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		<title>Economy adds 227,000 jobs in February</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 14:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON – U.S. employers added 227,000 jobs in February to complete three of the best months of hiring since the recession began. The unemployment rate was unchanged, largely because more people streamed into the work force. The Labor Department said Friday that the unemployment rate stayed at 8.3% last month, the lowest in three years.
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		<title>Bankers Report Demand Up for Commercial Loans</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 17:24:17 +0000</pubDate>
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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio &#8212; As the recovery strengthens, small businesses have not only gotten back in the water, they’re swimming with vigor.
                The demand for loans is up, commercial lenders report, as their customers need money to buy new or replace old equipment, expand their operations or acquire commercial real estate.
                Their cash flow is much [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exterran&#8217;s New Plant Sends &#8216;Welcome&#8217; Message to Nation&#8217;s Shale Gas Industry</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 13:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
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Wednesday, February 29, 2012 
By George Nelson


YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – The Exterran Energy Solutions manufacturing facility to be built on Salt Springs Road will trigger additional supply-chain activity for the oil and gas industry in the region, company and development officials agreed at Tuesday’s groundbreaking event.
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		<title>Exterran Awaits Tax Credits, Plant Ground Breaking</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:23:49 +0000</pubDate>
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Monday, February 27, 2012
                YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio &#8212; The Ohio Tax Credit Authority is expected to approve today job-creation tax credits for Exterran Energy Solutions LP, one day before the Houston company plans to break ground for a $13.2 million plant here.
                The company plans to build a 65,000-square-foot manufacturing facility on a 20-acre parcel at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Old Steel Sites Set for Environmental Grants</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:15:41 +0000</pubDate>
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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – The State Controlling board will consider nearly $600,000 for environmental assessments of two Mahoning  Valley sites when it meets next week.
                The two grants, if awarded from the Clean Ohio Assistance Fund, would be used to perform Phase II environmental assessments on the property of the former Youngstown Sheet &#38; Tube [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Calls on Tax Breaks for Small Businesses</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:44:15 +0000</pubDate>
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By JARED A. FAVOLE
            U.S. President Barack Obama asked Congress to support tax breaks for small businesses Tuesday, saying he wants to tap into some bipartisanship to help give entrepreneurs a &#8220;leg up&#8221; in the economy.
                Obama, speaking while surrounded by his cabinet members, said he hopes and expects Congress will send him a bill [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bottom Dollar Opens 3 Grocery Stores</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:37:33 +0000</pubDate>
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Feb. 9, 2012 By George Nelson
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio &#8212; City residents&#8217; options for grocery shopping expand by three this morning with the opening of Bottom Dollar Food&#8217;s newest stores. Grand-openings will take place at the Salisbury, N.C.-based chain&#8217;s new stores on the South and West sides today, three of seven locations it is opening here and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Added 243,000 Jobs Last Month; Rate Is 8.3%</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:48:40 +0000</pubDate>
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The United   States economy gained momentum in January, adding 243,000 jobs, the second straight month of better-than-expected gains.
                The unemployment rate fell to 8.3 percent, giving a cause for optimism as the economy shapes up as the central issue in the presidential election. The Labor Department’s monthly snapshot of the job market uses [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exterran Energy Eyes Fourth Quarter Startup</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:14:57 +0000</pubDate>
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Exterran Energy Eyes Fourth Quarter Startup
Monday, February 06, 2012 
By George Nelson
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio &#8212; Exterran Energy Solutions LP hopes to be operating in its proposed new facility here by the fourth quarter of the year, turning out equipment used by the oil and natural gas industry.
                The Houston-based company, a unit of Exterran Holdings Inc., [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Area Manufacturers Envision Training Center</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:14:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By George Nelson
YOUNGSTOWN Ohio &#8212; The Mahoning Valley Manufactures Coalition is spearheading an effort to establish a regional training center focusing on manufacturing and the skilled trades.
                Brian Benyo, president of Brilex Industries Inc. and president of the coalition, and Jessica Borza, the coalition&#8217;s executive director, acknowledge that the planning effort is in its early [...]]]></description>
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