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Oklahoma, Cleveland, Canadian counties register drop in unemployment

Although the state unemployment rate rose to 6.9%, unemployment in Central Oklahoma counties dropped.

OKCBiz Staff

Oklahoma unemployment rate up in July

Oklahoma’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose by .1% to reach 6.9% in July 2010.

OKCBiz Staff

Compass briefs: Three First Watch restaurants planned for metro

Ghassan Dabbour, president of Dabbour Enterprises, is now a franchise owner of First Watch, a breakfast, brunch and lunch chain.

Pamela A. Grady

With many national concerts skipping the metro, a mid-sized venue could get Oklahoma City rocking harder

It’s often difficult to find the appropriate place for musicians who don't fill 1,800-capacity spaces to play in the capitol city.

Joshua Boydston

ODOT says funding is in place for new boulevard, but there may not be enough

The price tag of the boulevard itself is an amorphous number that — until August — hadn’t been put in the ODOT budget cycle.

Dean Anderson

Chamber’s fundraising campaign sets records for volunteer participation, amount raised

The Greater Oklahoma City Chamber’s Total Resource Development Campaign ended Aug. 12 with a record $2,347,322 raised.

OKCBiz Staff

Thunder expands partnerships with Hertz, Love's

The Ford Center’s Loud City will now be Love’s Loud City, while the South Terrace Lounge will be known as Hertz Gold Terrace Lounge.

OKCBiz Staff

Oklahoma employers to face higher unemployment insurance tax rates in 2011

This tax rate increase is a result of the dramatic jump in the number of Oklahomans receiving unemployment benefits, which are paid out of the fund the tax supports.

OKCBiz Staff

Boeing to move 550 jobs to OKC

The Boeing Company announced August 2 that it will relocate the C-130 Avionics Modernization Program and B-1 Program from Long Beach, Calif., to Oklahoma City.

OKCBiz Staff

i2E to add new jobs to provide more services to high-tech startups

Up to nine new employees will be added in the next year.

OKCBiz staff