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As Plavix loses its patent protection and Lipitor faces competition from multi-source generics, its an important time for consumers and benefits managers to understand how the transition from brand to generic will affect drug prices going forward.

Connecticut is expanding a $100 million small business jobs program as economic development officials say more than 700 companies are seeking assistance to hold on to jobs and hire more workers.

More Americans sought unemployment aid last week, suggesting hiring remains sluggish.

Once a rite of passage to adulthood, summer jobs for teens are disappearing.

In the last year, industrial employment in Texas grew 1 percent with a gain of 9,043 jobs, according to the 2012 Texas Manufacturers Register, an industrial directory published annually by Manufacturers' News Inc. in Evnston, Ill.

Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer's administration and labor unions have negotiated a 10 percent pay raise for state workers over the next two years, but there's a catch: The deal must be approved by legislators who won't meet until the lame-duck Democratic governor has left office.