GOP approves unemployment extension in House plan
Republicans agree to a measure extending federal unemployment benefits through late May with 13 extra weeks for most jobless and 26 weeks for six states Alaska Oregon Washington Connecticut Massachusetts Pennsylvania. Democrats press for broader relief and politics worsen as Senate Democrats demand action before the holiday recess.
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Senate
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Director leaving Mainstreet Lorain
Lorain leaders and business advocates prepare to replace John Houser, who resigns as Mainstreet Lorain Development Corp director to join the Ohio Erie Canal Corridor Coalition in Akron. He led events and a 20-point master plan to boost downtown Lorain, with a goal to sustain momentum this summer.
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Cleveland
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Mainstreet Board
Ben Fligner
Fligner
Black River
Broadway
S E Johnson downsizing endangers Elyria jobs
Elyria office of S E Johnson Companies may lay off staff after CRH PLC acquisition and absorption by Shelly Group in Ohio and Thompson McGully in Michigan. Company began in 1929 as paving firm and expanded into bridge and highway work with $272 million in 2002 sales. Ongoing contracts will be completed. new bridge bids possible pause as phasing out may take months or years.
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S.E. Johnson
CRH PLC
Ireland
CRH Oldcastle Materials Group
Shelly Group
Ohio
Thompson-McGully
Michigan
Toledo
Oldcastle
Jack Zouhary
Maumee, Ohio
Zouhary
Johnson
Doug Rauh
CRH
Adrian Gurns
Aburns
Chronicletelegram.com
Stocks rebound after selling spree on mixed Greenspan signals
Wall Street ended mixed after Greenspan testified that data remain mixed and no firm judgement on the economy. The Dow rose 25.07 to 8516.43, S&P 500 up 3.69 to 923.42, Nasdaq down 1.22 to 1489.87 as investors weighed mad cow disease news and orange terror alert. Stocks like McDonald’s gained while Cisco and Eaton Vance retreated on analyst shifts and earnings misses.
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Hewlett-Packard
Cisco Systems
Deutsche Securities
Eaton Vance
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NABE sees U.S. economy rebound in second half 2003
A NABE panel of forecasters predicts the US economy will emerge from a soft patch and grow faster in the second half of 2003 led by 3.5 percent in Q3 and 3.9 percent in Q4. GDP for 2003 is seen at 2.2 percent with unemployment easing to 5.7 percent next year amid tax-cut effects.
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Iraq
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Cleveland Free Times returns to distribution after settlement
Cleveland Free Times resumes weekly circulation in Cleveland with 70 000 copies of a 112 page issue. Publisher Matt Fabyan says the paper is locally owned and largely keeps its original staff and mission amid a DOJ antitrust settlement intended to preserve competition among alternative weeklies.
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Village Voice
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Brian Painley
Antitrust Division
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