Local Employment Headlines
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County unemployment reaches 11 percent
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Webster Progress Times, MS - - 2008-08-06 00:00:00.0
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Webster Countys unemployment rate for June rose from 9.4 percent to 11 percent, the Mississippi Department of Employment Security announced last week. ...
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Fraenkel closing manufacturing site
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SunHerald.com, MS - - 2008-08-06 00:00:00.0
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Weve struggled after (Hurricane) Katrina with employment issues. Our customer base has shrunk," company head Brian Akchin said. "Were tightening up our ...
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DeSoto?s commuters help county jobless rate
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DeSoto Times Today, MS - - 2008-08-05 00:00:00.0
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Mississippi Department of Employment Security spokesperson Wayne Gasson said that since the statistic is residence- not establishment-based, ...
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Musgrove Touts His Own Record As Governor
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WLOX, MS - - 2008-08-04 00:00:00.0
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Musgrove also says Mississippi had about the same number of jobs when he left office as when he became governor. Wicker has been saying that employment ...
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"Workforce Issue" Leads To Future Pipes Closing In Gulfport
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WLOX, MS - - 2008-08-08 00:00:00.0
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GULFPORT, MS (WLOX) - Future Pipe Industries will close its Gulfport plant by the end of this year. The shutdown means the loss of nearly 150 jobs. ...
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New Jobs Coming to East Mississippi
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WTOK, MS - - 2008-08-07 00:00:00.0
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Barbour said Mississippis employment future is in the service industry. And with that, he announced a new call center called NEW Customer Service, ...
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Fraenkel closes Louisiana plant
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Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, MS - - 2008-08-07 00:00:00.0
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Fraenkel Co., a mattress maker and furniture wholesaler, is closing its Baton Rouge manufacturing site, ending the jobs of about 70 workers. ...
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