Nevada business and labor groups are split over a proposed measure that would raise the state’s minimum wage but make it more difficult for workers to get overtime pay.

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An outbreak of canine flu has sickened more than 1,000 dogs in the Midwest, killing a handful and stirring concern among animal lovers nationwide that the highly contagious virus will sideline their pets.

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Some small business owners say government quotas are keeping them from finding the highly skilled help they need.

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Last August, Miami voters gave a developer permission to lease land on the city’s sparkling downtown waterfront to build a 1,000-foot, hairpin-shaped tourist tower complete with thrill rides, breathtaking observation decks, restaurants and clubs.

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The Home T makes state Tees (and other gear like totes through which you can show your state pride), donating a portion of its profits (10%) to multiple sclerosis (MS) research.

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The University of Connecticut has reached its first tentative contract agreement with the union representing its graduate students.

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Frontier Communications says it plans to add as many as 350 new jobs over the next three years at its suburban Rochester call center.

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Wal-Mart’s Sam’s Club division will be launching an online service for its small business members aimed at easing access to capital by connecting them to lenders and credit options.

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More than 300 former and current employees at four plumbing and heating contractors in Queens will share $1.4 million in back wages and damages as part of a settlement between the company owners and the federal Department of Labor.

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A roster of residents from the economically distressed North Country took to the podium Tuesday at a public hearing to urge passage of a measure that could help an ambitious plan to redevelop the shuttered Balsams resort in Coos County.

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