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Today’s jobless claims report revealed a slight increase to 229,000, surpassing expectations and marking a four-week high. Despite the uptick, the figure remains historically low with 1.8 million people currently receiving unemployment benefits. The data, along with yesterday’s softer private payrolls, suggests a potential Federal Reserve rate cut in the coming months, which could signal a soft landing for the economy. As markets anticipate these changes, sectors like healthcare and financial se…
5 months ago
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Housing prices set a new record: The national median home sale price has risen 5.8% from a year earlier to $419,300, an all-time high on records going back to 1999. (Scripps News)
5 months ago
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Just two weeks after a weak national jobs report sent the stock market spiraling downward, the monthly report on employment across the Buffalo Niagara region indicated that the hiring slowdown is even more pronounced here.
3 months ago
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Hiring has slowed to a crawl across the Buffalo Niagara region, according to the latest employment data from the state Labor Department. But that doesn't mean there isn't a lot going on within different parts of the local economy.
3 months ago
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New York could be among 15 states granted up to $17 million each under a federal project aimed at improving maternal health in the U.S. by focusing on Medicaid-eligible women at heightened risk of pregnancy related deaths.
3 months ago
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Peter Rive, the co-founder of SolarCity and a key figure in the development of its solar roof, is leaving Tesla Inc., eight months after the electric vehicle maker run by
2 months ago
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Panasonic’s push to hire the first of what are expected to be as many as 300 workers by the end of the year for its facilities within the Tesla solar
about 2 months ago
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Improvements to Niagara Street in Buffalo, along with renovations to a plaza in downtown Jamestown and upgrades to a sewer treatment plant in Lackawanna were the region’s top winners of
about 2 months ago
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The county's most populous suburb also has the highest real estate turnover rate among all the municipalities in Erie County, according to a report from the Erie County Department of Real Property Tax Services.
about 2 months ago
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The party on Wall Street came to an end this year. None of the local investment advisers on The Buffalo News’ annual panel of forecasters saw it coming. In fact,
about 1 month ago
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Heating bills are made up of two components – the price of natural gas and the price that National Fuel charges to deliver that gas to its customers.
about 1 month ago