The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits ticked lower last week, pushing down the four-week average of applications to its lowest level since April 2000.

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The CEO of Frontier Airlines is resigning immediately, citing personal reasons.

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Authorities in central California say a jail inmate who was injured in a gas pipeline explosion at a sheriff’s gun range has died.

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A waste disposal company is trying to reassure regulators and residents that a type of nuclear waste that grows more radioactive can remain safely buried in a barren, remote area of northwest Utah.

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Comcast has picked its new CFO: a former JPMorgan Chase executive who was once considered a possible CEO candidate at the New York bank.

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Here are tips for Mompreneurs who are busy caregiving and raising children, as well as managing a business.

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday said he was creating a task force to investigate nail salons and crack down on worker abuse following a report of widespread exploitation and health problems of manicurists.

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The fate of a proposed $650 million resort casino for the Brockton Fairgrounds rests with city voters.

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A company whose ventilation products whisk air through the Chrysler Building and Yankee Stadium has been fined more than $1 million and placed in a violator program for ignoring what federal regulators say were repeated warnings about dangerous machinery.

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Edible Arrangements, a company specializing in fruit bouquets and chocolate-dipped fruit, opened its first store in 1999.  Today, the business has more than 1,200 stores and looks to cash in on this year’s Mother’s Day holiday.

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