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October 29, 2009 09:42 AM EDT --
Dale Petrie always thought his card company wouldn't mess with his terms or interest rate as long as he paid his bill on time.
"I thought it would be based on behavior," said the 38-year-old St. Paul . . .
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August 28, 2009 04:54 PM EDT --
We told you last week about the .3 percent decrease in Minnesota’s unemployment numbers. That's the good news.
But check this out: The number of job vacancies decreased by 40 percent from the . . .
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August 27, 2009 02:10 PM EDT --
States set their own unemployment benefit rate, and Minnesota's has been among the most generous.
The maximum weekly benefit you can get in the Gopher State is $566. That's fifth in the nation, . . .
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August 26, 2009 06:19 PM EDT --
Public Insight Editor Andrew Haeg has a new post that explores unemployment for older workers.
Unemployment has afflicted younger workers more than any other cohort.
If you leave . . .
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August 26, 2009 10:41 AM EDT --
Much remains unknown about the performance of the so-called American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, commonly referred to as the federal stimulus effort.
So when Rep. Betty McCollum held a hearing . . .
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August 25, 2009 04:13 PM EDT --
Numbers this month show that the U.S. economy is more productive. But what’s the toll of that productivity?
Stephanie Massey of Mound has some idea. Her husband, who works for a large financial . . .
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August 25, 2009 09:29 AM EDT --
Public Insight Editor Andrew Haeg files a post on the trip that has been this summer vacation season.
Just like everyone, we here at MinnEcon are loathe to admit that . . .
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August 24, 2009 02:06 PM EDT --
How could the direction of health care reform affect the pay and satisfaction of physicians and other clinicians, like nurse practitioners, in Minnesota?
Well, if the current proposal stands, and . . .
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August 21, 2009 06:28 PM EDT --
Public Insight Editor Andrew Haeg posts on a story missed as the media focused on Favre.
Minnesota was visited by two ineluctable forces on Wednesday: tornadoes and Favre . . .
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August 20, 2009 06:12 PM EDT --
Public Insight Editor Andrew Haeg posts on the new jobless numbers and how one man is navigating his unemployment.
The news on the state’s unemployment front today was . . .
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August 20, 2009 11:59 AM EDT --
In just nine months, Amanda Halbersma, a Public Insight Network source, went from buying a foreclosed home to worrying about the possibility of foreclosure with that very same house.
Several years . . .
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August 19, 2009 11:43 AM EDT --
A post from MPR Public Insight Editor Andrew Haeg on the consequences of easy credit.
On Thursday, Congress will enact new legislation that protects consumers from a range of common lending . . .
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August 18, 2009 09:57 AM EDT --
Public Insight Analyst Paul Tosto may be away for a few weeks, but he's still on the job. He posted on layoffs at a Fridley military contractor.
Layoffs became official Monday at the BAE Systems . . .
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August 17, 2009 05:51 PM EDT --
While MPR's Paul Tosto is away, colleague Andrew Haeg and myself will fill in. Andrew's latest post looks at the health care handcuffs.
One aspect of the health care debate that’s gotten . . .
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August 17, 2009 01:45 PM EDT --
When economic times are good, people tend to function on auto-pilot. Who needs deep introspection when salaries are rising and profits are rolling in?
But hard economic times can force people to re-engage, . . .
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June 04, 2009 11:22 AM EDT --
A Harvard led-study released today linked high medical costs to about two-thirds of those filing for bankruptcy . ( Read the full study here )
MPR's Lorna Benson reports that this . . .
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May 22, 2009 03:52 PM EDT --
Realtors in the Public Insight Network say selling houses under $200,000 is a snap.
Laura Fulayter, a Realtor from Minneapolis, said she sees multiple offers on homes in the first-time buyers’ . . .
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May 20, 2009 11:41 AM EDT --
North Memorial Health Care in Robbinsdale announced that it will either cut the hours or the positions of 170 people. The news comes a few weeks after Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) and Park . . .
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May 18, 2009 02:03 PM EDT --
A few weeks ago, Karin Patrick, a source in our Public Insight Network, warned that people who don’t apply for unemployment benefits when their hours are cut stand to lose when they are laid off. . . .
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April 03, 2009 11:45 AM EDT --
The unemployment rate in Minnesota has topped 8 percent. But it's twice that percentage for people who have disabilities.
Minnesota Public Radio reporter Nikki Tundel gives a very human look at . . .
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