May produced another strong jobs report, bringing national unemployment to an 18-year low of 3.8 percent, and the tight labor market already is forcing some Maryland employers to compete for workers. Competition for skilled labor, particularly in markets like construction, ...

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Maryland added 6,700 jobs in January, leaving the state’s unemployment rate unchanged at 4.2 percent. The state added 7,500 private-sector jobs, according to preliminary data released by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. The bureau also revised ...

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A surprisingly weak jobs report for a second straight month has renewed concern that the U.S. economy might be slowing after a strong finish last year.

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Maryland lost nearly 9,000 jobs in September and October, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Gov. Martin O'Malley did not appear to enjoy himself during a nearly six hour meeting of the Board of Public Works on Wednesday.

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WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve appears to be moving toward announcing some new step to try to energize the troubled U.S. economy. The question is whether it will do so after its policy meeting this week. Probably not, many economists ...

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Don’t look away for too long. You might miss a market rally. Or a plunge. The Dow Jones industrial average is up 80 points after being down as many as 245 points on Friday. It had been up by as ...

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Stocks are opening sharply lower after the government said businesses added the fewest jobs in June in more than a year. The unemployment rate rose to 9.2 percent. Employers created only 18,000 jobs last month, a fraction of what economists ...

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