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Durable Goods Orders Rebound

Rick Saia |

Orders for durable goods soared 3.3 percent in April, rebounding from a March drop of nearly 6 percent and far exceeding analysts' expectations, the Commerce Department reported.

Continued Slow Growth Expected In N.E.

Jacquelyn Gutc |

A day ahead of an economic forecast conference hosted by the New England Economic Partnership (NEEP) and The New England Council, economists said they're expecting a continued slow economic recovery...

Devens To Be A Billion-Dollar Site For Bristol-Myers Squibb

Emily Micucci |

Five years after Bristol-Myers Squibb finished building its first Massachusetts manufacturing facility in Devens, the region continues to reap the benefits of the biopharmaceutical...

Leading Indicators Suggest Economic Surge

Rick Saia |

The Conference Board's report of leading economic indicators, which forecasts where the nation's economy is headed, increased 0.6 percent in April following a decline of 0.2 percent in March,...

Mass. Loses Jobs, Unemployment Sticks At 6.4%

Jacquelyn Gutc |

Massachusetts lost 1,400 jobs in April, but the unemployment rate remained steady at 6.4 percent, the state's Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development reported today.

Mass. Consumer Confidence Inches Upward

Rick Saia |

Consumer confidence among Bay State residents improved slightly in the latest in the latest survey by MassInsight, which credited improvements in the real estate and stock markets.

Report: Worcester Leads The Way In Mid-Level Staffing

Matt Pilon |

Worcester has its challenges. But efforts in the city to churn out mid-level skills workers to meet the needs of area employers have been arguably more successful than anywhere else in...

Job Openings Mostly Flat In March

Matt Pilon |

Across the country, the number of job openings on the last business day of March totaled 3.8 million, unchanged from March 2012 and down slightly from February 2013, according to the U.S. Bureau of...

Clark Poll: Parents Of College Grads Welcome Them Home

Matt Pilon |

If your adult son or daughter is living with you after graduating high school or college, don't feel bad. It turns out 61 percent of parents feel “mostly positive” about their...

AIM: Business Confidence Makes Marginal Gains

Jacquelyn Gutc |

Business confidence remained just above neutral in April, according to the Associated Industries of Massachusetts, ticking up four-tenths of a percentage point to 50.5.

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