GE: US May Lose Jobs if Export Agency Expires

GE: US May Lose Jobs if Export Agency Expires
The chairman of General Electric, Jeff Immelt, says he may move jobs out of the United States to Canada or Europe if Congress lets the U.S. Export-Import Bank go out of business. The Ex-Im Bank helps U.S. companies export their goods and services with …
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As economy improves, recovery slow to reach DC's low-income residents
In the predominantly African-American wards east of the Anacostia River, however, joblessness is mired in the double digits, as has long been the case. Some of Washington's economic and job market challenges are common characteristics of urban areas, …
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Fed Officials Ponder Jobs, Inflation and Interest Rates
Most economists predict the U.S. Federal Reserve will keep interest rates at the record-low levels where they have been since 2008 when officials tried to ease the financial crisis by stimulating the economy with inexpensive loans. Many experts now say …
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