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Long-Term Unemployed May Get Benefits After All

(Newser) – Long-term unemployed people who lost their benefits at the end of last year now have hope of getting that money after all. A group of bipartisan senators struck a deal today to extend the benefits for five months, retroactive to December, reports Politico. Because five Republicans a…
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S.C. Lt. Gov Race Could Have Long-Term Impact

With South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and Sen. Lindsey Graham each favored to win re-election in November, a lower-profile contest to become the next lieutenant governor is shaping up as one of the Palmetto State’s most intriguing 2014 races.
In January, Lt. Gov. Glenn McConnell…
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A Down Payment on Expanding Opportunity for America’s Long-Term Unemployed

Secretary Tom Perez, Gene SperlingFebruary 21, 201402:01 PM EST

As part of his plan to build an economy where everybody who is willing to work hard and take responsibility can get ahead, President Obama is focused on doing everything we can to create new jobs here in America – while also c…
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A Down Payment on Expanding Opportunity for America’s Long-Term Unemployed

Secretary Tom Perez, Gene SperlingFebruary 21, 201402:01 PM EST

As part of his plan to build an economy where everybody who is willing to work hard and take responsibility can get ahead, President Obama is focused on doing everything we can to create new jobs here in America – while also c…
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GOP Rep. Says It’s ‘Immoral’ To Extend Long-term Jobless Benefits

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Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX) on Tuesday railed against efforts by Democrats to extend long-term unemployment benefits, which expired at the end of 2013.
“I believe it is immoral for this country to have as a policy extending long-term unemployments [benefits] to…
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A Republican Senator Has A Smart Plan To Help The Long-Term Unemployed

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John Thune has a plan to help the long-term unemployed.

If you, like me, were listening for a new proposal to help the long-term unemployed in President Obama’s State of the Union last week, you came away disappointed.
He announced that the government had partnered with 300…
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Treasury’s Lew says U.S. long-term fiscal challenge can wait

United States Secretary of the Treasury Jack Lew gestures during a discussion with John Bussey (not pictured), the executive business editor of the Wall Street Journal, at the Council of Foreign Relations in Washington January 16, 2014.
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Today’s the Day: Long-Term Jobless Benefits Expire

(Newser) – A political fight on Capitol Hill becomes very real today for about 1.3 million Americans: Their long-term unemployment benefits expire. In the latest budget deal, lawmakers didn’t extend the 5-year-old federal emergency program that provides an average of $ 300 a month to p…
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Typhoon Unlikely to Have Long-Term Impact on Philippines Outsourcing Industry



CIO – As the total impact of Typhoon Haiyan on the Philippines becomes clear and rescue and aid work continues, it appears that the country’s flourishing IT and business process outsourcing industry emerged largely unscathed. …
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Fitch: China Signals Long-Term Reform, But Implementation is Key

Thu Nov 14, 2013 8:00pm EST

HONG KONG/SINGAPORE, November 14 (Fitch) China’s recently concluded third Plenary Session suggests the country’s top leadership perceives a need for structural reform, says Fitch Ratings. Recent announcements could lay the groundwork for…
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