Netflix is getting jeered for excluding the employees in its DVD-by-rental service from a recently introduced benefit that gives up to a year of unpaid leave to most of its workers after the birth or adoption of a baby.

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Verso Paper Corp. will significantly scale back production in Maine, costing 300 jobs at its mill in Jay, officials with the Tennessee-based company Thursday.

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Connecticut’s unemployment rate has fallen to 5.4 percent, marking its lowest since May 2008.

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An automotive parts supply company based in India is planning to build a $150 million plant in Tuscaloosa and create 650 jobs, Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley announced Thursday.

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The big health insurance companies picked to manage Iowa’s $4.2 billion Medicaid program have promised to create hundreds of jobs in the state in the coming months, according to bidding documents released Thursday.

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California’s health insurance exchange is still sluggish when it comes to resolving customer service problems, leaving many people unable to access health care or finalize their tax returns, a consumer advocacy group said Thursday.

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