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Target to hire fewer holiday workers than last year posted on Friday, September 20, 2013 - 12:40pm SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Target plans to hire about 70,000 seasonal workers for the critical holiday shopping season, down about 20 percent from a year ago. The discounter is aiming to be more efficient... read more...
Jobless rate jumps in June posted on Thursday, July 25, 2013 - 10:21am ATLANTA -- Metro Atlanta's unemployment rate rose to 8.9 in June.In Coweta County, the unemployment rate was 8.0 percent.The Georgia Department of Labor announced the new numbers early Thursday.The 8... read more...
Yamaha to expand production, create jobs in Ga. posted on Thursday, June 13, 2013 - 6:09am NEWNAN, Ga. -- Officials at Yamaha Motor Manufacturing Corp. say they've opened a second assembly plant in Newnan and will hire 100 employees to work on a new utility vehicle. The Japanese company... read more...
Jobless rate drops to 7.9 percent posted on Thursday, April 25, 2013 - 7:44am ATLANTA -- Metro Atlanta's unemployment rate dropped to 7.9 percent in March, down four-tenths of a percentage point from 8.3 percent in February.In Coweta County, the jobless rate was 7.4 percent in... read more...
Metro jobless rate drops to 8.3 percent posted on Thursday, March 28, 2013 - 9:07am ATLANTA -- Metro Atlanta's unemployment rate declined to 8.3 percent in Februray.That's down from 8.7 percent in January and well under the jobless rate of 9.3 percent from February a year ago.Coweta... read more...
Metro jobless rate rises to 8.7 percent posted on Thursday, March 14, 2013 - 7:50am ATLANTA -- State labor officials say metro Atlanta's jobless rate rose to 8.7 percent in January, up from 8.4 percent the month before.That compares to 9.4 percent in January 2012.In Coweta County,... read more...
New Ga. tourism guide features 'Walking Dead' city posted on Wednesday, January 30, 2013 - 8:16am SENOIA, Ga. -- A metro Atlanta city featured as a filming location in the TV show "The Walking Dead" is featured on the cover of the state's new tourism guide. State tourism officials say the city of... read more...
Ga. power shutdown request would close 3 plants posted on Monday, January 7, 2013 - 4:16pm ATLANTA - Georgia Power spokesman Mark Williams says a plan to shut down 15 generating units would result in the closure of three power plants across the state. Georgia Power announced Monday that... read more...
Unemployment rate drops to 8 percent posted on Thursday, December 27, 2012 - 10:27am ATLANTA -- Metro Atlanta's jobless rate has dropped to 8 percent.The November number continues a downward trend in metro Atlanta's unemployment figures. The rate is down from 8.2 percent in October... read more...