Missouri unemployment rate falls to 4.4 percent
Missouri’s unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest point in more than a decade
Noranda slashing over half of smelter workforce
NEW MADRID, Mo. (AP) – More than half of the 850 employees at a southeast Missouri aluminum plant are being laid off. And the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (bit.ly/1Psqilb) reports that Noranda Aluminum plans to shut down the New Madrid smelter altogether unless its electricity rate is lowered further. The Franklin, Tennessee, company had already seen…
Missouri Supreme Court debates duration of jobless benefits
The duration of jobless benefits for thousands of unemployed workers could turn on how the state Supreme Court rules
Applications for US unemployment benefits fall to 260,000
Businesses are holding onto their staffs and adding jobs at a solid pace as steady consumer spending has bolstered the economy