Cascade Policy Institute (and Oregon public policy research organization) declared Oregon’s Economic Outlook Continues to Slip. Buckstein laments the results of the 2011 legislative session that began with a call to create jobs but when it ended little had been done to encourage job growth in the state.