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Low mortgage rates spur rise in Louisville-area home sales – The Business Journal

Home sales in the Louisville metropolitan statistical area improved in April, as the volume of sales and median price of homes rose from the same month a year earlier, according to data released Tuesday by the Greater Louisville Association of … Continue reading

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Tourism boosts Abilene economy, report shows – Abilene Reporter-News

Travel pumped an estimated $ 364.5 million into the Abilene Metropolitan Statistical Area in 2011, according to the Abilene Convention & Visitors Bureau, generating 3,480 jobs and creating $ 6.2 million in local tax dollars. That’s up from the … … Continue reading

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San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara unemployment rate up for March – The Business Journal

The unemployment rate for the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara metropolitan statistical area was 9.3 percent for March, compared to 9.1 percent in February, according to new data from the state of California’s Employment Development Department … http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2012/04/20/san-jose-sunnyvale-santa-clara.html

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WVU predicts 5-year job growth in Morgantown area – CNBC

The Morgantown Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses Monongalia and Preston counties, is likely to see 1.8 percent more jobs per year for the next five years, said George Hammond of WVU’s Bureau of Business and Economic Research. That beats the … Continue reading

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Report details where the jobs are – The Business Journal

SimplyHired breaks the market in two rather than treating it as one standard metropolitan statistical area. The national average was 3:1. Gautam Godhwani, CEO of SimplyHired.com, gave this analysis, which fortunately was more upbeat than the jobless ration … http://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/blog/morning-edition/2012/03/nurses-sales-jobs-lead-openings.html

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