Thousands of Washington’s jobless workers may continue to receive up to 99 weeks of benefits, now that Congress and the president have reauthorized a federal unemployment benefits program that expired last month. View full post on All Stories

Three banks in Mississippi got millions of dollars from a Federal Reserve short-term loan program aimed at stabilizing financial markets. View full post on All Stories

AHN News Staff D.C., Washington, United States (AHN) – The U.S. Transportation Security Administration is now checking all U.S. flight passengers against terrorism watch lists, TSA Administrator John Pistole disclosed Tuesday. This means 197 air carriers, including 127 airlines that fly internationally, are part of TSA’s screening program. Pistole’s announcement confirmed the statement on the [...]

Immigrants selected by the federal government under the current skilled worker program are contributing to Canada’s economy, a new evaluation has found. View full post on All Stories

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated 12 counties in Tennessee as natural disaster areas due to losses caused by drought and excessive heat that began June 1, 2010, and continues. The counties are: Benton, Carroll, McMinn, Roane, Bledsoe, Greene, Meigs, Warren, Blount, Loudon, Monroe, Weakley “President Obama and I understand these conditions caused severe [...]

DURHAM (AP) – A program focused on creating new energy-related jobs in New Hampshire has chosen a second group of companies to support. Officials with the Green Launching Pad, a collaboration between the state and the University of New Hampshire, are announcing the new projects Monday in Durham as part of the Green Launching Pad [...]

In today’s world debt consolidation is a common term. We need to maintain a semi-civilized life and for that reason we need to spend some amount of money every month. Sometimes it shoots up from out budget and then we use other means like credit cards or personal loan schemes etc. As long as these [...]

Californians looking to sell their homes can now offer prospective buyers a form of unemployment insurance under a program being rolled out by the state’s real estate agents’ association. Read comments View full post on All Stories

As unemployment stays high, many workers are reinventing themselves by going back to school. Metropolitan State College has a program that’s training the next generation of fitness professionals. View full post on All Stories

DURHAM — A University of New Hampshire professor says President Barack Obama’s “Race to the Top” education program will profoundly damage students, schools and the economy. Joseph Onosko, who has been active in state educational policy and helped write the state’s social studies curriculum framework, is the 14th recipient of an annual fellowship awarded to [...]

CARBONDALE – Southern Illinois entrepreneurs have a new source for low-interest, fixed-rate loans thanks to a new $1 million federal loan program to be administered by two regional agencies. View full post on All Stories