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Company plans to open call center in Mason City
Officials say a Dubuque-based call center plans to begin operations in Mason City and hopes to create 135 jobs over the next five years. The Globe Gazette reports (http://bit.ly/YQvzws ) WS Live LLC will begin operation in Mason City if the City Council approves economic incentives at a Tuesday meeting. ...
Ute Farm & Ranch wins $92,000 USDA grant
The bright green alfalfa fields appear like a surreal oasis tucked into the rolling hills of desert shrubbery that extend south as far as the eye can see. Vaughn Cook climbs aboard a sprayer at the Ute Farm and Ranch. The brown field behind would normally be green with a ...
Veteran's family aims to help others with PTSD
The sight of an old van parked on the street sent the soldier's mind back to Iraq. Tyler Armacost darted off the front porch of his parents' house and into the street because he thought he saw an Iraqi insurgent in the van. His mother tried to shake him and ...
Weekly unemployment insurance claims drop
First-time claims for unemployment insurance in Louisiana for the week ending May 11 decreased from the previous week's total. The state labor department figures released Friday show the initial claims decreased to 2,327 from the previous week's total of 2,466. For the comparable week a year earlier, there were 3,394 ...
APNewsBreak: OSHA rules for Kansas whistleblower
Federal regulators have ruled in favor of an engineer fired for reporting unsafe conditions created by a contractor at a nuclear power plant in eastern Kansas, his attorneys said Friday. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration also found Enercon Services, of Kennesaw, Ga., terminated him in retaliation for alerting superiors ...
Senate majority names 33 bills for budget talks
As lawmakers wrap up their first week of a special legislative session, Senate majority leaders have asked that more than 30 bills be considered as part of the budget discussions. A list of 33 measures, obtained by The Associated Press on Friday, was submitted during a private meeting Thursday, including ...
Minnesota House passes lawmaker pay hike panel
The Minnesota House voted Friday to take the politically charged decisions about their salaries out of their own hands, approving a constitutional amendment that would ask voters if there should be an independent state council to set legislative pay. The House passed the proposed amendment by a 69-62 vote, with ...
A look at Mo. legislative action during 2013
The Missouri Legislature concluded work Friday on its 2013 session. Here's a look at what passed and what failed. WHAT PASSED: ABORTION Requires a physician to be present when administering the initial dose of an abortion-inducing drug. HB400. BENEVOLENT TAX CREDITS Reinstates expiring tax credits for certain charitable donations, such ...
Business Highlights
___ A year after IPO, Facebook aims to be ad colossus NEW YORK (AP) — It was supposed to be our IPO, the people's public offering. Facebook, the brainchild of a young CEO who sauntered into Wall Street meetings in a hoodie, was going to be bigger than Amazon, bigger ...
New Mexico jobless rate drops slightly in April
The Department of Workforce Solutions reports that New Mexico's unemployment rate dropped last month and that job growth has improved. State officials said Friday the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 6.7 percent in April. That's down from 6.9 percent in March and 7 percent in April 2012. New Mexico has ...
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