The U.S. unemployment rate dropped slightly to 9.4 percent in July, the first decrease in 15 months, according to Labor Department figures.
The new snapshot, released by the Labor Department on Friday, also offered other encouraging news: workers’ hours nudged up after sinking to a record low in June, and paychecks grew after having fallen or [...]

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The latest edition of the PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Manufacturing Barometer reports less pessimism among U.S.-based industrial manufacturers over the U.S. and global economies, according to the second quarter report.
While a majority of survey respondents continued to view the U.S. and global economies as declining in the second quarter of 2009, their overall outlook through the second [...]

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The Great Lakes Grand Prix kicks off today in Michigan City.
The Lake County Fair also begins today in Crown Point, IN.
Porter County is revamping its web site to allow online access to official forms and documents.
City of South Bend employees are being asked to volunteer for a four-day work week in 2010.
The Burns Harbor Parks [...]

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